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reduce busing subsidies claremont linda carder trustee for the durham board of education is angry with the provincial government she says it reduced busing subsidies without giving fair warning the durham boards budget has already been set for this year we cant change it now a letter of protest has been sent to the ministry asking for a reprieve at least until the new school year begins in september the cutbacks taking effect this month decrease grants for special programs busing from 74 per cent to 54 per cent of the cost- under new rules a program must require busing on 15 separate occasions to qualify regular transportation of students to classes remains unaltered but mrs carder explains some of the programs of benefit at claremont public school that could suffer in- cludethe grade five swim program track meets outdoor programs music festivals performing arts programs and the special audley school incentive program she feels the provincial government should take responsibility in this area because of their larger base of taxation and ready access to alternate sources of capital such as lottery revenue wxt wrthum january 31 1979 second section bob hughes father dies after heroic fight for lif e j bloomington this community was shocked and saddened when word was received of the sudden passing of robert gordon hughes jan 24 at wellesley hospital he was 48 it was tragic that his death should occur at this time bob had only recently regained his strength and confidence after a grim seven month battle against acute leukemia a bone marrow transplant from his twin brother george had apparently saved his life he had only returned to work a few days when he developed a sudden respiratory problem the condition resulted from a thickening of the lung tissue his wife barbara said his struggle was not in vain the medical specialists who worked with bob through the ordeal have learned a great deal with which to continue their fight she said she was amazed at the extent of his tolerance and courage he lived his life to the full and retained his cheer fulness even at the height of his illness born in montreal may 1 1930 the son of william and ida hughes bob grew up there he met his wife barbara and they were married may 1 1954 before moving to stouff- ville almost seven years ago bob and barbara lived in roxboro a suburb of montreal six months ago they took up residence on thornby avenue in bloomington prior to accepting the position of sales representative with samsonite luggage bob spent 12 years as a golf equip ment salesman very sportsminded he was an enthusiastic golfer and a welcome player at sleepy hollow golf and country club he spent much of his time at the stouffville arena where his sons played hockey bob was a member of the masonic lodge stouffville and proud of the fact he was a third generation canadian surviving are his wife barbara his mother ida mrs william norton sons brian bobby peter and billy a twin brother george and one sister dorothy mrs thomas newell rev jim carder conducted the service jan 27 from the chapel at oneiiis funeral home stouffville student learns from a pro parkview apartment resident joe sider left instructs ten year old karen nugent in the sport of shuffleboard karens a grade five student at orchard park public school participating in a program with parkview residents called communications young and old ed schroeter propose end to busing unionville devils elbow ratepayers association member anne rickwood has devised an alternative to busing unionville high school students to stouffville or richmond hill the proposal calls for the conversion of william berczy public school into a unionville high school unionville parent groups and ratepayers associations have been working around-the- clock developing alternatives since they learned their students might be bused elsewhere unionville students are presently bused to markham dist high school both markham and thornlea secondary are overcrowded board of education staff will present trustees with a recommendation in answer to the problem on feb 12 or feb 26 the unionville residents hope to present their ideas at the same time according to the proposition high school classes will be phased in over a five year period while public school grades will be dropped by 1983 the school would cater only to grades nine to thirteen presently serving grades six to eight it was originally built as a junior high school teachers there are qualified to instruct up to the grade ten level the school does possess some shop and home economics facilities though mrs rickwood admits they probably would need upgrading mrs rickwood told the tribune parkview and unionville public schools can accommodate the displaced elementary pupils they are operating at 896 per cent and 82 per cent capacity respectively 5 bob hughes employee charged markham a brother and sister act that pilfered merchandise from a collegiate sports store resulted in convictions when the pair appeared before judge fd white in newmarket court jodi hoffman 16 and her brother sheldon 19 entered pleas of guilty miss hoffman was an employee of the firm according to evidence the two arranged to have certain articles placed in a gym bag which was later picked up by the boy the game ended when the girls employer became suspicious goods estimated at 438 were removed some were stolen add some were given away the court was told solicitor for the pair desenbed them as honest decent citizens but judge white disagreed calling them thieves this was not an impulsive act it was planned if a businessman cannot trust an employee who can he trust he asked judge white placed miss hoffman on a suspended sen tence and a one year term of probation sheldon hoffman was fined 200 and also placed on probation for one year damage historic train station unionville an attempt to burn down the cnr station at unionville has resulted in a conviction being registered against two local men charged with arson brian young 21 and barry blundell 17 were remanded in custody by judge sm harris after entering pleas of guilty the blaze last july caused close to 15000 damage to the building according to evidence the two accused had con sumed a quantity of beer before making molotov cocktails and throwing them against the side of the structure the station has been declared a historic site an eyewitness to the incident said he heard one of the youths comment hurry up and throw it and lets get out of here it took firemen more than three hours to extinguish the flames the court was told young and blundell were arrested after police discovered fingerprints on one of the bottles used as a fire bomb judge harris was told that the town of markham planned to use the station for a museum such parts of our cultural heritage should be preserved he responded sentence will be passed feb 2 salary negotiations revise process trustee claremont after her first frustrating encounter with the bargaining process durham board of education trustee linda carder has concluded teachers across the province should be represented by a single bargaining unit and their salaries standardized just think of the man- hours wasted every year on negotiations by hundreds of boards she said mrs carder added the duplication of service was a financial waste the board negotiated with elementary school teachers from the time their contract expired out aug 31 until jan 18 when talks broke off the elementary school teachers are the only board employees still without acon- tract custodians office staff and secondary school teachers have already settled according to mrs carder negotiations are hampered by the fact the trustee position is onlya parttime responsibility the loss of negotiating teamt personnel during elections also interferes with the processthe trustee recommends a professional bargaining team she feels standardized salaries will not only be more equitable for teachers but for the smaller school boards as well able to offer attractive salaries small boards could attract the staff needed mrs carder further suggests wage benefits for iip structors working in isolated northern areas the elementary schoo teachers have asked for an 8t per cent increase over a two- year contract the board has offered an average of 55 per cent over one year the teachers say the main issues are pupilteacher ratio education improvement leave surplus and redundant teachers withdraws request for nudity bylaw sales campaign begins for 6 markham an awards banquet held at the deer park inn began the 1979 sales campaign of century 21armour real estate doug meharg founder and president of the company jokingly told his staff this is not really a kickoff ex travaganza but the kick up of sales extravaganza taking a century 21 fran- chise has opened up new horizons he said since the companies merged last year his staff has increased from 10 to 21 residential sales are up 33 per cent the organization has grown considerably from its modest beginning in 1973 then the staff comprised one salesman and mr meharg the president this year the magic number is 21 our goal in 1979 is twentyone million dollars in residential sales he declared well on target already sales at the end of january amounted to about two million mr meharg proclaimed his ultimate ambition is to make century 21armour the major real estate broker within an eight mile radius of markham he said since becoming involved in century 21 i know ive seen something different in this firm thats never happened before he explained people are enthusiastic and are becoming more involved in the company rather than just selling real estate mr meharg outlined plans for the construction of a giant doll house similar to those on doug meharg right president of century 21 armour real estate congratulates his four top salesmen of 1978 at the companys awards banquet each sold over one million dollars worth of real estate they are left to right hersh rosner john holme susan moon and bob newman ed schroeter the century 21 television commercials to be used as a float in parades well build it together he said because thats what were doing with this firm building together mr meharg also mentioned plans for a gigantic garage sale to be held april 21 he hopes to raise 5000 for the crippled children of york region whipper billy watson will be involved in the event vicepresident of century 21 barry coughlan pointed out his corporation had grown from 29 offices in vancouver and victoria to 7000 across north america since its inception three years ago he explained that century 21 was giving smaller com panies a competitive edge they had never known before he said he expects this year one sale in every ten would be by century 21 award winners in the markhambased organization for 1978 are bob gordon and reg hermitage for sales of over one half million dollars vic drury and michael femson over three quarters of a million dollars and hersh rosner susan moon bob newman and john hulme for sales over one million dollars each the top producer of the year with sales approaching two million dollars was hersh rosner marion snowball an office secretary received an annual production bonus stouffville when it comes to nudity pornography and other related forms of entertainment councillor bil mcnalley claims an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure however hes agreed that preparation of a bylaw to control such establishments should be delayed until its content can be discussed at length the provincial government recently passed legislation making it possible for individual municipalities to control certain businesses under a section of the municipal act they category must of fall into adult the en tertainment offering goods or services to erotic appetites at a recent discussion councillor mcnalley admitted such a situation might never arise in whitchurchstouffville regardless he considered the bylaw a necessary weapon just in case steps similar to those contemplated by the town are being taken in such places as scarborough and oshawa mr mcnalley stated mayor eldred king warned that the cost of preparing local legislation could be prohibitive plus the fact the municipality lacked the staff to handle it it was agreed that model copies be obtained from other areas to serve as guides here group prepares for second battle stouffville the powr protect our water resources group has recruited 15 new members in preparation for another struggle against york sanitation company at a meeting designed to strengthen the group councillor jim doble revealed he had learned from the environment ministry that york sanitation is contemplating extending dump site boundaries at a meeting designed to strengthen the group councillor jim doble revealed he had learned from the environment ministry that york sanitation is contemplating extending dump site boundaries however mayor jsldred king said this was not his un derstanding the corporation has adequate- property in its possession to expand operations but another en vironmental hearing will be required before it can go ahead with the idea i believe some groundwork should be done now councillor doble said otherwise york sanitation will gain an ad vantage chairman of the group fran sainsbury and councillors jim sanders arid jim doble claim its imperative the powr group spearhead a drive to convince local residents and town council of the danger mrs sainsbury explained the danger she says though tests indicate no pollution is moving off the site and drinking water is not contaminated there is no guarantee the situation will remain unchanged according to here whit churchstouffville could be faced with- a major pollution crisis as long as 25 years from wnileuname to force the dumps closure the group can continue to work with the ministry for tighter controls she said