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fifteenyearold karen ann smith elm road is one of stouffvllles promising young figure skaters she recently won the prenovice ladies a2 division of the canadian figure skating clubs central ontario competition for more details seepage 3 edschroeter three injured stouffville a whitchurchstouffville woman has been taken off the critical list and is how reported in satisfactory condition at sunnybrook hospital where she was taken after being injured in an accident at bay view avenue and- highway 7 friday morn ing about 850 am mrs delia ashton who with her husband rick operates jakes jeans 27 main st e suffered a broken pelvis broken nose and multiple broken ribs in the threevehicle pileup v- according to opp oak ridges mrs ashton 31 was proceeding west on no 7 in the passing lane when she was in wedley says will push fire report stouffville although economic factors will make it impossible to carry out certain recommendations of the ontario fire marshals report in 1980 for the whitchurchstouffville area councillor becky wedley told the tribune this week that she knows the report will have to be followed the report a survey of fire protection in the town was commissioned by the latter at the start of the year and one of its recommendations is that a two bay fire station be con structed in the ballantrae area complete with tank truck mayor eldred king has expressed reservations about the reports recommendations arguing that the town would need a greater assessment basis to draw from in order to carry them out council however agreed to call for tenders for a tank truck for ballantrae and councillor wedley says it is something that is desperately needed and has been for some years were all outside the five- mile limit in ballantrae and musselmans lake she said so insurance rates are up 35 per cent we have a great fire department in stouffville and if they can get to a fire within three minutes theres nothing to worry about but its hard to get to those places in three minutes councillor wedley said the battle for fire protection in that area had been going on for a long time the ratepayers association had worked steadily in that direction and in 1972 a study from york region had recommended a fire depart ment she said that stouffville council had always budgetted for a department but continued to put the matter back each year council was collecting lot fees in the area for some time and further development is coming at present there were nine subdivisions approved in the area with four more in vandorf most of the development was in rural areas because of lack of sewage capacity in town she said councillor wedley said the northern area ofballantrae was covered by the mount albert fire department however anyone with a fire on faulkner street in that section may as well kiss their house goodbye she said the fire marshals recommendations would be proceeded with eventually they were impossible from an economic point of view at present but they could be phased over she said but there had to be protection for that area flashing lights wailing sirens or no its hard to even get through stouffville on the weekends collision with a truck driven by howard newton 27 of brad ford police said newton was driving east on no 7 in the left hand lane preparing to turn north onto bayview after impact police said the ashton car spun around and was in collision with a vehicle driven by donald clark 56 of bayview ave richmond hill both men escaped injury but mrs ashton was taken to york central hospital in rich mond hill for treatment and then removed to sunnybrook police said she has been charged with failing to stop at a red light in another accident friday afternoon at the intersection of aurora sideroad and concession 7 two whitchurchstouffville men were injured and an estimated 4000 damage was done to their vehicles police said the accident occurred when a northbound car driven by terry flewell 16 of rr 2 was in collision with a westbound pickup truck driven by garnet rae 50 of church st both drivers were taken to york county hospital and treated for minor injuries police have charged flewell with failing to stop at an in tersection hat trick a stouffville man was arrested after a search warrant was executed at his home last wednesday and police recovered a police uniform hat donald thomas lehman 20 352 boyer st attended the rock concert at the cne grandstand which ended in chaos august 19 when star alice cooper failed to appear the policemans hat disappeared during the fracas staged by unhappy fans the stouffville man was arrested and charged with theft under 200 and possession of stolen property valued under 200 best in baskets an inland community newspaper vol 93 no 18 whitchurchstouffville august 28 1980 is cents 14 pages nice place to visit but where to live by edschroeter stouffville colleen beer is fond of this community and shed like to remain very much but there doesnt seem to be any place for her to stay colleens a bright single working girl in her 20s who finds herself in the same position as many of the towns young people unable to find rental accommodation colleen works in markham at present shes staying in her parents rupert st home but theyre moving and the house has been sold colleen has to leave the house by sept councillor becky wedley said in an interview there is definitely a serious shortage of rental units in stouffville when one of her daughters married recently she came to recognize the magnitude of the problem her daughter joanne and her spouse lived in richmond hill for a year while they searched for an apartment in this area finally the couple acquired one by luck and much hard work wedley said the situation in stouffville is critical i know a tremendous number of young people from the area who have had to move out because they cant find a place to stay i get calls all the time mostly from young people wanting to know if i can help them find a place to live shes able to help one out of ten perhaps she said after j foursmoriths of searching with no success colleen beer is disillusioned and desperate s its really discouraging beer said its quite a challenge to find a place beers face is a familiar one at the tribune office appearing weekly to pick up a copy of the newspaper hoping shell spot something in the classified ads in fact she said shes gone as far as visiting the office late wednesday evening when the thursday edition is delivered from the printer in order to pick up a copy and get a head start on other apartment hunters by six am thursday however advertised apart ments are often already rented she said mignonne bender rental agent for the testa villa apartment building said in an interview that at any given time she has a waiting list of 30 people she said theres such a demand that when people back out of a commitment to rent an apartment the day before theyre to take possession she has no trouble renting it for the vacancy date rich viau an employee of george ross photo said the situation was bad two years ago when he came to stouffville it took him six months to find reasonable living quarters for him and his wife beer said when she finally finds an unrented apartment landlords discriminate against her by refusing to rent to a single female they apparently fear shell carouse late into the evening a fear which is un justified she said its almost impossible to find a vacant highrise apart ment and basement apartment prices are steep and the quality often poor rooms are in short supply too she said quite a few places ive looked at arent well kept up t a one bedroom can cost as much as 350 a month in one case 200 a month bought two rooms in a house and kitchen and bathroom privileges its difficult for a young single working person to afford these rents beer said let alone find a place councillor wedley said theres a bylaw prohibiting the construction of apartments in single family homes but the municipal council hasnt en- forced the regulation because theres such a shortage weve closed our eyes for years because we recognize the need planning board secretary ken aida said the restriction is necessary in case the situation gets out of hand the con struction of too many basement apartments will substantially increase the towns population resulting in a strain on road water and sewage services and the loss of tax revenue recent applications to construct apartment buildings have been refused by planning board aida said because the sewage treatment plant in stouffville lacks the capacity to handle any additional load mayor eldred king said the town has negotiated an agreement with the builders of the proposed dulverton sub division who will finance the expansion of water and sewage facilities in exchange for ap proval of their plans there will be no expansion of these services until the dulverton extension he said the dulverton expansion however will principally ac commodate the homes of the dulverton project the mayor added aida said there might be some reserve sewage capacity available to permit some con struction after dulverton is completed which politicians may or may not allocate for the construction of apartments wedley said providing for the construction of apartments should be a number one priority of the next planning board but mayor king said the shortage wasnt very serious and that stouffville has provided its fair share of rental units enough to satisfy the needs of local residents there is provision in the dulverton plan for multiple dwelling units he said although that could mean townhouses but colleen beer and a host of others like her dont need townhouses they cant afford the cost if they are to remain in the community its imperative that the municipality encourage the construction of more rental accommodation garys hat in ring i by jim irving uxbridge -ready- or not here i come that isnt quite the cry of gary herrema but it well might be for the colorful mayor of uxbridge has announced he will seek the chairmanship of york regional council when the works all done this fall elec tion work that is y for you cant have one without the other mayor herrema must retain his seat as top man in uxbridge before he can stand for chairman the latter being chosen by fellow regional council members but that seems a fait ac compli the least of herremas worries as for the present chairman walter beath the mayor doesnt seem too con cerned there either ill run whether he runs or not is the way he puts it so far theres been no announcement from heath as to whether hell seek a third term but herrema definitely intends to seek a first term and the reason or the reasons theres a feeling in the the infighting is jealousy he thinks perhapsfthe residents would get a better un derstanding of things if he were in the chair i think i can give some direction he says he says also the forming of the region was a shotgun wedding with oshawa whitby and ajax being subsidized through the rural property owner paying increased taxes without any increases in ser vices i its the unserviced areas that have the most beefs herrema says were making things more complicated all the time with all this planning were supposed to have one official plan but you have to have a plan for the district a plan for the neighborhood a plan for the hamlets its time we stopped planning and did some more work the larger community has made it difficult for the little builder in the local com munities too herrema says theyre not around anymore north that they dont belong in the big developer gets it all the region and while most of some of these lots used to be on john turner rites hundreds pav respects stouffville if you happen to see a large number of greenthumbed residents strolling around town dont be surprised stouffville residents displayed their talents once again at the stouffville hor ticultural societys annual flower show aug 20 and 21 about 300 people attended the event held in the auditorium of the united church the organizations president marion housser said the show with 400 entries was one of their biggest events yet its one of the largest exhibits in the area she said it requires a lot of work to organize the show and she praised the enthusiasm and co operation of the club members and exhibitors sue burkholder rr 4 stouffville won the best specimen best basket and best dahlia classes other special prize winners were alice vague best decorative lillian can- most points specimen marion housser most points decorative ruth rodanz most points new exhibitor and heather hoover most points junior the judges were beth frost and mr and mrs murray hutchinson door prize winners were rita laushway grace lemon dorothy doust and pat mont gomery mrs housser said most of the exhibitors begin by growing a few specimens for pleasure and then get booked it sort of grows on you she said stouffville it was standing room only at stouff- villes united church on friday afternoon when hundreds of friends relatives and acquaintances came to pay their last respects and a fond farewell to the late 22yearold john turner of stouffville who was the victim of a gang attack at hamilton place ontario the previous weekend the service was conducted by the rev aj thomson of the wesleyan united church vandorf who read the eulogies from the deceaseds wife debbie close friend armon schopf and many others he spoke of the young mans dedication to his family and his achievements in the field of sports ironically it was only three months before that reverend thomson had presided over his wedding at the pretty little church in lemonville family members in at tendance were mr and mrs mervin turner parents of the deceased bis wife debbie and sisters jill leigh and dana his inlaws mr and mrs jack leslie and mr and mrs budd peer also in attendance were his grandparents mr and mrs jack campkin of phelpstonr ontario and mrs nan leslie pall bearers were armon schopf his very close friend brian hamm matt leslie jim jensen jeff burton and tom cartwright a measure of the tribute afforded this young man was reflected in the hundreds of floral tributes received and the mile long cortege stretching from the place of interment stouffvillecemetery back to the doors of the church the local market for local people builders despite 4 this mayor herrema says the region has worked fairly well uxbridge couldnt have done it alone in the matter of water and sewage services but people forget that most of the money 55 per cent went for education if we had a separate bill for the schools they mightnt be so hostile he said and the board might be more ac countable to the taxpayers right now durham region is planning a staff cut would he carry it out if elected thered be a review the mayorsaid there has to be some trimming its grown since 1973 but its now on a down trend thered also have to be some reviewing with the province in such areas as social services the mayor said property owners cant continue to pick up all these things theres a limit to what they can carry has he enjoyed being mayor a redundant question to whomevers seen him in action i certainly have he replied ive met a lot of good people ive enjoyed it all hes learned a lot too he says learned to live and let live not to worry about things if you dont affect your neigh bor too much the possibility seems remote but what does he plan to do if he loses in his bid for the chairmanship ill be back to fight another day he says echoing the old refrain everyone has to lose sometime when people speak you should listen friends of the late john tamer carry him from wesleyan united church vandorf after his funeral last week pall bearers are armon schopf brian hamm matt leslie jim jensen jeff burton and tom cartwright jim holt