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cdnvicteil on mischief charge i markham a 17yearold m youth was sentenced to a total of nine months in jail last week following his con viction in newmarket provincial i court on charges of mischief 2 michael pickard was charged by york regional police after he reported two separate incidents to police and tin doing so managed to send out a deputy chief detectives and uniformed officers on a wild goose chase the court was told that pickard reported a man was holding a policeman at gun point in markham he later phoned in to say another man had a live grenade in a vehicle at the heritage plaza judge fj white sentenced pickard to six months definite on one count three months consecutive on the second and placed an 18month probation order on him on his release town to reconsider la w stouffville school fences may keep children in but will they keep them out that particular paradox was faced by wbitchurch- stouffville council last week when martin johannessen of 143 tmcketwood blvd wrote to see whether bylaws to the contrary his backyard swimming pool could be protected by the school fence beyond johannessen said the local- bylaw stressed that such pools be surrounded by fourfoot high fences with a oneandahalf inch mesh or not less than equivalent strength height and degree of safety he said be thought the adjoining school fence which had a twoinch mesh and was eight feet high met those requirements as it was designed to keep the school children within the school property the fence should keep the children out of our backyard johannessen said he said he planned to meet with the towns bylaw but wanted it to consider ms request said councillor becky wedley children can stick their toes in the twoinch mesh and climb over mayor eldred king said he wasnt going to contravene the town bylaw but felt the latter did need some up dating an eightinch fence would be better he said the mayor then suggested council ask the building department for an updating of the present bylaw so the kids climb up the eightfoot fence and climb down the four said coun cillor biu mcnalley as council approved the recommendation finfof assault markham a markham man who pleaded not guilty to assault causing bodily harm but guilty to a lesser offence of common assault was fined 500 following c his conviction in newmarket court last week karltttele was charged by york regional police last may- after he struck bis employer at a glen cameron eoad residence the m man pleaded that he had been owed a half a days pay and went to collect noting a record of similar convictions judge ae charlton told the man you cant go around assaulting people i dont care how much they owe you wht wribum second section thursday august 21 ibso w3 aidxedggreeriwoodintourndment 1 despite a good pitching performance from nament in claremont to ajax saturday udora grant pascoe greenwood lost the consolation beat the goodwood seniors to capture the title title of the intermediate mens fastball tour- edschroeter horses saved r from barn blaze vandorf following close on the heels of the quarter- afamillion dollar conflagration at century mills industrial lumber on monday evening another fire broke out early thursday morning at the horse lovers day camp on the vandorf sideroad the fire swept through the stable and arena complex completely gutting the buildings and destroying a large quantity of saddles and harness damage is- estimated at around 100000 the fire which started in a load of hay in the southwest comer of the complex spread t quickly to the stables and had more or less burned itself out by the time the stouffville fire brigade arrived on the scene the blaze was discovered by one of the camps assistants ann talbooth when she entered the stables just before 6 am to let out 18 of the camps 52 horses that had been stabled overnight staff were quick to react and led all the animals to safety despite the loss owner udo hocheschurz was ready to greet the first visitors of the day around 10 am and riding lessons were in full swing in the top paddock the camp caters to about 140 children daily throughout the summer and will be able to continue the operation as usual for the remaining three weeks of the season cause of the fire is unknown however it was discovered that two gates had been opened during the nignt and horses had strayed out the fire marshals office is investigating smallpox eliminated from face of earth stouffville smallpox vaccination is now a matter for the history books according to dr ej holowaty associate medical health officer of york region in a press release this week dr holowaty said that much misinformation still existed about the disease and the vaccine however although smallpox was rampant in africa asia and south america a decade ago it had now been driven from the face of the earth and routine vac cination has been completely discontinued now the hazard of un necessary vaccination loomed dr holowaty said in 1979 a sevenmonthold child died in california for that reason smallpox vaccine is no longer avilable through family doctors or public health units he said but a stockpile would be maintained in canada for emergency purposes the eradication of smallpox is one of the greatest public health achievements of all time dr holowaty said charge resident in million dollar sham durham a brougham resident has been charged with four other people in connection with a 1 million dollar scheme involving discount goods charged with conspiracy to commit fraud is lome harpelli charged with mm were donald harry thiessen 45 of st catharines president of two discount sales firms there thiessen was remanded in provincial court on 61 fraud charges and six other counts he was released on 5000 bail wiuiam and gabrielle copeman of maple and raymond morgan of bracebridge were also charged according to ontario provincial police and metropolitian toronto police another 13 were arrested on charges of possession of property obtained by crime the charges arose alter 61 firms across canada com plained they had not been able to collect after shipping wares to discount furniture warehouse and discount battery co in st catharines council fears cost of fire plan too high stouffville fears that implementation of recommendations from a report of the fire marshals office would put stouffville in somewhat the same financial status as new york at the bottom of the financial barrel were expressed by councillor bill kamps at a meeting of council last week if we were to implement whats been suggested wed be in the same position as the big apple down the drain kamps said it could turn out to be a monstrous report for a weiner roast he said kamps immediate concern was the recommendation for the construction of two new fire stations and remodelling of the present one the first a twobay station would be built this year in the vicinity of highway and regional rd 15 it would provide accommodation for a tank truck triple combination vfire truck office spacefor the chief deputy chief and future staff v land would next be acquired for the second one a twobay station in the area of slaters rd and woodbine ave to be constructed as future development warrants it revamping the present station would allow space for two triple combination fire trucks one tank truck an emergency rescue van aerial ladder truck mechanics workshop an office for the fire chief and sleeping areas for future staff it was suggested that sufficient fulltime fire fighters be employed to run the proposed station at no 48 they would work five days a week with parttime fighters available at night at present whitchurch- stouf fville has one fire station at 65 main st w consisting of three bays the fire chiefs of fice washroom facilities and a radio communications room mobile equipment consists of a two triple combination fire trucks one tank truck and an emargency van fear illegal sale stouffville whitchurch stouffville council will check with its solicitor to see if a 30foot access lane in musselmans lake has been sold illegally according to a written complaint from three residents of the area the lane ran through clark st to lake shore road south a trespass road and was accessible to the fire department giving the owners a feeling of security if a fire should ever break out in ones home the residents said they also understood a well in the vicinity was being closed off and asked council to do your duty research and straighten these matters out council agreed to look into tbs matter and also see how to proceed af terwards should the sale be illegal members of the department include a fulltime chief walt smith three officers and 15 fire fighters the latter of whom are all volunteers among other recom mendations of the report a standby emergency electric power supply be provided for fire alarm equipment and radio the fire department training program be expanded to provide recruit and refresher training for department members on a continuing basis a program of fire station inspections be established provisions be made at all static water supplies throughout the town for fire trucks to draft water for fire fighting provision be made for a water distribution system in all future developed areas the public was also asked to do its part by developing its own fire fighting water supplies through farm ponds cisterns wells and others a program would be started to encourage them in this respect another t suggestion called for equipment to control traffic lights so that they remain green at all intersections which fire trucks are crossing en route to a call mayor eldred king said it was unlikely that all recom mendations in the report which council requested would be acted on many other areas had more fire stations than stouff ville but the town had always been able to call on neighboring ones for help an example of this occurred last week when fire fighters from markham and richmond hill assisted the stouffville department in a 250000 blaze at century mill industrial lumber south of the stouffvillegormley road although council approved a recommendation by coun cillor jim sanders to have the clerk call for tenders for a tank truck for ballantrae reser vations were later expressed by mayor eldred king terming the report one mans opinion he said he had never received a recom mendation from chief smith for another vehicle he also wondered where such a vehicle would be kept should it go to the ballantrae area mayor king said he had hoped the report would have shown how the various recommendations could be carried out this is a slowgrowth area and we need a greater assessment basis from which to draw the mayor said he said too that he hoped that whatevers done with whatever council in dealing with the recommendations would be done with the fire chief at that time comply with ministry stouffville stouff ville planning board has recommended that the town go along with a standing order from the provincial government that sand and gravel quarries in the province be designated as such in all official plans making them available for possible future extraction at present town maps show the existing pits but do not carry any designation under the new policy which would be incorporated in the final draft of the towns official plan the areas are identified and will exclude any residential or other industrial development the sand and gravel area or aggregate resource as it is termed by the ministry of natural resources covers some 60 per cent of the towns surface this area runs from ap proximately preston lake along bloomingdale road to the ninth concession in a milewide strip the planning v boards recommendation will now go to council for adoption mayor eldred king called it a move to eliminate some objections that might come from the ontario municipal board in a future hearing water slides a downer one of the most popular features at the newly cool off opened pleasure valley copphu corners h the courage water slide on a hot summer day its a fine way to providing you can summon np the jim holt