thelhbune vol 1 no 6 a metroland community newspaper saturday july 20 1985 25 cents surfs up in unionville although its far away from southern california unionville has become something a windsurfing centre here jamie crane 18 of markham one of the instructors shows off his skills on toogood pond the sailboards as well as canoes and paddle boats can be rented courtesy of old fireball sports sjocrd witteveen ospita to move by don bernard editor the markham stouffville hospital has a new location on thursday the hospital board approved the purchase of 50 acres on hwy 48 between 16th ave and major mackenzie dr and the sale of the current site at hwy 7 and the 9th line although no price was made public on the purchase and sale hospital board chairman mac cosburn called the move a sound financial deal captain developments has agreed to buy the current site conditional on a rezoning for residential development according to mr cosburn the move was made to improve access for residents provide a central location in light of fu ture growth and improved visibility on a major north- south highway mr cosburn said the deci sion was taken after two hours discussion and termed the move a fullyconsidered deci sion the board felt the commun ity would be better served by the new site he explained no delay is expected in con struction because the plans prepared for the former site can be used at the new location and a fall sodturning is still ex pected mr cosburn said although the hwy 48 proper ty requires a rezoning from agricultural use to institution al mr cosburn feels that will present no problem he noted that the hospital board met with markham and whitchurchstouffville coun cils and received favorable re sponse to the move in fact the move was unani mously supported by mar kham council which must also approve the rezoning mr cos- burn stated trustees of the latcham foundation were also canvas sed on the move as well as the executer of the art latcham estate mr latcham a stouff- ville philanthropist donated 50 acres for the hospital they gave us their full and unquestioned support mr cosburn said he noted the old site was a good site when the hospital was first proposed in 1963 but that a lot has happened in 22 years the board felt it had to look at various options in order to obtain the best location he added future northerly growth of markham and unionville and increased development in stouffville make the new site more attractive mr cosburn said r a champion in whitchurchstouffville equestrian circles the re turn of 20yearold cindy kennedy vanzant court stouffville is the success story of the year cindy won the grand championship sunday at the annual foxhunter trillium show held at foxhunter equestrian centre r r 4 stouffville a competetive rider nine years cindy retired in 1982 however catfii hargrave a close friend encouraged her to get back in the saddle for this one show she even loaned her ringo a horse owned by sister tanis there were 132 entries not only did cindy place first in senior equitation open equitation and low hunter over fences but amassed the largest number of points of any partici pant we were very happy mrs kennedy cindys mother told the tribune were glad shes back riding again in addition to a handful of ribbons cindy was pre sented with a championship blanket courtesy foxhun ter equestrian centre whats inside directory volunteers shine p3 comments p4 sports p8 p9 p11 entertainment p14 p16 real estate p20 p21 classifieds p22p23 hes the btstp a markham stu dent has done ft all5