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free ring inspection and polish barthau jewellers stoxiik 6404646 serving whitchurch stouffville uxbridge area cquntrye flyme realty ltd specializing in exclusive properties 6w090 vol 101 no 9 a metroland community newspaper wednesday march 2 1988 nosmoking rule burns councillor 42 pages 50 cents stouffville councillor ron robb has described as dis honest and deceitful a town policy that will ban smoking in a multitude of areas beginning au gust 1 1988 councillor robb told a meeting feb 23 hes not opposed to a smoking ban as such but to the way council had gone about it its happening everywhere he conceded and i dont object however smoking areas were mentioned on the questionnaire now youre banning smoking altogether locations include the town hall the building department in ring political observers expect peter atkins to declare him self a candidate for the mar- kham conservative federal nomination at a press confer ence in the chimo hotel woodbine avenue tomorrow night the new riding includes the town of whitchurch- stouffville atkins son of markham senator norm atkins recent ly led a successful campaign and seized control of the rid ing executive from former mp john gamble gamble declared his can didacy last november but bowed out of the nomination race after proatkins suppor ters gained control should he decide to run atkins will join former don valley east mp bill attewell as the only other officar candidate in contention the works department the fire hall and the rec centre the lounge at the rec centre is excluded when rented out for pri vate functions a smokeenders course will be offered all town employees wishing to kick the habit councillor robb stated the ori ginal intent of the smoking ban had been altered employees werent told and replies werent requested he said additions were made after the fact he stated robb admits that informed or not the smoking ban would likely have passed but more would have disagreed he maintains mayor fran sainsbury observed that out of 46 persons accommodated in the town hall not more than six employees and two councillors smoke councillor wiif morley said the layout of the building makes it dif ficult to establish smoking areas councillor margot marshall de scribed herself as a social smoker if i must stop smoking by aug 1 i might just as well stop to morrow id be better for it anyway councillor jim sanders called it a disgusting habit why should be encourage it he asked interimsteps approved by council starting immediately follow 1 smokefree areas in every department 2 staff shall not smoke when dealing with the pub lic or in anothers work area 3 smoking areas be established in each building 4 smoking not be permitted in the committee room but a 10 minute break be held hourly if requested 5 smoke- enders course be established no changes in iga staff twentytwbyearold julia wallace of ballan- trae a thirdyear student at the university of western ontario has a new record release on the market entitled old memories never die peo ple closest to the music industry claim the song has all the potential for a hit it was composed by julias brother william wallace hi jim thomas baliantraes julia wallace reeorci release by jim thomas ballantrae for 22yearold julia wal lace jasmine crescent ballantrae this could be her big break the thirdyear university of western ontario student recently released a record entitled old memories never die those with an ear close to the pop music industry are confident julia has a hitbound sound the lyrics were penned by her brother wil liam wallace iiithe recording session was pro duced by robert hathaway as soon as i heard it i said thats the song for me julia enthused during an interview friday the recording was made at marigold studios toronto music bothjvocal and instrumental is very much a part of the wallace family julias enrol- led tea voice degree major at london its a fouryear course f her ultimate goal is to audition for the toronto opera school at the moment im country and western julia says7 but really i like all kinds julias been singing for as long as she can re member she also plays the piano and the guitar a little bit as a young girl she sang on several occasions at concerts in ballantrae public school then in variety shows at sdss v she graduated from stouffville high in 1985 a good studio with professional backup is very important julia says she has high praise for marigold productions and the support theyve provided her label is skyhigh records julias new 45rpm release is available locally at wheels entertainment in the stouffville mall main street west youre sure tolove it when you hear it every one else does stouffville rick hens- man manager of the stouffvlle iga will continue in this position alex ramey the supermarkets new owner announced this week john ramey son of the owner has been named general manager of both the stouffville and beaver- ton units mr ramey sr also owns the iga store in port perry bob grieve is the operations manager at beaverton the association of mr ramey sr with the stouffville iga goes back to 1970 when he purchased the business from the late glenn ratcliff he became president of stouffville supermarkets ltd iga in 1973 and later the same year entered into a 5050 part nership with jack chambers last month he purchased mr chambers shares the transac tion concluding march 2 today it was mr ramey that intro duced iga to canada back in 1951 he later served as vicepresident of retail operations for the com- changing scene ringwood changes con tinue to occur at the ringwood in tersection of hwy 48 and the stouffville road latest proposal before the town comes from ross and maria gallo of gallo real estate li mited they wish to erect a new office building at a sitcon the northwest corner to permit this an amendment to the official plan is required changing the property from rural to commercial the application reads the existing building is situ ated very close to two major roads namely hwy 48 and the stouffville sideroad after care ful consideration we feel its not feasible to add to the existing structure a new building situ ated further back would be more appealing therefore enhancing the entrance to stouffville were hoping this proposal will receive favorable consideration mr and mrs gallo give addi tional space requirements as reason for the request pany resigning this position in 1969 mr ramey anticipates no changes in the stouffville store as always the prime objec tive of iga is to provide quality products at the lowest possible prices he said mr ramey says hes pleased son jack has taken up residence near uxbridge this makes it con venient for him to visit both stouffville and beaverton stores on a regular basis he explained mr uamey says hes also hap py mr chambers son steve is re maining on staff i requested it he concluded carpentras france cultural exchange stouffville a student exchange between whitchurch- stouffville and carpentras france could become a perma nent association maureen cunningham head of moderns at stouffville dist secondary school exchange stu dent claire chcdot and parent doug alles have requested our town twin with carpentras so as to form a closer link between the two communities they addressed a meeting of council feb 23 twinning explained mrs cun ningham is a formal activity whereby two towns are linked for the purpose of cultural education friendly relations and the sharing of a common heritage for the most part activities are ceremonial mrs cunningham said for example when students from sdss visited carpentras last spring they received a flag from the city and were guests at a civic reception in april she said 75 carpentras students are coming to whitch- urchstouffville shes hopeful similar courtesies can be accorded our guests mrs cunningham said the stu dent delegation from stouffville was royally treated in carpen tras nicmbers were presented not only with a city flag but also three beautiful medallions these items she noted have no perma- students in danger stouffville town coun cil has ruled a sidewalk along sun set boulevard not a priority at this time the orchard park home and school association disagrees in a letter to the municipality through engineering coordinator paul whitehouse the executive committee is asking the munici pality to reconsider the import- ance of this project members point to the hazard for children walking on the road both to and from orchard park school were not asking immediate installation of sidewalks along the whole of sunset boulevard what we arc requesting is a sidewalk on at least a portion of the road from the school exits to the nearest side street the letter reads in part the executive is asking a town representative to come and observe the situation after school and under winter condi tions to better understand pa rents concerns the correspondence concludes parents feel strongly about this wc reiterate our request for ac tion before an accidcntoccurs nent home through a twinning arrangement they could be dis played in the muncipal office after listening intently to the presentation council referred the recommendation to a commit tee meeting for further considera tion fear srs could lose their homes stouffville as far as- councillors ron robb and margot marshall are concerned the re- cent reassessment update com pleted by the region of york isnt all it was cracked up to be councillor marshall said the tax hike could be such a- to force many senior citizens frjm their homes by 1990 councillor robb said a number of residents in the musselmans lake and ballantrae areas face serious water problems is there some way we can hold off on a tax bill increase until the water situation is resolved he enquired i dont think its fair to sock a tax hike to people whose prop erties arent at the value they could be because of water prob lems concluded robb squirrels blamed musselmans lake squirrels are blamed for a fire feb 24 that caused an estimated 15000 damage to the home of larry jones and kerstin fetz lakeshore road musselmans lake mr jones said he discovered piles of cones in the attic he be lieves the rodents stripped insula tion from electric wiring created a short circuit larry said everything was nor mal when he left the house around 5 am kerstin went to work at 630 the fire was discovered by a passing motorist around nine the driver awakened mark kokurewicz a next door neigh bor mr kokurewicz turned in the alarm he also rescued larry and kerstins pet dog maxine trap ped inside larry and kerstin have taken up temporary residence at the maples of ballantree lodge rr 2 stouffville vandorf man killed vandorf a vandorf man died thursday when struck by a car on woodbine avenue in mar kham police said bahaeddin alizadeh was hit while attempting to cross woodbine north of steeles time of the accident was placed at 220 pm according to reports the 83- yearold executive drive resi dent was struck by a soutbound van while crossing the road 50 meters north of the nearest in- tcresecmon siz praised she was fabulous thais how stouffvilles jan percy described the performance saturday of canadas elizabeth manley at theolympic figure skating championships in calgary i insmith albert street north an- joeuen of burling- aitehded the olympics toget janohe of the finest figure skaters evef to come out of the stouffville club retired in 1966vefbre going on to tmiversity technically i thoughtluzabeth was 5ess jan said katarina witt and debi thomas were more show l v elizabeth is a credit to herself and tocanada jan continued shes really genuine mrs percy said she a ed the fact elizabeth chose to stay clear of controversy issues that really bs3 nothing to do with skaimgrehhra p si called it the performance her career