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free ring inspection and polish barthau jewellers stuffvik 6404646 serving whitchurchstouffviue uxbridge area cquntrye tlyme srealtyltd specializing in exausive properties 64o5090 ivol 101 no 10 a metroland cpmmunity newspaper smokers complaints a puff wednesday march 9 1988 54 pages stouffville where theres smoke theres fire as the saying goes in whitchurchstouffville theres nary a puff pending legislation to ban smoking in all townowned build ings with the exception of the rec centre lounge as of august 1 1988 has been acclaimed by most employees a tribune sur vey revealed although certain aspects of the bylaw are effective immediately a smokeenders course will be established for those wishing to quit the stouffville fire hall said to be a hotbed of dissention over the order produced an opposite reaction from both chief bill brown and deputychief murray emmerson i agree with the concept said thechief its a badhabit idlike to quit brown estimated not more than 11 of the 32 volunteers are smok ers each he said had received a copy of the questionnaire but to his knowledge only three or four had replied 5 the chief said he hadnt discus sed the issue with his men but i hope they all agree well go for the program well live with it he said deputychief emmerson agreed chief brown said hed attemp ted to give up smoking several times but then i go back again marilyn henriques a planning pept employee said secondhand smoke has a detrimental affect on her health in a toronto office where i worked half the staff smoked and i was sick quite a bit of the time she said i think its a good idea re plied staff member yvonne hurst but i feel torontos gone overboard smoking doesnt bother me susan slack told the tribune but id prefer if no one did i love it the legislation com mented connie mcvicar im allergic to smoke barb scaife staff employee at the rec centre says smoking in public is no longer socially acceptable at the same time she believes smokers should be shown consideration she favors smok ing areas that way no ones affected cathy richardson also of the rec centre staff doesnt oppose the ruling however she sees no thing wrong with smoking if it doesnt impose a hardship on others but i think its a move in the right direction mayor fran sainsbury claims it will be difficult to establish smoking areas in the town office because accommodations so li mited with regard to the legislation most feel they can handle it she said yes i smoked three times mrs sainsbury admitted the first time i choked the second time i was sick and the third time i turned green 50 cents revenue promises action stouffville in the recent war of words related to phase 1 of stouff villes westfield heights much has been heard from local homeowners and members of council but little from revenue properties this week the tribune made made contact with two spokes men for the firm theodore sher man president and chief execu tive officer and company solici tor paul hellen were not walking away from anything mr sherman assured the tribune with respect to un finished lots whatever has to be done will be done both mr sherman and mr hel len agreed problems had been allowed to drag on too long mr hellen said tenders had been let for the ditching and this work should be completed by may or june when asked about a time sche dule as suggested by one of the residents mr hellen said a meet ing had been arranged with the town this month to review de ficiencies and arrange whos re sponsible for what homeowners will not attend we are working with our con sulting engineers the towns con sulting engineers and council to fulfill our obligatons as expedi- tiously as possible concluded hellen town chief librarian resigns accepts position in california councillor marshall stouffville george schlukbier the towns chief librarian has accepteda posi tion with a daily newspaper lib rary chain based in sacramento california news of his leaving effective march 31 was made public this week mayor fran sainsbury cal led it a great loss to the com munity a graduate of the university of california mr schlukbier spent his teen years in the sandiego area he joined the library staff here almost ten years ago while here mr schlukbier wore many hats some at the in a period of twelve hours wednesday councillor margot mar shall hadnt smoked a single cigarette and while shes not promising to quit she plans to cut back presently she smokes about one pack a week s im not proud of it she told the tribune i know its not good for me councillor marshall said she began smoking at age 18 it seems like forever she said mrs marshall claims the smoking ban legislated by council doesnt bother me one bit she says she understands why non smokers object for health reasons and odor the ward 1 member says she tends to reach for a cigarette when in contrasting moods angry and relaxed husband tom she notes once smoked a pipe but stopped when taken ill with pneumonia councillor marshalls advice to nonsmokers is dont start with respect to butting out mrs marshall pulls up short of a promise i never set goals i may have trouble reaching she concluded road problems musselmans lake resi dents of hillsdale drive mussel- mans lake have two complaints first relates to the condition of the road they want the surface lowered to halt flooding of adja cent properties they also want the street paved and lighted the second relates to noise the 17name petition placed be fore council march 1 claims the roar and banging of gravel trucks as early as 5 am is unbearable mayor fran sainsbury said shed visited the area to view the problem firsthand mud she said had been washed from the embankment onto the road the situation had been worsened when the mud was moved by snowplows causing dams and preventing normal spring runoff council referred the matter to its chief bylaw officer and the en gineering coordinator for a re port same time for a period he was not only the manager of recrea tion but also administratorofthe whitchurchstouffville museum and chief librarian the 36yearold idea man was involved in many extra curricular activities as well in cluding the magic festival the strawberry festival the trade fair the classic car show the business improvement area the cultural foundation music man ia and the chamber of com merce he was a strong promoter of latcham gallery and the many exhibitions held there he was an excellent promo ter mayor sainsbury said a tremendous salesman for whitch urchstouffville ofttimes controversial mr schlukbier never lost faith in things in which he firmly be lieved mrs sainsbury continued hell be missed he was a house hold word mrs sainsbury said it was mainly through his persistence that the pride grant was obtained and improvements will continue within the downtown business core his influence she said touched people of all ages from high school teens to senior citizens george and maureen schluk bier and family blake and lauren will leave whitchurchstouffville for sacramento early next month prior to their departure mr schlukbier will be honored at a public farewell thurs march 24 from 8 to 10 pm at the maples of ballantrae tickets 10 per per son arc available at the library a family tradition stouffville jason brock had his say and he said it well well enough to earn second place in an elementary oratorical competi tion at beverley acres public school richmond hill friday title of his address was hockey night in stouffville the nineyearold duchess street stouffville student upheld a family tradition and took his place on the verbal podium previously an older brother won the york regional public speaking contest on two occa sions while another brother adv anced to the area finals hockey heroics said a fleeting thing by jim thomas gormley many treasures are related to association with the toronto maple leafs some are for real while others are only memories for ron ellis a leatherbound bible with a maple leaf crest is a most important possession he takes it everywhere on saturday he brought it to gormley ron accompanied by brother roger visited a mens fellowship breakfast meeting in the mission ary church close to 30 people attended the muchtravelled scriptures is a gift from mel stevens head of teen ranch near orangeville mr stevens with permission from club owner harold ballard presented a bible to each member of the leaf team ron recalled also to team canada players of the unforgettable 72 series since then the gift has been ex panded to include all members of the blue jays and argonauts ron said describing himself then as a baby christian the classy right- winger told how his life had been changed through association with teen ranch up to that time i never under stood what personal commitment was all about now every aspect of my life is motivated by god he stated ellis headed up the first chapel program within the maple leaf organization im grcatful to mr ballard for that he said at the initial service 14 players attended now owner of a sporting goods store in brampton the guest speaker pointed to past hockey heroics as a fleeting thing the present doesnt mean any thing he noted recalling how he had to come back and battle for a position with the leafs after play ing on both a stanley cup cham pion team and with team canada ellis mentioned the names of many highprofile christian hock ey stars within the nhl includ ing mark osborne of the maple leafs now a director on the board of teen ranch ellis told of the work being done by this organization all money raised through speak ing engagements is funded back to this operation he said ask gs ffiewkstib if lpvj v s jill kkjs ifrj y j mw fi w mm ii 1 george schlukbier student talenta23 blue moviesa4 neighborly notesa6 triumphant returna7 teacher featurea10 student librariana11 sports crush kingstonb1 unlikely herobjj hockey droamb1 ron rolls 383b4