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v- i barthau jewellers sjuiivik 6404646 serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area cquntrye flyme treakyltd man st certify tale 323x900 6405090 jomimfmu vol132 no 33 a metroland community newspaper wednesday august 24 1988 42 pages 50 cents this loose snake is safe and sound a boa constrictor named sid has been doing some slinking around while his owners are away and for whitchurchstouffville animal control expert jim ryan zellers second j big win stouffville who says lightning never strikes twice in the same place for barry zeller market street stouffville it did j for the second month in a row barry has won the travel voucher in a draw sponsored by the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association in co operation with stonehouse travel barry even drew his own ticket association president joanne steel told the tribune but everything was on the up and up she added quickly the draw in july was for a trip to florida and in august a holi day to the east coast the zeller family including barry and barb children darrin and kevin and barrys mother mrs peggy zeller will visit the sunny south in october and the maritimes next year in a special draw a weekend for two held for ticket salesper sons only the winner was cliff dunkeld william street stouffville plowing contest stouffville the york region branch of the ontario plowmens association will hold its annual match friday sept 2 beginning at 1030 am on the farm of floyd forsyth stouffville a plowmens luncheon is set for noon the same day at the stouff ville masonic hall ninth line north and second street the oompetition will include nine classes one antique category is for entries 30 years of age and older there are eight classes for tractors and one for horses the branch president is grant wells 1st vicepresident duncan marwood 2nd vicepresident kevin wells secretary elaine timbers and treasurer don pearson it was a first in his 26 years of tracking errants pets the sevenfoot snake escaped from his home a condominium building at 25 romfield circuit in thornhill sunday he was reclining in the shade under a shrub near his home when a shocked passerby called york regional police mr ryan who runs an animal shelter on stouffville rd responded to the unusual emergency call and tried to cap ture the culprit with snake poles a young girl recognizing sidney picked up the placid reptile and placed him in the shelter van other neighbors werent as calm a lot of the neighbors were upset and complained that the owners keep several snakes besides sidney said ryan who added ive never had a call like that in 26 years in the business dogs roam at large but what do snakes do slither at large but harmless as sidney seems to be ryan said the owners acted callously towards both their pet and their neighbors in not repor ting his absence before they left for holidavs temperatures dropped to about seven degrees sunday night and the boa would have suf fered said ryan he added there is a slim chance the snake although domesticated could have wrapped itself around the neck of a child and squeezed it to death ryan said there is no bylaw against exotic pets in markham although there is in toronto the owners will be billed for the shelters emergency call meanwhile sidney will await his owners return from vacation in the comfort of a warm cage at the shelter he took a long drink of water upon arrival and im mersed his head and part of his body under the tap afterwards he curled up for a nap ryan added that sidney wont need any special diet while hes in custody theres a large bulge in his middle and a missing squir rel in the romfield circuit area of town he wont eat again for a month ryan predicted mr ryan is the animal control officer for the town of markham which includes the thornhill sidney the snake appears friendly enough but residents in a thornhill neighborhood werent so sure when the sevenfoot boa constrictor was discovered on thcloose here animal control of ficer jim ryan left and helper angela gyton hold sidney who is safely in custody at the stouffville rd pound sjoerd wittevceri all year round keep schools open bowes local school trustee harry bowes favors keeping public schools open 12 months of the year because it makes good economic sense the whitchurchstouffville trustee was interviewed on the subject after a decision by the ontario public school teachers federation to appoint a task force to study the question who needs twoandahalf months holidays plus time off at christmas and easter asks bowes he expressed surprise the teachers federation would be looking seriously at the proposal i see it more as an economic solution fewer schools would be required if the instructional year was extended he stated mr bowes estimates a saving of 2 12 school buildings in york region alone bowes claims some teachers arent happy with vacations at christmas and march break because travel costs are at their highest bowes admits major schedul ing changes would be required in that custodians use this time to refurbish schools for reopening in the fall also some students are enrolled in summer school however he sees it as regret table that most buildings costing millions ot dollars to construct and maintain sit idle more than ten months of the year certainly the installation of airconditioning would be much cheaper than building new schools concludes bowes the threemember federation task force will make a report next august to the annual provin cial assembly even if the teachers federa tions approve of the plan it would require study and changes in pro vincial legislation to bring it about currently the provincial government regulates the length of the school year the federations represent teachers employed by public school boards in ontario hakonson says no ed hakonson says hes not running for whitchurch- stouffville council after all the rr 4 stouffville resident had been rumored as a possible candidate to succeed jim rae in ward 3 mr rae has announced his retirement from local politics since an article on his can didacy appeared in the tribune a few weeks ago mr hakonson says his telephone has been ring ing off the hook with enquiries from friends and acquaintances mr hakonson said that he has considered running for council but decided not to do so at this time with a young family he feels that the demands of political office would be too heavy however he has left the door open to run in the future the only declared candidate in ward 3 is nick tatone who announced last week for some of his thoughts on the local political scene see mr hakonson s letter on page a5 steam show theyll be huffing and puffing near uxbridge this coming satur day and sunday the steam engines that is this weekend the uxbridge- scott historical society holds its annual steam threshing days at the quaker hill museum admission is 3 for adults 2 for seniors students and children however children will be admitted free when accom panied by an adult the event goes from 15 pm both days the museum is on the cone 6 of uxbridge a quarter of a mile north of regional rd 8 rgornifc prepare jmg of popee frora 9 pm to f exira offered iybihbawdlmdoilnftaovntcs midnight iji tnamas madness ttejttrayjiua friday nighl bargains miss cne title eludes annika for annika hannan just being there was enough as runnerup in the 1987 miss markham fair competition an nika represents markham fair when the queen isnt able to the 18yearold gormley area woman was one of 106 con testants in the miss cne pageant queen of the fairs contest held last week in toronto fair queens from all over on tario were entered markham fair queen wendy ford couldnt attend the cne competition so her understudy got tg go instead it was a super experience for me annika said in an interview this week contestants were interviewed by the three judges and took part in preliminary judging the day of the pageant last tuesday you had to have a real farm background she said of the competition annika didnt expect to win the title since shes never lived on a farm but she was delighted that her roommate for the three days of the competition took top honors the contestants were quartered in a residence at vic toria college a part of the university of toronto annika shared a room with kathy mcnaughton from ilder- annika hannan vies for miss cne title ton ontario its a small com munity near london i was excited for her she deserved it annika said of her roommate she had the right qualifications annika just felt fortunate to be there in wendy fords place the event included a parade through downtown toronto by the girls in their banners and crowns and taking part in the pageant itself the stouffville secondary school graduate plans to attend queens university this fall she was sponsored by the tribune in last falls miss markham fair pageant main st facelift set for this fall stouffville the count down is on in four weeks stouffvilles downtown will undergo a 2 month transformation from ugly duckling to beautiful swan the brainchild of stouffvilles business improvement area board bia the project is scheduled to begin the third week of september with completion an ticipated by nov 30 cost of the venture is subsidiz ed by a 300000 pride grant while still several weeks away preparation stages are evident holes have been cut in the sidewalks for new lamp post standards interlocking brick will be installed from albert street through to park drive to date a contracting com pany has not been hired tenders are going out aug 24 today with approval to follow sept 13 yes there will be iheonvei nience bia member bob am cheril admits but its a positive move one we all feel very good about i think we can put up with a little inconvenience board chairperson sandra stronach is confident weather permitting the contract will be completed on time whats inside tammy yake 1 it straight pg a6 dorothy timbers deada2 jim on holidays a4 free trade debatea5 plowing youths a6 flowers galore a7 new addition a8 flight at homea9 panthers backb1 golfing for hospital b3 4- f