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serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area countrye sqsrealtyltd country property speciaust 6405090 johnwhytau vol 132 no 40- a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 28 1988 our clerk is head of class by jim thomas editor stouffville pat oakes whitchuichstouffvilles efficient clerkcoordinator lias upstaged even queens park on interpreting a section of the municipal elections act the province established oct 17 as the final date for revisions mrs oakes suggested this was in error she argued in favor of oct 15 and proceeded to work towards this deadline her decision was supported by town solicitor michael bigioni also the clerk of markhain gary koseblade concerned over the likelihood of challenge the city of north york took the province to court the hearing in osgoode hall toronto was placed before justice hughes sept 12 the decision in favor of oct 15 was handed down four days later i was sitting on pins and needles mrs oakes admitted later the ramifications had the date been challenged were immense it could have cost metro toronto up to s3 million and whilchurch- stouffville 31000 lie town clerk said even worse it could have invalidated the entire election mrs oakes stated regarding the elections act as her bible mrs oakes claimed sec tion 120 stipulates the final revision date as a saturday rather than a monday even though oct 15 is not regarded as normal office hours on the basis of justice hughes decision the clerks department will be open on the saturday from 830 am to 530 pm airs oakes said she felt so strongly about the issue she travelled to toronto and sat in on the proceedings arguments lasted two hours clerks arent lawyers mrs oaks conceded i felt really good the judge interpreted the act the same way i did i fire damages lake home 50 pages 50 cents musselmans lake damage has been estimated at 50000 in a fire friday that par tially destroyed a remodelled cot tage residence on churchill drive musselmans lake the residence owned jointly by petra legare and duncan matheson suffered fire damage dog saves its master ballantrae a small dog has been credited with saving his masters life and possibly his home fire chief bill brown said philip gordon a ballantrae farm house tenant had fallen asleep in the kitchen friday night unaware of the blaze he was awakened by the pets incessant barking in time to escape the structure and turn in the alarm at first it was feared the dog had died however a brigade volunteer discovered him un conscious under a bed am bulance officials revived him with oxygen he was running around good as new chief brown said he saved his master and we saved him damage has been estimated at s10000 critical goodwood anthony tony mezenberg seriously in jured in a twovehicle crash sept 18 remains in critical condition a spokesperson at torontos sun- nybrook hospital told the tribune tuesday the 19yearold goodwood area mans car was in collision with an opp cruiser on hwy 47 near waggs road the police con stable was also badly injured t marks i- i page a people person page a2 throughout chief bill brown said heavy smoke and flames were coming out the back when we arrived he stated steven legare was the only one home at the time he had left the residence only a short time when the blaze was observed the family dog was trapped in the structure and died this fire plus another at ballantrae four hours later added up to a terrible night for sta tion i and ii volunteers chief brown said time of the blaze on churchill drive was g43 pm and at ballantrae ii 40 pm appeal likely stouffville pigeon fan cier adolfo bianchi stouffer street north has been found guil ty of maintaining an aviary in a residential area the decision in the towns favor was handed down in newmarket court friday said jp chandhoke its quite clear that an aviary whether for commercial use or for hobby pur poses is not allowed in a residen tial area according to the bylaw he discounted the argument put forth by defence counsel gor don ness that the bylaw is discriminatory its not the same as keeping dogs or other pets chandhoke said bruce a r r o w s m i t h whitchurchstouffvilles chief building official called for the minimum fine the amount levied was 100 the maximum possible is 20000 mr bianchi admitted disap pointment its a deadend road he said i intend to appeal no theatre stouffville plans for a muchpublicized movie theatre on the site of slouffvilles deer park inn have been scrapped lack of water and sewerage services has been blamed julie ground a spokesperson for deer park informed council sept 20 that a new proposal is being prepared that will include a 30unit motel plus a three- bedroom residence for the manager a proposed septic system to serve as a miniature sewage treatment plant will accom modate a motel and residence but not a threatre ms ground said mayor fran sainsbury ex pressed disappointment the theatre would not be built as originally planned town plowman ntario title stouffville despite the fact stouffvilles ken ferguson has twice competed in canadian and world plowing competitions this year marks the first time lies won the provincial title he did it at the international match near stratford sept 2023 the judges decision was revealed at the awards banquet friday the reserve champion was darryl hostrawser of belwood it was a really tight class the result was hard to guess i just kept hoping ken told the tribune later he used his own international 114 tractor and a 2furrow kvernland plow other prominent awardwinners from this area were jan king rr 4 slouffville herb jams agincourt and barry degeer rr 3 alt albert barry received a 2500 scholarship both ken and darryl will now advance to the canadian at dun- das prince edward island in 1989 if successful there theyll go on to the world match in holland in four days of competition ken scored one 1st one 2nd onesrd and a ith earning 200 gravel company has big plans uxbridge a workedout gravel pit can be reactivated standard aggregates ltd durham road 30 north of lin- colnville hopes to put this theory into practice the firm plans to construct a precast concrete plant a ready- mix concrete plant and an asphalt plant at the base of an ex cavation east of the uxbridge whitchurchstouffville townline access to the operation will be available via a tunnel under the road j a permit to draw water from an existing well is already m place an 80foot escarpment provides a natural buffer with additional plantings proposed whitchurch- stouffville council was informed last week the facility will have state of the art technology minimizing noise pollution and smoke the information read while the operation will be located in uxbridge town coun cil has been asked to comment on what impact if any it will have on adjacent properties in whitchurchstouffville town streetscape project still travelling rough road stouffville slouffvilles inflated downtown streetscape project was approved at a general bi a membership meeting wednesday but the road was rough critics were not so concerned with the increase of 25000 but rather changes to the improve ment plan some claimed they hadnt been informed allbrick sidewalks as opposed to interlocking brick and con crete prompted sometimes terse debate al dickson of the snowbird said two seniors had complained the brick would be slippery to which chairperson sandra stronach replied we wouldnt be doing his if we thought il was going to be dangerous maintenance will be easier she said its going to look too slick argued dickson were going to lose our village look which is the advantage we enjoy in this area on the question of funding john lord claimed the total cost to be way out of line i doubt well see any improve ment in sales because of the changes its just going to make us look like unionville mrs stronach said the board was acting on the advice of a landscape architect who is very highly respected she promised no further price hikes i feel im paying for something i havent seen responded dickson lucky escape stouffville an 18-year- old stouffville man is described by police as being very lucky following a collision on the stouff ville road near mccowan sept 20 john blommesleyn millard street escaped from his over turned 1988 chevy sprint after the car was rearended and land ed in a nearby ditch the second vehicle a 1987 buick regal was driven by alark veenstra 24 of richmond hill both were castbound the stouffville auto was hit with such force the rear bumper was driven through to the front seat york regional constable keith bird told the tribune the driver escaped out a side window the sprint is a writeoff the of ficer said with damage estimated at sliutk lawyer gord ness disagreed they the executive didnt have to come to us for approval- but they did id like to commend them on their decision the additional 25000 commit- men was approved raising the total expenditure to just over 831000 markham fair opens thursday markham fair opens thursday tomorrow at 9 am and continues through four funfilled lays the theme of the 1988 show is yours to share and this has been president dave morrisons goal to get more people involved a host of events arc scheduled these were listed on page 33 of the tribunes saturday weekender and arc carried on page c12 of this weeks community focus markham alayor carolt bell will open the fair thursday evening at 6 pm shell be joined on stage by mayor fran sainsbury of whitchurchstouffville regional chairman eldrcd king and members of the fairs 1988 board of directors all pastpresidents and committee volunteers arc invited the ceremony will be held in the entertain ment tent