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best available copy f roads are priority for stouffvilie see page a3 former mayor marks a milestone see page c6 fsrwcl wzrl flfc flrofc ii fj i r hi mgin f jte bsbdi 1 sdss group is cleaning things up see page a7 5mainstwsloulfvjie 6404646 serving whitchurchsfouffville area countrye a ran rlyme vol 102 no 23 a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 7 1989 z0 m pages a really ltd country m 50 cents photobrucestapiev two accidents that occured within an hour of each other on hwy 48 last friday night kept police and rescue officials busy one of the accidents involved former stouffvilie tribune editor jim a friend above this chevrolet truck flfpped over onto its roof after the driver lost control opp officials are investigating reports that two cars were racing and one sideswiped the truck thomas his wife jean daughter mary lynne and causing the driver to lose control 5 injured in collisions bruce staple y correspondent a hitandrun driver and a deer crossing hwy 48 resulted in the hospitalization of five area residents friday night as two traffic accidents occurred within an hour of each other on the busy highway among those injured was former stouffvilie tribune editor jim thomas his wife jean and daughter mary lyhne after their car swerved to miss a deer and crashed headon into a southbound vehicle at about 950 pm ontario provincial police say in a separate accident that occured just an hour later a latemodel blue or grey chrysler kcar caused a vehi cle driven by an uxbridge cou ple to go out of control and turn over on its roof after being sideswiped police said lynne ethier 23 of brock st uxbridge was badly shaken up while her fiance charles taylor also of brock st escaped injury ethier who is 10 weeks pregnant according to the opp report was rushed to york central hospital in rich mond hill according to opp constable jim reinhart the taylor vehi cle a 1985 chevy s10 was passed by a speeding car thought by witnesses to be a transam as it headed south n hwy 48 near the bloom- ngton sideroad police said about a minute later a second vehicle tried to pass the taylor vehicle on the shoulder of the highway near the bethesda sideroad it struck the taylor vehicle resulting in 8000 damage when the truck rolled over after the driver lost control jim thomas fair condition police said the hitandrun car spun around and headed north back up hwy 48 constable reinhart says he hasnt ruled out the possibility the kcar and the first vehicle to overtake the taylor vehicle were racing each other opp officials are appealing to the public for information about the accident for infor mation call the opp oak ridges division at 7735281 in the earlier collision stouffvilie resident nadine shultz was admitted to scar borough grace hospital with infernal injuries after her car was struck headon by the thomas vehicle a hospital spokesman said she is listed in stable condition mr thomas of rupert ave- stouffvilie was taken to york central hospital suffering a broken sternum broken ribs and a punctured lung mrs thomas suffered a dislocated jaw and throat lacerations but has since been released from hospital mary lynne thomas suf fered minor injuries in the crash i saw the deer and i swerv ed to miss it but i hit it and bounced into the oncoming traffic said mr thomas yesterday doctors expect his injuries will take six weeks to heal and are monitoring his condition theyre afraid of pneumonia he said because of the punctured lung thats why theyre show ing some concern he was released from the in tensive care unit at york cen tral hospital on monday and is now listed in fair condition a fourth occupant of the car john morrison also of stouff vilie escaped injury no charges have been laid as a result of the crash mayor livid at kings crack on planning ahead by bruce stapley correspondent mayor fran sainsbury feels regional chairman eldred kings statement that whitchurchstouffville should be planning its growth more studiously is the equivalent of asking a bride to start planning her wedding without a husband and ward 2 councillor nick tatone while agreeing with the chairman that the town hasnt done all its homeworkr feels mr king is equally negligent for not foreseeing that the region will consist of cement from here to lake simcoe in another 50 years the two agreed that if there were problems evident in the towns approach to future growth king as a former mayor of the town should be willing to shoulder much of the blame i was livid said mayor sainsbury of her reaction to the chairmans claims who does he think he is saying we dont have apian the mayor responding to mr kings recent statement that the town hadntdone studies to back up its projected 30000 population total for the year 2011 voiced her frustration at what she sees as slim odds of the towns being given access to the big pipe but chairman king disputed the responses of the mayor and councillor tatone and argued that as the mayor of whitchurch- stouffville he planned the towns growth based on existing growth forecasts of 20000 maybe i stated it inaccurate ly or was misquoted he said its not that i am against whitchurchstouffville growing i just want to know what it is they really want if they just want new growth we will help them but all they are doing now is constantly amending their official plan rather than changing it mayor sainsbury told the tribune that asking the town to plan for future population growth without knowing its status with regard to the pipe was unrealistic you dont plan a wedding go out and buy a gown and make the arrangements until you have a husband she said the frustration is definitely there councillor tatone feels mr kings own forecast as mayor was vaguevhisforecast was- way off he didnt foresee stouff vilie growing like it has he also wondered about the chairmans plans for york region with regard to population growth does he foresee the region being cement from here to lake simcoe in 50 years and if we whitchurchstouffville grow to 30000 what about the other towns in the region is he planning for a water supply from lake simcoe instead of lake ontario does he plan on being an en vironmentalist if he does hed better have some plans for sewage and water councillor tatone said the pro vinces shifting of an ever- increasing load to the municipalities should result in a team approach at the regional level rather than the adversarial positions being taken when the province is pushing everything down to the region it is essential for the region to work h a r mo niously with the municipalities they sainsbury and king should be working together on the pipe for stouff vilie and the mayor should be more optimistic but mayor sainsbury said in clusion on the pipewas simply a matter of numbers were out voted at regional council she concluded market still up realtors by matt nicholls correspondent the rapidly cooling housing market in metro toronto that could see prices cut by 25 per cent in the next 12 months has not seriously affected the housing market in the stouffvilie area some local realtors say we dont have any indication of that a cooling of the market happening here at all says re max imperial realtor ron good its still a steady market at this time he says investment dealer wood gundy said the high cost of borrowing money and the effects of a slow ing economy are causing hous ing prices to plummet across markham youth charged in thefts a 17yearold youth from the markham area faces charges after being arrested sunday night in connection with a recent rash of robberies in ballantrae markham and stouffvilie york regional police said the youth was arrested at his home in the rural area in markham early sunday morning after be ing tipped off by a motorist the arrest came shortly after the- honeycomb donut shop on main st west in stouffvilie was held up at gunpoint at approx imately 230 am said york regional police sergeant norn miles the sunday arrest capped an investigation of three other re cent robberies including one ballantrae store that was robbed j twice said sgt miles he said police were treating two robberies that occurred last tuesday night one in ballan trae and one in markham separately but subsequently they charged the youth in both incidents sgt miles said robbery reports and descriptions of the weapon used in those robberies con flicted leading police to believe the two incidents were unconnected the youth arrested has been charged with four counts each of armed robbery disguise with in tent to commit an indictable of fence and use of a firearm in the commission of an offence the youth is scheduled to ap pear in court in newmarket on june 14 canada sales of existing homes in metro dropped 54 per cent in april 1989 to 2769 from 6015 in april 1988 and the average price of homes sold in toronto last month increased to 280122 from 224021 the toronto real estate board says high interest rates have weakened the economy says harvey bradley an economist who contributed to the report but most area realtors dispute the findings in the report and say its predictions are too severe the market is definitely lower than it was three months ago- says century 21 realtor gerry meharg but i believe its a cor rection going on in the market because the prices were simply climbing too high too fast meharg says that the wood gundy prediction of a 25 per cent reduction in housing prices is inaccurate i dont agree with that at all he says the market has slowed down because theres a correc- lion going on a 10 to 12 per cent deduction is a fair deduction the wood gundy report is simply not true meharg says it just simply did not happen and its not going to happen ron wood agrees i just cant agree with that report at all wood says just from the activity that we are hav ing in our office means we are do ing all right council wish list maps future needs bruce stapley correspondent while whitchurchstouffville town council pencilled in millions of dollars for a new civic centre pool fitness centre and library addition in its fiveyear capital forecast last tuesday the eventual reality of the projects is still uncertain the longrange forecast which had been requested by york regional government was put together by town officials for councils approval it outlines all major capital spending priorities for the town until 1993 the only significant addition to uie wish list was a decision to add an extra 200000 for roads reconstruction between 1990 and 1993 allan darling the towns budget control officer explained that the 1989 forecast had been taken directly from the towns recent capital budget the forecast for the next four years is based on input from the towns department heads he told the tribune major expenses for 1990 in clude a proposed 245 million ex penditure to build a new ad ministrative centre 312 million for ballantrae and mussclmans lake water projects and 400000 for a new fire hall in ballantrae the year- 1992 would see 495000 spent on a new fire truck and 35 million for a new poo and fitness centre spending in 1993 would include 22 million for the library addition 850000 for a if the region of york can put a 155000 square foot facility on a 12acre parcel of land then maybe we dont dont need such a big plot of land for a 20000 square foot building central garage and sand dome and a new pumper for the fire department whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury was the first to admit items like the new ad ministration building are yet to be finalized we need to take a breather and see whether we need it she said in a tribune interview some of our options like the old creamery and the property where the old arena stood have slipped away if the region of york can put a 155000 square foot facility on a i2acrc parcel of land then maybe we dont dont need such a big plot of land for a 20000 square foot building ward 5 councillor doug alles who is the towns planning com mittee chairman said the town should wait and see if a new ad ministration building is needed we do have to look at crowding in the present ad ministration centre said coun cillor alles but if the town doesnt grow then we would have to consider the feasibility of a new facility he also suggested there was a possibility that money allocated to the pool and fitness centre could actually end up going towards another recreation project how those funds get allocated remains to be seen he said but ward 2 councillor nick tatone expressed his disapproval with the fiveyear spending forecast being voted upon so quickly it was a piece of staff work and we tried to put it through in 10 minutes he complained there should have been a full day for throwing this around councillor tatone also ques tioned the need for the new ad ministrative centre once we put some automation into the ex isting offices we can cut down our staff by a few people he said ward 4 councillor wayne em- merson meanwhile was pleased with the spending blueprint i think its great it tells us what were doing for the next five years in terms of capital spen ding projects he said