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s33xs3i2ftsi ckcscpasifeasr fc are your diamonds secure free inspection cleaning weekender edition n r i e 4kw9oqj0ks l greet rotes guaranteed investment certificates standard trust phone for details 2946865 airport would mean no cost to taxpayers allan rubin says more jobs industry will come to town tracy kibble staff reporter an expansion of the markham airport would mean an increase in local jobs and industry for whitchurchstouffville and a greater service at no cost to taxpay ers local officials were told tues day allan rubin president and opera tor of markham airport said the buttonville facility is unsafe now according to experts and the markhahi proposal with its upgraded service options would deter the federal government from considering the pickering site at a later date whitchurchstouffville has a good opportunity here for an indus trial base rubin said markham airport is located between hwy 48 and the 9th line running north and south and between the 18th and 19th avenues to the east and west concern local officials stressed concern that noise and pollution would affect the whitchurchstouffville community kinsmen playground may be put off to 93 tracy kibble staff reporter efforts by the local kinsmen club to build a safe playground for local children may have to wait two years council decided tuesday kin president brian daley said new playground equipment worth about 20000 at the rupert street park at westlawn crescent is nec essary the equipment sitting there now is in desperate need of repair daley said however town recreation direc tor marlane mckee wetheral said the project has to be deferred to 1993 and added council only approved theproject last year in principle sub ject to the bud get the town would have to invest an initial 18000 but would be paid back 8000 over a five year period the kinsmen has committed to a fhansa1nsbury concerned however ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson said he is con cerned the project is being delayed when a service club wants to contribute 10000 theyve done a lot of work here councillor emmerson said the project was a great idea noting the upgrades are in hisward this is an excellent park but it needs the full support from coun cil and unfortunately will have to be deferred to 1993 emmerson said however mayor fran sains- bury said she is concerned wayne emmerson great idea whether the equipment there now is safe for children to use mckee- we theral admitted some of the equipment has to be removed in light of the concerns coun cil voted to bring the issue up at its march 18 budget meeting for further consid eration 10000 investment over the next five years taxpayers to foot safety bill taxpayers will foot the 1300 bill to ensure safety during whitchurchstouffvilles annual strawberry festival this summer it was decided tuesday council approved a pay duty crew of seven firefiahters to be on call from 930 am to 430 pm at 189 an hour to ensure emergency vehicle access be ma at all times during the temporary street closure for the july long weekend festivities main street will be closed from blake st to park dr area travellers will see changes donald jackson of the stouffville travel centre is advising trav ellers to be aware of changes resulting from the opening of the new terminal 3 at pearson international airport on thursday jackson said that canadian airlines british airways lufthansa american airlines sas air france and japan airlines are affect ed by the transition he also said residents travelling on these carriers should be earli- er than normal during the transition period and a passport is the best form of identification as many airlines are accepting only photo identification due to heightened security the last thing we want to do is to set up an air field that would affect the environment and turn everyone upside down rubin said he added the airport would oper ate on a low noise level he said the company has considered allow ing dc9s and 737s to travel in and out but only for maintenance r not commuter traffic these will not affect the environment or the community rubin said the airport wouldnt just accept any traffic and we would hope markham would provide training maintenance and commuter facili ties rubin added he told officials that the aircraft would leave the runway by dick son hill at the 9th line 1000 feet west of the 9th line then over the golf course and continue to the north west aircraft coming in to markham airport would fly over major mackenzie drive and in he said not unique he added the closure of but tonville airport would have no detrimental affects oh york region contrary to what the town of markham has stated the services offered at but tonville ijave been called unique they are not unique to a general aviation airport markham airport could replace buttonville and pro vide a greater service rubin said however the town of markham is against the proposal markham officials would like to purchase buttonville airport and would rather a local airport facility be run by the government instead of the private sector reports show markham is in direct competi tion with me now the town im a part of is my biggest competition rubin said ward 5 councillor doug alles asked how the private running of markham airport could be expect ed to turn a profit when the town of markham couldnt make a go of it interested however rubin said british aerospace is interested in spending 50 million of the 100 million cost he said it would cost about 30 million up front to expand the air port with a 3350 foot runway but to make a go of it the project would immediately need the400 aircraft helicopter service and everything buttonville has trans ferred to the site mayor fran sainsbury asked what would become of markham airport if the federal government decides to build pickering there is absolutely no reason to consider the pickering site because markham airport could easily accommodate all services but we would then retain the area as a heliport facility and rotary type aircraft aircraft of the future we would still retain some aspect of aviation rubin said b5aaggsiba