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The Liberal, 28 Sep 1977, p. 3

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Posed Anna Hunter of Avenue Road, Richmond Hill, » last York Regional Council - week gave quick approval to a recom- mendation of its engineering committee, calling for acceptance of its preliminary design report to realign Gor- mley Sideroad in the . Villageof Gormley on the ' route most favored by the participated in community’s Discovery Days by painting. Here, Otto Grebze, Stockdale Crescent, Richmond Hill, is the model. Part of Art in the Park, Anna and other artists were forced to move from the Mill Pond to Richvale Community Centre because of the weather. residents. The road, also known as Regional Road 14, is to be re-located to the north of the village for the purpose of constructing a grade separation at the CNR tracks in Gormley, plus an interchange at the proposed realignment crossing and Highway 404. The latter is to run from Toronto at the Don Valley Parkway to Newmarket. Gormley Sideroad is an east-west road providing regular service between Highways 11 (Yonge st.) and 48. According to the preliminary design. there are approximately 30 private entrances onto the road. Highway 404 is planned as a six-lane highway from the end of the Park- way (Don Mills or Woodbine Rdl to High- way 7 and then four lanes from there to Newmarket. Gormley Sideroad forms the boundary between Richmond Hill and Whitchurch-Stouf- fville. Woman says road would take 66 ' off her property York Regional Coun- cil's approval Of the G2 plan for sideroad the Gormley interchange. favored by the residents of Gormley, over the G2A plan, initially favored by the regional engineering committee, wasn't completely altruistic, according to some residents of the village. The plan is to re-Iocate Gormley Sideroad north Of the village, with an eventual interchange for the proposed 404 highway, which is to continue on through the town to Newmarket from the West Woodbridge residents oppose Milani townhouses Nearly 100 angry West Woodbridge residents crowded into the Vaughan council chamber last week to protest the Cam Milani proposal for townhouses near the CPR tracks. After an hour Of argument, with Coun» cillors Jim Cameron, Terry Goodwin, Dario di Giannantonio and Lorna Jackson joining in the fray, the Milani ap- plication was refused. “I think everything has been said that needs to be said." Councillor Dave Fraser said, and con- cluded the discussion and received the last burst of applause for the evening. Cam Milani himself took the podium to say that the fourâ€"acre parcel of land had been in the planning stages for four years. He said 25 per cent Of Flying cyclist hurts pedestrian A pedestrian was injured by a flying motorcycle passenger in a weird accident on Kennedy Road in Milliken last week. Taken to Scarboro Centennial Hospital with severe injuries, was Donna Artymko, '19, of Milliken, who police said was knocked down by Douglas Patterson, 16, of Uxbridge, while walking down the street. According to police. P a t t e r s o n . a passenger on the back of motorcycle, driven by Donald Rodych, 17, of Kennedy Rd., was sent flying after the vehicle was in collision with a car driven by Robert MacDougal, 77, of Willowdale. Police said MacDougal was backing out of a driveway on Kennedy at the time. that All four were taken tO Scarboro Hospital for treatment of in- juries. CARS plans sports sale The Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society will hold its annual second hand sports sale October 1. The event will take place at St. Stephen's Anglican Church on Keele Street in Maple, from 1 pm. to 3 pm. People with items to SST. 4W... sell should have them at the church between 10 am. and noon, and items not sold should be picked up between 3 and 4 pm. Items which do sell return 75 percent to the seller. with 25 percent going to the arthritis society. For further in- formation, call 832-1305. Waddell's World of Travel Ltd. CITY OF ENCHANTMENT It's the metropolis of Superlatives. One hundred and twenty miles of beaches with names such as Copa- cabana and lpanema extolled in night clubs and song. A huge, 1,200 ton, 130 foot high statue of Christ atop a mountain. A sports stadium (Maraâ€" canal that can hold 200,000 people. A Botanical Garden covering 135 acres with over 7,000 vari» eties of exotic plants and 600 types of orchids. Rio de Janeiro has been called wild, care free, gracious, bright, charming, and sophis- ticated! Can the place be all these at once? The answer is yes, as visitors to Rio will gladly testify. And yet all those descriptions still don’t do justice to this cosmopolitan city in the world’s fifth largest country. Just name your fun and entertainment â€" Rio’s got it. There’s plenty of nightclubs featuring top perform- ers, as well as disco- theques samba houses small bara, movies, opera, concerts, and ballet. The latter three are performed as the Municipal Theatre as well as other places. Art lovers can view works by world faâ€" mous artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Braque at the Nation- al Museum of Fine Art. Plan on visiting Rio soon... it’s the place for all pleasures! §Q§§ show you the world'. See you next week. WADDELL‘S WORLD OF TRAVEL, LTD, 10084 Yonge St. Rich- mond Hill Phone: 884- 9271 REQISHREC BONDED, IRAIEL AGEVCI NO GUESS} Veneer 0 i It‘ ASIA [ANADA CH the land in West Wood- bridge had been given for park purposes. “1 con- sider myself a friend of West Woodbridge." “Not on this," a resident interrupted. Milani said he thought he had been doing what the people would want. “The land is zoned industrial, would you like industrial?" Another resident suggested he could construct the Milani building. The town staff took a dim view of the Milani West Woodbridge Investments Ltd. plan. “This is exactly the type Of plan the engineering department abhors â€" no contours, few dimensions, no elevations," wrote town engineer Dick Kraft. Under roads, he said it would be extremely difficult to have a normal town snowplow or a large moving van turn around anywhere in the town. He also said that “I believe that the owners of lots 20 to 50 would have a difficult time opening the front doors of their residences after a heavy snowfall. There is a measured distance Of four feet from the edge Of the curb tO (the) front wall of the residences. The fire chief was concerned about the access for fire trucks. The ministry of en- vironment was concerned OUI‘ administration. VG Make your Will concern When you appoint V and G as the executor of your estate you are assured that your bequests will be distributed exactly as you intend. We provide 88 years of broad. up to date experience in money management and estate 10355 Yonge St.. Richmond Hill CALL B.M. LOWERY MANAGER 884- 1107 about train noise from shunting operations on the CP Rail siding. Kraft noted that the developer had hired noise con- sultants who said that outdoors, “the noise peaks will be highly in- trusive”. Inside, the consultant said “with careful ar- chitectural control, in- cluding tightly fitted double glazing on the east side, interior noise peaks could be held to levels which would cause only occasional interference with speech, telephone, radio, etc.” Planning director John Dewar had recommended approval in principle for the plan provided the concerns of the staff were met and the developer acquire CP rail land “for a considerable berming and evergreen planting," and that the developer give up all claim to ad- joining valley lands. Dewar said there was a proviso in an existing subdivision agreement which permits the developer to receive back from the town a con- siderable piece of valley land if he can get a fill permit. The planning director felt that the fill berm would be available and that Milani would insist on using the proviso if the town insists on an in- dustrial use for his property beside the tracks. Serving more and more people since 1889 WCTORM and GREY TRUST COMPANY edge Of the Don Valley Parkway. Letters and petitions presented to council from the villagers implied that the G2 plan would be the lesser of two evils, as no houses would be affected, whereas two would have to be removed under the G2A plan. Not so. according to Walter Brillinger. a farmer in the area. According to Brillinger he stands to lose his house and a barn, while his father, down the road, will lose six acres Of his land. Brillinger said the ministry of transport and communications wants 50 acres of his own land, although the surveyed part requires only 14. Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Samain, RR. 1, Gormley, said that the plan calls for a small connecting road through their property. Mrs. Samain told The Liberal that the road would cut 66 feet â€" or half â€" off the front of their property. “They don’t need the road if they leave the track (existing railway track) open," she said. She said that Richmond Hill Mayor Dave Schiller had told her after the meeting that her only recourse now was to ask for an inquiry under the expropriations act, as to why the lands had to be taken. Another resident, Anne Gold of RR. 1, Gormley. said that she stood tO lose 50 per cent of her lot. There was also a horse farm in the area that would be affected, she said. NO SELECTING 4 x 8 x 3/4" (SECONDS) OPENING SPECIAL 4 x 8 x I/28" 2x4x8’ WHITE COATED HARDBOARD DOOR CRASHER SPRUCE per piece Mrs. Gold said that she was presenting her case to Ontario ombudsman. Arthur Maloney. CHOICE SAT. OCT. A T [AS T - EVER YTflllllO YOU NEED TO FIlIlISII YOUR BASEMENT HOUSE OR GO ITA OE A TPRIOES YOU BAA/AFFORD]! 1x4 TONGUE IN GROOVE 0¢ KNOTTY PINE 2x4x6’ SPRUCE SANDED FIR ASSORTED OFF CUTS Plywood & Hardboard Individually Priced From RAILWAY TIES UNTREATED SANDED PLYWOOD per 595 69¢ MAPLE AVE. KRAFT DINNER IGA PEAS MONARCH POUCH-PAK CAKE MIXES SSDRTED FLAVOUOS’IIAWAIIAN PUNCH ' " FRUIT DRINKS 7I DUN(AN AVE. DRIVE IN WAREHOUSE STEELES E. Till-j LIBERAL. Wednesday, September 28. HIT? â€"â€" .-\-:l The proposed plan has been before the Gormley community since June. It offered five different routes for the reâ€" alignment, finally reducing it to two, listing them under the headings of G2 and GZA. The engineering committee received letters. mostly favoring (12 as the “more ap- propriate choice." and two petitions. One contained 37 signatures in favor of the (32 proposal. while the other. signed by 116 people, some of whom also signed the other one, stated they were “not in favor Of the preferred route." G2A was preferred by the engineering com- mittee, which said it DOLLAR DAYS at SPECIALS EFFECTIVE 'TIL SATURDAY, OCT. “77 i 7 ‘/4 PKG. IGA RECONSTITUTED APPLE JUICE SCOTT DR VIVA PAPER TDWELS 48 02 1402. TIN 9V2 OZ. PKGS. 48 OZ. TIN AVAILABLE ONLV AT :LENCOURT Bayview & Markham Rd., Richmond Hill WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES. BRITANNIA CASH Er CARRY NEW LUMBERYARD -WAREHOUSE OUTLET Er BUILDING SUPPLIES Ix2x8’ 23?. WHILE STOCK LASTS CALL 881-7900 SPRUCE per piece IF BUSY 881-6262 BAYVIEW AVE. TWIN PAK DOOR CRASHER STRAPPING would cost $100000 less than the G2 plan. The residents. however. favored the latter. and the committee subsequently included it in its recommendation. The committee initially said that the G2 plan would subject two houses on Leslie St. to “com- paratively high noise levels". Also, future recon- struction of Leslie St.. would result in long, steep _ . driveways to the two properties. In Opposing the plan. however. residents of the area said it would mean the removal of the same two houses. The G2 plan would require removal of two farm buildings and stables. The residents also as PLYWOOD 4x8xI/8" PEG BOARD Per piece 2x2x8’ WE SPECIAL/[EM OUT TO SIZE Pl Y WOOD ANO [UMBER (MUS T HA VE 48 HOURS lVO TlCEl â€" HRS. MON-WED. 8-6 P.M. THURS. - FRI. 8-9 P.M. SATURDAY 8-4 P.M. per piece Opening Special 4 x 8 x I/4" (SECONDS) 4 x 8 x I/4" Reg. $8.95 Opening Spec. DOOR CRASHER “Gormley interchange approved asked that the existing railway crossing be left Open. the main argument being that. if closed. it would divide the comâ€" munity into two parts. They also questioned the need for an in- terchange. Taking up their protest in council, was Richmond Hill Mayor Dave Schiller. who said he “wasn‘t convinced of the need for an interchange there now . other than the fact that it has been planned there for several years and they have acquired land for it." Schiller said he would have to vote against the committee‘s recomm- endation. The plan will have an interchange, but the present railway crossing will be left open. 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