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Editorials Avert a tragedy lodged York County should stop gambling with the in the cells it rents from Newmarket No one is responsible for keeping under observation the people brought into the cells during the night by police from the township- surrounding Newmarket a- Newmarket Police Chief Hill The arresting municipality is billed for the jailing of the prisoner but county officials are not even sure whose responsibility the prisoners upkeep is before and after he has been arraigned before a justice of the Since these prisoners are lodged in cells rented by the county Council should act immediately to make sure a surveillance is established A large proportion of these people are either under the influence of alcohol or thought to be when brought in and cannot lie leponible for their actions Metro Toronto jails have experienced a rash of suicides in their cells recently and only November a man took his own life in the Aurora jail and thee despite regular surveillance These tragedies should be sufficient warning for county politicians If a county prisoner should die under conditions either his the thei attention which obviously would not be available a coroners would surely place the burden of responsibility on his keepers Now is the time to forestall a tragedy Premature bylaw A dozen or so basketball players playing at Huron Heights School in the Senior League had a rude shock when they returned to their cars following the game and found them ticketed by Fast The vehicles were parked in the No Parking area on Huron Heights Drive facing the front entrance of the school and the lice were on the job about pm Complaints regarding the issuance of parking in this area during night There have been parking tickets from activities at the school The police are correct and enforcing the law and are following a township bylaw which forbids parking on this street which the present time ia a No through road ft is used during the day by many school buses but it does appear a little premature and hairsplitting to issue summonses for p irking on this road at night The front entrance of the school is the only way into the building during evening hours and although there is ample parking in the lots provided it is a lung cold safari from cither the north or south lark ing area to the school entrance When the road is finished to the new subdivision and when the proposed addition the school is completed should be lime enough to implement a bylaw which it m is irritating to the public and for the police SUGAR By Bill Smiley Alls well at school taking place in re are indications that the people have passed the regime And all be wine and dancing in the streets And chaos Ilul out of chaos eventually hut bad I he world Perhaps Ilia revolution in 011 will produce ntiiiv man ha 1 failure on a grand scale It failed entirely t cation a tremendous pun of tech nological ami a ilme hind look at traditions with a few notable exceptions have been timid sit ing from thai up set the system Itu public laigi Inn ignored education to I a I I incn llalMuia Co into an elementary school today You rnav be shucked death Instead of sir rows fating a big up hand all about the ideas a joy in finding out for oneself Co into a high school he teacher is he leading a poem preferably written at IihI 100 years ago Then he is to elicit from In students with a series of childish ns1 join which on null aie inr ed by the dumb ones the meaning metaphors Then he is being educated Hut whats Ibis Theyre not even fitting in rows but in a circle Which The discussion may I pics Io drugs In lnokt In ait I joi Io In aiily I hey ma Mill hi whin Hi 111 lb field trips win field trips in liiiagim niili is A visit by a lilstnry class Shocking should lie In where be lling A rip In Hie theatre for an I class Sheer depravity Shakespeare can In- prrllj If but I carefully 1 ad of just talking a you will il all inui THE 1 Readers ERA Dear Editor On behalf of the to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind I wish to express our sincere thanks to the very kind and generous people this district who supported our recent letters sent out and thru the med ium of your paper- Contributions from Newmarket Aurora King Sharon and the surrounding area totalled This will be used to maintain the many ser vices for registered blind in this district These services are great iu number such as employ ment home teaching residences library and talking books white cane prevention of blindness eye bank dogs besides giv ing useful and needy presents at Christmas time they stand ready to help any blind person in need The committee wishes to thank all those who contribut ed only with your help call we carry on this piogramme and make the of the blind more pleas ant nig titer system for US long- suffering northern York County residents who have to travel back and forth from Toronto each day I bought a home in Newmarket about three years ago and find it a delightful place to live I wouldnt want to live any place else I lived in Toronto before mov ing to Newmarket and had to fight my way across the city to get to and from work When I moved to Newmarket three years ago it took mo less time to get to work even though I lived 15 or miles far ther away from my job now Now its taking me longer be cause the traffic is getting heavier I guess more and more people are moving to Newmarket and nobodys doing anything about the commuter service would make Newmarket an even more delight ful place to live THIS WEEK By Ray Argyle All for one Next will toko top llio fr links Willi mill lllllniii ivlllcll in mill win In in- sun llnl iIiimi nil ilsliii Ira 11- Iiiiii- mill liiin ills nil I ii 11 Ilul tin 1 nil il I li II II nil Mm ml 1 Kill if I- I Hi I Anliiirii AI will iii In I- 11 Minimi fresh wind Mil mill lll All till WMl MlllVlllT Will Li I 11 Im iiiiiiiil iii mum in liil I liiiil ilihii tor Hun Ill llul It i iililll In Hull nil 1111 Nil mill lit Mlniil in ill VijV I ini iiliin1 iV iilll 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field how ever is land use and planning and while the first would on housing and industry other favorable to such regional control A case in point are recreational cost and their location In Newmarket and other throughout the county ha in artificial ice arena tryin to hold its against neighborly com petition a swimming pool that in two summer months is the sole source of water pleasure for child ren of this town and the adjacent areas to east and north and west not to speak of adults These two facilities besides the band- shell are actually all we have to offer and all we can afford They do provide us with basic recreation at lowest rales and as nonresident neighbors begrudge the slightly higher prices charged them the resident taxpayer equal ly begrudges the tab presented to him year end for the opera- tlotis A local group is bravely tackling plans for a Centre and facing the thankless task of gain ing support and interest from a people hat expects to pay for downtown redevelopment on lop of record taxes On it regional level co-opera- even If not control things could be achieved Just think would put up an Indoor swimming pool at our doorstep Whitchurch would pro vide skiing slopes with all Ihe trimmings would swing a if the were nil divided Somewhere In our midst theatre lo house Out groups and orchestras big enough and equipped lo attract companies mining in Toronto for some extra nights instead of duplication and of competition and make shift the most in benefits and In efficiency lie achieved on level iu he field of pleasure and not with more but much less c TOE ERA Counly Sine Incorporating THE POST ffilDUE THE HERALD DAVID and Publisher J IOIHlBK flint liKOItliK lulillnhul III SI In tin t Limited fin inn iiiim I or nil imlii Ii iml of Sec mill Mull by Punt Office for imymont of In 8052381 I SI 7271021 SI Keawlck 1764882 1 Keawlck