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coming but question is when MONEY IS E G ARENA S PROBLEM SHARON Although it is now a virtual certainty that East will get its arena and community centre there are still a number of stumbling blocks that must be overcome before the pro ject can start Money is the biggest problem East Gwillimbury Council con vote sup port for Uie project as often as it wishes but if the needed is not available nothing will happen To dale the town ships banks have not been able to ar range interim financing to carry he pro ject until debentures ore sold On top of that the bond market has been so weak loely nobody knows if the debentures can be sold And oven if we can market the debentures we may have to pay to per cent interest on them said town ship clerktreasurer Jack Hopkins Ontario Municipal Board appro val on whether a plebiscite is needed on the financing and on the whole project is also mandatory Under the provincial Community Centres Act municipal ratepayers may decide by plebiscite whelhcror not they nrj-r- A- At left is one of the designs being con sidered for the East Gwillimbury Arena Township officials have several and say the roof on the final selec tion wilt probably be different from this one want a centre However the act allows the do away with the plebiscite if a community Indicates it is strongly in favor of a centre hence Hie petition in aimed at signing up over SO per cent of the township rate payers Even Ihis may not be enough to keep the question off the ballot however The December election day is rapidly ap proaching and the has not made a approval to elimination of the plebiscite by Nov 1 it will go on the Some community leaders in the township feel the question should be on the ballot anyway and Reeve Garfield Wright is one of these chairman of the community centre committee that gath ered signatures from over per cent of Ihe townships ratepayers on a petition favoring the centre feels the people have already expressed their approval by this Mr Russell charges council Is trying to dodge lie issue by putting It off until after the election The reeve counters that the pe tition merely indicates people arc inte rested in an arena not that they approve expenditure of money to build it In fact he points out the cost estimate Reeve Wright however denies that council is stalling If the people of this township want the arena he said there is no Russell while thinking peo ple are in of the project does not The proponents of the arena would lie laced with the job of running a campaign and getting the voters in fa vor of the project out situation would be cool to the pro- There is also the problem of the While the question can be put to the voters without final plans there is no way hc OMB would even consider it much less make a decision without final detailed plans While it may be difficult to find both looking for running into a and If construction in a II J under way there arc any num- tilings that could delay the three our month schedule AUTUMN CLASSES Offer art crafts and keep fit programs NEWMARKKT An eightpart Newmarket recreation and parks com mittee fall program has been announced by Recreation Director Dan Shannon An eightweek program of art classes for children eight and over is scheduled Thursdays from pm lo pm at Stuart Scott public school It will star Oct 30 and per course Children who prefer the school Wednesdays 11 starts Oct Creative drama courses also stretching over eight weeks will be held at Hay view Ave Wednesdays and Fri days The lo pm Wednesday jf veil weeks of nasties will start Nov 1 at Newmarket High They go from am lo am and cost cents to register and 10 cents per per course and are at Prince Charles public school Registration it at die school Oct Sunday for adults starts Oct at pm at the arena It so cents a night Mothers and preschoolers skat ing will he held Wednesdays fro t he a Mull I pay Youth finds loitering is expensive NEWMARKKT A Keltlcby youth has found that hanging around on Si be I proposition Michael Coleman was fined and vie ted of loitering under a new bylaw passed by town council Sept The offence oc curred Sept At ap proximately pm Con- warned Mr Coleman to move on and two hours lat er Constable Stevenson ob served the youth in the Mr Coleman fail ed to appear in Court in Aurora last week so the case against him was presented in absentia Maximum penally law is a 300 fine and costs OK CAN DKiHOINSTHATIOlN DON STEPHENS I THURSDAY EVENING OCT PM To PM ARE WELCOMED T flu At MUSIC CENTRE DAVIS OR PIJ ANNOUNCEMENT Now Open from am to pm Monday Friday Saturday pm ROBINS PHARMACY Main St Newmarket BUD COMING municipal election COUNCIL DILEMMA The council is also faced with the fact if ihoy dont put the question on the ballot and the then refuses request lo do away with the plebis cite lliey will have to call a spec ial election or wait Iwo years until the next regular vote i ratepayers vote in favor of the the question will still have to go Hoard for their approval Many pieces of land in the tow would make an excellent site for the centre but the big problem is that owners hopeful or selling their land for housing arc reluctant to sell to the muni cipality a price council feels il can The Community Centre commit- lee which had done some land hunting reported to council that the lowest price Ihey could gel was an acre for the site required reaches degrees Get Cooking with Super Savings ELECTRIC APPLIANCES tire Apply or a CANCHARGE Credit Card NEWMARKET SUTTON WEST