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THE ERA WED MAY 13 1070 VOL 119 NO Editorials Metro land grab On the surface Municipal Affairs Minister plan for York Regional Government appears to be a masterpiece of appeasement and diplomacy The plan calls for a more equitable representation by population than the present York County Council setup Certain municipalities will lose all or part of their areas but will retain their local identity Those areas which will be swallowed by larger neighbors were for the most part part and parcel of their larger neighbors in all but name anyway A regional police force will be a reality on Jan 1 some thing which has long been advocated by Yorks elected representatives The York region will have a health unit of its own and not be joined to neighboring Ontario County There will be a regional planning board with committees of council from each of the regions representing loeni interests There will be many other benefits from Mr plan but there is one part of his plan that will require careful scrutiny This is his proposal to turn over to Metro a atrip of land from Ave Metros present northern boundary to the proposed High way This new Toronto bypass runs two to three miles north of Ave Included in this strip is some of Yorks richest industrial assess ment This assessment includes the huge taxrevenue producing CPR and CNR marshalling yards also includes dozens of big new factories which have provided Markham and Townships with a large amount of their tax revenues It could he disastrous to the Region of York to lose ALL of this industrial tax revenue Mr was deliberately hazy as to the exact northern boundary at a press conference held after his May G announcement He said Highway 107 will form the for the boundary line but that a parkland belt would be running on either side of it This parkland could be 1000 feet wide in some places and a mile wide in others It is in this hazy definition of the exact boundary line that leaves York region politicians an opening to negotiate some of these rich tax- revenue producing Industrial sites back into York where they belong If all of this was lost to Metro York would become mainly a residentialcommercialagricullural community not supported by heavy industry Yorks present elected officials must be firm in their to this Metro land grab And after Oct the newlyelected regional council should bo just as firm Mr has left the door open for negotiation and its up to our politicians not to be forced into giving up what is traditionally and rightfully York regions properly SUGAR By Bill Smiley Cable TV a con game is turning out Canadian content Ninety per cent of it so far is time signals and the weather report Hut it has also produced several shows It doesnt really mai ler what they are as long as cost anything So Ive decided to cut short what promises to bo an enrich ing life as a television performer Pear of overexposure suddenly asks television Not unless with lucidity and have sonic pro fessional advit TV it was pitiful At least my wife I thought was pretty goad seeing that wv had no lousy equipment no rehearsal and everybody involved including the technicians was strictly an amateur Kim was watching and she thought I was the best too which only goes to show you She confided to my wife in private that I seemed And I wis Rut my wife kepi up a running fire of comment you look terribly thin You were the grayest one there Why didnt you speak up There was no humor at all Why did you slump in your chair like a wet rag You put your hand over your mouth once What it dull program think she expected a combination of Fred Davis Pierre Walter and Johnny Carson It wasnt exactly a moon shot or an NHL game though it just a interesting as some of the latter weve seen this spring ll WAS a dull program It bad about as much zip and flair as Ed Sullivan interviewing the reeve of Hayfork Centre about the bindweed problem Heres the way it went as a warning A chap I know called and asked jf I would appeal- on a pane discussion about education I agreed A student I knew was also to he on plus another moderator We arrived at the studio on lime It of a room about 10 feel square in the farmhouse be side the cable tower A table three chairs we needed four a miico- pbotie and a camera Two technicians were here watching TV Theyd never heard of us They called the manag er hack in town Hed forgotten about the show He finally arrived wed a chair for the fa lid tli dull Cold a week later if whole idea This be great for soil of thing a small town lota hi talent It didnt help Id just come from a and had had three hour night before Or that I didnt a clue as to what the program about Or that nobody else did eh thai day UK- hours of local personnel good equipment and or ganization or whole thing win be just another farce to slide mound of was just another victim me invented by the own- of cable television These comp lies are highly sought after as a of minting your own money ut the CRTC is leaning I suggesting that they besides money oplo minutes On the residents of home for about in rows facing the for the show to begin Crass if i he book- Our local cable company front It has managed television channel and If it doesnt improve idly its just a con game and she be exposed as such Suspicions Confirmed job is o inspect each box fa sore some parts are aways the Readers ERA Dear Editor King Township Is one of the largest townships in Ontario Were also the most prosperous and enjoy country life with city living deluxe This year through the generosity of the citizens and the tremendous ef forts of a hard working doctor and various minis tors we now have open the Mine Hills Academy for emotion ally disturbed children A drop- in centre for ail children opened in the United Church in King last Wednes day was well attended and adequate ly supervised The centre will be available once a week for the use of the area in the future Tin- Lnngdnn bus line has bad permission to extend their faci lities in King which will enable them to give the service they have rend ered in the county for Hie past facilities are new a resident nurse The coil helped make these by bringing standards which assure good road in King and by passing resolution helpful to the citizens The Hydro has a plan give more and bettor service am there are residents who are willing to sell their proper this We have reason to be grateful URSULA King Township Crier By BILL GAMBLE Well mac its like There were hoys leaning against he luwiioivned In n I 1 I Hie in evitable Hike I Ml Ik 111 symbol heir generation dangling from llicir fingers Their nanus I Irani I Here Don ltiek anil Well there Hie Senilis anil tilings like Hull I said tint my particular gang didnt go for much Ilowll Mill keen nut rouble then asked Eddie We didnt Used fences orchards to at I il I lliein to led me lull a few amdes or throw the building they Von nf drop in sine chimed Vim in Unit live a lit like Ibis In light go wrong I Thicken a Nn donl aid Wed In said We chains in those unit or sindr Sure I hey II 111 ilrin said Eddie and i great ill In Idling us did it all is didnt even have Hie la in Ilic world do lull Ihlnl like best Hie ll gills ics lite drnp- llh I diiano wild Don lit null In milime bit mister Musi sainciiliic go II Wove been that route I dig gtaiu sloil dulls before If I wild Illuming us for what nun wild e ull inogicss those Inns In the III automation and When I I said lhse line no dlo in colics Illg deal Ill lie sold Rick I on late TV iaa 11 I coke I said My man talks thai hit rice I mean said Kill susniiinasl fiddle conscience Around the county By GEORGE The world turns foil every decade or so and by the time the hair starts In lit it becomes more apparent Ilia somewhere we have travelled this roatl before or have seen a similar gadget many years ago York County Hoard of Mu nition is a case in A long comparing the advant ages anil disadvantage of open schools again I tile mop tradl- schools showed this up in The tail end of the report suggesting that typo or two nil Ilia iiired in the future hardly caused a stir and the spread one floor concept was thought to be siteconsuming A few weeks ago the board instituted a study to see if an of hard school should lie part of its plans for the in lo should we go back a little along the road to where the teacher might retain some of the It oven dared uggost that me form of discipline might not be frowned So the circle It iiif turv ago that I can recall the authorities in London England with a sudden soft spot in their hearts deciding that the iron gates separat um protecting the young female was a breakthrough which a parental picket line and the parents of both herd prelection Perhaps it on pirit of the little t ltd adventurous it was many days before any of us ventured through those into he sinctiy feminine area and even then it was with apprehec- camp Even when I paid ugh maybe the onetimes but there was ami when it was finally stayed there THE ERA Serving Sinra 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