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THE ERA Since I NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK AUGUST JO EG Heights man builds fence to keep dog away NEWMARKET An East GwiWmbury Heights homeowner dislikes his neighbor so much he has built an electrified fence down his property line Town council was told Monday night the homeowner who was not named put the fence up because he is having trouble with his neighbor and his neighbors dog After a search by the towns solicitor officials concluded there is nothing illegal about the electric fence and Monday council hurriedly considered an amendment to its fence bylaw It gave two of the required three readings to the amendment and then sent it back to committee for rewording after Councillor Tom Taylor pointed out it not only prohibited electrified fences but also By passing the amendments first two readings council clearly I indicated its intent although the bylaw will not be technically in I force However it cannot be made retroactive and so the East Heights fence can stay But Mayor Bob said its owner can be charged with criminal negligence if the fence does harm to adult child or animal- Regional Councillor Ray Twinney urged council to approve two readings of the amendment even though it must be rewritten to clearly indicate its intention to anyone else thinking of erecting electric or barbed wire fences in residential areas Judge Morrison leaves court bench aims for backbench Provincial Court judge to Jan 1967 contest Durham North riding as a Liberal candidate in the Sept IS provincial election LARK MORRISON Era to hold candidates meeting NEWMARKET The Era will sponsor a York North all candidates meeting on Thursday Sept 4 Hodgson liberal Margaret and New Democratic Party candidate Bob Lewis have been Invited to attend Details the format will be published at a later date Judge Morrison said he was leaving the court room for the political arena as a Liberal candidate because the present Progressive Conservative government has brought the administration of justice to near total collapse He cited the fact that crowns attorney are considering hiring legal counsel to represent them in salary negotiations with the province as one example of the frustration in the provinces judicial system Judge Morrison termed his a year salary increase this year as a slap in the face when you consider this only represents a less than six per But his main complaint is the quality of education in the province The special cl students how to write tence he said If elected he said he would fight for a better deal for which has been shafted for years by Queens Park A Sutton resident most of his life Judge Morrison is married with three sons and a daughter in the World War and is a member of the Royal Military Institute He graduated from Hall in 1953 He is the past president of the Sutton Kinsmen Club served as a member of the York County Hospital board and is a director of both the Briars Golf Club and the Sutton Curling Club He served on Georgina council prior to the advent of regional government Judge Morrison has sat began removing trees Monday for widening of Wellington St West four lanes Meanwhile a public Court fight is uncertain as Wellington work starts a local citizens coal turn will hunch a legal figlt to stop tin- widening of Wellington St West to four started Monday to cut down trees on the north side of the street The equipment is expected to begin work later this Last Thursday a Toronto newspaper reported that the within two days But spokesman Doug of Wellington St said Monday that no dec will be made until after meeting at 8 pm in the community centre The people who are doing date Mr said in an If the people feel we should explore the legal avenues we probably will the tree removal part of the project is demoralizing to citizen objectors The regions out committee awarded the tender to Con struction last Wednesday Any legal challenge would likely focus on Aurora Councils reintroduction of the matter last week after a voting deadlock at its July meeting Council was voting on whether to accept its share of the costs of the regional project Wellington REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY of YORK GRADING GRAVELLING PAVING WE SLOWLY CONTRmOT 758 Full York staff to join union by weeks end About employees are affected The move came as a direct result of regional councils refusal last spring to grant nonunion employees a six per cent costofliving pay increase on July Unionized staff at the regions health unit and York Manor Home for the Aged had been given the midyear boost There is a campaign and we are very close to applying for certification said Stan Smith a spokesman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees in a telephone interview from Toronto on Friday By the end of this week we should be In a certifiable position Mr Smith said The Ontario Labor Relations Board must approve CUPEs certification before the York staff is recognized as a bargaining unit Last week had collected almost the required number of signatures for a new local After councils deny the midyear increase to nonunion staff we were contacted by a number of very regional council the CUPE spokesman said First to contact CUPE were members of Yorks day care centre staff he said The new bargaining unit will encompass the regions office clerical technical and day care centre staffs The health unit 66 employees and home for the aged 102 employees will retain separate bargaining units The region has a total of 503 employees excluding polic staff but the decision union employees will have to be negotiated with CUPE Union staff at the health unit got raises ranging from 174 to 253 per cent while the CUPE employees at York Manor got 12 per cent on Jan and another six per cent on July The nonunion staff were given raises averaging per cent with midyear increase After the controversy over salaries last spring regional council set up a special com v procedure for determining pay increases for all staff The question of a policy for staff salary grievances refused to recommend any pay in creases above those awarded last spring Registered nurses at York Manor recently won a second pay hike from council following their request for reconsideration of their original i pay dispute between the region and its community health nurses has gone before a Ministry of Labor conciliation officer Last week Yorks Board of Health stated that it would neither consent nor oppose the nurses application to have the Ontario Nurses Association recognized as their official bargaining agent application is agent before the dispute can go Fees for day care may jump to 40 centres may Increase for the second time this year if regional council approves new rates recommended by Its social services committee The committee last week recommended a weekly fee of per pie school child per infant and per mentally retarded child Retarded children are accommodated at the Newmarket centre and will have facilities in the new Tliornhill centre The current weekly fees are per preschooler 35 per infant and 10 per retarded child These rates went into effect July 1 The new scale Is designed to push user fees closer to actual operating costs A staff report submitted to the committee last week estimates a weekly cost to care for a preschooler and a cost to care for an If regional council approves have increased by 60 per a year Before July 1 the pre schooler fee was 25 per week The rate for Infants will have increased by per cent from 25 per week before July I to The staff report suggested Blood clinic on Monday NEWMARKET A blood donors clinic will be held next Monday Aug at the Royal Canadian Legion hall on Srlgley urgent need for blood to help supplement the low summer supply For further Information and transporlatio procedure were ruled improper Engineering Commissioner formal conciliation Bute if Aurora Councils entire bill according to York Region Solicitor Edward At last weeks engineering committee meeting Mr read a letter in which Aurora solicitor Dick Thomson said he felt town council had acted properly in reintroducing the Wellington resolution on Aug Were all right at the regional level but if there was some irregularity at the Aurora level and I should stress that their solicitor says there is no irregularity and they pay the money then we would be on the hook to pay that money to the said Bob Hodgson stressed that the regions contract for Wellington is a total contract which in cludes the services Aurora bill and charges Aurora for its Regional Municipality of York In exploring the possibility of seeking an injunction the Aurora citizens obtained a legal see INJUNCTION page The Era wins award in national competition Newspapers Association The award a third place for best editorial page in the op circulation category was presented at the associations annual convention here There were newspapers competing category circulation A sister newspaper in the Inland Publishing Co Limited group of community newspapers The Miss News placed first in general excellence competition The News won a first prize for best front page and best womens feature section The News tied with The Era in the best editorial page category Hodgson acclaimed as PC candidate after Forhan nomination Parliament for York North received the endorsement of the Progressive Conservative Party here Thursday night to seek another term in office Ironically Mr Hodgson was nominated by Newmarket Mayor Bob who has been considered a possible Liberal candidate in both federal and provincial elections Its probably unexpected to a lot of you that 1 am here nominating Mr Hodgson the mayor told about people attending the meeting He said he was shocked that Mr Hodgson asked him the town during the Newmarket High School crisis hospital board on expansion and hat been instrumental In also been able to facilitate meetings between local and provincial officials Mr Hodgson spends a tremendous amount of time in the local riding and during the last term spoke times in the Legislature the mayor added Two of Mr Hodgsons projects 404 and new courthouse facilities for Newmarket are underway Mr Hodgson told his roads for Hwy July he said and the plans for court facilities for a separate judicial district for York Region nave gone to architects Since he assumed office and 27 have been improved the twoterm MPP said There have been new ad ditions to both Richmond Hill and Newmarket hospitals and new senior citizen apart A King Township resident Mr Hodgson was first elected to 1967 and was deputy speaker the house during the last His political career began when he was elected as school board trustee for King Town ship He served King Township as councillor and reeve for 13 years and was warden of York County for one year A 29year veteran of politics Mr Hodgson was uncontested in his bid tor the PC The contract for detour the Provincial Legislature Welch of St Catharines Minister of Culture and Recreation spoke about the philosophy of progressive conservatism and the record of the PC party in provincial government The record of this government stands for all to examine Mr Welch said 1 Were not simply a party of what ought to be We are a people a party that has had responsibility of office he said a party of what can be because weve had that experience For the reason and another view el Gereutela see page