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THEERA Serving York Couniy Since Phone Newmarket DAVID HASKELL ft TERRY CARTER J ALLAN MARTIN JOHN Charles St Phone Aurora Canadian Nationals image a little tarnished this year Canadian National hasnt been a very good route the river through a culvert thus corporate citizen in Newmarket this year eliminating both the unsightliness and the First there was the matter of the Davis Dr danger level crossing Everybody involved in the project two provincial ministries the Conservation l th I they chopped out the old pavement around the indicated they would cooperate tracks and replaced it with a fresh new coating CNRi whose One assumes the main purpose of this operation was needed to get the river culvert exercise was to improve the level crossing for under the Timothy St level crossing The CN motor traffic The effect was just the opposite The level weren damaged by Hurricane Hazel or any crossing is rougher now than it has been for aren But in the end it may find it has cut off its to spite its face The towns alternative if it must proceed many y Then theres the matter of the CNs operation in the downtown renewal project iv v R L o shorter culvert which will not go under the level he bridge north of Timothy St is ugly eroding and according to South Lake Simcoe Con- Authority engineers dangerous CN bridge Thig The engineers say the riyer is a hazard the river torren pouring because it will not accommodate a major flood that culvert must pass through the CNs old and because it has eroded away the support woode bridge under the northeast corner of the Community case Arena endangering the whole building meetjng the immoveabte The town and the Authority propose to re- it Give homeowners a break Fight on Newmarket Hydro Last week it was revealed that the Newmarket Hydro Commission is engaged in a battle with giant Ontario Hydro over whether the many little residential users of hydro or the few big industrial users should be socked with the largest portion of the skyrocketing power rate increase coming in January Ontario Hydro levelled a per cent increase in the wholesale rate it charges municipal utilities and Ihen it tried to dictate to the municipal utility how it should pass the hike According to Mayor Bob a hydro commissioner the provincial utilitys directive was weighted in favor of big business He said if the Newmarket commission followed Ontario Hydros recommendation Newmarket homeowners would end up ab sorbing a larger portion of the per cent rate Letters to the editor Ontario Hydro has the final say on retail Disagrees with Green luradcs lashing lights would I Our commissioners however recognized the fact that they are there representing all hydro consumers and not just the big boys They are appealing their case directly to Ontario Energy Minister Dennis Timbrel They want an even split 15 per cent for everybody homes stores and factories i- i sell anything The Green working a sly did in il courtesy ami li wis nun Ihc tiled red I as date or irresponsible dies clutter up with churchgoings Mi It S iiit dlK Congratulates iIlk than would business cost of hydro to an average of the town said the mayor Come on Mr Timbrel Thais from the grassroots youre hearing The homeowners deserve at least break with big business YC hospital School HQ is it too small Charges by York County school board trustee John Stevens that somebody goofed in the planning of the boards new million Aurora administration headquarters should be closely scrutinized If the new building has been designed without provision for future growth and will in fact be overcrowded within five years the public this weeks Provincial government pi long ago for a trunk page years from Lake Ontario at least to Richmond Hill and growth plans providing population projections have been in the works for most York Region municipalities since 1971 The trustee quotes school board finance and administration superintendent George Ford as saying the building was planned for zero ex pansion If this is the ease we trust Dial as York Regions population grows the board will Ire able lu accommodate the expansion in its system within the existing administration But wed like to henr It said Safeguard the water supply The potential for mayhem at Newmarkets No well prior to last weeks gasoline incident boggles the mind It appears hat anyone who climbed the wire fence around the well and had im mediate access lo the towns water supply through biggest well by simply removing a pipe cap LSD into the water supply and got away with it York Regional operations engineer Gerry told The Era Monday safety practices have now been instituted but he refused lo elaborate We trust these go beyond simply marking the pipes so future gasoline dcliverymen wont repeat last Mondays error and accidentally dump gasoline into the well At the very least entry to the pipes should be barred by lock and key An even heller solution would be to put the pipes inside the Then both they and the could lie locked Pet owners not shelter bear real responsibility during which tunc have been convinced tint this was i cause worthy of my support despite he frequent criticism and disparagement from people who are completely urn untuned Hie cruelty mil abuse of animals winch is in the world Unfortunately when I iHI li id Hi nil public ill Hit good works my in up public of we all of all he lo alleviate the neglect and abuse of animals in Ontario During over unwanted aniill lis wci liken in tti Ontario Humane Society shelters cases of telly were Investigated i HIJ I Also mini lis in by Society I lie i work the fighting a constant battle for victims of mans cruelty in dog and cock fighting trapping and sealing Also work is progressing protect exotic animals and annuals being transported id rail and Shelter in Aurora the people of the small part of be work of the In 11 liit 1 lln mi until the end of September animals were taken in a sad reflection on he pet owners in the area Of this number over 1000 hail lo be destroyed I lie rial problem lies not with Ihc shelter staff of dedicated animal lovers working for small salaries wilh the pet owners who do not get their dogs and cats neutered thus breeding litters of puppies and kittens which they then unload on the Humane Society Shelter staff also those irresponsible people who lei their dogs run at large often without any identification tag If all pet owners cared for their animals properly there would be no need for dog catchers and animal shelters The to death and everybody who has had I decide to have a sick dog or cat put out of its misery must realize how much harder il is to have condemn a beautiful healthy young animal to death Heal concern for animals docs not The staff at the shelter have to face Ihe hard and realistic fact I hat they do not have the physical room for all the unwanted animals in the area No system is perfect no person in fallible so us give the Ontario Humane Society more support and help so that improved rather than I lllll 11 l 11 I I MIL- We must get more money from the government to do animal welfare work No amount of toiicein and love for animals can pay the MRS 1IIM t ISBKNSON President York Humane Guild From now on Im not going to kid around with my satire By ROY GREEN SATIRE The use of irony sarcasm ridicule etc in exposing denouncing or deriding vice folly etc The American College Dictionary There is always the danger that satire will not be recognized I suppose that can happen to I even the best satirists as well as columnists for weekly newspapers Id like lo think it happens to the great ones and not just to me In a column some two weeks ago I took out my anger at the overcommercialism of Christmas I did it sarcastically At least I I thought I did In a mocking way I purported to throw the lurches out of Christmas and let merchants and advertisers have their way To take every vestige of religion out of Christmas Same people believed I was serious Hi I received a letter from a lady who was my comments and The Eras publisher tells me the editor received a letter from a person who is both a subscriber and an advertiser The person according to the publisher now wishes to cease being cither see Letters to the Editor Honest folks was only kidding I detest the overcommercialization of Christmas as much as you do 1 was angry about it and I tried to be which begins its Christmas advertising before December And I will use the work satire at the beginning or end of all future columns in which I intend to use that device Rolling right along The accidental discharge of loo gallons of gasoline into the water supply of a large part of Newmarket had its lighter side 1 know there are people who arent laughing hut many the local pun makers had a field day with the incident lliere wire the obvious lines about Putting a tiger In out tank and finding regular gas in cold and hi test in the hoi tap One story concerned a dog who drank some of the polluted water hapless canine started running around in crazed circles After an hour or so of this he dropped to Ihe ground His concerned owners called out the vet who came and checked shaggy dog where he lay Is he dead Doc asked the owner No replied vet He just ran of gas Note to dog story lo the best of my knowledge is untrue The names where changed to protect the innocent The vet has since left town and dog fully recovered now refuses to comment on the matter Dont write me as I am changing my address This was the last in a series of dogsdrinking gasoline stories And now for something com pletely different The Newmarket Womens Club has received official recognition and the week beginning Nov has been declared as Newmarket Womens Week is as you may know International Womens Year and the local club is planning a number of events for that week to commemorate 1975 before it fades away Carolyn Wood or the Newmarket Library will be hosting five shows on to that week interviewing ladies of some local repute Other things are being planned as well and you will hear more about this special week in later columns Returning to the Dogs A large storm is brewing over apparent irregularities in the way the animal shelter in Aurora is conducting the business of dogs and cats Cats some stories have it are destroyed almost immediately and some dogs are not kept the required period of time before being made available for adoption There are also reports that the figures on dogs dont tally In reports of each of the past j four months supplied by the Humane Society appears there are animals unaccounted for The worst thing seems to be the fact that Humane Society officials particularly manager of the Aurora shelter has to this point refused to comment to the press 1 hope this situation is rectified quickly and thai proper answers to these questions are coming People tend to get terribly upset about animals and possible misuse or abuse of same I the problem is not rectified emotions tend to get in the way of any reasoned logical solutions