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VOL NO PAGES ERA INSIDE This man wants to get ahead This mans oat to improve himself Hes one of a number of teachers who took part in a first aid program during York Region public school board professional activity day programs Monday Another picture on page IS Tales of Trapperland Its been a rough week in Trapperland for the Aurora Tigers The Provincial Jr A club is down three games in their Ontario Hockey Association playoffs Story on page Students plan to span decades Students at Sutton High School are preparing to go from the 1930s to the 70s in a single night as part of an exciting en tertainment program this week Details on page MOW A PCOKW TETCHY Whats up Duck For a ducks eye view of Sundays Newmarket Winter Carnival see page Becket beckons Newmarket Theatr Companys production of opens March 3 at old town hall Picture on page NeW OSA president from Aurora John Traganltis long a fixture on the Aurora- soccer scene the new president of the Ontario Soccer Association Details on page Down memory lane Were on microfilm Yes copies of The Era dating back to between and 1930 are now available at Newmarket Public Library Story on page Spring is in the air Spring is in the air It must be since organizers of Maple Leaf community school program have announced plans for a fishing course Details on DIRECTORY briefs Birth deaths Church directory Entertainment Utters to editor Police news Queens Me Roy Green IS Since ONTARIO FEBRUARY Just a lease on life NEWMARKET 8952331 CENTS NEWMARKET Local businessman Train received a surprise last week when he checked into a Milwaukee hotel The desk clerk asked him how he planned to pay for his stay cash or charge card He replied he did not own any charge cards and would be paying in cash He was then asked for some identification Mr Train produced his birth certificate and the clerk began writing his name and the cer tificates number only to stop half way through There is no expiry date on this exclaimed the clerk Thank God said the businessman TOO MUCH TIME ON TRAFFIC POLICE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE Association for Twinney against chief NEWMARKET Police Commissioner Ray Twinneys efforts for a relaxation in traffic violation enforcement are heartily endorsed by the executive of the York Region Police Association In fact members say they hope his efforts will eventually see the operation of the force in a way which is most beneficial to the public At present the executive says policemen are doing their jobs in an aura of futility frustration knowing they are Suspend NMHA officials for life NEWMARKET The coach and manager of the Newmarket Juvenile Allstar team have been suspended for life by the Ontario Minor Hockey Association for dressing a player under a false name Coach Nestor Patzernuk manager Al Brown were suspended last week when it was discovered that their backup goalie didnt have a players card and was being used under an injured players name The had signed a playing card and it had ap parently been approved by the OMHA according to Brown But because the card hadnt yet been returned to the hockey club the player couldnt legally be used Brown and Patzernuk went ahead and dressed the goalie anyway because they needed a backup and couldnt bring up a midgetage player He was dressed for five games but didnt see any action Since he didnt have a card he was signed to the scoresheet under the name of the clubs previous backup goaltender who was injured earlier The affair was uncovered in last week where the Newmarket Club was playing in an playoff series The Newmarket clubs new backup a former resident of was recognized by the players They in turn saw that his name wasnt on the and the coach put in a protest to the We knew wed get our knuckles rapped Brown said Saturday But they didnt expect as severe a suspension because the player was never used Had we brought in a ringer then I could see it he added But we wouldnt have put him into a game Brown said the player was dressed for psychological reasons just to fill a spot on the bench Since he didnt play it didnt cost the team any games however Newmarket ended up losing the playoff series two games to one Patzernuk and Brown were suspended after the second game of the series and trainer John Porter took over behind the bench for the third contest They did kind of a fool thing Newmarket Minor Hockey Association chairman Jim Fitzgerald said But the two fellows did an awfully good job with the kids Brown said he was told there is no point in appealing the suspension for five years largely disliked by the public because they are being forced to issue traffic tickets without being allowed any discretion One member of the Association executive said Chief Bruce Crawford wants the traffic cMrges laid in in creased to the charges laid in To back this up he said that more than 100 radar speeding charges were processed from two shifts at No Division in Newmarket last week These and other statements were made during an exclusive Era interview with four members of the executive which was triggered by a near Pier brawl between Chief Crawford and Mr Twinney at police commission meeting last week During the meeting the chief and the commissioner snouted at each other across the boardroom table and on a number of occasions Chief Crawford called Mr Twinney a liar The outburst occurred after Mr Twinney said Chief Crawford did not need an extra 21 men he requested as he could release men from speed trap duty and checking the public for such minor offenses as seat belt violations The near bedlam meeting was adjourned by chairman Judge William Lyon after the board instructed Mr to bring to its March meeting recommendations on how he felt the force should be operated The police association executive said it would be happy to cooperate with Mr Twinney The executives main complaint is the chiefs over emphasis on laying traffic violation charges One member said an officer on speed trap duty is told by his superior to go to a certain place set up his radar and spend his shift there He must not leave until ordered to do so over his radio or if he is not getting any charges There is even a list of locations where it is easy to catch a large number of speeders on a shift he said The executive member gave Wellington St in Aurora and Davis Dr in Newmarket as examples Another area of complaint was the wholesale transfer of some officers at the first of the year The association executive said the transfers were made by Chief Crawford In some cases they were made for the sake of shaking things up and in other cases because certain officers see TRAFFIC page YongeSt plaza plans unveiled by developer Paul Photo THEATRE ARTS CLASS ENTERS COMPETITION The man in the white coat has arrived for Mrs Mozart and Amelia The three are characters in the Huron Heights Secondary School theatre arts class production entitled bermusic The oneact play is to be staged at Bradford High School tonight Feb 23 at pm as the schools entry in the Georgian Bay High School Drama Festival Tickets are available at the door The actors are from left Connolly Jan Scammell and Donna Two Georgina councillors elections declared invalid By ROD MCDONALD Era Staff Reporter GEORGINA Howard Shillington and Bruce Welch were not legally elected to council during the Dec elections because of the division of old Ward without the con sent of the Ontario Municipal Board OMB it was learned Thursday While council was holding a special meeting at the Civic Centre to hear an appraisal of the legal position from Sutton lawyer Sam a group of ratepayers were meeting in Baldwin to determine whether to take legal action to have the entire election thrown out The group has until Mar to file a writ with the County Court in Toronto asking a judge to review the election The Mar date is the end of the 90day appeal period following the recount granted lo Joe Dales who lost to Mayor George Burrows by votes Bob Garden spokesman for the ratepayers issued a statement media Friday morning saying the group had met at the hall with a representative from the Toronto law firm of McCarthy and McCarthy According to the statement alleged irregularities in the December election were discussed and the group is awaiting legal opinion on the best course of action The program arose when a resolution of council on July 7 to divide the then Ward see ELECTIONS page NEWMARKET A public hearing will be called on a proposal to build a million shopping plaza and office complex on the southeast corner of Davis Dr and Yonge St Newmarket councils planning committee decided last week The proposal came last week from Jack Lubinsky owner of the corner and will require a rezoning from the present highway commercial designation to straight com mercial The meeting is ex pected to be held near the end of March Mr Lubinsky who in failed to gel a building project off the ground under the old zoning is proposing a four- storey complex with a 50000 sq ft ground floor occupied by retails stores and three floors of 3000 sq ft each for offices He expects one major retail outlet to locate there and several smaller ones The developer said he has yet to sign major tenant but said it could be a food store movie theatre or Collegiate Sports outlet Mayor Bob said the proposed zoning conforms to the towns new official plan zoning to im plement it is now being drafted He said the town is anxious to get away from the type of development allowed in the area by the old highway commercial zoning and it doesnt want more strip commercial development on Yonge St Terming the location one of the most important corners in town the mayor said the ap plication for a rezoning to general commercial use is in order but I still feel that corner should be used as residential one spot high- rise residential but a majority of the members last year s council voted it commercial Mr Lubinskys property surrounds the A ft store on three sides and Councillor Dave Kerwin asked if he had made any attempt to buy the property and incorporate it into his plan Were being blackmailed exploded Mr Lubinsky in reference to his attempt to buy the store which is now closed He said he had offered up to for the threequarters of an acre but that the owner was holding out for Theres no way we can be put to the wall like that he said Theres no way I would ever consider it Weve made special arrangements with adjacent lands to do without it He went on to explain he has an agreement with Oshawa Wholesale Ltd owners of the adjacent land to the east for a rightofway over a big enough strip of their land to give his property vehicle access from Davis Dr To ca meeting on Eagle St apartments NEWMARKET Plans for a Eagle St apartment building which town councillors feel could be the first step in a redevelopment of rundown properties in the south down town area will soon be presented to a meeting of residents of the Water St Eagle St Main St area W S owner of two small houses on the west side of Eagle St opposite he senior citizen apartment wants the land which is already zoned to allow a building rezoned for the bigger building He plans see EAGLE ST page Dont make us pay Olympic bill 80 tell Sine Stevens NEWMARKET York- Simcoe residents are dead set against contributing to help offset the deficit incurred by the City of Montreal in connection with the Olympic Games reports MP Sinclair Stevens Mr Stevens also said results of a questionnaire he mailed throughout the riding last fall show people in this area want a referendum on the question of palriating the Canadian con stitution and that 58 per cent want the federal wage and price control program terminated immediately or within a limited time About people responded to the questionnaire A detailed tabulation of the results showed that on the wage and price control question per cent favored keeping the program for an indefinite period 305 per cent for a limited period of perhaps six months and per cent want it abandoned immediately The question on the con stitution asked whether people would prefer it brought back from Great Britain through an agreement between the federal and provincial governments or by a general referendum Results showed per cent favored the agreement per cent the referendum Answers to the question on the Olympics were even more onesided Eighty per cent op pose any federal aid to offset Olympic costs and only 20 per cent said they favor it Whats a winter carnival without hot dogs Not much say Boyd left and Lisa as they prepare one of the many delights of Sun days Newmarket Winter Carnival The Kinsmen LlFKt Clubsponsored carnival featured free hot dogs beans provided by the town firemen and drink while they lasted sleigh snowmobile and rides and high school games