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Aurora Keswick Wed April 1 j ction Classified Section Town council NEWMARKET Town council has offered to buy the Alexander school and property from the regional school board for despite the fact that the board has an undisclosed reserve bid on the property Simultaneously council is seeking a meeting with Ontario education minister Tom Wells on the matter mans goal saves Canada from skunking By rod Mcdonald Era Staff Reporter VIENNA What do you do when your team is losing youve got the puck and youre one- onone with one of the greatest goalkeepers in the world Well if youre like King Township native Rick Hampton you score Hamptons goal at of the second period was the one bright light for Team Canada here Sunday as it rolled over and played dead before the Soviet Union in a roundrobin game at the World Ice Hockey Championships Canadas lone goal came when Walt McKechnie passed the puck to Hampton who had slipped behind the Soviet defence Unhindered Hampton cruised in and pulled Vladislav Tretiak down sliding the puck under the Russian greats pads Hampton who will be 21 in June broke in with the Aurora Tigers at the age of 15 after coming up through the Aurora Minor Hockey Association After a single season with The Tigers Hampton was drafted by St Catharines Blackhawksof the Major Junior A where he was named team captain At 17 the King native was drafted to California Seals in National Hockey League where he played for two seasons before moving with the club to Cleveland last fall Rick attended King City Secondary School and his family still resides in King Township ft rthritic society o form Thursday NEWMARKET A The business portion meeting for a of the meeting will arthritic elude formation of society will be held groups initial executive Thursday evening at Newmarket Community Centre spokesman Jim Wilson told The Era Saturday While Aurora has an The meeting active arthritic society a Si beginning at pm will new organization is being feature guest speakers formed in Newmarket to Dr Rod McDonald of increase public Newmarket and Mark awareness he Courtemanche a field plained worker for the Arthritis Arthritis is a way of society with people Mr Mr Wilson noted The will present a slide program on the societys operation followed by a question and answer period new group will increase peoples awareness of what arthritis is all about There is quite an ex tensive research program At an earlier meeting council indicated to the board it wants the property and requested that a committee of council meet with the boards property com mittee to discuss the bid Council plans to build a library on the site and convert the historic school building to a complimentary use Last week Mayor Bob told planning committee he had received a pretty damn impertinent reply from the board which basically said send your bid not your committee The mayor said he couldnt believe the school trustees werent willing to see if the provincial ministry would agree to an arrangement whereby the historic building could be con served He explained that under current legislation school boards must realize the book value of a capital asset such as a school If it makes less on the sale the difference comes out of the boards provincial grants Since the town plans to use the school for supplementary edu cational purposes only Mr thinks the education minister may make an exception and not deduct the book value from the York boards grants if It sells to Newmarket for The mayor also pointed out anyone else would have trouble utilizing the site since its zoning restricts it to an institutional use and it is shown that way in the Towns new official plan He also pointed out the building has been declared an historic site and would be protected by the town Fee goes up for Homemakers NEWMARKET The cost of services increased to effective Jan 1 and the new rates were approved last week by the York Region Board of Health Formerly the branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society charged daily and for half- day service Halfdays arc now LIBRARY DECLARES AN AMNESTY Newmarket Library la for 3428 overdue books Trials that have the pat four yean To en- refer the library hat declared the period May Amnesty weeks will he charged for overdue books returned during that period READY FOR CHARLEYS AUNT Newmarket Theatre Centres rehearsals for the comedy Charleys Aunt are well underway reports artistic director Paul The play one of the most popular comedies ever written opens at the old Town Hall Frl May It will run May 8 and Above Tony Marshall as Charlie Wickum with from left Kitty Chris Schillemore Amy tGerry Sinclair and Charleys Aunt Dave Scammel Twinney Hall back Hackson NEWMARKET Newmarket is not being ripped off by its privatelyoperated ani mal control service as Ontario Humane Society executive vicepresident Tom Hughes charged last week regional councillor Ray said Monday night Making a spirited reply at Mondays town council meeting to Hughes charges the regional councillor said not only is the town getting good value for its dollar with the service were getting twice the service we got before Mr Hughes Ontario Humane Society formerly provided the service The vice- president made the charges during an in terview with an Era reporter last week before the annual meeting of the Societys York branch He went on to say the private operators in the area are providing a worse service at a higher price than the operation did Later in the Monday council meeting Coun cillor Peter Hall criticized- The Era for Mr Hughes remarks without con tacting someone for a contrary opinion Mr Hall is the councillor responsible for animal control He referred to Mr Hughes recent threat to lay criminal charges against Mr if the latter left injured animals at the OHS pound in Aurora when no one was there as a minor dispute He then challenged a Hughes statement that the OHS had three radio- controlled trucks patrolling the area at all times when it operated the control service According to Mr Hall only one was on the road and it had to cover five municipalities I dont know how they could give good service The councillor called for a report on the injured animals the Society claims were left at its shelter He said Mr claims none were left by him He also told council he will soon recommend legislative changes to allow for formation of a humane guild unaffiliated with the Ontario Humane Society and to allow enforcement of cruelty laws by police or bylaws officers Such legislation is now en forced by humane society he said but claimed the Society has insufficient staff for the job Council turned the matter over to its ad- committee which may invite Mr A Cars in front of his house ticketed by piddling police NEWMARKET A complaint from a Newmarket man regarding the ticketing of cars on Ave will be referred by York Regional police com mission to Newmarket town council for action Two trustees resign from contract talks AURORA Two members of York Region public school boards negotiations committee have resigned although their resignations have yet to come before fellow trustees Trustees didnt get the opportunity here Monday night to discuss the resignation of teacher negotiations team member Margaret Coburn The King trustees resignation was on board agenda but the meeting broke up before the Item was reached In her resignation Mrs whose husband is a teacher at Huron Heights Secondary School in Newmarket said the teams for the elementary teachers and secondary school in structors are not suf ficiently independent from one other to allow her to participate When she was first appointed to the negotiations team earlier this year Mrs said she expected to partipatc in planning strategy for the talks but not in the setting of a salary figure for secondary teachers In the resignation Townships school other King second trustee Dorothy has submitted written notice of withdrawal from the negotiating team Chairman of last years negotiating team Mrs resigned verbally during an April dispute over mem bership in a trustee association At the time board chairman Craig Cribar said he would not accept a verbal resignation and described Mrs as too valuable a com mittee member to let her resign Mrs letter was not on the agenda of Mondays board meeting It seems Geoffrey England has been blaming York Regional Police for enforcing a town bylaw which prohibits parking of vehicles on town streets over a five hour period The Newmarket man was hopping mad when he got a ticket for parking his car outside his own home on March In a letter to the Regional Police Commission last week Mr England said If the police have nothing better to do than piddle around at am and again at 510 am just to give a citizen a ticket then the sooner they resign from the police force and find something intelligent and worthwhile to do the better Who was the genius who arbitrarily chose five hours and why five hours asked Mr England in his tetter He pointed out that friends could not park outside his house without being ticketed If they do some idiot with nothing better to do will insult them by giving them a ticket Mr England complained The letter continued The motto of the police serve and to protect If authorizing police constables to waste taxpayers money by spending their hours on duty snooping on people parking their cars outside houses Is an example of the mentality of those with the responsibility for seeing this motto is lived up to then heaven help us If this is their idea of priorities for maintaining law and order then they deserve all the criticism contempt and even ridicule possible Mr England asked for some honest simple and straightforward answers to his questions and some assurances police would get their priorities all straightened out It was Commissioner Ray Twinney of Newmarket who set the record straight and who pointed the blame at Newmarket council He promised he would look into the matter in council I dont know what the board can do about the letter except receive it Board chairman Club fitness Hughes to appear before it According to an April report of this com mittee the towns solicitor advises that the contract with the Society covers all animals in jured or otherwise Mr Hughes has claimed the Society is not bound to take in the injured animals Judge William Lyons commented adding I presume this is a local bylaw Judge Lyons asked How can you give a straight answer as he England suggests to piddling around There is no evidence of anyone piddling Mr Twinney told the board there have been a rash of them com plaints He added he intends to take the matter before council at an early date He suggested that the board reply to Mr Englands letter by in forming the Ave man that police are en forcing a town bylaw Trinity meeting will be May 5 NEWMARKET The general meeting of the congregation of Trinity United Church here will be held May at 2 pm In the churchs music room The af ternoon unit will be in charge Guest speaker will be Mrs Jean Day who will show slides on mission work In Hong Kong NEWMARKET Kinsmen Club hopes to give Newmarket residents a chance to take the advice of Par- tlcipaction and get into better physical condition this summer The Kinsmen plan to set up a a Himile walking and jogging trail with exer cise stations every 200 yards in a park in Newmarket this summer The Kinsmen will purchase wood and provide labor to construct up to exercise stations along the trail program chairman Paul told councils parks and recreation committee Friday There will be fun exercises at each station for people between the ages of five and Mr Dorman said The Kinsmen have tentatively chosen Park for the site of the Participark However Mayor Bob recommended that it be constructed beside Fairy Lake The committee ap proved the plan but the South Lake Conservation Authority must also okay the park If it is to be built at Fairy Lake The park will cost a maximum of to construct may help fund the project is a nationwide program undertaken jointly by the Kinsmen and Par About 200 parks will be constructed in Canada this summer Mr Dorman said the Kinsmen hope to begin building the local park in a few weeks It should be finished by July Museum opens on May 78 NEWMARKET Spring opening days at the museum at will be Sat May and Sun May from 1030 am to pm Curator Mary Hopkins and her volunteer staff have changed many of the exhibits Refreshments will be served and there will be craft display and a demonstration by Merrick of Flora of oldtime musical Instruments Tfce Whitchurch- Stouffville Is located in the former Bogarttown public school on Mb lock Dr Region trims centre NEWMARKET Dollars arc dwindling for regions four family life centres but people needing help keep coming For me the service was available at a most difficult time in my life and as a result un derstanding the situation replaced some of the hurt commented one client I know myself better and am better able to recognize and cope with my own feelings am handling stress in a better way remarked a second Marital and parent- child crises represent the majority of situations handled by the regions family life centres and most clients report counselling helped resolve the problems The translation of troubled people into dollars represents a threeyear battle between family life centres and York Regional Council from which they seek financing This year the regions donation is expected to be down by over last years grant of and 16810 less than the amount requested by the four agencies and credit counselling service operating around the region Although the centres admit they are trying to become more self- sufficent according to regional direction they noted in a report that the United Way umbrella under which they now operate achieved less than half its objective this year Its a great old merrygoround using public funds to get people out of debt blasted Mayor Margaret of King Township Its immoral the whole thing she com- noting there was change in grants to the centres this year despite United Way assistance Under the United Way people are free to contribute to such agencies if they wish rather than being forced through taxes she said However under the United Way Individual organizations are not permitted to undertake private fundraising campaigns noted Rich mond Hill Mayor Dave Schiller adding grant section Is the one aspect of the regions budget which will remain con stant as proposed Family life centres have cut back operations over the past two years to avoid financial crisis said Frank executive director of the Richmond branch Also councillors have volunteered additional hours to avoid severely curtailing caseloads Currently family life centres are negotiating with the region for pur chase of service for clients who are unable to pay the full fee Once approved this will sub stantially help the agencies Mr said Family life centres also increased their fees to cover escalating costs he noted The measure of our success is that you cant see us said John Kudelka a board member He noted family counselling contributes to lower welfare and police costs Its one of the few services which has grown but Is costing the region less added the board member Basically sentatlves of the centres seemed satisfied with the funds available to them this year although they were cautioned the final decision rests with council sometime late spring or early summer The breakdown includes for the Aurora Newmarket centre for Georgina Township for for Richmond Hill and 4500 for credit counselling The region recom mended no change in the total amount of grants to be awarded this year of 19500 Other agencies ex pecting to receive funds are Help Information and Referral St Johns Ambulance York Branch Canadian National Institute for the Blind Canadian Red Cross and Salvation Army Also slated for pants are Victorian Order of Nurses Newmarket and District Association for the Mentally Retarded Sutton and District Association for the Mentally Retarded 8300 Grant recom mendations fluctuated little over allocations However the Canadian Red Cross received no funds last year will be forwarded regional council consideration with the full budget in late May or early June