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12 drum to compete in July 17 meet EWMARKET Twelve drum and bugle corps from Canada and the US will compete here Sua July in the first of what organizers plan as an annual com petition at Fairgrounds Park Being organized by the Ambassadors Drum and Bugle Corps a unit centred on the NewmarketAurora area the evening competition will also feature an exhibition performance by the Big Toronto Optimist Corps according to Paul Ransom Am bassadors organizer Georgina marks Week KESWICK A game between OPP and York Regional Police will kick off Coachmen Week in July The weeklong series of special events leads up to a mass tattoo featuring eight drum and bugle corps at the Keswick Arena July On July the crops will sponsor a with starting points at Dawson Marina in Keswick and Canadian Tire in Suttcn Community or ganizations and business are helping organizers with trophies and program advertising and at least one of the up and pledge sheets are adopted for the weekend available through area by a King Township businesses village On July and a carnival will be held at Citizens of the Arena with a teen fe k dance being staged on member drum and bugle On July the eight corps from Schaumburg corps will parade to the Illinois under their Arena at noon for the 2 pm tattoo The week of events winds up with a Bavarian Festival after the tattoo at pm Subsidy offered for purchase of shearing aids NEWMARKET The region has decided to take part in a program to make hearing aids available at greatly reduced cost to its residents Under the Canadian Hearing Society program the aids can be purchased for which includes fitting minor repairs and adjustment People who need hearing aids now arrange for the necessary examinations and pur chase by themselves Private costs can run as high as several hundred dollars The regional health and social service committee has endorsed the program and will take advantage of it on behalf of those people on public assistance that might need the aids It is expected that less than a dozen people a year would require them The region would act on their behalf in making the purchase and would apply the same means tests now used in assistance programs The program regulations call for full audio examinations before the aids are distributed The service is provided on a breakeven basis by the society with costs covering only ad ministration and technicians staff The nearest centre to York Region will be the Canadian Hearing Society in Toronto collective wings billeting them in the community centre and throwing a barbecue party for them The drum and bugle competitions will start at 7 pm on July and it is scheduled to take one hour and minutes for the corps to perform The retreat ceremony is scheduled for 9 pm to be followed by award presentations Plans for next years festival are already underway and call for an allday event with bet ween 16 and 20 corps competing and there may be more according to Mr Ransom He said about 12 corps in the Syracuse area are interested in the meet and five from the midwest may come He Is looking for in community sponsorship for the event he said and predicted that preliminary competitions would start at 9 am with the final getting underway at 8 pm And next year it will be on a Saturday so local businesses will benefit he said probes need for landlordtenant bureau NEWMARKET A regional study is once again under way to determine the need for a landlord and tenant bureau in York Following a request from Richmond Hill last year the region studied the need for such a bureau and concluded there were not sufficient requests to warrant an office being set up Hut both Metro politan Toronto and Additional grants given day camp HOLLAND LAND ING Holland Landing Community Centre Board chairman Joseph Southall said last week the Ontario Culture and Recreation ministry has awarded the Holland Landing Adventure Day Camp an additional to bring funds to a total of The extra cash will be used for salaries Another counsellor will be hired to assist replace and generally help out the present counsellors Also the others will receive a slight raise in pay The balance of the budget will come from fundraising projects which are In the planning stage now A bake and rummage sale was held at the Holland Landing Community Centre June 26 to kick off the funds drive and more plans are in the offing Durham Region have reported that York residents arc ap proaching them with rentalrelated problems Those municipalities have been requested to refer the questions to medical officer of health In order for the region to determine the number of requests In addition the regions nine municipalities have been asked to keep a record of all requests that come to them At the end of the summer the lists will be tabulated and the need for a bureau will be assessed again If the need is suf ficient the bureau would be set up through York Region with inquiries likely handled by a housing director In the regions welfare de partment handicapped clients will perform gardenmi NEWMARKET Students Dave work we do There is no The handicapped clients Ann Rook- need to meet the guys or working out of the Adult Green and Lisa to be at the home while Rehabilitation Centre Donaldson are the brains they work here are ready willing behind the outfit Having and able to work some found their job through a gardening miracles at an government scheme attractive price For your patronage you will be assured of prompt efficient and good work according to Betty Ruddock ARC manager and she points out youll be helping some diligent workers with handicaps to get out into the community and prove their salt Why are they able to fulfill contracts so promptly efficiently and well Part of their suc cess is due to the supervision of local summer students re called Project Awareness the students are channelling their enthusiasm into the clients enthusiasm to create a good business The group has ob tained contracts in the Newmarket area and as far away as Don Mills It has almost filled its nine to five five days a week schedule The customers realize the workers are handicapped They are doing ARC a service and educating themselves to relate to people they have never had an opportunity to meet before They learn what our do despite clients can their handicaps The men sends along some still have dignity and refreshment The sorting out the days work load The ARC van comes equipped with all the tools the men will need Each man will have a separate duty and soon becomes proficient in a couple of areas Some are best at mowing others at clipping beds and hedges and most can handle the raking collection of dead brush and grass Of course on hot days cold men worth like anyone and they love going out into the community and to new sites each day As for the necessity ARCS manager Betty Ruddock said for the ser vices the ARC there has been a lot of outline states that they feedback Everyone is very pleased with the have concrete in- Lisa Donaldson looms up with more tulip bedtopping tips Rob Richardson gives an indication of his feelings on the matter formation showing need in the community without any agency providing for these services The project invites the co operation of the com munity in providing suitable employment opportunities for the handicapped Said Mrs Ruddock I am really impressed by the students They relate well to the clients and the public Because of them the operation has been a success If they didnt do their jobs well project wouldnt carry on On a typical assignment Dave the nine disabled clients and the two supervisors to their locale for the day after can be relied upon to do their work take judicious j breaks and leave behind nothing They will carry off all debris their van I Besides some local business sites the ARC has cornered the market in some residential blocks in town For five dollars a lawn will be mowed belter than your goal could ever do and with less hassle than you get from your kids Most lawn contracts from to Theyll even send you monthly bills Its a business Above Scott shows Anne RookGreen the basics in And what about the giving the brushoff to one of ARCS spruce picnic tables This one will longneglected cottage be finished in redwood stain Below as Dave steadies the Why not send the team up cap manager Dave gases up the mower to begin the days to manicure the acres operations on grass that Is Eddy behind checks the while you sip mint juleps lawn situation poolsidc Call Betty Ruddock at ARC to lake advantage of the program at or better still go out to the Penrose St centre of operations and see the beehive in action Doug fills in the gaps as Jim and Rob Richardson look for any new ones ARTS AND CRAFTS Seneca course opens soon KING CITY Seneca College King Campus is sponsoring summer arts and crofts workshops and classes in visual arts in Its new Phase One building with visual stimulation from the 700 acres of irees and lakes There Is a charge of cents per week plus a materials fee and a babysitting service will be provided for low price of cents per hour so that the kids will he supervised parents put their creative skills to work Call Sheila Hindi at for more in formation There arc scheduled weekly programs of ceramics painting and drawing weaving Batik and photography classes between and 230 each day The classes will lie held each week from July to Aug 8 Second St construction to start soon NEWMARKET Reconstruction of Second St here could begin Regional Councillor Ray Twinncy predicted Ho sold all property owners have agreed to prices for their land Climbed tennis court fence two charged AURORA Two men who climbed a fence to play a of tennis were charged by police hero last week According to reports the pair were Informed they couldnt use the Confederation Park courts without paying a fee Rut racquets in hand they scaled the link fence and began playing Police arrived before the set was finished Prank Slrote of Park Ave in Newmarket and Jeffery Malcolm 20 Of Wellington St in Aurora have been charged with petty trespassing PROGRAM HAS HELPED 200 OVER FIVE YEARS I l I I Operation Catchup second chance for troubled students By CHRISTINA MONTGOMERY Era Staff Reporter NEWMARKET John is nine years old and has yet to past a school year In June when most kids do It has always been two or three into the fall term before his teachers judged able to proceed to the next grade The reason Poor mathematical and reading skills have meant his work is several months bdow the level of his classmates This year with the help of an academic assistance program called Operation CatchUp John left Grade this June with his friends His work has im proved to the point where he now reads at home on his own time and has begun to enjoy school both academically and socially Trie boy was one of kids that participated in the program this year and one of about 200 that have taken part In It over the past five years Operation CatchUp Is a means of making use of those teachers who have a talent for reaching kids who have either tuned out of school or who cannot cope academically The program began in with a federal Op portunities For Youth grant for York County Board of Education David Porter The teacher was attempting to teat the effect of a onetoone relation ship In supporting the academic and social growth of a tuned out elementary student The boy chosen to participate the first year had been assessed at below average ability and had been both truant and delinquent In addition his home environment was unstable The program with the child was so successful that funds for the support of teachers time were taken over by local service clubs From January to June of program opera ted In Woodland Sen lor and Royal Orchard public schools for about kids In January of Operation CatchUp received the first of three federal Local Incentive Program grants for students In the south of the region It ex panded In 197577 Into the north with the program this year operating in Richmond Hill Markhsm- Unionvllle Maple Pine Grove Aurora Newmarket and SuttonKeswick The group became a member of the newlyformed United Way last year How does It work The group now runs for a half- day each of the school week In the afternoon the kids attend their regular classes Several students who have dropped out of school take lessons by correspondence other young people from probation and aftercare services the department of rehabilitation Childrens Aid Societies group homes and corrections services lake part The morning sessions see about three kids aged seven to get together with a teacher for reading and mathematics classes in a group where the approach Is as Important as the material The teachers stress Is on showing the students that someone cares about them and in developing confidence as they attempt academic work The success achieved In the small groups Is usually enough to change the childs selfimage and send him back to class with enthusiasm according to program secretary David Burns Because of the unique approach teachers who because of time requirements are drawn ferom a part- time supply pool are carefully screened for their ability to deal with children Johns parents for example credit his develop ment almost entirely to the teacher who took an In terest In him Students are referred to the program by the school board and cooperation with both boards had been good Mr Burns sold Most stay with the group the full eight Others drop In for ihree weeks or a month and then return to regular classes For those children with severe coping problems a slow integration is designed to ease them back into class i r tf