Ontario Community Newspapers

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), July 20, 1977, C01

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I 1 I it j mm I I I rfS V I I- itt for It The i- I l back In He- pool not expect oihers to pay for their water use that the main until water- Bud could come Into thetown Tlmpaon have town staff to rfy how Newmarket tailed water meters in to an- older homes after a ad- of ministration committee meeting Wednesday Alinew homes in the in- town are by apeement with developers equipped with meters to become called for a operational when removal of the metering is established ft figure atftii At the Wednesday night meeting the Mayor- age pool said new sources of water are being brought in at- year the north of the town JUJ but may be only enough to lJ needs of newly However Councillor proposed developments feM a existing will be held July agreement vfclH deed a to acre Markborough site at the north end of Industry St to the town as Objectors to a part of its required subdivision parks dedication as soon as ff rora Council set the date at a council in The first or meeting arena which will have been help take some the Ith the Ontario crush for ice time off the jclpal Board over a Community Centre id subdivision to laced between farms and in the towns end No municipal funding will besought for the new proposal and an estimated in private donations are Mark- expected to be raised in a holds the key to fund drive to start after J fit a new sports the OMB hears Ihe for the town in the fall aJ W I tw fciEi tVt if aHW i t I ies he first person to try out the new exercise facility at Wesley Brooks Conservation Area and she deserves to be for shes Anne its designer She Is performing one of the exercises on the halfmilelong facility j TWINNED WANTS 80RQD WIDE EG NEWMARKET 4 Annexation of an wide strip of land on the south side of Green Lane between St and future Highway will be considered by a committee of own council here The land currently is in the Town of East The suggestion was made by regional councillor Ray Twinney after he failed to wring a compromise out of East Gwillimbury clerk Jack Hopkins and- Mayor Angus Morton over their objections to Newmarkets plans for its northwest quadrant Mr Twinney said East Gwillimbury will object to the towns of ficial plan it has been approved except for that and several other small areas and to the zoning bylaw for the 50acre Singer Subdivision The Singer project Is one of three between and north Main streets which are tied together common road and vicing scheme East Gwillimbury wants Newmarket to move the park in the subdivision north and make it part of a green belt buffer zone along the municipal boundary he said Thats unac ceptable It would move the park away from the people said the coun cillor He said the move would also cost the developer lots Mr said he feels the wide portion of East south of Green Lane should be a buffer if one is needed and suggested council initiate annexation proceedings and tell the ministry it would keep area as a buffer Council agreed with his suggestion that ask the Ontario Municipal Board for an immediate hearing on the portion of the official plan affected but sent his annexation proposal to a committee for study In arguing for an nexation Mr Twinney pointed out weve seen what East has done in the past on our boundary He said it built both homes and industry there and benefited from New market services and manpower Mr Twinney said Green Lane Is better suited to be a boundary between the two towns and said it could be developed as a major thoroughfare between Leslie and Yonge streets and became a regional road the i Council s naming area NEWMARKET- That green scum floating Holland River Isnt pollution its just according to an Ontario environment ministry team The team tested the river twice this summer since town council complained about pollution and bad odors v Acting mayor Ray Twinney reported Monday the first time the ministry men said they found no problem In the river When Mayor Bob For nan invited them back and showed them photos of the green scum they checked again this time they reported that the scum dead algae They said marine plant common In nitrogen enriched ponds and river systems and virtually impossible rid of In warm weather The situation should Improve as the river basin cleaned up and storm drainage systems Improved they Said The pond was treated with alum several years ago and this seemed to clean It up pointed out Councillor Tom Taylor He asked if this could be done on a regular basis Mr Twinney said the treatment had been ad ministered by a private firm as an experiment and charge to the conservation authority He suggested Councillor Taylor find out the cost NEWMARKET Club has been delayed Joggers will today be because the club has able to christen the first of two outdoor exercise facilities being built hero this summer The Half- mile jogging trail with exercise stations being built by South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority at Wesley Brooks Conservation Area in downtown Newmarket was due to be completed yester day Construction of a similar facility at Dennis Park by the Newmarket Kinsmen been unable to find proper materials parks and recreation commissioner Dan Shannon reported last week Mr Shannon told a meeting of a town council committee last Wednesday the club at that time had not set a date for a start of construction Although both facilities will consist of jogging trails with equipment for various physical exercises spaced out along them the con servation authority calls its facility a vita par and the service club has tagged its a Dennis Park is a area which already contains a soccer field diamond picnic facilities and playground equip ment The Holland River valley south of the conservation area winds through the park NEWMARKET Appointment of aboard of management for the Newmarket Downtown Business District Im provement Area has been delayed because the selection of four of the five proposed members was not done In democratic man ner Apparently the association executive wrote the town nominating four of its own members for the board and Monday night town council was about to make the ap pointments when Councillor Doris Blair asked that they be held up She said Ihe names had been recommended by the association without a public meeting of its members being held and although she did not know who the four were she felt the membership Ailing chief relieved should have an op portunity to reconsider them Mrs Blair said she wanted to ensure that Main St offices had a representative on the board Council also was told Monday night the Ontario Municipal Board has approved the town bylaw designating the Main St area bet ween Millard Ave and Water St an im provement area This means a board of management can assess businesses in the area for an improvement and promotion fund Councillor Peter Hall lias been selected as councils member on board Useless park to be fixe NEWMARKET Four thousand dollars will spent immediately on improvements to the parkland behind Quaker Hill swimming pool Acting mayor Ray Twinney who is parks chairman told council Monday night his com mittee visited the park last week and found it useless because of rough ground and poor growth He said tho money will be spent on lop aoil and sod Parks commissioner Dan Shannon said a meeting has also been arranged with a representative of Develop ments Ltd the developer of the area on the subject counci mi rine license OK of his it rks programs KET Seven people were taken to a twocar crash Friday just north of Sutton Carolyn McDowell 21 of Fifth Con- 843signu NEWMARKET The playground and collided with a southbound car driven by Crawford of Keswick i Crawford car had five passengers all of whom for observation at York County year old Grace Crawford sustained leg injuries Leonard White facial Judy White arm and chest injuries rry Mai in was treated and released The four from Stkita Dr Keswick the car was fouryearotd Lisa Gregory of made a left turn onto Registration for program with an activity J Newmarket Recreation schedule not as struc- is up over last lured as other programs year according to has drawn the most program registrations in its group Virginia Harrison The most popular By end of the new program however programs first week is the sport and adventure youngsters were camp operated at Scanlon registered for parks Creek Conservation Area playground and craft and for one of the five programs and for pool days scheduled per week activities Seneca Colleges King By the end of the Campus Or ws and programs first week The regulation youngsters were compared to what we registered for parks anticipated is excellent i Both Carolyn McDowell and passenger playground and craft noted Mrs Harrison anna Davey of Tottenham were treated and programs and for poo Like most of the leased activities Newmarket Recreate other Recreation 4 v few Department summer programs the sports and adventure camp operates in three twoweek sessions Although the first session doesnt end until Friday there are only a few openings left in the second session While registration for the second twoweek term began slowly it picked up when youngsters in the initial program re registered for an ad ditional two weeks Mrs Harrison at tributed the increased participation in the overall program to im proved public awareness of the variety of programs being offered Were- program ming for the overall numbers she noted and we can gear ac tivities to most kids NEWMARKET Fire chief Cliff was officially relieved of his duties Monday night because of poor health Mr suffered a stroke last autumn and never returned to duty Deputy Chief Sam Rippey was appointed acting fire chief Mr Gunn will be retained on the towns payroll until the end of the year when he will have completed years service and qualified for pension benefits NEWMARKET A mile per hour speed limit on Dr has been endorsed by town council here The present 30 mph limit has been in force since prior to reconstruction and paving of the road be tween Ave and St j- Till rV r A iKNi Despite the Increased overall participation one of the few disap pointments has been low enrolment for some programs Fewer than half maximum youngsters turned for the initial junior day camp session at Wesley Con servation Area A similar program was offered last year for children as young as seven but ago limit was lowered this year York regional engineering committee recommended the higher limit two months ago but Mayor Bob ob jected to the regional council approving it without first consulting town council Monday night regional councillor Ray Twinney who was acting mayor in Mr absence said he favored the mph limit He said police are having a radar trap field day on the road with the existing mph limit is the first year weve operated a cam ping experience for five ans six yearolds ex plained Mrs- Harrison Council voted down a suggestion by Tom Taylor that it oppose the higher limit until it knew what effect the recon struction o Second St will on traffic patterns area A It O A Reversing a previous decision Aurora Council decided Monday to let St Mr Submarine operator Isaac apply for a liquor licence lor his expanded establishment Council agreed to the proposal after Mr agreed to a three- month self imposed trial period Mr told council if it felt the ex periment wasnt working out he would cancel his own licence Council had asked that Mr Farrcll produce plans and a menu from his parent company before they would grant its approval for the venture However Mr Sub marine told Mr he would have to gel approval of council for licence before an expanded menu would be offered by Hie parent company Mr who recently spent ap proximately relocating his business from a small store front lo a brand new building sit down tables said he would offer a par titioned section in restaurant where beer and wine would be ser ved The new restaurant would be open from noon until 10 pm I dont want people coming in just to get drunk Mr told council Thats the type of thing I want to avoid The LCBO wont grant you probation Councillor Norm Stewart told Mr You either get it or you dont Councillor Richard said he felt council was standing in the way of the proposal and termed it not really so bad Councillor Ron Simmons voiced op- Queen Main lights soon NEWMARKET Installation work on the traffic signals for the intersection of Main and Queen streets should start soon Newmarket town council was told Monday Council also learned Monday that a provincial subsidy for the job was approved last position to the plan saying litter in the form of beer bottles would increase on St Mr said his main clientele currently arc businessmen and tradesmen admitting that there were a number of teenagers who patronized the store He added that a beer and wine licence would allow him to enforce house rules that would not allow for drinking without food Mayor George Timpson and Councillor Earl Stewart both pointed out to council that Mr involvement with the downtown program for which lie was can vassing last week showed lie is concerned about the community i Councillor requested that clerk- administrator Bud- Rogers check into what weight council would carry with the LCBO In regards to a trial period in view of the special circumstances strikes me that ij wouldnt mind having a beer with my submarine sandwich Councillor Kel Tonner mused OAAB to restrict home sizes on Highlands E AURORA Town council took a further step to ensure develop ment on the Aurora Highlands Golf Club is in keeping with area homes Monday night It asked Ihe Ontario Municipal Board to place density restrictions on the residential designation The matter was brought up by Councillor Pete Miller as council prepared to give its final endorsement to a resolution which would return the clubs residential status from open space Inn second resolution resolution council has asked that lot sizes in the property should remain a minimum of feet in width and 7000 square feet in area in the south of the development panding to a minimum of feet in width and 9000 square feet in the north- board is also asked to rule that density within the property should not exceed 145- persons per acre Both resolutions passed on unanimous recorded votes Problems in boards Cm AURORA A report about problems that led to the resignation of three senior administrators has been received by the York County Board Education The report which follows an investigation by the boards staff relations committee is not available to either the press or public Following the resignations the com mittee was instructed to look into the situation to determine if there was any reason for the board to be concerned ac cording to committee chair man John Several problems were discovered outlined in last weeks report and are now being resolved the East trustee said superintendent of finance and for eight years and Edward Dunn staff supervisory officer who has worked in education in York for years Trustees have declined to comment further on the situation Among the departing staff are George Ford In a third staff change human resources superintendent Stanley will leave to become a master geography teacher Mr Stanley was named to the administrative post last year l ii J lies i ft NEWMARKET York Regional Police recovered the bodies of two men In York Region in two separate drownings Monday Police say of King City went swim ming in Preston Lake near on Sunday and tailed to return Police were called and searched the lake Sunday but the attempts were fruitless They recovered the body Monday Antonio drowned while swimming with a friend in a pond Catering in Monday night Police say the man was a poor swimmer When attempts vim made to pull him up from the water were successful called mm

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