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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), September 14, 1977, C01

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IT t Mi Ml a bar accommodated on two floor of the building He aald much of Ihe original decor and many of the both on Davie ttmnf room would seat is patron original remain In the buUdlng The la to Davis i- significance I towSta k to lh immunity The family were pioneers in the fir small dining rooms home U arranged to share parking facilities with a neighboring real estate office and could provide parking spaces The planning committee ordered a staff report on the pi an and a start on a site plan agreement Consolidated Ltd is proposing the five- storey apartment building for the southeast corner of Davis Dr and Lome Ave The firm already has a construction fence around the site Bayer eat also built the building on the southwest corner of the same Intersection The proposal contains onebedroom suite and twobedroom suites and parking spaces of them underground The apartments would be rented not sold The plan was approved in principle by the com mittee and a staff report was also ordered on it T Eastside we sssssat 000 of it of its well at Sutton and MARKET in the Gratters is per cent ring the groups registration day registration was success fur- region will construct the new well estimated to have the potential of Im perial gallons per minute as opposed to the PC present and then bill if The development of the well should allow an additional people to be housed In the area A health baa been spent for the stand- pipe and well since the town was first assured by Ontario government engineers in the well would produce The changed their minds but new testa have The Increase backed the original reflects The predictions expanded daytime and said Cowing an ember the pottery always in and and the a second potters at are limited quilting nature cleans up its weaving groups this consist of rughooking and enamelling Newmarket would like to invitation to Kiwcfd crafts people well as beginners to in these newly ohm she said is week each craft p meets to get tainted with new while lessons moat groups start daring the last week of September said Mrs ring call sat or Janet Green light for 34 new lots NEWMARKET four new lota were to in principle by councils planning llee Monday night ite In the St area lots are on a street running of and east to Leslie but not ted to Leslie NEWMARKET Town council here thanked Hie Era last week for publicising the problem of leaking garbage trucks The publicity brought the problem to the attention of York Sanitation Ltd and it was cleared up Councillor Dave Kerwin told council at an earlier meeting the trucks were leaving slimy streaks in their wakes After the paper came out York Sanitation executive Alf Train contacted Mr Kerwin and told him he was astounded Over the next two weeks the problem was rectified and York Sanitation kept Mr Kerwin up to date Six trucks were taken off the road for a six- month period Three have been repaired and three await replacement parts toe reported The decreased numbers of working vehicles caused delays in garbage collection two weeks ago he said Oil costs a gallon and the garbage com pa says it has now solved the mystery of- dribbling expenses Probably the most difficult thing about fishing Is having the patience to waft for a bite Ralph and Vytas Grelcunas seem to have the knack as they wait for one of the Rainbow trout In the Upper Canada Mall lagoon to strike An estimated 400 fishermen took part in the Third Annual Newmarket Lions Fishing Derby Saturday Five fish over 22 inches long were stocked bat the largest ci was ah hauled in by David of Newmarket Ah right Andrew Elliott also of Newmarket holds up his 11Inch prise Photos by PAUL BURNS AURORA TWO schools In York are to become test sites this month for a nutrition awareness program aimed at getting students to eat less junk food and think more about health programs one to be run by Eastwood Food Services Ltd and one by Beaver Foods Ltd are the result of a decision by the public school board last April that its catering com panies develop programs to stress balanced meals in school cafeterias What do they propose With the aim of Ybrktotake its French plan to Tom Wells HOLLAND LAN- Councils plan to a portion of to Holland prompted to protest Coundis proposal the 254-foot- TBttai the street more than a ray was to property and fit from added owns lots roadway ted Interest Half the property would be offered to the neighboring family and rest would make up an additional two lots in the Glade development according to councils plan Mrs Florence Wenham a widow and resident there for years and her son Edwin would be most directly affected by the closing of this portion of Christopher St as their combined properties add up to the two acres along one side of the roadway The portion of Christopher St in lies between and School streets Citizens pointed out Monday that prior to putting in water and sewers in the area that portion of road was used regularly by cars They noted that closing it will put an extra strain of traffic on all adjacent roads Residents also pointed out that when services were installed a load of dirt was dumped AURORA Un willing to face possible flack from irate parents Yorks school board will go directly to the minister of education for answers about its French program At issue are two matters As the York County Board of Education begins a program of conversational French for children in Grade I trustees want to offer parents objecting to the program the alternative of doubling up courses in a later year The provincial ministry has advised the board that if the program is offered it must bo mandatory for all children In addition the ministry requires that Grade students receive a minimum of 20 minutes French instruction per day York because its year is divided into two separately scheduled semesters would like to offer the course for minutes each day during five months of the year The ministry has turned down that request as well But the advice has come from a deputy minister and board chairman Craig Monday night received trustee support in his bid to approach minister Tom Wells directly for confirmation of the ministrys position I want to be able to tell parents that were doing these things on direct orders of a ministry directive Mr said Bidfo put backbone into negotiating tactics is studied AURORA Tightening and strengthening of negotiating tactics is the aim of a set of resolutions soon to come before Yorks public school trustees Included is a com mitment to stop the leapfrogging in teachers salary con tracts that has pushed salaries higher and a rejection of possible employee demands for catchup increases to compensate for A1B rollbacks The resolutions come from a July salary St at the Church St end It was mentioned Monday that school children going back and forth continue to use the stretch of road I think the public has a right to said Mrs Wernham Mr in sisted you can drive a car through it I use it quite When council asked if he had other access to his property Mr replied that I havent any other access to the field but have another entrance off Church St Town solicitor William cautioned council if we are cutting off anyones access it cant be done Councillors indicated they didnt realize the road was used Residents insisted that it is and reel It should be left open to the public Why not gravel and make it really usable they asked You must remember that to reconstruct the road cost money said Mayor Angus Morton Councillor Alvin noted the cost of keeping roads up and he later indicated to The Era that blocks in this area are very short and it would cause to go around the area in question Closing this portion of Christopher St was first advertised on July and for four consecutive weeks Council indicated Monday it will take the public comments back and discuss them further with the town solicitor A decision must be made in planning com mittee said Mayor Morton and residents will be kept informed Planning committee meetings are not open to the public Kick- libra HOLLAND LAN- that was about traffic Developer Peter St SalT While martial foe a commercial venture of Land Ynie Si not one would condone an firm slamming car doors barely feet from her I the developer was told by council he will have to return with a new and specific site plan which is acceptable to the residents who One lady who borders ting the proposed parking area to the pUza fears Mr agreed saying he will plan no entrance or exit Peter St He said it will take two weeks to a month to come back with a site plan Mr said he has not yet signed up tenants If Mr new site plan is agreeable to them residents have indicated they will with draw objections to his land AURORA A parade from the Aurora Public Library to the corner of Yonge and Wellington Street will kickoff the towns biggest fund raising drive in history Saturday The parade headed by the Queens York Ranger Cadet Corps band will be helping stir town spirit or the I drive to raise to help finish the addition to the Aurora library The group will mass at the library at am and anyone willing to march is welcome The parade starts off at down Mosley St and up Yonge to the Toronto Dominion Bank where after a kickof ceremony a ther mometer to illustrate the success of the fund drive will be unveiled l Mayor George reports that the fund has already been bolstered by from its lottery and close to in donations from industry The Mayor along with fund committee chairman councilors and trustees will be inarching in the parade conference of the Association of Large School Boards of Ontario Although York no longer belongs to the association seven local representatives were invited to participate in the session The suggestions all of which deal with ways to improve and strengthen the boards position during negotiations will come before the chairmans committee Monday night and will later be con sidered by the entire board Details of the resolutions will not be made public because they are very specific in nature and would tip teachers negotiators to board strategy said Mark ham trustee- Quirk Mrs Quirk was one of the York officials at the Toronto conference Also present were trustees Dorothy Harry Bowes and Bill Monroe education director Sam Chapman former superintendent of human resources Ken Stanley and superin tendent of school operations John Kippen Other suggestions made public following the conference were the tying of teachers salaries to productivity and the offer of specificterm appointments for staff positions York was a founding member of the association in but dropped out last year when trustees decided that the annual fee was too high The association now has members which are limited to those boards with enrollment of 25000 or more students There are about students in Yorks public school system helping students to choose nutritional meals and to limit their con sumption of junk foods school trustees accepted proposals from companies Monday that suggest information through poster displays about basic food groups together with labelling selections to show which groups they come from limiting the quantity of junk food available and a general promotion of the idea of sound nutrition through a leaflet and slogan campaign For related comment please see page A4 The Eastwood proposal is called Pick A Star the core of the program being a five- pointed nutrition star showing five food groups Food products will be marked to Indicate which group they belong to and students will be en couraged to select a balanced meal In addition the Newmarket company proposed limiting the amount of junk food including chocolate bars and potato chips and selling them on a first- come firstserved basis Eastwood services Newmarket District High School Huron Heights Secondary School District High School and Dr GW Williams Secondary School In Aurora The Beaver proposal Is based on a division of the food groups into four categories with an ad ditional listing for foods like potato chips that provide energy only Foods will be marked according to which groups they belong with a backup program of leaflets and posters to stress the importance of NEWMARKET Huron Heights Secondary School student Monica found out a few months late but It was worth toe wait Earlier in the summer teacher Joan McKcnna told The Era two of her students Carol Hoover and Dlanne Schrawerf won national awards for their category in a Pitman Shorthand contest The third student entered in the contest was Monica but until last week she heard nothing from the penmanship people But Pitman pulled through with the news In time to take it to school opening She won position as the overall national champion In her GO words per minute category The grade student was as flab bergasted as she could be declaring My mother wont believe it But as she discovered every thing comes to heshe who waits I Church wins severance on Arthur St NEWMARKET The Victory Baptist Chirch at toe end of Ari St Newmarket has been granted severance after ap pealing the towns refusal to grant it to the Ontario Municipal Board As a single lot the church and manse took up a large section of land The division splits the lot in two making the property more attractive to prospective buyers TORONTO Township and Robert Garden will have their day in court Friday In a hearing set for am in the county court building on University Ave hero Judge Ward Allen will rule whether toe court action launched by Mr Garden against township council and former clerk Evelyn Waggett should proceed to trial v Earlier this year Mr Garden filed a writ asking that the Dec municipal election be ruled invalid due to alleged election irregularities Named in the writ in addition to Mrs were Mayor George Burrows Regional Councillor Eric and Councillors Bruce Welch Howard Shiilington Doug Peters John McLean Jean Noble Ken Smockum and John Hastings Mr Hastings resigned from council earlier this summer but confirmed Monday that he still technically remains a defendant in the case Since the purpose of toe writ is to force a new election any action against the former Ward councillor has no af fect at all he told The Era He has already resigned from the post All defendants in the case were served with a revised statement of particulars Friday In it Mr Garden levelled errors found when ballot boxes were examined during preliminary stages of the court action Multiplied by the townships seven wards the errors total more than 130 instances lawyers for Mr Garden claimed following examination of the ballot boxes The charges include evidence that Mayor Burrows signed a proxy ballot as a medical practitioner a deputy returning officer failed to count ballots before voting began there were more ballots in a ballot box than a deputy returning officer reported receiving there were mo used ballots in ballot box than there were voters marked as voting ballots were cut in pieces there were fewer used ballots than there were voters marked casting ballots and ballots were given to voters not on polling list and entitled to vote in another polling sub division J

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