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* ._.._..._-... .. . . .- ,"-- '_.. .A v . ..._ ~ ~- _.. .._ a 5 s as; W Auras-mantel. on" Wot. Jan. t. m ' Serving York County Since 1852 Published every Wednesday at 9 Charles St, new an". Ontario by Inland Publlahlno Co. Limited. Supernova . man for two years. stone for one arena-r year single cooies 70: each, The Newmarhet/Aurora Era is one of the inland. Publishing go lelfed lamp of women newspapers. Vim-(h includes the Aiax/Whltny/P-ckarinq News An V."Is.'. Brampton Guardian. Burlington Post . Etonrcohe Gazette. Markham Economist and Sun. Mississauoa News. Oakvitte Week. Ono Stouffville T'lbmf. Beaver. Osnbwa This Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper association and the Anna Bureau of Circulation Secomi Class Man registrat-on number Wt! Phone Newmarketvms 2331 1) Charles St. DA VID R. HASKELL Publisher TERRY CARTER Editor t Chief ROBERT MARTIN News Edna - PETER GRIFFIN AMHIISW Q Manager Phone AurOra 727- 4024 .Don't overbuild the library _ The l2.(l)0 square feet addition planned for the Newmarket Public Library's existing, 5.000 square foot building is too small to satisfy the community s needs. according to a _user's committee calling itself Friaids of the Library. On the other hand. town council and the library board feel the addition will adequately meet the community's needs at a price it can afford. While we arehappy to see volunteers coming forward to offer assistance in the expansion of the library. as the FriendsCommittee has. on this particular point we cannot agree with them. The Friends contend the council's plans. which have been adopted by the library board. are not adequate to accommodate the town's growth to a papulation of 44.000 people by 1990. They chose this gure because it is the ultimate population projected in the town s of- ficial land use policy. and by the provmcxal government long-range plans for the area. around Metro Toronto. However. in using this gure for planning the library. they are overlooking a very im- portant factor. we feel. That is that the town only has sewage treatment plant capacity to handle a p0pulation of about 35.000 and the quality control of the Holland river rules out a further plant expansion, we are told. The sewage from the additional nine or 10 thousand people in the 1990 projection must be carried away in the big pipe". a trunk sewer which the Ontario govern- ment is talking about building up Yonge St. The government s rst projections were that the sewer pipe would be constructed in Newmarket by 1985. but then how V many projections and promises from Queen s Park have we had on a date for the municipal boun- dary changeover. or for the construction of High way 404 to Davis Dr? in fact. a lot of people doubt whether the pipe" will ever be built north of Richmond Hill. The expense of building a sewer that far. with pumps to get it over the watershed in the Oak Ridges moraine. seems out of proportion to the number of people it will serve about 20.000 more people could live in Newmarket and Aurora. ' So we mist conclude that a town council would be foolish at this time to invest in a library building to accommodate an ultimate population of 44.000 by 1990. Since 1970; this town has been without a major municipal tax increase. and it's probably the only town in Ontario which can make that boast. The budget wasn't balanced by accident. it was balanced by careful planning and judicious spending. Building for the future we know is therehand not for what might come. is just a continuation of that policy. And we feel sure most taxpayers will agree it s the only way to go. Sign letters to the editor Did you ever receive an anonymous letter? Not something you can put much stock in. is it. when the writer hasn t evenenough faith in his own opinions to sign his name to it? We sometimes get them too. and often. they are well thought out. well written letters to the editor. But unless we know who they are from. and can verify the signature by a telephone call, we won't publish them. We feel if the writer hasn't enought faith in his own opinions to sign them. our readers won't care for them illboord A general meeting of the Holland Landing School and Home Association will be held tonight (Wed. Jan. 4) at'8 pm. in the Holland Landing Public School. Parents from the Gwillimbury Hill subdivision are urged to attaid became most projects being planned are for the new. school in the area. . The ing'fund for the-Audi Public" Library ll bene t from Talmt Night. to be held Jan. 20. at 7 pm. in Aurora High School. For tickets. call 727-3217. The event is being . organized by the Theta Kappa chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. The Bradford Snowarama in aid of (rippled children will be held Sun. Feb. 5. at Varley's Marina. Last year about $55,000 was raised in the too-mile event. Alan Spraggett, prober of the occult and the unexplained. will speak at Bayvicw Seconthry School. Richmond Hill. ues.. Jan. 31. at 8 pm. His appearance is sponsored by Richmond Hill- fornldll Area Family Services. Tickets. costing 0573. or by sending cheque or money order along with a stamped. sclf'addressed atvelope to Family Services. Box 224. Richmond Hill. Ont. IAC 4Y2. The King City Red Cross will hold a blood donor clinic Tiles. Jan. 10. at King City United Church. Elizabeth Grove. The cliia'c will be open 1:30 to 4 pm. and 5:30 to 8:30. pm. For in- formation. call convener Kathy Bell at 833-587. All About England". third in the Auroaa Lions Club s travel film series. will be shown toni t (Wed. Jan. 4) at 8 pm. at Aurora High . ission $2. . Yoga. l loor hockey. and slimmiig exercise classes are three of the activities offa ed this ' month by the Aurora parks and recreation NRERE HKVE xiou BEEN . DUCK? $3 each. are available by callitg 884-9559 or 881- I department. The yo cla bosts 822 and runs 11 wagons. _ Sq A LAD co? ON New deeds auc.... We try to publish all the letters to the editor we receive. subject of course to the limitations of good taste and the statutes on libel and slander. We feel the letters to the editor columns of The Era belong to our readers. and we like to see them full every week. So keep those letters coming, but please sign them and include a telephone number. If you wish your name withheld. and have a valid reason. tell us and we'll do our best. weeks. startirg Mon. Jan. 9. from 1:30 to 2:45 pm. at the old Church St. school. Register at the first class or anytime Mon. to Fri. 9 am. to '4 pm. at the Aurora Community Centre. Floor hockey. held each Tuesday at 7:30 pm. in Wells St. school. runs to weeks and costs :5. Mn tcr at the school Tues., Jan to. or at the community centre Monday to Fridays am. to.,. The "slim and trim"'class is held Monday. Wedncsthy and Friday from It) to 11 um. at the old Church St. school. startim Mon. Jan. 9. The cost is 818. Re sta' Monday to I'Yidays am. to noon at the community centre Acraft'class for children 7 to It will be held at the Giurch St. school every Saturday 10:!) a.m. to noon. starting Jan. 14. Fee 81.50 a week. Swimming lessons will be offered each Friday everiing. starting Jan 13 at Aurora Highlands. For information. call 727-3123. . Seneca College will offa' yoga cluses f beginners and intermediates at Trusty AI; Church Victoria St.. Aura-a. beginning Wed. Jan. . hccouraemmeightwecksand babysitting is available. Begimcrr class lotoll:30a.m.andintmediates clasal:30to pm. Registration forms available at the Aurora Public Library. - Birgois heldevery Thursday at; pm. inthe- Royal Canadian Legion. Industry St., Aura-a. Early bird 7:30 pm. There are bixgo ma every Monday everng at Newmarket Continuity Centre Early bird 7:40 pm. Regular games 8 pfm. The ' York-Peel (Federal) Liberal Association will hold a general meeting Thurs. Jan. 12. at 8 p.m. in Victoria Hall. 25 Mosley St.. mumbeiegaiuandiimtuwinbeeiecud forthcconvaitionofthcmwandnian'ict Liberal Association on Sat.. Jan. 21. For in- . formation, call Liz Van Petcghan at 727-0384.- qo r sroeeec sit: auto *Darcy sit: WINS game To nun- ME F09. (Henna: smiling... ~ I" l. r HERBERT! I FOUND A PRESENT IN THE NEEDLES UNDER THE TREE. Letters to the editor Sid Britton writes on open letter to Treasurer McKeough n letter to Mr. McKeough. Treasure of Ontario. Dear Mr. McKeough: Regarding the dif~ ference (about 3100) between municipal taxes per household. as defined in your letter to me of Dec. 12. and taxes based on an average of tax- payers. as quoted in the Aurora newspaper. I see little point in arguing the matter. You take and quote the lower of these two gures as being morc useful'. More what? I take the higher of these gures as being morc actual'. since it represents what I. and anyone else with whom i discuss taxes here. ac- tually pays. . I am reading again the Globe & Mail report (Aug. 24) of your explicit and toughly worded warning to municipal Anope useful for :leaders ~ a minr spending. 1 notice in the letter of Dec. 12 your verbal expressions of concern over municipal spending: and that you' understand my concern about the burden of property taxes. especially on senior Anhyor and council of Aurora also go into this concern area. or sacrament. from time to time. - on spendirg. They are busy just now pushing tlro' anew reball. which was planned and agreed upon in secret sessions. Wit plans well advanced was at last exposed tothe dumbbells. the cries that get stuck with the bill. This town needs a new reball about as wpntly as I need a trustee. (Come up and scenic some time.) So I wrote my objection to the OMB. and in due course rekxejved their ac owicdgement (Oct. 17) thanking me for taking the trouble to w .andadv said an 0 Aurora islng me to bjection to the clerk. town grab cranes which I did on Oct. 21. (unacknowledged). New I read in the local press (Dec. 21) - as best as 1 can understand the reportirg that the OMB has either approved the project. or just ap- proved a capital ex- penditure of $100,000. the estimated cost of the proposed fireball. Tenders are being prepared. ' architect's plans have been ap- proved. At the moment.there appears to be no rm decision as to whether this 340011!) is to be borrowed. appropriated from expected incoming lot levies. stolen. won in a lottery. or removed forcibly by municipal Aurorans' pockets. Right now this town already owes about 83 million. half of which is for a so-called indmtrial park which remains very unindustrlah- has done for four yea . during which NOTHING HAS BEEN PAID OFF THE DOAN. We also have a very unfinished library. the basement of which from ' has looked like a gravel pit for the past two years. I suppose the words 'restraint'. and concern'. now have totally different meanings to those given in my old dictionary. But if this be not so. could you please tell me how. in present circumstances. the OMB (which is a division. organ. arm. or whatever. of your Ontario Conservative govern- ment which is preaching restraint). can approve this new and unnecessary spending of a further $400,000 of the monies of Aurora? Assuming that the words . and concern' have any meaning other than poppycock. As a brief comment not irrelevant on the importance of people in Aurora as compared with the importance. of buildings. our mayor stated recently (in an- swer to complaints) that the cost- of keeping people's driveways free from plugging by municipal snowplows would be prohibitive. Consequently. as some sort of Christmas gesture of good-will. the municipal snowplows came. scraped the ac- cumulated packed ice and snow from the streets. and threw it. like so much glacial moraine, two feet high in our driveways. B e i n g o n lly discharged from hospital for abdominal surgery in mid December. I had all the fun of enjoying mysdf right up to Baiting Day. whittling away at these concrete-like chunks. And on Dec. 23. 14 days after being closed by the last big storm. our sidewalks were at last plowed out. enabling the feeble old and thoughtless young to get back on them off the hazardous icy roads. I suggest to you that if the OMB can do no better than it is now doing in imposirg or rather. not imposirg monetary restraint on the Good- time-Charleys of municipal councils. your government, which has faltered twice in suc- cessive elections. may well fail in the next. SID H. BRI'I'I'ON. Aurora. 1. York Manor reSTdents enjoyed grand Christmas We are the resident senior citizens of York Manor. We wishxto ex- press our deepest ap- preciation for all the entertainment during the festive holidays. not only with singing but the gifts we received from Trinity United and Parkside choirs. the Salvation Army, the school of dairing. the Boy Scouts' Ch istmas sing-a-long and story and Kelly and Friends sirg-a-long. We wish to thank the Women s Auxiliary . sincere thanks for their time in the tuck shop and the hours they have worked for us. We also wish to thank Mr. A. B. Smith and all those who work so hard on our Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. It was a wonderful dinner. Also for Santa's gifts. we give our sincere thanks. hoping the New Year is best ever. Bless you all. Than again. ISABEL LE BLANC. York Manor. Reader urges Support forU. ted East I was disappoin read that Gwillimbury Council is cool to the n of the United Chur to build a senior citizens apartment lie buildng' in MountAlbert. The United Church deserve edit for the many fine apartments and homes it has built. All are a credit to the com- mtmitieshgs well as the people operate thcm_ . and .a leasire to the peeple ' live in them. Mount Albert in my (I Church plon ago. when they came from the old country. and we have been prowl of it ever since. So I would say let in all get behind this project, council and the community, and make sin-e Mount Albert has one of the finest homes for their acnimcitizcns. They deserve it. JOHN ILHOPKINB Newmarket. ' Word games a you can try in new year "For a good time. Try Sara. 000-1111". Where does one generally see messages 1' .- that? Why. in washrooms all across the world. In hundreds of languages and with different area codes but. basically. the same message. ' That's why I think it might be an ill-fated name for an Organization. An organization known as Try Sara. you say? Well. that's one of the names under consideration for a newly. forming organization, 'according to the Regionews. The Regionews is a small newspape prepared by York Region's public information officer. Don Br . and is intended for the employees of th region. The area press is sent copies of the Regionews and.- like everything else that crosses my desk. I read it. The latest issue carries a story about the employees forming their own recreation and social club. Because they haven't formally formed the organization it is now known as The Region of York Social and Recreation Association. Try , Sara. The initials. may. the story says. become t the official name. Well. regional employees. it's you organization and you can call it what you like. But if I got a letter with TRY SARA written across the top. I might think it was from a dif- ferent kind of social club. Come to think of it. is REGIONEW grammatically correct? Even if it is, I nd i keep looking at the banner every time the pa o a arrives here. I keep wanting to pronounce it. Regio News. News of the Regio. And. if you can drop the N o : of Region. it must be OK to dr0p the K out n York. That way it could be called. YorRegioNewg which. if spoken quickly. would bring about the response. Geshundeit! However. I must go on . record as saying that while I may not agree wi u your name. i will defend to the death your rig i to name it. All of which sets this addled mind to n dering (and wandering) about catchy initials f- groups. Richard Nixon : 1972 campaig organization was known as. The Committee Re-Elect the President. CREEP. How ironic that turned out to be. The an airport group in the Pickering area was call- People or Planes. POP. I guess it s important - have a catchy title if you want to call attention u yourself. But how long will the recognition last? Years from now. will anyone remember the origins. When the Pickering airport is nally built it wi likely be known as the.POP Airport. May people in the future will just assume i means the Pickering-Over-Protest Airport. Th won't remember that busy group known = People 0r Planes. ' Who. for example remembers the origins - the word. Burp? I know that's a strange word f i a weekly family newspaper but, heck, let's get' little risqh just this once. I ll bet you think that burp is just euphemism for belch and that it was creat because that s w t a lot of belches sound lik _ Burp! or, Buuuu ! ' 'Aurpro decision - buildinglnmo lm. 'Wi Ithc adtlltiaial available when the ad fire balk : ma on O O and- UP!" .. I ng praises " WA .m if. ' - Acora _ p t . . 3 Well. you can think that if you like but I ha my own thought on that. Consider this. Belchi Until Relieved (of) Pain. B-U-R-P! I ll bet y won t find that explanation in your, You Ask Us". column. Some people likewise, I'll bet, think Bark! as in dog noises, was coined because sounds like the noiseadog makes when he - w his jaws in anger. hunger, happiness - loneliness. Truth be known, the word. Bark. is definitive word. That is, it carries its 0 de nition. Barking animal Response-Kalil As you may have gathered by now, 1' making all of this up. Except about Try Sa That's true The restispurenonsense. No : t Not of Normal Sense. Embodying Nomi Standard (of) Education. Yes. it s nonsensebutit helpstofill time :- it can be fun. You, too, can play word 0 :1 games. Just pick a word, any word. and. us I each letter of the word, 'create your 0 definition. ' Here are a few others to whet your whis CORRECT Chasten'Oversights, Rem ... Rong-doer (that) Errors Cost Time. HowaboutNEWMARKET Near Eno u:- With Many- Advantages (but) Retrieved . u Khaos (of) Enlarging Toronto. AURORA Abandon Union (with [RegionorRise (upin) And, in honor of alllthe trouble they 2 ' haying up in the Keswick - Stilton area.' should have a comment on GEORGINA (mg-guy action Oversights. Residaits Got ' Ired. Numerous Attorneys. You will note I leave myself considers leverage to play with my definitions. You too. but be true tovthegame. Iwillleaveyouwithoncfinalwordo :1 niatismoatfittingtothecolumnI'havohad' to Mt this week. ' STUPID Sill Trash. dot to 9-. )Immedlaiioiunimtii., ( ) ... r 'v