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VOL. l27. 940.2 62 PAC ES 'toke ready ,fOr , tka ng MWMARKET Weather- permitti , the ice on Fairy takewill clearedandflooded lor skating for the rest of the winter, according to parks and recreation commissioner Dan manhon. Mr. Shannon has assigned two parks department em- ployees fullctime to the main- tenance of the skating areas on the lake. Clearing of skating areas on l..r lake earlier than late last week had been impossible .. ause ice was too thin, said ..v commissioner. He saidwhen w: k~began~Fridaywice7was~ 10 inches at its thickest, and six at its thinnest. Ploodlights will be turned on ch averting from dark to 11 ,m. The commissioner said to te no community organization . service club has offered to end weekend bonfires, sell lice, and provide music for ters, but he remains hopeful v I will come forward. If one doesn t, the :..: will try to nfires on .wee ends, usic when possible. ) Flooding on the cleared swillbedone withahose ther by using the tire - u - t tank truck, or by a rin.the.i.ce.,._ .. 2. Public skating is also balm cred at Hoillngsworth hating Mondays and Wed- -.-- from 4.3) to 545; and turdaysfrom 1.15 to 3.15and8 - lo p.m., and Sundays from 15 to 4.15 p.m., ,ublic skatim an 50 cents. Mondays and Thursdays, ' lotollr..m.,there'safree *- a ts and tots time, and a milar hour Thursdays from 2 c 3 p.m. The downtown Community : is booked mildly for keyandfigureskating. ide and ;: .anideii id Mr. Shaman. ERA INSIDE Pollster finds hollda y popular Doweneedastatutory holiday in F 2 Four 00! (1 five people 1.. tervlewed in this week's People Poll think so. See Page A5. A new year with old board York County Board of Education set the tone for I new year in Newmarket last week when it failed to come to a unanimous decision on ratifying the appointment of John Stephens as ms chair- man. Details on page A3. Here's a tlp for lottery losers For all you lottery he". Roy Green's got a Selfish quiz that you re "We to enjoy on page At. Skilng s In thing f popular sport this winter 1 It Seneca College's m I lupus. Photo and story " Page B5. DIREC TOR Y THE Civic lsireepu weatherman. NEWMARK er tteswtcx, JANUARY n. ma fustAaiter-mam so can: Markus Rothkrans. 15. of Queensville has to be one of Canada's biggest Walt Disney fans. The Grade 10 Huron Heights student was so impressed with his trip to Disneyworld last year that he started to work on this mlnlathre versioth was built in small sections and Student's unique project brings Disneyworld to York starting with a monorail which arrives in front of a set of By PAUL HUNT Era staff reporter QUEENSVILLE There was a time seeing Disneyworld meantatriptoii'lorida,butthathaschangedthankstoa 15- year'oldstudentwholiveeherer -A .~ -~- Markus Rothkram. a Grade 10 student at Huron Heights SecoridaryScliool, visited Disneyworld last January and was so impressed with what he saw there that, when-he got home, he started building various parts of it in miniature. H1 putalotofdetailintothefirstpartslmadebecausel didn t start out with the intention of building the attire Magic Kingdom," he said. But up buildi . entire Magic Kingdom is what he eventually ended Markus, who has previome built various projects in miniature - but nothing as grandiose as Disneyworld - built the entire project himself out of corrugated paper, not the cheap stuff, good corrugated paper, construction paper and various other materials. He worked entirely from photographs he had taken on his first visit to Disneyworld but he said he had to make another triptogetmorepho toswhenberanout. _ " 2 "" ln'eededmore'angleshm asweil,"hesaid." I ' ' _ ' ,-_. .1..:Thedis aysitsonaplywoqdhagemeasmtingroughiymne eet by 10 feet and includes all the lands in the Magic Kingdom. He has designed an entire production around the display, a Asas Home photo finally put together a little over a month ago. Markus h still adding some finishing touches to his year-long project. Unfortunately. this Disneyworld will not be able to draw as large a crowd as the real 00. curtains masking the m . A tape inthe bac takes visitors on a tour through the display just as if they were taking a tour of the real thing. As the monorail drops the as off in miniature this is not possible so visitors have to imagine they'a re getting off the monorail - the taped voice welcomes than to Disneyworld. Then the monorail departs and the curtains open on the display where the rst thing your eye falls on is Main Street, USA. Going up Main Street is a horse drawn streetcar. The streetcar moves up the street on a track and the vibrations make the horses legs move," said Markus. There are people standing around in various poses as well as trees and light standards. Markus said he was striving for realism in his model and he has achieved it. The voice-over conducts visitors on a tour through the display areas including Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Adventureland, the Crystal Palace and back to Main Street, when the main lights are dimmed and the miniature lights in the display are turned on giving visitors a glimpse of Disneyworld at night. Markus said he hasn tcom eted it yet Mtbin'stailasa'een' buthasplansinthe the model and project a fireworksdisplaytoaccompanythenightscene. s no admission charge to my show, explained Markus, because of copyright reasons." EGMHA TRIES TO BE TOPS cut home ioxes$l20 AURORA A 3150 tax cut for the average residaitial property taxpayer in York Mon is indicated by the Ontario government if reforms The estimated saving spatding, iscontalned in the "white lastweekareim planented. on single-family residaices. blsed on me paper" on tax reform, presented by Ontario Treasurer Darcy McKeough. The tax ? apartment units would average 8128 in York a Region,whichis a province-wide basis. Single-family homeowners in the region would fare much better than the province as a whole, where a cut of only 5 is suggested. Municipal politicians are being asked to comment on the ta reforms by the end of ebruary to allow ssible implementation in 1 . While residential taxpayers would benefit from the reforms, higher taxes would be faced by owners of vacant land and by governments - municipal, and school board which own property. The government figures show that single'family homeowners in Aurora would get the biggest tax break if the reforms go through: 3216, based on 1976 taxes. The tax saving on an apartment unit would be $169. " ' ' The average tax on a single- family home in Aurora in 1976 was $719, and for an apartment unit 3378. In Newmarket, where the single-familyedproperty tax in 1976 averag $546 and the apartment tax was WAS, the saving would be $120 and $73 respectively. For King Township. the single-family property tax in 1976 was $728 and apartment units had an average tax of $437. The reduction after reforms is estimated at $172 and 3129 respectively. In East Gwillimbury Township, where the single- family tax was $505 and apart- ment tax m1, the tax cut is estimated at $56 and W. Georgina Township. with a single-family 'home tax averaging 80 and apartment unit land 38, would have savings of $3 and 850 respec- tively. In the Town of Markham, the proposed tax saving for a single-family home is 8215, and for an apartment 8153. In the Town of Vaughan, the com- parable figures are $214 and 859. For Richmond Hill, the tax reductions are estimated at $151 on theaverage home and $161 on an apartment unit. In the Town of Whitchurch - Stouffvilie, the savings would be $111 and $90. The reforms would result in a tax cut (1' about $9.3 million for a residential property taxpayers in York Region, mainly sugl e~ family homeowners. And about $95,000 less would be collected from farm owners. To make up the difference, the provincial government would pay $15.3 million more tax on farm and forest property it Plan Feb,4 skate-o-ihon By ALICE MATRAVERS - Era correspondent . . SHARON A lot d minor hockey associations are casting envious eyes in the direction of East Gwillimbury . these days. Ask EGMHA vice-president T om Holloran why, and he ll tell you his usociadm delivers 10 lines as much for about one- Eier of what people pay in , city? . And we try, that s why", he says. He s Quick to add that, we've. set an objective of becoming the finest hockey association in Ontario." And w towards that oal, th'e vice-president is laden deep at the moment organising a. mammoth .skate-a-thon for the town. It s to beheldFebAandSattbearena three hours each day and judging .G buryand macadamia \erinthe . HotStove Lounger worth $100, and so t of prizes goes on. Mr. Holloran s enthusiasm is catching. Little wonder there are 540 boys , bury Minor Hockey Association. A lot of parents, many who were ties] at the beginning, 8i! 813 thing, one hundred and twenty adults, inall, makeupthelistd directors, era, coaches and refer-ea, and an or the , associationthathasbeenableto people will be involved in the skates-thou. in East Gwillim caught up in the d like to get involved". So in , the association has response oreveryboy who in created a community prize. of sponsorshi there be a leather hock et A whole. organization is being set up to run the skate-a-thon, and a meeting will be held tonight Wednesday) to firm up plans. It's no secret that the EGMHA has been enjoying outstanding success, and lately it s been generating a great deal of interest with such un- ted stunts as three free ey schools this year. I don't know of another offer even one free beck? school, said Mr. Holloran wi Mr. Holloran told The Era l me? 0 smusness. members of the community - even those without youngsters - These schools are run by professionals such as Karl have been 01111108 and 88m Benzing, who was in charge at SHARON Durham-York MPP William Newman has hit the road. ' In an attempt to achieve greater contact with his con- stituents in the wide-spread ridin that incitidesmaEttihs t3 minds] suicuIture Emmi-tel; beam special. seas ons e . ' A session .for. East Gwillimburytuidentshss been 3 b 'c for'l'h ., Jan. 19atEast Gwillimbury Community Hall. In a statement last week, Mr. Newman's office described the m around the ridin as an art to bring his 1 l lld cgalw i oca res en w r u re some speci c . roblems or waning??- ormationor amistaw on other at matters. g Sohethledfmmnoonuntilo p.m.,theShsronmeetingwiilbe the last oneoHe is power skating coach for the Buffalo Sabres. A current objective d the association is to give all 5-10 youngsters a free color photo of the player with his team. Priority is placed on giving each boy a genuine feeling of in- volvement and dignity. Each one received a Christmas card this year signed by his manager and coach. We want to be the best," explained Mr. Holloran, but not the best in terms in hockey, .perhasztle may not have the most all-stars, but we aim to makeallthebo ysfeeilikeall- stars. We work on the basic gi oeophy that if you get people valved, the'thlng will run it- self.We regdngtobethebest at $25 per boy. TieWmCIn office. gsetquonI " by _ enced per- m 5-}..Nmn's - m es en no .p- pointment to attend the session Mr. Newman's office messed. ' -Dr. for four or five owns in the remit. Higher tax on vacant land in York would bring in $5.7 million, the government estimates, using 1976 figures. the same amount estimated for apartments on Two mayors bockidx reforms NEWMARKET The mayors of Aurora and Newmarket both say they are generally in favor of Ontario's prtposed tax reforms. Aurora Mayor George Timpson said Monday he can see only "a few problem areas" inthereformsandtbeywillbe discussed by town council Feb. 1 before comments are submitted to the Ontario treasurer. Newmarket Mayor Bob Forhan said the reforms are better than what we have but not necessarily what we are looking for. All the province is doing is realigning the money we (the mtmicipalities) are receiving," said Mayor Forhan. More money will. come from com merce and less from the homeowner. It's ne to re-juggle a fixed amount of money but in the long term it is not the answer." Mayor Forhan said municipalities need to have access to another tax source - r such as the provincial sales tax - - which increases with in ation. We need a provincial- municipal sharing system tied in to cover inflation," he said. Big lots will be hit hard: Britnell KING CITY - Ontario's proposed tax reforms could place a heavy burden on owners of lo-acre lots, Mayor Margaret Britneil of King Township said last week. She said the township generally will bene t from the reforms, but taxes could in- crease drastically for people who have homes on 10 acre lots. King is believed to have more of such lots than any township in Ontario. Mayor Britneil said she has been in touch with the Provin- cial Treasurer's office to ask that more consideration be' given to the 10-acre lot owners. They're not all estate homes," she added. King Township will benefit from reforms that spread education costs more fairly, as the proposed reforms would, the mayor said. Exit romp may force \museum to move NEWMARKET Con- struction of a Highway 404 exit ramp at Mulock Rd. may force the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum board to move its The museum is located in the former Bogarttown school, on Mulock Rd. Highway 404 is currently under construction between Steppard Ave. and Highway 7, and preparations for the portion between I-liglnny 7 and Gorm- ley Sideroad are being made. It is not expected to reach Davis years. We actually don't know if it has to be moved at all," said Wes Brillinger, chairman of the board. We have had no official noti cation from the Ministry of Transportation and Com; mimicatiom." Bob ' Hodgson, mimioner of York Region, The under the first plain for sibility to move it and supply the necessary land because they want the land we are presently occupying," said Mr. Brillinger. The museum at present houses artifacts from the late 18006 and according to Mr. Brillinger, the oldest item is a bedthat came here on a covered wa on. He said they are wor ng on a pioneer kitchen exhibit which will become part of the regular museum when it reopens in the spring. Royalty may grace Joker s Hill show KING CITY Pnnce' Philip my be com to the four-day event scheduled for ,7 equestrian July at Joker s Hill. v King Township his or Margaret Bditneu made t announcement at Monday s council , adding that if the prince coui not attend, she other _ PrincessAmeandher . j -....._._....,' . l