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' olicc chief free trip learnmg experience ,CHRIOVANKMBKEN . Erastnff NEWIARKE - York .7. 1 Police Chief Bruce .imlstsbesawnothii' withhbtaklngatriptoa tiammsmentpark at umdmeparkowners mournersJ'amllybeism-e use d Canaa [AL are ding a Ito-acre family gument park in Iaple - istobecunpletedbyil l "It was a learning ea; ence fa' stated Chief . "We have to plan for /.,. If r . x parkandthetrafficflowinand outdthe .Thatwasthe NEWMIK ET KISWICK. AUGUST l. "79 BERRES N BEA VER TAILS learniagtesnrvivehthewlldernesseanbeqnleanes- . e.and)ast.esftbemanymltesepenteleysand frenistetlyarsdagewhei lhhgrenp - sabenvcstew.catniptenandraspberrystewenanhland a compromise. - T9?! muttered M at IIWIKITM l HCINN Anasttauen e. pressive.bntslsdayssn.erattsnnnekmndetbe member-sofas NewmarketReyalCanndianAhCadatsghdlerany meal'l'heyare hemleft.Darrelll- Lumen-.151 to accept its engineering department's recommmhthn that the road be widened from its current 23-ft. curb-locum to s y enough about it. I w not have recommended the I (feet)." in the committee-of-the- nft.ctnjb-toeurb.wilh part1 whole meeting. Mr. Howard opined charges to Park Ave. grave been going on for several weeks, this new recom- mendation was first heard publicly in a committed-the- whole meeting which [receded the July 24 council meetirg. Town Roy Howard jokiqu at the idea came to him in a flash of inspiration." Mr Howard had originally recommended that die road be widened to 28-ft. atrh-b-curb, with parking along use side. He was forced to reexamine his position. however, after residents on Park Ave. and those from neighbtl'lna streets strenuously objected. the loft. is recognised as a marginal. at best. alternative to B-ftj' said Mr. Howard. "It is not'recommenthd from an engineering point of view because it leaves nine-foot driving is . If we were all expert driv dint wound be fine, but we re not. There's many a little old lady tivlq her car aroundwho needs an the room that she can get." Mr. Howardabopointedout that the widenir' world not leave much maturing roan for large trucks with aide streetarllwht urn-nun he sea-a "if i felt a ted fair schemes which d been considered for Park Ave. The first was his m-ft. widening. Followim, was a recommendation made by ichael Cole-Hamilton, of 336 Park Ave., which would have left the street at its present width with no parkirg Mr. Cole-Hamilton hadbeen the driving force behind organising Park Ave. residents to protest me changes to their street. Now.he aaid.heisbasically hall) with the final recom- tion. Actually we've come out withatleastas rcentofwhat we stated. He compared the situation to theAlice in Wonderland fairy tale episode where the charac- hrsgohapool to run incii'tim. lm Alleeasked who won. its was told evtyone had. "I m ' . l wouldi t say evcyone won but evu'ybody came out (1 it with a W " . "It was quite obvious tint Roy Howard and Na staff. who I m afraid took quite a lot of from us ~(luring whole per. formanee. had gone to some considerable length to preduee...what was the op- timum under the cir- manna." , Mr . Beward 5:: mm W h h 1-! (see PARK AVE. page At) -7. O wouldha time By MARLA FLETCHER Era newsedhsr NEWHARKET Wage increases totalling 15.5 percent over the next two years were codirmed last week as both York regional council and CUPE Local 195: voted to airport the region's first twa year settlement with a CUPE local. embers of CUPE Local 1953 - including inside. outside. cits-ital. teclniical. land division committee and York Manor nursiq employea - voted last week 1 71 to 16 in favor (1 ac- ceptir' the contract which was ch'awn up in mediation talks held on July 17 and 197 The two-year settlement giva Local 1953 members a seven percent salary ta'ke this year. retroactive toJan. l. and a seven percent increase in rose. with a further 1.5 percent bike at July 1. 1.0. The union had orig'mally demanded a 20 percent wage increase (esciudirg bene ts) fa a one-year period, and the region had feed 0.! mutt. die two yearn in quotion. Total increased cost to the region will be snow for 1979, said chiei administrative dficer Jack Rettie in an interview following regional council s unanimous ratification d the votemJulyz Theregionhad (lily buQeted for six percent wage increases (hiring 1979, it's going to put us in a fairly tight (budget) situation righttotheendoftheyear." Mr Rettie stated but it won't requirethstwe toutasup- plemental tax b in rm." If a deficit results. it will show as a deficit at the year's end financial statements, he ex plained, Also contained in the con- tract settlement were 40-hour work weeks for dis tchers drivers. lead ban a, sign painters. barpenters, mechanics and machine operators who had been workiru H-hour weeks up till now The package is spread over percent of their seven parent wage lakes They willhavethe nmmimmmn settle contract near agreement . . . AURORA - A mtative contract agreement was reached Thursday between the York County Board of irtation and its elementary school M. Both sides. however, refined to diner. the terms of en: mes coon-act until it n ratified. Kirby Brock. chairman d the elementary school teacher's bring the contract to the Economic Policy Committee (EPCi tomorrow (Thu-shy), then County Elementary Teachers Federation (YCETF) . . . secondar teachers still waiting AURORA - Jim when the negotiating teams for the York County Board of Education and the secondary school teachers will be called back into mediation is still a mystery Harvey Ladd. a provincial methator brought in by the Education Relations - minion (ERC) to help settle the contract dispute admitted he didn t know when he would set a new mediation date The schooh are out. so there is no great urgency at this Sharon hockey mom NEWMARKET ~ "The name hockey moms always had such a wholesome rim until now," June F D White told a Newmarket area woman last week after she pleaded guilty to stealing money from the Sharon Atom 8 Hockey Club, Maureen Bertrand a former hockey mom" wept quietly when the provincial e told her I can't po-ibly think (1 a sentence harder fa' you to bear than havrng to face your own boys " Judge White released the Newmarket woman from custody pending sentence next week Mrs Bertrand was charged with theft of funds which oc- 5 Mn Bertrand was charged - York R 'onal Police on '_ WMJo-sm anduttertng. The court was told by Ir. Its-ray tint Ira. Bertram was me of W and" me financial qierations of the hockey clib snd was abs in ahargedhndrauevmn. A artstrnas omb mle involving youaasters selling convicted in theft candles. was one event which backfired on the Newmarket woman The club was invoiced 81.1)0and after returning unsold items to the manufacturer O73 was outstanding. When no monies were forthcoming from the club the manufacturer placed the matter in the ban of a collection agency. The court was told that at this pornt Mrs. Bertrand sent nine pat dated chaquu writm on her personal aemunt. the company started legal proceedings against the grow Mr. Murray said the money had never been 'ted in the moment." said Mr. Lat . hm reliably in the neat He also gave no indeation thatadate wouldbecalledtra aettlemart reached befa'e the students went back to school in September 1 don't know." he stated. l'll have to take a led at the situition " Mediation beNeen the two nqotiating teams lute ( earlier this month when the board refined to bring all the i-uesindispute toarbritration.