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“‘ ‘ .VL-K?‘ .; ~ [‘3’ }; One of Trench Street‘s residents, Don Skene, laments démage done to the roots of 80-year~old sugar maple trees on the street. Damage was done by the Town of Richmond Hill during recent recon- struction of Trench Street and the ad- A new school for the Risebrough subdivision of Markham has received Ministry of Education Approval. and construction will begin in 1980‘ Director of Marketing for Canada‘s Wonderland, the 320- acre park now under construction in Maple. John Brennan. has confirmed that Fred and Yogi, from the Park‘s Happyland will be out to meet the children. ‘ Those beloved cartoon idols of children everywhere. Fred Flintstone and Yogi Bear. will walk through the streets of Rich- mond Hill during the November 18 Santa Claus Parade. By MILLIE STEWART Liberal Sta ff Writer York County Board of Education surprised Markham council members at Monday's school board meeting Yogi and Fred will be in Santa Claus Parade A Metrospan Community Newspaper DeSpite possible problems with a residential subdivision proposed next door. Ronalds Printing in Richmond Hill, has filed a site plan application to add 8§.400 square feet to their plant sue. Vice President of Ronalds Punting, Keith Dumond, sand the proposed building would even- tually house full plan: operation School is approved Ronalds applies for big expansion They are early arrivals since By MlLLlE STEWART Liberal Sta ff Writer {ork County Board of ucation surprised Markham tncil members at Monday‘s tool board meeting. i new school for the ;ebrough subdivision of rkham has received Ministry Education Approval. and istruction will begin in 1980‘ Mayor Anthony Roman and several members of Markham Council were at the meeting Monday accompanied by a contingent from CAUSE «Community Association for Unionville Secondary Education), and representatives of Markham ratepayer groups who have been lobbying for more schools in the town. ...as'the balloon flies "I figured it would end up somewhere inâ€"Richmond Hill.” she added. Of all the youngsters who launched balloons that day only Dianna has received a reply. “I didn't believe such a small balloon could go that far." Dianna said of the more than loo-mile trip. Without the advantages of Dianna’s unique air mail service. the Gregoire-‘5 post card took seven days to arrive â€"â€" two days longer than the air mail balloon. Natalie Gregoire and her daughter Kathy im- mediately wrote the Markham Road girl telling of the find. Five days later a mother and daughter hlklngln the woods in East Aurora. New York (near Buffalo), found 11 year old Dianna's orange balloon. She and a group of children at St. John‘s Baptist Church Sunday School class launched a cluster of colorful balloons from the churchyard on Sept. 8. Each balloon identified one of the children and carried a note asking the finder to write. Without meaning to. the Richmond Hill girl proved that sending a letter by balloon could be faster than regular mail service. Young Dianna Hill just may have discovered a cure for our postal delivery headaches. Mr. Gallant says that around 40 floats and 11 bands are now confirmed for the-parade. He commended float chairman Parade Committee Chairman Frank Gallant says the com- mittee was juSt as delighted with this news as it was to be informed that Don Head Secondary School would enter a float in the parade this year; the first time it has ever done so. the meme park win no! open until May, 1981. Town planner. Dave Collinson. said the application will now be circulated among municipal agencies. such as the works. maintenance and legal depart- Timing of construction has not yet been established, said Mr. Dumond, but he expects it would take place over a three to five year period. and storage space Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1979__ 25 Cents 28 1’8ng dition of a new sidewalk. Town officials are now looking into the possibility of replacing these trees with mature trees rather than the usual saplings. if damage is permanent. (Liberal Photo by Bruce Hogg) THE RICHMOND HILL It will include a kindergarten. ll classrooms, science room, an room, music room. home economics room. library resource centre. general purpose The type of school recom- mended by 2he Board is expected to cost 2 million dollars: $365,000 for me struciure and $135,000 for Aeqruipment.’ Mr. Evans feels that perhaps the Ministry was suggesting another type of school to make sure the Board really understood the need for a permanent structure in this area. According to Bar] Evans, Information Officer for the York County Board. “the Board My intends to go ahead with its stand for a permanent structure". One paragraph in the letter explained that John W. Storey, Regional Director of Education. would communicate with Sam Chapman. York County Director of Education to discuss with him me possibility of designing a new school in such a manner as to allow for “a core design with some demountable classrooms“. “The response so far has been very encouraging,” says Chairman Gallant. The Ministry of Education, in a telephone conversation.‘ with Board staff. Monday. dictated a letter signed by Bette Stephen~ son. Minister of Education. ap~ proving funds for the new school. Every member of the parade committee is out now raising donations to support the estimated $5.000 cost of the an- nual extravaganza. Enquiries should be directed to Frank Gallant at 884-7005 or 884- 1214 or to Doug Hichecliffe a‘ 884- 3990. They were there to appeal m the Board to approve new schools for Markham and Unionville; {our of which are in the (Op five priorities. Bruce Venn for his efforts ments for comment and then the planning staff will prepare a report to present to planning committee and council for ap- proval. This process will take approximately four to six weeks said Mr. Collinson. When asked whether the recent decision by the Ministry of the Environment to require a minimum distance of 200 feet “We looked at it from our point of needs and we decided, no. we didn't need it," Mr. Zupancic said. By law the public board must offer any school it closes to a number of groups including the separate school board and local municipalities. John Zupancic, separate school director of education, said the board doesn‘t want to buy McConaghy because eventually it intends to build a new school of its own on Dufferin Street in Vaughan. School board turns down McConaghy McConaghy was closed last June due to declining public school enrollments. The separate board is renting the old Yonge Street schoul for the current school year, in order to cope with its rising student population, The separate school board has turned dowu an offer to purchase ML. McConaghy school in Rich- mond Hill from the public school board. The town should ‘consider‘ ministry standards, said Councillor Birchall, and then make their final decision based on all facts available. At Planning Committee last week an official plan amendment was passed to redesignate the property belonging to W.A. Stephenson Holdings, beside Ronalds Printing, from industrial use to residential. ” Only one clause in the original amendment was changed, that being the part which said council would accept Ministry of Environment standards. CouncillorJohn Birchall said committee members were concerned because there were no ‘set' standards by the minisgry. Regional Councillor. Ron Moran said. “We are always asked how come Council keeps approving new subdivisions when there are no schools to house the children.” Ward 7 Councillor. Tom Gove answered, “If we stop approving subdivisions, the Ministry would stop approving schools.“ Stephenson land zone is changed betweeen residential and in- dustrial uses. or an official plan amendment recently passed by committee, would affect the application. Mr. Collinson declined to comment saying only that the town would contact the Ministry of the Environment and then make a recommendation to council. room. lunch room with stage, a health room and a guidance room. It was pointed out to Mayor Roman that Markham actually had nine schools in the top 10 priorities. The new Risebrough School will have a capacity of 565 and is expected to be ready for 00‘ cupancy by September 1981. Ontario Hydro is raising its wholesale rates to municipal utilities an average of 16.4 per cent, but General Manager for Richmond Hill Hydro. David McVie. said he hopes not all of the in- crease will have to be passed on to the customer. Mr. McVie said Rich- mond Hill Hydro is in the midst of budgeting at this time and trying to determine costs for 1980. Costs to consumers in Richmond Hill next year will not be known for about two weeks. he said. “No doubt we’ll have to pass some of the in- crease on.” said Mr. McVie. “but 1 hope cer- tainly not all of it." He 7/ try to hold the line UNIONVILLE â€" Norm Hollands and Norm Amondson. MARKHAM â€" Betty Daven- port and Earl Crane. About 75 York Centre Tories attended the annual meeting. THORNHILLV ” Clyde Reynolds, Doreen Quirk and Richard Lloyd. Area chairmen were elected as follows: The association‘élected a slate of 16 to its new executive. Secretary is Wendy Scammefl, treasurer is David Lucas, secremry is Betty Smith, and Jim Nultall will become the in- formation officer. RICHMOND HILL â€"â€" Marg Lyons and Kerry Gilmore. Warren Carroll is first vice- president. and Terry Goodwin is segond vice-president. "This is political opportunism, am} it is sickening," he said. “It is beyond belief.” he said, “that the local Liberal member at Queen’s Park can support his party’s demand for a new French-language high school for 57 students in Penetang, when funds are desperately needed for a high schodl in Unionville to relieve serious overcrowding in this area. Elected at the association's annual meeting last Wednesday at Hiiicrest Mali, Mr. Grieve took the opportunity to support Unionviiie residents in their campaign for a new high school. Walter Grieve of Markham has been named president of the York Centre Progressive Conservative Association. Grie ve elected chief in riding The Richvale resident said she did not get final confirmation of the time of arrival of her house guests until Wednesday, the 17th a the day the family arrived. Operation L-ifeline supp1ied an interpreter to accompany Mrs. McDonald to Toronto Mrs. McDonald, a member of St. Mary‘s Anglican Church Sponsorship group. was contacted by the Immigration Department Friday October 12 and given a tentative arrival date of Monday the 15th. Richmond Hill’s newest residents, Tuget Hao Tang, Boi Chi Tang and three-year- old Chi Hung Tang are happy to be safe in their new home in Richvale. Although Mr. Tang does not speak English and his The family. consisting of 801' Chi Tang. the father, Tuget Hao Tang. the mother. and threeâ€"year-old son, Chi Hung Tang, is presently staying at the home of Carol McDonald in Richvale. Richmond Hill's first Vietnamese family arrived last Wednesday and already one member of the family has a job and the family has started taking lessons i_n English. WALTER GRIEVE First Vietnamese family in Rich vale Dad has a job Speaker was Bruce McCaffrey. MLA for Armourdale, who talked about operations of legislative This follows confirmation of funding for the con- struction of a public school in the Risebrough sub~ division, which is in the same area. Because approval for the separate school was conditional. Superintendent of Business Administration, Ed Joyce, arranged a meeting with Ministry officials Tuesday afternoon. Results of that meeting were not available at press time yesterday. The York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board has learned funds for a new school in Milliken Mills have been approved by the Ministry of Education. For the first week, parents are welcome to stay and observe intruction, which runs from 9 a.m. - 12 noon. To help defray costs of materials and caretakers. a fee of $3 per child will be charged. Mr. Meyden can be reached'at l-705-436â€"5954 for further information. At press time, Mr. Newton was busy arranging proper recognition of such a momentous occasion. A special weekly tutorial class for students with learning disabilities aged 10-15 will start this Saturday at Crosby Heights Public School. The class, sponsored by the York Chapter of the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities‘ will be taught by, Lou Meyden of the York County Board of Education. Transit co-ordinator for the town. Bud Newton, said yesterday, his calculations Show that sometime late this morning the lacky winner of a free transit pass for one year and a bus tour to Nashville, compliments of Travelways, will board a Richmond Hill Transit bus. By noon today Richmond Hill Transit will have had its one millionth rider. Sunday, October 28 is “Fall Back" Day â€" the day you gain that one precious hour of sleep you lost last April. Turn your clocks back. Community Pulse Funds approved Mil/ionz‘h today Special class Two neighbors of Mrs McDonald do speak Cantonese and the Tang famin has spent time visiting with these people as well as getting settled and exploring the area around their new home Mrs. McDonald herself found employment through The Liberal. within walking distance of_her hqrpe. for Boi rChi Tang. Tuget Hao Tang. the young' mother does speak some English. but her husband cannot speak the language at all. Contributiozis of clothing from St. Mary’s have since been added to the family’s war- drobe. The Tang family arrived in Toronto with a complete set of new clothes and well rested after spending three days in Edmonton. 1m emat ional Airport and she said everything wen! fine with no hitches once they found the family‘ wife's English is limited. already he has a job and the whole family has been exploring the town. (Liberal Photo by Bruce Hogg) Extra hour committees in the minority government Situation at Queen’s Park.