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two choices for claremont claremont a natural ice rink or an indoor arena are two choices to be presented to claremont residents at a public meeting to be called by the pickering recreation depart ment in the near future but even if they choose the arena it is still up to the town of pickering to approve such a project the need for a second arena in the town has by no means been proven according to recreation director dave bass mr bass told the tribune that his report indicated a future need for a third ice surface but the location of that arena has yet to be determined arthur latchur donated 75000 to the claremont project which started out with the claremont lions club wanting to build some new boards the project expanded and funds were raised for the present ice pad and change rooms mr bass said council must decide whether to put the arena in claremont and acttpt the 75000 grant but require many pickering residents a con siderable drive to get there or forego the money and locate it closer to the larger population centres in the south he admitted that by the end of 1974 there will be excess demand for ice time at the don beer arena which has two ice surfaces he said that an outdoor artificial rink was out of the question because of the cost of upkeep and the uncertainty of keeping ice he said an outdoor rink would cost the town 22000 a year to operate while an arena could be managed for 10000 per annum mr bass added that the people of claremont presently use the rink whenever they choose at no cost he said that if an arena is built they would have to pay for ice time and could only use it at certain alotted times isftit wrtbum vol 84 no 40 whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday feb 28 1974 20 pages the current teacher strike in york county is causing concern among students at all grade levels of the secondary school system on monday they were out in force seeking support for an end to the stalemate two of the petitioners here are kim ellis left and joanne tayler both of grade 11 at sdss jim thomas bindin arbitration teachers reject it student petition circulated 1 but board sets stouffville many of york countys secondary school teachers arent working but the students are not in the classroom but out on the street they have been petitioning residents for support of a plea that would resolve the dif ferences between the board and the federation and return the schools to a normal schedule participants from sdss included john campey president of the students council joanne taylor kim ellis julie bell jeremy williamson joyce reesor and joshua leitch the petition read we the taxpayers i parents and students of york county demand i that the york county board of education take immediate action to 1 end the dispute with i the secondary school teachers in york county i and get them back into the classroom and 2 j come to an agreement with the elementary school teachers thereby preventing public school closures joanne taylor grade 11 described the publics interest in the proposal as great kim ellis said the only thing needed for an expanded consensus of opinion was more time the petition circulated for a first time monday morning was filed with the board that night another petition initiated by dwayne finlayson of huron heights secondary school took a aitterent approach it read we the undersigned feel the points now under dispute by the york county board of education and its teachers are within reason and are meant to improve teaching conditions which in turn will benefit the students and the profession we therefore give our general support to the teachers 1 it contained 600 signatures j the student concluded my purpose in j doing this is to aid in the speedup of negotiations 1 and suggest that the public does want the teachers to achieve a reasonable settlement of j their objectives midweek deadline to beg york region the health unit announced this week that planning and venereal disease clinics will open in york region next month march a clinic at the health unit office in newmarket will be open at specific times three days a week and one at york central hospital richmond hill will be open for a few hours one day a week the clinics which are provincially funded will not vd clinics in next month charge for examination or treatment of persons with venereal diseases the patients anonymity will be respected and ohip num bers are not required the doctor only must believe the patient is 16 to provide treat ment without parental consent parental consent appointments are not required and noene will be refused consultation or examination town rejects store proposal stouffville a change in zoning that would have allowed a block of four stores to locate on a site west of the present plaza fronting on westlawn crescent has been turned down by town planning committee support for board york cty following a public meeting feb 21 held at the board of education office in aurora information officer margaret mclean handed out copies of a telegram received by trustees from a group of parents in markham it read we are concerned parents and ratepayers in york county and we strongly sup port the boards negotiating committee and request the board not be intimidated by unjustified demands of the teachers that we feel are unreasonable and unrealistic it contained eight sets of signatures the application by fms sportswear limited was discussed at length feb 14 councillor june button said there were too many small stores of this type already vacant in town she said she could see little sense in adding to the problem the councillor cited three places now empty on main street including one that had never been rented there doesnt seem to be a demand for individual shops here she observed she noted that vacant stores are demoralizing to look at and often become run down chairman merlin baker said the applicant anticipated a drug store and sportswear outlet in the block but a restaurant and upstairs apartments had been removed james hill of the regional planning department advised the committee to be wary of too many piecemeal plazas on highway commercial sites mayor gordon ratcliff said the location could present a drainage problem and the in stallation of storm sewers would prove costly dr ian kerr assistant medical officer estimates that there were between 500 and 600 cases of venereal disease in york last year and weve run into a few cases of congenital syphillis the clinics are primarily for vd but will include family planning and the dispensing of birth control devices we are not here to endorse sexual permissiveness but to prevent unwanted pregnan cies said doctor kerr they are already indulging when they come to the clinic we dispense contraceptives because were here to prevent abortions of all the abortions performed in york about one third of them are on girls under 18 birth control devices can be paid for through ohip or in some cases they will be provided at no cost to the patient york cty york county board of education has called for binding arbitration in its dispute with 667 high school teachers the monthlong dispute has all but paralysed secondary school education in the region in a motion passed a special meeting sunday the board said if by the middle of the week settlement is not reached that the teachers and the board agree to voluntary binding arbitration so that the teachers can return to the classroom by march 1 provincial mediator terry mancini recessed negotiations friday saying they continued to be unproductive according to the board statement sub stantial progress had been made on nonmonetary issues and agreement had been reached on many points the statements indicated that monetary matters were of prime concern to the teachers it rejected the idea that pupil teacher ratio has an signi ficant affect on working con ditions for teachers the board statement added that concessions had been made in items concerning tenure and utilization of category but that the teachers salary proposal would put them up 25 per cent for the two years of the contract it added that the boards offer compares favorably with settlemnts in halton ontario peel and simcoe counties the board considers its offer to be realistic and a sound basis for a settlement the statement read it said that teacher demands would cost the board 300000 more per year york cty negotiators for 667 york county high school teachers said monday tnat compulsory arbitration would not provide a solution to the present dispute merely a set tlement vince matthewson head of the negotiating team said in a press conference arbitration is a copout of responsibility the only way out is a negotiated settlement responding to a question later in the meeting mr mat thewson said that the osstf committee was prepared to negotiate anywhere anytime he added that arbitration boards had only dealt with the industrial disputes and he doubted if they would take the time to acclimatize themselves to the teacherboard dispute members of the osstf committee outlined the basic issues in the negotiations dave robinson said that the board had failed to make a firm salary offer in the mediation meetings but only gave proposals and asked the osstf people to comment on them he said that everytime they offered more on the grid they offered less in the cost of living so that it would not cost them the board more money mr robinson added that the teachers and the board were using different methods to calculate the cost of the raises he said that according to osstf figures the teachers want a 917 per cent increase and the board has offered 64 per cent in the matter of pupil teacher ratio the board has said it is nonnegotiable ac cording to the report made by the osstf committee ralph connor said the provincial average was 174 and the york county ptr was 185 he added that equality in pay with metro is not out of line trustee suggests committee changes york cty at a monday night meeting of the school board trustee craig cribar of newmarket suggested there should be some changes on the negotiating committee we have been negotiating for 10 months now and it would be a show of good faith to add one or two new members to the committee i seriously feel if there was some change of persons we might not remain at this impasse he said trustee for markham jack mackay added we should try every possible means isuggest there be changes made in both negotiating teams although mr cribars idea stimulated a great deal of discussion there was no motion put forward to implement it 226500 grant given for pickering complex pickering pickering will benefit through a federal government sponsored winter works fund in the amount of 226500 the money in the form of capital projectloans is an nounced by mp norn cafik ontario riding and totals 1614000 across the area one of the largest 210000 is for the construction of a sports complex in the former village of pickering to include an enclosed ice arena for hockey lacrosse and pleasure skating it will come under the control of the parks and community centre board an additional 16500 will go to the town of pickering public library board for renovations of rouge hill united church an information service and bookmobile will be in cluded in the present library program there i wish to commend all groups on their initiative said mr cafik i am sure these projects will greatly benefit the communities concerned j rifleclub seized gang fight nipped stouffville a threatened gang fight was nipped in the bud by york regional police last week after about 12 carloads of youths the majority from uxbridge came to town the unwanted vistors were told to leave and agreed to do so however on the outskirts they separated into smaller groups and returned twelve cruisers were dispatched to the area of ficers intercepted the vehicles and took down the names of all occupants a rifle and a club were seized but no arrests were made house has a new home minus a portion of its roof a house once located at 198 main street east in stouffville takes a rideto a new site on the farm of jim rae cone 7 whitchurchstouffville the trip was completed in 90 minutes and without incident charles matthews limited of langstaff had the contract his price was 2500 the intersection of stouffer street and main will be reconstructed with a new road extending south through the lot w here the house once stood don bernard final day for 1974 sticker stouffville this is it- feb 28 the final day for ontario motorists to pick up their 1974 licence plate stickers the fee is 40 eight cylinder 32 six cylinder and 23 four cylinder to accommodate owners who have put off the purchase until the 11th hour the murphy office 311 main street east will remain open thursday to 7 pm failure to acquire a marker carries an automatic fine first offense of 23 central office for uxbridge uxbridge municipal offices at goodwood and sand- ford will close tomorrow march 1 and thereafter all uxbridge township business will be conducted from the offices in the town the new township phone number will be 8523301 for people in scott and uxbridge and 8875777 for residents in the stouffville or claremont ex changes the township address will be township of uxbridge 12 spruce st uxbridge ontario