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sports news district news classified section province tightens strings necessary june 7 opening for board headquarters york cty official opening for the aurora civic centre has been set for june 7 york county board of education trustees were told monday night the board shares the centre with the town of aurora- v joint opening ceremonies will feature guest speaker darcy mckeough provincial treasurer the board and town will split pre- opening costs with the town printing programs and invitations and the school board handling mailing of invitations beyond that trustees became em broiled in a controversy over a plaque for their portion of the building richmond hill trustee warren bailie representing the board on joint committee planning the celebrations suggested the board purchase a commemorative plaque im violently opposed to spending money to perpetuate the memories of the trustees who approved this building responded don sinrof markham he said a plaque is traditionally donated by the architect of the building mr bailie noted arcnitects fees for both the town and board portions of the building were reduced in lieu of the plaque donations mr- bailie was asked to examine the- cost of a plaque for the board portion of the building- t york region provincial policies to curb welfare spending have left york region little choice but to crack down on the young and unemployed according to alan wells the social services administrator he said it was necessary to place hardship on people to force them to do other things impact study needed for markville adams op meetings good skys chairman markham planning- committee chairman bob adams feels the recent series of v public meetings to eon- 4sider markhams new official- plan iiave resultedj inivgopd coir i open house for crafts i stouffville artists from toronto to stouffville will demon strate various crafts at the whitchurch stouff villearts and crafts centre on saturday may the show will be held at the old library building at church and main streets between 10 am and 3 pm artisans will be demonstrating leather craft batik and textiles quilting flower j arranging weaving painting macrame jewelry making and multimedia sculpture markham the town must consider any proposal for- a large commercial shopping centre from both the aspect of the existing merchants and the residents who must be provided with proper services according to planning committee chairman bob adams the regional councillor was com- menting on the con troversial application for markville the 180 acre commercial industrial residential development proposed in the hew official plan for the corner of hwy 7 and mccowan road it would be difficult to form an opinion he pointed out until an impact study is complete my greatest con- cern is the impact a development of this size could have on the existing merchants he said adding that a study done in 1966 showed that 40 per cent of the department store merchandising was spent in the town in 1974 this had dropped to below the 30 per cent level he said one of the major problems mr adams said is the major parking problem on the main street of the old town of markham as well as an indication from shoppers that selection of mer chandise is limited and prices higher than elsewhere astudymr adams said will determine through interviews i with residents arid merchants what impact can be ex pected im in no way prepared to say at this time that i favor the new shopping centre he said it may well be that the proposal is premature council has a dual responsibility in this instance to the established business people and to the residents looking for a place to shop york only received a 55 per cent budget in crease for 1976 over 1975 mrwclis pointed out although the region ap- proved 1976 spending estimates of 456700 a 69 per cent increase over 1975 expenditures cutdowns in sup plementary aid w ill leave more money for man datory general welfare assistance explained mr wells supplementary aid for food and shelter has been eliminated except in cases oi emergency and supplementary payments lor dental work eyeglasses etc are restricted to those considered unem- 1 ployable those able to work will be expected to accept any employment for which thev are physically fit now if theyre able to dig ditches they must dig ditches he said a however he also pointed out that it is very hard to get off welfare because the laws dont take into consideration the necessity for new clothes transportation and babysitters when looking for a job hesaida three month continuation of payments would provide an in centive for people to go to work uxbridge to charge gravel pit operator uxbridge council ha decided to ask the township solicitor to institute legal action against arbro con struction comor violating the townships regulatory bylaw the land was bought by john b regan and subsequently- leased to arbro construction co the arbro company registered the land as a wayside pit got a permit from the resources ministry and without further ado started to mine grael according to coun cillor eleanor todd this is a direct violation of the regulatory bylaw which states v that a site plan agreement has to be submitted to council and other conditions satisfied before operations can begin 1 council also decided to send a warning letter to john regan regarding another pit hich was found to be operatmgat 11 3q pm in coh travention of a bylaw requiring all work to cease at 7 pm council agreed to bring charges if it hap- l munication with the people that has set a pattern for the future i was extremely pleased with the response from the residents he said inan interview this week and the ap- preciationbffhe time the wprk and -the- great responsibility that has gone into this plan we had tremendous input particularly in the old town he is still concerned he said with some aspects of the plan in cluding the pressure to use up the interim capacity of sewer allocation- the rate of growth- he pointed out will have to be carefully monitored so that the assessment- does not become unbalanced we also have to have assurance from the province that there will berno delayin the con- struction of schools to accommodate- new development he said were going to have to find some way to speed up- this process- at stouffer and main streets t four severances sought in a ti v v- v g vvi v stouffville planning board last week heard a proposal that would if accepted put seven more lots- on the north east corner of main and stouffer sts stan newmarch asked for permission to sever the lots off the west side of his property he said that the large lot adjoining his home is becoming- a burden to me- mr newmarch who admitted he isunfamiliar with p 1 a n n i g procedures asked the board for advice as to newmarch he would require an engineers report to j resolve drainage problems and to determine whether daylighting would be required there n k mr king added that said- mr newmarch would be carried out by himself and the homes sold individually to avoid a plan of subdivision mr newmarch offered to lower the density but mr there would have to bey king explained that since some thought given to the his property is lower than possible relocation of the his neighbors it would intersection there- require an engineers mr newmarch said i report even for two the property is already severances zoned r3 and the proposed lots would conform to that zoning he said he would like to 1 build six semidetached homes and one single how he should proceed family dwelling right at he was told that with the corner the number of severances hedesires he will have to proceed by plan of sub division board chairman eldrcd king told mr i think wecould use some town type houses around here com mented councillor june button actual construction mrs button w if they could even con sider more lots until there has been an addition fo the sewage treatment plant and mr king replied that since the land is already zoned it is now included in the present sewage capacity mr newmarchs proposal to keep a long back yard for himself was opposed by councillor cathy joice the way the plans were drawn up mr ncwmarchwould have a long backyard for a swimming ipool which would run behind the proposed lots on stouffer n st 1 i cant give jjanyt valid reason vhyif shouldnt be like that but i dont like it commented mrs joice mr newmarch was urged to discuss some 1 aspectsof the planwith the works committeeor the clerk casual fashions susie anderson takes her role as model very seriously- as she displays a festive gown in the kinette fashion show carol baston the commentator describes the creations modelled by members of the kinette club and their children at the sleepy hollow golf and country club the ladies fashions- were provided curtesy of the marguerite shop 1 and ruvoris ladies7weitr of main st stouffville while the childrens clothes originated from the tree house and the young canada shop along with the latest in fashion the appreciative audience was treated to wine an d c h e e se youngsters in the gathering also wineglasses but their tipplewas ginger ale at left richard english anddoug sniurthwaite model casual clothes for the welldressed voting man annegret lamure iyp decision on championship e boils at liieetiiiff stouffville there will be no decision on whether the midget a hockey teamcan keep its unionyille 5 tournament championship until the next omha meeting in august v an omha meeting was held this past weekend in toronto but- the indefinite suspensions metpd out to bruce burton and his son jeff at picton were not dealt rumors circulating thai he and the entire team would be suspended there is a very good chance you will lose that tournament said omha representative edgrimshaw mr grim- shaw said that neither of the burtons should have participated in the game and he added that he had notified jeff burton personally mr burton argued with according to omha ha the suspension was secretary vern mc- not valid because he callum the whole issueof the suspensions and a mixup over sweaters at the tournament- wasaired last week at the hockey associations annual meeting team manager bruce burton introduced the subject saying there are 17 kids sitting on pins and needles because there were didnt receive notificationf in writing he maintained that the referee had suspended the wrong person and he said he was under the impression suspensions are not in effect for exhibition games and tournaments mr g r i m s h aw replied that written notification was not- necessary as he had been verbally informed of the youth charged in lake area breakins miss lake r- hkravgcorge dooliille20 has the man woke up and fled the scene and the following day doolitlle7 was arrested at toronto ls haying his bicycle inspected constable doug youngatf a bicycle rodeo held at orchard park public school last week david mcnally looks onas i nki i been charged with break land enter with intent and ws a toronl g breach of probatioh and transported to 19 lornagormanvof v torontovrcntcrcd her do has-been- ahheeret lamuresafroay surprised a l innegrei amure i r- with conditions that he be man s bed- of flood behsvior of good behavior suspension that even if he had been wrongfully suspended the suspension was still in effect until the matter- had been dealt with at a hearing he said mr burton would have been correct about playing at tournaments if it had been a regular suspension but that an indefinite suspension meant- he was barred from all games some members of the audience complained that if there had been an omha representative from the stouffville area at the- game then mr burton would never have been suspended in the first place mr burton asked the executive when the hockeyseason is over for a player if your team is knocked off you hang up your skates in the middle of february he said were in this for fun for the kids maintained mr grimshaw although he admitted some ofthe coaches feel the season is over when the team is out of competition mr y burton com- plained that they couldnt get sweaters for- the unionville tournament after the end of the season andhewas referred to omha coriy cnor eldonliwagg j vvldont knowwherey you heard that it was over when you lostsaid mr v wagg mr burton accused him of contradictinghini- self mr wagg explained that when he told the team they couldnt have the sweaters he was under the impression the sweaters were then at the cleaners he was asked by mr burton why they couldnt be held one extra week- the controversy and mr wagg replied arose because the boysi that we like to get things team had been told they wrapped up as soon as the couldnt use the sweaters season closes v for the tournament but a girls team had shown up v another tournament the same weekend wearing thesweaters mr wagg said he had t not authorized the girls to them mr- wagg 1u the sweaters f had i been aware they hadnt gone to the cleaners f i would have given them to you and the girls wouldnt have had lham fcnih mruaotf trustees fimgjprqfipjml development days by one york cty an attempt to restrict professional develop mentprograms to six days during the 197677schooliyear was voted down by york county board of- education nionday night in defeating an am ludicrous clairrismhat the eight days areneeded for parent interviews v scheduling parent in- terviews at night would enable fathers to participate he argued ythe toronto high school mendmeht to reduce the 4 teacher aisorejected an ontario professional development i secondary school teachers program from nine during- the federation stance that a current school year six next maximum number of pd days year- trustees accepted a staff needed at the end of the recommendation -to- hold pd school year to complete- ad- days to eight beginning- in ministrative work at the high september v iv ischool level- r i v r i- teachers use most of the- a v june t0 mplete with nine pd days and what administrative 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