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york region ctract enquiry possible ivw i- j 3 york region axepting a bid t52000 iagber than the low bid way involve the region in an j enquiry over its policies on tendering and awarding contracts such an enquiry has- been demanded by a hamilton company ets towers inc which recently submitted a bid to build a water tank in east gwillimbury the ets was the lowest but was not accepted k v gordon president of the hamilton firm has written to- mpp bill newman saving that an investigation is needed titiard for markham m approved unanirnously 1 thornhill t- it is almost a certainty that by the time the next election rolls around in novem ber the town of markham willbe cbm- prised of seven wards in a recorded vote coucil unanimously approved a request to the cabinet that a split be made in thornhuts ward 1 an area that takes in approximately 10000 people at present council is made up of the mayor two regional councillors and six ward members the request for a division of ward 1 boundaries is the second made by council in the past year although regional council previously approved the cabinet refused claiming the technichalities could local driver crashes into track barrier mosport danny burritt of stouffville failed to finish in a formula 100 race for the bulova championship last saturday burritt who had won the qualifying heat and was leading the final hit an oil patch and crashed into the guard rail on the eighth lap the rest of the field did little better in the unfortunate 20lap race when a downpour caused a string of accidents in not be completed in time for next novembers election however a clause in bill 55 now gives the government the right to approve a change in ward boundaries v at markhams request anytime in 1976 ward 1 councillor peter grosskurth refers to markhams second request as a formality and the fruition of a lot of hard work on the part of council mr grosskurth said the split in ward 1 is imminent saying the cabinet would not have included the clause in bill 55 if they did not intend to approve the request bob adams to be mayoralty candidate markham regional councillor bob adams has announced he will be a candidate- for markham- mayor in the december elections adams a three member of town council made the announcement at a recent press con ference he stated that he would run for mayor whether or not the in cumbent tony roman decides to run again the candidate an executive with bell telephone said he is willing to give his full time to the job his employer has agreed to a leave of absence he said adams touched upon several issues in making his announcement he supported the idea of retaining the markham fairground site as open chairman is appointed to board york region the york region board the contract way awarded said gordon without any rationale and with complete disregard for the ad- ditional extra major cost gordon also termed the awarding- of the contract total disregard for the spending of tax- payers money the difficulty ap- parently arose over conflicting standards in the bids the original tender called for a welded steel tank but the sub mission from ets specified a concrete tank the regions engineering committee accepted a tender from hotron cbi ltd of toronto although it was 52000 higher than the et s tender regional councillor gordon rowe committee chairman said that east gwillimbury had insisted upon a steel tank- east gwillimbury mayor gladys rolling confirmed this and claimed that a concrete tank in the town of simcoe split open gordon said the matter makes a farce out of bidding on public projects and indicated the tribune thursday july 8 1976 3 police news man corivicteidt for break entet travellers to toronto from uxbridge and stouffville were delayed somewhat by the breakdown of a go transit bus the bus was scheduled to leave uxbridge at 945 am but experienced transmission difficulties and a replacement bus had to be brought over from thornhill this put the run at least an hour behind schedule and the bus scheduled to leave stouffville at 145 pm and arrive in uxbridge at 230 pm ran about half an hour late the broken down bus wasnt towed back to thornhill until some time in the afternoon mp sinclair stevens abolition will make us an island space and indicated he would like to see markham win more representation on regional council he also called for a slowdown in the rate of growth in the town and predicted that his firm would refer the financial restraint will wholething to the ontario become more important general contractors in future association greenwood residents form local tennis club the 13th lap the race was of ju dected stopped but not before a e chairman warren bailey was appointed to head up the planning and building committee to replace norm- weller- who resigned some time ago it came as a bit of a surprise to some people who had expected acting chairman harry bowes to fill the vacancy mr bowes has presided over and given much leadership to the com mittee in the last eight months however mr bowes did not want the chair manship because he felt it would hamper him in his fight for renovations at summitview ps an issue in which he is very much involved a chairman should be impartial he said drivers flipped into dit ches arid bounced into guardrails on the slippery track -j- 3 road tenders 11 million less than budgeted york region economic conditions have for once worked to the advantage of the region councillor gordon rowe chairman of the regions engineering committee revealed recently that tenders for ninejroad reconstruction projects have come in a total of more than 11 million under budget rowe attributed the- low bids to- fierce 1 competition among construction companies fiscal restraints have reduced the number of such projects being un- dertaken all across the province the- money saved he said will be used to finance three other projects the three projects which can now be started are road rcbuildings on davis drive east of newmarket keele st- 1 south of king city and mount albert rd by mildred mctaggart rev t h fleetham left on tuesday for his new home in fordwich in his farewell service on june 27 he reminded us that the church is where- ever gods people are praising and exhorted us to be faithful to it his friendly smile and warm personality will be missed by all who know him and he is wished health and happiness in his ministry at fordwich the official board met on monday june 28 in the mount zion church the trim on the manse and the garage has had a fresh coat of paint and other necessary repair work completed as soon as possible church services will be held at the regular hour during july greenwood 945 am and mount zion 11 am wewelcome john van gulick our minister his wife rhoda and daughter jenifer to our community a bus trip to peter borough a two hour boat ride on the trent canal and a visit to the cheese factory in lakefield was enjoyed by the senior citizens last wednesday mr joe pegg diana john and steven were with mr and mrs m n pegg for a few days last week a greenwood tennis club was formed at a meeting in the com munity centre and the following officers were appointed pres glen snowdon vice pres tom elrick secretary margaret king david cole linda fehn bill smith and joanne snowdon are members of the executive fine or year in jail is sentence for gambler thornhill a local man faces a fine of 5000 or a year in jail after conviction on a charge of keeping a common betting house robert steinberg 58 of clark ave thornhill was convicted by provincial court judge alex davidson a co- accused edward goldstein 56 was sen tenced to the same fine or 18 months imprisonment the two men were given 60 days to pay the fines should the trudeau government succeed in making canada an abolitionist country we will be an island surrounded by reten- tionist sations and states only 1 percent of the worlds population live under abolitionist laws the united states supreme court upheld the death penalty last week in an historic decision that may lead to a resumption of executions in 14 states another 21 states who are retentionist may have to change their existing capital punishment legislation to comply with the supreme court decision which states the penalty cannot be mandatory but must leave some discretion with judges and juries four years ago the high court struck down all us- death penalty statutes because they plated too much discretion in the hands of judges and juries since then 35 states reenacted new statutes arid ex tended the number of crimes for which the death penalty could be prescribed in their decision last week the us high court concluded thatthe infliction of deathasa punishment for murder is not without justification and this is not un- constitutionally severe in the us it is estimated that there are 572 men and 10 women on death rows in 30 states who awaited this decision of the court in canada there are 11 awaiting execution commutation as has been the custom in ottawa since 1962 or passage of the governments proposed legislatior which would end thi death penalty when we wen reviewing the govern ments abolitionis xways low prices on building materials i who says ah annuity has to have a fixed premium ask your sun life agent to vxplaln the features of the new flexible premium 1 retirement annuity such as adjustable premiums interest and annuity rate guarantees waiver of premium upon disability and cur- rent tax deductions into the bargain heinz daues clu 9246674 ofovwoa i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1l plywood 4x8 sr s si it 69 ji 5 sr gis 10 oh 5 shingles asphalt factory 2101b self seal per 100 ft roll roofing per 100 ft 1433 t44 lumber spruce 2x4 i2 phh 2x6 19 fh 2x 8 26 vft 2xio 33 insulation glass fiber 945 2 100 so ft 370aft 4 45 sqft 498 630sqft w panelling 4irisu mxltotmtex a39 379 smoker mountain elm 949 4x7 4x8 gypsum wallboard v4 289 tenlest asphalt impregnated 315 hordboord 18 229 particle board 58 s79 woferbcordk 395 kitchen cupboards bmvuh1 14 high 36 high 19 25 bath tub set fr vanity basin cllf fctteak tl 19 abs 12 pipes 3 9 114 3 1x ceramk mosaics mediterranean floor tiles tiles 33 bjfi 89 ft van cptiiij ucu vi uu vanit up cwibnm slml silk 6wi ft auwinf vcnotfw rywmj wi cmiihh 4 many many mow stususuinmsuusuiusunssusnu s popular soil drink j i hmiumi t i lucuctuv lumber 1 t ohoemtsopsmotmom ttittittniitiiimimntriimiiitk i i i i i i i i i i i i i i legislation in committee i pointed out to solicitor general warren allmand that his counterpart in the united states solicitor general bork had placed a brief before the supreme court of the united states in support of the death penalty being retained in his brief mr bork states the united states believes that imposition of the death penalty may sometimes be a necessary and ap propriate measure to achieve the traditional goals of criminal justice asked why he was so sure that the death penalty was not needed when his counterpart in the united states felt it wasneeded mr allmand simply stated i am an abolitionist he is a retentionist in mr borks sub mission he pointed out to the court the best available evidence that the public has not rejected capital punish ment lies in the actions of the representatives of that public since the decision less than three years ago in furman v georgia at least si states and the united states have enacted statutes providing for the death penaltyfor at least some crimes and other states are considering whether to take similar action the united states supreme court last week noted the reenactment of capital punishment- by state legislatures was a marked indication of societys endorsement of the death penalty for murder it isstill possible that the canadian govern ments abolitionist bill will be defeated at second reading the vote was 133 in favor with 125 against two reten- tionists were absent which would have made the vote 133 to 127 two more votes are required in the house before the bill is passed a few abolitionists have been wavering shop atthi community money mart save incit horrnu secure it wiil pi ou ecrywjy lo nuke vicloru ind greyoiir oneilop money tenire highlyscen yeir of experience h jl your service lo help you gel ihe niosl for your money yesterday today victoria and grey disturbed with the mounting evidence that the death penalty is likely a deterrent to violent crime stouffville a local youth has been convicted on charges of breaking and entering terry stevenson was found guilty by judge ian munro in newmarket on the charges associated with breakins at a stouffville auto body- repair shop and the cannington memorial arena as well as an attempt to break into the pickering coop the court was told that stevenson smashed a window to get into the body shop then forced open a cabinet and stole 133 at the cannington arena the loss consisted of a radio and a large quantity of cigarettes stevenson was remanded for sentencing july 21 public mischief a stouffville man has been charged with public mischief as the result of an automobile accident the collision occured june 23 at the aurora sideroad and the 10th line a driver gave police a false name and repeated the offense july 3 charles hamilton 76 of windsor drive was arrested at his residence and charged obscenities scrawled belfry investments albert st stouffville were the victims of vandals during the night of june 29 30 police state that obscene words and pictures were scrawled on the walls the damage will have to be covered by a 600 paint job selective thief a selective thief recently struck in but- tonville victim of the theft was gunter franzen he reported to police that someone had come onto his property june 29 and removed 13 rolls of chicken wire that were in his driveway value of the wire was placed at 650 victoria and m grey tlji commy v nce 10355 yonge st richmond hill 8841107 l j ruby manager last chance to beat 1977 price increase we are slashing prices on our remaining 1976 stock buy now at 10000 oyer invoke 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