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the tribune thursday december 22 177 lawyers apologize to police newmarket in letter to the york regional police chief bruce crawford the york north law association regret over the adverse publicity resulting from its allegations of police misconduct the commission was last week expressed read a letter from robert fevans president of the to the regional police association he told force caused by un- the chief i know that fortunate publicity other members of the mr evans em- association regret as i phasized that only one or do any embarrassment two criminal lawyers cut this out and tuck itin your childs stocking dr- v i jl sometimes when 1 look at you sleeping or playing its 5 p like christmas all over again f i i think how lucky i am to have a child who is so loving 4 a and so healthy p and sometimes when i look at you and my eyes jill f f with pride and joy i lose sight of the fact that there are other 4 a parents who are not quite as lucky as i am 5 p tlieyhavechildrenwhocannotrunandplaythewayyou f i do in fact there are children who are not spending today with 4 a their parents because they are sick and need to be in the hospital jt p i know that if you were able to yourself you would p i want to help these children and lots of others like them thats 4 zt the kind of person you are and because 1 know this i have j i made a small gift in your name to the hospital for sick p i children foundation the money they receive from you will 4 5 help a lot of boys and girls not just today but in the future j p through gifts like yours thousands and thou- f i sands of children have been helped to overcome their illnesses 4 a and lead a more normal life thanks to your gift they will be j p able to help marry more f m today when some of your friends drop by before you tell 4 a them what santa got you for christmas tell them what you j p gave to a lot of children maybe they will give too f p i 4 iloveyou a z and merry christmas p i i 4 love d 4 to the hospital for sick children foundation 4 j po box 3939 terminal a toromo m5w 1g8 j r please accept this contnbution to your christmas appeal on behalf of 0 j name p address f f postal code i a receipt jvjtbble upon requeu a the hospital for sick children foundation thuad hat been paid for by fnends of the foundation have received complaints from clients regarding police treatment he told the chief a special com mittee has been established to determine whether there is any substance to such com plaints charges of police misconduct were brought to light dec 1 when alf kong a richmond hill lawyer and liberal mpp for york centre read a letter in the legislature which he explained was being circulated to lawyers in york by the north york law association the letter stated certain members of the association had advised the executive that cases of misconduct by the york reeional police department have become so frequent and involve so many officers- that lawyers are now con cerned regarding the standard of police protection mr evans however in his letter to the police chief informed him as of yet it has not been determined that there has been any problem and i personally am not aware of any problem mr evans pointed out that the executive of the law association feels it is the responsibility of the association to consider matters of concern to the lawyers of the area mr evans said i suppose that all organizations and associations from time to time consider matters of concern to their mem bers and that was simply our intention the president assured mr crawford i personally have the greatest respect for the york regional police force and all the police forces and with the in dividual officers that whom i have had dealings over the years the special steering committee set up by the association last week will be headed by newmarket lawyer bruce mc- chesney who made it very clear last week that we do not want to be in conflict with the york regional police force we do not intend to be witchhunting or to blacken the reputation of the force mr mc- chesney pointed out we all live in this community and want to do what is best for it the above markham bus is ready to roll with a full load of public school passengers the bus is part of the dickson hill public school annual christmas program the home made vehicle is used in a sketch put on by the grade five class the passengers from left to right are joey risk robert reeser teresa toews and ken burrows the program got underway yesterday wednesday for the grade five to eight classes the kindergarten to grade four classes hold their programs today starting at 9 am keith bolender trustees reject junior high schools director submits recommendations aurora the york county board of education is going to stick with its position adopted several years ago to develop a school system with two levels of schooling kindergarten to grade 8 and grades 9 to 13 the board agreed on this decision at the regular meeting dec 12 known as the two tier system it recognizes the special needs of adolescents and every effort will be made to meet them in the ad ministrative organi zation director of education sam chapman proposed five recommendations that were approved by the hoard the two tier system be continued grade 7 and grade 8 programs be upgraded no new extensive study of the problem be un dertaken parents are to be involved early when changes in grade ac commodation or in boundaries are con templated and that it be recognized that many people in the community have strong convictions on such matters and they should be heard out oak ridges trustee bob houghton added a sixth recommendation that staff report on what is needed and where in the way of upgrading grade 7 and 8 programs the director told the board that senior public school or as they are sometimes known as junior high schools were set up in various jurisdictions at a time when the school systems were expanding since these schools draw their students from beyond the local com munity in a time when enrolments are declining it would be necessary for them to draw from an even wider area requiring changes in boundaries and increased busing costs they would also be drawing students away from local com munity schools which are themselves emptying because of enrolments declining said mr leading questions booze survey to go down the drain aurora the york county board of education refused to allow info results limited a torontobased research company to conduct a survey among elementary and secon dary school students info results which is currently conducting a study under contract with the ministry of education faces drug charges illegal immigrant convicted newmarket an illegal immigrant living in the mount albert area has been convicted on a charge of failing to report his presence to the im migration authorities and has also been sent for trial on chargesof drug trafficking following his appearance in provincial court here last week bruno preztos was arrested and charged last november after police went to his mount albert home with a search warrant and discovered a quantity of cocaine and marijuana the court was told the cfgm team players frank proctor dan ryan dave johnson mikemcman stan campbell gordambrose peter darrell john loweth johnny murphy position mornings midmornings afternoons drive home early evenings all night weekends we play the best country music game in town p9pbpjpjiepjhppppphphe9ppp soon on 1320 the country music place that mr preztos entered canada illegally from the united states and though working here has never obtained a work permit mr preztos will appear for trial in a toronto court feb 6 house ransacked john aschwanden lot 1 cone 4 whit- churchstouffville was dismayed to find his house had been entered and ransacked december 13 a leather coat valued at 500 and some jewellery was missing on the effects of alcohol use on students classrooms and school activities sent the board a sample of the questions it would use in the survey questions such as during the past six months how many times did you drink beer wine or liquor with teachers from this school and since sept 1977 how many times did you steal womething worth more than 5 at this school because you drank beer wine or liquor gormley trustee eric baker said the questions were leading and said the way the questions were worded suggests that children should have these experiences vice chairman doreen quirk said she would be prepared to permit the survey provided the questions were changed from things like during the past six months how often have you used tranquilizers to have you used tranquilizers in the past six months if yes how often chapman in a four page report to the board he also mentioned it is impossible to determine if the two tier system or the three tier system produces more com petent students despite the fact there have been various studies of both systems one study did purport to show that the three tier arrangement produced better students he said but included the information that these students had higher intelligence ratings than the group they were compared with stouffville l harry bowes said it is ridiculous to start thinking about this noting that ottawa is planning to close six senior public schools and that both north york and toronto are considering merging their middle tier schools we have to have a flexible position he said 3000 fire at car wash stouffville a faulty extension cor j has been blamed for starting a 3000 fire at stouffville car wash sunday evening police said the fire broke out in the control room of the premises located on winona dr stouffville fire department were called out the 3000 estimate of damage came from fire chief walt smith grandmas closet hwy no 47 just east of wo 48 1 at ringwood last minute shopping to do take advantage of our handcrafted xmasgift items want to get tha t special warm feeling at christmas come in choose a quilt frotn our selection in stock or order one for delivery in the new yar open all day everyday till 9pm including xmas eve merry christmas to all our friends weve met a to those we ha vent