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playing chicken crown insinuates weekender november 1 1986 p3 both drivers involved in a fatal accident on brock rd last de cember have denied they were playing a game of chicken seconds before a gravel truck and car collided an inquest held oct 22 at whit by district court before coroner dr michael gabrielle heard accusations that truck drivers us ing the busy road sometimes cross lanes as a sign of greeting before meeting each other crown attorney douglas brown insinuated throughout the pro ceedings that roily scott and glen hurlbert were playing a game of chicken at the time of the crash both denied the accusa tion fiveyearold jamie scott of brougham was killed dec 5 1985 when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was struck near taunton rd by a tandem rig own ed by his father mr scott who was driving the car and a second passenger james chapman re ceived serious injuries the inquest heard conflicting evidence from the two drivers scott the owneroperator of a fleet of gravel trucks including the one driven by hurlbert told the fivemember jury that the tan dem vehicle crossed over into his lane about 700 feet in front of the car and stayed there right until the end hurlbert serving a twoyear jail sentence for driving while dis qualified in connection with the crash claimed he veered left to avoid a southbound car which he said was swaying and may have lost control the oshawa man still recover ing from serious burns and in juries suffered in the accident testified at the inquest under the canadian evidence act rooting for a new route markham councillors took a minute last week to try out the new markham transit bus service to scarborough city centre members rode the routes first bus trip from markville shopping centre to launch the new mccowan rd route its the first to directly link markham with the scarborough light rapid transit line from left are councillors ron moran doreen quirk elson miles bob sherwood alex chiu tom newall gord landon and frank scarpitti steve houston women scarce among school top guns study by paula crowell staff reporter where are all the women in the top management positions within the catholic school system a study by a consulting firm concluded that women are poorly represented in the highest posi tions and are less likely to be promoted as men the york region roman catho lic school board hired avebury consultants to survey teachers on affirmative action women working for the catho lic school board should be encour aged to apply for promotions a consultant has said in a report to the board at its last meeting dr barbara herring told trustees one per cent of the women who responded to the sur vey are viceprincipals and less than one per cent are principals this is compared with the re sponding men who represent three per cent of viceprincipals and 12 per cent of principals dr herring pointed out several reasons for the imbalance of teaching administrators from the results of the survey she learned that women teachers are as a rule younger and have less education than their male counterparts dr herring found that women take more leave of absence most often for maternity whereas men usually take time off to advance their education it ends up that women are penalized for having a family she said adding that the effect is less opportunity for advancement and less chance for full retire ment benefits other recommendations in cluded the following interview every qualified woman for the job include affirmative action co ordinator on all interview com mittees aim for a balance of men and women on selection committees o review promotion criteria for any bias against women jplace responsibility on vice- principals principals and super intendents to encourage and pre pare women teachers to apply for promotions the boards affirmative action committee has formed its own re commendations based on the con sultants report these will be presented to the education com mittee next wednesday and to the regular meeting ofthe board later this month markham council in brief arenas roof repair okayed though the cost came in 7000 more than the town projected markham council last night approved spending almost 38000 for muchneeded markham are na roof repairs town council awarded the con tract to anspeck roofing ltd which has also completed work at thornhills clatworthy arena and the thornhill community centre council also voted to retender additional roofing work at the markham centennial arena on mccowan rd in 1987 the work will include roof repairs in the arena lounge and over the ice sur face council joins funding quest markham council reaffirmed its opposition to recreation fund ing cuts under proposed provin cial legislation and joined another town tuesday in petitioning the government council endorsed an onaping falls ont council resolution to petition the province and stop proposed recreation grants cuts if passed provincially new leg islation would redesignate ontar io lottery proceeds for culture and recreation purposes into the general tax fund monte carlo night nixed residents of millikens arma dale north community associa tion wont be sharing a game of blackjack with friends next month markham council originally endorsed the associations plan to hold a fundraising monte carlo night but was informed by two provincial agencies that licences wouldnt be issued markham town clerk gary roseblade informed members that the ministry of consumer and commercial relations lot teries branch and the liquor li cence board wouldnt provide permits for the event air ambulance hangar okayed an air ambulance helicopter hangarand maintenance building for buttonville airport were given the initial goahead by markham council tuesday members voted to issue founda tion permits for the structures to allow preliminary construction but warned toronto airways spokesman ron shamess not to proceed with work until building permits were acquired we are accommodating you because of the emergency nature of what you are doing said mayor carole bell main st set for upgrading the ball began rolling on the markham main st beautification program tuesday council voted to spend 25000 for an underground transformer needed to bury hydro wires as part of the initiative the overall program is still to be considered in the 1987 capital budget and if approved will be gin next spring according to an engineering de partment report the under ground transformer must be ordered this year for work to be completed in 1987 buck stops here this young deer paid a visit to a major buttons dr home this week the animal was found in the back yard ofthe home about 7 am wednesday a nearby neighbor said he was gone by 930 am the same day although she said the yard backs onto other yards there is a nearby parkway belt which the deer may call home had the deer been unable to hop the fence to freedom markham animal control would have sedated it temporarily while it was moved to its natural habitat 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