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THE ERA WED MAY 1S170 VOL Editorials Still split liddle the quest Heights be built i how tin- In tin all split right do actually voted on next subdivision in the southwest cornet- of town should v or not said yes and 1our said no One was absent A negative vole so even without a majority opponents of the won the day Three of the four who voted against tin development went on record that night as not being opposed to it they just dont want it now Councillors Hob Doris Blair and Stephens indicated they were voting on a larger question should Newmarket continue the traditional pattern of hitandmiss development approving develop ment whenever and wherever subdivides want to go or should the town first draw up a landuse plan which will give it tighter control over development and more precise figures on the costs involved The question of the towns future character when government takes over planning was also in their minds who acted as opposition spokesman suggested the town might be left a residential area and if this happens land along major traffic arteries would be better used for highrise apartments He feels the subdivided plan to build factories on land over looking the Cane Parkway and Holland River should be shelved a while although the land has been zoned for industrial use for many years and for many years Newmarket has been trying to attract this type of industry Supporters of the subdivision including both the mayor and reeve agree the town needs an updated land use plan but they dont want to see everything grind to a halt while the deliberations over it ys Mayor Tom Surgeoner A town that regional go nt stand still J isnt progressing is falling behind They contend Newmarket will need the assessment from light industries as badly after regional government takes over as it does now point out all the Highland Heights homes will pay enough taxes to pay their way and that the town has made a pretty good deal with the Caught in the middle is Edwards a reputable builder who came to town with a sound proposal had it approved by the engineer and other town officials the town planning board councils own subdivision committee and then stalled by council for nearly six months while his costs mounted Also caught in the middle are town taxpayers The mayor says without new assessment repairs to old streets and sewers will suffer Should the town grab good assessment while it can and worry later about whether it was the right thing in the wrong pi tee should it wnit a little suffer a little and be sure Let your councillor know SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley Moratorium sounds deadly been to a lately Have you taken part in a demonstration or a confronta tion Do you have charisma Sorry to be so personal but I read and hear these words bandied about so much these days that I just wondered how things They arc part of he jar gon of our limes Isnt it amazing how the English language can lake such a beating and emerge greater and finer than ever Prime Minister has charisma according to the pap ers At first I thought it was some thing tike acne or maybe a bowel problem- It turned out to mean some thing like stvle flair elan magne tism But the new breed of news- does that mean What she means is forthcoming or next I wonder what the issue would he like of silver through their sheer We dont shed too many over such sayings as love wife but oh you kid from the do we grow lugubrious er the disappearance of such the 50s and GOs Thatll be the frosty believe it Or W ho something as chart irhai Theres no such thing as a meeting any more with two part ies holding idc getting to gether and trying to resolve them Now its a confrontation Like two bulls meeting in a and knock their skulls togother while the cows look on chewing their cuds A demonstration used to be an exposition explaining thing probably with sensory aids You might show or demonstrate for example how to make rotten egg gas or how two and two usually All you need and you are demonstrating It does nt make linguistic theres another one sense If you are protesting something be a protester not a dem- von think some bird or chick will he saying in 1981 Hey man thats cool Lets groove Youre way out Somehow I doubt it Hippie is already a term of opprobrium to the real hip py Swinger is now used only middleaged people who would like And then we have jet set and beautiful people I was at a press club party recently and it was rather sad Allthese chaps with their now sideburns and matching shirts and ties and striped pants hoping they were beautiful people But most of all perhaps I despair of the people who simply surround themselves with a cloud of verbal garbage every time they open Ml i sounds like would you like to spend the rest of your life in a moratorium Some people act as though they would en joy it thoroughly I have before me a letter from an editor referring to the up- people are worsl but you can see and hear university professors politicians and lawyers hedging themselves about with such inane things as Welt like you know its pretty obvious you know like heres no denying yon know etc Why dont they just say I think its a lot of crap or some thing equally plain Or would that not be a viable approach THE Readers Dear Editor The Students of Newmarket High School who participated in the and in Environmental Survival Week would like to thank all persona who supported ESW by sponsoring students on the Cleana- tlion May so that we can pur- ERA will be given in No I I 111- market in the near tun In lie placid Im so thai further vented not in Newmarket but in all of Canada We would like to particularly express thinks Im linn gene oils donations The Upper Holland Valley Anglers and Hunters Sup erior Optical Dr A Hurst Doris Ladies Wear and all of the hanks anil the rest of the merchants on Main Street and at the Plaza as well as everyone else who supported this Wo would also like to thank The lira for the tremendous cover age wo received during RICHARD HUNT Newmarket High School Dear editor and a half ago we were on many occasions told that newcomers dill not do anything for NcwYarkct because we did not want to become involved with the town anyway The tone of the Special Report in The Era of April does not help surely Under Councils seek re lief it is stated that per cent of the lax load will be born by the res idential lax pavers So every extra house contributes to this tax pot And with little extra cost to New market as far as Eagle Hills is con cerned because all services are in Except of course the the legem below pic land must be made into us able parkland at town expense when finished the will ho primarily for Hie division residents mil ill to Ill that Newmarket will spending in Eagle Hills Maybe Eagle Mil pleased with the article that you wrote our sluing clean up We also wish to thank you fur your cooperation in following laity our program gets the people will stand he me we are delivering Dear Editor In conjunction with in I of duly the of the Town of Aurora would like select mid pay tribute to the Ann Citizen of the Year for this purpose of Mayor Dick lllingwiirlh Evelyn Muck Hob of the Aurora Haulier Don toll Princiml of Acres School and Larry Principal of St Josephs Separate School All groups organizations and citizens of Aurora are to submit names of suitable candidates with background material and rea sons for select ion Names are to be submitted to Hie Citizen of the Year Committee Town Hall Ynrgc Street South Aurora postmarked not iter than June Im not sure why but every inch the lady with I present Mr and she respond awkwardly and inarticulate ly I never know what to say and decides you du a answer No What do en After all the door chap presented whether she likes generally end up fidgeting and stam mering fceliag an absolute fool a thing heal how lo him Worse still to hide embarrass again ment I then grasp the hand the It did you know hat person to whom Im being introduced whea meet someone the house of a mil nil friend you are rule painfully and incessantly until our claim with introducer finds il necessary lo step in and pry us apart When walking witli a fri- Now I know as well as I know Emily Posts last name thai to explain what it is the rales of the rules upon being introduc ed to each other should acknowledge by bowing nut by offering Hie hand ill VieIn It may he comparatively simple for truck drivers garbage men cowboys mafia members ami Hi Ilowiadoo Clad- I in i- il nidi ill In die and grace or a whale ill a childs sandbox To begin with mv hack usually goes out Then mil do my glasses Tall off lint hair breaks lease fram its tacky mooring ami flaps over my eyes making totally impossible for me to sec who Im bowing at the lime Ive comb ed and pressed it back into servility theyve found someone else to intro duce me to II goes on say are of same sex present the in ferior in social In the sup erior Since it has usually my men the result or obeying this little command is that Tilt per cent of females in social sphere wont speak lo me any mare My wife is one of hem Permission musl always he obtained before a gentleman is pre sented to a lady the book Now his could he embar rassing for instance lids at pi i the lady he he kitchen instead of drawing or if we are on our feet when die decides to leave How does one from a standing position of I Ill nil PC Hill he one thai made me lean the fridge and lake mi- lice said At evening parlies put on your gloves before entering If theres one thing that ir ritates me ils Dying manipulate a cocktail glass with gloves on