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YORK SCHOOL SYSTEM REGARDED AS JOKE EXTEACHER SAYS NEWMARKET York Countys educational system is regarded as a joke by charged this week But Newmarkets school board trustee says teachers are to blame for part of Yorks edu cation problem because theyre reluctant to work with board members and administrators in fostering grassroots commit- Mr now a law student depicted the York County school administration as subsequent interview Mr Heights teacher who last charged in his resignation Mr Hyde in his sixth year The thing I wish most to Is the extent and inten sity of disrespect which teach s in York County have for the man Education Director Sam Chapman in his comments in The Era tried to shrug off Mr Hydes remarks as an isolated case of discontent Mr Hydes feelings arc are Dan Monteith for- In a letter to The Era and years ago Storeys firing marks end of power struggle By DON Era Sports Writer AURORA George Storey retired from coaching Aurora Tigers earlier than either he or the teams fans expected when lie was fired last weekend ending a power struggle between coach and management a fight the coach was winning Tigers put a new twist in the old sports truism that says the coach goes when the teams going bad By all apparent criteria Storey was eminently successful during the 12 months he coached the Junior In the area Mr Monteith a Newmar ket resident said teachers he has met in Toronto Ontario County and think of York County as a joke In the field of education A former teacher In Hie SI Catharines system Mr I have never taught in a system in which the classes were so large the number teach ing periods so the num ber of administrators so nu merous and the result of high taxis so little foil Nothing seemed to work at Huron Heights last year from the PA system to the clocks audiovisual equip ment to door keys At times last year I had trouble getting He stressed that his and Mr Hydes comments are not the voices of two malcontents in a sea of tranquility These complaints he charged pervade the staffs of York County schools If the TEACHERS page II DAN George Storey his We want George back captain says AURORA dont know what we can do but this things not over yet said Steve Boyle We want George back Boyle is captain of Aur- Tigers George is the club management rge wanted to control team and management llMUIMI Hill Tigers first is he said You Kcffer the club presi dent wanted to coach the team Sunday night Boyle they felt the the kind of coach who earns everybodys re spect continu ed At first he was kind of hard to get along with discipline strictness you know A IdI of guys were not used to this kind of coaching But he won our re spect He was a good coach Added Boyle I liked his style of coaching He didnt try to he buddy- buddy with you but hed stick up for yon lie was after you all the lime hut you need a coach like thai He helped the team I know- bo helped me a lot lions of dissension already George w The players realize he bad THE ERA Sinn 8S2 VOL NO AURORA pages ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1971 15 CENTS KENNEDY ST PLAN DRAWS PROTEST placing John who also got Hie axe And goalie coach Norm Slunden who was hired by Storey quit when his boss felt when ho left it for me to go too The reasons for Storeys firing Club officials referred to his continual criticism of re ferees frequent suspension the possibility of his costing Tigers money in fines Team public relations direc tor told The Era that pressure was coming lo the club from the league concern ing outspoken criticism of refereeing in Junior games When lie wis fired Storey was silling out a fivegame sus pension meted out by the Ont ario Hockey Association after being ejected from a game in which in- blasted the in tin win loss column He conceded thai the liked Hit- leiin could he doing hotter and that now is the time for a change to make the playoffs Keffer claimed Storey threa tened to resign and said the learn bad been seeking a re- added thai the team did not enjoy playing for Storey Store himself told The Era I did it in the first place favor and only agreed to for half the year Under agreement I had full con over the hockey tram and d 1 no IllIerefcrelKf about pressure because hey don t prejudge in issue STOREY page- Hydro battle Opponents of Ontario Hy dros proposed line through King Township got in their licks at the power people AURORA Plans for re construction of Kennedy SI West appeared to take a big step forward last week but in reality may have taken two backward tnrlo Municipal Board hearing for Kennedy St West residents said last weeks meeting op ened some peoples eyes led questions at the meeting crystallized when groups of ci tizens got together afterwards He said about eight persons lion both to council pud the OMB Such objections have no lenal basis Illingwuith told lit Ira on Monday but he they would be considered not filed within days after the town advertised its inten tions lo seek approval for the project Only two objections were received at hat lime Last weeks meeting was called to explain plans to re ins formal objection the day and Gordon Merrick told Photographer K B Rodger said the new protests may cause the hearing the town was trying to avoid Mayor Illlngwortb told the persons who attended last Era he would withdraw mat protest ed Hie residents man said Monday that sons fear a threelane traffic ha zard concrete to their door ways and destruction of the rustic appearance and t charm of the area The mayor argues that the third parking lane is necessary because visitors and quests will park along the street whether Ihcy say so or not Most of the persons who they were far from tic about it They came armed with pointed questions for May or and Engineer Jack questions dcilin mainly with the environment and preservation of the streets pastoral setting Aside from technical de tails a few people wanted to Sec KENNEDY pa 61 TOOK T EST 11 OR 12 PASSED 80 failure rate on police promotion exams NEWMARKET There was an per cent failure rate among York Regional Police officers who promotional Oct a reliable source loh The Era last week Chief Crawford published elsewhere last week a- The tests were marked by the College the ranks and members of postponed from July to Oct he admitted the subject that failure rate was even higher Of the til officers who look said A Chief Crawford said the vacancies would be filled from among those who passed the examinations bill refused to say- how many sergeants be would i three years the only criteria for promotion Applicants had about five months to study from provided for the Defective lights bring summons from police without warning mayor reached two officers sergeants OH rink of patrol result of the legal policemen should spend mil less on nabbing teenage hikers and drivers whoso have defective headlights Mayor Dick I last week Ho told regional council lie up in led a motion reappoint- Ray Twinney and Harold Rabid animals bite 3 persons epidemic continues AURORA Ontario Humane Society officials reiterated their rabies warning this week after a Newmarket teenager an Aur ora woman and an warden were bitlon by rabid animals last week Again urging persons to keep their animals Indoors or supervised and on a leash when outdoors Aurora shelter super visor Alexandra Parry said she felt the epidemic is reaching thing is just go- run loose despite the rabies epidemic she said Society rials picked dogs run- That incident saw Robert Kappa bitten and Mrs Gloria Stephen attacked by a rabid fox running wild in Bay- view Hills subdivision The boy was bitten in the leg and is undergoing the i lone home Insl Wednesday when he saw a dead the lawn then noticed thought was a little Icty officials could reach the scene the fox had fled Known to have contacted at least three dogs and a cat in the subdivision the fox was eventually killed at 7 am the next day by a resident miles north of Newmar ket if officials had giv en up the chase at am Mrs Parry also reported thai a Mrs Hoe 21 Mark St Aurora was bitten by a rabid cat Insl week and is Liking the said Mrs Parry Thats the past days Several attacked dogs and entile in the were reported In King i- mli Mi In I Vm ler drives animals back lo their natural hibernation she said Rabies in but cautioned shouldui with everything on Yonge St re its no the young people call be snapped l niseis in the past week headlights out They arc breaking the law just like everyone else If I hadnt been going Hie other way Id have up to them and made a oil ens arrest or something demanded that llnA another cop who would issue them a ticket his force to issue such tickets on the spot Warnings and time for repairs are allowed he said the chief said multilists he added hiking lining St in Aurora He agreed See MAYOR page