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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), April 5, 1972, p. 2

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KM April I Marsh farmers worst polluters Trent AURORA Holland Marih farmers are Dili area worat polluter but the provincial gov refuse to apply the trot the It does to Aurora Councillor Bill Trent charged Monday night The biggest pollu tion In the Holland he iad In ans wer to a question from resident Mrs Joan Mil ton on tho condition Tannery Crock Wo In Aurora arc being told to remove nutrients from our effluent but Marsh farmers arc lay- the rlcnls as thick Mrs Milton speak ing during councils reg ular citizens forum be fore the council meeting recalled that Tannery Creek once supported fish and waterfowl but now Is heavily polluted from sewage and Is un sightly of junk dumped on Its banks Mayor Dick Ming worth promised that a cleanup of tho crcok and Its banks Including discarded tires and Two men charged in shoplifting incidents Aurora wants buffer zone to its north the sewage t plant which urged ex pansion of the plant and a crackdown on Indus trial to allow future residential grow th the mayor added Two Au rora men were charged last week with theft un der in connection with shoplifting Incidents inacy a man allegedly took worth of medica tion without paying York Ileglonal Police reported after a man allegedly left the store without paying for an eight- lrnck stereo ape he had put charged after In his police No No 1 2x2x8 No 1 49Sa 2x4x8 No 1 PLVWOODLUiUBER Panel Savings Colonial Oak 4x8 Rosewood Knotty Birch 4x8 519 Saddle Oak 4x8 5 Knotty Teak 4x8 wished 3 Colors Canadian Charm Style 88 SHEET Double Coat Plain White 64 Sq Ft Per Ctn Canadian Johns Ceiling Tile Squares interior Seconds I DURAl WHITE LATEX on Water Proof Cement Paint Fastest Floor in the Self Stick Pee Stick I Just thai Simple i Just that Quick Package I Full Only IMPERIAL Accotone Vinyl Flooring Great for any room in home or cottage Cash Carry Price Only AA WIDTH YD Not recommended for Below Grade Area Rugs Carved Nylon Jute Back Q99 OZITE 6 Colours Width Rubber Backed ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE End of Lines I2xl2 Ceramic Tile 44x4 39fofr NOW A COMPLETE STOCK AURORA A halfmile wide service corridor should be established to help Aurora de fend its northern boundary against a potential southward development sprawl from New market according to a wide- ranging planning brief approved by Aurora Council on Monday night And tno provincial govern ment should force Ontario Hy dro to build its wide power line In that eastwest cor ridor council adds In its brief York Region and the Ontario branch after consultation with Aurora officials council stresses that the town should remain an Identifiable com- and that a system of would accommodate future and oil pipelines as well is Ilv dros lino could also Include parkland and would serve as a distinct demarcation line between Aurora and New market according to the brief Other main points In Au roras submission Two or three industrial parks should be established In York Region one In the Aurora- Newmarket area Torontos growth north should be stopped by legisla tion at Ave Satellite t should be allowed to develop throughout York separated by parkwayservice corridors One of the primary vkling lines should tie proposed from Toronto to New market It should be built as soon as feasible and a rapid transit system such as a mono rail should be incorporated into this concept throughout York its construction Region In a specific reference to ft March Era article In which Newmarket Mayor Bob Forhan suggested moving his towns southern boundary to St Johns axis should not he allowed to develop as a continuous strip Rather wellplanned its present boundaries The NewmarketAurora town line Is now some distance north of the St Johns Council also asks that the provinces TCRP population ceilings be lifted to allow Auro ra to grow to between 28000 and 31000 by the year Its pre sent population Is almost The TCRP sets a 50000 li mit on growth in the Newmar ketAurora area in the next years Newmarket has asked for a potential population of be tween and by that time If granted the two towns requests would exceed the TCRP limits by 18000 at least 25000 at most Both towns stress the heavy growth pressure they now face and Aurora In its brief says it has pending devel opment plans that would add persons to its population If both towns get the popu lation ceilings they want Au roras urban area will still be at least a mile and a half from Newmarkets by 2000 the re port claims The service corridor which Trustees hike school budget AURORA The York Co unty Hoard of Education has slipped an extra into its budget Of the money 70000 is earmarked for library books School Professional development programs will take another of the extra money It is anticipated that the re maining will be used for school maintenance King trustee suggested that the board sho uld approach principals for their priority items knocked from estimates by staff and trustees during budget talks in February to find ways of utili zing the extra cash Opt for twotier system AURORA The York Co unty Board of Education reject ed extension of intermediate schools such as senior public or junior high schools and opted instead for a twotier organiz ation for its schools A committee of board and staff members made the re commendation after discussing the question for 12 months During this time the Consensus was however that such a threetier program did not retire physical separa tion and could be efficiently provided under those who had made presenta tions to the committee favoring threetier organization had the Committee Chairman Trus tee Simpson emphasized that the committee recognized the need for program adolescence and young adult- agreed that program equal facilities the three pro grams could well be provided under a twotier system the press release said at present for example where the program and enrolment justify it Another possibility is elementary schools could be attached to a senior school administratively with one principal the release 40 attend Save Youth Services group meeting NEWMARKET Money spent on Youth Services In New market is money saved on the cost of keeping teenagers In de tention homes a high school gul- a lot of kids who would be in detention homes if it werent for this place said Kay guidance counsellor at Dr Williams Secondary School in Aurora Her comments came during a meeting called last Wednes day to discuss the future of Youth Services which faces pos sible elimination in York Reg- showed up but two Mayor George Burrows and East Gwlllimbury Mayor Gladys Roll ing sent their regrets and said they supported the teen agers campaign The only political type to attend by Sinclair Stevens Pro gressive Conservative candidate for York Simcoo riding In the antiyouth feeling among the public he said the teenagers campaign should not attack reg ional councillors because they will not feel that public opinion is on your side Instead he advised the com- STORE AND NEWMARKET COLLINGWOOD AND HOURS Save Youth Services Commit tee Petitions distributed last week are now being circulated regional council at Its next meeting Some of those present criti cized the absence of regional councillors at tho meeting Se veral had been Invited None brief to council Its not that council is against you Mr Stevens said noting that the region will be forced to cut programs from Its preliminary budget of mil-

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