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Late busing could boost Suttons afterschool programs SUTTON Extra programs at Sutton District High School could receive a major boost if school officials act on a York County Board of Education ruling that permits introduction of late school bus service effective this week In making its decision last week in Aurora the board set aside four area funds of each to cover per cent of the The balance would be met by charging riders cents for each night trip with any subse quent deficit met by the student council of the school involved Sutton is one of two schools to date to indicate it will take advantage of late busing The other is In King City At Sutton District High created when student were unable to remain after regular classes The schools sports program was finally cut back In favor of sports day programs School principal A Mac Although no decision had been reached by late last week Mr MacQuarrie said he expects that a policy could be formu lated by the end of this week cation director Sam Chapman told trustees student councils will benefit from having to play a role on whether the scheme will be introduced Its going to be good ex perience for them to set prior Hies he said trustee Quirk however questioned whether the expense was Justi fied in light of pupilteacher ratios In early elementary grades bus service is more import ant than teachers in the class room in lower grades she said referring to a separate staff re port that the pupilteacher Hustled York budget setat NEWMARKET Amid charges that its budget was hustled through to adoption York Regional Council last week approved a million budget that could result in a slight decrease in taxes for regional government in 1973 Salary increases averaging 15 per cent for six department heads triggered the major controversy of the budget debate But after clearing press and public from the chambers for an hour to discuss increases council approved them as recommended Councillors also voted themselves salaries of each a boost over their annual pay for 197172 It took council less than two hours last Thursday to adopt its budget estimates a far cry from last year when its public budget sessions consumed a total of four days three in March THE ERA Since I I Snore South PACES KESWICKNEWMARKETAURORA ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRIL May But last weeks open session followed a 10hour closed meet ing two days earlier in which a battleweary council examined the recommended budget in detail and in the end made only minor As council geared for an opencouncil fight over department heads salaries Aurora Mayor Evelyn Buck suggested the matter be referred to a special committee She charged that it was totally unrealistic to expect council to formally adopt a million budget Of the earlier closed session she said We were hustled bustled hustled all day long to get through the estimates Later she told The Era It was like a herd of sheep with a collie dog yapping at our heels The collie dog she said was Chairman Garfield Wright Final budget approval is expected April 26 when council will have received formal notification from the Province of its 1973 grants along with data on how the million tax levy will be apportioned among the nine member municipalities The Region finished 1972 with a SI million surplus and its tax levy is million above 1972 So if the full surplus were applied to taxes the total levy would drop However in a press conference following the meeting Chief Administrative Officer Jack Rettie said council need not apply the entire surplus to taxes although that is one of its options He said council could elect to place part of the surplus in a working capital reserve fund to offset current borrowing needs Or it could decide to apply part of the total to a new divisional police headquarters in south York Region a proposal which was discussed in closed committee last Tuesday but has not formally reached the council level A York Regional Police capital budget lists the cost of such a building at million Council took no action on that matter in committee Council will have to make the decision Mr Rettie said He will submit a recommendation for dispersement of the surplus he ratio should not change in low er grades That issue was later withdrawn at the request of Mr available to the board The late bus policy will be reviewed by board staff prior to 1947 budget considerations The study wilt include a report on any financial burden en countered by the student coun cils and the number of schools introducing the service Inquest rules death accidental KESWICK The death of a man who was killed helping to set up a homemade pile driver March 2 was found r and crushed him while he and Donald Milne were set ting it up on the ice of the Jer sey River The jury ruled that the death was accidentia but that the recommendations of the safety inspector be Imple ment Dennis Reed construction safety inspector for York Re gion testified that a form of outrigger should be added to the piledriver to make it stead- were setting up the rig when the pound hammer came loose an moved rapidly to the highest end of the 30 ft rig The frame buckled and fell over sideways on Mr Watson Mr Reed said that the acci dent could have been avoided if the piledriver had a four- point balance rather than three point balance He recommend ed that an outrigger be attach ed to the rig where it hitches to t jeep EMERGENCY EVACUATION An emergency helicopter service from Georguu Island In Lake to York County received its first test Friday when Alice Charles was brought safely to the mainland suffering from pregnancy complications Here ambulance move her into a waiting ambulance at Huron Heights Secondary School where the helicopter landed The unly hitch in the operation came because there was dense fog and helicopter chartered from Dominion Heli copter had to fly close to the ground Van Halem photo have fallen Mr Reed said Mr Milne said that he and his partner had just cut two The hammer broke loose pied over pinning Mr Watsons head to the ice Mr Milne then crabbed a jack and raised lead off Mr Watson and ran for help Mr Reeds report said Warm weather will bring Coachmen outdoors of over last year About per cent of that gross budget figure is recoverable in provincial grants and The Regions tax picture is further brightened by an overall assessment increase of per cent this year Mr Rettie said Richmond Hill Mayor Bill was the only councillor absent last Thursday He also missed the closed session on Tuesday For a look at what Yorks department heads are being paid and details on the 1973 departmental budgets and programs see Page IS The Coach- n of a newly form- drum and bugle corps Is The group formed last foil has been practicing all winter in Coach Lines garage the brainchild of two former Canadian Armed Forces Cord Easterhy and a need in the area for and bugle corps to car name and colors of Township key to the sue a good marching corps lice Starting this week having ii I it along he said We are at the point where we have to start marching while we arc ploying The best we can do right now is march indoors Hut when belter we can hold outside he said Region recommends build NewmarkettoToronto bypass NEWMARKET incc should build a bypass The Prov- the plan 100 central artery ing Rat hurst J location for the bypass The only Engineering Commissioner Rob ert Hodgson and Planning Corn- Murray Pound north of Newmarket I mil of the way and not divert The bypass should have strict land access control along it to and 7 the report shied and officials face a ma of whether to design lie rnaduni function as a through traffic of teenagers without any strangers to their instru ments has turned into a well improve with every practice said In February Council voted the corps a grant to buy uniforms At a recreation committee meeting Feb 21 Mr Livingstone explain ed that the group needed the money to buy uniforms for the first year of operation lie at that time the grant would be a oneshot af fair and that the group should be selfsupporting adding that fees obtained for appearing in parades throughout Ontario would provide sufficient funds in future to keep the corps go ing The offer of help was good news to the members of the The money when it comes our way will go toward uni forms The funds will enable us to buy jackets in a first step toward a full uniform Mr I ivinestone said The uniforms will be dis tinctive and will make this area better known he added Robert Walker of Simcoe Coach Lines supplied the in struments and the garage for a rehearsal hall a land a fat it No expansion for York Region Wright to serve adjacent existing and future development to it While 11 is imu used as a through traffic it as a land access way to Intense commercial de velopment in Aurora anil Rich mond Hill the report noted Optometrist van comes to River Glen of trior no NEWMARKET The pro vincial government apparently has scrapped its plans for a major expansion of York Region Quoting a reliable source regional chairman Garfield Wright told his council last Thursday that the proposal to expand York to the north and east is all off And York North MPP Rill Hodgson said in an interview Sunday that he has very good the proposed merger of York with the municipalities of Scott and The amalgamation was out lined last December during of government that w Mr Wrights reliable sour ce was Mr Hodgson the MPP told The Era Sunday the proposed merger indicated with the unty in the new East of Metro region That would leave only a min or change In Yorks eastern bo undary a tradeoff that would Township immediately east of Generally speaking the peo ple themselves in the affected municipalities to the north and cast prefer to remain in the eas tern region Mr Hodgson said Theyve been in Ontario Co- unity and they prefer to remain The MPP said provincial of ficials had consulted York and found that York was willing to join in the plan but only on Yorks terms Yorks terms and its gen eral opposition to the proposal see YORK page IS i capacity in Aurora Hill and Messrs Hodgson and Pound conclude that tan never li reeonstrnt along its ahum I handle fic I this I The It would be serve as a cess facility Council will ask t to explore the such a bypass SUTTON Travelling j Optometrists came to Sutton last week and the three men spent three days doing eye- Glen Haven Nursing Home The van fitted out by I lions Clubs in Ontario and I operated by the University of I Waterloo Wednesday to Friday in Sutton Pat director of nursing for River Glen Ha said patients had their fitted for those who needed The cost of the examin ations was covered under and tbe glasses were sold at cost to the patients she said Sutton was one of the o a nursing home i is fully also of Waterloo