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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), November 14, 1973, 1b

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Georginaputs 27 West Park lots on market Twentyseven building lots in Georgwa Townships West Park subdivision will finally go up for sale next week idea of financing the public park portion by selling the building lots The township had originally expected to sell the lots in the summer of last year but the province stepped in and ruled that the lots had to be serviced by township sewers and water This roadblock was a source of bitterness to township officials who had gone ahead and made the purchase with the understanding that the subdivision would be serviced by wells and septic tanks The province last month lifted these requirements for 27 of the lots giving the project the green light The delays also meant that the township failed to realize an an approximate in revenues from selling the lots which contributed heavily to the current of Things are right on schedule now Mayor Joe Dales said Monday The lots are all ready to be built on All the requirements that a developer would normally of Engineer- have to go through have been taken The township has also Invited tenders for its Keswick municipal office after receiving an informal offer for the building In the next year the township is faced with selling its three existing municipal office buildings in Keswick Sutton and Pefferlaw to help pay for its recent purchase of St Gerrard Novitiate for a new administrative centre Shore SUTTON PEFFERLAW ONTARIO NOVEMBER 1973 NEWMARKET Dumped excrement in Lake man is fined AURORA A Toronto man was fined in Aurora Provincial Court Oct 31 after pleading guilty to dumping a Bernard Hoi berg of 87 Ave Toronto who also has a cottage at 790 Ave In Keswick was given the Mr Holberg didnt appear in court but his lawyer who entered the guilty plea was given a severe tongue lashing by Judge Alfred Kaiser York Regional Police didnt know it at the lime but they have since learned they could have charged the man under the Environmental Protection Act with a maximum fine of The incident occurred in the early hours of Aug York Regional Police Constable Alfred was parked at to the Road east of he concession Constable Garvey observed a man pull his car up to within 10 feet of the lake and open his trunk He went down to the lake and discovered standing beside the car with a bucket Police werent sure how to deal with the situation and after consulting the Health Unit charged the man under the Public Health Act Subsequent invest revealed the man could have been charged under the Environmental Protection Act Inspector Bill Hill of the have a toilet in his cottage and had been using a bucket I cant help but thinking that hes probably been dump ing it in the lake all along although I cant prove it of course added Insp Hill Committee postpones Sutton District High graduates wait to receive their diplomas Novitiate petition Sutton High awards 38 honor diplomas chase of the Novitiate for ad ministrative offices the Committee for Democratic Government has delayed its appearance until the next council meeting chairman John Hastings totd The Era that the many members would not be able to attend the afternoon meeting he said As of Saturday Mr Hastings said the had collected signatures on its petition urging council to rescind its decision on he Novitiate Over persons attended the CDGs first public meeting at Sutton District High School two weeks ago Mr Hastings said another meeting Is planned for Wednesday Nov Sutton District will be elected School Friday night Mr Gilbert schools volcdictorlun also won Ihe Year history award and a Kinsmen Bursa Miss the lights parade approved for Keswick spend lights The lights will be put up at Church Street and the Queens- way five corners Toronto firm Dalton centre SUTTON A small shop ping centre is planned for the west side of Road just south of Wood River Bend in Sutton Developer Harry Kohn a Toronto architect said Sutton is the centre of a growing tourist industry and that this project would help this growth along He added that his firm Is confident the townships sum mer population could support the centre core of which would be a supermarket and depart ment store Mr Kohn emphasized the proposal was only tentative The board advised Mr Kohn to discuss his plans with the Regional Councillor Bob Pollock sponsor of the resolution to approve owned the parking lot street and was agreeable to erecting a pole for the lights Councillor Pollock said it was his understanding that Sutton Hydro takes care of Christmas lights for that town Mayor Joe Dales wanted to verify from new treasurer Fred that the township had the money available to spend for the lights We want to hold you in our complete confidence so you can protect us from ourselves the mayor told the treasurer Mr Bauthus replied that the money was available Council also passed a resolution approving the Keswick Santa Cfaus Parade for Saturday Nov The parade starts at 1 pm and goes from Dawsons Marina to Keswick Arena In lieu of a parade Sutton will have a Santa Fan tasyland for three days at the Sutton Arena Nov 30 Dec 1 Eleanor Hodge Trophy and the Diem Award the school highest award for top allaround student Miss Koskinen won the Year V General Proficiency Award the Year V Accounting Award and Year V Sutton Kinsmen Scholarship The three students were among to receive honor graduation diplomas and were among six at the school to receive Province of Ontario Scholarships The list of awards Dan Millar CURLING Trophy Theresa RogersSkip Glenn Hooper Dorothy Rogers Chris Mc York County Curling Award David NighSkip Jackie Oster Carey Elliott Debbie Steven Gilbert was the valedictorian at Sutton District High School which held commencement exercises Friday night Cote photo vanced Derek Waller Year HI General Deborah Giles Year IV Janet Year V Cynthia Koskinen ENGLISH AWARDS English Year IV Janet Creative Writing Year III David Beaton Public Speaking Award Grade VIII Constance Nasello Year General Rosemary Year II Occupations Randall Year III Ad- Year V Sloven Gilbert Homo Economics Christine McGilvery Machine Shop Year Curl Mathematics Year V Clarissa COMMERCIAL AWARDS Accounting Year V Cynthia Koskinen Accounting Year III Deborah Buchanan Office Practice Year HI Deborah Buchanan Frances Avery Office Practice Year IV Art Phillips History Maureen Joblin Shorthand COMMENCEMENT page ELEMENTARY Teacher talks reach impasse AURORA With the On tario Secondary School Teachers Federation District York County deadline for members resignations less than a week away the York County Board of Education now finds itself faced with a stalemate in elementary teacher contract talks The impasse developed early last week when negotiating teams for the elementary teachers and the school board failed to reach an agreement on a complicated teacher classification clause Settlement of the classification issue and related salary clauses are the only roadblocks to an agreement according to John a Stouffville teacher chairing the elementary negotiating team Mr told The Era a faith a couple of years ago but failed to fulfil teachers needs Following announcement of Impasse the elementary representatives for the Ontario Public School Men Teachers Federation and the Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario OF The two federations have formed a Joint executive in York and unlike OSSTF District 11 officials who had to call a joint meeting of secondary school teachers to request provincial takeover of their talks the co operative elementary teachers executive has the power to call in the provincial office automatically Mr Lindhop said a mass teachers meeting will likely still be held on an unspecified date ground to bring teachers up to date on developments The request for provincial SECONDARY Ivory palace comment irks YCBE trustees By BOB MARTIN secondary school teachers by Era Staff Reporter District 11 president AURORA The York In a release dated Oct County Board of Education Mr attacked moved into closed session here proposals for the construction of night apparently to the boards new headquarters plot strategy for a new round of Teachers view the con- negotiations between the board sumption of education dollars In and the provincial office of the such areas as the newly Ontario Secondary School proposed Ivory palace as being contributory to the squeeze director of education currently on years leave of absence for tenure with the Ontario Institute for Studies In Education has been retained by board as a consultant during the negotiations and was on hand to take part in the closed session In Its open meeting Monday night board received the first major reports on Kb proposed new administration centre one source of friction between trustees and OSSTF officials who refer to tho planned centre as tho Ivory palace First sessions In the new round of negotiations held Friday and Saturday at Black Hawk Motor Inn In Rich- Ivory palace mond Hill Talks were recessed until this week and whlto there were hopes of holding a session the Oct IS terms ranging from misrepresentation and distortion to inflam matory flammatory stuff cost of headquarters to teachers salaries Mr Sim stressed that as a trustee he was determined to see that the new complex does not become an tonight the two Bides likely to get back to the bargaining table until Friday Lust weeks meetings wero described as more congenial and less abrasive than post talks by John chairman of the school board team Although Mr Quirk another Markham trustee and former secondary and toachor charged that the District team has not told teacher the whole truth She said the controversial memo states that there is no money for teachers salaries timlstlc than in the past Eric McLean a District 11 staff member and one of two district observers sitting with provincial negotiators during the talks reported progress The conflicting comments are secondary to the barrage of charges and countercharges that nave shrouded the school negotiations since they moved from public sessions to closed meetings In Sep tember An Era poll of school board trustees revealed that the latest conflict centres on a series of Presidents Memos sent to all the funds actually represent two entirely separate sources that cant be Interwoven Whitchurch s John McMurray said the teachers representatives misconstrued the facts on the administrative complex In reference to the ivory palace charge Mr Murray mused If substantial theres any tower It certainly isnt going to have any Ivory In it Its going to be purely func tional Vaughan trustee and former board chairman Ross said District 11 officials in the heat of battle might have distorted the facts to suit their own ends For anyone to suggest the

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