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Towns growth wont stop w reaches capacity Newman NEWMARKET although the ministry approved Mr Newman said the plant hen sewage plant promises council NEWMARKET Assurances that Newmarket growth will not halt next year because of Ontario Environment ministry delays in expanding the towns sewage treatment plant were received by a town council delegation Monday from Environment Minister William Newman The council delegation led by Mayor Bob visited Queens Park to complain that although the ministry approved expansion of the plant in the spring of no tenders have been let and the present plant is capacity Mayor said after the meeting the minister offered no reason for the delays except that the expansion has been tied up in negotiations for the Cen tral York Servicing Scheme a plan to build a truck sewer from Newmarket to Lake Ontario by Mr Newman said the plant mansion will be tendered in y and construction wilt start in September The contract will allow 18 months for completion of the job and council was unsuccessful in obtaining assurances that it will be completed earlier Mr Newman assured the delegation that limited growth of two million gallons of sewage a day reports the mayor The minister explained that the design capacity That means there is We wont have to grind to a full stop said the mayor phase residential and industrial growth in during the expansion construction period providing it does not affect the quality of the river water He said the ministry will also allow Newmarket to service areas and allow their development providing the buildings are not occupied until the sewage treatment plant expansion is complete THE E Sine ONTARIO JUNE Teachers march fails to win extra 1 in school budget Elementary teachers picket school board offices before Monday nights meeting on budget About teachers marched and school representatives foreground on steps managed to get into the meeting Board rejected teachers demands Construction of board HQ is two months late march Monday evening to dramatize their demands for higher classroom spending allotments hut their demonstration failed lo move the board of education About teachers paraded quietly from Memorial Park to the board headquarters on Church St carrying signs with slogans urging trustees to raise the elementary classroom Monday nights board meeting convened about minutes after the rally dispersed and for the second lime in three weeks a teachers delegation pleaded with trustees foral million budget increase But the hoard wouldnt budge It but wound up approving i 59 million budget without demanded by the the tax will levy a school tax bill of average home the York Elementary Teachers Association of Federations YCETAF told the hoard Monday night Hint the schools At the end of the last delegation was very angry unreasonable hut Board chairman Don Sim said that information had been available from staff during prior budget deliberations He said the teachers were out of order to request such information at a full board meeting when they were on the agenda as a delegation We have found it difficult lo gel answers said Ms Painter We get different answers from different people Trustee Chris McMonagle called on the chairman to reverse his ruling will not reconsider unless overruled by a motion of Die board Mr Sim replied Mrs and fellow Trustee Quirk then presented such a motion but il failed That ended presentation and trustees got down to putting the final touches on the budget An earlier delegation had convinced the board spend at least to the grant ceilings and the board ratified that proposal Monday night including the necessary 795000 in the budget A portion of the 795000 will go toward the hiring of a superintendent of special education the board decided The new mill rates and their effect on the owner of a home assessed at NEWMARKET a school tax up from last AURORA a levy up KING TOWNSHIP a education levy up II 1 C II It II SKUJI a bill up 88 Sharon went dry NEWMAHKET Tank full of water were rushed from a Newmarket municipal to Sharon recently because village taps went dry About gallons was when pump In lis well removed for repairs The people had no water in then pipes It wasan emergency tinning thing Mayor Bob I told Councillor Bob Scott who asked for an explanation of the move First homer over fence Newmarkets designed the new home run the Fairgrounds nditi ngs for about two months behind schedule but the board still expects move into the building on schedule next March The building which will be shared with the Town of Aurora Wellington St West A report to the board Monday night stated that the April snow storm and flooding Average home fox NEWMARKET Property taxes on an average Newmarket homo will total in 1975 compared with 50H on the same home last year exact figure become available Monday night when the York County school board finalized its budget An average home is taken as one assessed at The school board will receive of Hie 1975 total the town 188 and York Region 100 The York County Separate School board is expected to strike its budget lit a special meeting next Tuesday secondary chose to spend only lo grant ceilings a lower level for elementary education That decision inspired nights protest march board of YCETAFs specific proposals called for reduction of class sizes to 25 or fewer pupils improved psychological and special professional staff for baseball dli league specifications but a yearold house league player the first homer over the fence Mark Gray who plays for Braves in the Newmarket Baseball Associations bantam house league belted a lowering drive over lie left field fence Saturday morning The fence is ft from home plate at Pinpoint pollution in Holland River town urges minister Ms Painter noted that the board has a 17 million reserve fund and presented five questions asking whether part of that fund could be transferred to the classroom section of the budget the Holland River should bo carried out as soon as possible by Ontario Environment ministry and the York Region health board according to Newmarkel council Monday town council passed a resolution requesting the ministry and health board to lake on the studies Last week Councillor Tom Taylor told a Newmarket recreation committee meeting he knows of two sources pouring raw sewage into the river but he didnt name them Earlier Monday during an interview with Environment minister William Newman councillors were told the resolution would put the Holland on a list of watersheds being checked by the ministry 59 Very special pets entered in Festival show NEWMARKET Fifty- nine pets were entered in the Trading Day Festivals One of a Good Pet lovingesl pet Organizer Jeanne Ialkau of Ihe Big Brothers of York said laler the realization gradually dawned that instead of nine ribbons there should have been one for each of entrants who were each and every one very special in his or her very own class The show had nine categories and owners could enter pets in as many as they wished Pets entered in the show ranged from a caterpillar named Brutus to a family of German Shepherds Brutus an entry by Edward Paddock of Ave won a ribbon as shows littlest pet I questioned the category for a caterpillar and Edward took him out onto his arm and called Here Brutus and Ihe darned thing turned and went towards his voice reports Jeanne winners were Poco shown by latest four fourday old kittens shown by Karen and Pat Munro largest Bud Borkovecs dog loudest Candy shown by Robin Tennant laziest shown by Marianne Hunt leanest Debbie Foxs Taffy liveliest living family three German Shepherds belonging to Nancy Cain Drew Holland and Bruce longest Ihe Andrews familys Toby and liveliest three mixed and one ladies entered Ihe canoe race from Rogers Reservoir to Fairy Lake Larry Wilkin and Herb posted the best elapsed time 54 minutes seconds and won the mens first prize Donald Taylor and Kim Hall were the first mixed team to finish They did it in 6730 minutes Organizers of Saturdays Trading Day Festival termed it a moderate success but it much shorter planned and some events planned for Wesley Brooks Conservation Area fell through The festivals steering committee meets next week to decide if the results warrant making hading annual festival at the trading fort area on Timothy St reported good crowds most of the day and the carnival in the municipal parking lot was crowded all day Saturday The Friday and Saturday night dances were successful and St Andrews Presbyterian Church fed nearly people at its Strawberry Supper Hamilton Hgts roads finished in month Vasila claims NEWMARKET Road construction in the Hamilton Heights area should be com pleted within four weeks town engineer Hardo told council Monday Mr Vasila said heavy spring rains slowed work down because they saturated the clay particularly on Howard ltd As a result much of it had to be removed It made about four times as much work as we expected he said However we expect to see the finish of the whole program within four weeks not including the final layer of asphalt The final layer will be put on next year when the new roadbed has settled he said 53RD HORSE SHOW AURORA Friday mor ning at nine oclock action gets underway in annual Aurora and District Morse Show and this years promises to be the biggest ever PROCEEDS GO TO BLACK CREEK PIONEER VILLAGE Herb Fair this Saturday in By ALICE KETTLEBY For use and delight members of the Herb Society of America will be living up to that motto this Saturday York Pines United bread cookies sandwiches tea and cold drinks made from herbs will be available Fifteen of the members have been growing between and herbs and potting them up at the proper stage for replanting There will also be books on sale and the event will feature a dye display by one of Canadas experts Edna Black burn who is a member of the unit Last week four King Township members while preparing j for Saturdays festivities gave The Era a preview at the home Mrs Elder has a large herb garden and was busy in her kitchen grinding rosemary and grating lemon rind for batches of herb bread destined for the fair Mimi Scott in charge of publicity was demonstrallng her main course Chicken Divan while who singlehanded has potted up 250 little plants along with handling the job of food con- Delight for dessert Minted Shcrberl Proceeds from the Herb Fair Saturday will go towards the Doctors Garden planned for Black Creek Pioneer Village the garden must be planted by as well as a scholarship for College Mrs Brown stressed the Societys responsibility see HERB FAIR Page from left Mrs Elder Scott anil Inrlotte