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Scoff wants longer council terms candidates deposits NEWMARKET Councillor Bob Scott wants terms for town councillors and deposits required of candidates for council He also thinks a candidate should have Instead of nominators Monday he asked town council to endorse his as resolutions and to circulate them among other in York for support Councils administration committee will study his motion Mr Scott feels a councils term should be extended from two to three years He argues it takes newly- elected people several months to learn the ropes and the next year and a half to get Iheir projects moving u the last few months you dont like to start too many projects in case they are not completed before the term is up You cant spend the next councils money With a threeyear term you could accomplish so many more projects see them through and have them finished and cleaned up before the next election he said He specifically cited long engineering projects and subdivision planning A business firm handling a 5 million business like we are would not change its executive every two years argued Mr Scott He proposed an election deposit of to be forfeited If a candidate falls to win onethird of the number of votes of the last elected candidate This would show that a candidate was entering the election on a serious basis and that he was really interested in running for an elected position and that he was also interested in the people he was representing If a candidate is serious he will not mind putting SENOR CITIZENS BUILDINGS OHC refuses security guards NEWMARKET An Ontario Housing Corp official who wrote to town council explaining why no extra security will be supplied for this towns OHCowned senior citizen apartment buildings wont get off the hook that easily coun cillors decided Monday They voted to invite J Sutherland OHC branch manager to appear before council with his explanation Extra security was requested by council following a murder in one of the Eagle St buildings last summer and several incidents around Christmas time when strangers bothered tenants Mr Sutherlands letter explained that most OHC senior citizen buildings are equipped with intercom entrance systems which must be activated in order for a citizen to enter and have resident building custodians who can be called upon during emergencies He said OHC has warned tenants to be cautious about whom they let into their apart ments and he said To hire deputy for fire brigade NEWMARKET A new fulltime deputy fire chief will be hired for the Newmarket Fire Department from among present brigade members at a salary ranging from to Norm Atkins of the Ontario Fire Marshals office advised councils administration committee during a midJanuary meeting that there are men qualified for the job among both the fulltime and volunteer members The committee subsequently recommended that the position only be open to present firemen and adopted the recommendation The successful applicant will be required to train at the Ontario Fire College at The council committee decided to consult Mr on the matter during a Jan 20 discussion of Fire Chief Cliff Gunns prolonged illness Mr Gunn suffered a stroke in December and remains partially disabled Exploding gas can starts Monday fire NEWMARKET Fire lighters were called out at am Monday after a can of gasoline exploded in the High Energy Feed Mills plant on Superior St A Newmarket Fire Department spokesman told The Era there was no damage and the resulting blaze was extinguished with chemicals bousing manager Tom Surgoner had discussed this matter residents in Newmarket buildings on a number of occasions Mr Sutherland said he was very concerned about the events which took place last year in the Eagle St building but added he was also ap prehensive about bringing in any additional security which may in some respects draw undue attention to the building He said he is hopeful thai this incident was isolated and will not occur again and said he feels placement of guards now may tend to be an overreaction Regional Councillor Ray Twinney quipped I wouldnt mind hearing him explain how you overreact to a murder Mr Sutherlands letter said instead of supplying guards he intends to tighten up on present arrangements The letter came far from satisfying Coun cillor Doris Blair who instigated the original request to OHC She claimed front door locks on the Eagle St buildings are sometimes broken for a week at a time and that the resident custodian in one of the buildings is on a months holidays and hasnt been replaced There are problems there she said in ad vocating that Mr Sutherland or Mr Surgeoner be invited to appear before council SEMINAR FOR SNOW QUEEN Keeling an lgyearoM Sutton High grade student from Keswick wipes a eye after being crowned Miss Snow Queen Saturday at the mater Carnival She was chosen over eth competitors up a deposit he said He said the Increase of required nominators from to 20 would also ensure a candidate was serious about running for office Mr Scott agreed to a suggestion from Councillor Peter Hall that he add to his resolution that a candidate also be required to have paid his municipal taxes up to the year previous to the election J J I Twinney defends sewer rate NEWMARKET The Newmarkets userpay system of billing the new sewer rate is the right way and the only fair way to pass the towns increased costs along to residents Regional Councillor Ray In sisted Monday night He was answering questions posed by a delegation from the Hills Community Association who told him they had signatures on a petition opposing the towns new sewer rates Eight road projects approved Ray Snow spokesman for the petitioners said sewer rates in his area have gone up as much as per cent He objected to the sewer charge being based on water consumption and said many people are angry because the town gave them no prior notice of the increases What will these extra charges pay for he demanded Mr Snow also wanted to know why the sewer rate increase was set from now until and not phased in a year at a time I think people would be more receptive to an annual increase he contended Mr admitted the town should have sent out notices with the previous hydrosewerwater bills but stood firm on the need for the rate increase In explaining it he started back in when the Ontario Environment ministry decided no further sewage treatment plants would be allowed be built on upstream portions of rivers Lake and other bodies were being polluted Plans for the Central York Servicing Scheme the Big Pipe resulted from this decision and in 1976 the NEWMARKET Eight road projects slated received a green light from town council Monday They are Timothy St from Civic Dr to Prospect at a cost of Park Ave from Main St to Church St at a cost of Sandford St south of Mulock Dr at ministry assumed ownership of all treatment plants a cost of Cedar and announced a cents per thousand gallons charge St from Timothy to Civic York Region negotiated this figure down to cents the southwest said Mr who was recently reelected Pagy chairman of the regions engineering com ff0m He said the town must add its additional costs Aye Bayvfew Hills Community Association spokesman Ray Snow listens intently Monday night as Regional Councillor Ray explains why Newmarkets sewer rates must go up Mr Snows group has gathered signatures on a petition opposing the rate hike women Sharon truck driver wins NEWMARKET A seminar for women in a changing society will be held Feb from to am at the Newmarket Community Centre The program is sponsored by Seneca College King Campus in conjunction with York Region Womens Com mittee and will feature two films followed by discussion groups Films are The Fable of He and She and Sylvia Fran and Joy Traditional life styles values and options will be explored in small groups with discussion leaders Registration fee is to cover the cost of coffee materials and child care children are welcome For registration please call Diane 7275792 Joan Hall 8803 Phyllis Lewis 939- or Heather 7274918 1 0000 in government draw much of it due to infiltration of outside water into the sewage system Defending the link between water usage and sewer rates the delegation had objected that not all water goes into the sanitary sewers citing water used for lawns gardens pools etc Mr claimed most of this water does eventually s into the sewer system Because it started a year later than anticipated the new sewer billing system has a deficit this year which wont be overcome until the end of he said During and the sewer account will pile up about an surplus but Mr Twinney feels this will be eaten up by increasing water costs Another advantage of the userpay system he see TWINNEY page C2 resurfacing Aubrey to Forest Glen the engineering for the Srigley St rebuilding and the engineering and storm sewer design for Queen St Monday town council adopted a recom mendation from its engineering committee authorizing the town engineer to proceed with these projects SHARON Thurs days lottery draw from Bowmanville brought good luck to one corner of this East village Carol and Mike Squires woke up Friday York school board to unveil 77 budget AURORA The public gets its first took at York Region public school boards draft budget here tonight While trustees are scheduled to meet at 7 pm to examine the preliminary document ihe meeting will be opened to the public at pm Monday board finance superintendent George Ford said hes cautiously optimistic a budget that wont ad versely affect either the school system or the tax rate can be brought in Using guidelines set by the board last month Mr Fords staff has prepared the estimates that will be presented tonight Board chairman Craig Cribar said hes hopeful a budget that will enable us to move forward with a good sound educational system can be obtained He warned however that onetime cuts in troduced last year to achieve a reduction in overall costs will likely not be possible year morning to find them selves 10000 richer The couple and their three children who live at Sharon found they held the first of five winning numbers While they didnt have the correct series number their prize is enough for its own story Mrs Squires told The Era Monday A driver for a Nursery Mr Squires is unemployed three to four months a year Thursdays windfall relieves the resulting financial famine Boy did it ever come in handy Mrs Squires said Its going to put us a little bit ahead this year A portion of the funds will be used to pay bills while the rest of the money will go directly into the bank she ex plained The Squires held seven tickets on Thurs days draw and estimate that theyve spent about in tickets for federal and provincial lotteries Despite the expense Thursday is the first contest or draw that the couple has won While Mr Squires usually checks the winning lottery tickets on the late television news Thursday he fell asleep early It wasnt until Mrs Squires heard a Friday morning newscast that the family knew they had a winning ticket We were all pretty surprised she recalled Monday I couldnt believe it I just went through the King may issue permits KING TOWNSHIP After months of futile negotiations between Captain Developments and King Township Council township action Monday In dicates there may now be a light at the end of the tunnel Recommendations have been acted upon which will release about building permits which have been withheld by the township until drainage easements are completed New St Johns to triple seating NEWMARKET The new St Johns Church will almost triple the seating capacity of the present building architects plans unveiled here last week indicated While the present church seats the new facility on the south side of Ontario St will ac commodate about worshippers parish ioners were told To be located on the site of the present parish house the 10000 so ft church will include conference and ushers rooms and a meeting area all of which are not included in the existing structure The altar will face northeast with stained glass windows from the old church along the two sloe walls of the main worship area Five aisles will create a fanshapped effect with the organ minus choir loft located at the front of the main worship area The parish building committee currently finalizing the plans has scheduled a meeting tonight to discuss proposed alterations Sketches and model of the new church will be presented to a general parish meeting Feb King rebuilds 3rd against residents wishes KING TOWNSHIP Despite pleas from many residents of the Third Concession King Council will go along with the recommendations from its roads committee to proceed with the reconstruction and preliminary work required for the surfacing of the Third Concession and the Sideroad Stan Leibel a resident of the area appealed to council to keep the road in its present condition to preserve wildlife and maintain recreational facilities for walking painting and riding Most residents said they do not want to see the hill at Dufferin and Mulock roads removed because it would add to an increasing flow of traffic in the area Dufferin was little used north of the Aurora until a hard top was laid over part of it they argued Roads committee member Murray told council this week that the township would be not should any occur That is a very Mayor Margaret shares the concern of the mental intervention dangerous corner Mr while agreeing residents brings on a fourlane Sheardown reminded his with the roads she told council It overpass colleagues mendation said she seems that any govern- Councillor Shear New opponent for Sam the Sailor SHARON Sam the Sailor Retlaarant may be Control Board with councils repeated plea that ad- located us Newmarket bat Its as a for verttsement of pending licences be placed in local students from Huron Height School papers not burled in the Urge city dailies cording to East GwUllrabary council Since East Sam the Sailor has already been granted oil liquor students are bused to the school town licence but he has failed as yet to get Newmarkets council Is strenuously objecting to the granting of a goahead for a building permit liquor licence to the Davis Dr establishment Plans for the at Davis Dr In It was decided at Mondays council meeting here a dining lounge to accommodate persons that a letter of objection would be sent to the Liquor along with an unlicenced coffee shop seating 18 down reminded council Were looking at a two- lane road to allow cars to pass adding that nothing as elaborate as a fourlane highway has entered the picture Councillor Doug Brookes said that residents concern in dicates they believe council is planning to do a lot more than is scheduled We are trying to road does not Include elaborate plans A road superin tendents report calls for a reduced grade at the Jokers Hill intersection road widening at the cut of the hill and removal of maple trees with erosion exposed roots Superintendent Wil liam Sommervllle said ft of road requires reconstruction from the end of the paved surface north past the rf i t the traffic and intersection Con- the scenery Mayor will be limited Britnell told council to the east side of the road adding that the town- allowance council was ships program for the told