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You feel nobody loves you In the first of a series The Era looks at some of the problems faced by unwed mothers See page New concert series set for town Things are looking up on Newmarkets en tertainment scene with a new concert series set to begin The story appears on page Region considers day care plans York Regions health and social services committee is a series of proposals which include a home day care program and a housing counsellor Details on page Professional group fails to organize A group off York Region health education and welfare works have failed in attempts at organizing a regionwide professional association For the reasons why page Huron drops cage title Huron Heights dropped the Bay title to Barrie during weekend basketball action I A story and photo appear page York Region CAS balances its budget The Childrens Aid Society of York Region has managed to balance its budget despite an in creasing caseload Details on page 2 Trustees sidestep real budget issue York Region public school trustees sidestepped a major issue during their recent budget deliberations See editorial on page DIRECTORY Athletic briefs Letters to editor land School news II Sports 11 to Topics of town 10 Views from Fairy Lake IT HAPPENED IN YORK AURORA With a mischievous twinkle Aurora Councillor Norm Stewart seconded a motion last week just because he said he wanted to see the traffic court judge hauled out of his courtroom Councillor Peter Miller moved that if the Ontario government has not yet paid its back rent for the premises it rents in the Aurora Community Centre for use as a traffic court a letter be sent to the government threatening to lock out the court However it failed to come to a vote Clerk administrator Bud Rodger said the government paid last months rent but he wasnt sure whether the province had paid the rent for the pant year VOL NO PAGES Since I ONTARIO MARCH CENTS WOMAN CHARGES DEC 6 IRREGULARITIES Joe Doles named in election KESWICK Joe Dales defeated candidate for mayor in the Dec election has been served with a writ for alleged election irregularities The Era has learned The writ deals with a proxy vote Mr Dales allegedly cast on behalf of a terminally ill woman who later died June of Keswick who acted as a scrutineer for York Region holds line on tax rate NEWMARKET York Region taxpayers are facing only a one per cent increase in taxes for regional government this year according to staff budget estimates Jack Rettie chief administrative officer said Monday If the region can trim 100000 from staff recom mendations there will be no increase to taxpayers from the region this year the CAO added Although Mr said he did not know the regions total net budget proposal he noted his figure was arrived at by deducting assessment from the net total cost Meanwhile the ad ministrative committee chopped from the ad ministration department bringing that net total down to Si 6 million and the engineering committee met yesterday to consider its 136 million net budget estimates The engineering depart ment budget will be considered by regional council on March 31 while budgets from other departments will be tackled by council later this spring the CAO said Last year the effective in crease was 56 per cent Mr noted Mr criticized the administrative committee for chopping from most ad ministrative interdepartment estimates noting there was no see YORK page 3 But board payments going up AURORA York Region public school board Monday night approved at levy that will increase the education tax on a Newmarket home assessed at by The towns mill rate jumps per cent from last year to 19681 this year ac cording to figures approved by trustees On a home assessed at thats from in 1976 to this year Officer wins award for rescue of two during major storm NEWMARKET A York Regional Police constable who rescued a child and woman from a burning vehicle and aided other motorists involved in a multiple vehicle accident during a blinding snowstorm Jan has been honored by the York Regional Police Commission Constable Douglas Mac- who showed complete disregard for his own safety when he rescued a twoyear old child and a 32yearold woman from a bun mg vehicle received a commission commendation here last week Constable was returning from a stint in Provincial Court and was travelling northbound on Don Mills when he was involved in the multiple collision that left his own vehicle a total writeoff The constable on leaving his car saw that the vehicle ahead of him was on fire with a Town product signs contract with Expos FLA A product of the Newmarket minor baseball system has been signed by the Montreal Expos Dan Miller 21 and pounds will report to the National League team tomorrow I jst year Miller played In the Baseball League and his right arm earned him a record lie is the son of Mr and Mrs Doug Miller formerly of i tanker truck involved in the collision close by The officer ran to the bur ning car and rescued the child and the woman by pulling them through the side window and led them to safety Constable then returned to the scene and removed other per sons to safety some of whom were sheltered in a school bus along with children also in volved in the crash Firemen praise 3 policemen NEWMARKET The Newmarket Fire Department Volunteers Association has praised the efforts of York Regional Police during a Timothy St blaze March Three York Region police officers prevented residents from panicking during the blaze which sent four people to York County Hospital association secretary Dick Robinson said in a letter to police officials While there was no great danger from the fire itself the assistance of Sgt James Nugent PC Steve Campbell and PC Bob Wassink in preventing panic during a period when the smoke in the building was very dense and frightening to the tenants Mr Robinson wrote Their help he told The Era far their normal responsibilities in such cir cumstances meant a great deal to the firemen Mayor George Burrows during the judicial recount is named as the plaintiff in the writ Conviction on the charge could mean that under the elections act Mr Dales could not seek office for at least two years Mr Dales told The Era Monday that the writ was sworn March which was the last possible date for legal action to be undertaken during the 90day appeal period after the account of ballots Mr Dales said the matter would not deter him from taking under consideration the possibility of running if the Dec election is overturned and another vote held The Keswick lawyer added that he would seek an early hearing on the case CHOCOLATE PAINT Photo Blair Smith left and Mark find that getting messy can be filling as they finger paint with chocolate pudding The activity is one of many offered to children in the Newmarket recreation departments class for ages to The classes held Tuesday through Thursday mornings have a maximum of 25 children each The course costs per child and lasts six weeks Police should enforce not trap Twinneys report emphasizes NEWMARKET When York Regional Police Com missioner Ray last month accused regional police of ticketing anything that moves and walks he was closer to the truth than he realized Mr had apologized to the regional police com mission at its last meeting for using such an exagerated term but he refused to back down on his statements that too much rigid enforcement of traffic is occurring within the region Last Wednesday the Newmarket Commissioner continued his fight with Police Chief Bruce Crawford producing a ticket handed to a 16yearold Sutton school boy who was charged with walking on the wrong side of the road Mr said he had received a letter from the boys parents regarding the charge and told the commission he wants to pay the ticket himself Its a disgrace if we have to His sparks controversy SUTTON Stuart Stalkers walking ticket has set off a York Region Police Com mission controversy Mr Stalker was walking along Dalton with his girl friend on a lunch break from Sutton District High School when he was stopped by an officer who informed the pair they were walking on the wrong side of the street and could be ticketed Mr Stalker said he told the officer he was only going a little further and was presented with the ticket The youth said he and the girl were walking on the east side of the road because the west sidewalk was covered with four to five inches of snow The sidewalk runs along the west side of Dalton from the school to High St and then crosses over to the east side Mr Stalker also said there was adequate room on the shoulder to stay away from traffic do that sort of thing Mr Twinney told council It wasnt the only ticket Mr Twinney produced The folder he brought along to the com mission meeting held more and there were also complaints from York Regional citizens of more and more radar enforcement on regional roads Mrs Coad a King Township resident complained that cruisers are hiding behind snow banks to apprehend speeders She told the commission If officers have to play such a sneaking game in order to harass people to pick up speeding tickets something is terribly wrong Mrs claimed she has spotted the hidden cruisers frequently although they park without even a parking light on Surely they can come out like gentlemen and park on the side of the road the King Township woman insisted Mr also received a photostatic copy of a ticket for a King City man for speeding at miles an hour in a 30 mile zone This also was presented to the board Chief Crawford appeared surprised at the disclosures and asked to report back to the board after speaking with the officers involved Chief Crawfords release of latest statistics regarding the controversial speeding tickets show 2000 more were issued in February as a result of stepped up radar patrols A total of 2212 speeders were caught in radar during January compared to in February The chief who wants 20 more men for the force is meeting stiff opposition from Mr Twinney who believes of ficers are being used on radar patrol instead of in more necessary police work Chief Crawford in his report told the board officers are complying with his in structions to step up en forcement of speed laws throughout the region He said increases in the number of speeding tickets substantiates his claim that a steppedup enforcement program is warranted Replying to Mrs Coads letter the chief told the com mission the complaint is self defeating He told the board You cant hide radar or it wont work He also said a police officer see POLICE page YOUNG PEOPLE NEEDED FOR POLICING INPUT Adults support new youth organization NEWMARKET Young Adults for Police Protection YAPP a new organization that hopes to foster better relations between the police and young people is looking for more youth input Adults are responding committee member Doug Sweeney said Friday but young people have reacted slower We have a great number of the adult population listening Mr Sweeney told The Era They want to hear what is going on Young people havent been as quick to respond said committee member Danny Semchyshyn because they dont want to put themselves on the line Mr Semchyshyn his sister Annette and Mr Sweeney all agree on the need for better communication between the police and young people Part of the problem Mr Sweeney said is that officers arent assigned to regular patrols That same contact is needed now he stressed Id rather see police I know he explained I can trust them and they can trust me Id go to them if I had a problem A policy of assigning of ficers to regular beats would increase young peoples respect for the force he added As an alternative YAPP would like to meet officers assigned to the Newmarket- Aurora area for informal discussion of problems cited by the young people Wed like to get their personal views about whats going on said Ms Semchyshyn She stressed that the group doesnt expect complete backing from all of its peers Half the battle is realizing there are some for us and some against us she stated Added Mr Sweeney Were just kind of doing what we think is right no matter what other people think We think we should stand up for what we believe in Adults and young people wishing to participate in YAPP can contact Annette chyshyn at