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By CHRISTINA MONTGOMERY Era Staff Reporter NEWMARKET Hie vote ft hustle is on With the end of a quiet week following the June election call and with campaign kickoffs scheduled for this week all three parties head into the monthlong fray with election machinery in place Headquarters have been set up Committee chairmen have been chosen Signs are ordered and most of the pamphlets have been printed What remains to be done Candidates itinteraries must be drawn volunteers for can vassing have to be rounded up and not least in importance Youngsters busy planting trees Edward Clarke of the Second Aurora Cub group was among the area youngsters busy during a Trees for Canada project at Rogers Reservoir Saturday Picture appears on page Students win track titles Students at both Huron Heights and Newmarket High were busy during the respective schools annua track and field meets Results on pages and More results from festival More results from the recent Lions Music Festival appear on page Behind scenes look at YCH your hospital Its Hospital Week and to mark the occasion The Era takes a behind-the- scenes look at the jobs of two York County Hospital workers the public doesnt normally see Story on page Hodgson wins PC nod York North MPP Bill Hodgson was nominated to contest the riding for the Conservatives in the provincial election Details page Crest Club holds awards night The Crest Clubs awards night is the subject of an Era story and photo feature on page BI DIRECTORY Curtain time liters to editor and Mary AU Municipal news School board news Sports to msas money to run the campaigns must be raised About of the party faithful have been at work so far oh New Democratic Party candidate Ian Scotts campaign Headquarters have been set up in Aurora at St South Through campaign manager John Hunter cam paign literature has been printed and some canvassers have been contacted by phone The NDP campaign will begin with a doortodoor can vass during which workers will talk with voters about Mr Scotts platform and leave leaflets that describe the can didates personal history The initial leaflets are purposefully vague intended to introduce the voters to Mr Scott rather than official policy says his campaign manager As lawn signs and posters are put up and his image becomes more familiar Mr Scott will issue more detailed outlines of his platform and leaflets will be correspondingly itemized Together with the signs posters and campaign buttons advertising and additional expenses will push the cam paign cost to about all of which will be raised within the riding NDP campaign expenses will be broken down roughly as follows signs literature 2500 newspaper ads 3000 and additional expenses In addition to appearing at allcandidates meetings and issuing press releases Mr Scott will accompany his canvassers on doorknocking sessions Assisting Mr Hunter in running the campaign are Jack Hadfield finance chairman and Ralph Birch sign chairman With strategy similar to the the begin their campaign to elect Jim Wilson with a general message designed to acquaint voters with their candidate Leaflets have been distributed by the 50 party supporters that have organized the campaigns first week During later weeks as lawn signs are erected and can vassing begins in earnest Mr platform will be laid out From headquarters at St South in Aurora Paul Nelson will lead the campaign that will take Mr Wilson through doorknocking sessions and local television appearances to allcandidates meetings Following the campaign kickoff Tuesday night the Liberals as other parties expect the number of their volunteer workers to increase sharply Most workers to date have been busy organizing the jobs that the other volunteers will be called on to complete Running on what Mr Nelson described as a bare bones budget the party expexs to spend about None of that money has yet been raised Mr Nelson said although he expects it will all be raised eventually from within the riding Liberal budget breakdown is roughly as follows promotional ads headquarter expenses signs and postage and other expenses Also active in the campaign are Jerry Meinzer finance chairman Mary McTaggart itinerary chairman and Vale office manager With about people now active incumbent Bill Hodgson hoped to rally Progressive Conservative party faithfuls following his nomination While most of the initial organizers have been women a phenomenon common to most election cmapaigns assistant campaign manager Gail Parks has noticed more men than usual becoming involved The comment was echoed by other party organizers as they discussed their own campaigns By Monday few details of the Hodgson campaign were available The Conservatives have installed themselves in three riding headquarters Based at the Newmarket Plaza on Davis Drive the party has branch offices in Aurora Stouf and Since VOL NO 56 PACES NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO MAY NEWMARKET CENTS Georgina council launches action on new plant sites LIFE GIVING DONATION Paul Photo Registered nurses Marilyn Bertram left and Carole Hayes take good care of Beverly Bain- bridge of Huron Heights Dr Newmarket as she gives a pint of at a recent clinic Blood Is usually in short supply and to help combat that defficiency another clinic will be held Monday at the Newmarket Legion Hall on Srigley St from 2 to pm The process which takes about half an hour could give someone a chance at a long life Seneca summer program With three resolutions township council began the preliminary stages of purchasing a 35acre industrial park between Highway and the Sutton sewage treatment plant at a special meeting Thursday night The three resolutions passed by margins of on recorded votes will reallocate sewage from the secondary stages of the secondary plan for Sutton to the new park zone the land industrial by amend ment to Bylaw 702 and re allocate the land industrial under the secondary plan Councillor John McLean was the only member of council to oppose the move and by noon Monday had not commented on his reasons for voting no on the proposal Mayor George Burrows reiterated his past position on the land which carries a price tag of saying it is the most rapid answer to the townships needs for industrial zoning Industrial Commissioner Tom Foster has already negotiated a letter of intent with Fine Foods Ltd to erect a plant on a twoacre site within the park Councillor John Hastings told the meeting he knew of a site adjacent to the proposal that could be purchased for However regional planner GEORGE BURROWS Moving quickly on industry Bill Rideout said the provincial department of highways would only allow a road access from Highway through the planned proposal because it will allow for a northern access road into future developments in Sutton Mayor Burrows said that in future if expansion of the present site is necessary the land could be secured and an access run from the present proposal The land in the new site will sell for approximately an acre serviced which Chamber of Commerce president Neil Johansen said is not out of line with other municipalities Mayor Burrows said the township does not wish to drop negotiations for an industrial site on the proposed Dalton Rd park and added that the two parks will complement each I other Councillor Bruce Welch asked if acres which would be the total of the two proposals was not too much industrial zoning Mr Foster said that similar small municipalities have twice and three times the 110 acres figure and have managed to fill labor requirements It was also pointed out that population growth and new housing will likely follow any new industry All land in the park will be serviced at the same time through local improvement grants Servicing of the park will cost roughly 350000 and all costs are expected to be Councillor Howard Shillinton said a good starting date for work on the park ap peared to be August of this year designed for moms and kids plant start possible KING CITY Seneca Colleges King Campus will offer a series of childrens recreational courses this summer designed as much for mothers as for children Amnesty response disappoints NEWMARKET Librarians at Newmarket Public Library are not too pleased with the response received so far to the amnesty period declared for delinquent borrowers from May 3 according to Marlene Best of the library staff She said Monday with only five days left in he period that of the 3428 missing books on the librarys rolls only 575 had been returned and most of these had been overdue only a short period and probably would have come back in any case The ones that have been overdue from a way back in are the ones we are really looking for she said Under the amnesty offered all overdue books will be ac cepted back with no questions asked and no fines levied The librarys records show 675 books overdue from and from Borrowers in still have books out Following a oneday Housewives Springbreak this year during which complete child care for kids of all ages was provided requests for similar programs on an ex- tended basis were received according to program director Sheila Hirsh The problem with courses for adults and for mothers in particular has been a lack of childcare facilities for children while parents attend classes she said Senecas solution Children aged two through teenage including physically handicapped kids will be of fered activities that parallel the hours of adult courses In structors from regular adult courses will teach the children Those aged two to eight can enroll in day care classes at a charge of cents per hour Included in the service will be creative activities For those aged eight to a program will run from July 4 through August 26 Children may enroll for a week at a time and choose two activities for the weekly courses from a list of Visual arts ceramics drawing painting textiles metals photography and pine woodworking Outdoor skills canoeing sailing hiking orienteering map and compass climbing rope course first aid and sur vival Equestrian skills riding and horse care Limited to 10 students A sailing and tennis course will be offered for one week only from July 4 to 8 Fees will be per week with a discount for any family member or additional week a child enrolls Different see SENECA page AURORA The town will see new industrial construction by fall if York Region moves quickly on approvals of a proposed industrial subdivision The 30lot plan for a 31acre site on the east side of Street immediately north of the CNR line has been approved by the regions planning com- Final approval must now be granted by regional council Several companies are interested in park lots but firm commitments await final ap proval of the plan according to Martin Stoller director of land development for Alliance Building Corporation The Don Mills company owns the site Should servicing of the land be completed over the summer one of the interested industries will likely begin construction by fall Mr Stoller said Although the subdivision plan shows lots the number of industries eventually occupying the park would be far fewer than 30 Each industry will piece together the number of lots it needs for an appropriate parcel SLSCA approves bush road POLICE WEEK PLANS NEWMARKET York Regional will mark Police Week May to with an open house and a display at the Upper Canada Mall Chief Bruce Crawford announced last week A week in May is designated Police Week throughout North America each year The public may take con ducted tours of the district headquarters In Richmond Hill from 730 pm to pm from Monday May to Thursday May Tours of large groups may also be accommodated during business hours by appointment From Monday May 16 to Saturday May 21 officers will be manning a display at the Upper Canada Mall which will feature Sparky the talking police safety car NEWMARKET The planned industrial access road skirting Auroras Bush Conservation Area received approval in principle from the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority at its meeting Thursday The road which will parallel the existing Canadian National Railway line along an Ontario Hydro right of way is also subject to the approval of the Ontario Heritage Foun dation and former owner Reg Sheppard SLSCA resources manager Bob McClure told the meeting that Mr Sheppard had been included in initial talks on the road and found the proposal feasible and reasonable Aurora Mayor George Timpson told the meeting he has been in contact with Ontario Hydro which has said there would be no great problem in the town using its foot easement for the road The road when completed will connect Wellington St with Auroras industrial park The Town of Aurora has agreed to do all work on the road and provide a buffer zone of shrubbery and trees to block the pavement and the railway track from view in the conservation area Mayor Timpson said final approval from Mr still had to be granted and added that a letter received by the town stated the former owner did not agree or disagree with the proposal The mayor said he would be meeting to further discuss the proposal with Mr Sheppard this week Firemen kept busy NEWMARKET Fast action by employees at Deer- field Plastics on Rd Sunday kept a fire touched off by roofing metal which came in contact with a hydro wire from spreading according to Newmarket fire officials Quick action by 15 workers armed with extinguishers and the plants sprinkler system kept damage to a north wall in the plant minimal According to reports the fire started when high winds blew the metal strip onto the wire causing electricity to pass into the wall Meanwhile Newmarket firefighters had to divide their attention between the Deerfield alarm and a false alarm at the Upper Canada Mall A fire department spokesman told The Era Monday the mall alarm was likely touched off by a power shift The company is particularly fire conscious because of the highly com bustible products and materials I I i