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J i ffev By ANNE NEWMARKET Despite fears that the Newmarket court house slated for construction beginning next month will be too small to handle even the current case load let alone an in creasing number in future years the outlook looks bright for the administration of justice in York Region Some lawyers attending the York North Law Association r Chief Justices Night in Aurora last Wednesday admitted hearing reports that the court house may be too small for even present needs One noting that the proposed facility can be ex panded said even a small new facility would be better than the present courthouse Pressing for facilities beyond those proposed could a in ion result in a lengthy delay plans are redesigned he warned But The Era has viewed plans that show that the new larger than first anticipated Four rooms for provincial court hearings are planned court two for county court and one for supreme court In addition the million solarheated building will house a regional registry office probation facilities and quarters for justices of the peace Waiting rooms will be available for persons attending courts while defence counsels and judges will all have separate quarters In the family court section of the building space will be available to accommodate children awaiting hearings Family court staff will be housed on a separate floor to facilitate greater efficiency The province has said the court complex will be a reality by With the new courts comes the possibility that York Region may be established as a separate judical district Presently York and Metropolitan Toronto form the York County judicial district Demands for county courts and proper provincial and family court facilities date back see YORK page i Huron boys King girls tops at track meet Huron Heights boys and King Citys girls were the top teams in their respective divisions at last Thursdays York North track and field meet held at King City Secondary For a complete picture page on the event see todays page Bi Complete results of the meet are on page Phillips receives Ontario sports award Cliffe Phillips of Newmarket was honored with the Ontario Sports Special Achievement Award by Premier William Davis at a banquet in Toronto last Wednesday Mr Phillips is the first Newmarket- recipient of the award in the last 10 years For more on the presentation see todays page B4 An election What election Yes Virginia there is going to be an election Some people are finding it hard to grasp the fact that on June well have to trek to the polls to decide who the majority of us would like to see handling the affairs of the province As one candidate told The Era this week people are more interested in their gardens For a complete of what so far has been a pretty quiet cam paign see todays pages through Aurora man named Huron principal An Aurora man has been named as the new principal of Huron Heights Secondary School In Newmarket Edward Kolotlluk will succeed William McVlcar in the schools top post at the end of the current term For more about the new principal see page A5 DIRECTORY Billboard Editorials Farm report BIO Roy Green A4 A7 Valk on Vegetables B10 Penny van A4 IT HAPPENED IN YORK NEWMARKET It could only happen on Newmarkets Julia The same house where the lady planted her asparagus In upside down last year now has winged visitors Two mallard ducks land in the water filled swimming pool cover each morning quack and paddle around for awhile and then take off i J VOL NO PAGES Since I NEWMARKET AURORAKESWICK ONTARIO MAY NEWMARKET CENTS maybe limited study NEWMARKET York Region will not grow nearly as fast over the next 25 years as its planners have predicted a new housing study indicates In fact said the report York Region may soon be in com petition with surrounding municipalities for new residential growth although it is not likely to have much trouble achieving its projected target population of 500000 by the year 2001 The region now has about 201000 people Until now most planners and politicians in the area had assumed the rush for new housing which all regional municipalities in York have been experiencing in recent years would continue as the pattern of growth into the foreseeable future Yorks housing growth has been ex ceeding the provincial average for 20 years and its housing stock increased by onethird in the last five years alone They saw Yorks biggest problem not as one of obtaining enough growth to maintain its targets but of limiting growth through restrictions on sewer and water services However a York Housing Study report completed in March by Peter Barnard Associates a Toronto consulting firm for York regional planning department virtually reverses hat concept York has developed see STUDY page A2 Region acts on NEWMARKET Regional and municipal officials may be given a chance to clear their names in the judicial inquiry into events surrounding ap proval of landfill permits in Maple Premier William Davis called the inquiry last week in response to charges that Disposal Services Ltd gave a donation to the provin cial Progressive Conservatives in an attempt to win approval of two landfillpermit applications in Maple York regional councillors took exception Thursday to news reports quoting Norman Goodhead former president of Disposal Services as saying the company had previously given about a year to in dividual municipal and provincial candidates King Township Mayor Margaret Brltnell who steered the motion through regional council asked that Premier Davis expand the terms of reference to include York Region so that local politicians be given chance to clear their names Mayor Britnell ran un successfully as the Liberal candidate in the provincial election Terms of reference for the inquiry which will be conducted by Justice Sam Hughes were decided by the provincial cabinet Sunday night Those terms include any action surrounding the granting of the permits and are broad enough to accommodate the see REGION page says J AURORA Spending restrictions are largely responsible for the lengthy backlog in the provinces court system Chief Justice E8tey told a lawyers session here last week Only threequarters of one per cent of provincial spending is devoted to the courts less than any other budget area a meeting of the York North Law Association was told While the Supreme Court is currently attempting to reduce the time it takes to handle a case there is still not a full complement of judges he noted We always bumble along per cent short York North Progressive Conservative incumbent Bill Hodgson later told The Era could be big im provements in the court backlog once the Conservatives are reelected Roy McMurtry realizes there are not enough court facilities and judges and I ex pect when his estimates come up providing we are reelected well see a big improvement in regard to the money allotted to court facilities and judges and all those people who make a court operate said Mr Hodgson Turning to the county court backlog the Progressive Conservative candidate said appointment of judges for that court system is as federal responsibility Although MrHodgson said completion of Newmarkets new courthouse on Yonge St will ease the backlog in the other courts York North New Democratic candidate Ian Scott warned Friday that area residents can still expect problems with the number of cases This whole area is of concern to the and of concern to me Mr Scott said Questioned about the Liberal position on lack of funding for expansion in the justice system York North candidate Jim Wilson said that neither he nor his party as far as he knows has given the matter much thought Provincial Ombudsman Arthur Moloney didnt escape criticism in Chief Justice Esteys Wednesday night speech Even the Ombudsmans budget is one and a half times that of the Supreme Court of Ontario noted the chief justice On a lighter note the chief justice viewed plans for the new courthouse noted Youve got the inside track on money and warned the lawyers to be wary of the design of the building We got a new courthouse in Toronto without any doorknobs he quipped eisange HES GOT THE JUMP Paul Coif a Grade 9 Huron Heights Secondary School track team member hurdles prior to competition during the York North track meet at King City Secondary School Thursday Seven schools competed In the meet held to determine which schools will represent York Region In the regional meet Thursday in as case NEWMARKET Agreement between a defence counsel and crown attorney last week to move a case to Toronto drew the wrath of Provincial Judge James Crossland DURING MEETING ON KING CITY PLAN Residents balk at community I KING CITY Residents of King City made it clear last Wednesday that they are more interested In upgrading present resources than in plans for expanding the community The 300 residents gathered at the King City Community Centre to comment on a draft of King Citys community plan Presented by township planning director Nancy Phelps the plan outlines proposed community development for approximately 3600 acres as a supplement to the townships official plan Two boaters rescued minutes from death ISLAND GROVE Two people who survived a boating accident hat Is believed to have killed two others would have died of heart failure If they had been left In Lake for five more minutes according to doctors at York County Hospital The pair were rescued by ferry operator Jim Day at 2 am Sunday after a Snake Island resident reported cries for help coming from off shore Kim Garland 20 of Milton and Burden 20 of Stroud clung to the foot aluminum boat for close to seven hours after it reportedly cape lied at 530 pm Saturday Both women are currently in the intensive unit at York County Hospital suffering from shock and exposure Terry Rowe of Malton and Randy Milter of Gravenhurst are believed to have slipped of the capaised craft and drowned According to police the four started out from 111 Beach a pleasure trip to Snake Island but experienced trouble during high winds the lake Only Miss Garland was wearing a life Jacket at the time of the mishap Every available officer from both the York Regional and the Ontario Provincial Police forces was on the lake Monday conducting search for the men Depth of water la the area Is approximately feet and it The proposal would allow for a doubling of King Citys population In the next years with a possible additional households by Of those would be part of urban residential plans and a further 326 a part of estate residential areas The plans objective is the development of the King City area as a local service centre and the provision of appropriate facilities to area residents It outlines an orderly growth of industry housing and com merce with the emphasis on provision of adequate com munity service and a variety of housing accommodation Specific provisions are made for the enhancement of Kings village character and for the preservation of historical sites Hazard lands those areas with potentially dangerous physical problems such as flooding are reserved nature areas that may in the future be linked with a series of paths and trails Following presentation of the plan the meeting was warned by the towns consulting engineer that regular storage for la Hie quarter of the level the projected growth requires Upgrading of the water supply and storage facilities would be necessary before the expansion said Ron Patchell It was the water issue that drew reaction from the crowd Without the services there is no reason for residents to support the plan said Sherry Inksetter She added that the plan might be better spread over 25 years rather than the 10 vear projection presented Wednes day The water study necessary to examine expansion of ser vices would cost about said Councillor Bill Long who chairs the townships planning committee In addition to the water problems Mayor Margaret Brltnell said there are other services schools for example that would be affected by the growth of population In response to a suggestion that the town consider a policy of no growth at all Mayor Britnell said it is possible for a community to renew Itself from within and that growth la not always necessary The residents were urged to forward their comments to the Ontario Municipal Board which will eventually pass judgement on the plan Further public meetings have been scheduled to debate the community proposal Noting that a full day had been set aside to hear fraud charges against Howard S Brlce Brices Sports Ltd and Ezy Tow Campers Ltd Judge Crossland termed the crown attorneys actions casual and cavalier Under an agreement reached between defence lawyer Ross Linton and the crown attorney but not reported until last weeks court session began the charges will be heard Dec in Toronto They had no right to decide among themselves that this case was going to be adtourned today Judge Crossland noted No wonder there is a backlog of cases when things are done in this fashion 1 While he approved the adjournment he warned that It Is within his jurisdiction to deny the transfer This is what causes con fusion in our courts he added It Is not up to the who laid the charges or other police forces or crown counsel to agree with defence counsel that any adjournment should be given Surely notice could have been given to this court In advance so that other cases could have been scheduled Judge said had proper notice been given per sons awaiting hearings in custody could have come to trial instead i i I A A