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Study group keeps open The Era Newmarket Aurora Keswick On Wed June AS councils NEWMARKET Yorks advisory com mittee on health and social planning is not going to be bullied into a form of provincial planning body that it want That much was clear as the committee met here last week in the first of a summer series of exploratory meetings The group was set up by the region to determine what sort of planning body would be suitable to meet Yorks health and social service needs Central to the groups considerations will be the district health council a type of planning body designed and favored by the province The councils of which have been set up across Ontarios 35 planning districts are composed of both deliverers and consumers of health services They play both a planning and advisory role designing new programs and screening proposals from health agencies that are ap proaching the province for approval or funding First to voice scep ticism about the council model at last weeks meeting was Mayor Margaret who said the formation of a designed health council is not a matter thats inevitable despite common assumption to the contrary one of members of the advisory group said she had a great deal of doubt about health councils She had the support of most of the committee when she said the council was only one planning model lhat the group would be examining The group also committed itself to receiving public and agency comment as it conducts its examination of alternative planning bodies The committee will meet every second Tues day at am beginning June 14 The meetings will be open to the public and will be held in the auditorium of the Health Unit on Prospect St in Newmarket Material about both social and health plan ning and information about health councils in other areas was distributed at the meeting Members will receive representatives of both the ministries of health and community and social services at the June meeting Representatives of other health councils will speak about their groups at a second meeting Once committee members feel they are familiar with the subject of health and social service planning they will invite written or oral submissions from the public and interested agencies Written submissions until that time can be addressed to Alan Wells the Health Unit The groups schedule calls for a series of public meetings across the region in late summer at which the various alternatives will be presented for discussion The group is to report to regional council by late October with a recom mendation for a planning body Silting on the com mittee are Chairman Mayor David Schiller head of regional health and social service committee Mayor Margaret Britnell Board of Health chairman Walter Chapman Union Villa Dr Claytus Davis York County Medical Society Bill Mentally Retarded Working Group Ann Gold Richmond Hill Social Planning Council Dr Betty Graham ministry of community and social services Claude Halpin ministry of health William York Central Hospital Board Helen Poulis Help Information and Referral Service Al York County Hospital Board Sandra Sillcox District Womens Hospital Auxiliary Mina United Way Don Van Camp childrens Aid Society Glen Blue Hills Academy and Dr J Wynne York Central Medical Society Problems of elderly was focus on forum NEWMARKET Loneliness and a lack of transportation access to buildings employment leisure and fitness ac tivities were among problems of the elderly id handicapped fled at a public meeting here last week Relief for families supporting either elderly or handicapped mem bers more information centres and greater co operation among health ana social agencies were issues raised About people including elderly and handicapped citizens met at the Newmarket Community Centre last Wednesday to revive a twoyear old study on specialneeds groups in York The meeting was organized by York Committee on Special Needs a group at tempting update and act on a report on the elderly and disabled published by the Rich mond Hill Social Plan ning Council in The meeting Wed nesday was aimed at rounding up those in terested in working to develop services for special needs groups Following the meeting about people indicated an interest in doing further work They will be contacted after a June meeting of the committee when reports from the meeting will be sorted out and action committees will be form ed Opening the meeting was speaker Gary Chat field assistant deputy minister of health for Ontario Mr told the group that it must work to prevent paternalism toward the elderly and the handicapped and it should instead en courage independence Too many people who could live on their own if only a support system was available arc put into institutions he said Some compromise must be found THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT COUNCIL CHESTERFIELD REPAIR Cy CALL HI CI Chesterfields Choirs Recovered Like New PRICE INCLUDES CHOICE OF MATERIALS FRAME TIGHTENED RESPRUNG WHERE NECESSARY TOUCHED UP YEAR WARRANTY REE PICKUP DELIVERY ESTIMATES York may reverse stand on An KESWICK Pillions yearlong struggle to get York Region to approve the opening of Ms clothing store on Sundays appears to be hearing Us end The regional planning committee voted last week to pass a bylaw exempting the Keswick merchant from The Business Holidays Act Mr began his struggle to have the bylaw passed last August when his request was denied Under the provincial act the merchant is required to close his clothing and sporting goods shop on Sundays The region has the power to grant his an exemption however if it deems his business essential to the tourist trade in Georgina Mr has argued repeatedly that his business is essential to the Sunday trade in the area Regional solicitor Bruce Allen told the committee last week that while some hardware and antique stores are essential to Georgians tourist industry Mr is not Mr taking the position that the tourist trade is essential to his business said that he does most of his tourist business on Sundays The merchant has continued to open his store on Sundays despite regular summons from regional police Supporting Mr was Newmarket Mayor Bob who said that there are too many regulations working against those who are only Trying to make a living Committee approved the bylaw which will come before council tomorrow for final ap proval Meanwhile regional staff are examining how the bylaw can best be worded to satisfy regional solicitor Pinball parlor closes down NEWMARKET A a pinball parlor which Toronto resident who has operated on Main Street been operating the in Newmarket causing Paradise Snack Bar was trouble for other Main fined last Tuesday Street merchants and for operating an their customers may amusement centre now be closed indefinitely without a licence following the conviction According to York of the stores proprietor Regional Police the in provincial court here machines last week removed by the owner PETER Stone Mason Specializes In FIELDSTONE FIREPLACES Telephone TOWN OF NEWMARKET NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS CONTROL WEEDS hereby given to all persons in possession of land in accordance with The Weed Control Act RSO thai unless weeds growing on their lands within Municipality of Town of Newmarket are destroyed by June and throughout the season Municipality may enter upon said lands and have the weeds destroyed charging cost against land as taxes as set out in the Act Ragweed Poison Ivy Canada Thistle Chicory Wild Carrol require special and continuous attention and should be uprooted and destroyed immediately growth is evident Although Goldenrod and Dandelions are not considered noxious weeds under Weed Control Act co operation of all citizens is earnestly solicited In eliminating growth Grant Blight Clerk HO MACKENZIE The Public Accountants Council lor the Province ol Ontario announces election of the following officers and members President D Mackenzie Hamilton Vice President WJ Troop Secretary R Smith Toronto Treasurer Ford CA London Past President WJ fjlakcly Kingston ember of the Executive J P CA Messrs WP APA Windsor Philip Ottawa J pollock Hamilton Thomson CA JH Turner FCA Peterborough Hamilton and Frcedman MS APA all Toronto All persons who practise as public accountants In Ontario must be licensed under the ft Public Accountancy Act and observe the Rules Conduct laid down by Council Any in formation regarding these matters and the penalties for observance of the Act regulations may be obtained from Mr C Doughty Registrar The Public A our ills Council for Province of Ontario Charles Street Toronto ANDAL The year of the rope This truly fashionable Italian sandal is all tied up with jute upper and jute covering on the wedge heel t V j i arc York decides on 2 1 hike tomorrow r NEWMARKET When York Region is asked to approve a budget for tomorrow it be approving 10797000 of that amount as the share the region must raise through taxes The second figure represents a per cent increase over the amount the region had to raise through taxation last year But because of growth that created an increased assessment value for property throughout the region York will only need to raise its taxes per cent In other words tax payers will receive a bill only 2 per cent higher on the average because there are more of them paying Newmarket tax payers will pay about more this year to York Region Town treasurer Stuart Park estimated a Comparison of Estimate Net Regional Levy for with Taxable Assessment Regional Levy Municipality East Gwillimbury 593352199 288262044 98750983 Percent JM7 Percent Increase Actual Estimated Increase regional mill rate of for residents which will for residential properties Include town regional and 5345 for commercial and school board levies properties Aurora residents wllC For a home assessed likely receive a lower lax at about bill for regional expenses average for Newmarket because the towns the regions share of assessment base the the tax bill will be amount the bill la spread Newmarket has yet to set over has grown faster- its own tax levy and until than the 22 per cent- then the final mill rate for regional levy increase town cant be 10797000- determined regional levy if approved In Aurora town of- by council tomorrow flcials have declined to be spread over the estimate the total tax bill as the table shows King Newmarket Richmond Hill Vaughan Whitchurch 109506201 136916498 125614174 56 68 287347 35 606198 3450732 826951 23 62 2078987 37 3752891 2325263 480309 22 30 80 5 31 1880971108 10797440 68 Approve 10000 for travel NEWMARKET And who said the life of a regional councillor is an easy one Still smarting from criticism over its ap proval of trips to a Tokyo engineering convention for four people council faced approval last week for a sum for 1977 conventions Never one to bow to criticism council not only approved the figure and added a fur ther for good measure The 15000 set aside for includes of all conventions meetings and seminars attended by both regional councillors and staff during the year The extra sum was added when treasurer John Hlynski informed the that the 10000 is nearly spent already Councillors amid snickers and friendly jibes took the news in stride The total comes before council June 9 for final approval COME ONE COME ALL TO THE MARKET EVERY SATURDAY 9 am 230 pm HALL DAVIS DR DR VENDERS WISHING TO BOOK BOOTHS PHONE 895 DR PETER MATTHEWS Wishes To Announce The Opening Of His Practice Of General Dentistry Main St Schomberg By Appointment Only DR DON BAKER AND DR RON BLANCHARD DENTISTS WISH TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THEIR OFFICES AT THE MEDICAL CENTRE AVE KESWICK TELEPHONE 4764371 WE WILL TAKE APPOINTMENTS BY TELELPHONE AS OF JUNE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PLEASURE OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY Staff Residents Association Clergy and Volunteers Work Together More Than A Place To Live At Newmarket Nursing Home At 581 Davis Dr Ontario Nursing Home WEEKEND Theme More Than a Place to Llve June 12th Newmarket Nursing Home hopes 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