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Georgina weather plays havoc during 983 GEORGINA TOWNSHIP 1983 in Georgina was a year of big dreams which failed big dreams which still stand a chance of winning and a host of positive events which in summation made it a memorable year The most powerful in fluence in Georgina last year was the weather Although the township now boasts a department of economic development which or chestrates tourist events no matter how well events were planned their success was in the hands of the weather Sunshine brought a crowd of 2000 to first Great Canadian Muzzle Loading Shoot and Gun Show in July Hot weather also nurtured the 128th Sutton Fair which attracted a greater crowd than years before And for the first time in four years it didnt rain on the Highland Games in August did February It rained so hard that the ice track built for the World Cup Cham snowmobile Races turned into a puddle of mud hay and corncobs and the worlds most prestigious snowmobile race had to be cancelled Rain and warm weather kept Lake Simcoe free of ice and played havoc with the Great Georgina Ice Fishing It also in Heritage Country Jamboree in May so that only people turned out to see big name country artists The formation of the Sutton BIA in January tops the list of positive events in 1983 February brought nine energetic young Katimavik workers to labor for the next nine months for the meagre wage of a day as camp counsellors at the De Adventure Camp landscapers at the Lion s Park and helpers with special events and township projects March brought the long- hopedfor fiveman York Regional Police Youth Bureau to Georgina to fight a growing problem with youth crime In May the federal government announced it wanted to spend million on wanes in the township and make the recipient of Ontarios largest federally financed marine project May also brought one stop shopping for social a the township with the official opening of the Georgina Community Resources Centre fot lorm iles During the Canadian Pints a team of six dwarf basketball players and their 7foot tall coach decided to make their home And the Georgina Pioneer Village grew with the addition of a salt box house donated by Don Johnston of and a 130yearold log barn from Hwy near In September Frank Arnold of Virginia Beach rode in a Rolls Royce for the first and made his television debut on the show Thrill of a Lifetime Also id September the Sutton Curling Club members demonstrated they were See page Cross Country Skiing Winter Golf School Winter Golf Lessons NEWMARKET CLUB The Em VOL 134 NO 1 A Community Newspaper NEWMARKET ONT WED JANUARY 1984 24 PAGES CENTS Steve GUARDIAN AUTO SHINES PROFESSIONAL SHINES CAR SPIFF UP 8981 155 Now that school is back in the snowy hills will show fewer signs of Heres Jeff Osborne and Craig zooming down the children and their toboggans but last week the hills were just a Denny Park hill a great place to be on a winters day More movies planned for Newmarket Jobless victims of slow mail i 12 This week bulldozers should be on St property owned by Famous Players preparing the site for a ivecinema complex The first of the movie auditoriums should be operation by May according to Morns Kula vicepresident of Famous Players Development Corp An theatre has been on Main St here for about years and recently Factory Theatre opened three of its six planned theatres in its renovated complex on Charles St The Famous Players plans have been in the works for some time in conjunction with Glenway Builders plans to develop a 390 acre property and the southwest corner of Highways 9 and Famous Players owns an eight acre on the northwest corner of St and the Millard Ave extension As as the theatres Famous Players is proposing an of fice complex in phases but those plans have not been However the inclusion of a restaurant in the theatre complex has been confirmed with Toole s Roadhouse and Restaurant scheduled to open May Famous Players had originally planned to operate a six theatre complex with a total of 1500 seats but dropped down to five screens when it decided to offer an auditorium capable of screening mm film Commenting on the competition of the other theatres in town Mr Kula said that their presence has not altered Famous Players plans in anyway Bulletriddled body near Queensville NEWMARKET Many unemployed persons in the Newmarket area have had a stringent Christmas season made all the more depressing because they have not received Unemployment Insurance Benefits through the mail Complaints have been registered at the Post Office and at the mail processing plant according to Post Office otficials here who are denying any major hold up on mail delivery Posties who deliver mail seem to have been receiving the brunt of complaints from householders who are missing their regular mail and vital income cheques They insist they are delivering whatever is available Ed Olive at the Main Si Post Office in to says there is no hold up at his office He admits that complaints have been registered by residents of the area however but referred The Era to the Mail Processing Office on Drive James head of the Mail Processing Plant claims that mail was only for 24 hours during the Christmas rush and told The Era that everything was cleaned out at the plant the Friday before the Christmas holiday He told The Era special checks were made to ensure government mail went through promptly We dont to have people complaining and try to avoid hold Mr McNee told The Era He said that last weekend he ex pected to have additional staff at the plant to ensure that all incoming mail is processed The complaints from angry homeowners has been reaching the office of Sinclair Stevens MP Secretarial members of Mr Stevens staff say that all complaints have been for warded to Ottawa for at- Posties who are delivering what mail is available however say there is a shortage of staff at the mail processing plant and that they are tired of taking the complaints which they agree are legitimate The For ihose persons whose Christmas has been ruined migration because those unemployment cheques benefits did not arrive there payments is small consolation time Nyitrai returned as RC chairman The nude buUetnddled body of a man found in a creek near the Doane Sideroad Sunday afternoon has been identified as a 23yearold US citizen Police are of withholding his name until the next of kin have been notified it and lm- Inspector McBnen of the York Regional Police told The Era ho send out the yesterday an autopsy revealed the man died from bullet wounds ay all their He said the death is being treated as a homicide However he out right on added there does not appear at this time to be any connection with a gangland slaving The body was found about Sunday when a photo grapher stopped his car to take a picture near the Sixth Con The victim had been travelling in Canada and was described at foot six inches with dark hair and a moustache Police here have issued a description of the murdered man to police forces across the country A ton for Jean and Michael Brown Dean is Newmarkets 1984 babe NEWMARKET Three New Years babies were born at York County Hospital Sunday to proud parents from Newmarket and Aurora A girl weighing 2 lb was born to Roberta Johnston and Paul Giles of Pefferlaw at to a The baby was rushed to Sick Cbildrens Hospital in Toronto and is reported to be doing fine At Aurora parents Barry and Shauna Minn welcomed a lb ox son into the world And the first Newmarket baby of was born to Jean and Michael Brown at pm Dean Ian Brown I at 9 lb a RICHMOND HILL Ernest Nyitrai was acclaimed chairman of the York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board at a Dec This is Mr second year in the position of chairman Also acclaimed to serve her second year as vice chairman was Celeste Pelltccione Mr Nyitrai said he wanted to consult with each of the other trustees individually before making a decision about who would head each of the boards committees He said the decision would be announced later The election took about 10 minutes Mr was nominated for the position by Father Ermanno Button No other trustees were nominated for the position Mrs was nominated by Garry Marsh and once again there were no challengers I think thats been the easiest no weve ever had said Director of Education John Zupancic after the Mr Nyitrai said be would continue to emphasize the boards budget as his top priority for He said the board would continue to make a concerted effort to eliminate our deficit He also remarked that the boards progress toward reducing the deficit is going according to plan and that the deficit should be eliminated by the end of We indeed will be out of our deficit by the end of be said In reflecting on the past year he commented that the board has established and will continue to establish new schools The York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board is the fastest growing school board in Ontario He commented that the board had increased its profile with the media munic ipal councils Members of Provincial Parliament and the public school board over the past year He commented that the board had revised its disciplinary policy in and eliminated the strap We abolished the last rudiments of an antiquated system of discipline he told his fellow trustees He also stressed that he saw the religious education component of the separate school system as fundamental to the board We must never lose sight of this fundamental value for which we have been elected Our faith dimension is paramount he said He called upon all trustees on the board to renew and live their faith and said that element should never ever be forgotten Caution Thin ice GEORGINA TOWNSHIP York Regional Police have issued a warning to use caution when venturing on Lake Simcoe Seargent Leonard said Monday that Ice conditions are far from good A footwide crack in the ice from Georgina Island to Fox Island has been covered with a very thin layer of and snow so that it cannot be seen Although ice conditions are poor police said there have been no reports of people going through the ice Newmarket man kids wife takes own life NEWMARKET A 24yearold Newmarket man took his own life at a Mississauga apartment last week after killing his former commonlaw wife Peel Regional Police were called to a Silver Spear apartment after Allan McConkey Howard Newmarket stabbed himself repeatedly in the chest and arms then slashed his wrists before plunging off the apartment balcony to land on a pool deck below McConkey had gone to the apartment of Mary Benson who had lived with him the Newmarket area until a breakup occured He stabbed the woman to death before taking his own life She was pronounced dead on arrival at General Hospital Police believe McConkey went beserk after finding Benson in the company of another man Bensons companion who watched the horrifying spectacle was uninjured according to the police report Witnesses who went to the Benson apartment described a scene of devastation