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January 1984 Georginas 83 was up and down Continued from fighters when one year after their club was condemned and demolished they celebrated the official opening of their new curling arena And meanwhile on Georgina Island the Chippewa Indians set about clearing the east end of the island for a campground and Indian village to attract tourists and create new jobs On the darker side of the township announced in early July it had clinched its first new industry in several years the million generating Pathological Waste Management incinerator Next week in a unanimous vote council decided to sell two acres of land near the iuwn ships dump to PWM and set the public information night for July Contrary to councils expectations that information night turned into the first of many angry protest rallies to come The new industry was ill- received Despite public outcry all coun cillors but Bernard stood by the company until November when Regional Councillor John McLean announced he was ready to tell PWM to take a walk Council support waned and the next week the long awaited MOE report which provided no answers on plant safety struck the fatal blow to Soon after the companys contract with the township expired on Dec all councillors but Lyons chose to opt out of the deal and voted never to consider an offer from PWM again Although the PWM proposal sunk the CAUSE rehabilitation scheme for Jacksons Point took off and is still sailing In April a team of volunteer architects and engineers landed in Jack Mm Point for a weekend planning blitz that generated at no cost to the township in planning expertise The CAUSE team met with local residents township councillors and businessmen and worked round the clock to draw up a redevelopment plan for The Point The plan calls for a new harbour and a new to at tract tourist dollars and business to Jacksons Points ailing economy CAUSE gave birth to a citizens committee which formed the Jacksons Point BIA Township council also got behind the project with in preliminary engineering studies Today economic development director Peter Stuebing says the CAUSE vision is on ts way to becoming a reality as government and private support continue to build Herb Striekers proposal for the million dollar Maple Leaf Estate Retirement Village at Roches Point has also been successful Although the initial plans were met with calls of tin can housing and future slums from local residents a The water treatment plant opened in the fall and tenders for the sewer treatment plant have come in million less than engineers estimated And after years of bitter debate sewer and water rates were finally established in August was a very special year for three residents who were recognized for their unique contributions to Georgina life Charlie Johnston of was named Citizen of the Year fo friend liness and years of playing Santa Claus for children Christine Morton 15 of was awarded the special Recognition Award for taking fifth place in the Junior World Figure Skating Cham pionships And Leif Enkson of Keswick was presented the Service Recognition Award for his work with the Optimist Club and the Scout movements Crafters offer kids courses NEWMARKET The of Newmarket are offering two programs for children in the new year Making Things and a pottery class are slated to begin Sat Jan and Wed Jan 18 respectively The eightweek Making Things course is offered 10 am 12 noon Saturdays at the old town hall The program is designed for children 812 years The fee is For more information call Susan at The pottery clpss for children years will run six weeks on Wednesdays from p m at the old town hall The fee is For more information call Linda at 8957284 Ambassadors bottle drive NEWMARKET The Am bassadors Drum and Bugle Corps will hold its third annual bottle drive on Sat Jan between nine am and four pm Corps members will be canvassing homes in the Town of Newmarket for returnable bottles The funds derived from this event will go towards the replenishing of the corps uniforms For example the plumes on the uniform shako head- wear costs each and the corps has a possibility of marching between 80 and 110 members in the 1984 season The Great Canadian Muzzle Loading Shoot and Gun show held at the Civic Centre in July was so successful that pioneer gun buffs decided to make Georgina their home range Above one pioneer shooter loads his weapon delegation of councillors and news reporters to Port Charlotte Florida found Mr Strieker to be a lopnotch developer and the Maple Leaf concept an asset to In October council gave approval in principle to an official plan amend ment to allow the development But not all projects faired as well as Maple Leaf Estates in 1983 In April the owners of Mossington Park announced they wanted to turn their lakeside property in the heart of a wealthy residential area into a water theme park Plans included pools boat rides a 100unit hotel and expansion of the exciting trailer park by 800 units But theschemenever materialized In July council took legal action against Mossington Park to stop the expansion And laer that month the property was seized by its mortgage holders because the developers had defaulted on payments The Keswick Condos also never materialized Slated for properties near the Library Culture Centre the condo schemes fell by the wayside when the properties were sold Although these developments failed other proposals are more likely to be completed because of positive developments with the Keswick water Indecent assault NEWMARKET A 40yearold Newmarket man faces a charge of indecent assault of a female following a York Regional Police investigation Police have charged the man in connection with incidents which between July 1980 and February Thomas Charles Elgin Si I Newmarket I vincial Court to a date for trial ANYONE CAN BE A SAINT CHURCH OF CHRIST DAVIS DRIVE NEWMARKET Sunday Sefvtces 1 a 30 SOS See and HERALD OF TRU Jan Sale Begins Jan 2nd Classic Fashions 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