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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), June 21, 1978, p. 1

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iMosrr isei ole An arbitration board last Eekaivarded the nurses raise Lcentefopthp nod Jan to and raise of 68 per cent the period June 1977 to ai 31 me The7 contract thus hnically expired bet its no terms were tied egoiiations for the upcoming ar are to begin soon An official at the regional allh unit said the retroactive would be distributed to the ses within 30 days but be lined to say how much the ta The ovinual government pays 75 em and the region 25 per Under the new wage scale as registered nurses makei tween $13600 and $16000 as of ay 31 of this year About 20 flHfHflliLyi health inursesii ween14351arid 5751 and about 10 commurdty alitirnursesewith degrees get tween $15238 and $17333 Exact figures were not ailcblc but the raise will auntto about $1000 for the estrpaid nurse over pas months The health board had oposod raise of 35 per cent to Jan 1977 and 36 per nl on June 1077 while the rses requested 56 per cent 139 per cent respectively The threemember ar ration board reported we tireNURSESgpageAd iuied youth ies in hospital TORONTO 17yearold Albert youth died at ybrook Medical Centre last ay as result of injuries ieretl in twocar accident in market John Donald 2225 Mt rt ltd was driving one of cars in the collision at ndoLandGraceotreetein market Mon June 12 Treated for minor injuries the driver of the other car ia Browning 38 of 99s or ltd Newmarket and enger in her car Sheila wrong 14 NOELETON Fire totally destroyed the old Nobleton General Store at the corner of Highway 27 and King Sida Road last Wednesday morning causing an estimated 190000 damage Nobletoii Fire Department received the call at 135 am and finally brought the blaze under control at 30 am although firefighte didnt leave the scene until after am Nobletondiire Chief Ross Kennedy said the fire threatened to lug to the E550 gas station Focal immediately My for Pioneer Dos ndbwntown Tin afflict lhilifleok¢urli rt Longboat mt oi lholndinn Regional Ccnlrav in 01 and his daughter Shanna They and hmnlwrp oi the BixNnilniil Mlorvc in enlfrihiiilit do traditional dances in front of tho lipire anatomyy nitsrpoo iia to ind POPULR PIONEER DA VS artifacts and fiiiiiifiiiiiiihiy it his weaken myfiuthiomm iniiitio this wcokii Freelance photographer Brian inglii oi Nobleton caught thlL photo of the spectacular fire in Nobleton early last Wednesday morning The blots caused 8100000 damage to the old Nobleton south of the store couple of times but extra precautions were taken to avoid the flames leaping to the station If it had been windy like it was Monday night the chances are that the gas station would have gone up too but it wasnt very windy Tuesday night he said In addition to Noblemn firefighters units from King City and Schomberg answered the call There were five pumpers three tankers and 40 firefighters at the scene ac cording to Mr Kennedy ra film in twin ro will he ndisplnyoi solo at corn imitp corn minds Service Aotu For it took at whats co the must iioneor hasnt been ruled out mi ArsQn of $100000 blaze in Nobleiotfi At one point police had to be called to handle an intoxicated 19yearold Toronto youth who tried to pull the fire hoses out oi thehands of firefighters iHe was arrested and placed in agolice cruiser handcuffed to the ackrseatJHe then kicked out the back window of the cruiser and damaged the barrier between the tront and back seats The building parts of ExcitementL ranhig of scene of big fire NOBLETON major fire here early last Wednesday provided too much excitement for one Toronto man The isyearold not only watched the blaze but ended up in Newmarket provincial court after creating some excitement of his own Frank rnst of Jane St pleaded gulty to charge of committing mischief and causing wilful damage here last week He really wasnt looking for trouble when he came upon fireinNobletonw His lawyer told the cour he just wanted to help and in fact did rouse several people allowing them toget to safety Ohioriooffeiisléo 90 of budget FriendlyVisitors NEWMARKET The fate ses Friendly Visitor program which was cancelled whe federal grant wosfixhauste in May now rests with York Region which does not have the money inits budget to buy the service The VON wont run or battle in its struggle to keep senior citizen visiting program alive when it convince the provincial government last week the service is essential and in line with government olicy Tho rovlncin Ministry of Communt and Social Services will provi 80 per cent of the $60 000 needed by this VON only it the region agrees to payiho additional 20 per cent io VON lonrnod recently provincial oywasuvallobloundortho itcmomukorav und Nitrous STlicro la hltof icoltxfi of ssimlsm nccordln lo ythootlminlotrn on orniich of tho General Store which hiis been unoccupied fire marahals office Is investigating the caiise oi the fire and arson at the Victorian Order of Nurx program an ollit Yin Ito lons rector arm alobriii workbrs solarics mvo rm NEWMARKET 695131 20 CENTS wmarkel ry namingLoi Hinemmeommittw to community Although representative of fewer invited attended the meeting volunteers The nine who submitted their names are David Dunlap of Simcoe Beverages the firm which owns andoperates Pop Shoppes Bruce Mulholland an 50 of the 200 businesses had no trouble assembling what appears to be blue ribbon committee often he called for Meeting ioliib notify NEWMARKET fund drive to raise almost $200000 during the nexLyear here to help finance construction of the $575000 addition to get underway Thursday with the 4ahuasstiiebusiaess officerWith Sterling Trust Bert Paul an executive with Nor Baker in dustries Ltd Jim McClure manager of the Upper Canada Mall branch of Toronto Dominion Bank Bob Armr strong owner of Robert Arm Real 115 ate eal Estate Board RiflrTFaser andfiob Topping manager and lassislanl manager of Upper Canada Mall respectively Eric Lawton car dealer and Mrs RevMacDonaldi Town councillors and library board members will make presentations to towns service clubs in the fall in time for them to include their plans in 1979 budgets Mayor Forhan saidrlater Three of thenew committee members in volunteering in dictated they were making corporate commitment as well asa personal one iMr Dunlap Mr Paul and Mr Armstrong said they would make executives from their firms available to the committee Brian inolll photo for more than year The which were more than 130 years old has stood empty for years according to Mr Ken nedy andwas unoccupied at the time oi the tire The Ontario Fire Marshals office is investigating the cause of the blaze and Mr Kennedy said that arson is suspected but declined further comment meeting the contract for the library addition which is now under construction is for $450000 and that an additional $75000 is needed for furniture and other accessories bringing the total cost of the project to $525000 However he said the Ontario goVernment pays 100 for handicapped This will reduce the total cost by about $50090t ind Ontario pays higher grants on the accessories than ionitheibuilding leavinga balance of between $450000 and $460000 to be found We do not want to go into tsee LIBRARY page AZ Hydro res preferring planatton for the blaze to the fire marshallspffice Mr Ernst however was quite drunk when all this hap pened and latert insisted on helping firemen whohad been called to attend the blaze The results viiere disastrous and tile was finally taken to near po ice cruiser and handcuffed to the rear seat TORONTO The 1°35 Angered 31 his Imminent awaited hydro restructuring bill Mr Em tused his feet kick was passed by the Ontario out simmer window 32 Legislature last Tuesday and damaging the barrier between the front and back seats He was under the im pression he was helping Mr Ernsts counsel explainedjo the court The 19yearold was granted conditional discharge and ordered to pay restitution for the damagg before it becomes laufl it is on the list and should be Signed into law sometime this week said spokesman for the government caucus office in ATororilo Once the bill become law Newmarket Hydro will take over ithe areas within the municipalboundaries north of Davis Dr west of YongeSi south ofMulock Drand east of Sutton Rd which are currently served by Ontario Hydro Residents of those areas should notice decrease in thei rates However residentsof earea now serviced byNewpiarket Hydro will more than likely notice aslight increase intheir rates due to costs associated with the takeover say municipal hydro officials Alf Stong MPP York Centre put forth amendments to lhe inltlaliegisiotion to pheiient Ontario Hydro from double charging area utilitycompanies for equipment already paid for by deve opers and the amend ments were passed Newmarket Mayor Bob Forhnn said he doesnt know how much money wilifho in olved in purchasing the assets Ontario Hydro but addedit will be up to lhe new hydro commission to negotiate price We willzbeTaving cit 0Pdlnilii comm tteo meeting cannot to point now commission whl will get busy with overythingthtit has toba for Department of Health and SccialServioea Wehave not provided funds to thls kind of program The indication last foil was that ethcy were going to go for another grunt so we didnt budget fora cost sharing Mr Wells commented the region has reservations about the way the program has been runln the past The VON was providing the service on request basis and the region would insist on means testing to determine if senior politics for help regional committee has also asked the Department of Health and Social Services to done to onsuro smoo study tho VON feeszsohotluto takeover from Ontario Hydro The per visit cost for Friendly Visitorshitsjumpcdfromtl he siild to $035 The meniohydro 00m No mnikoi florlat and missionwllslnyin office tinfll prosldfinl or the VON Board lbs and of the your it continue Garry Chastity claimed the hike lills years 0b bUini tho cnd oi the year now co mission wiiitiikscvcrnhs illicit fvaorkRegaiw Mayor Forhan told the now waits for royal assent to plan iunior scho oi NEWMARKET large crowdis expected to be on hand tonight when York Region separate school board officials host public meeting on the high school slated to open in Newmarket in September 1979 lm expecting packed gymnasium Newmarkct trustee Kathleen Taylor said of the meeting planned for Noire Dame Separate School People are anxious to come and discuss the new school interest in Catholic junior high school has always been high in northern York she added Although the regions first Catholic junior high is located in Timrnhill in southern York as much as 45 per cent of the schools population has been from northern York she noted region second Caifio ic iuruor When St Roberts openedr there was very high per centage of students from this area said Mrs Taylor Scheduled to begin at it pm the meeting will Mrs Taylor emphasized that the meeting is designed to hear both comments and complaints about the new school is neatly and truly an information meeting said the Newmarket trustee It is not public relations meeting irucittring biiipasses House The legislation gives each municipality uniilJan 1978 to take over and according to Mayor Forhan Theres no leeway We just have to take over by then Trap catchésfl intrude SHARON White 71 yearold Fred Gartshgpé of Sharon maywell be getting on in years hes still smart cnoughto get the better of any intruder in his home Mr Gartshoré notlced recently that articles iiihis garage were being deliberately vdndalired and so he set his own map rigging an alarm system from the garage tohis bedroom It wasnt long betore he got sonioresuits One night after retiring the alarm woke him up and off the elderly niunwent to see what way happening He took along camera and on enteringthegarago managed to take few pic tures of culprit he found there chase followed wlth the unwanted lgiicst trying to wrench Iheiaiiieis away from the 71yearold man attetiid slippedanilLil Dotectlvc Paul Brown called to thooortrhoro homo to Investigate sent the film to gtolForyioio Science Centre In Toronto imrl lalor arrested Shliondnlllr who will appsr in Now rovlnoialcoun char with Bronbmntry aniline include mnHHhmHmeumes guestion and answer period

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