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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), July 18, 1979, p. 17

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- xpansiOn NEWMARKET -~ the Ontario MuniCipal omtructiai of an ad Board on to the Lions Am- In a decision handed . .iheatre in Lions Park. down Friday. the board . ted for mantle by ovetiirned a Newnurket b lims from neigh committee of adjustment rs: may have been decision allowing con- TOWN HALL BRIEFS \ewmarket will use money from its lot levy ac- nitobuildnewhlainSt sidewalksiftheyare ed to accommo te plate put forward by the usiness lmprovernent Ares (B l A. board for green reas on Main St . town council decided Monday ll backed a recommendation from its emineering mmittee that the BlA remiest for new sidewalks on green areas be carried out It asked the 81A. to n a consultant to M the areas and coordiimte ir construction { rm the town emineering rtment MORE Horses .\0 illle permits for new industrial buildings e issued in June. according to buildiig inspector rank Powell's report to town coimcil Mm y owner. pemits for reiamtial construction with an - timatcd value 0i wee M RESTAL'RANT PLANNED Plans to build a Frank Vetere's Piueia on Yonge north of the Ponderosa Restaurant wee approved _ a recent town council planning committee. and | .dorsed by council Monday- It will be a free standing structure of 6.000 sq ft l zit: parking for 90 cars. JIMBEETOCOME? - . \li-rnbes of the Newmarket Centennial tom. mew have contacted Bobby Jimbee. the orchestra aiirr who's rendition of Canada durirg the 187 "initial centennial turned him into a symbol of the twies They want Mr Jimbee and his orchestra to it. part in Newmarket's centennial next June SPORTS FESTIV AL l ..i.'is for a (ports festival. with all the town's Jib grows participating. are being comidered by . t?nlemul committee urinal agreed to allowut msumers' Gas to in raw its'rate approximately 15an per Mcf ef- ll e A l _-__..__ wind! will be returning approximately 84,500 to race t'hurch after councillors realized they had been cidenially charging them for lot laws or bonthng The council was told it was not policy to charge . irihes for these items I trunCll resolved that Aug 6 would be recognized a ille holiday I vunCll agreed to petition the provincial govern l '.o create a new judicial district for the qunal us i ipalll) of York taking into consideration that "7 . arket will soon have its own judlClll courthotme \tiw'MARKET ordinary" mph .\tr Greenwood is a bulldozer operator and his wife -- .~ after their two-year-old son. Max They moved to ' 'market about a month ago and mitt] then had lied to keep themselves out of the limelight Approximately three weeks ago. however. the Mum threw themsdvm into a project which ' 0 them to go before the public They became the market coordinators for Operation Lifeline. an ' nizaiion designed to help bring the boat people to tide Ken and Toni Greenwood are - e are has of fatigue in their faces. ' the St John's Parish Hall. ' h notables as Mayor Ray Ninney. hfrs. Green- 'Od out that eitlmr a " llatiuisuch asa church or club. or a grow with a Evangelical Bretherhesd of Cash and several other male churches to help smaller churches and apply for s ssrships. "We act strictly as a facilitator h aa attempt to mobilise the com- m-ity as a said Mr. W. re haslcally m to eat .iccorsing to Bob 'llbhoa. World mu s assistant thaal director for '5 I W. .0 l eameet had " them psrmhsiea human. let yet a c to refuges famliss "I raga the red in! ~ explained the}. sp ssssrship I" vat... ae hse- sheaths." '~ - i mphltheatrc prish will s more if the response is good The Lutheran. Mennonite Baptist Christian Re~ formed and Presbyterian churches have all formed umbrella group to guarantee the support of refuses which may be taken in by their parishoners Mrs Greenwood told the story of one man who called their Toronto office looking for rdugees who had experience as bagel makes. When l:- was told When the Greenwoods decided to become involved am it would be unlikely that they could find refigee ' Operation Lifelin they looked like many youig. bagel makers or those experienced in westen baking couples. They are still youm and eager but now he ag r'eed to train whomever he could get presentation to the im- mlpatioe office. I has audiovisual pointed eat that World Vision ceeid he held personally responsible if spoaseriag groups ee- eeeateed pehisms with reams sad..apssd op tastelegessmsyteshh. l gal:OMB despite its contravention of existing toning bylaws. The board upheld an appeal by Tim St residents Susan Nac- pherson and Calvin Nelson. In the process the boardslappedthewrbts Newmarket's of municipal mirastration. point it apparently the currmit addition was commeiced benefit of a taiildiiu permit. certainly prior to the filing of t without application." Millit h Mayor Ray Twinney indicated Monday night it is unlikely the town will appeal the OMB decision to the Ontario cabinet, he also said the town wai't order the Lions Club to demolish foundation walls already in plate The Lions want to extend the Amphitheatre with a 3-foot laig ad~ dual to the east. to aesthetically balance the structure. It will provide better kitchen facilities and additiaial washrooms The zoning bylaw. passedin 1967. requires a too-foot setback tan the nearest lot firms. and the present rear yard setback of the Amphitheatre of 22 6 feet would be further reduced to 2: at ft by the addition "In the board's opinion thee doe not appear on the evidence to have been a seiotl at- tempt at any time' to meet the bylaw requirements unofar as they affect this buildiiu. either in 1967 when the town must have known of its proposed bylaw requirements. in 1974 when the north wing was added. ne cwrently in considering this development." said OMB VICC ChIII'ITIIn DS Colbourne in rendeing thcdecision Mr ( ne stagested an addition to the fruit of the building. althotgh less attractive in appearance. would more closely conform to the requirements of the bylaw minimum of five adults. all of them Canadian Citizens or landed immigrants. could sponsor a refugee family Already the Toronto Roman Catholic Archdioeae has agreed to tak in to families. and the Newmarket one family now and may sponsor Just at that moment the immigration officers During mi. 9. week my my. woken 10 mag: called Operation Lifeline to tell them they had three People Their firm [Ilblic meeting was held July to male refugees who were experienced in westen hkir The caller was immediately told of his good There, before an audience of almost till. incluthng {mm Mrs Greenwood said that of all the refugees who outlined the goals of the organisation. She had come to Canada since ms not one had to go on legally incorporated welfare She did add. however. that welfare was available to them afte a one year stay in Canada l" orld Vision will help church roups sponsor Vietfamilics Muslin-:1 denominational humaa World Vision can keeping in touch with _ _ W ' ' troops waatlag i0 ltla r i a a e r g a a - provide a letter of en- Operetion Lifeline r l Bill Pritchett, of the ( anada and lm ugratidn ' "I"! 0 50 lsatioa. was acting dorsemeat to church is the area. ( ommmlon m Nwmgrger sud his on. (1.3 not have c.- m h .0 O. 0 CIC it Iwm' '0 WCMVQ hid. U 0' any swnsorlna forms also. ial "Du-NC 0 1 GI? "39 "9"" 5" I In another Operation Lifeline meetiru Thursday our "Id-s to how vol-rm comm-M night at Huron Heights Secondary School MPP sin ll." '5." 9 5' "UN- 3' Hm pledged his support to the protect people. Church groups ia- H . t be, ' Mr. Fltaglhhon terested is more ia- CCHHC 1' mm! 0 '1 ?! I") "um - 9 llead atu I . hig donations Vision to help the boat people.".lle admitted. formation ahom the host people or sham World Vhisa's speesermip fer their adapti- campaig- caa cutact the crusts-tied is also ante-aim Y I .v, get to the church on time? BET! , Bride Debbie Caries shows off the ugly gash on her shin caused by an exploding pop bottle which marred her wedding day . But the bride was battered l l bottle [Civil stitches ill . the doctor had t lussul the igly gash on Mrs ( artris shin bone Despite the pain and swelling she reiused to postpone the t pm wedding on Saturday at \lhltdld t Paint "I'm kind of upset the bottle She poulth out that she had bought the bottle in 3 Bradford variety store and thought she would call l ola after the wedding to led] them what happened Rt it at the moment though she was too busy trying to get married 13"! ' i" g by an exploding pop l BRADFORD 1 Debbie Carina inee Mery learmd i the eve of her wedding that it is not good to have t 5 litre bottles of soft drink around on Friday the 13th Mrs Carim, 22. was cleaning her apartment at lit Holland St W on the fateful morning when she brushed against a torpedo-Sized bottle of Pepsi - ( ola sittiiu on the floor The bottle capsized. exploded and sent the brideto-be rushing to York Hospital Banning of the torpedo bottles is among topics to be debated this fall in the legislature the? it" Newman r ' THE Y NEED HELP LUCA LL l' she said I \t st. gill The moment the refugees land in Canada they become landed immigrants, covered by UHIP which will later have to be paid by the sponsoring group "Fifty per cent of the refugees are children and so per cent of them the." cried Mrs Greenwood, with tears in her eyes She immediately became choked up and asked her husband to take over Trying hard to keep her com postre. she left the stage to the applause of the crowd and found her own healthy. infant son When asked. Mr Greenwood pointed out that the government had established no procedure yet for sponsor it; orphans The average refugee family. he stated. consuted of five to six members based on our western standards Thee wee also various other relatives included in the family and Mr Greenwood said they were trying to keep all the family members close together so they could maintain contact with each other He pomted out that the goyernment said it would cost a minimum of 82.500 to sponsor a family but this figure was dependent on the lergth of time the family needed to be supported The money could be obtained through prornissory notes or other financial means arrangement For people wanting to sponsor a family. Mr Greenwood recommended they get in touch with im migration worker Pamela Bracey at tilt) Bloor St w in Toronto "You don't need to phone before you go down because it will take over an hour to get thromh They are handling over 1,000 calls a day Try and leave the government out of it because they Just aren t equip he owned m All we can do is refer them callers to our GUIC? in Toronto." he stated stated "We have no quota." Bob Fitxgibbon. World Visions assistant rqional director for Ontario and Quebec. was also at the meetirg He stated that noone knew exactly how many rdugeu have died while floimdeing at sea Mteshowiuelidmahoutthepit itoftteboat people.hestated,"11iesearethekiixldpeopleyou end I are reach mg a to." Deb Fits- at I. ercell eel Vhi. regimal refugees are not i hoosey K I h ' with the gmcrnmeni xponsoring groups income to then: to hate their ap plii ations streamlined \tter they are able to speak the language EAST ~ BURY Eat Gw'illim bury fire departments have added a timermton n 9" They are now fully radio despatched for increased safety and taste response The new i'ire emergency number is 212l Howeyer they will also keep their old number until the new telephone books are out Calls go directly to the radio room at the New market l- ire Department despatch Operators are at the sw'itchboard 24 hours per day and with the touch of a button the despstcher can alert the fire fighters Dog control bylaw beefed up in E.G. SHARON East (.iwillimbury ('otincil has passed a bylaw prohibiting the trespassing of animals and offenders could be fined up to $300 for failing to keep their pets under control or for failing to clean up after him on priyately or municipally owned property The bylaw which is the same as \i-w market 5 is intended m make animal control offiin John Hackaons Job easier lntil now he had no authority to seize a dog running at large until it ~.entured on municipally owned property The new bylaw simulates dogs must not be allowed on priyately owned property eyen leashed they must be leashed on tow r. property and owners must 'stoop and scoop" ll their pet has an accident off the owner 3 property ( ount'illor Bob l- eatherstonhaugh qutp ped that perhaps the bylaw required third reading in doggy language w hii h allowed it ianh \go the past president of the it-tnamese -\.\htlt in Toronto for oiled his exponent es as a refugee oil lhr age of \l! He pointed out that refuge-es t imiing liH anaiia had many hurdles to mercome Not only did they haw ti tin-conic ldnlllldr with new cultures and a new langiiage but they also had to ftm yobs he hiilll they haw In be able to find gobs ietnames e They are yery grateful to 3881 I x New emergency ' number set for fire or emer'ncy n This m [M will also make it possible to set up a tracing system false alarms. as The public is asked to the . mutt-her a clear and when there is a rash d/wectse description of the all help by giving location and {roblem Rock concert planned for Pefferlaw farm PEFFERLAW Paul Nealon wants to buy his parerds lwyearold term here and he's going iod0itinoncoftheonly ways he knows how he s gorng to throw a three day music concert Mr Nealon. 23 is callus his concert Wilfrid Woulstock and he's hoping to attract 3.000 people to it The festivities begin this Friday July 20 at 5 p m and carry in to Sunday at t p m The entertainment he said will be prouhd by the Good Brothers from Richmond Hill Dodger from Brampton. Reverend Ken and His Lost Followers from Brampton hnd Jimmy Jaws and the Sharks from Hamilton People will pay ac cording to when they come and who they want to hear For the whole weekend it will ( 05! bl?) After Dodger plays on Friday and Saturday aftenoon the fee will go down to $10 to listen to the (iood Brothers on Saturday rught and for Sunday 5 entertainment Those coming only for Sunday will be charged $5 While this is the third such concert Mr \ealon has had in the last three years he doesnt think it will giye him all the money he needs to buy the Zoo-acre farm outside Pefferlaw He hopes how-eye that by making it an annuai eyent, he ll eyentually be able to buy it Mr \ealon refused to state how much money be because they feel they are much freer here inpesto raise He said he hasbrenintouch with!!! Durham town council and the OPP to let them know what he had planned "They council- t approve it. claimed Mr Nealon btuuse if something goes wrong they get the kickback" The c i will be teld at the arm To get there drivenorthon Hwy ill turn right at the Pefferlaw turnoff and go one mile east of Pel- telaw Mr Nealon said there will be signs along the road to indicate exactly where the farm is located A similar music festiyel held in Sharm reently was wohibited from occurring again because of objections from East Gwillimhiry council and the public outcry Mr Nealon however said his concerts have always been controlled well and has never raised any obyections He added that there will be a security team on the premises to assure that all goes well Dryeloper to pr for Sharon sew c SHARU East tiwillimtairy residents can relax That Sll-lOOi storm sewer going down honiands Ave in Sharon is being paid for entirely by the develope There will be no cost at all to the residents said Mayor Angus Horton noting that seyeral ratepayers had expressed their concern New residents organize for Vietnam refugees 4 pointed out that World \lhlm had an m alum"? Hmwnnwm 4 m" dlan 0909 It is not mu- m Vietnam where eyery mm emen! is t lTOllCd ' The tireenwouds said they were yc-ry happy Wth the response they hate receiyed tron. the community 1) lat l think it ~ a yery infectious thing A lot of it is word of mouth now hrei-nwood stated Mr He admitted he did not know how many families in the community were sporisoi'iru refugees yet but added his organization was still looking for yolunteers to help then: out The (ireenwmids car. he reached by calling M

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