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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), August 15, 1979, p. 19

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w -W --V in si lt \l \'l"| (i Lock_0 ~Q a, v At ldt. Capt. Dave lyart in. strncts Garth Grimes. It. of Newmarket Recently memhers oi the st Newmarhet Ah Cadet Squadron attended a twoweekhasicconrseattheCF B Trenton alr cadet camp. The basic coarse involves classroom lectures on citizenship. leadership..alr environmental trahing as well as a variety of sporthg activities and a chance to meet fellow air cadets from all over Ontario. Above. Cadet Mark Osborne of Newmarket is instructed by Capt. Dan Stevens oi Cl- B Trentu on proper playing oi the baritone. Left. Corporal John Rowan looks over. from left. cadets Dave Randall of Jackson's Point. Michael Sounders oi Ballantrae. and John Oostveen oi Keswick during drill practice. The air cadets receive fourteen ts-minntcs drill periods Mg their stay. l i . Secondary school tench-smay thdr fire pay chute Sgt. 7 if they are locked out. according Mimibk ork teachen receive six pa cent oi their annual salary SQt. 7. Anaher sixpccuitisgivenSept I; Quit pt cent on the last teaching Friday in Octobc. Novembc and tyinJune. if and when s lockout is declared that may effect that pay cheque (SQ! 7)." said Teachers would thiinitdy not get id after the date s out contract effect the dates the teachers would receive their dieques Eric McLean. district executive of District 11 OntarioSecondarySdiool Teacher's Federation iCBST'FiJaidsince there wce approximately 197 school days in this coming school year. (ID-l ei thir pay it each day that they at could be I He added that the tract wm not tohavea schml will have a pm strict requirement but workedsndmmsreaitt s lockoiu his had been The etrte pay for teaches. headmittod. I very limited. "First oi! diere's to thys with no pay." he explained "Then it's iiweweoh paid a the bashoiaiiveday wouldbppmtotheSqt 7 chemie if s locknta "I secondary school negotiations. said. We've said before that we weren't going to secelatebuttheonlyway youcan makepeoplel'nirt is to take thir money away To be honest. there's been no decision of whether we should or diotJdn't " A special meeting to thsctns the issue oi the teacher s contract has been set for 7 pm Aug so it ts closed to the public If we were to cut Ply year we've got to smarten iqi 'hlinln Ul dri" The secondary school's nqottatim team has asked that all issum tn dispute be DWI before an arbitrator The board's negotiating team has agreed to bring all financial issue forward but not the issue of unassimed time L'nassigned time wincipal and forces them to be met at the board lewd." dated the rQort cant W time- Memnnbtdaseday dawd hma-ethat the bond believm is in the student's best in- "haddtimm pccent oiaranteecotdd vethe wayiorhi ghcanenih tnititttrecultracta as an eve lm encroachment and we want to stabilise the situatiai compared to the remains d the people teaching he stated. rather to crmte ability "We re into exactly the sane thin that the elementary teachers were into." he said. whichisevc increnaiq workload in the mint clams due to the mess specialitim " L'nder provincial iq'llatiaittnnumberoi students in special clam. is limited. "Doyoutncreaaothe numbcoiyomin the class. or do you make moreclaaom and Me tmon ermavor to persuadetheteachersto York Manor employees open contract talks NEWIARKET' The second round of contract negotiations between York imiand its Canadian Lniai oi Public Employees iCUPEI Mind today. as York Region mgotiata Jack Rattle met with CL'PE negotiator Hden Brown once again across the berg-aunt table This time, its local 1514 rQrmaiting some 90 York Manor service employees which is presenting contract demands The Local had met once with Region rqirmmtanvm in lime. Plan motel, theatres in By MARLA FLETCHER Era News Editor problems and 0MB hearings. developer Joe Gelleny is one step closer to building a motel and other commerCial factlitim in Aurora In a prdiminary site plan prmaited to the town s planning and development committee last week. the developer outlined a 634mm motel twin movie theatre. major car dealership. restaurant and professional office buildim it! his tl-acre site opposite St Andrew's College on Yonge St N Church nee NEWMARKET - A local churdi grow trying to sponsor a family of boat people has already encountered its first major snag Carol Griffiths, of the Christian Baptist Church. said they have been told by the government to expect their refugee The committee deCided to grant Mr Gelleny'srequeetthatthe whole site be mned high way commercial to allow the commercial land use. and will make that recommendation at counCIl's Aug 22 meetii' At present. the site is zoned high density rmidential except for a three- acre area at one end which was zoned highway commerCial to accommodate the motel and highrtse apartment complex proposed seven years ago With the entire site zoned highway com mercial. the developer can qu plannim the dressmsker and the father is a small ap pliance rQairman The oldest daughter a former medical studait is sp parently spokesman for the group because she can speak English The father can also speak English Mrs Grtiiiths said family to arrive by the they were hopingtoftma aid of the month or early prt of September Their problem is that they waai't soon and they have not start with. is a scarcity of rental accommodations in Newmarket." said Mrs Griffiths. "A great deal oi it is substandard The people in our group are very conscious oi the fact that we woulmi't want to put them into a slum." Ste pointed on that they had subimtted their application for spon. sorship in May and were told there would be a six- month waiting period beforethefamily arrival The govcnment had recommended that they 00 IO Md W and ( ourthomewasstruck by accommodations until they know the also of the family. The placetorentfor x)to $375 a month She also potnted out expecting that they have not found the family to arrive so the family )Obl because they wanted to pve them a chance to settle in first The exact date of the kind of commercial complex he mde to support the proposed maelin its initial stagm By reacting the whole site arxi not follow a specific site plan. plan ning committee chair- man Richard Isaacaon painted out that the develops will have more flexibility and town councu will have more control over indivithial troposals in the com meroal package at the sevaance and site plan stage The original plans for multifamily restcbnttal apartmmt towers were drowed when "we found that thce s no way we BOAT PEOPLE d3 home for refugees For more in formation. In Griffith can be ruched by calling m- The local chapter of Operation Lifeline has also encountered problems in its aideavor to help the boat people but talks tagged down over monetary issues. and the union group applied it: conciliation Folio-mg the July so ratiiicatiai of a two-year contract with CUPE local 18.1. however. the York Manor group agrcd to meet with the rqiai once more before gout to it: caiciliator win has recently been apposnted WM wither side will discuss contract amends while the two at are in nqotiation. can merchandise multi family residential at this time it Just doesn't pay." Mr Gelleny told the planning committee Meanwhile. he said it needs the revenue from other commercial developments on the site to make the motel - which would be Aurora s first source of hotel ac mmmodation feasiblein its early years A motel isn't really a paying propositiai until the town populatiai reacheszowo Mr Gelleny stated He added that many town businesses have con tacted him and (. ounCillor Earl Stewart to tell them low they would welcome Toni Greenwood. one of the coordnaton. said they lost a houseiul of furniture because they could not find a truck to anyone with a truck to laidahand Shecanbe workers' have traditionally closely followed the isms of me recently signed with P had been working' M hotr weeks ito be mild in over the twoyear period and use a motel in the town lf coun'ol accepts the planning committee's recommendation for ruoning. the matter will meeting approval amendment can be given Development of the thrir acre piece of land that was originally designhted for com mercxal uses mimit get underway sooner however Mr Gellen) told the planning com mittee that he had posted an 380.000 letter of creth with the town for upgrading and nits sewage capamt) at that location reached by calling all 388i The next genera! meetim of the Operation Lifeline group will be held tomorrow Thursday: at 7 30 p m in the Newmarket ( ommuruty t entre Early-bird firesirens were set off by short NEWMARKET if you were suddenly awakened around i 20 a in Friday by the town s fire alarm stress you had family's arrival will depend on how the government transports them. edit-d Mrs Grif- fiths good reason to be irked Thu-e was no fire Then arotmd lo a m the alarm went off again Still there was no fire Bell Canada finally managed to locate the problem pm it around 12 30 turned out that there was a crack tn a lead cable belund the rqiatry office on Main St The cable. which con nects the lines between the fire station on Main St and the one on Davis Dr . had become wet and caused the Circuits to cross According to one report. the firdighters still turned out to fight a 'fire ' Dog warns family of roof fire Al'RORA hadn't been for his dog and his intuition. Josqph Ryba mi it have lost more than his roof and mrt of his home in last Wednesday s fierce storms The 60 St Andrew s nouei," said Mr Ryba "but there was nothing. solwentbacktobed"A second check by his son and another look by Mr Ryba also proved fruitless. but their supictons were around and he went eta into the street for further in- lidttning sometime after vestigatim 2 a m in Al. O. and the , St Andrew's College m "may kitchen worker awohe to Mdlms i'indhisroofin amm, iatherlntheirao sal-ig with two girb ad two boysrangii inagmiran atoll. My little thg bar d so i got up and i checked the windows and the firdiuiters rmponded to the call, and battled the blaze until 7 27 Wed nesday morning Fire chiei Stu Wilson said th was the came of the fire. estimated damage at about 812.000 The roofoi for treatment for an illness earlier in the wtek Although his in strance will cover the coatoirepatrs. hir hyba said it wotdd be abota a maith bdtn'e the reel wouldberqilacedandhe and his family could leave the Newmarket moteiwherethey'renow aayii'andrdurnhome. . Ryba also chimney where The thought he heard a

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