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(mus VAN KRIEKEN In staff reporter - ryii to get a straight amwer Ted Antone cm at times be challenging my two friends flew their antique airaaft into behind the Goorgina CiVic Centre on the .. to help raise money for the Whippa Watson RUINA Fund for Georgina ,' Rankine new his own 1&2 Tiger Moth Right .mm was a lMAermca Chief flown by zoyear- Tdtim of Nobleton and a 1940 Aaonca ( hief .mir old Tony Booth of Toronto at the controls , ' are .ill membas of The Goose Squadron Be .irn asking how that got started i. half is became we're patriotic." grimed Mr 'The goose represents Canada " . . statement promptly produced an unflattering My finger! from Mr. Booth. other half you can t print." roared Mr Just don't turn your back to us " question on his age produced the statement that only 19 ,m\('f . i even shaved yet." he chuckled. rubbing ables on his Chin prepared when asking him what he does when l flying m , pl lp and l'm recruiting What are you tonight was his gleeful rapome as he tried to _ a lecherous esprusion mil hearted attempt at a leer gave way to a from Mr Rankine and his fria s l thujl Wr f lhll dO I! yelped, still standup comic he s Mt Rather. this 27*y earold or man is the vicerpreaident for an office i firm one of the inspiring forces behind the .. dirtlel race and a lover of antique planes i timse Squadron. he admitted. was famed last it the pilots wae dang charity rides for the 0 Way It was decided to form a group which perform in charities and other actiVities . e tire approitimately eight planes involved bout it people socially" explained Mr Rankine an .i rough landing for tlrse three membas of dron as they put down in a bushy field behind tre As soon as they landed, however. they were . . by curious spectators Rankine quickly asked that the planes not be . because they are fragile He lata explained - planes are rugged while airborne but an TlORA Bill Cole M an ad parachute 4 Wm et m3 w ulna" e - O _ WWI hing to nutty a iaisnowim hand could quickly it ict damage to them while on the ground The Moth is a very rugged airaaft when it s doim what it's supposed to do." he explained You can't stand in a birch hark canoe when it'son land but you can when it's in water." added Mr Taylor "Tlnt a the best way of explairnng it." Mr Booth's plane rqiutodly was. once used by bank robbaa to make their escapes That is until the who. shot at it Mr Rankine gloofuh statal that it was iustalittlehll . when the police finished with it " 1' lt still is now," he laughed Mr h ,. Rankine also it The three planoa wan just part of 22 airaaft which flew from Van- couva to Toronto and back again At one point while crossing the Prairies. Mr. ,Rankine said. they even had a cyclist on a to sped bicycle beat them Mr Booth's plane ended up in a lake and Mr Rankine isn't tellim how he and Mr. Taylor finished. "We all finished. he chuckled, "There wae some who were more competitive One in prtlcular and he won The real winners were lb ones partiCipating in - it The race meant travelling more than 6.000 miles with no radio communicatiat between them There are rules to follow when operatim the planes but Mr Rankine pooled but that the planes provide them with total freedom "(in weekends we can just go," added Mr Taylor Why do you need something that goes mmilesan hour His own plane will go Wmilesan-hour and travels appr mater to miles on a gallon of gas " don't have to sit in 400 traffic either. he stated . e I ,, oi . Parachutlst Bill Cole carefully folds his, chute following a descent at last weekend s Georgina Spectacular arachutist born 150y ars late two jumps without a On these jumps. he left the aircraft a split second behind another lumpa who carried a spare chute He would manoeuva to the man while falling at ova 150 mile-pa-hour and snap the spare chute onto his harness Opening the chine at only 3.000 feet above the groiaid. he would laid safely His brochure reports that he is the only Canadian to have ac compliahed such a stunt and the only man urine world to h'e dine it more than once. i love ' rpm admitted "They are 016 good himp. i probably have the moat intaoating It; hook in Canada." His log book verifies the rmrk. it shows that he has Limpod in Souh America. North Carolina. Ohio. Saskatchewan. Hanna. Albata. an! all ova Ontario. Hewdlranombas thstaain . do at "a postage stamp" below He has jumped when it s been .60 degrees Farenheit and received frostbite for his efforts. Why dos he do it" Because they pay me," he stated simply When he turns 50, in thra years. he plans on dotng 50 consecutive jump to commemorate the cum Just to prove that l'm not ova the hill." he chuckled Earlier jumping in Collimwood for the Highland Games Bedecked in the traditional Scottish kill. Mr ( ole raised a few eyebrows from people who wondered if he was wearing it according to proper Scottish tradition "I got a lot rapaile from it." dwickled However, he ad mittodhe was wearing "a flamiiu red batting suit undaneath" in 1973 he claimed the Canadian High Altitude Freefall record with a yump, from 36.916 feet (hiring which he fell for tw and a,half minutas be e opening his chute how he's hoping to take is balloon ova the at. t mark to break that record To linen to him tell it. there almost seems to be nothing exciting about parachuting. syuat a long. long. almost boring fall. he admitted of he in July be repeated the first parachute jump ever time in ( ariada 60 years ago The Jump was originally made by Frank Ellis J Vancouver. who died ti: day before Mr Cole made the an nivasy'y lump Nevertheless. he imitat the jump just as it was dine in 1919 He wore an old-fashioned bathing suit. an inner tube aromd his waist. an irvitr parachute. running shoa and no helmet With these - 1 5' Antique aircraft buffs got a treat last weekend when these three members of The Goose Squadron new behind the (ioergina t'iv'ic t entre Public transit, highways key T Sitting on a 1942 Tiger Moth is left. Tony Booth. Ted Rankine and Len Taylor H to Region s future: study The with the paper 3 Stand on cesaoria he plunged into Lake Erie "l nearly froze. said He pomted out that one of the exciting aspects of his yob is thi- Niall involved That's the Closest the average ( anadiatz can get to going into he claimed . He remembered wlrn he was. talking with James Lovell. ctiiti manda of Apollo 13 win. told him that when he was coming down he at least would have millions of people who could help him if something went wrong if Mr something would die "You ve got to really like it " said Mr (. ole "There's always an dement of risk if you decide to become da rous ' ill Cole and The Descenders will be performing at the Georgina Civic ( entre this weekend as part of the fostmtias for the Georgina Spectular he did he ( tile wrong NEW MARKET Yorks transportation needs for the future demand much greater emphaSis on public trainit. the estemiion and completicm of vital routes like Hwys 89. tot and to? and ongomg trans portation reviews Those are the main directives set down in a transportation policy statement adopted by York RQIonal Council last week at its rqtular August meeting The policy paper is one of a series of policies which are being prepared for l tlUSlOD in the rg'iut. 2. films l lan As he presented the transportation pclicy paper. York engineering t r Bob Hodgson told council members that its success would depend on the co operation and iomt i-f forts of Metro Toronto mumCipalities. and York Regim. provincial and federal authorities He also stressed the need for improved rapid transit serVices throughout the rQion which would feed into the Toronto transit systems. and indicated that a key proposal is the extaisim of the Spadina sibway north to a new east-welt rapid tranSIt lit! north of Hwy 4m in metropolitan Toronto "Presently about eight to m per cent of the people living in York Region are llth public tranSit Mr llodgsoii explained This policy aims at mership by about it) per cent by the year Ml' Regional counCillors were generally pleased with the policy paper, and adopted it afta a modest amount of di kcussion and few amendments to its w'ordim All expressed agreement that rapid and public transit usership must increase in the region. and called for increased transit saVice. between the region s urban centra At the request of rqunal comdllors Tom Taylor and llargarot Britnell. the paper will include the concept of commuter rail in its areas recommended for detailed study To me, the thing that would cause the least itsges ' at U in ll would be to en ctiurl the use of commuter rail system said \ewmarket representativ e T om Taylor The engineering staff commented that use of the rail system would be limited became of the cost involved in extending good service to the region s widespread population and because of the lack of room for ex pansmn within Metro Toronto Mr Hodgson pointed out that three or four years ago a commuter rail mt between Barrie and Toronto was costing close lt t 314mm per passenger in annual subSIdit-s Early adoption of the policy was reqmred by council in order to I Sld him iirt as til priority and to enact setback by laws and access control by laws in orclr ti proteit the planned i111 innal roads system tither main proposals in the policy paper called for housmg within \ ork region which would ac cornmodate a full range of occupations in order to reduce the need for region residents to commute extension of the East Metro Tram- ptirtation (. orridor north from Metro to at least the Hwy 12 Junction in diistrial areas located near major trans pottation arteries traffic impact studies on all future s'tt's and trucking routes for gravel pits and solid waste disposal. establishment of an "adequate regional roads system and the preserving of rightof-way and setback areas for reqmred transportation routes The only thing that was missing from the policy paper, said regional chairman Bob l- orhan, was some in dicatim that the region would encourage the establishment of major parting faculties for car pools and those coni- rnutaawhotnust drivoto a maja public trust! collector point What's missing from this mpa is some indication of the municrpal facilities already in the planning major l l'llrhdn to.d regional councillors Probably there should be a bus lane or a rapid trarni' lane almg the {04 Itself he added and the Kauai should be working to ensure co operation among the municipalities and with the region to provide and encourage this kind of muniCipal pirking and car pool planning Mr (ounczl agreed increased bus among York munICIpalities feeder transit in Metro heavily facilities Region and to facilities Toronto (ounctllors spa-Cit ically required impoved service to the Georgina and l efferlaw and East (iwillimbury area: and between Newmarket and Aurora The papa states that some 500 busa plus in creased savice m the Richmond Hill commuta rail service will be required by 1!!) within the region as opposed to the current service with To buses and limited commuter rail service to Richmond Hill Region health workers win 15.2% wage hike \l-IHMAHKET Wage hikes of 152 per cent iver two years have been granted by York Regional ( ounCil as .t ratified contract set tlements for Region employees in ( locals 1076 and Lin The list) locals represent some 12!! regional service workers at \ork Manor and pulilii lralth employees The union locals ratified the contract settlement in meetings on Aug 2! and 23 in addition the contract established a dental plan for the union employees paid by the Region for kitchen housekeeping and maintenance workers at York Manor. a shift premium of 2:3 cents per hour was established for those employees working staggered shifts on Saturdays and Sundays They were not compensated in any way for working hours like that under the old con tract while others workim rotatiru shifts are compemated said region negotiator Bob Scuilion For public health employas. the contract stipulated that raistered Nursing Assistants RNA s: would see a yob rate increase beyond the is 5 pa cent already set across-the-board The RNA) rate increase is 8237 retroactive toJan l. 1979 and an additiaial 8214 on Jan 1. in) "T h e r e w a s mmethmg like a 00 pa cent spread between wag. paid to nuns and .an RNA! said Mr MNPUMIIQUHHM .sectiornalongthe ht. kulhon We foit'the o . request we justified letter of intent wiii accompany the settlement for 1076 councillors during last very also contract Local learned week 5 .liscussmn It will state that the region will try to prov idc a minimum of m months work to those hired in a lomonth beats with two week warnings of layoffs New Ford (lea fer to open in .4 u rora Al RUHA - tie-w lord dealership will be ope-rating in the town 1.": a few weeks according to some local sources Two partners have leased the property of iv an Daniels at no tinge \ t , Mr Daniels said in an interview Monday in order to renovate the former farm equipment sales outlet for showroom space The partners have indicated they re planning on staying for qune a while Mr Daniels stated Although he Mill owns the property Mr Daniels is now in the process of tryim to relocate his farm equipment business without suspending service He had been selling from the the \onge St Site since 1946 Earlier speculation about the Ford franchise by town comicillor Earl Stewart had sggated that the leasing arrangement was tern~ porary A malt! Ford baleriiip is one elanait of a commeraal wopoaal now before council fa aan ii acre site opposite St Andrew's Collqe The site is owned by developer Joe Gelleny and requir. final ap t. provai hit an Ufflt ill l lan amendment to allow commert ial uses. before rezoning and a site plan agreement can proceed Along with the car dealership. a motel twin movie theatres a restaurant and professmnal office Mildlm are planned Newman leaves cabinet STtil'Fl- y'lLLl-L York-Durham KP? Bill Newman p. m