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the tribune thursday january is 1976 3 lotai attist wins award fof book on indian legend shirley day formerly of stouffville is making a name for herself in the art world and in book publishing a recently published book star maiden an objibwa legend of the first water lily contains her sketches the book was written by pat robins of cedar grove and recently received the collier macmillan prize for juvenile literature the author and the artist will be present this coming friday from 7 9 at john lords books mrs day also has a display of her art work at the whitchurchstouffviile library throughout the month of january iveif school use policy some fees eliminated school boards called whipping boys school tax bills could be possible barrie the province is ex perimenting with separate tax billing by school boards education minister tom wells said here last week his comments came as the provincial cabinet met with school board and municipal officials from four regions in cluding york to discuss tight new controls on the economy mr wells said school boards have become the j common whipping boy of the municipalities in any discussion of restraint in spending the statement touched a sore note for one aurora councillor why the hell dont they send out their own tax bills asked coun cillor jack williamson the education minister said several areas are experimenting with separate tax billing but noted that such a scheme would increase cost to the taxpayers tviday york public school board officials saif there are no plans fo license revoked after failing to remain charge york region an uxbridge town works employee who failed to remain at the scene of an accident june 14 on main st stouffville was convicted in newmarket court last week and fined 100 james machesney 39 father of three children pleaded guilty tothe charge laid by york regional police and told the court through his counsel that he had not been aware of the seriousness of the ac cident when t occurred police said property damage resulted from the accident at main and montreal streets but no injuries were reported counsel for machensney told the court his client works as a truck driver for the municipality of uxbridge and the conviction will mean a loss of his job he said mr machesney regretted his act and added that the con sequences to his family will be severe this is a serious offence observed judge ian munro he com mented there are so many people who try to avoid prosecution this way mr machesney s licence will be suspended separate billing within the region they cited the ministers stance that such a program would be more costly than the present billing system of the 230 million or eightper cent increase in provincial aid to local governments school boards will receive 151 million or about two- thirds of the total hike last weeks meeting was told during a press conference following the barrie meeting provincial treasurer and minister of economic and intergovernmental af fairs darcy mckeough said the higher increase to school boards allows for costs that are not as controllable as those at the municipal level the municipalities have much more discretion than the school boards do the minister noted mr mckeough ex plained that school boards are committed to staff salaries to a much higher percentage than municipalities aurora policy 39 york region public school boards formula permitting community use of school facilities was expected to receive a mixed greeting when introduced during the boards first regular session of the year here monday night the revised policy eliminates fees for community groups gary adamson the markham- trustee who engineered the revisions explained in an interview prior to the meeting not that all com munity groups will avoid paying a fee for the use of school facilities but the only cost will be for what the board terms out of pocket expenses t external uses on weekends and school holidays mr adamson said the effect of the policy is to charge a group for use of a caretaker on weekends when the caretaker would not normally be at the school what were trying to do is to get people to schedule most of their use during the week when a caretaker is normally at the school he explained if approved the new policy will create ad ditional cost for the board the parkway hotel will be pleased to provide a special j birthday or anniversary cake to any group of 6 or more j celebrating at dinntr in the j hwy 7 leslie street 8812121 special seating for large or small groups j a report presented to trustees monday night set community use of schools costs iu 1975 at 221000 with revenue of 33000 this year board of ficials estimate the overall cost will jump to 237000 coupled with the loss in revenue under the nocost policy proposed monday the board would have to assume an ad ditional 49000 in ex penses mr adamson ad mitted the recom mendation could face a rocky road to approval due to financial restraint being urged for all levels of government im worried about this thing because its a straight money situation he confessed prior to mondays meeting he noted however the proposal merely represents a shift in rather than additional tax burden the money either comes from the municipal government or you can pay it through the board of education he said we are assuming the financial burden directly on the educational tax 8 when spread across the entire region the burden is practically non- existent the markhara trustee stressed j its less than 1 per household he said were not in education to raise money the schools belong to the people were returning the schools back to the people where they belong- under the policy introduced monday a community- group is defined as an organization consisting of 85 percent local mem bership snowmobile tuneup special check adjust spark plugs check adjust points check adjust ignition timing check adjust carburetors check align steering check adjust track check drivebelt check lighting 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