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toe tribune thursday december 15 1977 17 2f hostel may be located in york newmarket an emergency hostel could soon become a reality in york region at least thats the hope of a small group of social service agency workers whove banded together to form an non profit corporation called project hostel theyre hoping to secure government grants that will enable the project to get on its feet while the workers who originally comprised the emergency housing registry all have backgrounds in provision of shortterm emergency accommodation in private homes the hostel proposal is an entirely new concept but they arent going into the campaign without some ex perienced help anne cools executive director of women in transition a toronto hostel geared to helping mothers and children moving out of their homes and into lives of their own met with project hostel members last week and promised the group both moral support and any resource material needed to launch the program the york project will fill a definite need ac cording to ms cods in outlying areas there is a lack of emergency housing she noted that vacuum deprives people of the right to solve their problems without moving far from their home area housing service places one a day the above is a scene from- the upcoming nativity play birth of kjngs the puppet show will be seen this friday dec 16 at the stouffville united church tickets can be purchased at the whitchurch stouffville library or from ucw members the puppets were created by mary baggs and diane passafiume newmarket york regions emergency- housing service is now finding accommodation for about one person every working day sylvia moustacalis coordinator said there new pickering taxi bylaw pickering the represents a radical new pickering taxi change in the pickering bylaw to be approved by bylaw council monday night under the old bylaw drug charges on markham men markham two markham area men have been charged with drug offenses after in vestigation by members of the york regional drug squad and rcmp according to a police report on oct 18 an undercover agent met with one suspect who sold him a street hit of speed for 30 oct 25 the same undercover agent met the suspect again and obtained three ounces of columbian marijuana for 125 last week dec 7 at 855 pm both accused met with the undercover operator in markham and one pound of columbian marijuana was sold to him for 600 at 920 pm the same night both the suspects were arrested on high way 7 and each was found to have a quantity of marijuana in his possession wm montgomery talbot 21 rri markham and milane anthony kalvoda 22 lot 3 cone 6 markham milliken will appear in court dec 13 to set a date for trial charges against wmmontgomery talbot include one count of possession of marijuana two counts of trafficking in marijuana and one count of trafficking in methamphetamine speed charges against mr kalvoda are possession of marijuana and trafficking in marijuana mr talbot was released from jail last- thursday on 5000 bail an applicant would apply for a license would be put on a waiting list and as licenses became available or were created the people at the top of the list would be offered the licenses this system created problems in the taxi in dustry because people were getting licenses and werent using them but were leasing them out to other people under the new bylaw that is all thrown out and anyone who meets the requirements and who lives in the town can get a license to own a cab there could in effect be an unlimited number of taxi cab licenses the town requirements are that the applicant be able to read and write and speak english be over 18 pass a test on knowledge of the towns georgraphy and supply a doctors cer tificate verifying that the applicant is physically able to drive a cab the fees are for drivers license 10 owners license is 750 and to renew owners license is 100 per annum the taxi industry in the town is expected to make its comments on the new bylaw at monday nights council meeting were 15 placements in november for people who needed a place to stay for a week or two she said the service is needed because there is a lack of lowcost rental housing in the region this is only a stop gap measure it doesnt end the housing problem ms moustacalis said york is notoriously lacking in lowrent housing with ontario housing corporation oho apartments only in sutton and aurora ohc also subsidizes 13 senior citizen apartment buildings in the region ontario housing requires the support of municipal councils and most councils in york have been reluctant to co operate but 12 residents have not been reluctant to offer their homes for emergency housing people on welfare childrens aid wards and others have thus had a place to saytemporarily at least jane and laurence wilson of richmond hill are one couple who helped the situation taking in five homeless people we saw the service mentioned in the newspaper said mrs wilson our house is bigger than we could use so we thought it was the least we could do the wilsons have one child a 2yearold girl who breaks the ice when someone new moves in for a week or two mrs wilson said added the director of the toronto hostel to helen hamilton the lack of a york region shelter is more than just a matter of rights with no hostel available the battered wives mrs hamilton hopes to help can only be given temporary shelter before being forced to return to their homes most women have to go back to their husbands because we dont have a place for them to go she said sunday you just try to take them out of the emergency situation in georgina town ship alone mrs hamilton has been called in to aid an estimated 20 battered wives during the past six months lyn robertson the family and childrens services volunteer director who chairs project hostel said a shelter while serving more than mothers and children will initially draw its largest response from women and their youngsters we can place a lot of the singles up here she explained but who wants a mother with four kids the evidence we have at family and childrens services is that every month or two months we have mothers who have been evicted currently fcs sends the most urgent cases to toronto shelters such as women in transition in doing so the mothers case is assumed stephens elected chairman aurora thorn- hill trustee john stephens will soon be known as chairman john stephens after winning election to the york county board of educations top seat chairman won t officially monday night on the first take office until the initial vicechairman elected aurora trustee norm weller said in a jocular vein that as the new chairman and vice same members for museum brougham the 197677 pickering museum advisory committee members have been reappointed for 1978 by pickering executive committee the appointments are to be confirmed at pickering council this coming monday the members are wally biernacki chairman ron hoar joan marr gwen mowbray and representing the town are tom quinn director and joan alfrey and tom quinn director in mr quinns monthly report to council he points out jhat the committee if still in deliberation on the consultants reports for moving the museum from brougham to greenwood he said hopefully they will choose the consultants within the next few weeks and a recommendation to council will be coming in the next month the present museum site has been ex propriated for the proposed pickering airport ballot opposing the separate school representative for the chairmans position were vice chairman doreen quirk and markham trustee donald cdusens trustee harry bowes ran unopposed for the vice chairmans seat and was elected by acclamation prior to the vote craig cribar put forth a motion that the elections of chairman and vice- chairman take place in the same manner that is by a secret ballot as opposed to the way they used to be run prior to the meeting the chairman elect took the chair and then the meeting in if we have january a change of heart between now and then can we take another vote at that meeting to which mr cribar the outgoing chairman responded this board has been known to change not only its heart but also its kind and several other parts of its anatomy in the past so that possibility is a distinct one after his election mr stephens said he was moved by the trust shown in him by the other trustees and he extended his thanks to mr cousens and mrs quirk for the way they ran their campaigns students could be charged for materials aurora the york county board of education wants to charge elementary students 4 a year to pay for pencils paper etc and also wants to levy a security deposit on textbooks the boards finance committee made the recommendations to the board at its last regular meeting monday night recommended that all elementary students be charged the sum of 2 per student twice a year with a maximum of 8 per family per school said the recommendation for miscellaneous consumable supplies such as pencils paper etc and that a security deposit of 3 per student to a maximum of 6 per family be collected to ensure the return of text books in good condition or to otherwise cover the cost of replacement the deposit will be refunded at the end of the year on satisfactory receipt by the school of the text books it was also recom mended that a deposit fee of 7 per year be collected from all secondary school students to ensure the return of their text books in good condition donut shop damaged a stouffville man has been charged with mischief after the country style donut store on main st e stouffville was damaged early wednesday dec 7 a disturbance was reported at the shop at 310 am and when police arrived they found holes punched in the walls of the premises terence stephen cogar 19 of 101 tindale rd stouffville was arrested and charged and will appear at court jan 17 have you taken her out lately dining out with anna marie the parkway hotel is the place popular lunches intimate dinners 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you and all your loved ones hutchinson john deere farm supply limited rr 2 hwy 48 3 miles north of hwy 47 stouffville ontario 6402692 by metro toronto social service agencies theyre right outside our jurisdiction so we lose them explained mrs robertson the mother suffers from more than the loss of contact with her home social service agency many are lost in the big city said the project chairman and to them thats scary that doesnt mean that mothers should remain in their home community however the most likely location for a shelter is the heavilypopulated yonge st corridor helen hamilton accepting that fact that georgina mothers will have to go south for help favors an aurora rich mond hill locale such sites are closer to jobs counselling and social services that prove valuable in helping a mother get established on her own she explained buoyed by informal discussions with ms cools last week mrs robert son said staffing the york shelter should prove no problem the applications you get 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