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Downspouts Must Go, No Discharge Into Sewers years. The plant proper. which serves essentially that area within the pie-1971 boundaries of Richmond Hill, was designed to handle a flow of 1.6 MGD. or a population of some 16,000 based on a possible conserva- tive standard of 100 gallons per person per day. An equaliza- tion holding tank brought into use last year previded an in- creased capacity of some 0.3 MGD. bringing present ‘capac- ity' to 1.9 MGD or a population of 19,000. "It should be pointed out that these ‘capacities' are based on a minimum of storm water in- filtration. whereas the Town of Richmond Hill has serious prob- lems in this regard. In a written statement, Mr. though the town's position in Schiller said: “The matter of this matter has been sustained sewage treatment capacity of and meter adjustments have ac- the plant located on Markham cordingly been made. However. Road has been the subject of that admission by the OWRC is considerable study. concern anduof little or no consequence confusion for a number oflwhen viewed against the large "Early in 1972 and following the 1971 OWRC report on water pollution in Richmond Hill, a dispute arose between the en- gineering department of the town and the OWRC with re- spect to the accuracy of OWRC flow recordings. It appears as Instead, Mr. Oakes stated in‘ a report to regional council} that it was his opinion that the regional area "did not qualify for a detoxification centre un- der the criteria that have been announced by the Ontario Gov- ernment." . He at no time stated or sug- gested that a detoxification centre was not required in the region. Mr. Oakes also reported that the York regional area lies within the Judicial District of York. which also includes Metro. It was incorrectly reportedfiison were pre: in “The Liberal" June 1 thatxing of the pla York Region Solicitor Edward‘to inform that Oakes cemented that a de- view Corporatii toxification centre was not reâ€" objection to .A quired here at the presentithe Richmond? time. ’with flu: Nlinic Story Incorrectly Quotes Solicitor "It would seem that the de- toxification centres allocated to this district are being con- structed within the Metro area." That infiltration of surface water into the Rich- mond Hill sewage treatment system, as suggested last November by Councillor Lois Hancey, is indeed a serious matter, Councillor David Schiller, chairman of council’s works committee. and Construction Engineer Bernard Toporowski agreed in submissions to council Monday evening. However, they did not agree with some aspects of Mrs. Hancey’s statements on the subject at the June 5 council meeting. VOL. 96, NO. 2. This talented group has been very active for the past three years, singing in churches, nursing homes and coffee houses and last Christmas they appeared on Channel 10. the local cable television station. Every weekend finds them An enthusiastic audience were on hand for the second annual concert presented by the local christian folk group, The Mixed Blessings at St. John‘s Anglican Church, Jefferson on June 17. r...“ ...... a“ uh .xu." ited that a deâ€" iew Corporation has lodged an.until we have the results of the me was not re- objection to Amendment 5 of‘studY". at the Present the Richmond Hill Official Plan‘ Chairman Councillor Lois 1Wlth the Minister of Municipal Hancey told the two men that Oakes Slated in Affairs and the mayor. This council felt under an obligation regional counCil amendment would add shopping to honor commitments made 3! Opinion that the plazas to the uses permitted the time of annexation of land "did not qualify;iinder highway commercial zon~ north of the Elgin and that the ation centre un-‘ing. retail flnnr m‘pn etimlv “‘nuld Two and quite possibly threel taken before proceeding major department stores will be[ with this amendment. The included in the shopping cen-; timing is quite critical to tre to be built as part of thei us." BAIF development. on 45 acres Councillor Louis Wainwright on the northwest corner of‘Iformerly a councillor in Vaug- Carrville Road and Yonge'han) recalled that the people of Street. Richmond Hill Council'sJVaughan were sold on the idea Planning Committee learned that they were going to get a July 4. The information came:shopping centre, regardless of ‘from Vice-President Stan Whit-what happened in Richmond kin of the Fairview Corporation Hill. “The development hasn’t which will be building the cen-ichanged since then”. tre in association with Cadillac‘ “We haven‘t taken any steps and the BAIF group. ‘to rezone to implement the 2 Or 3 Major Department Stores In New BAIF Shopping Centre “As reported by the construc- tion engineer in his letter of June 22. 1972, to the Ministry of the Environment and in his and meter adjustments have ac- cordingly been made. However, that admission by the OWRC is of little or no consequence when viewed against the large evidence of actual plant flow. The original minimum floor coverage under the agreement between BAIF and the Town- ship of Vaughan was 180.000 square feet. Mr. Whitkin noted. and indications are that this has grown to more than 500,000 square feet. Mr. Whitkins and Bruce Pat< tison were present at the meet~ ing of the planning committee They apologized that because of a misunderstanding they were not represented at the public meeting held in May on this proposed amendment, which is now awaiting OMB ap- proval. “lmmediate prospects for growth in the area are very limited,” claimed Mr. Whit- kin, “just barely able to support one regional shop- ping centre. We feel that council should have awaited the results of the retail needs study being under- Jan. Public Li"*r.;r gwnahfgni’ ' Joyful Slhgers 01‘ Gospel Songs "i .L ichm 8 3‘0 DU nd H1 11, Ont body that Fair- Mr. Schiller’s presentation went on to say that storm water infiltration results from two sources â€"â€" from the town‘s own sewer pipe system by way of poor joints. cracked pipes. walls of manholes. etc; and from pri- vate weeping tile discharge. ag- gravated by roof discharge in “We haven‘t taken any steps to rezone to implement the amendment." pointed out Re- gional Councillor Donald Plax- ton. who noted that planning committee and council were under constant pressure to change the official plan. then under pressure to change the zoning and then under pressure to sign a development agree- ment. “No steps are being con- templated to implement the official plan change, at least until we have the results of the study”. Chairman Councillor Lois report to works ‘committee April 18. the average daily plant flow has been within de- Sign criteria only during the months of May and June this vear, exceeding the criteria by as much as half a million gal- lons per day in January. Peak daily flow figures have been considerably higher. Evidence now on file indicates the plant would operate at or near cap- acity if no infiltration of storm runoff was occurring.” to honor commitments made at the time of annexation of land north of the Elgin and that the retail floor area study would govern anfihing new. “We're fully aware of your reasons. They are sound and well-based from your point of View. I will convey your opinions to counc11 Monday night". Mr. Whitkins stated his firm was trying to concentrate more facilities in one centre, rather than fragment them. “You must appreciate our position”, Mrs. Hancey told him. “Because of regionalization we are left with five Official Plans and zoning bylaws in bits and pieces". Second row (left to right) Janet Marsh, Cindy Wilton, Debbie Stiver, Kathy Stiver, Billie Locke. Caroline Lomas. Back row standing (left to right) Danny Locke, Ron Stiver, David Wilson, John Gerber and Kent Butler. singing to the glory of God in a contemporary way. They are shown above, front row (left to Heather Gerber, Cheryl Marsh, Lynda Ear], Susie Director Mrs. Betty Carson. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 close proximity to building out-3 almost 20,000 residents of walls He pointed out that the Thornhiu postal area neither of these sources are of east of Yonge Street is the recent origin. first annual financial state- “The Sewer Use Bylaw. ment of their new regional recently adopted by coun- Town of Markham. The oil, will ensure that fur- new town’s annual state- ther aggravation of this ment is published on Page type will not be allowed," 5 of this edition of “The Mr. Schiller said. “Pro- Liberal”. grams now underway should Markham Town now in- go some considerable dis- eludes most of the area for- tance in reducing roof dis- merly administered by the charge â€" but this town is Township of Markham left with a large legacy." (Thornhill, Buttonville, Mr. Schiller estimated the, Unionville areas. etc.) plus cost of removing weeping tilel the former Town of Mark- discharge from the sanitaryt‘ ham at Highways 48 and 7.. sewers at 31375000. based 0n}mumuuuummuuuunuuu11imuummmuminuuuuuuumm a cost of $750 for each removal} 3%“? 63311265 §é5°?he°°?§§§£§Vandals Hit Markham coming from the transfer of} 0.39 MGD per day into the new ' ' ' ' m tttttmttt plant tttm thtRecreatIon Fauhtles present sewage collection areal and the possibility of treatment Incidents of vandalism in the facilities being provided by the recreation areas of Markham province as recommended by Town have resulted in upwards the Gore & Storrey report. he of $2.000 in damages to date does not believe it advisable to;this year according to Recrea- commit the town to these heavy‘tion Director Bruce Holdsworth. expenditures. l Holdsworth ‘told Markham Ski's letter said Town Council members July 4 Mr. Toporow _, __ , , that Mrs. Hanceyvs comment that its becoming an increas- that the taxpayer is paying ex- mgly, Serious Pfob‘em land tra for storm water infiltration theles Just "0 loglcal exp ana' is valid but only to the extenttlorl {mi ‘1' t . . of the cost of operation of the He said that mummpal mam" plant which is about $100 per tenance crews. are being kept million gallons of sewage‘on the go fixmg or replacmg playground or park equipment. treated- urmmu “Mi amt-1, knnnhnc The engineer believes that the cost of eliminating infil- tration entirely is prohibitive and this is apparent in the re- construction works recently completed on Browndale Cres- cent wherein $50 per linear foot was spent. Should this cost factor be applied to replacing 10"? of the. existing sewer mains. the cost would be in excess of a million dollars. he claims. Dye tests will be carried out on buildings where the dis- charge point for roof water is unknown. the engineer reported. He also reported that no buildings have been connected to newly installed storm sewers. “Downspouts are the most obvious things to try to catch.” commented Region- al Councillor Donald Plax- ton. “They are readily seen. Where there are no storm sewers. weeping drainage has of necessity to go into sanitary sewers.“ "Based on the past experiâ€" ence of the construction engin- eer. if we can get rid of the doxmspout discharge we can eliminate 25% of the infiltraâ€" tion," stated Mr. Schiller. “This dmnispout program is under- way“. Mrs. Hancey stated that she’bounds and cost about $450 a would be replying to both state-'set, ments in the future. after com-' "It's not trifling expenses plimenting Mr. Schiller on the we're talking about. There‘s 3 action taken. [lot of money involved." “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Es Markham Town now in- cludes most of the area for- merly administered by the Township of M a r k h a m (T h o r n h i l l, Buttonville, Unionville areas. etc.) plus the former Town of Mark- ham at Highways 48 and 7.. mmmuu\u\\\\\m\u\uuu1ulmuuumumumuummuuumumuu Holdsworth 'told Markham Town Council members July 4 that it‘s “becoming an increas- ineg serious problem and there‘s just no logical explana- tion for it." He said that municipal mainâ€" tenance crews are being kept on the go fixing or replacing playground or park equipment. “They steal park benches, garbage cans. destroy swing seats or dump equipment in the river. Senseless vandalism which seems to be increasing." Holdsw0rth said that “we reâ€" port the damages and losses to the police but there's not much they can do. They make out reports but you can‘t maintain day and night vigilance.“ He added that “we should try and impress the residents of Markham that all this is com- ing directly out of their pock- ets. Someone has to pay for repainting scarred equipment and it's the ratepayers who are doing it. Councillor Bob Adams stated that the “public should be made aware to just what extent this vandalism is affecting then- pockets as taxpayers." .“It‘s gotten worse in the past two months." Mayor Anthony Roman sug- gested Holdsworth prepare a written list of articles that have been destroyed or stolen in the various parks and peti- tion the regional police to try and instigate some kind of pre- ventative measures. Councillor Murray Henderson said that in one case “someone removed two steel soccer goal- posts. These poles weight 300 pounds and cost about $450 a Of special interest to the almost 20,000 residents of the Thornhill postal area east of Yonge Street is the first annual financial state- ment of their new regional Town of Markham. The new town‘s annual state- ment is published on Page 5 of this edition of "The Liberal”. M ark/mm Finances sentfals Liberty; in all things Charity” right) : Locke, mm By JIM IRVING I David underestimates his Parents of students havinglability. says his mother. “He varied success with their 919- was always an honor student". mentary studies can take heart. Did he hit the hooks hard be- they may have a p°tential on" fore exams during the school tario Scholar in their midst. tel-m. cramming in everything At least if the way this.year's but the page numbers in his top 5011013? for the Reglon 0f texts in order to send his aver- Yorkâ€"David Ralph Hinton. 17, age soaring? Nothing quite so of 14 Vintage Lane, Thornhill. dramatic says David. “I just 100155. .at. . it' the“ the above tried to keep up all the time.“ Ontario's Top Scholar Reticent About Ability At least if the way this year's top scholar for the Region of Yorkâ€"David Ralph Hinton. 17, of 14 Vintage Lane, Thornhill. looks at it, then the above could hold true David. who is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Norman Hinton. at- tained an average of 95.5 per- cent on seven subjects in grade 13 at Thornhill Secondary School to achieve his distinction. However, when it comes to being top .student. he hasn't al- ways had the field alone. says the future physician. who also won the Leonard Reuben Wells Scholarship, which will provide full tuition for four years. as well as $300 cash at the Uni- versity of Toronto. His marks topped 114 other aspirants in the area. all of whom had to average 80 percent or more on at least six credits taken within one school year to qualify for the honor. ’ In fact, he says, it took him until grade 12 to hit his peak when he pushed his average up 15 percent. Around about grade seven and eight, “I wasn’t too good." This year he achieved his “best average yet”. lul1m1mmnuumnuumuuuuuumnuuuuu1u1uuuuuumuuuuu And a town flag. bearing the colorful crest and mot- to on a green background, is now vaing from the flag- pole below the Canadian flag. Richmond Hill fire- men have undertaken the daily raising and lowering of the flag or flags, Mayor William Lazenhy told town council. as he presented the new town flag on behalf of the 1973 Centennial Com- mittee. A fountain in memory of Les Baker has been in- stalled beside the walkway into the main entrance to the building. replacing one presented by his family which was removed to per- mit Yonge Street widen- ing. A beautifully designed rose garden. planted by Richmond Hill Horticultur- al Society members, is in full bloom and gives cred- ence to the town's claim of “The Town of Roses”. Something new has been added to the Richmond Hill scene in front of the municipal building. In fact several new things have been added. The majority of members of the York County Roman Catholic School Board be- lieve that the prime inter- est of the trustees is the education of children and that as a board they should not take a stand on the abortion issue. The ques- tion arose at its July 4 meeting when Trustee Paul Tremblay of Georgina mov- ed that the board send let- ters to the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The Prem- ier of Ontario William Da- vis and the Ontario Mini- ster of Health Dr. Richard Potter protesting any fur- ther relaxation of the re- strictions on abortion and asking that these restric- tions be more strictly en- forced so that they do not permit abortion on demand. Catholic Trustees Say Abortion Moral Issue H o w e v e r, the board members felt that as Ro- man Catholic parents. each should make his or her in- dividual protest to the pro- per government authorities. Roses Bloom Flags Flutter DAVID HINTON Top York Scholar the board HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 I VBikes and badminton are his other favorite pasttimes. Another thing he tries to keep‘ up with is his music; and al- though he listens to the modern. it's the classics he's most at home with when he plays the piano. with Tschaikovsky his favorite composer and Glen Gould one of his favorite pian- iists‘ A summer job as a lab tech- nician at the University of To- ronto, however, doesn't leave him much time for hobbies, or holidays. Also, he plans to stay in residence while at school and is working full time so he can finance the latter. A native of Kingston. David came to Thornhill two years ago when his father, who was chair- man of the Department of Bi- ology in medicine at Queen‘s University. moved to Toronto and a similar post at the univer- sity there. David has four brothers. one older one and three younger ones. Older brother Michael, also got an Ontario Scholarship last year. Bylaw 1000 designates this area for single family lots hav- ing a minimum frontage of 50 feet and minimum area of 5,000 square feet each. The committee asked Plan- ning Director Hesse Rimon to investigate this plan in con- Junction with the Feeley appli- cation. _,__V, And according to David, he too was a late bloomer. Although his mother might disagree as to her son's estimate of his brother's progress. har- ried parents will want to take Richmond Hill $40,000 Price 28 New Homes The troubled waters were fin- ally soothed by council with ew the builder in question agreeing ‘to hold off to see if the situa- A proposed plan of subdiviâ€"‘tion does clear itselft sion was recently received from: The Thornhill area has been the Department of Municipaliplagued by the lack of water Affairs for comment and \Vaslfor some time. discussed at the July 4 meet- ing of Richmond Hill Council's r O 77 Planning Committee. The plan,’Tra|n submitted by J. Gelleny Con-l ‘ struction Limited. would divide‘ 4.8 acres of land on Trench Street. immediately north of 9 the Don Head Secondary School grounds, into 28 single family residence lots. Two existing‘ homes W111 remain. ‘ A Maple gravel “Wk driver with the corner lots somewhat larger. The homes to be erected will be of a minimum 1.200 square feet, with two bathrooms and attached garage and will be in the $40,000 range. The average coverage will be about 1.300 and there will be a com- bination of bungalows. split levels and two-storey homes. note It was explained that this is a land assembly and would ex- tend the continuation of Centre Street and of Brian Street. pro- posed in the Feeley Subdivision to the immediate east. to Trench Street. The average lot will have a frontage of 53 feet The construction firm was represented by John Gelleny of King City. Consultant Con- roy Dawson (former County of York Planner) and Realtor Harry Sadler. Mrs. Noreen Lee of Woodbridge expressed the consensus when she said. “I don‘t think this board was elected to deal with such issues. There are other moral issues and un- less we are prepared to take a stand on all moral interests. I don't, think we should focus on any one As individuals I feel we should protest." Present legislation pro- vides (under the Federal Criminal Code and the Onâ€" tario Public Hospitals Act) that hospitals where abor- tions are performed must set up a therapeutic aborâ€" tion committee consisting of five members of the ac- tive medical staff to re- view if the continuance of pregnancy would or would be likely to endanger the patients health or life. Ab- ortions are permitted be- fore the 20th week of the period of gestation. Thornhill's House Ban It was due to expire July 4' Councillor Muldrew also said but council. under the urging‘that a restrictive watering by- of Councillors Roy Muldrewflaw had been passed by council. and Bob Adams. finally decidedl The bylaw outlines the water- to extend the resolution until ing times permitted for various July 1]. sections of the Thornhill area. Councillor Mllldrew told An advertisement designating “The Liberal“ that he was‘the times will be placed in the “quite frankly stalling for time newspapers. because I have every reason t0| “Our idea is not to stop resi- helieve the water situation will dents from watering their flow- be cleared up for all intents ers." Mr. Muldrew said, “but and purposes by July 15-" The just to prevent them from wast- bylaw will then be rescinded. ing too much water on lawns. Lawns may get brown but they lllllllllllilillllillllllllillllllilllllillllllllilllillitlillllllllllllllllllllllllllll wot” die," he said. In Water Crisis lllll“llllll\\lllll“ll1l\\llllll“lll\ll\llll11ll\llll\\llll\\lullllllululllllul“ Markham Town Council Tuesday afternoon rescind- ed its ban on building per- mits in the area. which had been in effect since the end of June. This worried Mayor Anthonyl Roman who felt that council should take a second look be-‘ fore continuing the building‘ permit ban. He suggested that the municipality should have its solicitor study the matter. This displeased Council- lor Muldrew who argued that the ban should be maintained until the water situation was resolved. He said he had been assured by the town's engineer that the water problem should “be in ‘hand by July 15." complaining that he had sold 30 lots for another party who refused to consummate the deal because of the inavailability of building permits. There was some talk of pos- sible legal action against the municipality. A problem had arisen when one builder approached council Mayor Anthony Roman said the town was “keen- ing a constant eye” on the water supply and couldn't “visualize any problems." Mlllllllllllllllll“Wlllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllIllllllillllllllllllllllllllll Train Crumples Truck Hurt Driver Pried Out lllll\lllll|\llllll“\llllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllll“llllllllll‘llluf Muldrew added that the Ger- man Mills well should be op- erating at full capacity by that time as well as two other wells currently being drilled. A Maple gravel truck driver was in satisfactory condition in York Central Hospital at press time after being seriously in- jured when his truck cab was Markham Town Council more-or-less crossed its fingers Tuesday night of last week when it extended until July 11 a ban against issuing building permits in the municipality. Reason: Still an inability to solve â€"- for once and for all â€"â€" the water shortage in the Thornhill area of the municipality. 7 7 7 A _ It'was’ earlier that council had passed a resolu- tion calling a temporary halt to building permits until the water crisis was solved. QUALITY 3% YONG 889-5435 I CARS mm W h a r a F a The ban had been impos- ed as a temporary measure to curtail building until the town‘s water crisis was resolved, and was to ex- pire Tuesday. However, after hearing from two deputations rep- presenting developers urg- ing a restoration of the permits. council said the ban would be lifted. Councillor Bud Bonner said that. with’watering re- strictions now in force in the town. council felt there was “enough water to go ahead." The two hats were re- covered when two young Markham men. formerly of the Victoria Square area and now of Steeles Avenue East. were arrested in a car before it left the Rich- mond Hill Municipal Build- ing parking lot. They were arrested by Regional Con- stables Alexander Ryrie and John Hope. Arrested were Geoffrey Fletcher. 21. and Terry Kingston. 24, both of RR 1. Markham. Disorderly swearing and shouting outside Richmond Hill Provincial Court on Thursday of last week was followed by the theft of two York Region Police of- ficers‘ hats from the Crown attorney's office. HOUSE niblett YRP Off icers’ Hats Stolen THE “The main concern is to keep water in the taps in case of emergencies during the dry spells." Persons convicted of violat- ting the restrictions are sub- ject to a maximum fine of $50. Councillor Muldrew add- ed that if “an emergency water shortage does arise the town has the privilege of sending a sound truck through the area telling the cit'nens to stop watering until further notice." Fail- ure to obey could also re- sult in a $50 fine. 1, The watering times. accord- iing to the various areas denoted {under even and odd numbers, are from 7 to 10 pm. 889-5435 Phone 727-941 RICHMOND HILL Where Cars Cost Less! The crash was at Downtown Sand and Gravel Limited, Keele Street North at Maple, between the company pit and Keele. Recently a derailment in the same vicinity spread a maze of broken railway cars and freight over the area and another gravel truck was hit at another company‘s pit within the past few months. Even-number watering times are Tuesday. Thursday and Sat- urday; odd-number, Monday. Wednesday and Friday. m1\\\\\l\\\\\\l“l\\\u“\ll1lll\l\\l\\l\\\\|\l‘\\l\\\\\l\\\\l\\\\\\\\“\\\\\\\\\\\\‘ The Vaughan Town Fire De partment rescue squad pried the truck driver out of his cab after he had his narrow brush with death. Driver-owner Pio Luc- arelli. 43. of 36 Duncanwood Street. Weston was taken to hospital by York Ambulance. Damage to the new 1972 GMC truck was estimated at $8,000 by firefighters. crumpled between a multi-ton load of sand and a speeding North Bay to Toronto CN pas- <enger train at about 4 pm Monday. The 12-car train was scoured from end to end. ripping oil lines from the locomotive and <mashing all the windows down one side of the 12 cars. Fort- unately nobody on the train was injured. 355 YONGE STREET N‘ CHEV-OLDS Another area firm has decided to try the four-day working week. This time it is the Provincial Service Agencies, located at the corner of Colborne and Yonge Streets in Thorn- hill, with which the York Fire & Casualty is asso- ciated. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY The firm also has a branch at Buttonville Air- port and employs a total of 60 people. Although the offices will be open five days a week. half the staff will work Mondays and half Fridays until the end of September. giving them all 10 long Weekends. The office hours have been extended from 8:30 to 5 pm, instead of 9 to 4:45pm and the lunch break has been out to 30 minutes from 45 minutes for the four days. If the ex- periment proves satisfac- tory, it may be continued throughout the year. It is interesting to note that this firm also oper- ates two company aircraft, which are available to cli- ents from time to time and has built up a large marine market. General Manager Warren Bryce reports. Thornhill Firm Four-Day Work Week House of Quality Phone 727-9453