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Vaughan Amendment 39 has increased the 162 acres rezoning from rural to resi- dential first introduced in 1969 to 395 acres and the potential population from 1,300 to 1.800. The minimum lot area has been increased from 15,000â€"18,000 to 20,- 000 square feet. R. HILL’S DOORSTEP “This would in effect create a small community right on the boundary of Richmond ‘Hill (Bathursit Street is the boundary line between Vaughan and Rich- mond Hilll, which would be functionally related to this town," stated Planning Di- rector Hesse Rimon. “Preâ€" sumany t'hese 1.800 people would use the town's recreâ€" ation facilities, such as the swimming pool, the parks, the rinks and the library, without contributing one tax dollar towards the provi- sion of these services. At the same time their custom may help the merchants of this town at a time when such help willgbe needed badIY. It‘s a two-edged sword and 'has its pros and cons." SEPTIC TANKS, WELLS Mr. Rimon continued, “This could bring real pressure to To Add 3rd Storey Church St. Building At Elgin - Bathurst “T-he cat's cult of the bag now as to how extensive a development is expected.” commented Regibnal Coun- cillor Lois Hancey at the Jaâ€" nuary 9 meeting of Rich- mond Hill Council's planning committee when she learned of a Town of Vaughan Amendment to the Official Plan which would see a poâ€" pulation of 1,800 people es- tablished on 395 lacresr‘on the northeast corner of Elgin Mills Sideroad and Bathurst Street. This is a Milani de- velopment. A substantial addition in- cluding a third floor for the office building at the north- east corner of Markham Road and Church Street was approved by Richmond Hill Council's Planning Commitâ€" tee January 9 and a site plan will be prepared by the plan- ning staff. VOL. 97,‘NO. 29 Add 1,800 fialton Hicks and George .l“l\“l\lll\\l\l\lllllllllllmuN“ll“lllllllll“l\l\llll\\1\ll\llll“le M a cf a r! an 9 Faces New Charges Macfarlane was original- ly charged with attempted murder following the beat- ing of a young hitch-hiker whom he gave a ride to, but a jury later found him innocent of the charge. John Macfarlane, 23, of no-fixed abode, who last month received a one-year sentence for wounding a King City youth, now faces charges ‘of theft following an investigation by York Regional Police. While he. was on bail for the latter charge, a man used a stolen credit card to obtain $300 worth of gaso- line in the region. It was as a result of that matter, which investigation police completed January 9, that Macfarlane will be subsequently charged. Reacting to citizen protests in some parts of the region, York County Board of Education rec- ently considered revisions in its policy on student funds and stud- ent projects involving funds. Under policy established in 1969, students are allowed one major fund-raising activity in each school each year on the under- standing that it will not unduly interfere with normal school rou- tines, and that it be organized by the students. In addition to this one major project. policy leaves to the good judgment of various student councils the degree to which stud- ents will be encouraged to par- ticipate in money raising activiâ€" ties for charitable organizations by serving as taggers, collectors of funds (for example UNICEF) Board policy encourages them to seek ways (if giving service to their communities in raising funds in the community, with the “sales of goods by door-toâ€"door canvas- sing" the last method considered. Student Fund Raisi: By MARGARET LADE He also noted that there will be a problem of storm drainage into the Mill Pond and developing of the area will increase the runoff into that body of water. He poin- ted out that the second phase of development in the area presumes connection with- the Richmond Hill water and sewage disposal syS'LetrnS, rather than the wells and septic tanks cal- led for in the first phase. develop more land in Rich- mond Hill and Vaughan on the basis of septic Itanks and wells." He found ‘the pro- posed development in direct controversy with the residen- tial policies started in Vau- ghan’s Official Plan and stated he felt the develop- ment should be 1allowed (if at all) only at a density of two persons per acre rather than the proposed 3.3 per- sons per acre. Mrs. Hancey thought that in light of the new proposal council could well change its attitude to this develop- ment recalling that it had entered no objections to the first proposal since there was no question of services (ex- cept firefighting since the Richmond Hill fire hall would be much closer than any in Vaughan). She also recommended [that the deve- lopment should have no en- trance from Bathurst Street and only one on Elgin Mills Road Sideroad West. She also felt it unwise to proceed with these plans until the Region of York's Official Plan has been approved. Chassie represented Wood- lane Developments Ltd., own- ers of the building. Mr. Hicks reported that when the build- ing was erected in 1968 fu- ture expansion was envisaged and some provisions. such as elevator shaft to serve a third floor, were made. Since that time the company has bought the two houses and proper- ties to the east of the build- ing. To make seven more parking spaces available than are required the second house will be razed, Mr. Chassie reported. There will be 41 parking spaces. all behind the 25 foot line from Mark- ham Road. Present tenants of the building are the York County Health Unit and the Central Ontario Regional Library Association. The health unit‘s plumbing department occuâ€" pies the first house to the east. .Mr. Chassie reported that CORLA requires addi- tional space. Chairman David Stephen- son ruled that Regional Councillor Lois Hancey would not be in conflict of interest even though she is a member of CORLA since she would receive no monetary benefit. either directly or indirectly from the committee’s decis- ion. “There is no conflict of interest â€" you just have the best interests of the town at heart." he said. On motion of Chairman David Stephenson the mat- ter was referred 'to town council. YORK' REGIONAL PLAN as canvassers, or by participating in walkathons, etc. AREAS OVERLAP Problems have arisen in some areas where schools with over- lapping a-ttendance areas decide simultaneously to go out into the community to raise funds‘for their selected projects. Citizens have objected to what. to them, appears to be an endless succes- sion of students knocking on doors. Merchants complain that students selling such things as ballpoint pens and nuts, candies. etc, are taking away local bus- iness. When certain principals at the meeting argued that selling door- to-door is a learning experience, and that it happens only once a year, they found support from many trustees, but trustees also agreed with an amendment proâ€" posed by staff, that “Care should be taken to ensure that the com- munity understands the need for such projects, and that younger children will not be encouraged to roam the community during hours of darkness". Markham Town Council was taken to task by Trustee Donald Sim at a meeting of York County Board of Edu- cation Monday night. Markham Blocks Thornhill School Campus Mr. Sim said that the “at- titude” of council where the Bayview Summit Subdivision in Thornhill was concerned was “one of the greatest dis- appointments I've had in 1973.” He said he had attended! many meetings with councill trying to get it to put in a swimming pool, arena and ball park in conjunction with the Bayview Summit Schoofl complex site. However. Markham’s only concern was to put in dayâ€" care centres, as encouraged by provincial legislation. In the meantime the board was holding up the school until it got a decision from Markham on the co-operative use of land, Mr. Sim said. A staff report on the site showed that a master plan was developed to provide for the joint use of lands owned Refuse To Build Bayview Summit Pool, Arena, Ball Park, Trustee Sim Charges RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1974 Another amendment proposed that principals of schools serving the same geographic area‘develop ways of working together to preâ€" vent fund raising activities involv- ing the public from overlapping and becoming “burdensome” to the community, keeping reason- able the number of projects in- volving the same community. Young people .cannot learn too soon that they should be expected to put forth some effort to gain the things they want or need. that they have a responsibility to the community at large, and if the schools can make this a part of the overall learning process so much the better. To the best of our knowledge the public has responded favor- ably to the annual Hallowe’en the prin WORK TOGETHER WORTHY CAUSES In Essentials Unity 3P An elementary school was next approved for the site and sketch plans were drawn up for it. Council objected to the proximity ' of the school to the street line and suggested it be built farther back on the site. SEPARATE BOARD DEMURS The Roman Catholic School Board representatives said that the proposed site for the separate school was not in the location of that shown on the master plan, and indicated‘ that they wanted the school in its or- iginal position where soil tests had already been taken. by the board, the town and York County Roman Cath- olic School Board, which was subsequently approved in principle by the board. The Catholic Board said it was not prepared to place a permanent structure on nonâ€" owned lands. or to have a permanent structure placed on its lands. But it was hools and ncipals of ealed that Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” comments on the annual blitz con-. ducted by their students â€" the door to door sale of Christmas Cards for ABC Industries in Rich- mond Hill to raise funds for the sheltered workshop for mentally retarded adults. While the amended policy was tabled until student councils could be heard from, schools we have contacted seem to be quite satisfied with the present arrange- ment. Some things, such as dram- atic presentations and school year books sometimes break even, or even make a umall profit, but more often they have to be sub- sidized by student council funds. But since all students benefit. and public presentations enhance the image of the school in the com- munity, the student body in schools of South York Region is prepared to assist with inâ€"school activities and services to the com- munity such as carâ€"washes, leaf raking blitzes. and newspaper col- lections. If a small group, such as a school band, wants blazers for each member, they give concerts, ready to enter into a jointâ€" use agreement of lands for play-ground area or parking facilities. As a result, it was recom- mended that the two boards and the Town of Markham approve in principle the site plan drawings for the new elementary schools, subject to approval by the parent bodies. It was also recommended that a meeting be arranged with the Minister of Educa- tion to discuss the cost of the schools, the revised site plan and the possibility of an exchange of land with the Roman Catholic Board. In December, architect Ross King presented a plan showing where the schools could be located on the site. The proposed revised plan would require an exchange of land between the York Board and the RC' Board. Trustee John MacKay of Markham said that, one of the reasons for going to see the minister was because the Mayor Anthony Roman (top photo) at centre ice in the midst of the night’s celebrations unveiled an official plaque for the occasion. Watching are the members of the last two town councils who were involved in the decisions which brought about the new town centre. They are (left to right) former Ward 5 councillor Murray Henderson who is partly hidden behind former Ward 6 councillor Norman Tyndall of Gormley; Ward 6 Councillor Ron Moran of Dickson’s Hill with Ward 4 Councillor Bud Bonner and former York Regional councillor for Markham Harold Lawrie almost hidden; Ward . 5 Councillor Mrs. Alma Walker; Mayor Roman; Ward 3 Councillor Mrs. Carole Bell who was chairman of the official opening committee; Ward 1 Councillor Gary Kay of South Thornhill; York Region and Markham Councillor Harry Crisp of Thornhill, clerk of the town when the project was started; Ward 2 Councillor Roy Muldrew of North Thornhill; plus York Region and Markham Councillor Robert Adams of Thornhill. Markham Centennial Centre Saturday night was a very special peoples’ place as citizens from near and far gathered in their thousands to celebrate the official opening of their grand new sports and cultural facility. It was standing room only at the arena, with total attendance including figure skaters and other performers estimated at close to 3,000. .Among the more than 100 dazzling colorful figure skaters from the Unionville and Markham Figure Skating Clubs who put on a thrilling display were the three youngr ladies shown in the lower photo (left to right) Lorna Cox, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cox, Gormley; Cathi Wilkes, 16. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilkes, 3 Laureleaf Road, Thornhill; and Cathie Church, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Church, 27 Daffodil Avenue, Thornhill. [mm board had tried to carry out its policy of having a bet- ter community use of schools. This had held the board up in its negotiations, and so it felt justified in having the school considered on today’s costs and not those of 1971 when it was first proposed. ' Mr. MacKay also asked the board to approve the recommendations in order to avoid any delay in getâ€" ting started if and when approval was received from the ministry. He also asked for’an ex- change of land and not a sale as this would affect the grants. His recommendation, which was approved by the board, called for approval of the revised site plan, depending on acceptance by the Cath- olic School Board, and an exchange of land between the two boards. WANTS EXCHANGE music nights, public perform- ances, Principal George Domina of Richmond Hill High reports. The budget crunch has not so far affected board support of such activities as music and sports. Musical instruments and equip- ment for gymnasia and team sports are considered capital expenses, and principals interviewed feel that the public does not apprec- iate just how much the board has done to encourage these activities. Each school has a per pupil allotment for these activities. but most find that these funds do not cover all expenses, such as re- frees, transportation of tean'ls to inter-school games, etc., and so rely on funds raised by the stud- ents. School proms, clubs (such as a camera club) also often need subsidy, and according to our own findings. are cheerfully supported by the student councils. Students are encouraged through such programs as Richmond Hill’s Bayview Secondary School BOARD SUPPORT GOOD CITIZENS HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 ’M “\1ll“11“lllm“l\1lllm“\\ll!“\lllllllllllllllllulll\ll\\\l\\lll1111“) Police Salary Meeting Jan; 23 munmmmmmmumuuuunumumm“munmumnuum York Regional Police, who recently turned down a purported offer of $13,- 500 a year for first-class constables, will hold their next meeting with York Regional Police Commis- sion January 23, Com- missioner Ray Twinney of Newmarket said this week. York Regional Police are seeking $14,272 an- nually, plus an option on overtime now paid on a time-and-aghalf basis in money or time off. Its new 'coutract will be on a one-year basis, in- stead of the usual two. Mr. Twinney would not confirm the $13,500 fig- ure, but reliable sources have indicated it to be the amount offered. At pres- ent, Peel Region, with a recently-settled rate of $13,400, pays the highest. In Metro first-class con- stables are paid $12,295, but are negotiating for an annual pay of $14,508. (Photos by Barbour) KAP campaign to become respon- sible world citizens, says Bayview Principal Arthur Martin. For several years now they have sup- ported seven Korean orphans at a cost that has increased from about $1,700 to about $2,000 a year, and for this they. all chip in, with each class responsible for its own project â€" walkathons, car rallies, car washes, baby sitting, a bridge and euchre party, (always a tremendous success, thanks largely to the support of local merchants who give “tremendous support" in providing prizes, etc.) The campaign has gained mom- entum from year to year, even to a telethon on local cable televis- ion last spring and proceeds range from $4,000 to $5,000. But the spirit of giving is still the comer- stone. At commencement each year, the KAP Committee in co- operation with the student coun- cil, gives the surplus to local services such as York Central Hospital, Big Brothers of York, Daybreak House, Blue Hills Acad- emy February 7, 8, 9, 10 from Mill The Carnival queen will be chosen from 18 candidates, representing Bayview Secon- dary School, Richmond Hill High School, Langstaff and Don Head Secondary Sdhools. . The girls will be judged on poise, personality, ap- pearance and over-all im- pression, Wl'tlh the winner being announced Friday, Fe- bruary 8 at rthe Mill Pond, after which a gala party will be held on the ice. Mayor William Lazenby, plus 21 Maple Leaf hockey star and a television personality, both still to be confirmed, will be the judges when Richmond Hill Winter Carnival kicks off its annual event with a dinner dance and the judging of the Snow Queen at the Legion Hall, Elgin Mills Road, February 7. A musical showcase will highlight the evening, and musical performers and/or solo entertainers interested in auditioning are asked to call Bill Ruttle, 884-2371. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Saturday Iâ€" sleigh rides, snowmobile. races, judging of the snow sculptures and a skating party to round out the evening There will also be a log- sawing contest at 4 'pm. A soup kitchen and suit- able warming beverages for the cold weather will be manned by members of the Richmond Hill Rotary Club. The committee to establish a United Appeal in the Reg- ion of York is looking for people willing to serve on committees which are in the process of organizing a community appeal to assist organizations and agencies serving special needs of peo- ple in the region. Call Doug Hinchcliffe at 884-8181 and ask about a Mutual Life RRSP. A dance is also being ‘held Saturday night at Richmond Five or six people from each municipality in the reg- ion are needed to assist in each of the region’s nine mu- nicipalities, says Neil Mann, municipal appointee to the committee of the Town of Richmond Hill. Take a tax break. Chairman is Vaughan Rep- resentative Dr. Gabriel Saba of Maple. The committees now set up, says Mr. Mann. are by- laws, finance, publicity, a110- cations and fund raising. He is a director on the bylaws committee. United Appeal Group Looking For Leaders The If a sufficient number of 9 Carnival February ‘ Pond. Da tes T 0 Remember Mont/2 0f January The Mutual Life of Canada lew South Yonge Corridor Study, Don Head Secondary School 8 pm Richmond Hill Council 2:30 pm Richmond Hill Planning Committee 7 pm Hearing on extension of Sussex Avenue 8 pm ‘ South Yonge Corridor Study, Roselawn Public School 8 pm Carnival . itself runs 7 to 10 at the DISSERVICE :TO STUDENTS While no one wants to see stud- ents turned into neighborhood pests, always with their hand out, the trustees who approved present board policy felt it would be a great disservice to them and to the community to forbid them to exercise their energy and enthus- iasm in giving of their time and initiative in raising money in the school and in the community for themselves and for the community at home and abroad. One student council even main- tains a fund which provides needy students with such essentials as shoes so that they can stay in school and complete their formal education. Learning to give grace- fully and quietly and without ap- plause is as essential as learning how to determine the radius of a circle or the formula for water, or the exploits of the discoverer-s and pioneers, said one principa1 â€" perhaps it is even more impart- ant. And no less important is learning to work for the extras even the essentials, of living _ a; skill that seems unhappin to be losing popularity in recent years. The committee also urges all potential snow and ice sculptors. whether indivi- duals or groups, to enter the competition now. L o c al architect Douglas Allen will again be the judge. ICE CHIPS William J. Klees and Son. 69 Industrial Road. are once again providing all the ham- burger, and Knights of Co- lumbus are cooking tlhem . .. Entertaining for the Snow Queen Contestants will be the Richmond Hill Lions Club and the Legion... Dwight Powell is ofganizlng the log-sawing contest, in which teams of two will be icompeting. / people are seriously interest- ied in helping to share the load. says Mr, Mann. he is confident that there will be a York Region United Appeal lin the fall of this year. ‘ At preSent individual agen- cies such as Big Brothers, family services, YWCA, etc., have to rely on the generos- ity of local‘ governments. service clubs. churches and private citizens to help fi- nance many of the services they provide. Hill Golf and Country Club. A li-milted number of tickets are available from Ron Sinn- ner. 884-5694, or Jim Flett, 884-2746. SUNDAY The traditional .pancake breakfast will be served by the ladies‘ auxiliary of rbhe Legion Ookpiks will again be the symbol of mile Carnival and these will be selling for 50 cents each. The Carnival is financed mainly by the sale of these pins and rtlhe 'com- mil-tee would like to see an Ookpik in every lalpel. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY Over the past ten-years numerous efforts have been made to set up a United Appeal on a local or regional level. Meanwhile many York Region residents who work in Metro are making contri- butions through payroll de- ductions to Metro’s United Fund without being able to reap the benefits provided by the agencies it helps to support. Doug mnohclme