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Malcolm Massic. chief lib-;ina Trustee on the_ York rarian at Kosu'ick. took theicoumy Roman CMhOhC SeP' oath of office and declared"arate SChOOI Board at "s . , IAuzust 20 meeting. “WWW ‘0 Qu°°n 5111* Mr. Massie will fill the hem II to become the Georg- unexpired term of Frank New Trustee 0n Catholic School Board In one Ontario court the other day a man was sentenced to a total of 16 years in jail for rob- bing two stores of $410. That motorist didn’t even have to be in court for his sentence. He was too bu’sy to come and sent his lawyer to hear the judge levy a $100 fine. The judge mentioned the alternative of 30 days in jail in the remote event the fine wasn’t paid, At almost the same moment in another Ontario court not far away there was the case of a mot- orist whose carelessness cost the lives of four people plus uncounted thousands of dollars in damage and injuries. That justice must sometimes appear to be inconsistent because of distance, community and social differences, or for other reasons, perhaps must be a factor taken into account. In the sentencing of people for crimes and other things there must be some inad- vertent variation from time to time. But this recent example of two simultaneous cases hardly more than commuting distance apart is a glaring and unfortunate example of how uneven the hand of justice can get. We are as concerned as anyone in the municipality with the safety of its residents â€" of the school children and adults who must walk along the roadside because of the lack of sidewalks in a great many areas of town, of the elderly people who must cross busy thorough- fares on their way to shop or to attend church or other meetings, â€" but we believe that the answer lies in a more stringent enforce- ment of the existing speed limit, rather than in reducing it by five miles an hour. We believe that the Richmond Hill Town Council recently 'agreed to investigate the possibility of reducing the speed limit on all residential streets to 25 mph in the interests of safety. At present the speed limit on these streets is 30 mph. One in 12 in a recent survey of night drivers in . eight Canadian provinces were found to be legally impaired according to a recent announcement. The federal survey showed that about one quarter of the 7,013 drivers interviewed had been drinking. About one-third of these had blood alcohol concentra- tions at or above the legal limit of .08 percent or, in other words, one in 12 drivers were impaired. In conducting the survey the in- terviews were conducted between 10 pm and 3 am Wednesday through Saturday between April 17 and June 15 at 500 locations across Canada. A report released by the Ontario Addiction Research Foundation. at the same time said that 36% of drivers killed in this province in 1973 were impaired. Another 16% had blood-alcohol readings below 08%. News from the US. surgeon general reveals that about 350,000 Americans died in 1972 from causes attributed to alcohol. That same year the country’s drug addicts were estimated at 350.000 to 500,000. These statistics caused social analyst John Rublowsky to say: US. drug enforcement spend- ing is upside down, with multi- billion outlays annually to combat narcotics â€" unsuccessfully â€"- while alcohol consumption is gen- erally accepted as a mere social amenity, writing in The Stoned Age. Enforcement Is The Answer While the emotion and dollars go to trying to curb narcotics use, alcohol continues to outperform The community newspaper serving Richmond Hill, Thornhill, Oak Ridges, King City. Maple and Concord. MAIN OFFICE: 10101 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. L4G 1T7. Ont. Telephones 884â€"8177 and 881-3401 BRANCH OFFICE: 301 Markham Rd., Richmond Hill, L40 1J2, Ont. Telephones 884-1105 and 881-3373 Established in 1878, The Liberal is published every Wednesday by Metrospan Publishing Limited - North Division. which also publishes The Banner in Aurora/Newmarket and the Woodbridge-Vaughan News. K. J. Larone, President, Metrospan Publishing Limited J. G. Van Kampen, General Manager, North Division W. S. Cook, Publisher, The Liberal and The News Subscriptions: $7.00 by mail in Canada, $9.00 to U.S.A. Single copies and home delivery 15¢ per copy. No mail delivery where carrier service exists. For subscriptions call 884-1105 or 881-3373. E A“ D a Uneven Hand Of Justice Alcohol A Real Problem THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, Aug. 28,’ 1974 iCNA Gib»: liberal Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Second class mail registration number 0190 Granted, it must be taken into account the motorist apparently was previously a citizen of un- blemished character while t h e robber had a long record of thefts in another country. But on the other hand, to be a little romantic, there is quite a factor to be con- sidered on the side of the robber. He was stealing the money to get back to England to marry his fiancee. drugs as a killer and home and heartbreaker, he claims. Some 80 million Americans drink alco- holic beverages vmore or less reg- ularly, and six to eight million of them are classified as alcoholics. On a population basis the com- parative figures for Canada would probably be about nine million users of alcohol and about a half million alcoholics. According to a list of drugs in order of physical danger to humâ€" ans compiled by Dr. Samuel Irwin, an outstanding drug researcher, alcohol is Number. 3, cigarettes are Number 4, heroin and related narcotics are Number 6, LSD Number 7 and marijuana is Num- ber 8. Glue-sniffing is Number 1 on the danger list. And perhaps the hand of justice was a little upset by the cost and inconvenience of extraditing this rather petty store robber from Europe to Toronto. Of course the 16 years in jail for the robber is divided up into three concurrent sentences. The longest he can serve will be six years. And parole could well reduce that. Still, the two different penalties are far from being in balance with the relative harm perpetrated by the two offenders. One judge was passing sentence in-a Metro court while another was sitting in nearby Bracebridge. It is clear the left hand of jus- tice can very easily lose touch with what the right hand is doing. But surely they should not be so far out of touch as this. Education programs for young people and for all impaired driv- ers, rigid enforcement of the law in the case of all drivers who drink before they drive, are the only means available to curb this grow- ing threat to the safety and lives of all who use our highways. Enforcement of the speed limit is the answer. Are we prepared to pay for it? It is not the motorist who is ob- serving the 30 mph speed limit who strikes terror into the hearts of pedestrians and of parents of small children. It is the motor- ist who travels over residential streets at speeds of 50 and 60 miles or more an hour who is the culprit. And he or she will con- tinue to travel at those speeds whenever the opportunity occurs, no matter what the speed limit is. The great American and Ontario experiment of banning all alcohol only served to prove that making it hard to get did not prevent anyâ€" one who wanted to drink from drinking. Instead, particularly in the United States, it led to gang- sterism. where those who saw an opportunity to make a fast buck were determined to make it no matter what means they had to employ. By the time of its repeal the gangsters were so firmly entrenched they simply moved into other fields. reduced speed limit will be no more effective in curbing speeding on our residential streets than the existing one unless it is enforced â€"â€" and enforcement is a costly proposition. McElroy of Sutton who was elected to the seat in 1972 for a two-year term, but who resigned effective June 30 as he was returning to Ireland to live. Mick Jagger is a- very sig- nificant person when con- sidering the financial suc- cess of the Rolling Stones. >Mick is also widely known ‘for his vanity which he. on many an occasion. has talked ‘about quite openly. And be- ,‘cause this is an imaginary §conversation, what you will [see is not what Mick Jagger has said. ‘but what he might have said if he was actually ‘being interviewed. R.T.: "What about all those lrumors that you're going to Danson Worried About Decline In Rental Home Construction New Urban Affairs Minis- ter Barney Danson MP, York North. told his first interview with the Canadian Press at Ottawa the other day that the decline this Year in rental housing con- struction is serious. Under the conditions now persisting, it would be im- possible to interview such celebrities in rock music as Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Mick Jagger. But anyone, after following any particular star’s music. might just be able to imagine what that star would say in an inter- view. Because the first three names mentioned have gone to that "rock and roll heaven" (or at least that's what the Righteous Brothers called it in their ‘single' rec- ord, currently dieing on the AM. charts) this interview will be done with Mick Jagger. The House of Commons representative for this area told a national press agency staff writer he is troubled by the general high cost. tight housing picture, but is most concerned about the lack of rental apartment units which is reaching serious proportions. The 53-year-old Urban Affairs Minister who .is also responsible for the National Capital Commission in the federal Cabinet, said he wants to meet industry re- presentatives and urban affairs department officials to discuss the problem. Danson said the rental housing construction decline could lead to a “really high pressure situation in the major cities. especially." Enthusiastic about his new job. he joked that he "feels like an alcoholic let loose in a liquor store." APARTMENT SCARCITY He noted last month’s Central Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation residential market survey showed the rock bands currently exist- ing in the world today. the Rolling Stones have achiev- ed the greatest success. The main reason for this success can be attributed to them leader â€"â€" Mick Jagger.” MICK JAGGER: “Thank- You. But you didn't men- tion why!" R.T.: “Oh yes: The Stones are successful because they, like Mick. believe that con- sistency in music is the key; thus playing the same music year in and year out for as many years as possible." R.T.: "Oh. by the way. is it true you married Bianca 0)" because she looks like you. M.J.: "Not really. I mar- ried her because she looks like me." “Summer Strings ’74” are providing a pleasant diversion for visitors to the McMichael Canadian Collection in Kleinburg. Four Uni- versity of Toronto fine arts students â€"â€" Sharon Fraser, Faith Farr, Barbara Nose and Vivien Loader â€"â€" formed a quartet under a grant from the Opportunities for Youth program and are entertaining in senior citizens homes, libraries, hospitals and community centres during the summer months. The McMichael gallery’s ROCK TALK: “Of all the Music Complements Art A t McMic/1ae/ Gallery ROCK TALK By PAUL JONES Mick Who? 1 MJ.: “Not any more than the music the Stones have produced." average apartment vacancy rate for 22 metropolitan areas in mid-June was 2.4 percent, down from the mid- 1973 average of 3.3 percent. Federal housing experts have said a vacancy rate of three to four percent generally yields fair rents to tenants and is attractive enough for builders to put up more apartment buildings. Below the three percent vacancy level apartment owners could safely push up rents. they say. AUrban Affairs Minister Danson said he is also dis- turbed by the decline in single family dwelling con- struction as well, but feels the drop in demand for mort- gage loans probably will mean mortgage rates will eventually level off. At me same time. high mortgage rates may also make govern- ment programs for low cost housing more attractive to ‘ruilders. he said. year‘ M.J.: “They’re true. I am planning to write myself. But right now I'm waiting for Keith Richards to teach me, and until he learns how to play himself . . .” R.T.: “As I 'understand you follow politics quite closely in Great Britain, I was wondering what your feelings are towards the trouble in Ireland, and if you think the trouble is get- ting out of hand?" M.J.: “Well, not really. Now that Prime Minister Nixon has quit. I'm sure they'll lower the price of grapefruit in Siberia." DECLINE IN STARTS The high cost of borrow- ing money and high build- ing material prices are pro- bably big reasons for the slow-down in apartment con- struction this year. it being down 2.5 percent. he said. New unit starts this year are dowu 8.9 percent from last start writing your own songs in the near future?" R.T.: “Oh really? Well, what do you think of Can- adian music?” M.J.: “I think it's great! I used to really like the Beatles; but I could never figure out why they never made it." R.T.: “I suppose the final question is. are there any ambitions you seek to acâ€" complish?" M.J.: “Yes. I'd like to see the day when people who appreciate good music will appreciate the Rolling Stones‘ music. I would also like to have wall to wall mirrors installed in my man- sion, and star in a five-star production. This movie would only be a six-hour film featuring a day in the life of Mick Jagger." R.T.: “Woulcfii't that be monotonous?" But in all honesty. and contrary to the general be- lief. Mick Jagger isn't en- tirely like this. It's persons like Mick who have made rock music what it is today, and that is what counts. Right? (Next week â€"â€" Hudson & Ford.) } Parasites have been re leased in some areas of the province to control this pest. iHowever. in many cases in- ;festations will require con- gtrol beyond this biological method. The Department ladvises a poison-bran bait. By MARY DAWSON Three years ago, a warn- ing was issued by the On- tario Department of Agri- culture that infestation by European earwigs could soon reach epidemic proportions in parts of the province. According to residents of Richmond Hill. that day has arrived. We are told that in some Richmond Hill gardens this year. they mounded the plants they Were so numer- ous. The earwigs were accid- entally imported f r o m Europe in lumber and wood products. Eat-wigs are reddish brown and about three-quarters of an inch long. with a pair of forcepslike appendages at the hind end, On males these are curved. on females they are straight. Young earwigs are smaller but look like the adults. The forceps are harm- less but the insects will try to pinch with them when picked up. ACTIVE AT NIGHT The European earwigs are active only at night when they crawl in all directions in search of food and pos- sibly shelter. They climb fences. trees, walls, etc.. and. if plentiful, as they are in sections of Richmond Hill, some will find their way into houses. By daybreak most have disappeared under ground cover or in cracks or crevices. probably the rea- son they are not noticed until they reach epidemic proportions. They eat the vegetables and flowers in the gardens and may be found under the husks of sweet corn when it is being husked. one of the ways they find their way into the home. They will not harm people or items in the house. the Department's lit- erature says. Earwigs lay eggs in groups of about 60 in a nest in the top two inches of soil. The mother tends the young in the nest for the first two weeks. The young and adults become noticeable by June. It is at this time that the in- jury to plants occurs. House invasion is likely to be from July into the fall. European Earwigs Hit York Region natural setting was brought to life dramatic- ally by the melodic sounds of the string quartet. “Summer Strings ’74” will be performing at the McMichael Collection again on August 20 and the 27th. A showcase of uniquer Can- adian works of art, the McMichael Canadian Collection in Kleinburg is open every afternoon except Monday and there is no admission charge READY FOR BATTLE IN SPRINGTIME The poison bait. spray or dust, should be applied along libuilding foundations, fences. lwoodpiles, garages a n d laround and on the trunks of trees and any other sus- pected hiding place. Better results will be obtained if neighbors co-operate and treat a whole neighborhood, ‘to prevent reinfestation from ‘neighboring gardens. NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS If it is necessary to spray or dust in the house. spot- [ treat along baseboards, drainpipes and under the iedge of carpets and rugs. Do [NOT treat furniture or floor areas where small children ‘play and do NOT use the AURORA: Larma Invest- ‘ ments Limited. is proposing 1 to build a $5â€"million enclosed ‘ shopping mall here. It would be two-thirds the size of ‘ Newmarket's Upper Canada ‘ Mall. one-third the size ot‘ Richmond Hill’s Hillcrest Mall and contain a major de- ‘ partment store. a major food 1 ‘outlet, two levels of retail‘ outlets, two cinemas and a community area. The major l entrance would be from 1 Orchard Heights Boulevard. ‘ The recipe given by the Department for the poison bait is: 12 lbs. of bran, 1 lb. of sodium fluoride and 1 quart of cod liver oil. Or sodium fluosilicate can be substituted for the fluoride and fish oil for the cod liver oil. Sodium fluoride may be obtained from druggists and cod-liver oil and bran from seed and feed dealers. Mix the bran and sodium fluoride first, then add the cod-liver oil slowly and mix until the oil is evenly dis- tributed and not lumpy. Broadcast the bait in the evening especially along the foundation. under boards, and in all places where ear- wigs hide. PREPARE FOR 1975 We are offering this ad- vice now so that residents of this area can be prepared for next year when the scourge may spread more widely. or sprays or dusts of chlor- dane. malathion or carbaryl. bran bait in the house‘ These should be applied in June or early July when the earwigs are small. Treat- ment in August after they are in homes is less effec- tive. An Ontario Government program which has provided summer employment oppor- tunities for the province's youth for the past 30 years is the Junior Ranger Pro- gram. It provides these young people, 1,493 17-year- olds this year, with an oppor- tunity to gain a’ knowledge of the management of nat- ural resources through a working and learning ex- perience. As a result, the young people become better equipped to evaluate and participate in the decisions made with respect to these resources. Junior Rangers Program Employs 1,493 This Year There are 64 Junior Ran- ger camps in Ontario with 1.325 boys located in 57 of them, while 168 girls occupy the remaining seven. I SteeffKZIE R4: @9949" These young people per- form a variety of resources- oriented tasks for which they receive $5 per day plus room and board. The work includes: thinning and prun- ing timber stands. collecting cones for seed extraction, planting trees. cleaning nature and snowmobile trails. cutting out portages and creating water access points. developing and im- proving campsites, cutting. splitting and piling fire- wood, park maintenance work. road maintenance and camp maintenance. RESPECT FOR RESOURCES The Junior Rangers learn to recognize and understand the value of Ontario's nat~ By FRED SIMPSON Residents along a segment (nf the hilly Stouffville Side- ;road running east off Yonge 'Street North in Richmond Hijl are continuing to be ‘harassed by speeding !motorists. 1 ‘1 1 “When we back onto the road, the cars shoot over the hills and are on us before we know it. There’s going to be a very serious collision there if something isn't done. It would be okay if motor- ists stuck to the speed limit l . . they don't." Mrs. Downs said that the York Regional Police had cracked down on Speeders for a period of seven to 10 days and “it was something to see." “The police officer was so busy nailing Speeders that he barely had time to write out the stickers. It was almost laughable. Then the police disappeared and the Speeders had a free race track again." Mrs. Downs stated that the speed limit is 40 miles per hour “in the area but to most drivers this means they can go between 50 and 60. Mrs. Downs recounted sev- eral harrowing close-calls to illustrate the traffic prob- lems including near-misses NEED MORE CITIZENSâ€"- READY TO LEAP FORTH Dear Mr. Editor â€"â€" Last week "The Liberal" reported on a long list of complaints aimed at the parks and recreation opera- tion and the new parks by- law as voiced by a Mr. Tom Graham. “Our particular difficulty is that we're in a gully and our driveway is such that we have to back out onto the road due to trees on both sides." she said. “This is particuarly hazardous be- cause of the speed of motor- ists along this road. Most of the residents have the same difficulty. Their houses are back from the road in wooded areas and cars just don't see their driveways." I was most intrigued by this citizen's indignation that he may no longer, legally, take his dog to the arena. What this town needs is more public spirited citizens who will leap forth and de- fend the rights of our town dogs to see the hockey boys in action. We are in the midst silly season as young Latest complainant is Mrs. William Downs who lives on the road. also known as Stouffville Sideroad, She's located on the north side be- tween Yonge Street and Bay- view Avenue. of a girls ural resources and the part the Ministry plays in man- aging them. Tours and field trips to local wood opera- tions and points of interest are arranged where practi- cable. Safety on the job in the outdoors is emphasized with hard hats and safety boots mandatory. Safety during recreation periods is also stressed. The Junior Ranger camps are well-constructed, effici- ently organized and located as near as possible to the work program. They are usually of cabin-type or mobile timber construction, complete with heating units, electricity or propane light- ing and sanitary faeihties in- spected and approved by the Ministry of Health. JOB REQUIREMENTS Students accepted for the Junior Ranger program must be 17 years old, physi- cally fit and prepared to work. Students are usually assigned to camps as far away from home as possible. But strangely enough by the first Week in August this year only three girls and 19 boys had been unable to cope with life in the camps and had left. 'KESWICK: Cottagers who section off their own little :portion of lakefront ' on Georgina Township road allowances at Willow Beach iand Paradise Beach will He billed for the cost of tearing 'the fences down in the ‘future, council has decided. For those who have been turned on by the Junior Ranger experience â€"- and hundreds have been since 1944 -â€" there are unlimited career opportunities in re- sources and environment re- lated fields. NEWMARKET: This town’s firefighters answered 62 calls during May and June. Big- gest blaze was the May 13 one which destroyed the Bos- worth potato storage plant at Pine Orchard. There were 18 false alarms, 11 rubbish fires. five car or truck calls, three grass and one tree fire. “The powers-that-be finally got stop-lights at the inter- section of Yonge Street and Stouffville Sideroad but it took two or three fatalities to do it. We don’t want to wait for a similar tragedy for stricter control of Speeders on the same road." swim Lake Ontario upside down and backwards. motor. cycle riders leap tall trucks in a single bound, and people like Mr. Graham cry out for equality ~for all dog hockey fans. Mrs. Down said every res!- dent along the road is fear- ful of the potential accid- ents due to the Speeders “and we intend to approach the police. Unfortunately, Mr. Gra- ham aired his complaints be- fore the Town Council and not the Parks and Recreation Committee, and a large part of his presentation takes on the appearance of grand- standing. Mrs. Downs described how an out-of-town guest at her home decided to take a walk up Bayview Avenue and was almost struck by a speeding vehicle as he walked along the shoulder. “The obvious answer," she said. “is for the police to have more regular speed traps along the road. I realize they can't be there 24 hours a day but there should be some regular sys- tem of speed traps instl- gated on the road." with dump trucks. cars, etc “On one occasion recently one of‘ these trucks came east off Yonge Street behind me and he was going so fast I was unable to make the turn into my driveway. I had my left signal on but he didn't appear to even see it and didn't slow down a bit." Our Parks and Recreation people are attempting to serve the entire population of Richmond Hill and not just the small segment which falls to Mr. Graham’s limited view. Robert Thompson, 173 Traybom Drive.