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Continues to believe council rejected law library bid on very shaky grounds I attach a copy of a letter to Mayor Garnet Williams and the Vaughan Town Council which you are at liberty to make use of.. Dear Mayor Williams â€" I am given to understand by the people who were there that mention was made of a .ratepayers’ committee on which I served some years ago in an attempt to arrive at a secondary plan which would be acceptable to the ratepayers of the Kleinburg area. I am also given to un- derstand council was in- formed during a recent meeting that the ratepayers’ committee had agreed with the proposed secondary plan prepared by the Town of Vaughan and that I was one of the ones who accepted that plan. Dear Mr. Editor I’m sure you will recall, or someone on your council will recall, that the ratepayers at some expense and trouble prepared a plan pf ‘their own which they submitted to Mr. Dewar with the backing of the community. . First to Mrs. Cox â€" I did check my facts. I admit I was not in attendance at either council meeting due to other responsibilities. However, my assessment of the situation was made after a thorough review of the facts as reported in our responsible town newspaper, not on rumor or secondhand gossip as suggested. Denies Klienburg ratepayers agree to Vaughan plan Nothing could be- farther from the truth, and I am surprised this statement was made at all. Our committee was unanimous in rejecting the plan prepared by Mr. Dewar. which provided for an addition of 2,700 people to the town of Kleinburg. Not only did the com- mittee of five â€" myself, Cy Knight. Murray Rowan, Ben Vass, and Jack Leslie turn down the plan â€" but the matter was presented at a ratepayers’ meeting of the entire community at a later date and almost unanimously rejected. This plan provided for a much smaller intake of new residents over a much longer period of time. And I'm sure copies of it must be in your files since we prepared not only copies of this plan but a brochure to go with it. We distributed at least a dozen to members of the council and to the planning The fact remains a responsible bid was prepared and submitted and rejected on very shaky grounds even though it represented the best value. Dear Mr. Editor I am flattered by the response to my letter in your January 29 issue. wherein I pointed out certain disturbing facts relating to the new council’s handling of the contract award for the new main library addition. As it is, there is always a shortage of persons willing to do the kind of jobs which entail serving others. For Homemaking, whether for one’s own family or as a paid job, is a special thing which takes certain talents not possessed by everyone. Homemakers are not paid well, if they were, maybe there would be more of them around. The writer, whoever it was, belonged to the old school of “keep ’em barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen" thought that I had hoped was dying out. If indeed there are not enough homemakers, please do not blame the women. After 20-odd years of raising their own families, most women feel like taking a break. Is that so wrong? Recruit Red Cross hamemakers without anti-feminism The whole article seemed to be an excuse for having a few nasty digs at feminists rather than recruiting homemakers for the Red Cross. The editorial printed by The Liberal two weeks ago bemoaning the fact there are never enough Red Cross Homemakers really made me angry. Dear Mr. Editor The community is not opposed to an increase in size â€" but as we indicated, time and time again, through properly conâ€" stituted ratepayers‘ associations, that increase must be at a gradual level which will allow the com- munity to absorb newcomers without breaking the social fabric. committee. I'm at loss to understand why, since all this material should be in your hands and since you had several letters from our ratepayers’ association over the past several years on this matter, that there should be any misunderstanding at all. Kleinburg community has indicated at heavily at- tended public meetings over and over again that they do not want the influx of 2,700 people on a community of 1,000 people. It would destroy the social fabric of a tightly knit community and play havoc with the present social in- stitutions. I don't think anybody in Kleinburg any longer equates “progress” with size. Most people have come to Kleinburg because they like the rural atmosphere and they are determined to keep it. These are not just my own personal thoughts â€"â€" they have been expressed time and time again by all the citizens of the community at well attended public meetings. I think it is important, therefore, that the council, before it makes any further plans, listens to the citizens of the Kleinburg area carefully to be sure it knows exactly what it is the people of this area want. I trust you will see this letter is placed on the agenda for the council and that it be read to members of the council at their next meeting. RR 1, Kleinburg Ontario PIERRE BERTON I have every respect for his ability and integrity, having worked with him on several different projects during my several years association with the con» struction industry. My comment about the architect was not intended as a cheap shot but rather a statement of fact. No facts have been made public to refute this statement. How much better if the writer had dwelt more on the positive aspects of homemaking and on the really special people to be found in that line, as in the following article by Joyce Beaton, which appeared in The Canadian Champion, published in Milton: A very special love I saw an angel today. I looked up from where I was signing copies of my book and she was standing in the doorway. It was in a doorway I first saw her 13 years ago and a flood of emotion swept me as I rushed to welcome her. Mary Russell is a very Further there is no truth whatsoever -in the statement, “The second lowest bidder by guaran- teeing to finish two weeks early will save most of the $17,000 . . .". It seems that old adage “a bird in the hand" provides a guideline here. And it should be pointed out the low bid provided evidence of bon- ding as required in the specifications . instance, nurses seem always to be in short supply. If we paid our homemakers the same fees as lawyers charge â€" now there‘s a thought! It seemed to me as I read the editorial that the writer was trying to apply psychological thumbscrews so any woman reading it who had time on her hands would feel guilty if she didn't offer her services to the Red Cross. Perhaps that wasn’t intended, but to me that is how it seemed. Her responsibilities inâ€" cluded the welfare of my husband, an eight-year-old, a two-year-old, the sick four- year-old child and a pregnant mother about to give birth within a month’s time. A handful for someone familiar with the family, but Mary walked in cold as part of a regular homemaking assignment. Never once did this fan- tastic woman ask where so much as a tea towel was kept. If she didn’t know she’d search until she found what she needed. She was in complete control, having raised a family of her own, and she firmly but gently went about the business of keeping a family intact day by day while nervously attending to our child who was in a terminal state of illness. After all, in this period of spiralling costs, we must all strive wherever possible to contain this inflationary disease. And to Stan Leno, I think as concerned citizens we must continue to keep in- formed of the actions of our elected officials just as you have‘rightly pointed out the I just wish he had acâ€" cepted his responsibility and been prepared to put forth the extra effort in job in- spection that is sometimes needed in dealing with the lowest bidder to assure the workmanship is acceptable and in accordance with his plans and specifications. Here was a golden op- portunity for our council to show its strength and do just that and save the taxpayers of this town $17,000. I am afraid they ‘blew‘ the chance. special person. As a Red Cross Homemaker she entered my home to take care of my family at a time when I could no longer physically or mentally cope. She quietly walked through the front door and began to make breakfast. SUPERbrazien Wiring 5 ( almost a foot Igng) Bécause of her comforting a “Scrumpdillyishus” offer good Thursday - Friday - Saturday & Sunday Feb. 6-7-8-9. 1975 Complete control 'Reg US. Pat. 0ft. Am. 0.0. Coirp. (c) Copyright 1975 Am. 0.0. Corp Don't miss this “scrumpdillyishus” sale atRichmond HillDAIRY QUEEN* BRAZIER store. The SUPER BRAZIER CHILI DOG is almost a foot long, topped with our own special chili and served piping hot on a fresh bun. It’s a man's or hungry boy’s best friend â€" a “super dog” at a SUPER savings. RICHMOND I'llll. DAIRY QUEEN ONLY brfiien CARNIVAL SPECIAL I don’t know of-any job where a new employee can take up his responsibilities for about a month and then write a salary increase for himself without even asking the boss â€" except in politics. And that, Stan, is one of the reasons why I would not run. I am sure you will recall the RED INKED headline in last week’s Liberal, an- nouncing the Roman‘ Schiller crusade for a $1,000 raise at the regional level. uncalled for 100 percent salary increase voted by the school trustees. However, if Mrs. Cox is serious and needs an unpaid helper on the library board, I am as close as the telephone. I’d just love to be able to say I helped this town save some money. ROBERT SHEPPARD 225 Lucas Street, Richmond Hill, Ont. Mary stayed with us for seven weeks in all. She was with the family when I went to the hospital and she was there to greet me as I returned with the new baby. By this time our four-year- old was in the hospital, never to return home. Giving of self The day of the funeral I received a phone call from Mary. This was in August and she was on another case. “May I help you today, do you need me to take care of things while you’re at the funeral?" Mary was no maid. She was a truly Christian woman performing an act of love for a sister at a time of great need. She was responding to her love of humanity in a positive way. and healing abilities I regained my strength enough to sit with a friend over a cup of coffee in the sun of the June mornings. I remember the remark being made that it was like having a maid in the house, Mary even brought our coffee to us. I remember also being indignant that such a thought would enter my friend’s head. v “Let’s all go to the DAIRY QUEEN" 10441 YONGE STREET â€" 884-7005 OPEN DAILY 10 A.M. T0 11 RM. Friday & Saturday 10 A.M. to 1 RM. IT‘S MY FAVORITE D06 )4 " NEXT TORUFF It is to be hoped he will, as he should, make some comment on the increase. The increase will inevitably give the inflation spiral another twist, unless the board can produce com- mensurate savings in other ways without harming the quality of education. What is in question is the morality, the imminent ethos of the board’s action. (And before proceeding further,‘ it must be made clear that herein those who voted against the increase are not in debate.) Mr. Wright asks us to practise austerity. Might I remind the board that for many York taxpayers austerity is not a choice; it is a sine qua non, a com- pulsion. The legality of the in- crease, being within the provincial formula, is not in question. To recapitulate, the legality is established. Mr. Wright must therefore regard a 100 percent pay boost as un- conscionable. And this is at a time when York Region Chairman Garfield Wright says: “We must be economy-minded to avoid a runaway in- flationary spiral leading to unacceptable taxation in- creases for the citizen". School trustees' term to now cost $244,000 plus expenses He omitted to mention the utilitarian fact this board’s pay for a two-year term will now cost us nearly one- quarter of a million dollars ($244,000) in pay alone, with expenses still to be added. This wasn‘t anything to do with her job with the Red Cross. This was Mary of- fering herself. Jim Irving's article in your issue of January 22 regarding the York County Board of Education members’ award to themselves by 9-7 vote, of a 100 percent pay increase, adequately expresses the disappointment and disillusion felt by many citizens. Dear Mr. Editor Further, one trustee justified the increase by saying it will compensate him for 1055 of income in his major occupation due to board duties. One defence of the in- crease was, “The raise Inherent in democracy is an integral freedom to participate or to abstain, but surely this was a time to stand up and be counted. Another anomaly lay within the timing of the motion, it coming after the assumption of office, but not before. No candidate ex- pressed dissatisfaction with his $3,000 prospective salary: One must wonder if the hands not raised to vote will also be still when the monthly $500 cheque arrives in the mail, or if they will be active in returning half of the pay to the treasury. Surely all this should have been explicit before the election, at which time the electorate could have ap- proved or disapproved the increase through the ballot box. Surely they should have committed themselves, if only for the information of their constituents, should they seek reâ€"election next year. Now, we are aware, but too late, of “Caveat elec- tor!"â€"let the elector (like the buyer) beware! “I crave the law", he said. Legally, yes. But morally? Ethically? Was Shylock justified? The board is in a situation fraught with anomalies. Three trustees did not vote on this delicately crucial matter. Great love When I saw this angel of a woman again today after all these years, a great love Similarly, one famous in- dividual once claimed his pound of flesh, to which he was legally entitled. SUPPORT YOUR WINTER CARNIVAL â€" BUY All! Oak-PICK â€" 0M Y .50‘ For Carnival Information Call 10:00 A.M. â€" 12 Noon Children’s Races 10:00 - 12:00 AM. Pooh Bear 11:30 AM. Elementary School Hockey 11:30 am. - 12.15 â€" Junior Finals 12:15 am. â€" 12:30 pm. â€" Senior Finals 1:00 P.M. Judging of Ice Sculptures 1:00 P.M. Girl‘s High School Hockey 7:30 PM. Skating at the Mill Pond - Local Talent 9:00 P.M. Arrival of Carnival Queen Contestants 9:15 PM. Announcement of Carnival Queen & Presentation of Prizes 9:30 - 10:00 PM. Skydiving â€" Featuring The Canadian Parabatic Skydiving Team 10:00 - 12:00 Mid. Dancing & Skating at the Mill Pond Local Talent. 1:00 P.M. Girl‘s High School Hockey 1:00 pm. - 1:30 p.m. Don Head vs Bayview l :30 p.m. - 2 : 00 p.m. Richmond Hill vs Langstaff 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Winners 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Pooh Bear 7.00 P.M. â€" Carnival Queen Dinner & Dance â€" Richmond Hill Legion, Ohio Road ADMISSION $5.00 Call â€" John Cook 884â€"4923 Call â€" Ed Banks 884-6240 RICHMOND HILL CARNIVAL COMMITTEE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 'nival Information Call: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 WEBSTER} @[ZXE‘EERUUWAU] PROGRAMME 1975 FEBRUARY 6 - .9 7TH ANN UAL Held at the MILL POND This Programme Is Provided As A Service To The Community The $3,000 increase on an hourly basis of 60 cents shows one trustee puts in, at what is usuallyK regarded as part-time wor , 5,000 hours annually, or 100 hours weekly (allowing for a two- week vacation.) A sorry state of affairs. Two trustees maintained the need for the increase to attract “good pebple” to the board. Trustee Laird resented, and rightly so, the unwitting innuendo. And where, except at the nadir of their criterion of “goodness”, stands Trustee Horton who said, “I would have run for nothing”? But on the hypothesis claim is valid, surely the time to attract “good people” is not after they have taken office, but before an election in order to en- courage them to become candidates. Therefore a trustee who wants good people and who was on the outgoing board, should have moved for the increase last fall or else should wait until fall 1976 when more good people will be sought. The most tragic aspect, however, as Mr. Irving shows, is the abandonment of traditional human values. 7 To award a pay increase almost two years before it is needed is analogous to opening the stable door, not before the horses are lost, but before they are even foaled. We agree whole heartedly that good people should be attracted to the board. But what is “good” in this context? And this is the crux of the matter. One must question the priorities of those inhibited and trammelled by a standard that equates works out to 60 cents per hour. Surely our time is worth that”. surged between us. We embraced and found it hard letting go. “I heard you were to be Sponsored By Thanks from Girl Guides We very much appreciate your efforts in helping us to publicize by print and photographs our varied activities. Thank you again. (MRS.) JEAN PEACHMAN, Public Relations, 74 Rockport Crescent, Richmond Hill. goodness with a desire for remuneration. I have attended many school commencements and listened to many school trustees, most of them good people by my yardstick, whose function at these occasions was to “bring a message from the board”. On behalf of the Girl Guide Association of York South Division, I thank you and the staff of The Liberal for the fine coverage you have given us over the past several months. Almost invariably the message stressed spiritual values, the intangibles rather than the tangibles of the market-place. To lose sight of the spiritual values is to see life through a glass darkly. The word “education” derives from the Latin “duco",rmeaning “I lead”. If an educator, teacher or trustee or administrator, sees through a glass darkly, how can he lead? What message can he give youth at the next fall com- mencements? Of course a laborer is worthy of his hire; no one can gainsay that. But such an increase. rushed through at such an unpropitious Dear Mr. Editor here today and I just wanted to see you again,“ she said simply. 9:30 - 12:00 noon Pancake Breakfast at the Mill Pond 12:00 noon Elementary School Curling at the Mill Pond 12:30 PM. Jr. Cross Country Ski Race â€" Start at the Mill Pond 3:00 P.M. Log Cutting Contest 3:45 P.M. Toboggan Races â€"- High Schools 42l5 P.M. Snowshoe Race 4:30 P.M. Tug of War 4:45 P.M. Presentation of Awards 5:30 P.M. Supper Hour 7:00 P.M. 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Pooh Bear 2:00 P.M. Oak Ridges Figure Skating Club â€" Mill Pond 3:00 PM. Skydiving â€" Featuring the Canadian Parabatic Skydiving Team 3:30 - 4:00 PM. Community Folk Service â€" Featuring Mixed Blessing and Rev. Bern Barrett 3:00 P.M. Bayview German Exchange Students vs Richmond Hill Oh my God, that I have Snow Slide â€" Sleigh Ride â€" St. Bernard Dog Rides Merry Go Round For Children â€" Sky Ride for Children Snowmobile Rides â€" Daylight Hours Only â€" 25c Skate Checking Serviceâ€" Free Public Telephones Available in Parks Building 'iremen SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 cont. THE LIBERAL â€" Wednesday. Feb. 5. 1975 Letters SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 REFRESHMENTS pm. All Stars vs Richmond Hill In view of the adverse reaction evinced in the region’s newspapers, Mr. Sim, as a responsible chairman, should consider it his duty to respond to the taxpayers. Such a plebiscite or such a committee would show whether or not the tax- payers, as suggested by two trustees, do indeed approve the increase. And it would also give the trustees the necessary support when it comes to making their com- mencement speeches this fall. JAMES JACKSON. 195 Driscoll Road, Richmond Hill, Ont. Such a plebiscite would be fair in that it would involve only taxpayers with children at school. thus eliminating those who, having less personal in- volvement with education, might be antagonistic to the increase. Or, as in Oshawa, have a representative citizens’ group consider remuneration based upon cost-ofâ€"living and the general rate of remuneration within York Region. Or, a questionnaire could be sent out through the students, by hand, to parents asking for a simple yes or no to the increase. A new vote could be called forâ€"there are plenty of precedents for rolling back a previous decisionâ€"at which time all trustees should be required to state a position. The remedy lies within the board itself, principally with the chairman, who himself voted against the increase. time, shakes credibility, and surrounds the board with an unfavorable aura. experienced such love! JANET RUSSELL, Box 156. Oak Ridges, Ontario