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WanSPONaUOn- ‘ Av funtherâ€"point in favor of junior kin- proximately half a mill on the tax rate: After'an hour of thorough discussion the However, where a school bus passes by dergartens was that they permit an early Vaughan Trustee John Faraci, a member vote to introduce Junior kmdergartens this and the mother can assist her child in identification of learning difficulties. of the education committee, said it was not year Carried 9-3. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllflllllllllllllmlflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllll"lllllllllllllll"I"lllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll"!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIIllllIlIllllllllIlllIllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllllllllllllIlllIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIII The concept of retired businessmen acting as consultants is not a new One. For the past 31/2 years Breakey has worked with a similar organization in Toronto, Associated Senior Executives of Canada Limited. This firm is now 11 years old. BLeakey enjoyed the type of work but began to question the merits of commuting to Toronto each day from his home on Royal Orchard Boulevard in Thornhill. "There isn’t a lot of money in this," he explained. He wants enough to cover the cost of his office in the Professional Building in Richmond Hill. But mostly he wants to be useful and active. But Breakey, who likes to be called ‘Bif‘. thinks he has found an answer to this dilemma. He has started his own business firm â€" Markham Business Consultants Incorporated in Richmond Hill. He hopes to put his many years of business experience to use by helping small businesses with commom problems of marketing, finance, delegation of authority, control of inventory. cost ac- counting and management of available capital. So in December he incorporated his own business, He maintains informal ties with “Old age ié a'terFible thing. The phone stgps ringing. Nobody wants you," he said. What does a man do when he is 70 and no longer the active businessman and mining geologist he once was? Well, if he is B.I.F. Breakey. he looks for a w§y_to keep going. Junior kindergartens approved in RC schools 1 Future plans A further recommendation is that junior kindergarten be set up in the remaining school communities when the above criteria are met. It was also recommended the board not provide any special transportation for junior kindergarten children. but that parents will be responsible for their transportation. Junior kindergartens will be introduced by the York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board in September 1975, it was decided at the trustees’ regular meeting February 18. This will be determined by thé dir'ector of edgpation and the school principal. They will be in 'communities where a qualified teacher and accommodation are aVailable and there is a registration of a minimum of 15 children, according to the recommendation of the board’s education committee. Initially these classes for children who will reach their fourth birthday by December 31. 1975, will be set up in com- munities where there is a specific and definite need for a head start program. Pound said OHAP meant an additional deficit over the normal. but the region must accept it. as it had a responsibility to provide housing that people could buy. commissioner Pound made his remarks following a presentation of a report on the financial impact of short-term housing action programs by George Norval and David Johnson of Stevenson and Kellog Limited, management consultants of Toronto. The report covering proposed developments in Vaughan and Markham â€" Pine Valley Village and Miliiken Mills â€" was commissioned by the region. Any housing that comes in to a municipality means a deficit. The more OHAP (Ontario Housing Action Program) and 10 percent (Home Ownership Made Easy) goes in, the bigger the deficit, Planning Commissioner Murray Pound told a meeting of York Regional planning commission last week. Pound says municipalities better to “w voluntarily negotiate housing action A three-seater Oster airplane did a nosedive into the bushes after its engine stalled while coming into Maple Airport last week. sending all three of its Metro occupants to York Central Hospital and Toronto General. All three were reported in satisfactory condition at press time. The accident is still under investigation. Mining geolagist starts firm at 70 By James Daw Breakey would like to find other retired executives in the Markham. Richmond Hill area who would like to participate with him in his firm. For eight years prior to this. he was the president of Newconex Canadian Exploration, which was engaged in ex- ploring for mines across Canada â€" Newfoundland to Yukon. At the same time he organized and developed a mine evaluation department to assess mining properties for investment purposes. ' While with Assoéiatéd Senior Executives. he became somewhat of an exgert _on all aspects of trucking. he said. Between 1965 and 1966 he was an agent for Le Societie Miniere et Metallurgique de Penarroya, France (a subsidiary of the Rothschild group) and assisted the com- pany in obtaining zinc-lead concentrates and setting up an exploration company Other benefits He also maintained children in low socioâ€" economic areas and children with language problems would benefit from a year of language experience prior to kindergarten. Though his technical training was in the field of geology. he feels his practical ex- perience in business equips him to tackle almost any problem for local manufac- turing firms or even corner stores or ser- vice stations. (Photo by H099) the Toronto firm and called in eight of their retired executives to help his first client. A tall man â€"â€" six feet three inches â€"â€" Breakey is an imposing figure seated in his attractive, though meagerly furnished, office. His years as a “hard rock“ man. tramping through the woods or climbing mountains. have left him with a sturdy frame. That policy admitted children to regular kindergarten in September provided they reached the age of five by March 21 of the following year. , In his support of the committee's recommendation Director of Education John Zupancic expressed the opinion a junior kindergarten program would serve the educational needs of four-year-olds better than the existing early admittance policy. The report of the consultants showed “the pattern of deficits is different in current and constant dollar terms.” In Milliken Mills, the deficit increased steadily in boarding, transportation one way by bus will be available, it was decided. Parent brief A delegation of approximately 25 parénts attended the board meeting with Ronald Crane, 24 Canadian Drive, Thomhill. as spokesman. ’They presented a brief calling for the establishment of junior kindergartens and a petition bearing between 100 and 120 names. In a report to the committee, the com- missioner said: “On the basis of the projects examined which are ap- proximately 60 percent private develop- ment. 30 percent OHAP agreement housing, 10 percent HOME agreement housing, it is under these circumstances that the least deficit is experienced. The “mix” for the above was as follows: 60 percent â€"â€" “whatever the market will bear;" 30 percent â€" $14,000 to $20000 in- come bracket; 10 percent â€"â€" $12,000 and under. “As the proportion of OHAP housing and H.O.M.E. housing increases so does the defi‘cit.” By taking it voluntarily, the region would be in a better position to negotiate. (Continued on Page minimum facility essential to handle the Malton overflow of traffic which is certain to develop within the next few years.” wrote the minister of state for urban affairs. In a shortly Danson major 1 the nois By James Daw “It‘s like being just a little bit pregnant" according to People 0r Planes spokesperson Dr. Charles Godfrey. But Barney Danson. MP York North. said the federal Cabinet compromise plan for Pickering airport will minimize noise pollution. In a report to constituents issued shortly after the decision last week, Danson said “the single runway is a major factor in eliminating much of the noise pollution.” _ “Cabinet has decided on only the minimum facility essential to handle MP Danson justifies airport compromise decision Richmond Hill Edition Established 1878 Vaughan Trustee Eugene Jacobs estimated the total cost of the program for 1975 would be about $60,000 or ap- proximately half a mill on the tax rate. This would include the teacher‘s salary and supplies of approximately $500 per class. Where accommodation would have to be acquired, the per pupil cost would be $248.17. including teacher’s salary plus $500 vorth of supplies. new accommodation costs and furniture. ' “In both cases the estimated assessment of the HOME and OHAP portions of the He felt additional accommodation would be needed in Unionville, Thornhill and St Peter‘s, Woodbridge, to a total of five classrooms (10 classes) to accommodate the program throughout the region. Cost estimate Where accommodation is already available, he estimated the cost per pupil at $49.30, for the four months the program would operate this year, based on a class of 18 pupils. ~ high assumption, a 20 percent increase in estimated assessment of the same. The director reported he would have three classrooms available on an all-day basis (six classes), and 10 classrooms available on a half day basis for a total accommodation for 16 classes. “The deficit for the two developments combined falls steadily when expressed .in constant dollars,“ the report said. “In current dollars it rises to a peak in 1979 and 1980." - current dollars and decreased just as steadily in constant dollars. In Pine Valley Village. the deficit in current dollars increased through 1978 and then declined. In constant dollars the decline started after 1977. OHAP impact Looking at the impact of OHAP assessment, the report broke it down into two areas: â€" 10w assumption, which is 10 percent reduction in the estimated assessment of the ppiyate portion of the developments; Retirement isn't holding B.I.F Breakey of Thornhill back. In his statement Thursday. Tran- sport Minister Jean Marchand pointed out studies by the department of en- vironment showed “62 percent (of the lands) were owned by non-residents. and much of it was under option to land speculators or developers". An additional compensating benefit of the Pickering airport is that there will be more agricultural activity in the area'than now, Danson points out. “The reason is that further ex- pansion of Malton would impose conditions which are already in- tolerable for the residents of that highly populated area. Even then, any feasible expansion would only ac- commodate projected growth for a limited number of years," he said. Quoting the Airport Inquiry Com 9 ‘ No 11IH ONOfiH3|8 is LHQIHM V3 AuVae|1 3l18nd 11|H GNChHDIa u In Essenhols Unify in Nonfssenho WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1975 (Photo by Daw) Principal of a school in Metro Mr. Wigglesworth reported he had a junior kindergarten class of 28 pupils and has not "seen those children suffer”. “We have a highproportion of children with this problem and that is the greatest reason we should move ahead with this program." Markham Trustee Leo Wigglesworth stressed the importance to children with a second language problem. Warning word Jacobs warned against committing the board to the program before the budget is set. “I am hesitant at‘this time to accept this recommendation when we have no idea of what budget cutting we will be facing this year to keep to a mill rate acceptable to our ratepayers.” “The intent." said Vice-Chairmafi Aléx McGregor of Markham, “was for. the six areas where we know we have teachers on staff ." the committee's intent to open up the program in all areas_ this year, but spegificaglly where there is an emergency. The high assumption meant a 20 percent increase in the assessment of the private units, reducing the average deficit for all units by the‘ same amount ineach of the first three years, the report said. By 1981, the reductioh rose to 25 percent. Under the heading. current deficit per unit, a table for the two developments listed a high assumption of $399 in 1976 and a low assumption of $546. By 1981‘ they were listed at $405 and $614. Although only affecting the assessment of 60 percent of the units, the impact on the average deficit for all units was about the same, the report said. development is assumed to remain the same since these portions are geared to income." the report said. If there were tiny significant changes it was unlikely the development would qualify any longer under OHAP. (Con H5 ued 0 n mission, Marchand Said “the conâ€" struction of the airport provides for permanently maintaining most production above 1971 levels and, more generally, for reversing the pre- announcement agricultural deterioration trend. " Danson said, however, he would not rule out the possibility of using much of the land for recreational purposes. Danson went so far as to say plan- ning by federal ministries. the province and local municipalities could result in “an even better and richer lifestyle than the somewhat haphazard planning to date has provided". He called the Cabinet's decision a "benchmark" because “it is a signal the federal government is not going to “Nurses like two and three bedroom suites, which they can rent as joint The representatives present at the meeting said they did not have the authority to make such a commitment. Planning Director Hesse Rimon said he believed the towers would help solve the problem York Central Hospital is having in getting staff because of lack of housing facilities. He wants a commitment from the developers to set aside 10 percent of the suites for the Ontario Housing’s rent-assisted program. But they assured the mayor the firm would study the proposal. Mayor David Schiller told representatives of BAIF- Cadillac Development at the February 12 meeting of Richmond Hill Council's planning committee he was not prepared to sign a site plan agreement for two rental apartment towers to be constructed just north of the Hillcrest Mall. Schiller won't sign without housing Page 2) Flooded basement The fire department was called to a house at 328 Kerrybrook Road. about 7:30 pm to pump out a flooded basement. However. rather than tie up the equipment the department only assisted manually. They returned the next morning with the pumper when the furnace A second car also went into the ditch. but the driver managed to escape by himself. The lead car, driven by a woman. filled up with water so fast the firefighters were called to help her out. A pumper truck emptied the car and York Regional Towing Service pulled it out. The water was so high that, as they told Richmond Hill Fire Department af- terwards when they an~ swered a call for help. they were “washed” right ofi the road into a ditch. Especially so for two who ventured up Oxford Street just off Yonge. about 6:257 pm. The rains came Monday night, and they were not only too much for town storm drains to handle. but too much for somemotorists as well. The Norheim sisters of Langstal‘f are a talented trio. The three young pianists took part in recent Kiwanis Festival and Leena, 16, placed first with a mark of 88 in the’Canadian composers for 17 and under category. Tiina, l4, placed third in the same classification for 14 and under. Talvi. 18, was not a con- testant but accompanied Karen Viinamae of Toronto who placed first Flooding hits roads and basements Talented sisters festival winners The 250-member Save Stouffville Committee. POP. a group of Toronto ratepayers organizations under the catch-letters CORA. The Voice of Women and other citizen groups now plan to work under one umbrella group to oppose Lise airport â€" The Metro Toronto Airpor: Review Committee. Toronto Alderman William The impact of the airport on growth around Toronto has become one of the major concerns of groups opposed to the airport and the government’s attempt at a compromise has ap- parently not satisfied them. The major'thrust of his ministry, he said. will be to come to grips with growth pressures around Toronto. be allowed to simply respond to the degands of growth”. drained the water from the basement. The over-all picture showed the storm drains The index of the regular news and ad- vertising features on the inside pages is as follows: lllew people and outdoor columns There are two new features for readers this week. Spotlight on People with second-year Ryerson journalism student Lorie Sculthorp visits a local soldier about to leave for the peace keeping force in the Middle East on Page 12. The new outdoors column Trailblazers appears in the Sports Section. Girl Guide and Boy Scout week is over. Stories and pictures of the annual hobby show and other main youth events are on Pages 28 and 29. Sports Churches Entertainment King-Oak Ridges In the Hill Carrville-Hillcrest Classified Real estate 44 pages Inside The Liberal with 89 in the junior concerto 15 and under category. Leena is a grade 11 student at Langstaff Secondary and ’l‘iina is in grade 10. Talvi is in first year pre-med at the University of Toronto. 'I‘iina is pictured left front with Talvi beside her and Leena behind. They are daughters of Dr. and Mrs. G.N. Norheim, Yonge Street, south Richmond Hill. 19-24 Marchand said in his announcement. vehicular traffic to the airport will be accommodated by Highway 401 and the proposed widening of Highway 7. The Airport Inquiry Commission suggested a four-lane ring-road around the entire airport. “We intend to make this an election issue,” said Alderman Kilbourn. He (Continued on Page 2) He suggested the province will be asked not to service the airport or the North Pickering community and that road construction projects for the airport might be blocked ,at the local level. Kilbourn. a member of this umbrella group. said Tuesday the airport and related projects will be “fought at every level". 26-27 31-34 Price 15 cents Editorials-opinion Letters Maple social Business-professions Richvale social Births-deaths Buttonville news Victoria Square news Scheduled events couldn’t handle all the water, according to a spokesman for Richmond (Continued on Page 2) (Photo by Hagg)