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still holding to old name The former owner of the Village Inn in Kleinburg has used the term “Gestapo” in referring to a search of his house in Alliston by members of the York Regional Police. Former Inn owner says YRP like “Gestapo” What appears to be a successful new program in Waterloo Region is old hat in York, Police Chief ‘Bruce Crawford suggested to members of the York Regional Police Commission Wednesday. Police bicycle safety program works â€" chief Responding to a letter urging a program similar to the one in Waterloo, Chief Crawford said “We’ve had basically the same thing for a number of years.” In a letter to the commission, T.J. Boyle of Markham extolled the Waterloo program as a simple solution to the problem of “the lack of road sense of children and youths cycling in the town." York Regional solicitor, Ted Oakes, said he was still awaiting a decision from County Court Judge, B. Crossberg, regarding the proposed re-naming of Markham Road to Major Mackenzie Drive East, as well as numerous other road name changes through the region. Markham Road in Richmond Hill, while undergoing changes on its surface. won’t be un- dergoing any name change for the time being, anyway. Markham Road The changes are all part of a proposed regional bylaw to bring about uniform standards in the road names, which often vary from one side of a I another Mr. Oakes said he didn‘t know what was causing the delay in the judge‘s decision. “I’ve calle‘i up a couple of times," he said. “I’m continually surprised at how long these things take." He said he didn’t know just how much longer it would be before he would be hearing from the judge. Among other local changes are: Elgin Mills Road in the Towns of Markham and Richmond Hill, to Elgin Mills Road East; Elgin Mills Road in the Towns of Richmond Hill and Vaughan, to Elgin Mills Road West; Carrville Road in Rich- mond Hill. from the west limit of Bayview Avenue Mr. Boyle said he has Cough main artery to When a police officer spots a youngster com- mitting an offence, he stops the child and takes his or her name and address. At the end of the Don Barratt, who claims “Police harassment put me out of business", wrote a highly critical letter to the York Regional Police Com- mission, alleging im- proper conduct on the educated his own three children in bicycle safety and has run bike rodeos for Cubs and Scouts. “Hopefully this has helped a small per- centage of riders, but it has not solved the problem," he said. However, he said the prosecution of offending cyclists is “too much like using a sledge hammer to crack a nut.” As the chief described it, the York system gets the police, parents and youngsters involved in correcting cycling of- fences. to the east limit of Yonge Street, to Carrville Road East; Regional Road 34, Bayview Avenue, Second Street and Prospect Street in the Towns of Richmond Hill, Markham, Aurora and Newmarket, from the north limit of Steeles Avenue to the south limit of Second Street, to Bayview Avenue. The Canadian Cancer Society’s anti-smoking campaign arrived at Richmond Hill’s Don Head Secondary School last week. Trying out a display that indicates how a good and bad lung After a slide presen- tation to council by Frank Norman of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, with regard to a proposed East Metro Transportation Corridor, Moran won- dered why Markham hadn’t been informed. York Regional Counâ€" cillor Ron Moran of Markham, who has been advocating of late for three more represen- tatives from the town on York Council, may have inadvertently set his cause back a bit last week. He’d already been there, Moran learns “When are you going to Markham with this?" he asked. Norman replied that he had already appeared before counci1.in the matter, sometime in October. “I guess that must have been the meeting I missed," Moran replied, dropping the subject. part of pglice officer_s In the first part of the letter, Mr. Barratt discussed the details of an arrest and subsequent charges involving himself and a male dancer at the Village Inn. shift, the information is turned over to the school safety bureau. According to Chief Crawford, the bureau then sends out a form letter to the parents, advising them of the infraction and urging them to counsel their child. The chief said he thinks York’s system is working well and will advise Mr. Boyle that it is in operation. : COFFEE AVAILABLE C)va AT FALLENCOURT ' Mon. to Fri. 9 am. - 9 pm. Momnhave your child’s 3 Saturday 9 am. â€" 6 pm. - - . Bawiew & Markth M, Richmond Hill § â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€" plcwre taken W'th same w RIHT LIMIT QUANTITIES. ' W2 APPLE JUICE SAVE 50% SHOP 'N SAVE at SPECIALfifiE‘CTWE "n‘f'§7?ffifiefim DEC. 3W7 IGA PEANUT BUTTER IGA RECONSTITUTED IGA WHOLE BEAN DINNER £3; ROLLS Em. SOFT DRINKS IGA ASSORTED FLAVOURS FRESH BAKED IN OUR OWN BAKERY AVAILABLE ONLY AT The details of the in- cident, as given by Mr. Barrett, were: n . . two plainclothes policemen came to my house in Alliston. I wasn‘t home, but a lady staying at my house answered the door. Because these cases are still before the courts, commission members and Chief Bruce Crawford declined to comment. The latter portion of the letter dealt with a search of Mr. Barrett’s Alliston home on Sept, 19. inflates are Bruce Legault and Glemena Bettencourt, while society volunteer Dorothy Price looks on. . “She said they couldn‘t come in as I wasn‘t home. So they showed her a search warrant and said they were coming in. She said no. so they forced the door open. They they searched the house and demanded to see the lady’s identification." Mrs Barratt said he was unable to learn why his $895 to $3695 1 LB. BAG 750 ml. PLUS DEPOSIT 48 DZ‘ TIN house had been searched for “about 30 hours“. Finally, he said he was told it was searched “because I was the previous owner of the Village Inn, 1 was suspected of using a key to rob the place." understand why police didn‘t question him first if he was a suspect and what pretext police used to get the search warrant. Mr. Barratt said he has tried, unsuccessfully, to obtain a photostat of the affidavit used to obtain the warrant. The ' commission decided to have the chief prepare a report on the search and reply to the letter. “Sir, York Regional Police are getting known as Gestapo and it is about time that things were changed," Mr. Barratt said in his letter. He said he cannot 49¢ GRANDFATHER & GRANDMOTHER CLOCKS 19¢ Pencils, erasers may cost students $4 Family service agency in Hill to get $6,200 Thirty-four family service agencies, in- cluding the Richmond Hill and Thornhill Area Family Services, will receive direct provincial funding totalling $300,000, it was announced this week. The Richmond Hill agency will get $6,266. §RICHMOND HEIGHTS §CENTRE ,‘aizem‘zsawci"m “Individual grants will help agencies where funding from local sources is not sufficient to meet the demand for service,“ Minister of Community and Social Services Keith Norton said. In addition counselling agencies will receive about $1,000,000 this year through purchase of service agreements with local municipal social service departments and Ministry district offices. Municipal costs are subsidized 50 per cent by the Ministry. LEI“ I til: [RICHMOND HILL "an/E smp Ell-TING Fan THE WHOLE FAMIL y" NEED COMPTROLLER EXPERTISE. ..... BUT CANNOT AFFORD AN INDIVIDUAL FULL TIME? KRM CONSULTING LIMITED 884-9697 CHRISTMAS ‘ SHOPPING HOURS: in York have to pay pencils and year, if a a standing of York 3oard of 5 through. D o n a l d Vaughan, speaking I against a motion to abolish all standing committees and replace them by the whole board, said the standing committee on finance was planning to present several recom- mendations to the board at its next meeting, About 40,000 clients are being served this year by counselling agencies across Ontario. The primary role of family service agencies is as an objective third party, able to help people see the extent of the problem and the optional solutions needed to overcome the problem. Montessori plans bazaar Toronto Montessori School. located on Bayview Avenue, just north of Highway 7, will hold a holiday bazaar this Saturday. Featuring entertain- ment, macrame, raffles, toys, clowns and numerous other at- tractions, the bazaar will begin at 11 am. and continue to 3 pm. Refreshmenlzs will be available, and the ad- mission is free. THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, November 30. 1977 â€" A-3 HEY KIDS!! which, it was hoped, would help reduce classroom costs. Among these was one that would require students to pay a $4 fee over the year to cover the costs of pencils and erasers being used. Cameron said that another recommendation would call for students to pay a deposit on text- books, to ensure getting them back in reasonable condition at the end of the year. 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