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Walter Scott students also shone in picking off awards in the Another 20 bags came from youngsters at Pleasantville Public School, and the remainder were turned in from various other sections of town. Ninety-seven bags were turned in by Walter Scott students. Students from all the schools were invited to participate, and at the end of the day, 135 bags of garbage had been collected. from Crosby Heights Senior Public School in Rich- mond Hill pause for a break. They are. left to right, Barb Tarrington, 298 Browndale Crescent; Elizabeth Dandy. 391 Allen Court; Greg Byer, 78 Cartier Such was the case Saturday when the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce spon- sored a clean-up day in the community. On their way to downtown Toronto, these six students When students from Walter Scott Public School put their minds to something, they don‘t fool around. “And she only sees the centre about once every three months,” said Mrs. Kunze. The “politics" of the situation, said Mrs. Kunze, came partly from the fact that one person, Doreen Gordon, Director of Day Care Centres for the region, made all the decisions. Walter Scott atqdenrs clean up He said it was a “lateral transfer" and part of regional policy Director of the Administration Branch of the Department of Health and Social Services, Allan Wells. would not comment on the reason for Mrs. Kunze’s transfer, saying only “it's a personnel matter, explained in a letter to Mrs. Kunze”. They were way out in front of another 183 kids in the school’s 9th annual walkathon â€" an event that so far has raised $28,000 for equipment and supplies at York Central Hospital. Until the two youths reached check point number 10 at the CN tower, it appeared they would finish the 20 miles first. However, it was then they realized they had missed the ninth checkpoint â€"â€" at the Hydro building, College Street and University Avenue â€"~ and had to make the trek back there before they could officially finish at Strachan Park. Tony and Paul are thinking men, though, and they made a deal with Tracey Hall and Catherine Anagnostopoulos. so that all four would finish the walk first. It took about 4 hours, 40 minutes for the team to sign in after starting at 8:10 am. Ray Coombes. an instructor who coordinated the walk “ALL POLITICS" She especially did not like the way the transfer was arranged. “It was all politics and dirty play," she said. “I'm more or less glad I’m out of it." “It was either go to Newmarket or quit â€"- so I quit." said Mrs. Kunze. Tony Veitch and Paul Sarazin, both Grade 7 students at Crosby Heights Senior Public, thought they had it made last Saiurday. The supervisor said she felt she.had established the RH- DCC. was happy there and did not wish to transfer. The letter informed Mrs. Kunze that her “managerial techniques were not satisfactory" and that she was guilty of “direct insubordination to regional policies”. Mrs. Kunze had received a letter from the Day Care Division of the Department of Health and Social Services of the Regional Municipality of York, advising her of a transfer to Newmarket Day Care Centre. By SHAARON HAY Liberal Sta ff Writer Despite efforts on the part of parents to save her position, the supervisor of Richmond Hill Day Care Centre, Johanna Kunae. resigned last Wednesday. Day Care Centre supervisor resigns over Region policy Grade 2: Lara Lee Uthoff (Lake Wilcox); Jennifer Barrow (Pleasantville). Grade 3:7V'VChristine Riehl (Walter Scott); Angela Schank tWalter Scott). Grade 4: Melanie Justice (Pleasantville); Peter Spence (Walter Scott). Grade 5: Heatheivrmult/I'urray (Walter Scott);John Stoner (Walter Scott). Grade6: Christine Reddy (Our Lady of the Annunciation School); Linda Van Horn (Our Lady of the Annunciation). Marilyn J ohnson, spokesperson for RHDCC Concerned Parents said she was disappointed that ”Following' is the complete list of winners: Clean-Up Day poster contést. Five of them awards went to kids from that school. STRATEGY 'I‘wenty-two concerned parents turned up at a meeting last Tuesday to organize a strategy to try to alter region’s decision. Those parents decided two representatives would meet with the mayor of Richmond Hill and letters would be sent to regional administrators involved, the press. Alf Stong and Barney Danson. Grade 1: No entries ’The decision Fegardingwtiié transfer, said Mr. Wells was “the most effective use of supervisory personnel". Mr. Wells said this decision, as well as others. were management decisions, made by Dr. J. 0, Slingerland. Commissioner of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Gordon and himself, based on the operation in all regional centres. CROSBY WALKATHON Thefil started ‘v'vithwtrhé finishing times were not ._vwrr'v .......... Among th_e walkers \i’ééériprincipal Kelvin principal Al_Tr:ipp‘a_md Grade 8 teacher Joe “The temperature was cool,” said Mr. Coombes. “but it‘s better that way because you generate a lot of heat when you‘re walking. On a hot day, that tends to dehydrate you quickly â€" and even though there was a bit of drizzle during the morning. we were pretty happy with the weather." AmA__ u, , “With the procedure we use of having each walker go back to their sponsors with pledge sheets, it does take a little while to get final results in," he said. said it will be at least three weeks before he knows how the 185 walkers collected. He is optimistic, though, that the target the school 5 $4,000 for this year‘ will be surpassed. He was present at several of the checkpoints Saturday fell the walk went smoothly Crescent; Andrea Mougenel, 395 Fernleigh Crescent; Susan Higham, 431 South Taylor Mills Drive; and Jo- Ann Verner, Demaine Crescent. More than 180 students took part in the annual walkathon which is expected to raise about $4,000. Crescent; Andrea The region and the province d0 permit by licence an after school program, running from 3:30 to 6 pm, but did not give authority to provide care before school in the morning. Parents felt this was a helpful thing she did for working parents, while Mr. Wells pointed out the licence for the centre does not permit this practice. George Bailey Senior Public School will be closed next September. Those kids in Maple now in attendance there will become part of the population of Joseph A. Gibson, which is slated for conversion to a kindergarten-Grade 8 school also for September. If Gibson should become overcrowded in future, there will always be space at Langstaff and Thornhill Public Schools. One of the main issues for the region was Mrs. Kunze's policy to allow children to arrive at the Centre before the program begins at 9 am. Mary Watts at one time covered events in the Rich- vale area for The Liberal. For the last year or so, however, she has been missing from our pages. But now Mary Watts is back, and her first article appears in your Liberal this week on Page 09. “It was most unfortunaté, bnt it must have been unpleasant for her," she said. after these arrangements had been made, Mrs. _Kunze quit. Eighty-five staff members from York Central Hospital donated their blood at a blood donor clinic held at the hospital last Thursday. The Red Cross had an- ticipated receiving. 125 units. So, you were walking on Yonge Street 53 turday. when your nostrils perked up and looked around. “What [S that smell.” you wondered, attempting to find the source of aroma. You never did find it, what with all the cars and trucks and buses, and a street sweeper on Yonge Street. Those things don’t smell like that. Ah, but one did. That sneaky sweeper was carrying two gallons of con- centrated “spring flower scent", mixed with 400 gallons of water, says Dave Barrow of the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce. It‘s not the first time the town has scented its streets. A few years ago, it used a blossom scent to pick up the air a bit. And it was a nice change from the normally stinky vehicle exhausts. Community pulse Welcome back, Mary Map/e school c/OSIhg Sweet spring smells Clinic falls short rade 8 teacher Joe Marinangeli. majority of students but their available. princi’pal Kelvin Tonner; vice- -flrr'... “Norfnal children have just as much right," she said. About this issue. Mrs. Wells Mrs. Kunze said she agrees handicapped children should be integrated into the program. but she felt the region was gearing the program to the handicapped. snu__h,r , | One other issue was the in- tegration of handicapped children__into the program. “We would be in direct violation of our licence," said Mrs. Wells. DISREGARDED POLICY The region took exception to the fact that Mrs. Kunze had been informed of the policy and the region’s stand but disregarded it and provided the additional care. school set of much , and GO 'officials expect 'a slow steady climb as commuters become more comfortable with the service and residents know it’s there. “It‘ s a brand new market " he said. GO projected a figure of 1000 people each direction per day after one year of service and “we‘re almost half way there already." said Mr. Henry. Ridership went up as high as 425 people on Monday and Information Officer, Tom Henry, gave an unofficial count of 438 yesterday morning. GO Transit authorities feel the new daily commuter train ser- vice between Richmond Hill and Union Station is “100 per cent effective the first week". Mayor Margaret Britnell of King had earlier called for the resignation of Mr. Twinney because of the appearance of conflict of interest. Twinney says he will resign at the next meeting of the com- mission because the province has refused to renew the license of Knight Security, a private in- vestigation agency in which his wife holds a 20 per cent interest. Ray Twinney is resigning from the York Regional Police Commission. GO Train commuters continue to Increase Many of the residehievviiereni‘h wheelchairs, and firefighters helped evacuate them from their rooms. A faulty motor in the ven- tilating system was found to be the problem. Twinney to resign Richmond Hill firefighters were unable to locate the source of the smoke, and after two hours, the residents were per- mitted to return to their rooms. Residents of Country Place, a nursing home on 18th Avenue, were awakened and evacuated to the lobby, last Wednesday night as smoke filled the buildings. “The region has alWé§éV Béén fair with me,” she said. Mrs. Davidson is the new supervisor, transferred from Newmarket, who began work in Richmond Hill on Monday. About the transfer she said regional employees are told they are subject to transfer as part of the policy and that she accepts it. Faulty motor causes home evacuation “Mrs Kunze Is not the only one who can run the centre ” he said, ‘we think all of our staff are well qualified and feel sure Mrs. Shirl Davidson can do the job down there. " STAFF QUALIFIED Mr. Wells said Mrs. Kunze had do_r_1_e_a fine job. __ u-.. .w ruJ nub va0, out oalu. Parents feel Mrs. Kunze has run an excellent day care program over the past nine years for the benefit of all children involved. “After all they are taxpayers, as_well as paying fees," she said. She also feéls parents Vshbhâ€"l-d' have more say in the program- ming. “They have initiated new programming," said Mrs. Kunze “where all children do the same thing at the same time." She pointed out she felt children are not necessarily at the same level. Mrs. Kunze had planned to leave the centre in August anyway because of an extensive holiday and dissatisfaction with the regional policy. would simply say, “We find the handicapped integration program is working better in the other three regional day care centres and have taken steps to make it successful in Richmond Hill. 438 yesterday Information about the service is available by calling 630- 2295. The Richmond Hill Station is located at Newkirk and Markham Roads and the Langstaff station is just east of Yonge Street on the old Number 7 Highway. The service is still being monitored daily and can be ex- panded as soon as demand warrants it, said Mr. Henry. The first few days the Rich- mond Hi1] train carried six cars. carrying up to 94 people on each, but this week G0 has trimmed it back to four cars. The real test will be in the fall said Mr. Henry, as commuter service usually declines toward summer. Students are defined as anyone going back to school in the fall. The Richmond Hill office Iris Sopinka, student super- visor in the office, said the prime concern is to get employers to put in orders for jobs students could fill. Mayor Schiller commented it was the third time he had had the honor, and said he was extremely pleased with the way the centre operates and co-operates. The Richmond Hill area office for the Summer Youth Employment Program officially opened Monday with the hopes of bringing employers and students together, from now until the end of August. Employees of the Richmond Hill Student Manpower office, representatives from the Employment and Immigration Commission for both the region and the district, two delegates from Barney Danson’s con- stituency office and Bob Higgs, representing the Chamber of Commerce in Richmond Hill, joined Mayor Dave Schiller in the ribbon cutting ceremonies to officially open the office on Yonge Street. Student placement office opens here domestic science exhibits and all kinds of concessions are in the new arena. There will be the usual midway attractions for children and both arenas will be full of interesting exhibits. Admission is $1. 50 for adults children 6 to 14 50 cents and children under six and senior citizens are free. The fair will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 am. until 10 pm. in the Town Park at the corner of Church Street and Lorne Avenue. Publicity Chairman Stella Lekx, urges everyone “to come on. in {31151 take a peek". This is Richmond Hill Agricultural Society's Spring Fair weekend, for the 129th time. uenlse Norman 7, of Elgin Mills Road West, Rich- mond Hill, puts the finishing touches on her entry for a new com- petition at this year’s Spring Fair. There will be trophies donated for first prize in each of the four classes in the Children’s Parade. this Sunday, May Three days filled with activities Denise Norman, 7. of Elgin Mills Road West, Rich- mond Hill, puts the finishing touches on her entry for a new com- petition at this year’s Future reconstruction of intersections will be based on the readings of this series of counters. ministry officials say. Ministry employees were stationed at various points along the road yesterday morning. monitoring the traffic. The series of counters â€" there are dozens of them through Richmond Hill, Oak Ridges. Aurora. Newmarket and as far north as the Holland Landing cutoff â€" has been installed to count traffic' turning off or onto Yonge Street With traffic counters at almost every intersection between Richmond Hill and Newmarket this week one could almost assume Yonge Street was destined to become a lfi-lane freeway. Not so. says the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Cy Resanovic, manager of the centre in Willowdale, and the person responsible for the Rich- mond Hill student office said he felt optimistic about helping both employers and students in the area and sees it as being a fairly' nA_J 7,- , good year Cy Resanovic, manager of the centre in Willowdale, and the person responsible for the Rich- mond Hill student office said he felt optimistic about helping both employers and students in the area and sees it as being a fairly good year. serves the Thornhill-Richmond Hill area between Steeles and Bayview Avenues, Keele Street and King Sideroad. said Mrs. Lekx advises the best way to get to the park is off of Markham Road on to Ruggles Avenue where there will be quite a bit of parking. Fac- tories have released parking facilities for the weekend, she Smile, you ’re 0/ a traffic counter Outside there will be three rings of horse shows going on at all times. For- hungry patrons there are concessions outside with everything from hot dogs and hamburgers to ice cream waffles and traditional candy floss. Special attraction for children will be 01d McDonald‘s Farm in the old arena, as well as cow, sheep, chicken, rabbit and dog shows throughout the weekend.