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Richmond Hill is trying an experiment that, if successful, will do away with door-to-door dog license collections. The town has mailed out notices to names on record of people owning dogs and needing 1979 licenses, asking them to reply before the deadline “Buckwheat” a resident of the Oak Ridges area, dutifully mails his license fee as requested by the town of Richmond Hill. The Clerk of Richmond Hill, Dave Weldon. ex- Councillor Amos said he called all schools in his ward offering the opportunity to attend council meeting during school hours and said that alth0ugh many ex- pressed interest the room in council chambers is limited and thus only one group came for the first meeting. Students aitended ea‘rly enough to take part in the regular one- half hour question period before Buckwheat” a resident of the Oak Ridges Plained this was an experimemv hoping to save rea. dutifully mails his license fee as taxpayers money by “0‘ employing People to :quested by the town of Richmond Him The track down dog owners who must buy licenses. lerk of Richmond Hill, Dave Weldon. ex- (Liberal Photo by Bruce Hogg> They’ll try new tag system Twenty-eight students from Crosby Heights Senior Public School attended the first af- ternoon regular council meeting at the invitation of Councillor Dave Ambs. A regular council meeting became part of the Grade 8 his_tory course last Monday. THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, February 21, 1979 For the last two years the town has paid senior citizens to knock on doors selling dog tags where applicable. of March 1 “This worked," said Da_ve Weldon, clerk of Richmond Hill, “the revenues jumped $10,000.” be helai regu'larly ‘in schoois rotating among the three high schools in town. Councillor Amos, responsible for the ‘class being present, ex- pressed a wish to carry the ex- posure to schools one step fur- ther. suggesting council meetings He might have had a special interest himself as Mr. Tonner is councillor in the Town of Aurora. the regular meeting asking questions about town com- mittees. the agenda and procedure of council and the new civic centre‘ Their teacher Kel Tonner explained it was an excellent opportunity as the students were studying all levels of government in their hisory class. Using a measure of ten per cent of the population, the clerk said he felt the municipality had done well. But, said Mr. Weldon, the canvassers were paid $1.50 for each license sold and “It‘s much cheaper to do it this way’i Last year 3,500 dogs were licensed in town. As the notices were just mailed out, Mr. Weldon said it is too soon to tell if the latest. idea will be successful. If the written request does not work. the clerk said the town will probably send people knocking on doors again. Mr. Weldon is con- sidering recommending to council a discount for early payment for dog license and a reduction for animals having proof of a recent rabies vac- cination. “To provide some in- centive for payment,” said Mr. Weldon “and it gets to the health problem." The clerk asks residents to buy licenses before March I saying it gives the owner a better chance of retrieval for missing or injured animals. The penalty for not adhering to the bylaw to license your pet is a maximum fine of $1.000. Information concerning licensing can be obtained by calling 884-8101 ex- tension 62. $715K timbrés EEEEg Jamaican ortanique returning to Richmond Hill A film entitled “No Act of God”, showing negative hazards of nuclear energy, will be included in the program being set up that night by the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG). March 8 promises to be a blockâ€"buster evening. Until this week, presentations from Joseph Bogden. architect for the planning con- sultants invovled in the civic centre plan, and Dave Hamilton, parks and recreation director describing the Master Parks Plan, made up the biggest part of the agenda. The Town of Richmond Hill is looking after the problem of what to do with school age children on Professional Activity Days (PA Days). An afternoon of games, crafts and drama has been set up by the Parks and Recreation Depart- ment at Richvale Com- munity Centre for the PA Day coming up this Friday, February 16. Dan Moore, supervisor of the program said he hopes toset up a “mini While the weatherman appears to be giving us a break (and just about time, too) it‘s still winter out there and it's still cold. The ideal answer, of course, is a trip to Jamaica, but if you can’t handle that, there’s a man in Rich- mond Hill who plans to bring a bit of Jamaica to you. For the second year in a row, the Jamaica “ortanique” will be available in Richmond Hill and district supermarkets, probably some time this week. What to do with kids on Friday CAG keeps adding to a heavy agenda AWEO The meeting has been called to appoint a new slate of officers for the GAG and explain current planning issues in the town of Richmond Hill. This same film was shown to a select group of councillors from Markham. Vaughan and Richmond Hill February 3 and is intended to give information pertaining to the hazards of an inevi- table leak of deadly radiation â€" the infallib~ ility of humans and the problem of getting rid of the toxic and potent waste from this source of energy. The charge for the afternoon activity is $1 per person for children aged 6 to 14 years. olympic" for the kids while their parents work. Timing for the event will be from 1 to 3:30 pm. Pre-registration at ‘the centre is required and Mr. Moore said pre- registration will be taken by telephone right up to 1 _ For more information call 834-0355. {he PERMANENT Tmsfmmpany SEARS â€" Deparfm em S’rore SACKS,FELDMAN 8t DELANEY Chartered Aocountarxts ( The ortanique is a fruit that’s part orange (0R) part tangerine (TAN) and is unique (IQUE) to the island of Jamaica. Richmond Hilil’s Danny J. Powell, a trade commissioner with the Jamaican government. in- troduced the ortanique to our area in March last year. But you forgot what an “or- tanique" is, didn’t you? And it’s delicious. The Jamaican ortanique is so popular in England and Australia THE HORNINGS' BRLD GE STUD lO MARKHAM PLACFj SAMPSON & puBLIC that crops are purchased years ahead of time. William D. Branson Ltd., Newkirk Road in Richmond Hill, will again handle the distribution of the juicy sweet Jamaican fruit. Last year, the fruit was on sale until mid-May, but some shoppers found the price (about 49 cents a pound) a bit too steep. Obviously, not enough of them, according to Mr. Powell, who said the fruit sold very well at most stores.