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Bob Rice. The Liberal Dear Bob: As a subscriber to The Liberal. 1 continue to enjoy your column and your contact with the “Happy Days" at Rich- mond Hill High School. I have touched base Iwouk with some old classmates to part as a result of your organ”; column. the latest being reunions Joan (‘onnolly tBetâ€" warm tridge) in relation to the I McConaghy Year Book. I Bob Rice column keeps classmate linked with home And after eight years at the region, it should be obvious to someone up in Newmarket that you can‘t save land for agriculture or recreation once you run water and ’Sé‘iiier lines through it‘ Where land is being developed. Letters Subscnption rates By mud >1300 per year m Canada $26.00 pet veal outsude 0! Canada By earner, 80 cenls every Iour weeks. Single Copy sales 25 cems No man defivefy where carrier sen/Ice extsts Second Class Mail Regisualion Number 0190 The contents, bath ednonal and advertismg 0! The Liheval, Richmond Hm ave prolected by capyngm and any unauthorized use us peohnbuled Ron Wallace - Editor Lam Johnston » News Edam Fred Simpson - Sports Edolot In fact, the planning com- missioner still does not get to see wfiat the engineering com- missioner is planning to build before he has them all ready to roll. Meanwhile. the major engineering works which that plan will have to work around are already in place Editoriat, Display Classified ‘ Circulation Toronto customers The region has also gone through a couple of planning commissioners; it got along without one for many months. and is still working “towards its first official plan. ’ But the phrase is no more unkind than the things Mr. Forhan had to say to unseat his own predecess‘or who had been chairman since 1971. ' Chairman Bob Forhan did not like the Toronto Star calling regional government a dinosaur after just ten years, a headline inspired by Mr. Sewell. So fax“. all he had done is to raise the hackles on a few suburâ€" ban backs with his objections to the way regional municipalities are not being planned. John Sewell‘ that’s who. The Toronto mayor is continuing his bullâ€"in-the-china shop approach to politics in the hope that once all his carnage is swept away some ob- scure truth will be found on the bare walls. What strange sight is this? King Township Mayor Margaret Britnell is shouting down the stairs at regional headquarters defending the planning policies of the Region of York. Who could be responsible for such a bizarre twist of fate? Many facts wrong, but... Libéral Hi// Kinsmen Club gives $2, 600 for fight against CF VOLUME 101. NUMBER 50 TELEPHONES There is substance in Sewell’s remarks The Liberat is published evevy Wednesday by Menospan Community Newspapevsl a divismn ol Menospan Printing 3 Publishing Ltd, which also publishes The Same: in AurovavNewmarket The Woodbridge Vaughan News and The Bolton Enterprise PAGE “4 10395 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill L4G 4Y6 Ontario PUBLISHER JOHN c. rsncus sonon non mum Libéral I would be pleased if you could put me on your list of contacts to par- ticipate in any such events. I would be most anxious to participate in the organization of any I am particularly in- terested in keeping in touch with old classmates and in events of any kind involving these people or former teachers. Warmest regards. David Pattenden. Kingston. Ontario 884-8177 8844105 8840981 881 3373 Richmond Hill'ThovnhiIl Liberal, The Bannev. The Oakville Jouma) Record. The Hallon Consumer, The Mississauga Times, The Elobncoke AdvenisenGualdian, me Exobncoke Consumer, The Nonh York Mirror. The North Yovk Consumer. The Scarbon‘o Mirror, The Scarbow Consumen The Woodbridge 8 Vaughan News and The Bolton Emerpuse John C, Fergus, Publusher Ray Padley Jv. Advemsing Dueclor Norman Slunden - Producuon Manager Denis O’Meava - Curculation Director Rose Reynolds - Accoums Meyespaq (immunity Newspapevs pubhshes The But then, wé haven‘t got theN space to write a boOk. And we have really been kind using the Region as an exainple. We could have referred to the major planning decisions in Vaughan since 1971. He has a lot of his facts wrong, but there is substance to the thrust of his remarks. Mr. Sewell's mathematics is out far enough to give any citizen of Toronto cause to‘ shudder. There are plans to keep most of the growth in York Region in urban envelopes. Nor should rural areas have to support 'the plan of an urban government and they can do so only by zoning for luxury like King. or trying to keep the development pot simmering. like Georgina. The politicians from the area municipalities are. in return‘ allowing the region to go on spending all the money frgn provincial coffers that it can get its hands on. That is the compromise that has been worked out over the last eight years in Newmarket. That is certainly not the way regional government was supposed to work. It was supposed to save money through economies of scale. It did not and it appears that it can‘t. The region did nothing to stop Vaughan and Markham from having thousands of acres of open space removed from the Parkway Belt planning area. In fact the region will do nothing to oppose the aspirations of an individual municipality whether they are in the regional interest or not. the region has simply ignored its own housing study with regard to the need for rental ac- commodation. carving more and more parcels into small lots so that few such units can be provided. METROSPAN- NORTH DIVISION Wednesday, June 20, 1979 u‘” AN Each year research gets us closer to a cure or a prevention for this dread childhood disease and again I would like to thank the merchants and their customers for making this money available. Money raised in the District is distributed to the CF Clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. to the CF Summer Camp at Lake (‘ouchiching. and to Bursaries to five doctors doing research in the field of Cystic Fibrosis. The Richmond Hill Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs contributed to a total of $2,600. and the prospective Club in Aurora, which is still in the formation stage, donated $350. mond Hill‘ Aurora and King who generously consent to have CF Bubbles in their places of establishment and also to the patrons of the stores who deposit loose change in the Bubbles. 3014A Bob Elliott Kinsmen (‘lub Richmond Hill The place was set nicely in a black fly and mosquito infested corner of the Haliburton region, near a place called Eagle Lake. Skiers might recognize the place because Sir Many will go away with their parents. Others, who are older, will try to make as much money as possible the easiest way they know how or maybe take off with some friends out West, for an extended trip through the States or â€" yes â€" see the interesting sights of Canada I went not bedause I got kickéd oui or anything, I just got too old the next year. I remember my first and only experience with summertime overnight camp. It w_as [he only time l queried the teenage businessman as to how much such a task would set me back and he quoted a price of five dollars. Needless to say. I continued to study the clouds and my lawn continued to grow. But what about that metamorphic age group. The 12-14-yearâ€"olds who are too young to work, to old to hang around and do alot of nothing but old enough to have discovered how to cherche les femmes and young men. The solution, and many parents shudder at the thought. might be to send ‘em off to summer camp. When I was just a little bitty boy (yes, folks. I was small . . once) Ican recall many a Saturday morning spent ear» ning a few Shekels by visiting several homes on Richmond and Centre Streets and toiling behind the 01‘ Iron Horse. When I wasjust a little bitty boy tyes, folks. I was small . . once) Ican recall many a Saturday morning spent ear~ ning a few Shekels by visiting several homes on Richmond and Centre Streets and toiling behind the ol‘ Iron Horse. 1 think Keith and 1 charged the grand sum of 25 cents for an average sized yard and the top fee for a real biggie was about 40 cents. That sure as heck is a far cry from five smackers. Not only did we do a complete job (cutting, raking and disposing) but we also supplied our OWn equiment, or more honestly our Dad‘s equipment. To be sure. 25 cents sure went a lot The arrival of the Iron Horse freed me from such danger and it seemed that. except for the occasional boulder. the marvelous invention could handle just about ‘ anything it encountered. Sticks were immediately shredded into toothpicks as they came in contact with the rotary blade, paper changed to confetti as it exited the machine and. with a little practice. I could eliminate the need to rake the lawns by making an extra pass over the cuttings and transforming it into a mulch that disappeared into the surrounding greenery. The biggest advantage of the new toy was in its ability to handle the doo-doos, 1 think Keith and I charged the grand sum of 25 cents for an average sized yard and the top fee for a real biggie was about 40 cents. That sure as heck is a far cry from five smackers. It's getting around to that time of year when kids are thinking about that final, stubborn Friday when they'll be able to race out of school doors and savor eight weeks of their own time. By nature I am not what you would describe as a real hard worker but. at the same time, 1 have also been ac- cused of being CHEAP. - The other afternoon while I was lazing around the pool studying the buildup of Cactus-Fractus clouds on the horizon. I heard a voice through the fence ask if I wanted my lawn mowed. Following is a list of Grade 6 and 7 students in room 12. Front row left to right: Allison Kirk. Laurie Anne Bishop. Angie Court, Maria Sperandeo. Leanne Ambrose. Sandy Queen. Cheryl Primok and Kathy For the next few weeks, The Liberal will present, in this space, the final classes of students to attend McConaghy Public School. Try sen ding ’em to summer camp By STEVE PEARLSTEIN Liberal Staff Writer McConaghy's final students In June, the school, which opened as LIBERAL SPRI N KLI NGS My fight against the docâ€"0’00 He glared at me like I was a fool, but with those two heavy bags on each of my shoulders, I climbed a 100-foot. 45-degree hill. Puffing and perspiring by the time we got to the cabin. my counsellor said to me: “The first thing you learn when you come here is if someone offers you a hand. never, never turn him down." I had a penchant for learning all my lessons like that, but in spite of “No thanks, sir," I quickly responded. “I can take care of it myself â€"â€" just show me the way we're going.“ The bus driver threw the last two dufer bags, which happened to be mine. out of the bus' luggage compartment and into the dust There was a tanned, well-groomed guy standing next to me who said: My age put me in the oldest cabin in camp. I have no idea why they called them cabins â€"- ours was more like an oversized gazebo with a couple dozen Army surplus bunks. serving as beds. From my first step off the bus I realized I had a lot to learn about camp life. “Those yours? If they are, I‘ll give you a hand." Sam‘s Inn, a purported hot bed for Apres Ski. is not far away. Anyway, I had just turned 15, heard a lot about these expensive resorts and was resigned to get as much ‘sport' m as weeks Prior to my father purchasing the gas mower. the little fat kid had to make do with a cantankerous old manual machine. Today's youth will never know the frustration of having the blades and_wheels lock whenever a stick or stone got lodged in the cutters and the bruises on the tummy that followed as the mowee continued forâ€" ward as the mower came to an abrupt stop. farther in those days. but the rule of thumb was never to charge more than your weekly allowance otherwise some other guy would undercut your price. could in three-and-aihalf Irwin. Middle row: Karen McIntosh. Jamie Monkman, Robert Fayle. - George DiGaetano. Joey Cannon. Larry Donofrio. Joe Beatty. Ken Stewart, Pat Kelly, Ms. Leslie Lavery, Back row: Jenny Neal, Richmond Hill Public School March 5, 1915 will close its doors for good. In 1957, the name was changed to M.L. McConaghy Public School. By BOB RICE And in 1979. the York County Board of She was a nice girl, clean com- plexion . . . until it was flambeed by what she saw lying in the bunk next to mine. It must have affected her vocal chords, because we didn't hear one peep out of her. She just did an about-face and walked out in the same leisurely pace she came in. books in one condition . . . like he was the next candidate for the centrefold of Playgirl, Yup, he'd just lay there nude. oblivious to whatever else was going on in the cabin. He’d have been in great shape in case of fire. ». Well, one morning old Mikey was doing his thing when one of the campers from the girls' section sauntered into the cabin. She walked the length of the aisle not realizing our cabin kook was lying there in his birthday suit. Playboy magazines. He bunked next to me ~ I was on the upper and he was on the lower. The peculiarity was he would only read his skin For example. take Mikey. He had gm insatiable lust for Penthouse and my own basic idiocy. I grew to like my counsellor. If you think sleeping with a bunch of strange guys takes some ad- justing. you really have to pace yourself when you're practically forced to live. eat and travel in the same group. Not that we Spent all that much time together in good old Cabin 6-6. ‘ The secret was in the blade height and a combined wrist-andâ€"foot action. The wheels were set as low as the terrain would allow and, upon en- countering a doo-doo. the mower was pushed quickly over the object and then suddenly pulled back while at the same time the left foot stopped Its I will admit that it took a certain amount of skill and cunning to whip the doo-doos but, within two weeks, I managed to triumph. As careful as you were. however. there were always one or two of the ollendlng thmgs that were overlooked and these always ended up clinging to the blades or, worst of all. stuck to the soles of your shoes. Not so with the lron Hor- se . . . gang . . . No sirreee. The advent of the rotary mower spelled an end to the danger of the dooâ€" doos. When using the hand mower there was only one way to deal with the doo- doos. As time consuming as it was, it was always necessary to walk the entire yard before starting to mow and scoop up all the doo-doos vou could fintL Doo-doos. for those of you who don‘t know, are those little (and BIG) things that doggies and pussycats and other animals leave around your yard in the exact spot that you want to step. 6"? ll 1 Therefore. we thought we'd like to record the names and photos of those children who were at McConaghy during its final year. Education made its deusion school. Donna Norman, Juli Moyer, Jana Macey, Scott Russell. Susie Reycraft. Darren Barry. Roger LaFleur. Nick loannidis, Mike Andrews. Danny McVean, Kevin Graham. The next summer Wash L nearly as fun â€" I already had to start pretending I was an adult. But parents, all those ugly stories you hear about camp, espeually around the time you have to decide to send your kids or not ~ are hue, It all ended too soon. I was sorry to go home and as I recall. camp was worth every penny of the $400 my parents spent. After all. n was their monev. Icouldn‘t help it it I was a growing boy. There are a number of other in- cidents I could talk about but for the lack of space. Like the time our cabin got caught in girls‘ camp (a no-no after 10 p m I at four in the morning. stringing toilet tissue and a mixture of underwear and bathing suits which had been drying (just the suits. not the paper) through the trees. On one occasion, l incurred the wrath of both my counsellors because they felt l indulged in too many French Fries one Friday evening‘ That was the night we were customarily served tish and chips. and you couldn‘t have traded the Plotnik diamond for a portion of French Fries. as the wet stuff got neavxer I quickly lowered the umbrella. covered the barbeque. folded the chairs, locked the gate. hurried to the shelter of the house and i . . stepped ontoa fresh doo-doo. The ol' Millpond Philosopher once said , . . “the enemies made in the past . . . will dog you “till this day!" (2) Be careful to ensure that the neighbor isn‘t home. As the memories of past victories against the doo-doo filled my mind. I noticed that the clouds had moved closer and scattered pellets of rain were Interrupting m) reverie. the greatest of ease. ' There are two rules that should be strictly adhered to if you want to be successtul in doo-doo launching. There were, of course, several variations of this basic method that could be employed and. as time went on. I was able to fire a ripe doo-doo more than 30 feet through the air with the greatest of ease. ' ' (I; Make sure that the dooâ€"doo is directed to an area that you have already mowed or to the neighbor’s property. The fééuii'Bi‘nlfh-i's‘ at;ng maneouver was one doo-doo senl flying off into sDace. Gangse the mathne to hit progress and the wnst to close in: was flicked to