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York Regional Police have made a second major break- through in solving a series of break. enter and thefts last week. from Unionville House RestaurantnApril 7. quantity of items-Unionville Fairways Driving Range; March 18, $1,100 in cash and cheques from Sandy‘s Auto Service; December 10, 1978- motor oil valued at $2,000 from Maynard Fuels; March 3. 1979- scales and microscopes valued at $2,517 from Markham District High School; and May 5. 1979-a dune buggy and tools from Graenbell Motors, valued at $3,485. The property was recovered by York Regional Police in a series of raids last week. Last Tuesday. beginning at 6 a.m., police executed 15 search warrants in southern York Region and arrested six people. following a three-month in- veStigation into various thefts in Thomhill. Markham, King and Whitchurch-Stouffville. Most breakâ€"ins took place in Unionville and Markham during the past year; An 18-yearold Markham man has been charged with several counts of break. enter and theft' as a result of investigations into items taken from the following: March 8. quantity of liquor from Unionville House RestauranluApril 7. quantity of A 16-yeanold Unionville man has been charged with break, enter and theft in the theft of the dune buggy and tools from A nine-year-old Thomhill boy playing in a ravine Saturday found a lunch pail that turned out to be a bomb. The searches continued most of the day. He will appear in court November 6. Five more people were arrested Monday bringing to a total of eleven who have been charged with the possession of more than half a million dollars worth of stolen goods. During the raids. clues to thefts in Metropolitan Toronto came to light and Metro Police were called in to investigate. of the Ladies Golf Club ih ’I‘hornhill. when he spotted the lunch pail. A Metrospan Community Newspaper The young boy was playing in the ravine near the east boundary He took it home to his father‘ who attempted to cut the wires 15 homes searched Boy finds bomb in ravine Dfirihgthe raids. Clues to theflS Margaret Britnell has identified 31~year-old is charged with Metropolitan Toronto and OPP Metropolitan Toronto came to some ofthe stolen property taken possesston of marijuana and the officers are also trying to match ght and Metro Police were from a break-in at her King other, a 32â€"yearold, is charged recovered items to reported lled in to investigate. home. with possession of stolen goods thefts More breakâ€"ins Solved by York police Lunch box blast $Half million in goods 1 recovered in police raids King Township Mayor Margaret Britnell has identified some of the stolen property taken from a break-in at her King home. One item, a diamond ring, is believed to be valued at more than $60,000. and is believed to have been stolen from the hotel room of a visitor from New York. Items believed to have been taken from homes in Kings Cross Estates and Thomhill and also from housebreakings in other areas of southern York Region are also included in the list of recovered goods. Some of the recovered items, mainly jewelry, are believed to have been stolen from celebrities Donald Sutherland and Wilt Chamberlain. while they were guests at a Toronto hotel. TWo other Unionville men, one 19 and the other 16 years of age, face multiple counts of break. enter and theft as a result of break-ins at the following locations: Markham District High SchoOL Maynard Fuels, Sandy‘s Auto Service. Unionville House Restaurant. York County Board of Education and Unionville Fairways. Greenbelt Motors. He will appear in Juvenile Court December 17. They 'were both involved in the theft of scales and microscopes at Markham District High School on York Region‘s Secondary School teachers have rejected the latest offer from York County Board of Education, which would give them a 12 per cent increase over two years and more if the Cost of living jumps seven per leading to the electrical blasting cap before he called police. York Regional Police arrived, and called Detective John Morrison at his home. But it was close Morrison took the lunch pail bomb to the sand pit on 17th Avenue, where he applied a shaped charge of C-4 (a putty-like substance) to the top of it. Detective John Morrison of York Regional Police shows a bomb found by a nine-year-old Thomhill boy Saturday in a ravine on the Ladies Golf Course property near Bayview Avenue. The bomb was in a lunch pail and Detective Morrison. dismantled it with a charge of C-4, which is a putty-like ex- plosive. (Liberal Photo by Bruce Hogg). Once the lunch' pail was Teachers reject board offer November 7, 1979 26 pages 25 Ceng Another, a 19-yearold from Toronto. has been charged with theft of communication. because she made several long distance calls to Vancouver and charged them to someone else. Five women have been arrested One, a 28-year-old from Richmond Hill, has been charged with possession of stolen goods valued at more than $200 and possession under $200. V Two other Richmond Hill women and a woman from King City have also been charged. Four men were arrested during the raids. Two of the accused are from King Township. The first, a 31~year~old is charged with possession of marijuana and the other. a 32~year-old, is charged with possession of stolen goods A West Hill man will appear in court November 13 charged with the same offense as a result of a theft earlier this year at Markham Credit Jewellers. An 18-year-old Unionville man will also appear in Court November 13 on charges of break. enter and theft as a result of investigations into missing golf The 19-year-old will appear in court November 13 and the 16- year-old will appear in Juvenile Court December 17‘ March 3, and were each involved in some of the other break-ins listed. cent The teachers of District 11 Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation tOSSTF) met Thursday at Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School in Aurora to consider the Board‘s opened, Detective Morrison found a battery operated oven timer. blasting cap and a white powder‘ which he took to the Forensic Sciences Laboratories in Toronto for analysis. Police are still investigating the reason for the bomb being in that location and are looking for whoever put it there. It will be a few days before the results of the tests are ready. A 17-year-old Unionville man will appear in court the same day charged with possession under $200 after an AM-FM car radio missing from a break-in at Greenbelt Motors was found in his possession. Inispector of Detectives. Bill Hay says more arrests are ex- pected within the week, The last time the Secondary teachers went to arbitration was 1974 and the decision‘ look six weeks. A teacher in Category 4 with 11 years experience would ‘be earning $28,427 instead of the present $26,818. In the second year of the contract. The Board is offering a six per cent increase and a cost of living allowance (COLA) if the cost of living jumps seven per cent in any month. Just over half the total number of teachers were present for the vote. The Board‘s offer provides for a six per cent increase in the first year of the contract, and would equalize increments at the varous salary levels. It appears both ‘sides will go to an arbitration board November 19 for a settlement. latest offer and voted 257 to 251 against. Salaries for beginning teachers in Category 1 would be $13,466 for 1978-79, an increase from $12,704. over $200 and theft of items over $200. Councillor Mike Bumie, with an “I told you so" attitude was taking his colleagues to task over the way they had handled the tender situation with National Transit Cards, the company given exclusive rights to place advertisements on Richmond Hill Transit buses. Monday. two Richmond Hill men were also charged with possession of stolen property. equipment taken from Unionville Fairways on April 7 of this year. A 17-year-old Markham man faces the same charge on November 13 for a break-in at Markham District High School on May 4. ' Richmond Hill council mem- bers were accused of being greedy Monday night, by a fellow council member, but they chose to write off the incident as an ‘experience'. York Regional Police expect more charges to be laid as people identify their missing items. Two Toronto men are included. one is charged with two counts of possession over $200 and the other with possession over $200. National Transit Cards cannot Community Pulse Maintenance Manager for the town, Merv Perkins, pointed out. “it's just an experiment, we’re trying to find out the best way of handling the salt problem." The tovén of Richmond Hill is talking about using a fifty-fifty salt and sand solution on problem locations on our roads, instead of pure salt. Figures show the town has reduced the amount of The recipes have Seen gompfle'd from our '1 58“ used eaCh Whiter by _ab°“t one Per cent Since 1974' in recipe contest and the winners will be selected soon spite of the increase in mlles of road in the town. .. . , YCH award The Town of Richmond Hill gave permission, as in 'previous years, to sell poppies at various stores in Rich- mond Hill during the evening of November 8, 9 and 10. This is Poppy Week in Richmond Hill and people are asked to purchase Poppies to support veterans and their families in the community. Transit chaos an "experience" Poppies on sale Salt use Guest speaker during the ceremony will be Brigadier General Stephen Frederick Andrunyk. who was appointed The service will be at 3 pm. at the cenotaph. The parade will form up at the Richmond Heights Centre about 2:15 and will march off at 2:30 sharp. Proceeds from the sale of poppies are used to further veterans funds throughout the country. The memorial service at the Richmond Hill cenotaph will be Sunday afternoon. November 11. Poppies will be sold throughout the community November 8, 9 and 10. ' Friday, November 9 at 2330 pm. there will be a service of Remembrance for patients in the Continuing Care Unit at York Central Hospital. The service will be in the recreation room in the Unit. Richmond Hill Branch 375 of the Royal Canadian Legion is in the midst of a full week of ac- tivities revolving around Remembrance Day. They _will endeailor to .eXplain why . Remembrance Day is celebrated to today's school children‘ who have no concept of what war is like. During the week members of the Legion will visit several Public Schools in the Thornhill area to speak about what Remembrance Day really means. York Regional Police were instrumental in recovering stolen goods from house break-ins throughout the Region. Metropolitan Toronto Police also recovered items stolen from hotels in Toronto. Here Inspector of Detectives. Bill Hay (left) and York Regional Police Cadet The other council members drew together to back Councillor Gord Rowe when he commended Dave Weldon, the Clerk of Richâ€" mond Hill. on his quick action. both to collect monies owing to the town by drawing on a letter of credit filed with the town, and his attempts to satisfy the members of the business community whc had either not received ads paid for or found the ads in poor Legion '3 activities culminate November 7 7 be located to honor contracts both with the town or with business people in town who‘ contracted to place ads on the buses. Mayor Dave Schiller defended action of the council saying tender arrangements were always difficult and there was to his knowledge no evidence the owner would operate the way he did. repair Mr. Weldon has also sent a letter to advise National Credit Cards that because the contract had been violated it was no longer in effect. The members of Branch 375 will hold an Old Sweats dinner on Saturday, November 10 at the Deputy Commander of Central Militia Area in 1976, and served in that appointment until his recent appointment as Commander. . Councillor Burnie wanted council to contact another Richmond Hill’s plant lovers are invited to attend the Richmond Hill Horticultural Society’s annual meeting and dinner. which will be held Saturday, November 10 at the Summit Golf and Country Club beginning at 7 p.m. For tickets and information, call 884-0843. The award is presented by the Health Care Public Relations Association. Included in your edition of The Liberal this week is ‘Cookbook ‘79’, featuring recipes for just about anything. The recipes have been compiled from our recent York Central Hospital has come up with another award. this one for public relations. At the Ontario Hospital Association Convention held at the end of October in Toronto, a plaque was presented for the best internal public relations program for 1979, and YCH won it. Leonard Prusky, president of Bond Structural Steel, said he feels optimistic the town will proceed as ex- peditiously as possible because of complaints by ratepayers about. noise and traffic from the steel business as well as the need for the grade separation on Bond Structural Steel has successfully negotiated for a property consisting of approximately 20 acres, located east of Leslie Street, adjoining Highway 404 and about 600 to 700 feet north of Markham Road, behind the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ Works Yard. It is now up to the town to rezone both this parcel of land, to permit open storage and industrial use as well as rezone the present Bond Structural Steel property residential. Markham Road Bond Structural Steel has taken an option on property to relocate their plant and now it’s up to the Town of Richmond Hill to uphold its part of the bargain. The town has been attempting to relocate this company now situated on Markham Road, to enable construction of a grade separation at the CNR rail tracks by the Region of York. Bond Steel finds a new location Cookbook ’79 Jaime Carman examine some of the recovered merchandise. Owners still have to identify their property before more charges are laid. At present six people have been arrested and the total value of goods recovered is close to half a million dollars. Some veterans from Sun- nybrook Hospital will be at- tending. speakef legion hall on Ohio Road, Rich- mond Hill. Again Braigadier General Andrjunyk will be the guest company who had tendered originally to see if they would make some sort of agreement to continue the advertising program on Richmond Hill buses, but again his fellow councillors united to agree the best policy was to wait to hear from the town solicitor what could be done to clear up the present situation. Mr. Weldon has tried to contact all persons who contracted with National Transit Cards to review the contract to see if there is any way the town can assist them. .