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But through his persistence, Ward 5 Councillor Ron Dancey managed to tick Moran off to the point where he almost committed an indiscretion last Thursday â€" he must have thought of next year’s election and stopped himself. The bickering was over a sewer being constructed for a new subdivision at 16th Ave. by Monarch Construction. The Standing Committee was told the west side of Kennedy Rd. would have to be closed for three months because the Regional Engineering department felt the sewer was too close to its watermain â€" it feared damage to the pipes. “The damn Regional Engineering always seems to be interfering. As Chairman of Engineering, isn’t there something you can do?" asked Dancey of Moran. ASK NICELY It takes a lot to bring Markham Councillor Ron Moran to a boil, especially in public. After hours of long committees and council meetings, he‘s usually still good for a smile. “You‘re constantly making those remarks and I take exception to them because you don’t know About half the fluorescent bulbs were removed from plant ‘ In the warehouse three out of every four fluorescent bulbs have been removed and head lights installed on the lift trucks. The Engineering Department of the Town of Markham has set an example that will be tough to follow for any of the Region’s other municipalities, let alone Markham’s remaining ad- ministrative components. It has turned in a financial’ performance for 1979 that is practically spotless. The roads budget has produced a $52,000 surplus and it almost leaves one to wonder where the extra funds go, if Markham doesn‘t spend them. Nonetheless, Engineer Dipen Mukherjee deserves much of the credit for being able to manage more than $19 million-worth of capital expenditures with a gross operating budget of only $511,000. His staff was able to keep within the guidelines council set â€" a net budget increase of only four per cent and no increase at all for roads projects. Plant Manager for Ronalds Printing in Richmond Hill, Bruce Humphreys. said his company has been practicing energy conâ€" servation “long before it became popular“. Although his report wasn’t specific, there was apparently little change in the amount of staff. That‘s not bad, considering total expenditures for 1977 were $10 million, then nearly $15 million for 1978 and now more than $19 million. Markham department has welcome surplus Remember, this is only the final report of Engineering â€" the Briefly, then Editorial, Display Classified Circulation Toronto customers any unauthonzed use I: Libéral The Liberal IS published evevy Wednesday by Melvaspan Community Newspapers, a div-sion ol Menospan Pvinling 6 Publishing Lid” which also publishes The Same: m Aurora-Newmarken The Woodbndge Vaughan News, and The Bolton Enlevpnse, PAGE A4 PUBLISHER JOHN C. FERGUS VOLUME_102. NUMBER 22 TELEPHONES Snons Edm \ » News Edw The brief bright summer has gone from the north: On their long flight south the geese set forth; Straight and.true in a “V” they fly. We listen at dusk to their lonely cry. Follow the leader and no detour ‘Till they told their wings on a southern shore. They‘ll bask in the sun as the months fly by. Then up and away they will northern fly. Into the dark they swiftly go. Strange and wonderful how they know! We rake the leaves as the air grows chilly: Who was it said that geese are silly? 13! and advemsmg o! The qcpxegted py coovrigm and l $1300 pet yea! In Canada I Canada. By came: $100 00v sales 25 cents. No mail :e ensts Second CIass Maul Libéral THE WISE ONES 884-8177 884-1105 8840981 881-3373 Wednesday, November 28, 1979 And if that is not enough, Mr. Humphreys said Ronalds’ em- ployees have been urged to take part in a special energy con- servation program. “The Minister of Housing said the delay had cost the government and Ontario Hydro over $100 million already,” said Councillor Amos and added he felt the town must “tread very carefully” and reassess the situation. situation. Any further delays could be very costly, he said. Ronalds Printing also have a system of reclaiming heat from gas operated equipment to heat the plant. Councillor Dave Amos took exception to the article on page one of last week’s Liberal which mentioned that Councillor Al Duffy said he planned to talk to the town solicitor about the decision to erect Ontario Hydro transmission towers at the Jail Farm property on High- way 7. and office areas. said Mr. Hum- phreys, reducing the light load about 30 per cent. But that’s as far as he went, perhaps realizing Mr. Dancey had goaded him into anger. Later, he said he’d be happy to intervene on Markham’s behalf and talk to Bob Hodgson (Commissioner) about the problem â€" if he were asked properly. what’s going on at Regional Engmeering,” countered Moran. At least that is what is ob- served publicly â€" what may go on in private sessions is another matter. Many towns across the Province wish they had some of the success Markham is reporting. In his brief to council, Mr. Mukherjee stresses the myth that public sector performance cannot match that of the private sector. Since this is the fourth consecutive year his department has “lived with its means”, Mr. Mukherjee figures that’s all it is â€" a myth. “I sincerely hope that this department’s performance will help to change the myth embedded in the public that municipal council and staff cannot function as ef- ficiently as an organization in the private sector,“ his report states. It’s encouraging to know the business of Markham can go on with the benefit of a smooth association between its council and its engineering department. THEY‘RE READING US It’s good to see that council members are reading our newspaper. Our hats off . to you, Mr. Mukherjee and we hope you aren’t a mere ephemeral ray of hope after which the rest of York Region is chasing. town still has several other financial reports to receive. Menospan Community Newspapers publishes The Richmond HillfmomhiIl Liberal. The Bannel, The Oakville Journal Record, The Haken Consumet The Mississauga Tunes, The Etobiooke MIGuardm. The Embicoke Consuma, The Nonh York Mino', The North Vovk W‘ThemoMnm,The$wbotoConsune, The Woodbiidge & Vaughan News. Thé Bakon Enlemvise. and The North Star Consumer. John C Fergus, Dilecmv of Publishing Ray Padley Jv Advert-sing Duecwr Notman Slunden onducnon Managel Denis O'Meava - Cuculalion Duecu-x Rose Reynolds - Accoums METROSPAN ~ NORTH DIVISION EDITOR RON WALLACE Robert D. Little Richmond Hill Sometimes that too is almost impossible. Not only is there no available space. but everyone else has the same idea. . . so much for peace and quiet. Some people buy all tlleir gifts and all their holiday baked goods at local bazaars. A lot of people leave the bazaars never having bought a single item, but for many, they are a treasure house of gifts. Picture this if you will . . . a four year-old tyke enters the church hall hanging onto mama‘s coat tails. All of a sudden, mommy reaches for an item at one of the booths, and junior is left stranded in a forest of arms and legs and pushing, shoving humanity. Most bazaars feature a tea court, where you are supposed to be able to sit down and have a nice cuppa in peace and quiet. SPRINKLINGS Nowhere on earth is it more crowded than at a church bazaar. There seems to be somewhere in the neighborhood of a million people everywhere you look. Mom is nowhere to be found and out of the melee of people comes a blood curdling wail “MOMMY, I want my mommy." If that isn‘t enough to bring people to their senses, nothing is. No one can scream louder than a little kid looking for his or her mommy. It happens. A friend visited the bake table at a church bazaar recently and spied a beautiful apple pie. As she reached for it, a little old gentleman turned to her and told her to get her hands off his pie. He was quite indignant about it. too. The gift items to be found at local bazaars are endless if you can get near them, but that, in itself is a tough task. The notices promised all sorts of wonderful goodies to be had . . . hand-made gift items, unusual decorations and of course, all the home baking treasures synonomOus with the up coming festive season. So'being a very smart young lady, I figured if everyone else could benefit from attending these bazaars and such, so could I. Once Mom has rescued the poor waif, she decides to check out the bake table. Now this is where the fun really starts. Can you picture 10 people all reaching for the same pie? At the beginning of November, I began receiving noticesfrom various Churches and organizations in the community telling me of upcoming bazaars or craft fairs. It's just that I always find myself stumped for gift ideas for the special people on my list. I want each and every gift to be special, and that's where my problem is. It’s not thatIdon’t like Christmas. . .Ido. Please Santa Claus I really do like Christmas. By MILLIE STEWART Liberal Staff Writer It happens every year at this time. Here we are on the brink of December with only 27 days left until Christmas, and I’m not anywhere near ready for it. LIBERAL Christmas bazaars... crunch When we get saved. our families get saved as well, Our lives change and people notice the difference. Read John 3-16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son. Whosoever believeth will not die but have everlasting life. Prisoners are saved right in the jails. Jesus loves everyone. A lot of people are worried out there about what happened over the weekend during the ex- plosion at Mississauga. It was a warning from Jesus Christ to repent; that the hour is at hand and to believe in him before it's too late. No one was killed so Jesus spared them. A Christian doesn‘t worry about gloom and doom because they have Jesus Christ in them and they read the Bible and know that these things are to come in place by prophecy He helps us when we pray to Him. He protects us from our enemies. He is a loving God. We haven‘t much longer for Jesus Christ to return for His Church. The Church is the believer and Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and no one else. Mississauga a warning, reader says Nice if you have the patience. I don't. I just want to get out of those church halls as fast as I can, so that’s why I am sitting here still wondering where I’m going to find the time to get all my shopping done and where I can find enough Christmas goodies to stock my freezer without having to slave over a hot stove. Come Christmas Eve I will have all my gifts bought, written a letter to Santa . . . see I didn’t forget; and my freezer and cookie jars will be well stocked with goodies. For some strange reason, I know deep down inside ‘all will be well. Come on Christmas you. . . not really. Letter Fran Sargeant Box 861 Oak Ridges About 75 per cent of the citizens who replied in wards 1,2,3. and 4 indicated they do use local and major parks, but in wards 5 and 6. dsagé was about 33 and 54 per cent respectively. Householders were also asked lo rate usage of optional services such as the local transit service and local and major parks. Most replies pointed out animal control in town was less than satisfactory. Again Mr. Rice pointed out the town had already undertaken to improve this situation by changing the com- pany responsible for service and was in the process of changing the hours under contract. Mr. Rice pointed out the town was presently attempting to improve service if] all three of these areas. Results show the average householder in Richmond Hill agrees with the restraint program being followed by the town and is reasonably satisfied with services such as road condition. snowplowing and garbage collection. although they would like to see improvements in some areas. Generally. respondents from the Oak Ridges area were less happy with services provided by the town especially in areas of drainage. street lighting. and both water supply and quality. Surveying the town In October the Finance Department mailed a survey to .30 households in each political ward, asking for comments about the quality of service provided, use of optional services and reaction to the municipal spending restraint program. Richmond Hill council and staff are presently puzzling over the implications of comments received from 166 residents of the town. I’m not afraid of Mr‘ Rice said he felt the reason Today (Saturday) as I continue to enter this column into a now subdued system, I do so with my fingers crossed, because we never did find out why the computer elected to ogg) “checksum” Rice. ‘ Was it trying to tell me something? Was it jealous because Rice is in the south seas? Did i the computer really want to be a traffic reporter? Stay tuned, folks, the tension is terrific. Rice was checksummed Liberal Editor Hi there, my name‘s not Bob Rice. It’s Ron Wallace, the brunt of most of these columns. I don’t know where Rice is, but he was supposed to be here and the reason he isn‘t is my fault. So, I'm doing penance. Perhaps, I should start at the beginning. Rice went away a couple of weeks ago â€" to St. Lucia, I think â€" to sip on Pina Coladas, twist his toes in the sand, and soak up some sun. Y’see, we’ve entered the computer age here at The Liberal, and I could dazzle you with computer-eze, the likes of which you‘ve probably never heard before. Before he went â€" that clever fore-thinking sun-of-a-gun â€" he gave me two advance columns to use while he was away. It means nothing to you, but Rice was “checksummed”. To be “checksummed” is serious, indeed. Even the manual says so: â€" “this is a very serious message, consult with your key operator or your system supervisor. DO NOT ignore the message.” You read the first one last week. You’ll never read the second one. I lost it. Well, if there’s a key opérator or a system supervisor around here, I guess I’m it. Armed with three days training in Wichita, Kansas, I lurched into action, demanding the computer show me what it could do. I asked it to read, to write, to hardcopy, to xerox, to do things that under normal circumstances it can do, and do quickly. ' Okay, computer, do this -â€" and I ordered an update. An update is like a pencil eraser . . . and it works the same way. It erases stories. It couldn’t, I argued, do the other things I asked, so why should it do an update? It did, without hesitation, an update. . . And in doing so, dozens of stories magically disappeared from the system . . . including the slightly-magnificent Bob Rice Column. The system refused. Made a muffled noise, then went blank. Kept flashing “checksum” at My computer friend says you have 11 more days to get your entry in, and grab a chance on this hot item. Wish I could win it. And I’m sorry, Bob. But I’ll do anything to get to write a column. The cards are, in fact, pouring in, but there’s still room for more. To bring you up to date (is that like an update?) Bob is giving away a portable pop-up television by Panasonic, which comes complete with radio. But another CKEY announcer, Ed Luther, who lives in Stouffville, told me the station is looking for more listeners and that might be one way to do it. (Plug time: You can hear Eddie from 2 to 7 pm. weekdays). Geez, it’s easy to get off the track. Deadline for Bob’s contest is Midnight, December 9. Cards must be mailed (as many as you like), but each entry must be in a separate envelope. I did have the opportunity of reading Rice’s column before it disappeared (maybe I an- swered my own questions), and he was on about his Christmas Present. There’s no truth to the rumor that the radio part of the machine is designed to come on only when Rice is giving his traffic reports on CKEY. By BOB RICE The commissioner said he felt the information obtained from the survey supported the areas the town was attempting where to improve service and it brought to attention a couple of other areas that should be given con- sideration. Councillor John Birchall. chairman of the finance com- mittee in town, said the com- mittee plans to circulate a similar survey next year to judge response to current programs. By RON WALLACE Mr. Rice said he was pleased with the level of response from the survey. 40 per cent, and said he thought it demonstrated a keen interest in local govern- ment. Ward 2.3 and 6 wanted greater attention to roads. 1 and 4 want better dog control and ward 5 wants street lights attended to. When asked if the person filling in the questionnaire would be prepared to accept an additional tax increase, and at what per cent. the average response was a one per cent increase would be tolerated .- if there was im- provement to the services identified in the Oak Ridges area do hot utilize these optional services to the same extent. Priorities for services requiring greater attention were different from ward to ward. Libraries were considered the most utilized of optional services with parks. swimming pools. tranit. arenas. recreational programs, ball diamonds. tennis courts. and meeting rooms. falling in behind, in that order. 0!" the facilities available results of the survey show people for these figures might be that there are few parks in these two areas, but the town is working with developers to establish local parks in all new subdivisions.