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HomeSho will ove toWhtb The Oshawa 'Home Show, a popular reglonal sprlng event fQr -the past il years, wil be held in Wlitby foi the first time this year. Show Manager Larry Pooler andi Mayor Jun Gart- shore' announced the move and signed an agreement for the show's arrangments, Tues- day at Iroquoîs Park. The "Oshawaý and Acea, Home .Show--DurhamRegion's Market place," will be held in the Iroquols Park Arena April 27 to 30. Times arý 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. April 27 and 28, noon to IOp.m. April 28, and noon' to 6 p.m. April 30. Mr. Pookr said he Is mo.v- ing the Home Show to Wliitby this year b ecause he'could flot corne to ternis with'the City of'Oshawa over rentai of the, Oshawa Civic Auditorium, where the show has been held since its inception., S The show wilI feature a- bout 80 exhibitors" of 'home and related services, and i15 about 75 per cent iold out. Eighy per cent of the exhibi- tors are from the Durham Region, said Mr. Pooler. 1 Attendance for the Home Show is usually about 8,000 for the four days, and Mr. Pooler hotoequal or ex- ceed >that figure this, year. MeNamara gets contract >The Honorable Judct Buchanan, Minister of Public Works, announced last week that McNamnara Corporation of Newfoundland Ltd. of Whitby, has beeni awarded'a $708,973 contract. for, dredg.- ing at Whitby Harbor.' The successful firm sub- mitted the lowest of five bids received ini response to public tender'. The, highest was $1 ,507,800. The marina basin and en- trance channel are being dredged to support the. deve- lopment of a. large marina operation :on the -site. Al rnaterial dredged. will be de- posited in a contaiment aiea on the west side of the harbor which wil eventuaily be turn- ed into parkland. Specifications for the pro- ject were prepared by Steven- son Hardtke and Assoc. under the, supervision of Public Works Fisheries and the En- virojnment. The work should be . complete by the end of August. The project manager is J. Finerty of Public Works Canada's Ontarlo Region of- fice in Toronto, Mayor Jim Gartshore (right) unveiled, the sign at the Community Care office in Whitby recenfly to officially open the projeet in this town. Taking part in the ceremony, from, left to right, are: Margaret Hart, president of the Whitby Community Care Advisory Board; Co-ordinator Marie Brooks; Red Cross representative Hannah Macmillan;. Social Planning Council representative Stan Mason, Vice- President JMm Speers and Mayor Gartshore. The office at 101 Mary Street West is open 9 a.m. -to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday to offer- services to senior citizens. Volunteers are needed'te provide these services, says Mrs. Brooks. Free Press by Brian Winter John KR.Frost Iermyn (right) foi Town of Whitby. Ioda., Mr. Froat9 , nmde a prcsntation to Harx ,ar of semdng NMaaourin sthe wu~ aretsuanben of Composite îWorskpful Master i 1939, and aposite Lodre, of Whitby, bas a Developmen t There are good prospects park,ïand p for development in the comn- of land aé ing year in downtown Whitby said Mr. Ni and the Oshawa-Whitby in- The reg dustrial basin south of High- coruplete t way 401, says Regional De- area by bu, velopment Director Bob Nicol. the Oshaw- Speaking recently at the and a' bri< Whitby Rotary'Club and the Creek t 'o Chamber of Commerce, Mi. dustrial Ian Nicol said that sevêral things Mr. Nie( wilI happen in 1978 to en- courage industrial and corn- merical deve lopment in o n Whitby. He informed thc Whitby The pupi businessmen that there are Whitby in 1i 1,800 acres of serviced in. cent, the hig dustrial land in the Oshawa- 15 yeaîs, sa) Whitby basin, i1,000 acres be- ning directc ing south of Highway 40 1, "In ail liI< niaking it one of the largest for 1978 wil industrial parks in the pro. 1977, basec vince. have over 2, The region will be starting ini planls of % te market this land, which building pe represents 75 per cent of ail been taken c regionai industrial land, in servicing is 1978, with the aid of Mr. Tunney. $220,000 for promotion from register 1,0C the Ontario govemment, said în 1978V' Mr. Nicol. If thîs gr Also,the Wentworth Street tinues, says extension joining the indus- town's popi trial lands iWhitby and 29,S0 by1 Oshawa will ho vompleted iIni Novmbe April, h.ud. slaticel Was prospects good i'nWhitby purchased 140 acres Ijacent to the site', col. iîon also intends to the servicing of the iîlding a road along ia-Whitby boundary Ige across Corbett open up the in- Lds. -o said the catalyst for the industrial park will be the LCBO warehouse, and the reconstruction of Camp X wiIl provide the aiea with a major provincial tourist at- traction.- Mr. Nicol also stressed the need to correct some of the weak Iinksin the industrial pattern of the Durham Region. He stated that the Highway 401 interchanges into Oshawa are s'4jstandard, and traffic has to double back to get into the industrial basin. Tis, he said, leaves Thick- son Road as 'the major inter- section for entry into the industrial park, and this in- tersection needs to be up- graded'. dation growth highest hi 15 years wlation growth of 977 was 4.81 per ghest in more than ys the towii's plan- or Kevin Tunney. kelihood the trend hl -keep abreast of d on the fact we 000 lots registered subdivision where ermits have not out, but surveying îavailable," says 1. "We expect to 00 additionai lots ýrowth trend con- SMr. Tunney, the alation wlll reach the end of 1978. er 1977, thie pop stabilized, says Mr. Tunney. A few years ago when land values, were higher there was marked decrease i sales. One of the major projects for the planning departmnent in 1978 will be acomplete re- view of the town's offîciaI plan s0 it cari be resubmitted to the Ontario Ministry of Housing following adoption os SUe regionai officiai plan. In sorne areas the, town will lhave' to bring its officiai plan into line with tihe regional plan. . Aise, thse planning depart- ment will be reviewing al its documents and mapping to update tbemn with thie setuic 's-o r hold furtiser public meetings ard workshops with the resi- dents of the designated areas. He hopes implementation "Il begin late ini 1978 or early in 1979. The planning department intends to complete the public meetings on BroÃ"kdin develop- ment in 1978 and adopt a secondary plan for tIhe ham- let. 'fhe department aso hopes to finalize thse special studies for thse tughwayý coilierocial areas on Brock and Dundas Streets în 1978, and make a' start on the other hamiet studies. 11we plan for Macedoias Villace was finalized i 197 cOMUNIY LREOPENS 50R ÀYEARI(àjS A MASON