WHITBY FREE Council to study possibility of extending bus services to evenings and Saturdays Whitby Town Council will look into ways of improving the town's bus service later this year. According to West Ward Councillor Joe Bugelli, chairman of the operations committee, a study will be com- missioned to look into the possibility of exten- ding bus service into the evenings and on Satur- days. Council decided to look into the matter af- ter receiving correspondence from residents petitioning for the extended service. Bugelli said last week that the committee has receive atleast six let- ters. One petition, cir- culated by the Whitby Senior Citizens' Activity Centre had 551 signatures. Bugelli said that the correspondence will be collected until October and then included in a report to council. October was chosen as the deadline because the town will start its budget deliberations for 1982 shortly thereafter. "We'll keep going un- til then," he said. "I want the report to in- clude figures from the summer months." "We'll see in October what changes should be made and how they relate to costs in the budget," he added. He called the rider- ship figures for the early part of this year "stable" although he admitted that the system is not attracting new riders. "There's only so many riders you can attract given the limits of routing and times buses run," he said. For the month run- ning from mid- February to mid- March, the service average $235 in fare box earnings. The figures for May appear to be down from that. From May 4 to 8, the service took in an average of $199 a day; May il to 15 the figure climbed to $201 and from May 18 to 22 the figure went up again to $219. "The Victoria Day holiday was in there and probably one NOT professional develop- ment day when the kids don't go to school," Bugelli said. These daily figures are up from the last quarter of 1980, but only slightly. A report to council submitted last February showed that the largest percentage of bus riders were students. High school students were forced to use the infant public transpor- tation system when the Durham Board of Education cancelled their school bus service. It is the board's policy not to provide school transportation when there is an "adequate" municipally run bus service. The Whitby Transit Service will be one- year-old in 16 days and council still has two years left in its contract with Charterways Ltd. who operate the system. ICE A SPECIAL PICK UP for shrubs and hedges killed by the extended cold weather, will be supplied to anyone requiring this service. Anyone wishing to receive this pick up, please contact the Whitby Operations Centre, at 668- 3437, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, until June 15,1981. Material is to be dling. tied in bundles for easier han- R. A. Kuwahara, P. Eng., Director of Public Works. While they agreed that the location wasn't the best, Whitby Town Council voted to con- struct a tourist infor- mation centre at the south-west corner of Brock and Burns Streets. At their regular meeting last week, councillors voted to place the $13,000 tourist centre on that location, temporarily. Assistant ad- ministrator Forbes "Doc" McEwen told council that the first choice was a Ministry of Transportation and Communications yard just to the east of the Ontario Provincial Police building to take in the Highway 401 traf- fic. "We were advised that this site had been rejected by the MTC on traffic grounds," he said. The second location was the parking lot used for lawn bowling and parking for the Seniors Activity Centre on the north-east corner of Brock and Burns Streets. "We were hesitant to take away parking for a tourist centre," McEwen said. The location that council accepted was the third choice. The site will have parking facilities for seven vehicles and washrooms, McEwen said adding that the town has received an $11,744 grant from the federal government to pay the salaries of four student employees for 16 weeks. Other operating ex- penditures have been estimated at $12,000. "We have received advice that one tourist attraction will con- tribute $5,000 towards this cost," the assistant administrator said. "I am pursuing the matter with another at- traction and expect our net costs to be $6,000." McEwen also said that the capital cost of water and sewer con- nections and parking lot construction will be $7,000. A trailer will be ren- ted to house the centre at a cost of $1,200. Mayor Bob Attersley told council that the town has been seeking to establish a tourist in- formation centre for some time. "Family Kartways expect 500,000 people this year," he told coun- cil. "Cullen Gardens had 250,000 visitors last year and this year they too expect 500,000. Whitby has to get into the tourist business." Regional Councillor Gerrv Emm said that the location "was off the beaten track" and ex- pressed his hope that other locations would be looked at in the future. However, East Ward Councillor Joe Drumm pointed out that this is a temporary arrange- ment. "Let's do it now," he said. "We want to make a decision to get this thing going soon." Participark Brooklin and District Kinsmen Participark will be officially opened on Saturday, June 13, at 1 p.m. by Mayor Robert Attersley. The participark is the fourth stage in the development of the Brooklin District Kinsmen Community Park. The project began in 1975 in or- der to provide a much needed facility for the residents of the community. Many activities are planned for this special day including a horseshoe tournament sponsored by The Royal Canadian Legion Brooklin branch; a par- ticipark competition; children's races and games; low priced hot dogs and cold drinks served by local Boy Scouts; a band.concert by the Anderson Street High School Band and climaxed by a pork barbecue sponsored by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. These events have been planned in order to at- tract all the residents to the park so they may become acquainted with the facility and might be encouraged to make good use of it. PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1981, PAGE 5 LOOKING FOR A CAREER? - if you are enthusiastic, ambitious and a hard worker, you have a lot to offer - and you are Just the type of person we're looking for. If you're lnterested in a life-long career with excellent earning potential call Mr. Lavictoire at Metropolitan Life 728-6224 bet- ween 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and find out what we have to offer. 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