WHrfiTBY FREE PRESS, WEDN4ESDAY OCTOBER 20;,1982, PAGE Co-moperation is the key, expertssay Downtown merchants must be convinced 0f the "lbottom line profit- ability" 0of revltalizing Whitby's core area, Goderich architect Nicholas Hill told a seminar group Sunday. The Downtown Revitalization Seminar, held at the Centennial Building, attracted about 40 people who heard speak ers describe the various ways Whit- by's downtown core could -be im__proved and revitalized. "You must work with the people who own the buildings," Hill told the group composed of Cu' The administrative office of. the Durham, Board of Education was the site 0f an angry strike by more than 300 custodians, bus drivers and maintenance work- ers Monday morning. The sechool board em- ployees, members of Local 218 of the Cana- dian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), walked off the job be- cause of a salary dis- members of the Whitby Historical Society, local politicians and intereat- ed reaidents. "I've seen (historical groupa) take a very self- righteous, stand-off ap- proach ... really rather preaching to ,ail the heathens who ailow historical buildings to be destroyed," Hill warned. Despite the consensus among the four speak- ers and a panel that alI interested groups must work together. to plan the future of the down- town, there was a noticeable lack of at- tendance by the group pute with the board. The strikers, who have been in a legal strike position since' Oc- tober 1, want the maxi- mum nine per cent pay raise permnissable under' the' Ontai-io govern- ment's incoming restraint program. The board ýhad offered a seven per cent pay raise' in contract talks which ended last week. Under the provincial Buchanan run s John Buchanan, a Board of Education trustee representing -Whitby for the past two years, wiil seek another term in the November 8 election. SAs a trustee for th e' Durham. Board of Edu- cation,. Buchanan was a member of many board committees including, finance, property, per- sonnel and administra- tion, "Early School Leavers". Buchanan was the board representative for the Social Planning Council of Oshawa/ Whitby., Among his objectives for the Board of Educa-, tion, Buchanan says keeping costa "within reason" and trimming, frilîs from speniding are a high priority. He would like to see local residents and non- profit groupa using school facilities, and Change of place If you're planning to attend the police wives auxiliary fashion show tonight (October 20) please note it wiil be held at the. Heydenshore Pavilion, not Henry Street High School. The show will stiil begin at 8p.m. New date Residents of Whitby are being encouraged to celebrate Halloween on Saturday, October 30 rather than Sunday, Oc- tober 31. Town officiaIs would appreciate the co-opera- tion of ail residents in making this Halloween a safe one on the above date*. says he supports the use of micro-computers In ail schools. Buchanan says.- the pupil-teacher ratio should be revised so that ,tonly those teaching at most dlrectly affected by revitalization plans - the merchants. Doug Anderson, presi- dent of the 'Historical Society, said merchants may have skipped the meeting because of a feeling "we've been down this road before. "Ail kinda of plans for the downtown haéve been putý forth before and they've gone nowhere," Anderson said. <The seminar, was pre- sented with hopes 0f kindling a renewed in- terest in revitalizing Whitby's core area. Woods Gordon, con- suitant John' Lînton government's restraint program, which is now before the legislature, workers whose contrac-, ta expire between Octo-' ber 1, 1982 and Septem- ber 30, 1983 are, allowed up to nine per cent pay raise in the first year, and five per cent in the second year. But the new legisla- tion will also take away the CUPE's right to strike. again least haîf the time wouid be included in the calcu- lation of the ratio. He says he would con- tinue to support all ener- gy efficient conserva- tion items., INVITATIONS, suggested the downtown could be made into such things as a specialty shopping area, a com- mercial, centre, or a recreation and enter- tainment centre. Linton stressed that residents,. users -of the downtown, politicians, developers, merchants and the media should all be involved in directing the future of downtown Whitby. "The most successful (revitalization) has been when an individual or group emerges that has a clear idéa of what they want....when some- one takes the baIl and runs with it," Linton said. Planning director Robert Short said the town's planning depart- ment, the Local Archi- tectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) and the busi- ness community should get together and have a downtown plan ap- proved. "'The.timing is good," YOU CAN BE A PROFESSION.AL < R AIRSTTLUST, ART là TECHNIQUE tawsty1iq Schood ENROLL NOW FOR NEÈXT MONTH'S CLASSES 7 Government Licensed Instructors 27 suucssolyuru of I.irulylirog sxporince >14 Ontarlo St. 221 Pltt St. O8swa Cornwall 576-0479. 938-9313 Thank you for heling our studerits today I0 hé. proiessionai hairstyis'ts tomorrow. WHOO GIVES A 'ABOUT YOUR OROAN PLAYINGB ________ Lowrey does, that's whoo! 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