PAGE 4, WEDN ESDAY MARCH 16j,19839 WH ITBY FREE PRESS whitby w mm Voice of the County Town Michael Ian Burgess, 1 Pub Publisher - Managing Editor The only Wbtby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. ,lshed every Wednesday by M.B.M. Publishîng and Photography Ine. Phone 668-6111 The Free Press Building, 1:11 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. LESLIE BUTLER Communlty Editor ELIZABETH NOZDRYN Advertislflg Manager Second Cas Mail Registration No. 5351 Back stabýbing might have been bac k slapping Free Press readers who don't live ln Coliege Downs are probably wonderlng what the Reynolds Street noise is ail about. Rlghtly so. They may be makingthe same noise themselves one day. Readers who do own homes ln the subdivision are either stili seething. or feel haif satlsfled a solution was found to the Reynolds Street ques- tion. Town councillors have undoubtedly rationaiized their respective positions on the subject, but most likely feel as If It was a no-wln situation. At least some 0f these emotions (bewiiderment, anger, self-satisfaction and f rustration) could have been eased If the matter had been handled more intelllgently by ail parties concerned.. Hindsight may be cheap, but the residents and town councilQrs already had nine years of hind- sight wlth whlch to view the question of extending Reynolds Street. lnstead 0f. addressing the matter rationaliy, ail parties (to some extent) allowed their aroused emotions to run away with their cooler nature. The question was whether or not to make Rey- Br3»k1 in Bylines By ROXANNE REVELER Cali 6551951 with -items for this coluamn. Ri there: Behold the warranty ... the bold print giveth, and the fine print taketh away. LIBRARY NEWS Time is running short for ail who wish te join in the March Break "Squeegygloop" fun. Please regis- ter before Mardi 18. Create a "Igloopy creature"' from Mardi 21 te 24, from 2:30 te 3:30 p.m. Age 12 and Up "Frigit Nigit" movies fromn 6:30 te 7:30 p.m. will ho rolling from Mardi 21 te 25 with par- ents' permission of course for anyone younger. Movies wil ho every Frlday afternoon from 3 te 4 p.m. for the younger ones for th~e monti of Mardi. Remember, just take out a book and enter the "1chocolate rooster" contest. He sure looks yummy. Please return ail tiose overdue books. The green drop box outside the lbrarýy has opening hours for your convenience, thanks. See you at your library. BROOKLIN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Brooklin Horticutural Society held their Feb- ruary meeting in the form of a seed planting work- shop ably supervised by Ken Brown. About 30 people took part in the planting of flower seeds in flats. The flats wil ho kept in a greenhouse and when they mature the flowers will ho used in the civic plantings the B.H.S. undertakes each year. A flower arrangig course, sponsored by the B.H.S. wWil h held on April 5, 12, 19 and 26 in the Concept Center. To register cail Joan Brak 655- 4742. A nominal fee will h charged to-cover ex- penses. The Mardi meeting of the Society wil ho held Mardi 23 at 8 p.m. In the Christian Education Build- ing, Brooklin Unted Church. Chris Grahiam of the Royal Botanical Gardens outreach program wil speak on "Shrubs and trees for the smaler gar- den". -A good attendance is expected te hear this outstandig speaker. Ail local people as weil as members of other societies are urged te attend. KINDERGARTEN PRE-REGISTRATION Meadowcret Public Scliool îs now receiving nolds a through street iinking Colage Downs sub- division to Dundas Street and the downtown. All those in favour said it wouid provide more direct access for emergency vehicles, it wouid cut costs for the town's service vehicles, downtown mer- chants would be alded because College Downs residents wouid have direct access to the down- town and finaliy, some of the traffic presentiy on Collette Drive wouid be rerouted to Reynolds Street. Ail those opposed argued increased traffic on Reynolds would pose a serlous threat to their children, 75 per cent of whomn they say must cross Reynolds toget to school. Furthermore, they argued, just last year town council deferred the extension of Reynolds by not including it In a five- year budget forecast. .Town council knew It had an explosive'issue on Its hands, but decided to take the bull1 by the horns and settie the thing for once and for ail. The town cannot be fauited for not ailowing those affected to speak their minds. But it can be faulted for the format of the public meetings which led to name- phone registrations'for Kindergarten enrolment next September. If you have a child who will be five years old by December 31, 1963, please phone the school at 655-3731 and give the name, address, birth date and your phone number to Mrs. Brown, the school secretary. MEADOWCREST NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Alternative lunches have been provided for the students of Meadowcrest by the Advisory Commit- tee for the past two years. Every second Wednes- day, hot dogs or pizza lias been offered at a reason- able cost. The small profit made from these sales lias helped to purchase physical education equip- ment, tape recorders, VCR equipment, prizes, for Science Fair winners, and graduation scholarships. Because a large number of mothers are either employed or have smail children at home, there has been a problem soliciting helpers for these lunch days. With 14 classes in the achool, we need at least 14. "mothers" to assist. On hot dog days, helpers wrap hot dogs individuaily, count them as ordered and deliver them te the classrooms with juice where they are handed out. This takes about 45 minutes, from il te 12:45. On pizza days, the pizza and juice are simply counted out and distributed to the class- rooms. If there are any ladies ithie community who would be interested in devoting less thani an hour of their time to the children of Meadowcrest we would be happy te, hear from you. You do not have to come every time, even once a month would be sufficient. Cail Lynn Robinson 655-4917, Linda Neault 655-4043 or myself at 655-4951. HAVE A CRAFT OR A HOBBY? Most of the students at Meadowcrest are "bussed i". These chidren have a long lunch hour with nothing to do in order to accommodate those who walk home for lunch. Aithougli the teachers aim te fil this time with sucli things as choir or athletics in the gym, it cannot occupy ail of the children all of the time. The staff would like to develop some sort of activity such as macrame, coilectors' clubs, art classes, anything at ail to stimulate the students. If you have an interesting craft or hobby that you would be willing to share with these young peoplet for 40 minutes during the lunch hour one daya week please cail principal Joy Bain at 655-3731. MEMORABILIA WANTED Now that Brooklin Arena has been "gussied up",1 we would like te have framed pictures on the walls depictig the history of sports in the Brooklin and surrounding area. If you have any old photography of the construction of the arena, sporting teams or athletes of yesteryear please-cal Barry O'Neill at 668-7765. He plans te make duplicate prints of your photos so you wlil fot lose them forever. (See Page 6) callIng, JeerIng and booing lnstead of rationai at- tempts to solve the problem. At the last of the public meetings, the town ad- ministrator presenteda report outllning the Issue and stating the town's position on It. Because the document came out strongiy ln favour of extend- ing the street, those opposed to it were put ln the position of having to defend themselves. lnstead of presentlng an unbiased document containing the facts on emergency response time, traffic patterns and future Implications, the town came forth with what amounted to, an open and shut case In favour of the extension. No dis- cussion of alternatives was fostered. As councillor Tom Edwards remarked this week, any "solution" to which haif the residents are opposed ls no solution at ail. Disc'ussion of alternatives should have been the focus of the meetings instead of repetition of the same -argu- ments for and against night after night. Brief mention was made of making Ontario Street the third access to College Downis, but It was neyer seriously considered. Another alterna- tive was to construct a walkway whlch couid.also be built to carry emergency vehicies. This too went by the wayslde without serlous considera- tion. Perhaps even more ingenlous and mutually ac- ceptable solutions could have been brought forth had the town and the residents been prepared to compromise instead of imposing the will 0f one group upon the other. If, after a series 0f meetings, it was declded the only possible route would be to extend Reynolds, s0 be it. At least the residents would have been Involved, In open discussions and,-serlous attem- pts to f ind com mon gromqnd. lnstead of name-cal ling, petition-gatherlng, rumour-monging and back stabbing, the resuit might have been a more generally agreeable situa- tion. Or It might simply have been agreement. to disagree. In any event, more open dialogue would have created fewer hard feelings. W'E WELCOME RESPONSES TO OUR NEWS S TORIES AND EDITORIA LS JUST SIGN YOUR LETTER A4ND MAIL OR DROP OFF A T THE WHITB Y FREE PRESS,- 131 DR OCK' ST. N., WHJTBY, ONTARIO LIN 5S1. --ýw- -w- -w- -w- -qw- -w- ý ý - - - - - ý -Au.- -ouh- -mm- -dah.- - - - . - - 1 MIL - - -m - - M. 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