PAGE 4, WEONESDAV AUGUST 3, 1983, WIIITBY FREE PRESS whitby w Voice of the County Town bIished every Wednesday Michael Ian Burgess, 1 The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby Ib Publisher - Managing Editor y residents [or Whitby residents. hy M.B.M. Publishing and Photography, mc. l>hone 6861 The Free Press Building, 1:11 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. TIMOTHY BAINES Commun lty Editor ANDY THOMSON Advertising Manager Second lass Mail Regostration No. 5351 Athietes. leave Whitb y talkin g proud Whltby is talklng proud. We have a lot more to be proud cf than the tremendous i'ndustrial growth experlenced wlthln the past year. Much of the prid 'e In this community Is generated by local athletes, teams and organizations that conslstently perform 80 well, flot only on a reglonal basis, but often on a wider scope. Anne Ottenbrlte, a -Whitby> girl, has been spotlighted often ln the past few years as she con- tinues to set records in the swimmlng pool. After breaking Canadian and Commonwealth records at the Esso Cup Canadian trials last week in Mon- treal, Ottenbrlte wlll represent Canada at the Pan Am Games ln Caracas, Venezuela. L Mainstream Canad2j A bureaucracy gone amiss At 17, Ottenbrlte is reachlng he.r prime as a swimmer. The 1984 Olymnplcs ln Los Angeles could provîde her wlth the ultimate goal of any amateur athiete a gold medal. The Whltby Iroquois Swim Club Is a good example of a club that is well organized and also does well at competitions. Whitby's minor lacrosse program has served as excel lent tutoring for players who'move on to the junior and senior levels. First City Developers recently bowed out ln the junior A lacrosse semi- finals, but battled down to the final whistle before succumbing to Etobicoke. A victory ln the seventh and final gamne would have automnatically earned Whitby a berth In the Minto Cup national cham- pionships. You can bet the Developers will return with new faces, many having advanced through local mînor lacrosse, and will again be a formidable force. Hockey Is another area where we're talking proud. The minor hockey program in this town takes a backseat to that of flo other community. The Brooklin-Whitby major Bantamn and Nash Aluminumn Peewees both won Ontario AA cham- pionships this past year. The Flrst City Development Juveniles advanced to the AA fi1nals, but was edgeci out ln four games. The Brooklln-Whitby Novice team won the OMHA Lakeshore championship. Whltby's hockey team conslstenly perform this well at the provincial level. Let's not sllght our hlgh school athletes. An- derson and Henry Street high schools traditionally fileld excellent football and rugby teams. Denis O'Connor can also dlaim credIt for spawning some f ine athietes. The soccer associations ln town also provîde kids with fun as well as finely honing the kids' fundamentals. Basebaîl is alive and well ln thisarea. The Whit- by Ballarneys keep racking up vîctories while the Legi1onai res fastball1 team hangs near the top of its league. Local minor basebali teams also sport im- pressive records as they battie the blazing heat of the summer. A tip of the cap must go to the people.who make these organizations work. It ls the people behind the scenes who work so diligently to give these kids enjoyment and aise allow them to develop and progress. Whitby is ln the big leagues when it comes to sports. By W Roger Worth In a not-so-funny way, the' seemingly inevitable growth of' bureaucracy in'Canada is sti- fling the nation's entre- preneurs, as well as ensuring' that many new jobs will flot be created. The bureaucrats, and the millions of civil service employees who follow their orders, are the "nine-to- fivers" that have the duty to carry out the wishes of our duly elected representatives. They work for the govern- ment agencies and departments that dispense unemployment insurance, collect taxes and buy everytliing from soup to ships in addition to the thousands of other trans- actions, that occur between governments, businesses and individual citizens. Without question, bureau- crats are needed. These are the people who are hired [o pro- tect our interests, as well as our dollars, ail the while sup- posedly seeing that public money is spent responsibly and that rip-offs are kept to a minimum. Yet there cornes a point when we may have too much of a good thing. It has recently corne to ight, f'or instance, that Ottawa has nine bureaucrats sitting behind desks in the nation's capital overseeing a $70-milion foreign aid program in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, these people are, giving orders to only three'. Canadian field workers in that country. Somethîng's amiss. Says one of the Bangladesh field workers: "It can cost $100 worth of telex cables to Canada to justify a $25 expendit ure." This top-heavy manage- ment situation is flot unusual. The Armed Forces, for exam- pIe, has more corporals [han privates, and the number of senior federal civil servants earning more than $60,000 tripled last year. More important, perhaps, is the way the highly placed bureaucrats view the business community, particularly [lhe small business sector. Even the smallest businesses are now forced to spend about 10 hours per week on red-tape, paperburden and government forms, many of [hem designed to keep the bureaucrats happy. It's [rue, governments claim they are reducing [lis mfaze of paperwork, but it is still an importan.t factor in any business operation. Then there are the bureau- cratic investigators. These are the people who oversee tax collection, unemployment in- surance, workers' compensa- tion and a multitude of other government programs. Complaints about their heavy-handed methods of operation abound, and there have been repeated suggestions that the bureaucrats simply don't understand what makes a smaller firmn tick. That, in fact, may be the case. Few civil servants have experience in the business world, and many seem [o believe ail businesses are out [o grab as many dollars as the y can, legally or illegally. Naturally, that is not [rue. Yet it is an attitude that stities many smaller firm-s [rom ex- panding, and forces others to throw in the towel. For these entrepreneurs, the bureau- cratic paper maze has developed into an obstacle that cannot be overcome. CFIB Feature Service LETTER S TO THE EDITOR Thanks to froquois Park pool Dear sir, I think too often we criticize people or an establishment when they do us wrong. But when people or an establishment are friendly, encouraging, patient, courteous, and helpful they are flot told what a super job they have been doing. The latter is the case with Iroquois Park Pool. I would like to express my sineere appreciation and gratitude to the lifeguards and a few of the instruetors at Iroquois Park Pool. Especially to the following Debbi, Doug, John, Dianne, Jean, June, and Jiil. I cannot start to say how much the above people helped me with my swimming and 'diving. I think the people of The Town of Whitby should know that they have very competent swimming instructors and lifeguards. I encourage anyone thinking of enrolling their children at Iroquois Park to go right ahead. I also encourage anyone interested in doing much swimming at Iroquois Park to take out a three month pass for $20 or a twelve mon- th pass for $60. Bob Morrison Whitby