Vol. 14, No. 26' Wednesday, June 27, 1984 24 PageE w Ne ighbolu'rh'o'od Watch operational The Coliege Downs Nelghbourhopod Watch program rn s o in fuli'gear. To mark the occassion, the organizers of the group and Mayor Bob Attersley erected a slgn denotlng that the area ls now protected by Neighbourhood Wat- ch. Donna Brockman, vice-presildent of the group; Karen Cattafi, p president and Barbara Ferguson, .,o-ordl natot, watch on as Atter ley (on the ,ldr with Ashiey fergusonag _2 ute the finishingtouches'on .thesign whichIs iocated on Col lette Dr..and Blair St. Catt.afi' -said that, their ýgroup has received 10,per cent support from the nelghbourhood. Ail homes in'the sub- division, licated o ff -Blair St.-, have signs In their' win'dows.sayin g t,ýhey ar e part 0,f the residential crime preventing program.. Cattafi Is currently ln the process of putting together a monthly newsletter which wili teli area residents about the activities of N,'elghbourhood Watch. They have aiso lmplemented "Ope ration Identification" in their area. Cattafi's committee purchased two sýpeciai engravers- and a set< of special feit marke'rs that are beingpassed f rom home to home -so that residents can mark their valuüables in such a way as to be identifiable soi they be stolen. Cattaf i ýsaid tha t erecting the sign was the "ciosing segment" of the group's organlzlfg ,activties and was obviousiy pleaéed that everythlng had gone so weii. Free Press Staff Photo.' Only Canadian s top.... 21 Japan-ese mayors Will viit Whty The Town of Whitby's aggressive .foreign marketing program has resulted in yet another feather- being placed in Mayor Bob Attersley's cap. On July 9 Attersley, and the rest of Whitby Town Council wilI host a delegation of 21 mayors from Japan who. will corne here as part of a three city North American tour. The other cities to be visited are Washington D.C. and New York City.. *In. making the an- nouncement last Friday afte r noon, Attersley said that they will be in Whitby for about six hours and in addition to j tours of municipal facilities they will also visit Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village. The purpose of the visit by the Japanese mayors is to establish a network whereby the heads of municipalities can exchange infor- mation. "'They are interested in seeing how a small town- operates, " Atter- sley said. The mayor added tbat Whitby is the only municipallty in Canada that bis Japanese coun- terparts wanted to see. He noted that Whitby bas a biilboard adver- tising its industrial development 'fadiities on the grolunIds of Tokyo International Airport and is also an advertiser in the "Presidents' Magazine" - a Japanese trade publication. Attersley said that they want to know how Whitby bas managed to grow substantially in a difficuit economic period especially when the town is s0 close to a major metropolitan City. The mission to Whitby will open the door to in- creased liaison with Japanese government officiais abroad and hopefully encourage future missions to ac- cept our invitation to join us and receive the gif t of - Whitby hospitality and ex- change of information," he said in a written statement. The visit came about after Attersley received a telephone cail from Takeo Terahata of the Japan Trade Centre in New York City three weeks ago who after asking for a appoin- tment flew to Wbitby the foilowing day to set up the visit. A tte rsly- "This is the best coup we've'ever had in 'the Town of Whitby,"1 Atter- sley said, -"This is a visual resuit of the programs we've been implementing."1 He added. that he checked with 'a few for- mer mayors and none of them ever remember a Japanese mayor visiting, this municipality. The mayors come from the 21 townLs and. cities. that surround Toyko. Wbile te'ehere, Attersely hopes to show them what a rounded CONT'D ON PG. 15 Office closed next Monday for Canada Day in honor of the July 1 Canada Day holiday,. the offices of the Whitby Free Press wil be closed next *Monday, July2. The deadline for display advertising submissions shail be this Friday at 4 p.m. Furthermore, the deadline -for our ,Em- prnipges and our classified' advertising section wii be 2 p.m. Those organizations wishing to submit press releases and other news articles for next week's edition are asked to submit them before 2 p.xn. as weil. The staff of the Whit- by Free Press would liketo take this oppor- tunity to wisb ail our readers a happy holiday. Town fathers' ctiided ove r grants policy f zmp To grant money or not to grant money, that is the issue dividing mem- bers of Whitby Town Council this week. The issue bas divided the, seven members of coundil almost evenly with some councillors saying that the town's- no grant policy should be adhered to strictly while others say that coundil should be flexible and make in- dividual grant decisions on a case-by-case basis. Leading the "4no grant" side are Mayor Bob Attprsley, and coun- cillors Joe. Bugelli and Ross Batten. Demnanding that council be flexible are councillors Tom Ed- wards, Gerry Emm and Marcel Brunelle. Although he leans towards, the no grant stand, Councillor Joe Drumnm told council Monday that he bas to do a lot of soul searching before making his deci$ion. The, debate was sparked by, an ap- plication from the Durham Tenants' Hotline which asked for a one time1 grant to help keep it operating until. another funding, source could be secured. The grant request was denied on a 4 to 3 vote. Batten, chairnian of council's operations committee, which deals with grant requests, said that the town's current policy was a good one. "But I start to feel like a Scrooge" after t1urning ,down a, grant request, Batten"said. SThe councillor 'Ialso took a shot at the federal and provincial gover- rnents. They originally fund these programns and when they decide to do so no longer, they place the onus -on the municipality to, pick-up the slack. And that, he strongly feels, is wronig. 1"Ne are, not geared to fund programs that are started by the federal or provincial gover- ninent," Batten told council. While Bugelli feels that alm 'ost,' every organizatioln that cornes to coundil looking for money is worthy of sup- port he does not believe that coundil should be forced to pick and 'choose as to who gets funded and who doesn't. "I refuse to pick and choose worthwhile organizations," he told coun cil, adding, "Nobody's questioning