PAGE 20, WEDNFSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1984, WHITBY FREE PRESS Ashburn family denied exception to animal contro qItihu lot M .- , - i --e v -to elts w, armaedios and brief reprieve by Whit- they sent the proposed bylaw back t the ephants were given a by Town Council when exotic animal control operations committee. The Directors of The WHITBY MINOR BASEBALL ASSOCIATION the players and their families, would like to thank the following sponsors for their support in the 1984 season. THE KINSMEN CLUB THE LEGAL BEAGLES MITCHELL BROTHERS BELLCANADA FIREPLACE PLUS THE WHITBY LIONS CLUB GUS BROWN MOTORS KIWANIS CLUB BROOKLIN KINSMEN M. A. GOLDHAWK THE NATURE MEASURE RED WING ORCHARD PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS WHITBY JAYCEES SWISH MAINTENANCE SHOPPERS DRUG MART BOB MYERS CHEV OLDS DOMS AUTO PARTS ROTARYCLUB WHITBY OPTIMISTS ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION WINTARIO WHITBY TRAVEL VICK INSURANCE ITT CANON ELECTRIC CENTURY21 CONSUMERS GAS DONUT PRESS SORICHETTI HOMES NURSE CHEV OLDS BROOKLIN ELECTRIC CANADIAN TIRE CARTIER MacNAMARA DAIRY QUEEN DODD & SOUTER KURZ FOODS PERKINS PAINTS CHECKERS VARIETY STOKELY VAN CAMP WHITBY AUDIO GRAND OAK HOMES DUNEDIN CONSTRUCTION LASCO STEEL Coun. Ross Batten asked for the referal saying that he wanted to take another look at it before it was passed. At Monday night's operations committee meeting, the bylaw was referred back to council for action after a move by Coun. Marcel, Brunelle to amend the bylaw so that an Ash- burn family could keep their farm animals was defeated. The Centre Ward councillor made the move after Louise Lyons of Myrtle St. W. in Ashburn said that, adopting the bylaw would mean a change in her family's lifestyle. She said they moved to Ashburn to enjoy that particular lifestyle. The Lyons keeps chickens and three pigs on their property and are not in violation of previous animal control measures although it was learnt that keeping these animals does violate the zoning bylaw. Lyons pointed out that their home, which is one the boundary of the hamlet, wasn't even considered part of Ash- burn until the recent Ashburn Secondary Plan was adopted by council. "We were not even in the hamlet until the study was- done," she said adding that people who live in a rural area should expect to be ex- posed to farm animals. "If people want to come and live in the country, then they should expect it," she said. Lyons, the mother of TedARNTS LOAM SUPPLY LTD. BROCK RD. N., PICKERING (1 W mlles north-of Highway 2) TOP SOIL Sand Limestone Treated Tlmber Stone Plnefnuicti Patio Siabs Curbe Fltewood P«t.Lo4m INTERLOCKINlà PÀVING STONES (DELIVERED & OR INSTALLED) 683-0887 silo 12x16 é162O etc. 11X14 14xl8 20x24 PLUS CUSTOM FRAMING for PHOTOS, PRINTS, POSTERS, PAINTINGS -Wl STRTCH NEEDLIPOINT- WHITBY PICTURÉFRAMES CALL 82 FROST DRIVE SAVE THIS AD FOR HAMDY REFERENCE 668-4521 TODAY & SAVE! * The deadline for display advertising will be at 2 p.m. this Friday. Community organiza- tions wishing to submit coming events or other news items should do so before 12 noon on Friday also. The staff of the Whit- by Free Press would like to wish all of its readers a safe and hap- py holiday weekend. RAFFLE The Whitby-Brooklin Block Parent Association is holding a raffle on Oct. 11. The prize is $500. This is the group's only fund raising ac- tivity for the year and proceeds will be used for educational aids and operating expensès. Tickets can be ob- tained from the Brooklin Bakçry or from any Block parent area chairman. For more information call Heather Bray at 655-3334. R ET RACTION The dinnerware offer listed to be available in the Ot- tawa region and Eastern Canada is not available in these areas. Mr. Grocer regrets any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. moi Ma""M' two small children, said that neither she nor her husband have yet to receive any complaints from her neighbours concerning the animals. However, Batten, who lives in Ashburn and represents the North Ward on council, said that he has received several complaints., But he also said that council was not deliberately trying to take the Lyons' animals away from them. "We are not trying to incorporate a bylaw that. deliberately gets rid of your animals," he said noting that the Lyons are the onlÿ people affected by the proposed measure in this way. "The reason I came to the country is being taken away from me," Lyons countered noting that only last year did the City of Toronto enact a measure similiar to the one being considered by the town. "And I'm not in the city, I'm in a little hamlet called Ash- burn." Batten opposed the exception Brunelle wan- ted to give the Lyons because he was afraid that it would set a precedent the town doesn't want to live with. "If we give the exem- ption, then we're going to be in a lot of trouble," he said, "I just feel now is the time to put the whole thing in place." However, Brunelle counted that giving the Lyons an exception is fair and reasonable con- sidering they had them prior to the bylaw being i bylaw passed. He also noted that council tends to shy away from pdssing "ex post facto" regulations. He also beieved that the Lyons would respond to complaints in a responsible manner. "I strongly suspect that if there was a problem, then they would do something aboutit," Brunelle said adding that the bylaw attempts to cover a lot of 'what if' situations. "This is made to cover an eventuality," he said. Coun. Joe Drumm (East Ward), also op- posed the bylaw saying that council had no business telling people what kinds of animals they should reasonably keep. The whole issue will return to council for a decision gt its meeting next Tuesday but without a recommen- dation from the operations committee. Our office closed next Monday In honor of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, the offices of the Whitby Free Press will be closed next Mon- day. The deadline for all Emporium and classified adver- tisements will be at noon this Friday (Oct.