WHITBY FREE PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1984, PAGE 15 Anglican primate speaks at October prayer breakfast Renewing friendships with people in other communities started our coverage of events in October. Reg. Coun. Gerry Emm led a delegation from Whitby to our twin town of - Feldkirch, Austria where they were received with warm hospitality. Some 65 local residents took part in the visit which also included brief tours of other European coun- tries. November was a mon- th of protest by the Corridor - Area Ratepayers' Associa- tion. The group came to council protesting the provincial gover- nment's decision to locate the GO-ALRT maintenance facility on Champlain Ave. not 300 metres from the nearest. C.A.R.A. officials said that the project would not only be detrimental to their property values but would cause other environmental and noise problems as well. However, their protests did not get council to change their minds. Af- tera series of meetings, the concerns of the residents were met and C.A.R.A. president Colin Duddridge even- tually admitted that The Whitby Arts Inc. also kicked off its Sustaining Fund Drive in October in an effort to raise money for im- provements to the Whit- by Arts Station Gallery. The group hopes to raise about •$25,000 in its initial drive. An attempt by Coun. Joe Drumm to get Whit- by Town Council to sup- port the return of capital punishment in this country fell on deaf ears. Drumm's motion there was little that could be done to stop the project. The provincial gover- nment also announced that seven - Whitby people were to receive the Bicentennial Medal for their efforts as volunteers in the -Com- munity. Honored were: Byron Harder, Gertrude Drew, John Dryden, L. Harry Inkpen, Benny LaHaye, William Vaughn and Donald Wilson. Residents from all areas of town also protested the Town of Whitby's sidewalk snow clearing policy which says that all sidewalks must be cleared of snow by the abutting homeowner within 24- hours of a storm. If it isn't done, the town will issue a notice and if it didn't even get a secon- der so it died without debate. The chairman of the Whitby Historical Society's museum committee, Doug An- derson, resigned in Oc- tober saying that the document submitted to Whitby Town Council concerning the future of Lynde House wasn't a draft. He accused the town of being unwilling to provide money for the still isn't done the town will do it and charge the homeowner 80-cents for every foot cleared. Council voted not to change its policy this year but promised that it would review the policy- in the new year after Mayor Bob Atter- sley proposed that the town clear all the sidewalks. He claimed that the service could be provided for about $2.58 a year to average tax- payer. Attersley also went to Bermuda in November to present Sir William Stephenson with an original oil painting of the Camp 'X' cairn that had been erected earlier in the year. Water and sewer rates went up 6.8 per cent in November for the average local user. renovation of the museum and accused Coun. Marcel Brunelle of applying political pressure to the society in an effort to get its policy changed. The Anglican primate of Canada, the Most Rev. Edward Scott was the guest speaker at the first annual Mayor's Prayer-Breakfast which was held at the Heyden- shore Pavilion. Arch- bishop Scott urged Whitby residents to become a community of searcher looking for the solutions to the problenis facing man in the 20th century. In October, Whitby Town Council enacted its exotic animal control bylaw which prohibits the keeping of elephan- ts, large cats, snakes, ferrets and other exotie animals in local homes. Whitby lawyer Brian Evans was also nominated by the Durham West Liberal Association to carry its banner in the next provincial election against incumbent Tory MPP George Ashe. The Whitby Chamber of Commerce was told by the president of the Downtown Im- provement Area Board, Ed Buffett, that shop- pers want more parking and variety in the down- town core. Buffett said that if more parking and a greater variety of shops can be drawn to the core it will become a more vital and attrac- tive place for local con- sumers. The Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital also got into the twinning game in October. It twinned with the Luceau Hospital on the island nation of Jamaica. Jamaican Minister of A8ILITY FUND WORKING WITH PHYSICALLY DISABLED ADULTS Social Security, Dr. Neville Gallimore and Erna Seaga, mother of Prime Minister Edward Seaga were on hand for the twinning ceremony which will lead to such programs as personal exchanges. The year in review.... The year in review Residents protest railyard and sidewalk policy in November ATTERSLEY TIRE SERVICE 103 Dundas St. E., Whitby 162 King St. E., Oshawa 668-3356 571-3400 I--