Vol. 16, No. 47 Wednesday, Nov.26,ý 1986 28 pages Another C.1ie By MINCE JOHNSTON Approval bas been given by Whtby council for the construction of -a four-storey medical of- fice building on Centre St. N. * The building was ap- proved by council on a recorded vote of 5-1 with oniy councillor Joe Drum opposing it. Mayor Bob Attersley could not attend, the meeting because lie was on regional business, said councillor Gerry Emm., .Counillor Drumm asked why the proposai did not come before council via1 ministrative tee. He was infor planning direct Short that developer, C.M corporated, requested that C tjon start as possible and thEi delay in receivii nal commenta design. The building constructed o present site of tt school. Short said1 may start Dec.1 Give to Santafuni A Santa a 1usg fnd ha ni,tqhliqh provide gifts for.residents of Whitby seniors' homies and patients at Dr. J.O.I Ruddy Hospital. The Whitby Tigers Runining Club and the Whitby Free Press are co-sponsors of the Whitby Santa Claus -Fund. Names of donors to the fund wiil be published weekly in The Donors are asked to make cheques payable to W.T.R.C. and send lo Ian Barron Motors, 1006 Brock St. S., Whitby. See donation form on Page 19. Ail proceeds from the Tigers' Fun Run, to be held Dec. 21 will go to the fund. Ian Barron (668-1511) is the race director. the ad- which has beeft commit- discussed. Construction would then take place around rmed by the school. tor Bob ' The Quest scbooi the lease expires at the end I.D. In- of this scbool year. The bas school wiil inove to a construc- new facility in the east soon as end of town. re was a 1 The building bas also ng inter- caused some concern on, the for the Whitby fire department, is to be The department bas on the requested that the street the Quest be widened to accomi- modate aerial equip- building ment in the event of a 1, a date fire. They have also requested that parking d be probibited on the east d side of Centre St. at al times, The only other coun- S.. cillor to comment on the proposai was Tom Ed- wards. He asked if the church-goers to the Al Saints' Anglican church on the west side of Cen- tre St. would be permit- ted to use- the parking lot. Councillor Marcel Bruneile told hlm they would. The developers of the property are required to negotiate witb Whitby Hydrc for the supply of electrical power for the development. The entrance to public parking wiil be con- trolled with a gate and there will be a gate at the exit of a parking lot for the doctors. The developer is also required to provide ,a financial contribution towards the construc- tion of a sidewalk fron- ting the building. By JAN DODGE F.M. Heard Public Schooi will probabiybe the new home for Fren- ch immersion in Whit- by, aithough parents 0f immersion students favor Whitby Senior. Due to its success, the French immersion programn will have- to move. E.A. Fairman is too crowded. There are aiready 300 students in the program and another 75 to 80 are expected in September. Including the English program students, there are already 500 students attending the Wainut Street schooi which was built for 296 students. The nine portables on the playground take up the slack. 1Whitby trustees and officiais from the Durham Board of Education were out in full force to outline alternatives and answer questions put to tbemn by about 90 parents fromn The Canadian Parents for French at Fairman, at a meeting last week. Each alternative proposed F.M. Heard as a single track school for French immersion, the only difference being RYAN MCARTHUR is inducted as a member of the Whitbiy beaver colony last week, with the appropriate greeting from beaver leader Rusty. More photos inside. how many grades it would accommodate. The first alternative proposed continuing French from kindergar- ten to Grade 8;- the second and third alter- natives proposed kmn- dergarten to Grade 6, witb Grades 7 and 8 French 1immersion going to Wbitby Senior Public. Lewis Morgulis, assistant planner, ex- plained that if ail Fren- ch immersion studen- ta were routed to F.M. Heà rd, aIl the English students there plus some from Palmerston would go to Whitby Senior, expanding the English program there from Garades 6, 7 and 8 right down to kindergar- ten. This would be the case with the second op- tion as well. In the third option F.M. Heard Êlnglisb students would go to Whitby Senior; Palmer- ston students would be unaffected. Parents preferred Wbitby Senior, the bigger siéhool, for al grades. That way their cbldren would not have to change schools again in Grades 7 and 8. One 'parent related ber cbild's reaction to a possible move. "«My daughter's concern was, "WillIi be able to take French? Can I stay with my friends?"1 She as.ked that the board keep the children together, wherever they go. . "Do m'ost'0f you feel that way?" Ian Browii, trustee and chairman of the meeting, asked? "Yes," parents responded. French imnmersion bas led a nomadic life When parents asked if Sec p. 6 Twice lucky for local resident EARL RABIDEAU of Whitby and friend Barbara Thurston with the $77,507 cheque they picked up Monday from the lot- tery office in Toronto. Rabideau was a second prize winner in Saturday Lotto 6/49. Earl Rabideau says he's on a "streaklof luck." The Whitby man was' a big.win- ner in Saturday's Lottario draw, - the second large prize he's won on the lotteries. Rabideau, a Dufferin St. resident, won $77,507 as one of il second prize recipients in Lotto 6/49. The $3,816,495 jackpot was won by a 'ticket purchased in Western Canada. "I had $2 left SO I got the quick- pick, at. a Toronto store," said Rabideau. "It was one of those tickets. " Rabideau, 52, bas been an em- ployee at Vaispar Paint in Scar- borougli for the past 14 years. In See p. 2 , , , t ' , t t t t s t t ~ , ~ * ~ 4 4 4~444' t t 4 ~ 4,, kt 4$44-44444 ê,~~,êtl"At 4t44¶44t~4 **~444*444444 iv 445l 4 Town needs kio 10«sks for Tum's, says councillor The approval of a donut store in the A&P plaza on Thickson Rd. S. bas led councillor Joe Drumm to ask where the kiosk will be built. "lWe will heed a kiosk to bold ail the Tumns and Pepto Bismol,"' quipped Drumm, referring to the many eating establishments in the town. Councillor Joe Bugelli responded that thie donut store represents Mayor Bob Attersley's concept of Whitby. "A well-rounded commnunity," said Bugeili. Heard to be Frencheimmersion sehool Judo honors fo r Beauchamp See P.19