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PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6.1987 (Mock)-council pproves outdoor, mai SBy MIKE JOHNSTON Shoppers should. get ready to open their pocket books- wide as Whitby's youth and civic ad- ministration council has given the Downtown Business Association permission to close off downtown streets from June 26-30, creating an outdoor mail. S. M. Merchant, president of the association asked council to con- sider the event last week. Approval was given by a vote of 4-2 by the student councillors, with imm- I - --STUDENT/ N7CAR7 *Lawn, Gardon, Pool and other Property Maintena nce' I El Undercut any written estimate by I I~ alàwn care companyI I El Senior citizen and full season I contract dIscount I El Support student employment * FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL * PAUL SMALLEY I 668-3085-- the ward 3 councillor (Anderson student Garry Polimis) being the most vocal opponents. "By closing the downtown we are forcing more traffic into the residential areas," said Polimis during the l6th meeting of the' council. But the ward 1 councillor (Henry St. student Robin Tourangeau) disagreed, saying the downtown merchants "deserve this boost." The meeting was the culmination of a 10-week municipal ad- ministrat ion course sponsored by the Town. Fifteen students from Henry Street and Anderson participated in the course assuming roles of various Town staff and councillors. The students attended seminars and took a dloser look at local government during the weeks prior to the council meeting.' The course prompted interest outside of Whitby when Minister of Municipal Affairs Bernard Gran- dmaitre recently paid a visit to students. Grandmaitre said the Town 's program is. well known across Canada, and lie has personally told other communities about»it. 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The cost bothered the ward 2 councillor (Anderson student Scott Usher) who claimed it is "too ex- travagant." He asked the department to in- vestigate ways to make the centre more cost efficient. When the vote was called for, the mayor (Grace Miksa of Henry) had to break the tie, and she opted in favor of the centre. Council also agreed to spend $875,000 on road repairs in Town and $70,000 for two new tennis cour- ts for Pringle Park. Animal loyers should also take note of a council decision. Any citizen of Whitby, Ajax and Winners' of the Whitby f ire depar- tment's annual fire prevention poster contest received awards at Thursday night's meeting of the youth and civic administration council. More than 300 Gr. 5 students from Whitby schools entered the contest, said deputy chief Tony Van- doleweerd who presented the awars. The winners were: first place, girls, Joanna Korach of West Lynde Public School for her poster 'Carelessness is Dangerous'; first Pickering, who obtains a dog licen- ce, renews a licence or adopts a pet through the animal control centre will be given a voucher to receive a free rabies shot for the pet. That program is expected to cost $13,500 annually. "This is an ideal step towards solving the rabies problem," said the ward 4 councillor (Andersonýý student Susan Hill). "The students did an excellent job and I think they ended up,,,. gaining an appreciation for politics-..ý at the local level," said Town' deputy clerk Mike Gazo, who'. tutored the students. Other students who participated in the council were Craig FergusonJ of Anderson (treasurer), Dave;ýI McKay of Anderson (public works ;ý director), Lori Taylor of- Henry'. (planning director), Wendy Weldont'"' of Anderson (parks and recreation director), Marg Correll of Ander- son (fire chief), Heather Ainsley of~ Henry (administrator), Wendy Yoon of Henry (clerk), Scott.Strong of Henry (regional councillor) and Rorie Mclntosh of Henry (regional councillor). place, boys, Craig Hedderson from Col. J.E. Farewell for lis posterý 'Neyer in Doubt'. Hedderson's poster was also selected as the best in the Region of Durham. April Quigley, Palmerston Public,,. School was second in the girls * division while Sarah Leany of West; Lynde was third. Jon Edgecombe of St. John the Evangelist Separate School was second in the boys division, -while, Dale Edwards of West Lynde plac-e __ /1~ a -__ --/ 1// I( -----I BERNARD GRANDMAITRE, Minister of* Municipal Affairs, shakes hands with. Wendy Schwarz, marketing and developement officer. Grandmaitre, visited the students during local government week. Free Press photo Department honors f ire poster winners DR. 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