1 PA(d K14. WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987 Broo .à MÉUJ AI~U IUC DPI 3 I R ahp c Fet resEdtor "in F ne Phone 655-3637 There are those in my immediate family and a variety of close friends who have, for years now, thought I was totally out of my mind, and it pleases me immensely to finally be able to say "I told you so." The reason for all this mockery has been because I loathe breakfast when I first get up in the morning. Well, not breakfast really, rather the foods that society has deemed we are supposed to eat for breakfast - bacon, eggs, toast and jelly...you know what I mean. Well I'm sorry, but the thought of eating that greasy stuff when I first open my eyes and staring at something that is staring right back at you has never been my cup of tea. I much prefer a toasted cheese sandwich, ham sandwich or lef- tover pizza, and have even been known to polish off the rest of the chili from last night's supper. Not that I don't like "breakfasty food," I eat it all the tme, but either for lunch or supper. Now, this is apparen- tly okay with the world as the egg folks are touting the breakfast for dinner idea constantly on national television. I do admit I feel a little left out, though. Kind of like an amateur song writer who suddenly hears one of his compositions being sung on the air by Frank Sinatra. I know pey s gole the brain wave fromme, but there is no way I can prove it. I'm doomed to sit back and watch my brilliance being used to switch a whole generation over .VIE WPOINT by ROXANNE REVELER Breakfast for supper to eating breakfast at a more respectable hour and I can't claim one ounce of glory. I have to be satisfied with the knowledge that the entire revolution was due to me and smile smugly with understanding.. While on the subject of food, Il ask the timeless question, "How's your garden doing?" I ask this, of cour- se with the hopes you will, in turn, inquire about my little patch. I thought you'd never ask. My garden is doing just great this year. The family has enjoyed several feedings of green beans, straight from the vine and we have been gorging on tomatoes for the past three weeks. A batch of pickled beets is already in the fruit cellar and their greens demolished readily. Banana peppers have been cleaned and sit in the freezer awaiting the day I get time to whip up a batch of my famous chili sauce and the green peppers are growing bigger each day. A combination of the right amount of rain and lots of sunshine this year has resulted in a garden I still can't believe. The neighbors have been kidding me for some time that I am not growing tomato plants, rather trees, and with just cause. Without a word of a lie (would I kid you?) my tomato plants are five feet three inches tall. I know because I measured them. Now this isn't just a fluke plant. There are a dozen of them and they are all the same size. I am just thankful I didn't have the time to fertilize them last spring. I hate to think of the consequences if I had. I can see the headlines now - "Giant tomatoes take over Brooklin!" Anyway, the tomatoes are coming in fast and furious and Ill soon be in a position where the family can't. eat- them raw fast enough to keep up. That's the day I'm waiting for, for it will be time for one of my all-time favorite dinners. The one I wait for all year long. The day I can sit down to a giant feast of bacon, eggs and fried tomatoes....for supper, of course. Quest school relocation approved despite concerns Whitby council has approved the site plan for the Quest private school relocation to Brooklin. In June the school announced it would be moving from its Dundas St. W. location to the new location in Brooklin. Council approval was given July 13 despite concerns from coun- cillors and one resident of the area about the haste of the application. "Their (Quest) neighbors know nothing about this," John Teboekhorst of Brooklin told coun- cil. "I can't understand recom- mending that lot for a school. That is a dangerous stretch of road." The new address of the school is 4865 Bladwin St., the Harlander Pottery property, which is zoned agricultural. "This process leaves room for concern," said north ward coun- cillor Ross Batten. "There are other properties zoned the same in that area," said Batten, adding "schools can be slopped down on agtricultural land without input." He noted residents of the area had no input into the school's relocation. He said since the coun- cil meeting was the last of the summer, the application had to be approved. "That is not fair. This is em- barrasing to allow this to happen," said Batten. The neighbors are not opposed to the school, said Teboekhorst but they do have concerns about providing water and garbage facilities. Approval is contingent upon Quest providing a private sewage disposal system designed to the qualifications of the Durham Regional Health Unit. Councillor Trom Edwards also noted the application did not in- clude a date when the school would start building a permanent struc- ture. Portables will house the students for the first year's operation of the school. Council gave Quest a year to submit a site plan for a permanent structure. Solicitor for Quest, Dave Pierce, also told council that school representatives will discuss future plans for the school with neighbors. Consider location of seniors' complex: Brooklin resident The location of a proposed sub- division and seiors' complex in Brooklin and the impact on drainage were two concerns men- tioned by a resident at a public meeting held last week to discuss the application. "I'm all for a senior citizens' home, but I think these two concer- ns have to be addressed," Lance Beath of R.R. 1, Brooklin told Whit- by administrative committee members. He said the proposed location of the 56 single family homes and complex is "right across the road" from the Brooklin Spring Fair site and the impact on the fairgrounds should be considered. "While it's only three days a year (fair), it's still noise," said Beath. He also asked if there would be impact on a drainage ditch from Winchester Rd. He said the ditch was previously a concern when it backed up. Before Beath's comments, war- dens from St. Thomas Anglican Church indicated their support for the project which would be on a 20- acre site. The applicant, Bob Hunter of Hickory Ridge Developments, told committee he had received "tremendous support" for the seniors' complex. The property is south of St. Thomas church, east of Anderson St. In response to questions by coun- cillor Joe Bugelli, Hunter said there would be 20 units for seniors. He proposed five buildings, each with four units. Each unit would be 750 to 850sq. ft., heestimated. 850 sq. ft., he estimated. Hunter compared the complex concept to Manning Mews. Another resident asked how residents "would get to where they want to go?" Town planning direc- tor Bob Short responded that residents would have to drive themselves or "go as they can" since there is no public transit in the area. Hunter added that parking would be provided at the complex. Servicing proposed for the development would be piped water and private sewage disposal (sep- tic) systems. Water would be provided by a communal well on the site. A planning report states that comments by Durham Region works and planning departments will be "of major importance" in the application since the proposal has "1significant implications on the servicing policy of the entire Brooklin urban area." The Whitby official plan designates the site as a special study area. In the Brooklin secon- dary plan study, the area was proposed for a secondary school site, should the Brooklin population reach 10,000 persons. Meanwhile, lands east of the property are designated as in- dustrial. During the secondary plan study process, states a report by Town planners, the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications had commented that no new residential development be permitted south of Winchester Rd. due to potential conflict with the proposed Highway 407. Further comments are to be received before a planning recom- mendation is made. Service impact study wanted on subdivision Whitby councillor Marcel Brunelle has asked for a report on the impact of servicing for a proposed 37-lot estate residential subdivision north of Brooklin. The application by Neal Grandy is for 78 acres north of Brawley Rd. The lots would be serviced by in- dividual, drilled wells and septic tanks. No comments were made by nearby property-owners at a public meeting last week. But Brunelle, administrative committee chair- man, said the development would have "impact on the community" and asked for a report on the ser- vicing impact "down the road." The ptoperty is now. zoned agricultural and open space. About 40 per cent of the land is covered in Reflections of a Golden Age By MABEL M. McCABE Those lazy, hazy crazy days of summer are with us and most of us are sweltering in the steambath of our small apartments. It's a known fact that older folks with circulation problems or heart con- ditions and other disorders are susceptible to heat stroke. Wouldn't it be great if the buildings that are specifically designated 'senior'had built-in air conditioning ? So, I can dream, can't I? i really miss the days when I was able to hop around and do things that are manyyears out of my grasp now. I recall taking my children for a holiday to a place called Mossington Park near Jackson's Point. I had only four children at the time and the baby was three months old. My husband was not a cottage kind of person so I went with a sister-in-law. What a trip! First of all the plumbing was of the outside variety and to get the youngsters to use it was a hassle. Then, of course, all the laundry had to be done by hand. Get the picture? The diapers still had to be done daily plus the clothes that kids of eight, six and four can ac- cummulate. My, what fun I had. The cooking area was out of the Middle Ages and the stove nearly blew up several times. I must say here that the young folks thought it was a great place and really enjoyed the two weeks we were there. So many of the incidents rush to mind - my four-year-old daughter wanting to go fishing and catching five sunfish. She decided to make pets of them and the smell as their little carcasses died was impossible. I took them out every night and buried them. I do not know to this day how she managed to find them and bring them back. Followed her nose no doubt. In the evening we all walked across the field to the grocery store at dusk. Coming home eating ice cream cones, we were set upon by a skunk who decide4I we needed a bit of perfume. Wow, I can still taste that smell when I think about it. We all had to take baths in a tub of tomato juice. Have you ever seen a group of four kids and two adults covered with juice? Not pretty. You can bet we spent the next several days at the beach and mostly in the water. That was the time I started my three-month-old swimming. He's been good at it ever since. Now his two boys love the water and I'il bet they will be swimmers, too, as they grow older. As for me I don't think I was ever so happy to see my own home. Hot or cold I had some conveiences. It was that tnp that made me a firm believer in the lodge type of holiday. I always found a spot that served the meals and looked after you like a paying guest. Of course we were that, and if things did not go right I could always complain to someone and not have to cope alone. Holidays with the kids are great but it is an exhausting and trying situation. I was a city-bred girl and I found it out in a great hurry one summer many years ago. -71 lNews CE rwtuftýD Lýul&vf