PAGE 6, WIITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23,1987 Maurice Pif ha Published every Wednesday Published every wednesday By 677209 Ontario Inc. Phone: 668-6111 Doug Andet son Publisher Maurice Pifhei Editor Peter Irvine Advertising Man Alexandra Sim Production Man r lager on ager VOICE 0F THE COUNTY TOWN 'rihe onl Ni i t sni sa e'i îlpmd.n nd< opermu ed 1%.%% il It>'Ilo.i i % % I li ltlie i'%mii L. r The latest episode of the eternal series, "Brock Street South," unfolded Monday night with the same cast and much of the same dialogue heard in previous episodes. But is that surprising? Again, councillor Joe Bugelli urged that some decision be made on the Princiotto-Cheah ap- plications for commercial/residential develop- ment at Ontario and Brock Sts., noting that the matter had been 'bandied about" while the Town planning department recommendation has always remained the same and "likely" will remain the same when the Brock St. corridor study recommendations are made known. "From what we've seen to date, we've seen nothing strong enough to change the previous recommendations," admitted planning director Bob Short, referring to the suggested medium density residential development for the property, ratherthan mixed development. Story goes on But Mayor Bob Attersley, supported by ad- ministrative chairman Marcel Brunelle, argued against "piecemeal" consideration of the plan. "These applications can be handled within that study," he said, noting that deicisions on in- dividual properties would be similar to the development process that occurred on Dundas St. Brunelle said Whitby residents concerned about the Brock St'. entrance to Town would be "denied" if separate applications were con- sidered before an overall study of the corridor. Councillor Bugelli believed, as did we, that an indication had been made at a meeting before the summer months that sufficient direction would be provided at this September meeting to "give answers" to the applicants, one who wants to know in order to negotiate a lease at an existing location and to either halt or proceed with the new plan. Instead, the only commitment made was that the corridor study would be "hurried-up." Again, as previously pointed out, the planning recom- mendations that have been made all along are unlikely to change, so why wait? Instead, the ap-' plications have passed from one study (secon- dary plan for downtown) to another (Brock St. corridor study) and the hesitancy among coun- cillors to make a final and absolute verdict thà t, as the mayor noted, would likely have been previously negative for the applicants, isn't the way the planning process should be handled. The last episode? Probably early in the new year. But there's always renewal. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Local hockey program -one kid's point of view To the editor: Is it no wonder why so many promising young hockey players quit hockey at such an early age? Just recently the Brooklin- Whitby Minor Hockey^ Association had their representative team tryouts. In the major peewee category, the representative B team looked at each player that tried out for a spot on the team for three practices. After the third practice the coaches announced the players' names who would remain with the team. The players whose names were announced were sup- pose to go to a fourth tryout. Many players came, some who had not bothered to take the time to To the editor: Re: "Names omitted from list" (Sept. 2, Free Press). The story says 300 names a day were discovered to be omitted from the voters' list, due to people being away or missed by enumerators. It further states "Enumeration was poorly done this year." As an "inexperienced" enumerator, I resent this. Every house in my and my partner's district was visited, up to a maximum of three times, at different times of the day. Many people were left notices of our visit the third time, as they weren't home. I strongly suspect that these "300 names a day" are people who were indeed visited, but did not bother to follow up on the notices left them. This is a bad time for an election, since so many people were away during enumeration. come out to the first three prac- tices, or had missed practices. This thoroughly disgusted hockey player attended every practice scheduled (four to be exact) and gave it everything he had and more, but still ended up taking second best to a son of one of the coaches. I don't like taking second best to lazy hockey players. To the players that did make the team due to a lot of hard work and effort, keep it up, and congratulations. But to the players who made the team due to their parents or best friend's paren- ts, or even just luck, get your act together, because if you aren't going to give 110 per cent all the time, I will and I wouldn't mind a The other problem I have with the story is that Liberal campaign manager Judi Longfield says enumerators were inexperienced people, and that names her party supplied of experienced enumerators were not picked. We were not picked, we just answered the numerous ads in local papers, and were told on the phone, right then, when to attend an orientation meeting. We were told we could do more than one polling district, if desired, and I know of a 17-year-old girl who was allowed to enumerate, simply because they were so short of help. It just proves the old adage, "Don't believe everything you read." Sincerely, Susan LeReverend Whitby, Org. bit replacing one of you. It is really too bad there is so much politics involved in minor hockey. The coaches might be sorry later on in the season because of their choice of players whose parents dedicate time to the hockey association. If that was the only way I could get on the team, I would be em- barrassed and ashamed to play for the team representing our beautiful town of Whitby. Hockey is like everything else in life, if you want it bad enough you have to work for it. I have done my work on the ice, but now it's time to get down to the nit- ty gritty. A very disappointed defenceman, Tom MeKinnon Whitby Should leave rivalries behind To the editor: Where did you learn to shoot like that? Toronto, Kanada. You know when you come to a new country, it may be to leave behind poverty, oppression and persecution in the old country. Recently Indian police caught up to the jerk who bombed an Indian bus, with dozens of people on board. When he was asked where he was trained as a terrorist, he replied he was taught by the Sikh Youth Federation in Toronto. That's the same organization that one of the recent Sikh "refugees" swore he would kill if they asked him to. Why can't people leave their wars and predjudices back in the old country? We as Canadians pride ourselves in the multi-cultural facet of our country and our ethnic tolerance. If these people can't leave behind their rivalries then they should go back to the killing and fighting; and that includes sixth, seventh and eighth generation Canadians of Irish decent, who sent money or arms to the IRA. T Szep Oshawa Objection to news article LETTERS The Whitby Free Press welcomes letters to the Editor on any subject of concern to our readers. Letters should be brief and to the point - rarely more than 300 words. All letters must be accompanied by the iame, address and phone number of the writer; however, on request, your name may be withheld from publication if we agree that there is a valid reason. The paper reserves the right to reject or edit all letters. 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