PAGE 14, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1988 Brookhin Profile ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Editor Phone 655-3637 '87 REVIEW '87 REVIEW '87 REVIEW '87 REVIEW 87 REVIEW MAYOR-SPEAKSOUT Mayor Bob Attersley blasted an Ontario Land Corporation ap- plication to the town to permit a subdivision. "I take great umbrage that another government body would take land and sell it as estate-type lots," said the mayor during a meeting in mid-March. His comments were in response to an application by OLC to amend the Durham official plan to permit 20 estate residential lots on 50 acres of land east of Durham 23 between Columbus and Brawley Roads in rural Brooklin. Bill Wilson, who represented OLC at the meeting, said the corporation owned about 2,000 acres in the nor- thern Whitby area of Brooklin and Ashburn. He added that should the 50-acre parcel in question get a rezoning amendment, it would ten- der out the land for subdivision. GUIDES 1st The ist Brooklin guides company took first prize in their category in the Sing Ontario Sing music com- petition in August. UTILITIES The Town of Whitby was asked to assume the cost of utilities at both the Ashburn and Spencer Com- munity Centres. DEPOT DENIED Plans to use a Thickson Rd. property as a truck depot were tur- ned down by Whitby's ad- ministrative committee. Ap- plication had been made to use a two-acre vacant property fronting on Thickson, 470 metres north of Taunton Rd. for temporary storage of heavy construction equipment as well as a yard for vehicle repair. HY-HOPE OPENS Carole Bibb of Ashburn had Hy- Hope -the name of her new store at Myrtle Station. The establish- ment had formerly been Cooke's Variety Store, almost an institution in the small hamlet, and when the owners retired, Bibb said she "fell head over heels for it." She pur- chased the store and changed the name to Hy-Hope Farm Market. SENIORS COMPLEX Whitby's administrative commit- tee asked planning department to work out servicing problems to permit an application by Bob Hun- ter for a subdivision and seniors' complex along Anderson St., south of Winchester Rd., in Brooklin. POST OFFICE The Town of Whitby and the Region of Durham threw their sup- port behind local residents attem- pting to keep regular service at the Ashburn post office, located in Ashburn General Store. The con- troversy started when the Ashburn General store was sold and the postmistress was notified that ef- fective Jan. 4, 1988, Canada Post had decided to sort mail for the Ashburn area at the Brooklin Post office, a decision which north ward councillor Ross Batten said would result in Ashburn residents receiving their mail aday late. Bat- ten also said mail delivery-to some Ashburn residents who are unable to make it to the post office to pick up their mail is going to be stopped. BUS DEPOT A bus depot originally planned for the south end of Whitby was later proposed for a property just north 6f Brooklin. White Sterling Investments Ltd. applied for an ex- ception to the highway commercial zoning to permit the depot for the servicing and repair of Travelways buses. OPTIMIST A Brooklin Optimist Club was born in October, the first in the in- ternationalservice organization to include women. Brian Wick, 25- year-old owner of the Brooklin Bulletin, was elected as the first president of the 41-member club. PETITION Letters of protest and a large petition from residents in the Meadowerest subdivision of Brooklin flooded Whitby's municipal office after it was lear- ned application had been made to build a shopping plaza in the village. An Oshawa developer planned a 100,000-sq. ft. shopping plaza on vacant land north of Hwy 7, known locally as Cashway Park. BREAKAWAY Breakaway, a new group offering local ladies a chance to have a break from the daily household routine, held an introductory evening in Brooklin on May 5. The Breakaway program had previously been operating in the Whitby area for about a year, of- fering four groups a week. Accor- dîne to founder Judy Stogios, an average of 25 ladies are in each group participating in a wide range of crafts and an excercise program. in their rural home Tuesday, May 19. Cureatz won again in Durham East MISS BROOKLIN SPRING FAIR 1986, Beth Jacobsen turns over her crown to 1987 fair queen Patti Van Der Zwet of rural Brooklin. DISPUTE Solicitors for the Region of Durham readied for a court battle over a letter of credit posted four years ago by a developer to bring services to the village of Brooklin. Regional chairman Gary Herrema told The Free Press he had instructed solicitor Shan Jain to prepare for court after First City Developments rejected a recent of- fer of settlement by Durham. Ac- cording to Herrema, the offer was for a 50-50 split of the accumulated (with interest) value, now at about $2.9 million. Herrema said he had not been advised of a court date, but felt it would be during the first part of February. BROOKLIN REZONING Large sections of land in Brooklin's eastern section were rezoned to modify both the Town of Whitby and Region of Durham of- ficial plans. The 175 acres on the northeast corner of Thickson and Winchester was changed to a per- manent agricultural reserve area. The 100-acre parcel on the south- west corner was approved -for in- dustrial zoning, and the lands on the northwest were included in the small urban area boundary for Brooklin. This means any residen- tial construction would have to take place west of Thickson and north of Winchester. ASHBURN Residents of the hamlet of Ash- burn celebrated Canada Day in high style with a massive com- munity picnic. The opening ceremonies of Ashburn's 120th Canada Day celebrations included the offical opening of the Daw Trail linking the Ashburn Community Centre with Ashburn Park. ROBINSONS REMEMBERED Brooklin area residents packed The battle for a seat in the for 10 years, received about 40 per Carson Funeral Chapel on Monday, provincial legislature began in the cent of the popular vote. (27,972 April 6, for services for Murray and north ward of Whitby at the begin- constituents cast ballots) Hamre Lucille Robinson of 156 Baldwin St. ning of August. Residents of the and the Liberals received 35 per Murray passed away on March 28 area found themselves in a dif- cent, and Wilbur, 24 per cent. and Lucille on March 30 while on ferent riding that the rest of their More than 60 per cent of the 46,385 vacation in Florida. Murray Robin- Whitby counterparts. Brooklin, elibigle voters showed up at the 168 son enaed in nanv careers while Ashburn and Myrtle became part of poIls, which included splits and Ludille worked for the Whitby and the riding of Durham East, rather nursing homes. the Durham school boards. Both than Durham West, after a series of Cureatz credited his victory to his were well-respected in the com- boundary changes. record as a "strong constituency munity. Candidates for Durham East representative." were incumbent Sam Cureatz of the "I made a decision 10 years ago FOOD BANK Progressive Conservative party, to concentrate on local issues and Brooklin Junior Fariiîers took Diane Hamre for the Liberals and people, rather than involving part in a food bank project to Marg Wilbur representing the New myself in big issues somewhere provide the needy in the area with else that had no effect on my con- both fresh and non-perishable cnstitue ts ast bts) H r items. ,,(urtz.inunien inth rMore, ith."ai60Cpreto.h 4,8 PARK Whitby council accepted a final design for the new look to Brooklin Memorial Park that includes two new soccer pitches, a second lighted baseball diamond, an ad- ditional ice pad, a memorial gar- den, a dedication garden and a veteran's memorial monument. The race track is to be removed and two show tracks for use during Brooklin Spring Fair will be built in its place. Two additional buildings are also to be constructed for use as meeting places or possibly for teenage dances. 25TH The 25th anniversary of the Brooklin United Church Women was held on Tuesday evening, April 7. SURVIVED A Brooklin teen was thankful to be still alive after being struck by lightning while at summer camp July 24. Fourteen-year-old Mike Matthews of 5035 Anderson St. was one of a group of campers at the 'Y' Pinecrest Camp at Torrence when a freak electrical storm ripped through the area. SUNBURST WINNER Jamie Taylor of Brooklin was named Tiny Queen at the Sunburst Beauty Pageant in Toronto. The 21- month-old charmer beat out 42 other entrants from across Canada. ONIP spending in Brooklin The Town of Whitby approved using funds from the second Ontario Neighborhood Im- provement Program (ONIP) grant for Brooklin to offset the costs of projects started with funds received from an initial grant. the year before. The Town received a $520,000 ONIP grant in 1985 ($260,000 from the Province, the balance from the municipality) then received a second grant totalling $450,000 last year. Funds from the second grant were needed to finish original projects due to higher estimates and elevated standards for storm sewers. It was originally estimated ad- ditions and improvements to Brooklin Community Centre would cost $190,000. However those estimates were updated to cost $265,000. That meant renovationsto the lower level, including a kitchen, deletion of the furnace room, and the construction of a reception area, as well as a new kitchen on the main level, a furnace room ad- dition to the main level and ad- ditions to washrooms and the septic tank sewage system. But the plans for an activity room had to be scrapped. The Town also had to set aside plans for road con- struction work on Duke, Princess, Durham and Pearl Streets because of the revised costs. Work on Queen, Cassels, James, Charles and Bagot Streets was completed and when finished in 1989, a total exceeding $970,000 will have been spent on improvements in Brooklin under the ONIP program. f i Àw~y ýcj ("ONIPETITIONS for votiIgster-were iiiluded in,.Asli- bur-i's Canada Dav ceilebratioiiî..,,-