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71 r~Y~'~ ~ iiMaripae Pifher ~?WW 'tione: 668-6111 Pubisher Peter irrvife ,eiét nManager Alexanidra Simon Orodu'étion Manager The Free Press Buildin~g 131eBrock Street North. P.O. Box 206. Whitby..Ont. The ohly Whitby newspaper independefltly owned and operated by Whitby residelits for Whitby residents Trustees. on the Durham Board of Educatian may not like the "piecenièal" approach they have thusfar taken toward the board's transpor- tation' poiicYý,'Yet gverY one of the exceptions granted, thatmeanslanother bus route, removes a potentially hazardous situation for young students. -On Monday the board granted another excep- tion, one which will provide- busing ta certain Gandatsetiagan public school students in Pickerina. those living In an area In which walking was considered safe. Parenits and Pickering trustee Lamna Murphy made strang arguments in favor of busing in that particular location - arguments that could not ignored. ta Exce ptions are oka.y save the board added expense. And. in February, an even larger busing issue faces the board - the transportation af rench immersion Students. To not provide thase students busing is, as pointed out by parents and now by some trustees, unfair since the program is considered as a viable alternative ta the regular curriculum. And as one trustee correctly noted, busing ought ta have been provided for French immersion. when it first began in Durham, as it has for other boards. the issue when trustees again'meet.InFebruary, and repeated cails for a total revamp of the current transportation policy. But1 the poilicy should ,remain as is since it- spelis,,out reasonable distance limits to guide. transpor- tation, .and.allows exceptions Neewrranted. And it's obvious that exceptions are not granted indiscriminately. No one can accuse the board of-failing.to hold ta a palicy in a region where sustained housing growth and construction, and increased traffic contribute-ta circumstances which upset.the in- tent- of necessary and otherwise. sound guidelines ta contrai busing costs. LETTER S To-the editor: Copy of letter "To the person in charge of water safety on Lake On- tarlo." Dear Sir/Mme: Hopefully -most people are somhewhat concerned'with water safe ty. Who is responsible in this area? The federal government? Provincial government? Municipal governmnent? Nobody? MP Scott Fenneli and bis gôod buddy Tom Siddon have "ldonated" $600,000 to improve f acilities in Whitby harbor. Siddon, Minister of Fisheries, probably -could care less about how many Ontario fisbermen f ail off the pier'because it is bis ~No, pro'gres s 'on provincial counterpart who collects Take a side view of t] $10 from idiots, (like me) who are book is writtenon self-] stupid enough to pay for the Lake Ontario, I would privilege of fishing from a pier chase the first copy a which would be closed down in two climb -the algae and minutes by the Ontario Provincial while 50 people on the si Policé if it were a floating object., stand there without a r< Since this roadway is flot floating, At the provincial lE and is coninected to shore,the local heard nothing about v neanderthals regard it as an ex-. from MPP Allan Furloi celent place for driver training and parently happy, to have Scott Fennell has stated.-that he is minister collect licence going to repave it "to make it Ministry of Transportal safer."' I must be a bit of a chicken to not post. speed limit because I'm afraid to go more than pier and the proviticia 3,km/h. Perhaps sQme teenagers probably happyý that t) .will find the new surface .good for a boat. 'However, I ar drag races. with ail the hooks t] safety at Whitby pier snagged on the bottom. Could sensitivities of hundreds of local residents and tourists who may lie pier. If a rhescuer.fom likee tomr 1n leat r-* stelses o afserl srfae pae ufc ,ove.,Ihv rer s Iae ng. e sap-t )n.heis heie hfeshnd th tiéend shapp igon hep L in pocer ,ae poiere o ne not happyo bat bécome Reader enioys tranquiliy of Brooklin To the editor: 1According to Roxanne Reveler (Viewpoint - Jan. 13, 1988) ber ex- periences wben she mentions "Brooklin" bring on eye-bulging voice stammers and many "ýYou've got to be kidding I1 " You'd think she was speaking of an extra, terrestriai. My personal experiences wbén mentioning Brooklin bring ap- proving nods, people reminiscing and recalling wbat, it was like to live in a small town. When we moved to Brooklin from Oshawa over a year ago, we knew there would be no more Pizza Pizza or Chinese food deliveries, -without a delivery charge far, exceeding wbat is considered "normal" in the City.1 One usually realizes that being part of a small community outside the city limits means there are no taxis and if we choose to caîl one -yes- a flat charge may be ap- plied instead of the usual meter cost. We also realize there-will be no public transportation. Quite frankly, thatîs one reason we moved bere to Brooklin -leaving taxis and buses behind. Althougb our taxes may be tbe same as those in Whitby, the majority of people living here enjoy the tranquility Brooklin crates. That's why most of us are here. If we want taxis and public transpor- tation we know where to move to get them. As to .Roxanne Reveler's fear that she is waiting much longer for specific service because of wbere she lives, let me put her mmnd at ease. For years people in Oshawa bave come to know (and, yes, ex- pect) Rogers Cable to be slow and deliver inefficient service to its custoifers. It's common knowledge and I'm sorry she didn't realize it before she wasted "3 tomorrows"ý waiting for them. With regard to receivi.ng ineffic- ient services from Simpsons, Cher- neys, etc., I find that bard to believe. Witb the deliveries we bave 'bad over the past year, no problemas, or inconvenient ýerv ice arose because we lived in the "no- man's land" of Brookliil. Report only the truth To the editor: I've just read Bill Swan's -column in the Jan. 20 edition of The Free Press ("Attack by gossip"). Tbree cheers for a wonderful column! I could not agree more. X saw Pam Wallin interviewing Mr. Turner on Sunday and I felt emibarrassed listeming to it. I've always believed that respon- sible journalism is that which reports'the truth. Thank goodness there are a lot like Mr. Swan wo do just that. Gerry Halsam .Whitby. banizing ourselves like Whitby and Oshawa? I tbink not. The majority of individuals living in Brooklin are trying to recapture a time gone by, one that'is slow-paced and a time when we were nicer to our fellow man. Tbe atmosphere that tbis town creates is certainly on~e that can't be missed. One knows.,what One must do if, the town isn't'living Up to their ex- pectatiolis. "'At least tbat's the way it looks to m. Penny Ràndall-Mowbray .Broolin automobiles où the bottom be the cause.? At the local level, our politicians have a mepital fixation on the owners of the two slips which are tied up in the harbor (where ships are supposed to be tied up). It really irks me to pay more than $2,000 per year in property taxes 50 that these 'guys can spend the sumnmer beating their gums about two enemy ships in the harbor. Is the mayor of Whitby a retired admirai of the navy? How about the councillors? In addition to their nautical expertise, they have become scholars in esthetics'. They are very'selective in their çhoice of beauty. Ail the rusting "junque" owned by the Cartier-McNamara Corp. is, of course, beautiful. Per- sonally I find tbe six-legged drilling platform less than'bieautiful and a hazard to navigation. In addition what is more offensive to the eye than a huge pile of rusted flotation tanks on-public view in the yard of the corporation?1 lias someone from-the National Arts Council deemned this junk lo be a 'work of art? Perhaps Cartier McNamara bas'diplomnatic im- munity. Just for the record, the P.E.I. ferry bas carried tens of thousands of tourists to our beautiful island Province. I see no reason why our local naval experts should tread upon the nostalgic 'VOICE,0F THE COUNTY TOWN wish to'shed a, tear or two for this passing piece of Canadiana., It is a strange state of 'affairs that our local* governmerit engages in legal action lagainst one tourist at- traction while bending over back- wards to'promote another, namely, -Cullen-Gardens. Thé Oshawva pier. shoWs 'what politicians can accomplish when they don't spend taxpayers' money arguing about two ships in the hart bor. One last comment. On Aug. i last :year, 1I1witnessed, a.boat expýlode and burn while -11eavi ng Whiîb3 channel. Fortuniately the créw hit the water and wvere picked up tâter. The boat burned for at le ast haîf an bour. No official rescue boats ap- peared from Whitbyharbor but ohé did arrive eventually from the. direction of Frenchman's-Bay. I believe the Whitby fire departmen t bired a tow truck to haul the remains away. Citizens * standing on thepier are, of course, unable to assist with any> rescue in this very busy channel- because of the reasons mentioned; above. Whitby pier was probably safer 100 years ago. How's. that for progress? SincerPlY, - Richard Wolger, Whitby -r a & N LUUNUl L 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.- ýAil letters must be acopned by the name, address atld phone, number of the write r; 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 rejeet or edit ail letters. Send to: The Editor, Whitby Free Press, Box ý206, Whitby, Ontario LIN 5S1,rdrop tbrough ourimailglot ât 131l Brôck-St.N. ! W~ ' thÜMnk ---A~~ 4L:. 1 1 p 4 4 I i I zeýl- ýÉî --r B ý wol-f