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WIIITY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988, PAGE 3 P sych wo rk erÈà,we,-arÈ blackin prote st WRIGGLING- their- way belly up acrosa the floor are Gr. 3 students from Pringle Creek public sehool and Beau Valley public sehool durlng a seal race held as part of a joint study program *-between 'the sehools on Canada-Ys Inuit people. Coordinatlng the studies. were teachers Bey Twlne and Rosemary Lloyd of Pringle Creek and Karen Stirling of Beau Valley. Free Press photo Decision.to be appealed at'0MB Residents in the King St. and Burns St. area of town have filed an appeal^ with the Ontario Municipal- Board (0MB) over -a land severance decision by the land division committee. On Nov. 2 ocf last- year -the committee, gave approval, for severance of a . property an the southwest corner of R ing and Burns St. Tlhe applicant, Frank Giacalone, ha~d proposed ta build three duplexes9 on the praperty. The proposal conformed ta the -residential .(R3) -zoning an -the prprybut a further check shwda 12-ft. section of -the property is zoned R2 and does not allow a duplexr.* 'Giacalone has sin ce revised bis * ndWill build only',two dàp1exesï.jBut area rêedenits are opposed ta the idea. -In their appeal ta the 0MB, tÎhe residents clainM the duplexes would. not be. compatible'with the surrouniding neighborhood which is mnostly single family homes. etSuch a concentrated group of rentai units must also dramatically de-value the homes in the- adjacent area and certainly niàke it. a less desirable area. in which te live 'and if '-this -development does go through, then. we intend seeking substantial reductions- in aur taxes," noted residents. Residents also feel the application should be re>jected because the land bas Split zoning. The case is to, go- befare the 0MB on March 10. .Drumrn ains for region seat FROM PAGE 1 about bis duties as a, Whitby councillor. -"Ninety per cent of ail new buildings in tawÏn are going into that ward," says Drumm. He says he is not leaving the wardbecause it is becoming-too big.,PRather,, a regional seat is. "a progressive step." ý"The' Region is gaing ta have a great deal ta say'about Whitby's growth'andI want ta be a part of that," says Drumm, noting such regional issues as water and sewers ta Brooklin and roads in the Part Whitby area. I arn now going ta have ta learn how ta run in a regional election. My ward is big but the town is four times the. size. "I haven't got inta the figures. but it will be more expensive than a local election," says Drumm. Drumm says he will not side with "anyone good bad or, indifferent"'for the east ward during the election. Witby na w is represented at the Region by Mayor Bob Attersley and councillors Gerry Emm and Tom Edwards. A provincial decision last year gave Whitby and Ajax. one extra regional representative beginning in November, 1988. Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital em- ployees began wearing. black Friday taý protest what they daim as slow progress in negotiations over a new contract. 1 Wage contracts for more than 800 employees at the hospital, who are members of Local 331 of the On- tario Public Service Employees Union, expired Dec. 31, 1987.» Ruth Ami Palmer, a nurse. at the psychiatric hospital- who is secretary of the local, says the Province is offering wage increases of two ta three ýper cent while the union is asking for average in- creases of six to seven per cent. Union. members at the hospital include registered nurses, registered nursing assistants, ward secretaries,' recreation staff, oc- ctipational ,,therapists, psychologists, child care workers, maintenance s taff, and housekeepers -"everybody except for management," Èays Palmer. The union is sending a letter to' the Province to protest slow negotiations which began I'ast Sep- tember witbthe Ministry of Health and Ministry of Communicty and Social Services. A meeting of local -union mem- bers had been scheduled for Wed- nesday this week to determine what further protest measures could be carried out. 30 9ý Off Ail Upholstery HOURS: MON - WED 1SAbl44PM THURS, FR 10AM4PM BAT 1@AM4PM 103½ Mary St. W. Whitby 430-0939 UnderDacn In Th YllwPages. 'Besdes meeting. Dave, 1 got the best teachers and the best ArthurMuray taught me dancing in a hurry...and 1 found someone special, toc>. Taking dance lessons was one of the smartest decisions N'e ever made. the people are frendly, it's exciting and it gives me something ta look forward ta every week. Plus, Dave and 1 are out. having fun and dancing. 5lessons $50. 29ct cees (New aduIt tudonts offly> ShIft mrkers, w. can accomrodise you. I~ E t Dy 4- J 14 GOLDENK MART PLAZA 1801 Dundas St. E. 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