Whitby Free Press, 26 Sep 1990, p. 15

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WHITBY EE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SPEBR2Ç, 1990, PAGE 15 Phone 668-6111 Announoemenit on Durhamu East rcuteeted soon By Mike Kowali A judicial recount of the _pro- vincial election resuits in Dur- hamn East riding has been gran- ted. But it will be some time before Durhami East residents know for certain the narne of their next MPP. George Poilitt, a lawyer repre- senting second-place candidiate Progressive Conservative Kirk Kemp,. was expecting te hear about the recount this week. Pollitt said the initial request for a recount was filed with the Durhamn Region district court office shortly after the Sept. 6 election. But as a resuit of a revamping of Ontario's court system which took effect earlier this rnonth, judicial recounts are now under the jurisdiction of provincial court judges. Therefore the recount request had te be transferred frorn dis- trict te provincial court and tiîne found on the latter court's calen- dar for the process. New Democratic Party candi- date Gord Milîs had been deciared the wiinner election night by a margin of eight votes over Kemnp. Milîs collected 10,930 votes to Kemp's 10 922 votes based on election nigÎxt tabulations. However an officiai count of ballots at the returning office the D'rIeam- corne- true for owner Sandy DennS next day increased Milîs'miargin te 63 votes. Despite the revised figures, the Durham East Tories still applied for a recount, allegn «irregu- larities" concerning ballots coun- Tlm CrokRU oecp Kirk Kemp (PC) Gord MIDi (NDP) ,Marilyn Paem(IJb) HRMy Tunbrldge (COR) 468 189 2,454 soe 2,314 752 1.830 377 278 71 PC Progremafe Conirvutive NDP - New Demociutic Party LIB.-Liberul FCP - Family Coaition Paity COR.- Confederatlon.o(Regions 1TYVAL Gord MU@i (NDP) Kfrk Kmnp (PC) Marilyn Poes (LIb) MI'm Crookai (RR) HaroTwibridg(COR) ted election night.. The recount is expected te take up tofour dayS. Durhamn ast *i ng includes the Town -of Whitby north of Taunton Rd. 1,440 G,006 Spa4 4,20 679 Spoflai hoUIs- 177 Unmarked haDal. - 116 DOCUI"a balaIs - 173 EIiglblvotar - 8Ulm7 Dallais cui - 33JM3 10,962 10,899 7»87 2,495 1:m6 By Trudie Zavadovlcs Windreach Farm is the realiza- tion of a drearn that owner Sandy'.Mitchll haâd since-he was a boy in Scotland. For Mitchell, becorning a far- mer was no easy feat. H e was born with cerebral palsy and is confined te a wheelchair. With money left te him in a trust fund, Mitchell has built the first fax-m in Ontario, perhaps in Canada, that is designed te suit the needs of the handicapped. He opens his dreazn farm from April te Octeber so that other A BARN at Windreach Farm is renovated for wheel- chair assembly. handicapped people can also know the thriil of working the land, and communicating with nature. Everything is wheelchair accessible. Apple orchards are rich with dwarf trees so those in wheeichairs can easily pick their fruit. Vegetable and herb gar- dens are raised? making it easier to work the -soil, plant and pick vegetables. Mitchell has du& out a pond and surrounded it with a boardwalk. "nhe focus is on people who don't normaliy.have the oppor- tunity te, experience this kind of environment," says Heather Jay, who co-ordinates tours of the farm. "Everything Sandy has done has corne from the heart. He has a deep personal commît- ment. He's a giver. That's what makes him so unique." Windreach officially opened last June. It has a visiter centre with two wheelchair accessible washrooms, a kitchen, and a deck. They are restering the farm's century-old barn and making it wheelchair accessible. The upstairs will house a museum while in the lower pr of the barn will be the usual hay and stails for animals. By 1992 they hope te have cornpleted a building 50 visiters can stay overni ght. As on any fax-m there are animais. «We have five goats, nine sheep, a pregnant donkey, a Vietnamese Potbelly pig, chick- ens and a dog,» says Jay. «Next year we are adding cows and horses and we are planning a petting zoo. We always.have.the wheelchaired person imi mmd. This year we have had 1,000 people corne te the fax-m.» Entry te the fax-m and ail teurs are free. "In Max-ch Sandy received an award of merit from (former) Premier David Peterson. It was the Premier's Award for Accessi- bilityp " says Jay. Jay says that Mitchell, who lives in Bermuda when he's not working his land, chose the land in Ashburn because it was close enou.gh te, Toronto that people could corne from the Metro and surrounding areas- te îenjoy- the. faxrn. "It ýwant to gosimply when I go" We hear that ail the time from ail kinds of people. They want their passing marked in a way that's simple yet meaningf'ul. One of the simple choices you d'an pre-arrange is cremation. Jt can be inexpensive. And it allows for the widest range of memorial options possible. Finding out more about pre-arrangement and cremation is simple, too. Just cali us, send us the coupon or stop by sometime for a chat. r Please send me more information 1 on pre-arranging cremation.I City Province ___________ Postal Code 1 understand there's no obligation and no one will caîl on me except at my express invitation. Thornton Cemetery, Crematorium & Mausoleuém 1200 Thornton Road, R.R. '.1, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4 Telephone: 1-416-579-6787v I I I I I I I I ~FPl I--Caring,-non-.profit service la the co.mmuriity sînce. 1984 Provincial élection - Durham East resuits (biy munldp«lity, pendlngjudicla!roomnt) BOL%" MaMme Township Townshifp Ouamua Whit1y Newm.011 macire5s m mamp 1 A(irirp-,r t

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