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PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY;ýAUGUST13, 1976 .WHITBY FREE PRESS Corridor Area Ratepayers,'Association executive uses low key approach to serve its members by BLAKE PURDY staff writer The Corridor Area Rate-' payers Association has been in the forefront of the news in recent weeks as they were one of the three bodies charged by Mayor Des New- man with acting in a "reprehensible" manner to have a decision by Whitby Council and the Ontario Municipal Board reconsi- dered. He made the accusations two weeks ago after Whitby Council-received an Order lu Council from the Lieutenant Governor's office ordering a new hearing by the Town and the OMB on the Whitby Towne Estates subdivision proposed for the corridor area and informing council that the association had withdrawn its objection to the Farewell Estates subdiv- ision also planined for the area. The myorihargertna The rayor hargedta the Attorney Generals office passed on information to Gilbert Murdoch, the lawyer for Farewell Estates, as to how he could persuade the association to withdraw Its objection to Farewell Estates in order to allow the Ontario Cabinet to make a negative Savings in Canada are too high Personal savings by Canadians are outstripping projections for Canada and exceeding the rate of savings in the United States. And that may not be all good for the in- dividual or for the Cana- dian economy. According to the 1974 edition of the Canadian Consumer Credit Factbook, just published by the Cana- dian Consumer Loan Asso- ciation and the Federated Council of Sales Finance Companies, the personal savings rate in Canada overtook the rate in the United States during 1972 and 1973. Measured against personal disposable in- corne, the savings rate in Canada was 7.7 and 7.4 per cent for the two, years, compared to 6.3 and 6.2 per cent in the United States. More important is the fact that the savings rate of Canadians during 1974 accelerated sharply to 7.9 per cent of personal dis- posable income to reach a level of $7 billion - an in- crease of $1.3 billion in one year. The projections of the Economic Council of Canada said that it would take until 1980 for personal savings to reach the $8.7 billion mark. If the amount of the annual increases in savings continues, that forecast will be passed by next year. Savings are treated in Canada's offiècial statistics- and in other countries - as the amount of income left over after spending. says the Factbook. That is how most families treat savings. too - as lef tovers. The high savings rate during 1974 could mean that Canadian incomes rose so fast during the year as to surprise earners with a lot of un, planned leftover income. Or it could mean that people are spending less and saving more by design. Either way, the high level of savings in the coun- try means that an accu- mulation of purchasing power is in the hands of the public which they could use to stimulate the lagging economy. It is a simple fact that workers building everything from A to Z will not be employed very long if customers don't buy. Besides the general good that flows from a fully- used economy -- and that always appears to be some- body else*s problem - people who hold savings are making an implicit forecast about the future value of dollars. Why hold a buck if you know it is going to be worth less next year? If the forecasts of a re- newed bout of inflation come true. savers are going to be sorry they didn't buy their homes, and the durablé goods that go with them, when prices were relatively low. Will inflation corne on strong again? Between June 5, 1974 and June 4, 1975, Canada's total supplv of money was increased by $11.6 billion -- about 22 per cent and more than $800 per adult. The impact of those dollars on the prices of goods is yetrto be felt. When it is. prices could be hoisted higher than a mini-skirt. Five nearly drown when boat Five men who left Whitby Harbourt onSaturday, August 2, spent over a day in the chilly waters of Lake Ontario when their 30-foot trimaran capsized during a violent stonn. The men, all from roron- to, set sai on Saturday morning, headed for Kent, New, York. Their three-hulled craft was capsized by a 70-mile- per-hour gust during a storm at approximately Il a.m. Sunday- John McGuire, owner of the boat, and his four tîps over friends wrapped themselves in anything they could find to keep warmn while clinging to the trimaran. Thcy remained in that state until early Monday afternoon when they were rescued by a United States Coastguard vessel, 10 miles off the American shore. The coastguard had been alerted by an unidentified sailboat skipper. The five men, ail un*- harmed, and the boat were returned to Whitby where damage to the trimaran was estirnated at about $1,500. Kids' carnival for A neighbouri to raise money cular dystrophy on August 20 Arbour Court Sp.m. Elaine Vil, serve as ringma be assisted by gerald. The carniva] until 4, will games as fish kicking, fort guessing the nu in a container treasure hunt INGROUND POOLS COMPLETE & INSTALLED WITH dystrophy hood carnival ceeds will go to aid the fight 1to fight mus- against dystrophy and related y will be held diseases afflicting millions. 0 at 4 Ann The children got the idea beginning at for staging their event while watching TV personality leneuve will Dave Thomas who is promot- aster and will ing carnivals on his "Rocket- ship 7" children's show seen , which lasts on station WKBW, Buffalo. feature such Last year, in co-operation pond, shoe with Muscular Dystrophy une telling, Associations of America, mber of beans 42,165 carnivals were held races and a by children across the coun- and all pro- try and over $1,259,753 was raised for MDAA's research and patient service programs. For more information, call 668-8930 or 668-5313. deciso gis iib T owneEstates. The associa- tion decided to take the mat- ter to the Cabinet after their 1974 appeal to the OMB was turned down. Last week, three members of the association executive refuted the charges, saying that it was they who recently approached Mr. Murdoch for assistance in withdrawing the objection to Farewell Estates. They claimed that that action was taken on the advice of a Whitby Councillor. The association had almost given up hope of with- drawing the objection after council twice refused to hold meetings with the association to resolve some issues which i the two bodies could not a agree on. r WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT t This recent battle is noth-c ing new to the association.s Throughout the association's short history, it has been fighting tooth and nail wth planners who seem to want to change the complexion of 1 the corridor area, usually with further development. The Corridor Area Rate- payers Association is one of a number of several such or- ganizations which have sprung up in recent years which attempt to represent the wants and opinions of the common folk, some, but an ever decreasing number of them, who are too inhi- bited or too apathetic to speak out for themselves. The thinking behind these grpups is that, by presenting a uni.îed frpnt, much more can be accomplished than by individuals.* A person with a petition of 300 people is much more impressive than one person, no matter how outspoken, without. In most cases, Uic asso- ciation executive or spokes- people are merely a cross- section of the poeple they represent - common folk. The Corridor Area Ratepay- ers Association is a good example. In the association's char- ter, obtained on May 22, 1974, the founding members are listed as John Buchanan and Jack Young, police con- stables; Ronald McEachern, foreman; Marilyn Majoros, school teacher; George Delaney, contractor; Louis Majoros and Paul Kehoe, technicians; Victor Sheffield, supervisor; Donald Rogers, sign painter; Mary McEach- ern, Ary Szarka, Jean McIn- tyre, , Beverley Rogers, adgley, housewives; and 'illiam Sabyan, gentleman - st common folk represent- g other common folk. OBJECTIVES The objectives of the as- >ciation, laid down in the harter, are four-fold. The association is "to act s a representative of the esidents of that part of the aid Town of Whitby, bound- id on the eastby the east imits of the said Town of hitby, bounded on the west >y Anderson Street/Hopkins Street, on the south by Iighway 401, on the north >y Taunton Road....for the purposes of preserving and mproving the present char- Leteristies of the area as a esidential area andaconsider- ng and acting upon all mat- ers relating to the amenties of the area and the comfort, safety and welfare of resi- dents of the area". It is "to maintain liaison with elected representatives of the area at all levels of government, to inform resi- dents of the area of all existing and pending legisla- tion, bylaws, ordinances and other governmentalaregula- tions; affecting the area and to submit briefs, petitions. and requests to all levels of government on matters af- fecting the area". The association is "to assist in the preparation, pro- mulgation and execution of all bylaws, ordinances and other governmental regula- tions designed to secure the comfort, safety and welfare >f residents f the area". It is "to mantairi liaison with and cooperate with other associations of resi- dents or ratepayers in the said Municipality of Whitby on matters of comrnon inter- est to resii-lents of the areas within such municipality". In comparison with some of the associations' execu- tives, the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association exe- cutive could be classed as low key". They ask the general membership what action the members would like the executive to take on various matters whereas some associations' executives say to their members "this is what we are going to do". Therefore, the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association executive sees itself as spokespeople for its members rather than dictators to. The low key approach seems to work. Other asso- ciations should take note. 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