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i 3th annual Longueuol twinning a success, Edwards says Last weekend's annual twinning visit with the City of Longueuil was a complete success according to Whtby's twin- ning co-chairman, Regional Councillor Tom Edwards. Edwards told Whitby Town Council at its meeting Monday night that the exchange with the Quebec municipality was the most successful in years. He said that the most touching moment of the three-day event was last Saturday night when ail of the participants began to spontaneously sing "O Canada," the national anthem, in both Vol. 11, No. 25 French and English. "That seemed to tell the whole story," Edwards said. This was the l3th annual twinning visit between Longueuil and Whitby. The 38 guests that were hosted were given tours of both Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village and Trafalger Castie School. "If the intent is to bring about a knowledge of each other's culture then we have surely succeeded, " Edwards sa id. 1981 20 Pages Man ho nored for saviing child.' slfe Stewart Mace was honored by Whitby Town Council last Monday night for rescuing a cbild from a burning bouse earlier this year. In making the award, Whitby Fire Chief Ed Crouch told council that on May 27 of this year, the fire department responded to a fire at 1118 King Street where there was a person trapped. When fire crews reached the scene, they were met by Mace who told them that the trapped person had been rescued. Crouch said that the fire was discovered when Gerald Hess, 4, was sent upstairs by bis mother to fetch bis two-year-old brother Christopher, Mace, who ives at 1114 King Street, then entered the burning bouse and made bis way upstairs. "Because the smoke was s0 dense, Mr. Mace could not see Christopher but by calling and feeling along the bed, be found Christopher on the lower bunk bcd sitting against tbe wall and rernoved him to the outdoors, " Crouch said. "This prompt action by Mr. Mace no doubt saved Christopher from serious injury, if not death, from the toxic properties that were being produced by the plastic, -'ug an~d cà,-:th.ing that was burning." In presentiag a certif icate to Mace, Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley said that be was one of the "people that make this a good place to live. " In thanking council for the award, Mace, a three- year resident of the town said that there is " no other place that I'd like to live. " Weed cutting behind sch edule Over the course of the last two or three weeks a number of people have called the Wbitby Free Press complaining that the Town of Whitby is not keeping the grass and weeds cut in varîous parts of town. Well, we took this complaint to the town's director of parks and recreation, Waynie DeVeau. DeVeau admitted that the town's grass and weed cutting program is behind schedule. The reasons for this, he said, are many. Firstly, the weather bas flot been suitable for this operation during the month of May since the town experienced a good deal of rainfaîl. Secondly, there was a shortage of manpower because the town was not able to hire its summer students, who usually do this work, until later in the month. DeVeau said that next year, the departnient hopes to have these people working by May 1. May was also a busy montb for special events in the town such as the Brooklin Spring Fair and the Choo Chili Cook-off. The recreation department is responsible for seeing that these events are smoothly run. The director said that grass on town owned land is usuaily cut every 15 days and it has just been in tbe last week or so that the department bas been "get- tmng its act together." The town wiil spend $3W,000 this year on its grass cutting program - $150,00 of it for labor. DeVeau is confident that this situation wilI be cleared up in the near future. Wednesday, June 24