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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby, Volce côf the County Town Michael Ian Burgess, 1 [Publ Publisher - Managing Ed itorL by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography Inc. Phone 668-611Il The Free Press Building, 1:11 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. MICHAEL J. KNELL Çommufllty Editor ELIZABETH NOZDRYN Advërtîsing Manager Registratlon No. 5351 The only Whltby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. Whitby Historical oc ietyangry over twn's dernolitio n order EDITOR'S *NOTE: The foilowlng letter was submlItted ta the chairman of the Town cf Whitby's property standards commtteson be- haif 'of théeoxecu- tîve c f the Whitby Hîstorcal Society. Dear Si r: i wlsh to express, my abhorrence - at the ýnewspaper re- port that the oldest building In down- town Whitby - the Queen's Hotel' building at Brook and Coîborne - has been ordered. de- molished by the Town's own proper-, ty standards off icer. It ls my under- standing, that the property standards by-law aiiows the town to perform re- medial work on de- ficlent buildings and bill the owner. ln the case of an i m-, portant building such as this, demno- lition should not be considered. lndeed the building should be designated to prevent It. The owner has appar- ently said that he wants to make the repairs .and he shouid, be held to his word with the clear understanding that after a speci- f ied date the, town willi step ln and make them iltseif. 'The downtown area has many pro- biems and perhaps the Corner Store and some other run down buildings are one of themn, but- chief amongst the downtown's assets- is Its historlc cha- racter. To slowiy elh- mînate the buildings which give It that charac- ter Is very short- sighted. One needs onily to look at some weed covered em- pty lot. D espite the ioss of some key build- ings throughý the years, ,Whitby's downtown street- scape still has the potential ofben one of the finest in. the province, but only with the co- operation, encour- agement and sup- port of the town's government and its officiais - oniyby improving ,rather than removing our historlo buildings. Yours truly, Doug Andersmon, President. WGAA tournament schedulingi ridiculo us,- girLs. overplayed: writer Dear SI r: This weekend an annuai girls softball tournament took place here ln Whit- by.'i arn only aware of the sur divi- Sion ln this league. They are girls 7 to 9 years old. On the secon 'd day of pIayý it was possible for one teamn to play five games. This i8 totaîly Idiotic! The" ',organizers andior eeuie were not even pre- sent at the finial games. These games took place between Matthew's Sunoco and West Lynde C.A. Matthew's ln their fourth straight game should not have, been piaying.' The girls had not had a break since .9:15 a.m. No time to rest, to have lunch or to have proper L 0f washrooms. F nem ber, these is are 7 to 9 years i.One girl had sunstroke and most other girls on the teamnwere exhaust- ed. They either didn't want to play or wanted rests between every Inn- ing., If Matthew's had. won this game, they wouid have had to play the samfe teamn again, lmmediately following. Is this fair that a teamn that, Is in their fourth game, shouid be playing a team in their first game. 1 arn a true be- liever in sports for girls. But this Is ridi- culous i 1 thought one of the aims of W.G.A.A. was to promote a healthy attitude toward sport ln our commu- nity. 1 think they have failed. A lot of these 7 to 9 year olds will not want anything to do with softball again. Can you blame them? If It continues in this manner, the level of sport in this community wîii suf- fer greatiy. M rs. B. May, Whitby. Itsweeps over me now and then in what 1lwould once have described as moments of weakness: That is, the conviction that Toronto is a considerable city. Let me hasten to explain myself, before-ail those who don't live in Toronto start fiinging rotten eggs. 1 was born in the Maritimes, spent my early teenaged years in Winnipeg, went to ùuniversity in Fredericton and Ottawa, and have aiways wanted to live in either Vancouver, Halifax or St. John's. i say that so you'li know that l'm not a native Torontonian, and that 'm not bringing an Ontario bias to my judgement of whether or not Toronto is a good place to be. There are drawbacks of course. I have a son who grew up here, is now out on his own, and who is stili waiting for the Leafs to win a Stanley Cup. t's been pair),- fuI for him and painful for me. There isn't a really decet bookstore in the city with one possible exception, unless you think a bookstore is a place which selis fad diet books, road maps, and bal[point pens. The haze is pretty heavy. I have a mother who moved here from Ottawa recently. She says that Ottawa is always clear, and that she's hard- ly seen the sun in Toronto in more than a year. She may be right. but 1 think she exaggerates a little.. i came here of necessity, and with some misgiving, in 1966, and returned, with the same feelings, to setule down, ap- parentiy for good, two years later. I am somewhat startl- ed to discover that I've been here now, for wIhat began as an occupational necessity, for more than 14 years. And 'm more startled to discover that even if my job gave, me a choice, 1 probably wouldn't want to move. anywhere else. 1 think that happens to a lot of people. You may find it difficult to believe, but t know people from Kitchener, Peterborough, Montreal, Calgary; Winnipeg, St. John's, Vancouver and even Bellingham, Washington, who are happy here Thaf s not news but that too is reality. Lettersmost welcome Mail to: Whitby Free Press P.O. Box 206 Whitb y, LIN,5S1'