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>2Nom4 Wednesday, No.vember 17, 1982 .-32 Pages 200peoplie stand i rememberance, f Kayley Moore and Lori Briggs, two 10-year-old studentsfrom E.A. Fairman Sehool, couldn't resist the temptation to touch. Fred James, the only World War I'veteran to attend the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Whîtby, was proud to show the girls bis medals. Mr. James served with the Manchester Regiment and bas.'lived in Wbitby since 1924. -Free Press Staff Photo Bloard kils bid to, keepDO'Ce, More than, 250 con- cerned people crammed into the Roman Catholie Separate Scbool Board's Monday night- meeting to hear the verdict on the new Denis O'Connor High Sehool. But most 0f them went away angry and dis- appointed as- Whitby Town Council's bid to change the decision to- move DO'C to Ajax was quasbed by board trust- ees. Witby council can- celled its regular meet- ing to try and persuade the trustees -to keep DO'C in Whitby after the board decided last week to buy a 10-acre site in. Ajax for the new scbool. Mayor Bob Attersley, Adiinistrator Bull Wal- lace and developer Bull Sorichetti made pre- sentations to the board to demonstrate the at- tracivenss of the <Whitby site on Dundas Street West, ' Concerned separate scbool supporters lined the walls, sat on the floor and s pilled out into the ballways as Mayor Attersley -described th e "historical'and emotion- al" ' relationship. be- tween DO'C and the Town of Witby. "'You- people, you board members, are' taking'something away from ou cmmnt that we have, be en used to," Attersley ' said as the crowd chçèred. "It, has been b'ere for '20 years."1 Sorichetti, manager 0f the company*.that. owns the p roposed Whitby site on Dundas Street West, told the board that the problein witb the Whitby s~ite boléd down to» price. (The Ajax offer was reported'to be $W,000 less than the Whitby site.) He said his original of- fer had included tbe cost 0f servicing the land for residential use, and sug- gested a new price of $41,500 per acre would reflect the more inex- pensive. task of servic- ing the land for institu- tional use. Administrator' BiII Wallace said. there are - too many "If's ands and buts" about the, Ajax of- fer. According'.to. Wal- lace, the chief problems, with the Ajax site are: wtthe siteis'not serviced àit water and sewage drainage facilities e the "usable'acreage" in Aja x would be less 'than 10 acres because of alleged "dunstable" soil conditions *the site needs sanitary sewers, wbicb must be, approved, by Durham Regional c 'ouncil, and could mean long delays e a buildi ng permit can- not be issued until the land is properly, ser- viced *the cost 0f installing9 sanitary sewers would require "eter of credit" which develop- ers could back out on if the projeet is not profit- able *storm water manage- ment on the site is cap- able of bandling storms Of "1o-year" frequen- cy", and flooding could be a problem if bigger storms occur 1,* sbaring .recreational facilities with communi- ty groups could, leave the b igb sçbool with "residual" tinies for using facilities. y ~ eS~l~ogo,a, -Whi*tby, proponent of the move to Ajax, said a Separate School Board meeting is not thé place to "Judge the integrity of the town of Ajax".ini its offer to the board.'- Wallace outlined the Whitby, offer, which would provide a 13-acre site, fully serviced with sanitary sewers and ready. to be bui'lt on almost immediately. He said Whitby's population growtb is predicted to' outstrip Ajax, and would, ensure continued -high, enrol- ment at the school. Pa rkland to the north 0ff the, site could be used for soccer and' football fields, and Whitby town couneil could have the zoning of the site cbanged within 30 days to speed Up the building of the school. see page 2 hike: Durham i Regio'nal council expeets bleak, difficuit. times in 1983, and the first- 0f the bad news is aâ possible 16'per cent tax increase. In a speciàil report to council, the escalating costs, of Welfare- payments and 'water and sewer works are blamed for the dismal tax outlook. Council had hoped to stay within the five per cent spending guideline of the provincial government', but witb costs rising more than -16 per cent, it appears that will be an impossi- ble feat. See page 3. The Whitby Free Press is happy, to bring you' our holiday, dxing guide for the festive season this year. For ail the fine dining and entertainment-spots, see pages 17 to 26. Skiled jbs Factories with robots in them are no longer just in the realm of science fiction. The age Of higb tecbnology is u pon, us,. and local indus- trialists are attemptinig to -,prepare tbem- selves for it by training workers in higb tech- niology fields. The, DO-IT committee bas releaseda report that says there.will be a shortage of more than 1,000 workers in specializeld trades by 1985. To meet the new training-needs, DO-IT has proposed a re-training program for unem-; ployed workers. See pages5. DIg dee Per Whitby residents will* have to cig a little deeper to meet the new hydro rates wbich are going up 7 per cent as 0f January 1. The new rate, approved by the Whitby.'Hydro Electric Commission last week, refleets a 'rate in- crease of 8.2 per cent levied by Ontario Hydro. SWhitby commissioners say they're caught, under the government's restraint, program, and therefore can't absorb the entire increase themiselves. Story on pages5. Model