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vol. 14, No. 38 Wednesday, September 19,)1984 28 Pages The man who intends to run around the world in he stopped to chat with Mayor Bob Attersley (at an effort to raise $100 million to combat world left holding the umbrella). hunger came through Whitby last week. His trip is sponsored by the Gaetan Bellerose Gaetan Bellerose, of Hamilton, was on the first Food for ail International Run Foundation. leg of his trip from Windsor to Quebec City when Free Press Staff Photo Man running to protest A 41-year old French Canadian from Hamilton, Bellerose Ont. passed through the Town of Whitby on the over foUr bil first leg of his round-the-world run to protest to feed seve hunger on this planet. Gaetan Bellerose started this leg of his jounney Dependin in Windsor on Aug. 9 and hopes to be in Quebec h runs et City sometime next month in an effort to raise been a runn $100 million for the Canadian Hunger Foundation. participated "The purpose of the run is to make people and Toronto aware of what is needed to fight hunger in the The world world," Bellerose says describing hunger as "the. the next six basic Issue" facing mankind. with only $2 He points out that "40 people die of starvation community every minute - 27of them children." only to keep And this, he believes, does not have to be. Anyone in "There is no reason for this. We have enough cause is ask food and we have the technology to feed the Food for all 1 world's hungry." . St., Hamilton world hunger notes that this planet is home to just lion people and already produces food n billion. g on the weather and road conditions, ween 20 and 35 miles a day. He has ning enthusiast for 10 years and has in the marathons in Boston, Montreal wide run will be done in stages over years. Bellerose started the journey 250 and relies on the people in each he visits to provide him with funds not going but to reach his goal as well. terested in making a donation to his ked to contact the Gaetan Bellerose International Foundation, 25 Augusta 1, Ont., L8N 1P6. T Ot.hLNLP6 a cemteeoojc t ntehre Aeep '-'ynde House at present site.... Historical society wants town to buy 3 acres of land Not only does the Statempnt of C q l ,j........ ...........- - - -t Whitby Historicai Society want the Lynde House Museum to remain in its present location at the corner of Dundas and D'Hillier Sts., they want the Town of Whitby to acquire the three acres of land im- rediately surrounding the site. These were just two of a series of demands put to Whitby Town Council last week by the society in a document entitled "Whitby Museum - The society's museum committee also wants to take an active part in any negotiations the town enters into to acquire the land and wants the right to reject or modify any agreement made without their par- ticipation. "All negotiations will be conducted on the premise that the building will remain on its present site," the sa eent says, "Moving the building will only be considered if no other satisfactory alternative exists." The committee also has other plans for the museum. The society wants to reconstruct the rear kit- chen wing based on the best available historical and archeological in- formation. They also propose to build "a moder (but unobstrutive) connec- ting structure (to) be aded to the rear which wii bouse facilities for administration, storage, research and physical plant." This building should meet the most rigorous environmental standards to ensure the preservation of the museum's collection. It should also contain an additional exhibit area and a muiti-use room for educational programming, meet- ings, and seminars. The society asowants to see the Whitby Ar- chives moved from its present location in the Centennial Building on Centre St. S., to the renovated museum. "The exterior and immediate surrounding will be restored to ap- proximately 1860-70 where feasible and practicai," the statement says. The society also wants Lynde House - built cir- ca 1812 by Jabez Lynde who made his fortunate supplying the British army during the War of 1812 - designated a historical structure un- der the Ontario Heritage Act. "However," . the soceity's statement says, "designation should only be ap- proached if there is a firm resolve on the part of a substantial majority of town council to carry this measure through in spite of any possible objections from Loblaws or any sub- sequent owner." The current owner of the land is the Loblaws supermarket chain who gave the Lynde House building itself to the Town of Whitby on the condition that it be moved before the land was either sold or developed. Not only does the museum committee want the town to acquire three acres of land around the house they want D'Hillier St. relocated so that the museum site runs into CONT'D ON PG. 27 As of next Tuesde morning, all species crocodylidae, ede tates, marsupialia, pi nipedia, viverridae an perissodactyl ungulat among others will b prohibited in the Tow of Whitby. Furthermore, loce residents will not b able to take the family sloth or elephant fori walk in the. public par or on the neighbourhoo street. In fact, you can even tie them up in th backyard. And what really hurt is that the boa constric tor, panther or leopar you've been using ase watchdog has got to go. What this all means i that Whitby Town Coun cil is expected to enac its exotie animal contro bylaw at its meeting next week. Council's operations committee recommen- ded that the bylaw be passed in an effort to control the purchase and keeping of exotic animals as pets in the town. The bylaw was originally drafted by the Pickering Ajax Whitby Animal Control Com- mittee which feels that many of the people who acquire these types of animals as pets are not always able to care for them properly. As a result, these animals of- ten die after wither escaping from their homes or from disease or malnutrition. The new regulation is intended to replace previous measures con- cerning animal control and to define in what areas of the town that farm animals can be kept. Under the measure, farm animals will be prohibited in the urban areas of the town south of Rossland Rd. as well as in the hamlets of Brooklin, Ashburn, Myrtle and Myrtle Station. However, the commit- tee did make one excep- tion to the bylaw when it allowed Paul Lyons of Ashburn the right to continue keeping farm animais on bis property, provided that the town receives no complaints from his neighbours. Lyons came to the committee to object to Next Monday.... Townto enact exotie animal control bylaw ay the byiaw saying that of when le purchased bis n- home two years it was n- zoned farm residential, nd meaming that he couid es raise hens and pigs. He be wants to keep doingso. !fl Town Cierk Don alMacKay, the author of )e the bylaw said that it % was enacted to take into account Whitby's -k growtb. "It updates the mapping where farm d animais are ie prohibited. " eCoun. Ross Batten, chairman of the Soperations committee, tried to re-assure Lyons d that the town was not aout "on a vendetta to get rid of your animais."1 And uniess the town received complaints, in all iikelihood no action would be taken against 9 him. 3 One of the strongest -supporters of the bylaw >is local veterinarian Ciayton MacKay of the MacKay Animai Clinic. He told council in a letter that veterinarians "are ail too often faced with the plight of which because of their exotic nature or wild charac- teristics are raised or purchased for the wrong reasons." Either they are pur- chased, he said, by thriii seekers, as status sym- bols, to endanger or- frighten others and by "weii meaning but pooriy suited or. trained individuais who wish to 'save' such animaIs. " "In many cases these animais suffer short lives of unfair con- finement or support," MacKay maintains, "Tbey exhibit unnatural tendancies and beaith problems because of inadequate knowledge of their husbandry and/or financiai limitations- of an unin- formed owner." He 'also noted that tmost people don't sleep well knowing there are 12 foot snakes in the next door basement." Oh, by the way, the animais refered to in the opening paragraph are: alligators and crocodiles; anteaters, armadillos and sloths; kangaroos, opossums and womnbats; seals and wairuses; mongeese; entehre 1 i