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Town takes over... Lynde House-saved By MIK E JOIINSTON Free Press Staff Next week town coun- cil is expected to take over onwnership of Lyn- de House and prepare to move 41 to Cullen Gar- dens later this summer, much to the dismay of the president of the Whitby Historical Society. With the support of Mayor Bob Attersley who attended Monday's operations committee meeting, that recom- mendation has the ap- proval of the majority of the council members and is expected to be passed by council next Monday. The move was precipitated after the town received a letter from Wittington In- vestments offering the bouse to the municipality. Noting his frustration with trying to remove the house from the property, Wittington spokesman Roger Lin- dsey said in a letter to the town, "I would therefore formally offer to the Municipal Cor- poration of the Town of Whitby the building known as the Lynde House with the proviso that it be .moved from our lands." While the committee's recommendation effec- tively renders the $28,000 feasability study by the Whitby Historical Society pointless, president of the society Bill Oyagi said he will recommend to the society's members that the study be completed. "Our mandate is a museum for Whitby and we never said it would have to be Lynde House," said Oyagi. At the operations meeting on Monday night, councillor Ross Batten included in the motion that the society terminate the study af- ter stage two of the ter- ms of reference, which states that the con- sultants will discover if the house can be moved and how, but Oyagi said the town is in no position to tell the society what to do and how to do it. "They can't tell us to do anything, our name is on the contract not the town's," he said. When asked whether the society would look after the Lynde House when it is moved - if the consultants report in- dicates the house is not the place for the museum - Oyagi stated "we would probably bow out." As for whether the society would look after the house if the con- sultant approves of the move, Oyagi said the society is still of the opinion the museum should not be on a com- mercial site. But the committee does not see the site as inappropriate for a museum. Council mem- SEE PG. 7 Wednesday, June 18, 1986 Texaco Mile On Sunday, Whitby was the scene of the second annual Texaco One Mile Road Race hosted by the Whitby Tigers running club. In all there were close to 150 entries in the event, according to Tigers president Ian Barron. Seen here with Barron and Mayor Bob Attersley are medal winners Ian Faulkner, Adam Mackenzie, Lisa Watson, Michelle Bavington, Kelly Price, Kevin Dillon, Craig Campbell, Donna Petri, Tracy Hammer, Heather Petri and race director Tom Sheehan. BIA gets Heritage nod Business Im- provement Area (BIA) Pages board chairman Ed Buf- fett announced last week that Whitby has been chosen for the Heritage Canada Foun- dation Mainstreet Program. Buffett estimated that the dollar value of the professional expertise Heritage Canada will bring to bear on down- town improvements in Whitby over the next three years is in excess of $100,000. Whitby was one of four Ontario communities approved for the program out of 14 applicants. An elated Buffett said Friday afternoon that the grant approval is a confirmation of the BIA's belief in - the potential of the down- town. "This organization has focused on Whitby and determined that an expenditure like this on our downtown is worth- while. I think that lends credibility to what we have been saying about the long range potential of the downtown and it should help us sell Whit- by to the developers and retailers we've been trying to attract to the downtown," said Buf- fett. Over the next three years, Buffett said the Heritage Canada program will address a broad range of problems in the down- town and should greatly enhance the BIA's effor- ts to revitalize the down- town business com- munity. Included in the comprehensive package offered under the program are: -a three week inten- sive course in Ottawa (expenses paid) for BIA manager Georgina Phillips which will focus on recapturing the downtown's architec- tural heritage by the most economical means available as well as to instruct Phillips in ef- fective marketing and promotion of the down- town; 'the selection of one downtown business for a coniplete overhaul by the Heritage Canada staff who will provide ail conceptural material and assist with planning and engineering details; *assistance in creating an overall ar- chitectural theme for the downtown; assistance in developing a long range plan for the downtown which Buffett said will prove a big selling point for potential developers who want to see some evidence that the com- munity "knows where it is going"; •consultation on effec- tive promotion and marketing. Buffett explained that by selecting one, down- town business for an overhaul, Heritage Canada hopes to set an example which will act as. a catalyst for other downtown business people who want to clean up their storefron- ts. "These people* have been doing this sort of thing for some time and they've learned how to recapture a building's architectural heritage without spending a for- tune and they will be able to provide our in- dividual landowners and merchants with that advice," said Buffett. Because the program will also provide Phillips with extensive training in this area, she will also be able to con- sult with local merchan- ts who want to fix up their shops, Buffett ad- SEEPG.3 Canada Volunteer Award Jean Achmatowicz of Ashburn was in Ottawa their communities. Achmatowicz, one of 31 recently to receive the Canada Volunteer Award Canadians to receive the award, has devoted many fron Health and Welfare Minister Jake Epp. The years service to the Simcoe Hall Children's Centre, Canada Volunteer Award (formerly the Lifestyle the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Community Ad- Award) is given each year to individuals who have visory Council, Durham House and is currently made, on a voluntary basis, a remarkable con- chairman of the Durham Region District Health tribution to protPoting health and social services inpCouncil. Ruddy Hospital business as usual Although members of the executive of the Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital medical staff and several department heads have resigned their positions in protest against the ' proposed ban on extra-billing, the hospital's administrator has dismissed the move as a symbolic gesture which will have no im- mediate impact on the provision of medical services at the hospital. "It means nothing really," said ad- ministrator Jim Miller on Tuesday morning. Miller explained that the doctors who resigned will still be on duty at the hospital and only policy making and ê'- àE 1ji 0 ~ Vol. 16 No. 24