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PAGE 6, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987 •e VOICE OF THE COUNTY (TOWN Published every Wednesday By 677209 Ontarlo Inc. Phone: 668-61Il fe DOUG ANDERSON Publisher MAURICE PIFHER Editor PETER IRVINE Adver,tising Manager Tiieonly ombnned t iîep.ded u î< itiî<l peraied blm'>% ijii tHlIîfo>r % lh Mh)%resideni, Liceni Whitby councillors were hardly unanimous and many residents attending Monday's council meeting were visibly perturbed about a decision to review licensing rather than prohibit strip parlors in the downtown area. But considering the legal challenges that have been threatened and the rezoning necessary for a bylaw, licensing is now a more prudent and preferred alternative con- trol, especially with adequate regulatory provisions. Councillors opted to consider regulation and may go with it until, as suggested in discussion, the legalities have been sorted out in the courts regarding . parlor bylaws in two other municipalities, including neighboring Oshawa. s Mayor Bob Attersley and councillor Ross BaTtan summarized all councillors oppose strip entertainment but largely disagree on how to remove it. Three councillors were in favor of prohibiting strip parlors downtown and relocating them to another area in the east part of Town and se is best approach two of those three objected to the alternative parlors). Despite strong licensing procedure. Unanimity hardly seems Joe Drumm (in whose likely come autumn when the regulating parlors would be locatec measures proposed go under debate. Town must take action e But as noted by councillor Tom Edwards, who other council members supported 'both measures, the message should Iikely the Ieast expensiv nevertheless have been conveyed to both parlor does fot force a shutdc owners and the community that such entertain- community moral standé ment is not wanted in the downtown area. Mayor Monday's decision w Attersley had stated that the first.message was the throng of bylaw sui given last December when council suddenly, cluding business peopi withdut stating reasons, gave two readings to a John's congregation op bylaw to ban parlors downtown and relocate them. their church and schoc The reasons, the mayor explained Monday, was Bugelli's daim that that more such establishments were apparently establishments would g planning to locate downtown, in addition to the ton of the bylaw, "wa three at that time, so the Town decided to take ac- provide the most cautiot tion. All council members gave their own views on the matter Monday, public utterances after almost six. months of receiving "input" (and visiting the It's now up to the Tov to try and find a licensin limiting the number of has teeth but a strong bi arguments by councillors ward the new zone for d) and Joe Bugelli that the Lven if challenged in court, s favored what would be ve alternative and one that own because of perceived ards. vas an unpopular one for pporters waving signs, in- e and members of the St. pposed to the parlor near ol. But despite councillor the value of existing o up because of the rejec- it-and-see" and licensing us approach. wn clerk and Town lawyers ng procedure, that, beyond parlors to three, not only te. To the editor: In the "here-we-go-again" depar- tment it's once again time for the homeowners of Lakeview and Swan's Landing subdivisions to whip out their powder, load up their muskets and get ready to do battle with the forces of evil. The MTC has seen fit to draw up contingency plans, as they have done in the past, to take the GO ex- tension on its way to Oshawa and swing it north over the 401 once it is east of Brock Street. This northward route would have the GO train tracks aligning itself with the CPR tracks and would be kissing the backyards of the To the editor: I feel sorrv for Mr. and Mrs. Gott- fried and their son (letter. to the êeditor 17 June 1987) who were shunted from Whitby to Oshawa because there wasn't a general surgeon available at Whitby General Hospital. However, they're blaming the wrong people if they blame the hospital. The man responsible is Murray Elston, Ontario Minister of Health. He and his party feel there are already too many doctors in On- tario. To remedy this problem, he's forcing hospitals and universities to residents on Bellwood Dr., Sawdon Dr., Hawkstone Cres., Cawker Ct. and now the new property owners on Doovis Dr. of Eberlee Homes. It's bad enough that such residen- ts have to put up with diesel fumes, noise, horns (as a warning when approaching Thornton Rd. S.), vibration from the CPR trains a half dozen times a day but the GO line would be running every hour during the day and every half hour at rush hours, and that's just in one cut back on their training of specialists, particularly in general surgery. I'm afraid the Gottfrieds - and many others - have come up again- st the Liberal government's doublespeak when it comes to health care. When they rammed through Bill 94 last June, the Liberals said it would increase patients' access to medical care. Too bad Mr. Elston wasn't around to see the access to surgical care the Gottfrieds had. I hope the Got- tfrieds have written to him about it. Bruce R. Evans Whitby direction so these people who are at the end of the line would get it every half hour and every 15 minutes respectively because the GO train would stop in Oshawa and then proceed back. Besides the above concerns there is also the increased danger of a child being hit by such a frequency of trains running along such an un- protected rail line (remember Ed- die Whitall, the boy from Mississauga who lost three limbs to a train). Couple all this with a decrease in land values and it's asking too much of the ratepayers to bear. Oshawa can have its GO exten- sion, and the residents of Whitby are asking is to keep the line south of the 401 (as it is throughout its en- tire length from Oakville to Pickering). If the MTC will do this they won't ruffle any feathers. In the meantime it is important for the people directly affected by this routing to get to one of the public in- fo centres being advertised and let the GO people know of your feelings. By the way it's going to cost plen- ty of taxpayers' money to bridge over the 401, not to mention the traffic tie-ups it will cause. My family moved out to theicoun- try here to get away from the noise of the big city but if this north routing goes through it will mean a death knoll for the affected sub- divisions and I guess I may as well sell the cow and move back to T.O. Sincerely, Lanny Cooke Swan's Landing, Whitby O'Connor'reuniton To the editor: Denis O'Connor High School graduates, ail past students and teaching faculty are invited to come celebrate the school's 25th anniversary and reunion. This event will take place at the new school location, &0 Mahdrake St., Ajax, on Saturday Sept. 26 from 12:30 to 5 p.m., with a mass and reception following. . Cail the school for further infor- mation on the days' events at 427- 6667. Mary Jane Nettle Public Relations Denis O'Connor High School L rhe Free Press Building 131 Brock Street North P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Opposed to north GO route Don't blame hospital, blame the ministry LETTERS The Whitby Free Press welcomes letters to the Editor on any subject of concern to our readers. Letters should be brief and to the point - rarely more than 300 words. Al letters must be accompanied by the name, address and phone number of the writer; however, on request, your name may be withheld from publication if we agree that there is a valid reason. The paper reserves the right to reject or edit all letters. Send to: The Editor, Whitby Free Press, Box 206, Whitby, Ontario LiN 5S1 or drop through our mailslot at 131 Brock St. N. ............