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Organizers. say thanks Tothe editor: The health fair at Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre was a great success, thanks to the effort of many orgaizations. Special thanks goes to these businesses for their contributions: Jury Lovel Drugs, The Natural Measure; Bailey's I.D.A., Sun Gar- den Fruit Market, the Scottish Bake Shop, Fair Lady Beauty Salon, Shopper's Drug Mart. They helped make the afternoon fun and the seniors thank them all. Thanks again for your help in this project. Leslie Peel Program Worker Victoria St. contract is $1.23 million A Pickering firm has been awar- ded the contract for the widening of Victoria St., from just west of Brock St. S. almost one kilometer to the west of Gordon St., to five lanes. Elirpa Construction and Materials Ltd. was one of four fir- ms which submitted bids on the project and were successful with the low tender of $1,234,567. The projeet includes intersection improvements and tfie construction of an entrance to the GO Transit parking lot for the new station. ,he total cost of the project is estimated at $1.5 million taking into account the tender price, sundry work by regional forces, utility relocation, materials, land pur- chase, engineering and contingen- cies. The brunt of the cost, some $1.1 million, will be.borne by the Region and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, while the Town o Whitby will be responsible for $25,000. GO Transit will kick in $156,500 and Whitby PUC $12,600. Mack sales on Victoria Whitt'y council bas given the go- ahead for construction of a tracter- trailer sales establishment on Vic- *toria St. E. The 30,000-sq. ft. building will be owned and operated by Mack Truck Sales in order to service the easterly half of the Metropolitan Toronto region. The building will house 18 service bays with the remainder of the space to house offices, parts storage and distribution. The operation is expected to provide 35 full-time jobs. Blue box FROM PAGE1 no doubt the firm could corne for- ward with an acceptable box in the idutry.ee aso saidhe wanted t v available in timne to start "the region-wide recycling program "et narei 0os tconcerned tha thle recycling program start late this fall before the snow starts to fly in order to get residents and workers used to the recycling systemn," Emm told The Free Press. He in- dated eight trucks, wh hae well in time while the new building on Conlin Rd. should be completel by that date as the sod-turning ceremony is scheduled for Thur- sday, July 23. Emm said the boxes wil be delivered to residences in the southern sector of Durham to in- clude Whitby and Brooklin. Although there will be no partitions in them at the onset, he hopes users will separate newsprint, bottles and cans into separate areas of the boxes. PEGGY PRIMEAU (1), coordinator of the Lifeline project operated from Whitby General Hospital, with fellow exhibitor Judy Davies at the health fair at Whitby Seniors Activity Centre recently. Free Press photo Durham joins water ,a t, and Wast e assoclat10on Durham Region will be spending $6,000 to become a charter member of the Canadian Water and Waste Association. In a 16-7 recorded vote (seven members were absent), council members opted to pay the mem- bership fee to join the new national organization which proposes to develop many of the objectives of the former Federation of Associations of the Canadian En- vironment (FACE), but on a broader and more representative municipal base. Since 1974, FACE has been providing a forum for national water and wastewater issues. To date, 13 cities have joined as charter members and five others have indicated interest and are ex- pected to join imminently. It is an- ticipated the CWWA will have progressed to the point that a national- water and wastewater conference will be held in Canada in 1988, with participants from municipalities, provinces and associations representing all parts of Canada. Examples of issues currently being considered by CWWA include a federal water policy; infratruc- federal water policy; infrastruc- ture renewal; a water supply pricing policy to ensure funding for infrastructure renewal and im- provement; guidelines for drinking water quality; anational data base (Mundat) and information ex- change; a proposed Federal En- vironment Protection Act; and standards and reciprocity for cer- tification and training of plant operators. According to R.G. Ferguson, deputy commissioner of works for Metropolitan Toronto and vice president of CWWA, it is apparent at this early date that there are substantial costs in creating and administering a Canadian organization, particularly due to the linearity of Canada, its small population compared with that of the United States, and Canada's ambitious environmental objec- tives. The CWWA has set their rates according .to the population size of the municipality joining. The price tag of $6,000 is scale for areas having apopulation of bet- ween 100,000 and 500,000. Kennels - DOG TRAINING * CLASS, * STARTS * AUGUST11th, 1987 * * Please Register Now - 655-4721 te + + + + + + LUSTED'S FARM EST.1972 BE AT THE MOB, GRAB A COB! Fresh Picked Daily - Corn A vilable Down f0 Dusk... 7 DAYS A WEEK AT OUR FARM' JULY 24th TILL FROST TIME Delicious AppIes aiso available lofe in the seson. Two locations to Buy: (farm) Mud Lake Rd. Myrtie Station or Road Side Wagon (weekends) Myrtie Station Phone 655-3563 for Large Orders Looking Forward to seeing Ail our Loyal C:somers RON & JANET LUSTED WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22,1987, PAGE 3 Facility for frail . .. elderly at Fairview Lodge is approved Al the wheels are in motion to construct a 51-unit facility for the elderly adjacent to Fairview Lodge in Whitby. Regional council has given over. whelming approval to the purchase of 1.2 acres of land at the southeast corner of the Fairview Lodge property by the Durham Non-Profit Housing Authority for $150,000., The size of the land, and ultimately the price tag, are flexible and subject to the Town of Whitbyconveying to the Region the westerly 33 feet fromn the street allowance northerly about 350 feet, and also conveying a portion of the unopened High St. road allowance. The sale of the land is also con- ditional upon regional council committing $150,000 for im- provements to the sanitary sewers and $220,000 to improve the water distribution system in the vicinity of Fairview. Althoughthe matter of spending some $370,000 was questioned, ac- ting management committee chairman, Mayor Bill McLean of Ajax, told those assembled the money would have to be spent on upgrading the water and sewers in the Fairview area regardless of constructing the new facility on the recommendation of the Simcoe Report. Simcoe Engineering completed a sanitary sewer flooding relief study this spring after severe rainstorms flooded a total of 861 basements in Whitby, Ajax, Newcastle Pickering and Oshawa on August 26-27, 1986. In its report, Simcoe stated there was a need to "con- struct an overflow sewer from the sanitary sewer to the existing storm sewer on Dundas St. at the intersection of Raglan St." It was suggested an application be made to the Ministry of En- .vironment for funding to cover the construction and any additional costs be included in the 1988 budget talks. Last March, regional council gave support in principle fôr the construction of non-profit housing, under the auspices of project 3000, for the frail elderly to be located next to homes for the aged. The submission for such a project was made by the Durham Region Non- Profit Housing with the blessing of the social services committee.ral Mofeed Michael, general manager of the non-profit housing committee, advised thatteit is im- perative that we proceed' with arrangements concerning the land." He advised there are many stages in the development approval process through the provincial government and that the cor- poration "is very much interested in entering into a purchase agreement for 1.2 acres of land ad- jacenn to Fairview." He added the area designated suitable for the projeetnwould not jeopardize the functioning of Fairview, nor the quality of life for the residents. Michael indicated his most recent submission on the projet was for a 51-unit facility, 30 for frail elderly, 20 for functionally in- dependent elderly and one unit for the support service co- ordinator/superintendent. He felt this mixture would help to create a healthy non-institutional en- vironment for residents. He expec- ts a decision from the Ministry of Housing and Community and Social Services shortly concerning the proposal. Once approved by the Province, construction would not start until late 1988. In a recorded vote, only Doug Wilson of Oshawa voted against the proposal. 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