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PAGE 22, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987 Brooklin United Church news Last Sunday Rev. Frazer Lacey presented a gift to Martin Trip on behalf of the congreation. Martin has been chosen to go to the World Scout Jamboree in Australia. The theme of the whole white gift ser- vice, including the minister's ser- mon, was "The Color of Love." Next sunday will be a Christmas choral service with traditional lessons and carols and the presen- tation of Christmas symbols made previously by members of the |St. Thomas' Anglican Church congregation. The Christmas Eve service on Thursday, Dec. 24 at 7:30 p.m. is a short worship service for the whole family. Please remember to bring your own candles for the can- dlelighting service. Church pageant St. Thomas' Anglican Church is presenting a Sunday School pageant at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday Dec. 20. Lessons and carols will also be held that night beginning at 7 p.m. Refreshments will follow. Tree stolen from property A 9-ft. spruce tree valued at $800 was cut down and stolen from in front of a house at 7900 Cedar Brook Trail in Brooklin on the weekend. Police say two other trees were left untouched. Region BROOKLIN KINSMEN, represented by treasurer Ter-y Rooney, gave $2,500 toward the purchase of a bedside cardiac monitor for Whitby General Hospital. With Rooney is Sylvia Spice, nurse manager in the in- tensive care coronary care unit of the hospital. Kin- smen previously donated $3,500 for a monitor. The hospital now has two of the monitors, each costing $4,000. Free Press photo Decision postponed Michael J. Fox Shakes Up1 to consider materials Whitby council has referred an application for construction of a light equipment, plumbing and water treatment store at 7675 Baldwin St. after administrative committee approved it last Wed- nesday. Committee approval was given after the developer, Gary Young, agreed to use architectural block instead of steel as a building material. But council has referred making a decision until the planning depar- tment takes another look at the ap- plication. At the committee meeting, Young asked why he had to use block when stores along the corridor between Whitby and Oshawa have used steel materials. "There are no new buildings along that corridor that have all metal," replied planning director Bob Short, adding that the existing buildings in the area of the proposed store are brick. As a compromise, councillor Ross Batten proposed that the front of the store be constructed of ar- chitectural block while the three remaining sides be constructed of steel. But Short pointed out that would look "just as bad" if the store was completely built of steel. "The block should be carried completely around the sides," he said. Young then proposed that he use block for the front of the store and block halfway up each of the sides. The top half of the sides and the rear would be constructed of steel. prepares to go to court Solicitors for the Region of Dur- ham are readying for a court battle over a letter of credit posted four years ago by a developer to bring services to the village of Brooklin. Regional chaiman Gary Herrema told The Free Press he has instructed regional solicitor Shan Jain to prepare for court after First City Developments rejectèd a recent offet of settlement by Durham. Although Herrema said the Region has not as yet been notified of a specific court date, he anticipates it will be scheduled for early in February of 1988. The issue involves a $2.2-million letter of credit posted with the Region by First City and Tamay Realty Co. when the two developers and other parties entered into an agreement with the Region to bring water and sewer services to the Brooklin area prior to embarking on a massive development project which would have seen the village increase in population to 10,000 over a 10-year period. The letter of credit was security that the services, estimated to cost $8 million, would be brought to Brooklin. But in 1984, the Region learned some of the lands in question had reverted to their original owners through mortgage foreclosure. Herrema, Region chief ad- ministrative officer Don Evans and the solicitor deemed this tobe a breach of the agreement signed between the Region and the developer and at the eleventh hour cashed the letter of credit. First City, opposed to the move by the Region, initiated legal proceedings. Since that time, the Region has attempted to make an out-of-court settlement with First City, the latest being a 50-50 split of the accumulated (with interest) value, now at some $2.9 million. According to Herrema, this latest offer was not accepted by First City and he instructed Jain to prepare for court. Pay-TV package is preferred 01987 Universai City Studios. Inc. Ali Rights Reserved. 76 Baldwin St., Brooklin 655-3306' Open every day except Monday, Dec. 21 & Christmas Day By EMILY PARE The CRTC will allow a variety of special-interest TV channels to be viewed between the cable stations, rather than after the cable channel 21. But Rogers Cable will offer the new services in pay-TV packages, as the current pay-TVis offered, not as part of the basic package of signalscable subscribers get for their monthly fee. "We would not sell the programs individually. They are more attrac- tive to the customer as packages," says Richard Moore, general manager of Rogers Cable. Both the cable companies and pay-TV programmers have to agree on any changes made. Several cable companies say they have no intention of carrying Much Music or the Sports Network on basic in major city markets. Canadian viewers could be wat- ching, by Sept. 1of next year: Much Music and the Sports Network on basic cable; new basic cable chan- nels showing religion, news and children's specials; a Disney chan- nel on pay-TV; and U.S. super- stations and U.S. cable network on Canadian. pay-TV. American services are still being determined for package viewing. Canadian pay-TVhas specialized in arts and entertainment with children's programs and sports. The American pay is geared mainly to entertainment sports and movies. And the cost of the new pay-TV packages? "The amount would be more than stated in the papers," says Moore. Brooklin Village Shoppe Fine Ladys' Wear * Sweaters * Jewellery * Sportwears * Stocking Stuffers * Casual & Dressey Dresses * Isotoner Gloves/Slippers T 20% Blouses Regency Velours J' DF Denims - Petite Sportswear Clearance" Christmas Shopping in the traditiona ~ atmosphere of a quaint country villag ......o...w. . .... - i Hwy. 12, Brookhin 655-3474 m,¿F ,e. -5:30 -8l00 :Do WHITBY separate school trustees Tia Woodcroft (right) and Catharine Tunney (left) recently became respectively, chairman and vice chairman of the board for 1988. Free press photo ( ____ 1