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Board ýrejet bu'sing request Anniversary cake MAYOR BOB ATTERSELY ge ts some cake. The merchants gave away cake', help.-from Brian Kotila, president of the hosted a fashion show and gave away a m erchant association at the Whitby trip for two to Las Vegas as part of the Mail, in cutting an l8th anniversary cleebrations last weekend. Students attending the new Bellwood Public School in Whitby, from west of Thickson Road, will be transported by bus until crossing guards are installed at -Thickson Road te ensure their safety. The Durham School Board discussed the request for trans- portation for these students to Bellwood Public School at their meeting Monday night. It was decided at a previous property and transportation committee meeting- that busing will be temporary, an interim measure until a crossing guard is installéd& TIhe Town of Whitby bas offered one of its staff te fIl the position of guard if one is not forthcoming through the board of education. The board further supported the decision of the property and- transportation committee with a Regin wil ak for fuit EAA.h-earg After two hours of debate before a standing room only crowd last Wednesday, regional I council.voted in favor of asking the Ministry of Environment for a hearing under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) shouId Brock South be chosen as a landllll site by Metropoitan Toronto. But some couniliors ques- tioned the move saying it couid do the Region more harm than good. "Brock South may not turn out te be a probiem in two weeks. We should table this' until after GOOD F1UDAY The offices of the Whitby ,Free Press will be- closed on Good Friday, April 1 but will be open on Easter Monday, April 4th. Deadlines for advertising remainýunchanged - noon, Monday. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Readers are reminded to set their elocks forward an beginning of Dayih SavingsTime. Metro's decision," said Oshawa mayor Allan Pilkey. Metro bas been looking for an interim location for a iandfihl site te bande their- garbage after Brock West closes in 1990. Metro bas identified seven possible locations, four in Dur- ham, but will narrow that down te two at a meeting on Marcb 29. Despite assurances from Metro chairman Dennis Flynn a few months ago that Brock South is not being considered, a repre- sentative for Pickering Ajax Citizens Together (PACT) telid council he bas no doubt Metro will be asking for approval to use Brock South. "It appears that Brock South is stili high on Metro's list," Rene Soetens, an Ajax councillor and member of PAOT, teld regional council. "We need 'an EAA hearing on Brock South. Metro is not acting with longterrn concerns in mind." *Soetens said thatý Metro poicitian's view seems te be that "a bad.dump in Durham is better than any landfll site in Metro." Metro bas asked that it be exempted from an EAA hearing and instead wants a hearing held under the Environmental protectioni Act (EPA), a less 'stringent act. "If We ask Metro te go under the EAA are we unable te go under the EPA ( Environmental Protection Act) if we go alone?" asked Oshawa councillor Mike Armstrong. "Pretend. Brock South is in your-tewn. Wouldn't you want al the protection availabie within the letter of the iaw?" replied Ajax councillor Jim Witty. "Why set up a commitment to the EAA that will be used by whoever is against an interim site. If you put yourself in that position, you have made a tactical error," said Pilkey. (Within four weeks regional council is expected te discuss a motion put'forth by Witty that Durham Region not accept Metro's garbage anywhere in the region once Brock West is ciosed). Whitby mayor Bob Attersiey then suggested that a decision be tabled for two weeks until the Region knows Metro's two lo- cations. That motion was defeated by a vote of 17-13 with Attersiey vo- ting in favor and Whitby's two other regional. councillors Tom Edwards and Gerry Emm op- posed. 1"The site is not the reai issue here. Safety is the issue. By making it a little more difficuit for Metro this may lead to a better decision on how to get rid of garbage," said Newcastle mayor John Winters. Council then ,voted 22-8 in favor of asking for the EAA hearing with ail three Whitby representatives voting in favor. *Oshawa councillor Pauline Beal then attempted to have council reconsider the matter which would have needed one- third support from council. That motion was defeated by a 25-6 count. Newcastle and Scarborou'gh chosen Metro TÉoronte's works depart- ment has announced- their two choices for an interim location for a landfill site., One location is in Scarborough whiie the other is located between Darlingten Provincial Park and the Darlington Hydro Generating Station. Durham Region works chairman Gerry Emm says Metro is now going te spend $600,000 testing soul at both locations. -A final decision will be made by Metro council on April 12. majority vote in favour with revisions to the wo rding of the motio n te make it clear that the busing was a temporary measure. Last Wednesday the property and transportation committee denied a 'request te bus the students: te hire a crgssing'guard for the Thickson location and pianned te use their own staff if one could not be found. Upton noted that he himself observêd the 'Thickson location and said there was "no problem" for children te cross. He added that thereý woulq be no crôssing. at, the location by children without a guard. Pickering trustee Lorna Murphy suggested that staff continue te monitor the location, mentioning June and Septemiber, as appr- opriate months te, again survey the crossing. But Oshawa trustee Gary Kitchen said te survey one location would mean that "every street"'in Durham Region should also be monitored. 'We do it hit'and miss...I'm tired of seeing these motions for this part of the region and that part of the region," said itchen. "I'm just asl;ing for this area (Thickson) ýbecause the parents said, it was s0 busy," responded Murphy. "Obviousl' inm frustrated," said Kitchen. SEE PAGE 14 Liberal view on.free t rade See page 12 FASHION '88 Spring & Suimmeir IremE EJTF MET' sports See pages 18 -21 IL t * N - 4 j '4 4 .4»