Friday, October 23, 2020 3 Brooklin Town Crier continued from page 2 of Carnwith, use the crosswalk. Carnwith, west of Baldwin Rob Andrews has lived on Braddock Court, just west of the high school, for nearly 14 years and says the speeding is getting much worse. "They fly by me," he claims, "and someone's not going to make that turn down the little hill to the bridge and will wind up in Lynde Creek - dead." • Once past Braddock, Carnwith lends itself nicely to open road speeding. The only stop sign along the full 1.7 km stretch to Ashburn Rd. is at Montgomery which is where Carnwith becomes four lanes on a near straightaway past two elementary schools. North Ward Councillor Steve Lee indicates that Carnwith and Robert Attersley, where a speed bump pilot just began, are at the top of his list for traffic issues. He's heard the complaints and agrees that the road, particularly west of Baldwin to Ashburn is a major problem. It needs a permanent solution, not just a speed trap, which is why he is working with Town staff to investigate possible traffic calming measures. But good news is on the horizon. Lee says that the 2021 Town budget includes money for digital speed signs, the ones which flash your speed as you approach. He plans to make a motion before council to have two of these - one for each direction - placed around where Mr. Andrews says drivers audition for Mosport. The signs aren't a full solution, of course, however there's more. The 2022 budget includes two items to address the Carnwith Speed Track. 1 - A plan to "skinny up" Carnwith west of Baldwin, especially from Montgomery to Ashburn, using some combo platter of curb extensions and/or bike lanes. 2 - Montgomery/Carnwith improvements, which likely means signal lights. The Nov. 6 BTC will include Councillor Lee's explanation of the process to obtain the fixes to make Carnwith a safe route. Because right now, as complainants have noted, Carnwith is hazardous to your health. Ektaa Dewan Wins BTC Award Ektaa Dewan returned to the car after receiving her diploma at Brooklin High's virtual grad ceremony a couple of weeks ago. She opened the package, and there it was. "I saw this cheque and the award and it was so surprising," she said. "I kind of shouted to my parents that I'd just won $400." What she'd won was the Brooklin Town Crier annual award that includes a $400 bursary. It's given to the graduating student entering a post-secondary program in English, media studies, or communication technology. Dewan had applied earlier in the year and had pretty much forgotten about it, given it occurred in pre-Covid days. On her way to winning the award, Dewan had studied English literature and a course called Writer's Craft in high school. "It really expanded my creativity," she said, recalling the writing course. These days, she's studying English at Ryerson University, a school she'd chosen over U of T, Guelph and Trent, partly because of its downtown location. "I just loved the idea of being in downtown Toronto." Her load includes a wide ranging English course that covers literature in various cultures and countries, something she finds invigorating. She's also studying video production, psychology and French, with a view to perhaps going overseas in third year to further her studies as she loves the idea of one day seeing different parts of the world. As for her future? "There are so many different things I can do with this degree," she says. "I'm leaving all options open." Meanwhile, the bursary money is in a savings account, waiting perhaps for that trip abroad.