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I adi a in i i EE LSE iia EEE 1h (SE ali JS. alli Laub i Eh SR el Bassin Re wa ee 16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 29, 1786 Published Port Perry Star Broo every Tuesday by y Limited Compan P.O. Box 567, Brooklin, Ont, LOB 1CO g Brooklin and Area since 1983 klin Profile ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Editor Phone 655-3637 or 985-7383 Recycling program for Brooklin put on hold for the time being Residents of the Brooklin area who were looking forward to Whit- by's recycling program will have to wait just a little while longer. But Brooklin is not the only area that will have to wait. All areas throughout the region have found themselves in the same predica- ment because Durham Recycling Centre, which looks after such pro- jects, has simply run out of room. A program for recycling was in- itiated in Whitby last year and the West Lynde area was chosen as the pilot area. The program was suc- cessful enough to prompt Whitby council to announce it would expand the recycling program to the re- mainder of Whitby, south of Rossland Road, and to the developed area of Brooklin. But council was forced to defer the start of this expansion when the spare problems at Durham Recycling Centre first came to the surface. From an increasingly cramped 3,500 square foot 'warehouse, recyclables from Whitby, Oshawa, Newcastle, Ajax and Pickering are sorted, graded and prepared for marketing. These materials are shipped to various manufacturers in southern Ontario. Whitby had originally operated its own collec- tion in the pilot area, bring the material to the DRCI warehouse, but effective July 15, 1986, DRCI assumed responsibility for collec- tion in the town. Glenda Gies, manager of the cen- tre, told a joint meeting of the Fes Ne Ng We A ast ERR Sad regional finance and works commit- tees that the tonnage of newspapers picked up by the centre has doubl- ed in the last 14 months, showing the urgency to move into new, larger, quarters. She indicated the centre would like to expand its services to include recycling glass and cans, but is unable to do so unless it can find quarters of at least 15,000 square feet. She urged councillors to with plans to acquire a new facility, stating if they left the deci- sion until council resumed sitting in September, it would be next spring before anything could be done. But council members were not willing to rush into any decision, stating they wanted to look at all op- tions available before they made up their mind on how to provide the centre with larger facilities. As directed by the works commit- ~ tee, a complete financial analysis was undertaken of the various op- tions available for acquiring new facilities for DRCI. When all was said and done, there were five op- tions available. To lease a building on privately owned lands; to lease a building on regionally owned pro- perty; to purchase a building in 1986 on regionally owned land; to lease the building on privately owned land with the option to purchase after five years; or to lease the building on-privately owned lands resulting in ownership at the end of five years. It was resolved that if the region and area municipalities do not want to make a long-term commitment on recycling, either of the first two 'Turn to page 18 Ashburn residential estate sanctioned by the Town At the last regular meeting prior to summer recess, Whitby coun- cillors gave approval to a recom- mendation that will see 35 acres of land in the northernmost area of Ashburn, developed into nine residential estate lots. The application, made by Bill Burgess, himself a resident of Ashburn, and a partner in the &T5%a FINS Ei Manners don't count here it's not so easy eating jello without the use of your hands as three-year-old Kerry Avis found out. Kerry and her mom travelled all the way from Pickering to participate in the Farmers' Market held last week at Brooklin Library. For more photos and fun turn to page 20. Brooklin I.D.A. Pharmacy, has met with opposition from a group of residents in the area, in particular Clark Muirhead, who lives directly across from the subject property on the north side of Town Line Road in Scugog Township. Muirhead, who acted as spokesman for the opposition stated _ the proposal was in direct conflict with the Region of Durham Official Plan which declares the property to be "major open space" and "per- manent agricultural reserve." - Muirhead indicated his concern that the Whitby Fire Department would have considerable difficulty reaching the homes during the winter months and questioned why details were lacking about an unopened road allowance would be brought up to standard. According to a report by Whitby planning director Bob Short, one parcel of land in the new develop- ment would front on Town Line Road, but the remaining eight lots would be accessible from a cul-de- sac road allowance between lots 30 and 31, which would have to be open- ed from Town Line Road to a point approximately 1700 feet to the south. Short also addressed the present Official Plan policies and the general philosophy of permitting residential development in rural areas. He wished to clarify such policies as contained in the Town of Whitby and Durham Region Official Plans. He stated both Official Plans place an emphasis on locating new rural residential development in hamlets such as Ashburn and Myr- tle. The Durham Region Official Plan, which takes precedence over that of Whitby, also permits the con- sideration of limited estate residen- tial developments in the rural area. It also provides for a number of criteria by which to measure estate residential proposals designed to protect agriculture and the natural environment, and to provide high amenity sites. Turn to page 18 - ag A aS er » ES i. 3 gL ---- wa Syd and Be ow SE rtha Emm Local couple celebrate | their 50th anniversary | Fifty years is a significant number of years to have been on the face of this earth, particularily when they are spent married to the same person. In today's world of separations, divorces and brief romantic in- terludes, it is truly refreshing to see a couple who have been happily married for fifty years and who are obviously still content to continue their relationship for another fifty years if allowed. ' Such a couple is Bertha and Syd Emm, familiar figures in the Ashburn/Brooklin area. Bertha was born in the little town - of High Wycombe, 27 miles west of London England in April 1913. Syd was born in Salisbury in the west country of England in November 1911. As fate would have it, Syd mov- ed to High Wycombe during the '30's looking for work and it was then he met Bertha. "Just friends at first," says Syd, "but after some time we started to go steady." The couple were married in High Wycombe on July 25, 1936 and had things a little rough at first. "Things were pretty bad as there were three million unemployed in England and war was looming on the horizon," admitted Syd. He said for the first two years of their married life he was unable to get regular work, adding that they "both pulled together and worked hard to make a happy life. He ad- mitted that this working together had been the catalyst in their hap- py life together. The couple were made even happier by the birth of their two sons, Gerry and Tony. Bertha and Syd always found time for their main outside interest, gardening, and Syd was involved with soccer, playing for several clubs during his younger days. When his two boys decided to im- migrate to Canada, it was a great blow to Syd and Bertha, but they finally accepted it as a challenge. They joined their sons in Canada in 1965 moving to this area. They join- ed Burns Presbyterian Church and Syd served on the board of managers. He also went back to his love of soccer by joining the Oshawa Soccer League, serving as the vice- president. Bertha was always with him, travelling to different parts of Ontario. "We certainly have had a wonder- ful 50 years together living a happy and Christian life," said Syd. - Syd retired from business at age Turn to page 19 hes an I In Lape GN " MO @€ 0) @€@ = pa = gp