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Page 10, Thursday, July 20, 1972e WHITBY FREE PRESS NEWMAIN: YES OR NMO? m by Oarth Hardie EDUTORS NOTE: 1 n t h e f o1 1 owing article Free Press newcomer Garth Hardile quest Ions young peopie regardlng their Impressions of Des Newman and how it will Influence them at the polis thîs fali. "1 t hi1n k he is very open-minded," said one young student. "'Get r id of h lm!" I bel 1lowed another. I think he has a very sexy voice, Il anotherrepliedmeekly, hiding behind a mask of painted lips and false eyelash- es. Des Newman h a s been the mayor of Whitby for the past several years. The younger generation's op in ion, as one c an s e e, is def initei y of a mixed and controversiai nature. - »erso»nality his keY Mosti peopl1e bel ieve t h a t Newman'1s personal ity is the key to his local polîit- !cal success. Cynthia Hardie, an avid admirer of Mayor Newman feit that, "He isn't oniy î nt er e sted in votes but is concerned about the wel fare of the younger gener- at ion as well1. "l"He has to be concerned because we are the people that are going torun this town in the next ten years", she said. An honour student, Barbara Brooks s ai1d t h at Mr. Newman did present a good public image bu t that his pol itlcs seem to be "lor ientated towards Toron- to"t, which she doesngt appreciate. She went on to explain that she was "irather i n d i f f e rent toward municipal pol itics because Newmen is like any other per- son; he does his job, not any better or any worse than the next person."- A pa rag on of per foc tiàon One person, who wished to remain anonymous feit that, "Mr. Newman is a paragon of perfection when it comes to his publ ic image, but today 's poliîtics is not a hand-shaking, baby-kissing bus- iness; today's pol iticsrequires resul ts - w h ich Mr. Newman has shown ver v 1littie abii ity at getting." Evelyn Rae, an outspoken Social ist, came to the conclusion that Newman and his Town Planning Board were no iess than crazy. She said that, lroquois Park and the buiidingup of the Rossland j Paul Sevick, a Grade 10 student from Henry Street High fel t that Mayor New- man's "lidealistic"l proposai for the $70 mil lion Iroquois Park complex was "'the bigaiest joke this country has ever seen"f an' he bel ieved i t -to be nothing more thar, an "eliect ion-gimrnick"I. The feeiiîng ge! (ýr aily among the young people on t h Iroquois Park scheme was t h at it W o ,_Id merel ymria ke Whi tby the pl1ay- ground of Toronto. Newman's so-called hlgh-minded plans to make Whitby a highiy-urbanlzed centre me t wlth some approval, but mostly disapproval. O ne g irl1, an attr act Ive e 1ghteen- y e ar-oid, felt that Whitby just wasn't "lswinging"l enough. She said: "i1 don't I ike th e Idea of having the wldespread cholce of either going to the show, going b o wling, or going drInk ing unt11 al1 of ten o'clock at night and 1 think the air- Port would change ail that."l Everyone e I s e asked stressed em- phaticailythat they liked Whitby smali. The oniy real complaint about the town itslef was the lack of recreationai fac- ilities. But the feeling again wvas that the proposed airport or 100,000 more people was flot the viable solution, only action on counilis part and a gr e ater business interest estabi ished here they thought could do it. One brolken clown arena Evel yn R ae , everybody'Is favouriîte revolutionary complained that "Ail we r eal I y have îs one terrible swimming pool and one broken down arena. "l Cy n th la Hardile sa id that "Newman shoui d g et going on establ ishing more recreational facilities for people of aIl ages, not just giving our citizens a carnivai once a year for a couple of days. i don't want to feel that 1 have to ru n to Oshawa everytime I want to do s om e thing9. 1 want to do things in my own hometown,"i she said. Mr. Newman's lack of action on this issue has caused restlessness and dis- content among Whitby's youth. WVith the voting age lowered, if something is not to r e medy t his, even Des 's dazzî ing smile will not help him. FOR THE' LOOK NEW HOMECF.. ___________ PRODUGTI IIwy., iWd£ UTlko Z'oltan & Ni"cký's 160 Simco St; S. 728-0051 -728-0800 Dunlop Radial PIy Tire, H EADQUARTERS ATTERSLEY TIRE SERVICE 103 Dundas St. East, Whitby 668-3356 WHITBY MINOR BÀSEBALL ASSOCO DRAW WINNHER $500000 Mr. Robert Scherno 262 Lupin Dr. WhItby, Ont. Ticket Number 6516 Ticket Seller Tommy Gail1agher 252 Lupin Dr. NOW SHOWING a JuIy 20-21-22 the 41,5 YEARS qRANd pRIZE W1iNNER AT TI-E CANNES rilM fESTiVAL ~ juLiE ChRiSTiE/AIAN bATrEs SCREEripty by HARoid PIN~TER EXECUTÎVE PROdUCER RobERT VEIAiSE PR0dUCEd by ioI*i HEyMAN A&r.d NORMAN PRicj<EN DiRECTEd b>' Lu? JosEphL.osEy A RobERT VELA.SE-JOh-N HEymAN PRodUCTioN Chlldren's Matinee Sot. 1:30 Pmn MY SIDE 0F THE k The Whltby Free Press is pleased to announce the addition of reporter Garth Hardie to its staff. Gar th , who will be taking ajunior position with our editorial staff, Judy D u r kee a nd Jim Quail, is an honour student at Henry Street High. Garth, whoýwill be given free reign on story material and who brings with h i m a keen interest in journal ism and a natural interest in Whitby happenings, shoui d br ing fresh scope for Free Press readers. MOUNTAI N 2N0 REATURE1 JuIy 23-24-25-26 CAIMI P LUS8 I MEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER GENE HACKMAN ME*LVYN DOUGLAS Aduits 1. 75 Students 1. 25 Phone 668-3618 Show Sforfi 17:00 p.vn. Daily Children .50, F RIEE PAKINGr