PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1975, WHITBY FREE PRESS A LOOK RtACK IJANUARYI Goaliie's throat slashed by s'kate in hockey game Kim Crouch, M8, of Whit- by, is in 'very sat4factory condition"~ after an opera- tion was perforrned to repair his throat which was slashed during a weekend. hockey gaine. Crouch, a goaltender wvth the Provincial Junior 'A' Markhamn Waxers was injured during a Sunday contesi a- gainst the Royal York Royals at Chesswood Arena. He lefi bis net in the sec- ond period to chase after a loose puck. A Waxer de- fenceman and a North York forward also sped toward the puck. As Crouch dove to recover the puck, boîh players leaped over hirn. One of the players' skates cut across the right side of his throat. As the son of Whiitby Fire Chief Ed Crouch lay on the ice, Waxer tramner Joe Piccin- inni applied pressure to the wound to stemi the flow of blood. Team traîner Bob Arris and Steve Harrison, a Markham player, assisted Piccininni. An ambulance wvas called and Crouch was rushed to Branson H-ospital. Metro police set up road blocks to clear the way l'or the ambui- lance. Two doctors and one specîalist perfornied the operation. Crouch bas been playing organized hockey for 12 years and during that tinie has suffered fractures o' a finger, elbow and arm. Joe Piccininni, tramner for the Provincial Junior 'A' Markhamn Waxers, received the mayor's medal from Des Newman on Sunday for saving the life of goaltender Kim Croucb of Whitby. ON 1975 Williarns is found guilty by was recently found euilty of failing to provideýýuitable and adeqijiate care and shelter for animais'. The verdict stems fromn charges laid in May when 34 dogs and cats were seized from her farrn by Ontario Humnane Society workers. Judge N. H. Edrnondson, who presided over the case, placed Mrs. Wiliams on pro- baition for two vears. batiq!i stipulates that *t4r si flot own or care- for Omre .lhan, four dogs ayid four cats. Ji th~e nect. two yeat#. SERVICE CLUB OptIrnists in Whitby House 5 opens new service club. The Optimist Club of "We can work it out." Whitby was officially esta- Tliat's the motto of -the blished last week at a meeting Whitby Psychiatric Hospital's at the Whitby Curling Club. Adolescent House 5 which The club's formation is officlally opened last 'Vhurs- the result of a, month-long day. membership drive 'in which Cottage 5, a closed cottage three meotings were held to providing hiigh security and entice potential members. intense trcatment programm- Many of the club'5 37 ing, aims at short stays for mnembýrs are n ew residents of youngsters 12 to 1 7. the town. Several live in the Since the adolescents only West Lynde subdivision. stay for a short period, Ken Loach, governor-elect agency involvemnent is inten- of the Ontario District and a sive. In addition;' pre. memrber of the sponsoring discharge planning- begins at Scarborough- Optimist Club once. helped orpanize the-dub ]FEBRUARYI Rate payers to go to cabinet In possibly their last attempt at fighting council's plans for the Whitby Town Estates developrnent, the Corridor Area Ratepayes Association will appeal t (the Ontario Cabinet injboýes of sending the case bac k to the Ontario Municipal Board for further consideration. established for the appeal. The town estates are v-cbe constructed'iii the area south of the K-Mart and Whitby MaIl. In a move to introduce their case to sorne members of the cabinet, Johin Buchan- an, president of the ratepay- Council cornes through with no-increase budget CABINET MINISTERS IN TOWN Revenue Minister Arthur Meen (second fromn left), and Minister of Housing Donald rvine (second from right), met with West Lynde Community Association president Brian Evoy (left) and Corridor Area Ratepayers' Association president John Buchanan (right) when they had dinner Wednesday night at a Whitby home in the Corridor area. The din- ner followed a cabinet meeting held in Oshawa. Free Press Photo passed un Monday, siould be good news 10 naxpayers. Tiiere is no inecase in milI rate over last year witln the residential and fan levy at 44 milîs and the commercial and industrial ai 51 .8. Council expenditures for 1975 will bc $3,509,225.50 witb $2,425,475.50 of that 10 be offset by taxes. Councillor Jini Gartshore, cbairman of th e finance cornmittee whichi drew up) February 3, is the earliest that Whitby Council bas ever passed a budget. Fire dep »'t Thie Whitby Fire Depari- ment was recently honoured for uts fine work in the area ot lire protection. Tbe Wbiitby department was nained first in its class in Oshawa last Wedtesday. The brief charged that Whitby Council was not fol- lowing its own bylaws. By building townhouses on 20 foot frontage lots, Mr. Buchanan, a T oronto police- man, said that counceil was ignoring a 1973 bylaw stating mi no single tamîily housiflg units could be built on less than 50 foot frontage lots. In order to by-pass this, Mr. Buchanan said council created a new by-law, instead of amending the old one, which would permit the con- structiorn of the townhouses. honoured to 100,000) in Ontario, se- cond in its class in Canada and third overaîl in Canada. Last year, the department was in the 10,000 to 25,000 population cat-egory. Town seils land to province Whitby Coundl has sold cight acres of land on the south side of Rossland Road to the province. Apparently, council made the decision at its regular meeting three weeks ago. However, no one knew about council's decision as they 'made it when they Town hall approved Whitby Council over- whelmingly approved archi- tect Raymond Moriyama's plans for the new municipal building on Rossland Road. Counicillor Tom Edwards was the e opponent of the plans for die building- The 1bidding, tu be on the souih :» (f Rossland Road, could Ur a total o f redluc. ad as accessories lands~~ij'Iî{' Iilîiiings and ail icu IlleUiccosi would bc reconvened a fier adjourning the meeting. By doing this, counicil can cail the meeting an open meeting. Mayor Des Newman explained the sale. The town bought the land at $48,750 an acre and sold eight to the province at- $42,000 a loss of about $6,000 an acre or $50,00() for the entire pact. In return, the province may erect a building on the not decide to do so, it will sell the land back to the town at $42,000 an acre. Mayor Newman feels that whichever course the pro. vince takes, the iown will benefit. If the province erects a building on the site, it will resuit in jobs for about 150 people.. At un average of four people per family, this would benefît about 600 people, Mayor Newman explained. Kinsmen want arena for commun iy centre Thie KinsniClub of Whitlby is attemiptiiig lu acquire the former Witby artnîa propcrty frorn th e towil tu cunvertit i niu a comniunity centre.. At présent. the pr<perty îs being îîsed f'or works dcpartmnent siorage and ibis use will cease in thc necar l'uture. FEvereti De lait, lpresidet inary drawings prepared by an architeci to Whitby Council. The drawings Show one p-'ssible layuut of 11ow the exterior could bc con- vertec tot prescrit a --plcasiflg a 3pca rau ce.- Pie club feelS thai l hs l oca tioni is idcl l'o1r tliisjpu r-* Pose withi ample off sirece parking aI se vihb Brooklin resklents turned out some 350 strong to voice their opinions at a special town meeting on Brooklin devel- opments. Citizens respond About 350 people *ttended a special informa-' tion meeting at th.e Brooklinr Community Centre last week. to hear and respond ..t developers' pà sor 1aud owned in BTooIdl. The *stand ig-room-only meeting was highlighted by charges that council's accept- ance of developers' money for secondary plans was unethical and that t.he people of Brooklin' have no say in the future growth of their comniunity. The meeting opened with speeches by representatives of. the two developers that propose large subdivisions. Somer Rumm, vice-presi- dent of ..Çonsolidated Building Côrporation, which- plans 6,000 homes on. 1,700 acres, and Ken Curnmings, vice-president of Markbor- ough Properties which pro- poses two developments for the area, were on'hand.