Liberal MP Norm Cafik tel/s council: Can cellation of leaves niernational aîrport at Pickering ndustry here The Pickering airport, cancelled bist summer when the provincial goverment refused to service the' land, is flot a dead issue", according to Ontario Riding Liberal MP Norm Cafik. Mr. Cafik, who will represent Whîby under the new riding of Durharn West Mien , he revised fèderai election boundaries corne mbt effect, made the state- mrent at a Thursday meeting with W'itby Counicil called to discuss miatters of concern t0 the town whîch fait under federai jurisdiction. He backed up his state- ment by saying duat, if the province wanted to scrap the airport pernmanentiy, it could do SO -sirply -by rezonilg thie land in the area. Instead, lie pointed out, it hias frozen He land. Mr. Caf-ik toid couincil thiat the province reneged on an agreement between it and the lèéderai governit thiat wouil have scen the province pay for scrvicing the air- port land, sinîpiy because it was the riglit poli ticai miove 10 make oniy days before the province election. 1lie helicves tha t dic province xviii live rip 10 its agreemc'îit with the tèderal governrnent whien it is poiitically acceptable 10 do SM. "They're trying to have thieir cake and cal it 100", said Mr. Cafik. Mr. Cafik was responding to a question from Councillor Ken H-obbs who wanted 10 kniow if the airport is a dead issue and, i f so, what incen- tives are there which mnay attract industry 10 move east of Toronto. He feels that the mily other powerful magnet at- tracting industry in this direction is the Oshawa Harbour which may be deveioped industrialIy. Sec Page 2 a._____ Vol. 6, No. 23 Wednesday, lune 9,, 1976 20 Pages Y'INSIDE CTOUT TH1E FRILLS ..........PAGE 4 BIRD'S EYE VIEW, KALNTNS ON ..................PAGE 51 BROOKLIN BYLINES ............PAGE6 HISTORICAL WHITBY, WORDS FROM WEST LYNDE ..........PAGE 7 ST. MARK'S CELEBRATION 150 ...........Pullout Section A GR~EAT SHOW ............. PAGE l 3 BILL PJLKINGTON LEAIG,.. .?AG 16 Two possible sites Ashburn resîdents studyîng proposais fa develop a park Ashburn residents will study two proposais for a park in that haniet. The ýtwo proposais were made public at a meeting of' Whitby Council's operations comînittîceMonday. Acquisition and deveiop- mient of a 4.5 acre area of land west of Burn's Ceneîery' would cost S40,000 while developmnent of a 10.6 acre parcel would cost S59,700, according tu Co-Ordinator of Developmnent Forbes McEwen. Several mnembers of the Ashburn 'onîunity Centre Board who were present at the meeting seemcd 10 favour the 10.6 acre tract. Acco-ding to board chair- man Barb Forsyth, the board favours the Bath property over the Richardson property for several reasons. First and foremost, il cou]d be developed as botlî Artists ta Qlympics Paul and Bey Wiliams of 201 Gilbert Street East in Whitby are two of only 14 aitists and craftsmen chosen 10, represent Ontario a the cultural program at the soin- mer Olympics in Montreal in JuIy. The two, owners of the Williams Design Studio at the same address, will be in Montreal Juiy 1 to 16 and in Kingston, site of the saiiing events, July 31i 10 August 1I. Paul, who sculpts with leather. and other animal hides, and 1ev, who uses textiles and ropes in lier sculptures, have won many awards for their work andý arede.serving of the honour. an active and passive Park. In other words, it cou Id contain a basebali diainoiid and soccer fie1ld in (ne section and n.r trails and a pîcnic area ini another. Secondly, developient oi* the larger area wouid require grea ter coniimunily invo!ve- ment , sornething flie board is seeking. Director of Recreation Wayne lieVeau agreed wvith Ms. Forsyth's argumnent. llowever, M r. Mclkweviî cautioned that theie ore expensive developmnent of the Bath property would deplete the park trust fund, possibiy preventing developmnent of a park in the hamilet's down- town area. Councilor Ken I lobbs warned that the active/t passive park inighit attract outsiders aiid lead 10 unde- sirable goings on. Mayor J in Gartshore weighcd the Advantages of' both proposais, saying that, in the short run, the smalier and less costiy Richardson property might be more suitabie, but, in the long run, with future growth, the Bath property mighit be best. "The people of Ashburn want a park, they need a park and îhey wiii use a park", said Councillor Don Loveiock. % 4We don't want 10 boy soine- thing that the people of Ashburn don't want". "The people of Ashburn, flot the council, shouid weigii the pros and cons o>f both", said' Councillor Joy Thompson. That they wiii. Councilior Gerry Etrnm, who has been involved in the hamiet's quest for a park throughout the long hunt, was not able to attend the meeting as he SiUS on the administrative comniittee ",which meels at thes.amne lime,. SPRING FAIR BEAUTIES These smiiing beauties are the Brooklin Spring Fair a stttdent at Etienne Bruie High School ini Toronto, is Queen, Lesley Everett (right) aild runner-up Kim interested in languages and wants to becorne ail interpreter. Hawkridge, who were selected at the Miss Brooklin Spring At the pageant. in the Brooklin arena, she made a short Fair Pageant T'hursday. Both giris'are 16 years oid and live speech in Frenichi and Spanish. (For more Brooklin Fair in the rural part of 'Whitby near Brookiin. Miss Everett, pictures, see page 9). Free Press Photo by Brian Witer only one magn'et attra cting