Industrial approval delayed A number of physical limitations are causing council to have second thoughts about approving a proposed industrial subdivision on Hopkins Street south of Highway 401. The parcel of land, bounded by Highway 401, Hopkins Street, the CNR tracks, and. Sklar Furniture, is owned by Tamay Realty Co. Ltd., who submitted a draft plan to council in December 1975. The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority:says the land is 80 per cent within a flood plain area, and no development shiould be allow- ed until an enlarged culvert for Pringle Creek is installed under the railway embank- ment. The regional and town works departments say there is no sanitary sewercapacity for the area until the Victoria Street pumping station's ac.sincreagd. Even it tne pumping station is enlarged, only 10 acres of the property could be used until the Pringle-Corbett Deiversion System is con- structed, say the works departments. This diversion is .not scheduled for budget discussions until 1978. The works departments also report that a major arterial road is planned for somewhere south of Victoria Street, crossing the property in question, but the timing and aligment of this road has yet to be set by the town and region. Council had agreed to approve the plan of sub. division, subject to appropriate revisions, but a motion was made to reconsider the matter. When the matter was recon- sidered last week, a motion by Councillor Gerry Emm to approve the subdivision tied and lost, and subsequently council moved to table the matter for two weeks. Part-time staff a problem Part-time staff at the Whitby Jail seem to be one of the major issues which led to a number of full-time guards booking off sick on Monday of last week. The guards are concerned that the part-time staff are not adequately trained to back them up properly if trouble develops. John Ward, communications director for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union said Local 301 at the jail and top union staff met with ministry of correctional services personnel at the jail on Wednesday and had a detailed discussion with the guards about a number of problem areas. INSIDE CARNIVAL PROGRAM.............. ED CROUCH.........................S PLANNING REPORT......... PAGE6 RED CROSS AWARDS............ P COTTAGE 5................................ SPO RTS................................... BRIDGE COSTS............P...... A FIRE REPORT..............G...... E PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 6- PAGE 8 PAGE 9 PAGE 12 & 13 PAGE 14, PAGE 15 Wednesday, February 23, 1977 20 Pages1 Vol. 7, No. 8 EM Winter Carnival tomorrow Whitby's fourth annual Winter Carnival gets under way Thursday night and runs through Sunday, with fun and excitement for the whole family. One of the highlights will be the crowning of the Carnival Queen at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Iroquois Park Arena. Contestants are: Cheryl Finlay, Mary Moir, Donna Grant and Janet Jacobs, from Denis O'Connor High School; Judy Percy, Roxanne Steeves and Sandra Gordon, from Anderson Collegiate; Helen Saunders, Erica Witschey, and Diana Booth, from the Ontaric Ladies' College; and Kim Lintner and Patti Cowl, from Henry Street High School. Judges for the Carnival Queen contest are Councillor Bob Carson, Marje Burgess and one as yet unnamed. Lela Hatch and Marg Webber will be providing organ music throughout the carnival. Lela Hatch on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and Marg Webber on Friday. Times for the musical enter- tainment are 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 5:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Winter Carnival, presented by the town recreation department in co-operation with the Whitby Fire Department, starts Thursday at 5 p.m. and runs through Sunday until 9:30 p.m., with hockey and broom- ball tournaments, figure skating, skating races, ringette. dinghy races, and a high .school swim meet. . For a complete program of Winter Carnival events, see page.3. EýS 44 Minima impact byBrooJ There will be no adve financial impact if Broo grows fron its present pop tion of 1,800 to 10,000,s the phase one report of Brooklin Secondary F Study, presented to cou last week. The study, which rel to the financial and transp tion impacts on the Towr Whitby of growth of Broo to 10,000 people, was1 pared by Donovan F. Pii Consultants Ltd. of Toron The financial impact Brooklin's growth in rela to the projected total gro of the Town of Whitby very small in both capital operating expenditures, the report. Should the region fin the extension of tr utilities to Brooklin the usual way it sho expect to incur more t proportionate increases capital expenses, but t] should be no unusual dem for debenture financing present financing 'arra ments continue, the re adds. If the private - se finances the trunk util the impact on the reg would be minimal, Mr. Pin concmudes. Mr. Pinker points out1 if the present munic financial controls on expe tures are retained, Brook growth can proceed along number of options witl any significant difference impact on the Wh taxpayer. The existing and propc major road network defined in the region's off plan can for the most p accommodate Brookling's th to about 1900 at a s factory level of:traffic ser l financial will be felt klin growth erse says Mr. Pinker. klin After 1990 traffic may ula- become congested on High- says way 7, Taunton Road, the Regional Road Three and Plan Thickson Road, Mr. Pinker ncil warns, but the construction ates of Highway 407 south of orta- Brooklin would defer, perhaps n of for many years, the time when klîn Highway 7 and Taunton Road pre- would become congested. nker The best development to. alternative for Brooklin is to of reach 10,000 people over a tion period of up to 15 years, wth however a final analysis y i should be part of phase two and of the secondary plan study says mvolving rigorous public input by Brooklin residents, ance says Mr. Pinker. unk 'Development in Brooklin in should proceed as soon as uld possible, assited by private han sector funding of trunk in utilities", says the phase one here report. iand So far the town council g if has received Mr. Pinker's nge- report, and referred it to the port region for comment. A pre- sentation to the public will ctor be madesoon. [ities M.Pne ôl iet gi obtain authorization to pro- nker ceed with phase two as soon as possible so that the second that and third phases can be corn- ýipal pleted by Sept. 1, 1977. ndi- Mr. Pinker further recom- lin's mends that the development any of Brooklin should get under hout way as soon as it is practically e of possible to extend trunk itby utilities-to the hamlet. He is looking at 1979 as a starting osed date. as According to Mr. Pinker icial the trunk utiities to Brooklin part, should continue to be sized grow-for a 25,000 population as atis- outlined'in the Durham Regior vice, Officia Plan. A PLAQUE FOR HERITAGE DAY Mayor Jim Gartshore (centre) received a plaque bearing the Canadian coat of arms from the Whitby Kinsmen Club Monday in honor of Heritage Day (Feb. 21). Joining the mayor are Past President Ev DeHart, at left, and Whitby Kinsmen President Chuck Hughes. The plaque will hang in the mayor's office. Heritage Day is being actively promoted by the Association of Kinsmen Clubs of Canada. Free Press Photo I 'I WINTER CARNIVAL BEAUTIES Six contestants for Whitby's 1977 Winter Carnival Queen posed last week on the fire department's aerial ladder truck. At left, from top to bottom, are Helen Saunders of the Ontario Ladies' College, Erica Witschey of the Ladies' College, and Judy Percy of Anderson Colleglate. At right, from top to bottom are Sandra Gordon of Anderson Collegiate, Diane Booth of the Ladies' College, and Roxanne Steeves of Anderson. The girls will be competing for Winter Carnival Queen at the Iroquois Park Arena Thursdv at 8t15 p.m. Free Press Photo by Brn Winter