Fifty Whitby area residents. receive Canadian citizenship Fifty reside nts Of Whitby and district received their, Canadian citizenship at the Durham Region Hlead- quarters on Rossland Road Thursday. The cerernony was Of more than usual significance; for it was the first time it was held in the regional council chamrbers, at the invitation of of Regional Chairman Walter Beath. Citizenship Court Judge A. K. McKeowfl, who condc- ted the ceremnony, thanked Mr. Beath for the invitation and said she hoped the court would be held in the chamn- bers on a regular basis. The last citizenship court to be held in Whitby was in one of the court roomns in 1975, and most citizenship courts in the region have been yer.Mr. Beath and Whitby Mayor Jim Gartshore were on hand for the ceremony and offered a few remakes, follow- ing the swearing of the oathÎ of allegience by the 50 new Canadians. Judge McKeown said the new citizens came from 17 countries and now have the right to vote and to run for public office. Mr. Beath said it wvas ýùquf appropriat% that the new citizens were sitting in the regional councillors' chairs, and pointed out that the greatest thing they have brought to Canada is an extra language and their cultural background and customs. He referred to the Cairn of Peace-fromn the 1975 world plowing match which stands outside the regional headquar- tters and contains stones from 20 countries that participated. A number of the new citizens examined the cairn after the ceremnofy. "We are much richer for you joining us" said Mayor Gartshore, who sug- gested that the new citizens have a better understanding of their responsibilities as citi- zens than niany native Canadi- ans. The following are the WYhitby residents who received their citizenship Thursday: Purushottam Bharati, Kevin Clarke, Peter Knoester, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mains, Giuseppe Mauro, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Nelson and their daughter Camille, Petruss Vandenberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Cornelis Dewit and their child- ren Casey, John and Henry. Thursday was a big day for the Cornelis Dewit family of 905 Bavyview Ave., Whitby, as the five members of the family received their Canadian citizenship. Congratulating Mr. Dewit (at left) is Durham Region Chairman Walter Beath, and congratulating Mr. Dewit',s wife Henny is Whitby Mayor Jim Gartshore (at right). Behind the Dewit children, Casey, John and Henry, are RCMP Constable Brian O'Connell and Citizenship Court Judge A.K. McKeown. The ceremony took place in the Durham Region Council Chambers. Free Press Photo Slow growth may chang e sewer pla ns ONE THMKOUSAND AND ONE, NIGHT Thie Sultan standing proudly and protectively with his thse story of 4,001 Nights at tise Whitby Arts Annual Bail. harem girls is none other than Rory O'Donal, executive Despite a $60 per ticket price tag, the Friday evening. uecretary of the Ontario Association of Art Gallerles. The extravaganza attracted over 300 to 'Taj Ma 4eyden', and dreamy eyed beauties holdingthe elephant grass (and from ail appearances will continue to be a sellout in the Rory) are Whtby Arts membersInn Bhshop, left, and fuur.free Press Photo by Mike Dupu Derriannb Daois, %i triowerc part of the cast depictint hian Region may cause the regional finance committee to reassess its planç for sewer servicing, Counicillor tierry Emm said at a Brooklin plan- ning meeting last Wednesday. A memnber of the region- al finance committee, Coun- cillor Emm said that growth previously indicated has(.not come to the region, and fli- nancial predictions made ac- cordinig to '1980 will fali short. Because of this, he said, somne major re-evaluation of capital expenditures and com- initnients' in water and sewer areas will be required. Councillor Emmi point- cd oui that the region cannot go to Queen's Park for the money as it has in the past, and the region is at the point where it -will have i.t draw away froru its guidelinies set two or three years ago. Councillor Emm warnled thiat water and sewer costs could go up if growth continues at its current slow pace. He also predicted some areas may not gel serviced. In regard to the Brook- lin situation, Councillor Emrn said that a major developer (Consolidated Building Cor- poration) has offered to pay for trunk sewers by front-end loading, butl.the cost is still there and the developer will have to pay il back to the region. Councillor Emmn ex. plained that developers cur. rently Iay $1,750 per lot b3 way of levies to the region and front-end loading mean that the developer would su1b tract what lie paid for th trunk sewers at a later datc when lot levies were vai' Councillor Bmm e> Ipressed concerni about wli will pay for other costs in t] brlnging of ewers to Brookli laid. 'We are getting people ail worked up, yet we can.ti accept a plan when we don't know the costs," he said., Peter Eberlee, an en- gineere with Totten Simns Hubicki Associates, told the meeting il will cost $5 million to bring sewers 10 Brooklin. Residents, want town action noW Current problems re- garding sewer and water ser- vices in Brooklin should be brought to the town's opera- tions committce, Councillor Tom Edwards said at a public meeting on Brooklin planning last Wednesday. As the subject of these issues came up for discussion, 'Rill Manning, President of the North wara and Brooklin Community Association, said 1that the town has a dtity to overcome these problens. '"Problems wiIll get more *acute. They will not go away," said Mr. Manning. "You say ranother committee sinould' -look at it. The whole thing "should be done now.," he told Côuncillor Edwards. Council- lor Edwards, chairman of the eadministrative committee, was conducting the publiç meeting. Mr. Manning expressed concern that some lots are y' saturated from sewage from septic tanks, and the well Swhich supplies the. drinkitig water to Brooklin cannot ac- Le cominodate any more growth. e. He 'suggested that the ltown could make use to a <massive fïesh water reservoir 10 the- region lias just comýpleted lie two miles away fir Brook- in, int.