WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1978, PAGE 5 Corridor Capers The year '78 brings renewed hopes to our fair County Town. '77 was a good year, but '78 promises to be even better. It was interesting to listen to the forecast at Mon- day evening's Council meeting. Boy Scout Paper Drive The Boy Scout paper drive will be this Saturday. Papers should be bundled and tied and at the curb by 9 o'clock. The area to be covered extends from Elizabeth Crescent to the Oshawa-Whitby town .line, south of highway 2. No glossy papers or magazines please. The paper collection will continue on a regular basis, the second Saturday of each month. Continue to save for the Boy Scouts. Westminster United Church Tuesday evening - There was a meeting at the Church to explain the proposed retirement housing project slated for the unused portion of the Church property. The concept of the plan sounds excellent. A few details remain to be worked out. The committee have put a lot of thought and effort into the project. CHOIR PRACTICE'- Thursday evening, January 12, 7:30 p.m. WESTMINSTER BOARD will meet Sunday,. Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. This is an important meeting to pre- pare for the Annual Meeting. Oshawa Presbytery meets Jan. 17 at Brooklin United Church - dinner at 6 p.m. Presbytery at 7 p.m. CHURCH MEMBERSHI CLASSES for young people (14 yrs. or over)will begin on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2:30 p.m. Confirmation is a matter of personal choice - Confirmation Service will probably be on Palm Sunday, March 19th. Easter is very early this year, March 25, and the Easter season will be complicated by th.Mid-term holiday. Annual Congregational Meeting - Sunday, February 5, a light lunch and the meeting to follow. Please have reports in by January 25, in as brief a forrn as possible. CORRIDOR CAPERS DANCE Saturday February 18, 1978 will be the sixth semi- annual dance at Heydenshore Pavillion. Tickets are $4.00 per person. and will be available from executive members next week. Cali early for reservations. Have a very good week. M. McEachern. 725-8967 Getting sea legs be it for a boat or plane or train is not particularly challenging I would guess but it does tend to make i fe interesting during the transition period from learner to expert. On the last leg of my recent improçiptu trip to Canada's east coast I returned home by~train and joyously spent a day and a half reliving a little of my lost youth. The decision to take the train was a 12th hour one and had a lot to do with the fact that the plane was considerably more in terms of cost even though it was much shorter in time. So I chose the train and spent my last few minutes in the hotel beside the station in Halifax looking for souvenirs. Most of the Psouvenirs" were made somewhere else so I re- türned to the station to find everybody boarding the train. I did likewise and was soon settled in my seat in a sleeper car. Perhaps settled isn't the right term, packed and jammed in would be more like it because what I lacked in clothes I made up for with camera gear and souvenirs, including a roadside wild rose that I plucked out of the gravel on a side uee sPark By George Ashq, M.P.P. DurhAm West I arn very pleased to advise that in November of 1977, the Minister of the Environment executed a contract in the amount of over $7 -million dollars for the construction of the Administration Building and Workshop for the Duffin Creek Pollution Conttol Centre, to be located on Lake Ontario between the mouth of Puffin Creek and the Picker- ing Generating Station Once completed, the Pollution Control Centre will be one of Ontario's largest sewage treatment plants on the DonRouge and Holland Rivers and Duffin Creek, and provide immediate benefits in terms of improved water quality. As of December 31 st, 1977, the entire project, including trunk sewers to carry sewage flows to the Pollution Control Centre, represents a construction value in the Regions of ._urham and York of almost $68 million, and has employed directly upwards of 500 people. In addition to this, at least 750 additional jobs have beén created as an indirect benefit of this project. This construction is, of course, on- going and will continue to employ varying numbeis of people for many years to come. The Duffin Creek Pollution Control Centre, and the trunk sewer system is the result of planning and enviom- mental studies conducted over the past fifteen years. In the mid-60's, the Government of Ontario became con- cerned with the growing deterioration of water qualityinthe small rivers flowing through.and about Toronto into Lake Ontario. It became apparent that the low volume of water in the streams would be unable to serve the rapidly growing populations of the Durham and York areas. Water quality in the Don, Holland and Rouge Rivers, and the Duffm Creek, would almost certainly become worse if future urban development were permitted to take place as it had in the past. Following initial studies, it was agreed that a solution would be to develop a large trunk sewer to carry sewage flow to a plant on Lake Ontario, where it would be treated. However, with the greater environmental awareness of the '70's, it soon became apparent that conflicts would result between the need for open space and the need for sewer construction. Subsequently, the Ministry of the Environ- ment was requested to identify and resolve any enviorn- mental concems, before construction ruled out the best environmental and social decisions. Public consultation followed through numerous meetings with local naturalist clubs, ratepayers groups and concerned citizens in com. road north of Halifax. I spent the first half hour gazing out the window at the parade of luxury and squalor that flashed by the windows as we cleared Halifax and only when I was content the parade was over did I make my way to the dining car for lunah. As a kid I remember the dining car being luxurious and elegant where good manners and service abounded. Well sorne of the elegance is gone because of cost cutting but the good service is still there and the food was absolutely superb! It was also reasonably priced and consequently I spen a. relaxing hour and h half enjoying a full course lunch with terrific service and beautiful scenery flashingbythe windows. Between bites I would pluck up my camera and film in- teresting scenery but trying to enjoy the scenery an'd also make the best of a great meal was certainly a conflict of in- terest. The waiter was most helpful by replenishing the ice in my iced tea which had all but melted because iwas dad- dling so much over ny meal. Althuugh I refrained frof filming it I was most amused to observe a'waiter two tables up from me pulling a small boner. In the middle of pouring some ice water the train lurched andhe wound ùp comple- tely filling his customer's coffee cup with ice water. I know it was rude but the surprised look on the customer's face and the shocked look on the waiter's face were too much for me to contain to I grabbed my napkin (a real one, not- paper) and turned my belly laugh into a noise resembling a cough in my napkin. I'n not sure it worked but the scene was rather priceless. There were a couple of other instances during the trip when, in the middle of a lurch, men sat on old ladies' laps and an old lady plunked on a very embarrassed young man's lap and on every occasion I found it very difficult to Ride my mirth. Some didn't and the odd guffaw was heard but I guess that's the price you pay for getting sea legs. Canvassers wanted for Heart fund in February At a meeting of the Whitby Chapter, Ontario Heart Foundation, held December 14, 1977 the fol- lowing officers were elected - Chairman, John W. Everett; Secretary, Nigel Schilling; Treasurer, Douglas Harland; Campaign ChairmanCaroline Smith. February is Heart Month - can you help by being a Captain or Canvasser to assist in the door to door campaign in Whitby?. If so, please phone 668-1303. The next meeting of the Whitby Chapter Heart Foun- dation will be held on Jan- uary 25 at 7pm in Committee Room No. 1 Municipal Building Rossland Road - if you are interested in the work of this Foundation and wish to actively participate in the Whitby Chapter you are cordiallyinvited to attend. I did a lot of train travelling as a kid because my father got transferred a lot and I remember much of how to get by on a train but I made a major discovery in the washroom that I couldn't recall from my younger days. I noticed the sinks were specially designed to hold water while the train was moving. I also discovered that they don't work well. In the middle of washing, while the train was rounding a curve, and while I was getting the sopp out of my eyes .1 felt my stomach get wet and to my horror discovered most of the water that used to be in the sink had shifted neatly out of the silver bowh and was quietly reposing ail over the front of my pants. It seemed to take forever for me to even get them half dried with the usé of many towels but I wasn't a- bout to walk back to my seat, through the entire sleeper car looking like I had a sinkful of water on my lap which of course I did. As I rememberedLsleeping on the train was the best. I had an upper berth and was long gone by 10:30 p.m. even though there was a lively bingo game going on in thedining car. Only once in the night did I wake up and that was when the train, for some reason I never determined, stopped on a section of track that was leaning badly and consequently I awoke with my face jammed to the wall. When I tried to jet up I discovered the coach was leaning badly and from the surprised exclamations I heard throughout the car I think a few people on the other side of the coach almost fell out of their bunks. Anyway if you're going to travel on the train it' s still a great and relaxing way to go but get your sea legswatch out for the bathroom sinkdon't order ice water and keep your eye on the little butter dish at the table. It slides easily and when you look for it and can't find it you may discover it resting beneath your elbow. $4FY FRRT T//S W/N FER Top quality workmanship & materials at prices! competitive Our experts completely service your car for winter road worthiness!