i>ALilh2, WEml)AY, JANUARY 17,'1979, WHIITY FREE PREss Co-opges"430eOOO from province Provincial assistance amounting to near1y $430,000 will help East Whitby Co- operative Homes Inc., a non- Prof it organization, keep rents down for 90 famnily townhouses, in Whitby, Housing Minister Claude Bennett announced Iast week. 1-rovided unider thé- Community Sponsored Housing Program, a basic provincial grant of $321,049 will earn interest and grow to $429,871 over the 15,years it is dispensed to hold down rents. With provincial parti- cipation in the project, rents will be reduced initially by about $58 per 'unit below market level. The project involves the construction of 90 "town- houses rangi 'ng in size from two to four bedrooms on a 2.7 hectare site at the corner of Manning Road and Anderson Street. Fifteen of the units are eligible for the province s Rent Supplement Program which will resuit in additio- nal provincial aid, estimated at more than $10,000 annu-, ally during the first years of' occupation. Under the Rent Supple- ment Program, tenants' rents are based on income. The difference9' between the a.moýint they pay and the actual' rent is made up by Whitby (7.5 per cent), the province (42.5 per cent) and the federal government (50 per cent). Downtown meetin The Board of Management for downtown re-develop- ment will be meeting Jan. 18 at 7:30 p. m. in the committee room at the municipal building. Topics to bé discus- sed include the Main Street program and promotion for the remainder of the year. Anyone, interested in these subjects or downtown deve- lopment is invited to attend. MARY BROCK BUILDING OPENS Despite snow and cold temperatures, the ribbon wascut Saturday to officially open the Mary Brock Building, a new office structure at Brock and Mary Streets. Taking part in the ribbon cutting, left to right, are: Millie Plumb, Dom Marcelli, Mayor Jim Gartshore, Steve Wagner, Durham Region Chairman Walter Beath and Mary Ann Stenton. A reception, with? music by the Whitby Brass Band, was. provided after the rib4on cutting. Free Press Photo Pro bation for kicrosse gfame assault A 16-year-old Whitby. lacrosse player who was convicted of assualting an Oshawa player after a gamne Sept. 7, was given a suspen- ded sentence and a talk ýon sportsrnanship in provincial court Thursday. Brian J.- Sullivan will be on probation for three years, following his'conviction for assaulting Oshawa player Rick Ca tulli, 15, afte r a game at, the Oshawa- Children's Arena. The court was told that Catulli and a Whitby player were fighting when Sullivan, who was not dressed, in uniform for the game, jumped from the bench and punched Catulli in -the face. Catulli spent eight days in hospital with cuts, a badly swollen nose, swollen left side of his face, and bleeding behind the left eye. Sullivan had been suspen- ded from his team at the time of the incident, fol- lowing a fight earlier in the series. Judge John Bark commented that young players should be in sports te learn how to play games in a sports-niinded manner, and not act as, "policemen" for their teams. The object of sports is not to teach young people to become bullies, hie said. Carnival le set for Feb. 22 -25 Plans are under way for Whitby's annual winter carn- ival, to be held at Iroquois Park Feb. 22 to 25. This year the Whitby Jaycees are assisting the town's recreation depart- ment in setting up the carnival. Previously the town had handled the project alone. The Jaycees are consider- ing adding skiing, snowshoe- ing, snowmobiling, and log sawing to the hockey, skating, broombail and choosing of the carnival queen, which have occurred in past years. There may even be a pancake breakfast, and snow sculpting contest, if the weatherman co- opera tes. Anyone interested in assis- ting with the winter carnival may cail Fred Beckette at the Recreation Department at 668-5803 or Gregg Olley of the Jaycees at, the same SINCE 1917 IT'S, COLDER IN THE WINTER <THAN UT US UN THE COUNTRY.I A rather stupid observation but we do it to draw your attehtion to MURRAY JOHNSTON'S V/2 YEARLY SALE of fine men's wear. Thrifty buyers who likequality wait for this sale and we are ready for you at MURRAY JOHNSTON'S - 8 Simcoe Street North - on Monday 15 January. TiiAWA ~~1'vfurray joinston £imied 8 SIMCOE STREET NORTH 725-4511 DOWNTOWN OSHAWA SQUARE