Carnival to proceed; Lions booking remains There will be a County Town Carnival in 1979, and plans are proceeding again for this event on schedule. At a general meeting of the carnival committee, April 24, the issue of booking the Iroquois Park Arena was discussed and action taken to prevent any further disputes from arising. Concern had been expres- sed by the General Chair- man of the Carnival Committee, George Heath, that the carnival might have to be cancelled if a dispute over booking of Iroquois Park Arena by the Whitby Lions Club without inform- ing the carnival committee could not be resolved. Mr. Heath said the article in the Free Press of April 18 was correct and had been reviewed by the carnival committee executive prior to publication, but he was con- cerned that articles appear- ing inanother newsaper did not give an accurate account of the situation, from the committee's point of view. When Mr. Heath said the carnival committee was will- ing to cancel the carnival if the booking dispute could not be resolved, Mayor Jim Gartshore declared that the whole issue was a "tempest in a teapot." He told thè committee that Recreation Director Wayne DeVeau should have con- tacted the General Chair- man when the Lions Club booked the arena last October, and there was no problem with the Chamber of Commerce, for the Chamber was willing to work its trade fair dates around the existing Lions Club booking. Originally the Chamber had told the carnival con- mittee it would like the Aug. 3 and 4 dates for the trade fair, but at that time the committee did not know the Lions had already booked them. Mayor Gartshore also stated that the Malta Social Club, which has booked the Whitney Hall upstairs on the same dates as the Lions Club, has no problem with the Lions Club booking. "The carnival is important to this town; every organiza- tion is behind it," said Mayor Gartshore. "I don't see a real problem here. In 13 years of operation, one pro- blem is not enough to pull the cork. It is too big, too wanted and too successful to give up. It is not enough for all- the work put into it to pull the plug. Let's get on with run- ning -this carnival. It is bigger than a small differ- ence of opinion of who should run what." Jack Woodward, Execu- tive Director of the carnival, said the issue which con- cerned the executive and a number of the mnember. organizations was who has the authority to book space at the arena. "The Recreation Depart- ment has made an error in that we did not notify you soon enough," said Recrea- tion Director Wayne DeVeau. "I accept that blame as far as the Recrea- tion Department is con- cerned. The main thing here seems to be lack of Cont'd on P. 2 Feasibility report is cormng A Toronto architectural firm may be making a report as early as this week on the feasibility of housing all .Durham Region's depart- ments under one roof in the Rossland Road headquarters. Last week, the region's management committee gave the go-ahead to the firm of Neish, Owen, Rowland and Roy to determine the cost of the project, and the extra amount of square foot- age needed. An earlier report of 1976, estimated about 170,000 square feet of space was required. The existing head- quarters presently supplies only one quarter of the space required by the region. Four departments are housed elsewheré. Oshawa Councillor Alan Dewar, chairman of the management committee, said after the feasibility study is completed, the committee will decide whether to expand the exist- ing facility, repair the build- ing and continue to rent elsewhere, or simply dispose of the Rossland Road head- quarters in Whitby. He explained that the orig- inal report compiled by the firm was made on the ass- umption that the province would continue to rent part of the headquarters facilities to accommodate courts, court offices, registry offices and the assessment department. This report has to be revised, he said, because earlier this year, the Ontario Government announced it planned to construct its own $12 million building. The lease with the province for space in the existing head- quarters expires in 1982. Mr. Dewar said the com- mittee is treating this announcement as a state- ment not an assumption. Another job for the Toronto architectural firm will be to calculate the cost of improving the exterior of the regional headquarters. The Three Sunshines, Catherine Barber, Debbie guitar) sang a rousing chorus of "The Crystal Education Week at St. Paul's Separate School last, program held in the school gynasium. Camenzuli, and Michele LaRocque (with Chandeliers" in a special program for week. Parents were invited to this special Free Press Photo by Brian Winter Region voteson finance move today; Gartshore will oppose Oshawa lease The management commit- tee of Durham Region will recommend today that the proposed lease agreement for moving the finance de- partnent to the Durham Towers, in Oshawa, be accepted. Two weeks ago a motion to accept the lease was tied and defeated by Chairman Walter Beath, and the matter referred back to the management committee for a further report. Whitby represeïtatives Jim Gartshore and Bob At- tersley asked the manage- ment committee to consider any other lease offers avail- able when it met last week, but the committee Chair- man, Alan Dewar -of Oshawa, said if council didn't- accept the Durham Towers lease, no other recommendation for other quarters would be put for- ward. Mr. Dewar said it was his personal feeling that if coun- cil did not accept the Durham Towers lease, the finance department would not move from the headquar- ters building on Rossland Road in Whitby. Mayor Gartshore was the only member of the manage- ment committee who did not vote in favou'r of recommen- ding the Durham Towers lease to council today. He contended that instead of spending roughly $750,000 over the next four years for the move and rental 0f the finance department, the council should spend the money on the immediate expansion of the regional headquarters. He maintained that the finance department could remain where it is while the Rossland Road headquarters are expanded over the next five years to house all the department under one roof. Mayor Gartshore said he would present this position in the council debate today. The lease agreement to be recommende& to regional council today is for 51 months at an approximate cost ef $580,000 for 20,000 square feet in the eight- storey building. If the regional council ap- proves the lease agreement, it is still subject to approval by the Ontario Municipal Board. Mr. Dewar said it was the best deal out of six or seven facilities studied by the management committee. Harbor work making progress Many inqùiries are being made concerning the pro- gress of the development of Whitby Harbour as the boat- ing ,sea>son is fast approaching. In order to answer the many inquiries, the follow- ing information should be of interest, says Development Co-ordinator Forbes McEwen. The main item of interest and concern is that the steel floating docks are being fabricated and delivery of both the anchors and the docks will. commence the first week of May. With allowing a week for assembly, we are quite satis- fied that they will be avail- able for the middle of May, as per the contract committment, said Mr. McEwen. The municipality has accepted several contracts concerning the several com- ponents of the land develop- ment. This includes a con- tract for the reconstruction of Front Street, from Charles to Rowe Street, as well as a contract for the final gravel- ling of the internal roads and the parking lot. It is expected that this work -will commence before the middle of May. Contracts have also been let for topsoil placement and seeding, the fuel supply system, and the sewage pump-out. It is the intention of the municipality to move a res- idential sales building from D'Hillier Street to the Har- bour to serve as a temporary service building for this season. The contractor expects to be moving this building at the end of the -first week of May. The Public Utilities Commission have made good progress on the installation of the street lights, while bids are being received for internal lighting, as well' as1 internal sewer and water requirements. The general contracter constructing . the shorewall has completed the actual construction work and the backfilling of material is substantially completed. The public ramp and travel-lift area are completed and the public ramp is available for use. It is not expeced that ail of these ' contracts will be finished by the middle of May, but sufficient progress will have been made to allow the use of the Marina. The filling operation will continue during 1979 and a start will be made on the dcveloprnent of the park and the second parking area. F-JR E P E SI',