Longueuil twinning was;big Whitby's 11th annual Twin- ning festivities with Lon- gueuil, Quebec, occured last weekend, with a good time had by ail. The officiail opening cere- monies and reaffirmation of twinning vows took place in the municipal building Fri- day evening, with Pauline McGibbon, the Lieutenant- Governor in attendance. It was her honor's second visit to Whitby in less than a week. Mayor Jim Gartshore opened the proceedings by extending a welcome to Whitby to more than 50 Longeuil visitors. "We are here to cement again the bonds between us as citizens and us as Cana- dians," said. Mayor Gart- shore. "Go home and tell your friends we are all one- we are all Canadians." Town Clerk Bill Wallace welcomed- .the visitors. in French and acted as master of ceremonies, Mayor Gartshore presen- ted an aerial photograph of Whitby Harbor to Councillor Janine Lavoie of Longueuil. "For most of us a solid friendship was born from our many meetings," she said. "For me it is a joyful privi- success lege as a member of the City Council of Longueuil to offer greetings from Longueuil Mayor Marcel Robidas. "Twinning is a good thing," she said. "It is very important because it permits all Canadian citizens, En- glish or French better to know each other. "There is more understanding and it's possible to love everybody." Councillor Lavoie presen- ted Mayor Gartshore with a painting of the oldest church in Longueuil. The next item of business was the reaffirmation of the twinning vows, conducted by Whitby Twinning Chairman Councillor Gerry Emm, and Longueuil representative Raymond Germain. Councillor Emm presented Mr. Germain with a picture of the whitby Arts Station Gallery. . This was 'followed by the presentation to Mayor Gart- shore of a painting of a 1749 house pai.nted on a:plate by'a Longueuil artist Tom Edwards, the found- ing chairman of twinning for Whitby, outlined the history of the twinning, which started with a trip of Whitby Cont'd où P. 10 Whitby Mayor Jim Gartshore, Longueuil Councillor Janine Lavoie, Longueuil Twinning Chairman Raymond Germain and Whitby Twinning Chairman Gerry Emm cut a cake Friday evening to celebrate the lth annual twinning between Whitby and Longueuil, Quebec. In the background is Master of Ceremonies, Town Clerk Bill Wallace. Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess Grad Despite protests from Whitby parents, the Durham Board of Education decided last week to go ahead with its plan to put Grade 6 students from E.A. Fairman and Florence Heard Shools in Whitby Senior Public School this fall. The board defeated a motion by Pickering Trustee' Pat Mattson to have the matter referred to the pro- perty committee. Boara Chairman Yvonne Christie said that the deci- sion made last month by the members of the board's administration and local trus ::es bne said the decision to move 91 pupils from E.A. Fairman and Florence M. Heard schools "is an admi- nistration matter in conjunc- tion with the trustees con- cerned." Mrs. Christie said if there was no motion at the meet- ing, or a referral to an ad hoc committee, the board has in fact made its decision. Doug Davidson, a spoke- sman for the Florence M. Heard parents, said the mat- ter will likely to taken direc- tly to the Ministry of Educa- tion. He said the groups repre- senting Fairmhn and Heard schools will meet and decide upon further action, such as arranging a meeting with the Minister of Educn"ioi. e 6pupils Whitby School Trustee Jim sults from Speers tried to have the Florence H matter referred to a commit- Fairman Sc tee, but Mrs. Christie told is vacant S him "I thought the best Senior. committee was the two local WhitbyS trustees" David Sims Groups of parents repre- the movea senting each of the affected Education schools presented briefs to Trustee S the board, asking that the decision be reconsidered on the grounds that Grade 6 pupils are too young to make B i such a move. They also said the admini- "We decic stration acted hastily in should grow making the decision and did Jim Gartsh not consult the residents of presentatior the area. Developmer Parents were not advised water and s of the proposed move until report by th( May 31, and said a public Administrat meeting should have been regulan mee called to give them some cil last wee] input into the decision. The grov Mrs. Christie agreed an "would be of error had been made and the Region, said the local trustees should shore said. have pushed for an earlier He pointe meeting. She stated, how- Region app ever, that the decision was lopment 0f. delayed until the last minute thing is in t] because of problems caused we core t< by the need to accomodate with the dev students from the burned-out After a t St. Andrew's School in Ajax. for the red They were temporarily Mayor Gart housed in Whitby Senior the report c Public School, but will return the public, to Ajax next year. have two wo Mrs. Christie said the into it and decision to move Grade 6 opinions on pupils to-Whitby senior re- developmen to go toWl overcrowding at leard and E.A. hools while there space at Whitby School Trustee was in favor of at the Board of meeting, but peers said he "would have to think about it." because of the intense reaction of the parents. Mr. Sims said any move to refer the matter back to a committee would be "an unwarrented further delay". He did not think further consideration would do any more than reiterate what hitby S had been said before. At two meetings between parents and the administra- tion two weeks ago, the parents suggested the board provide portable classrooms rather than move the stu- dents. Mrs. Christie replied that the board does not have the enior portables available, and said it would be more feasible.to make use of empty spaice in an ekisting school. Even with the 91 extra pupils next fall, Whitby Senior will operate well below capacity, the board was told. rookliin report will go to public ded that Brooklin w," said Mayor ore, during 'the n of the Impact of nt on the regional anitary systems e Region's Chief ive Offier, to the ting of the Coun- k. th of Brooklin f an advantage to " Mayor Gart- ed out, "if the roves the deve- Brooklin, every- he go postion; if o an agreement velopers." wo-week period tape to uncurl, shore said that ould be taken to who in turn will eeks to put input express their the proposed nt of Brooklin, and the cost of the water and sewer service extensions from existing serviced areas to the Brooklin area. Mayor Gartshore pointed out that the report is.to go to the Region for their appro- val. "The whole thing is subject to the approval of the Region and it is as clear as a four year study can be." Councillor Gerry Emm said that "Brooklin is still on a one-well water system and with no major access to services Brooklin could be isolated if services aren't provided." Chief Administrative Of- ficer Bob Richardson infor- med the Council that the lengthy report had been pre- sented "a little more than a week ago," and it went to the Regional Council last Wed- nesday. He said that "it is a matter for the Town to propose its own conclusions then for- ward it(the conclusions) to the Region." Mr. Richardson said the purpose of the study was to examine the impact on the Region of the growth of Brooklin to a population of 10,000 in respect to the water supply and sanitary sewer systems. There were two aspects of the impact explored. One was a limited growth of Brooklin which would see improvements to the exist- ing water supply system and permit the expansion of Cont'd on P. 10 OMB approves project The Ontario Municipal Board last week ruled in favor of letting the Manning Mews senior citizens housing project proceed. The housing, a project of Westminister United Church, was the subject of an OMB hearing in April when an application for rezo- ning two acres of land adjoi- ning the church received objections from, neighbors. The Whitby Town Council and Durham Region had turned down the application earlier this year, so the church took the matter to the OMB. The land is currently zoned for low density residential development, while the seniors' homes would re- quire medium density zoning. The OMB decision found the development appropriate for the area and compatible with surrounding land uses. It wa. pointed out in the Cont'd on P. 10 CUTTING THE CAKE 1. R.E S