Council meeting, roundup....e Gas prices, sidewalks debae Whitby Town Council met on'Monday for a brief but lively council meeting. Mayor Gartshore opened, the meeting with observing 1 minutes ýsilence in honor of the lateMr. Charles Mace, a former councillor,. who passed on earlier this week. It was broughitforw»ard at the meeting that construc- tion of sideWalks fromn Dun- dats St. East to Rossland Road East on Garrard Road will be considerèd in the 1980 budget discussions. Coun. Joe Drumm (east ward) pointed out that there are two schools on the West' side of the road, 'which is heavily travelled, em- phasizing the need for such sidewalks. Coun. Gerry Emnm was pleased' toinform council that lie had taken a tour of new housing developments in the town of Whitby and that the people moving onto the town were keeping up the property beautifully.ý Emm feels that this effort'on the part of the home owners la attracting more people to seitte in our town. Coun. Barry Evans- (cen- tre ward) expressed his con- cern over the possibility of gas price increases in Prime Minister Clark's new budget. Evans pointed out 'that taxi drivers in Oshawa had gone on strike Monday as they' feared the increase in gas prices eould not be çovered, by their present fares. Evans fears that WhitbY taxi drivers may be cOmPelled to take similar action, if such an increase were to come into effect., Evans suggested that if there. is an incrèase in gas prices, council prepare some sort of repot for the taxi drivers to deal with the problem and avoid the possibility of a strike. Drumm brought to the at- tention of council that nothing had been done to clean up the K-Mart'Plaza as was supposed to be done weeks ago. Work will begin immedliately to remedy this situation. In a last minute deputation, council heard from Russ Wilde. Wilde approached-council asking 'them to amend zoning by-law 2585 to allow him'to instaîl a septic tank on his, property instead of the usual sanitary sewer ST. MARKS UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18TH 11 .m WHITE GIFTS SERVICE Church School MIIJoIn the Congregation In worahip and the presentatlon of gifta. Wrap a gifI. Corne to Church. Worship God. Share with others. 4:00 P.M. CANOLELIGHT CHORAL SERVICE Aduit and Youth Choira wili presont the mu lc of Christmas In-the can- dielIt church. Corne. Sing. Enjoy. CONT'D FROM PG. 15 they "have to live i group homes" aithougl théy, are capable, of doing a lot of things for themnselves sudh as taklng medication. 1Maharaj said the concept, of the unit to "deemphasize institutionalization.". We "are' treating sym- ptoms instead of the- causes," he said. Maharaj said that the mentaflly retarded sufferer from psychiatrie problems more intensely than most people. .The 25 staff members of the unit include occupational therapists, nursesand' psychiatrists such as Maharaj., Maharaj stressed that the unit is "not trying to modify, behaviour." "Any modification is in- direct," lie said., Hé also said that the referring agencies are responsible -for placing the *patients in group homes and in places -of employment and that the. unit serves - as a psychiatrie. back-up in the post-discharge period. Maharaj said that this. is the only unit of its kind in Ontario. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEtt 12, 1979. PAGE 17 s'ystem. Wilde. wishes to build a semi-detached house on bis land but there is no sewer 'system on his -land. To remedy this he wishes to in- stail a septie tank. Council informed Mr. Wilde that the request was before the administrative committee for con- sideration. The Iast meeting of town council- before Christrnas will' be December 17 at 5:00 p. M. 1BOARD T HE..WINNERSEXRS ON RADIO -14 ýCR00 COUNTRY ICI00 o GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC Return the attachedf coupon te: 97 McMaster Avenue, Ajax LlS 2E6 If you are flot a member of CHOO Country Club, join now' NAME ADDRESS POSTAL CODE PHONE 3IRTHDAV PROUD TO BE PART 0FVOUR COMMUNITY " - Vour Favourite Counitry Ar'tist 2. 3. j' 'I THE MYSTERIES 0F' BA.BYLON REVEALED This whole worid has been deceived, by a faise counterfiet christianity. Millions* worship Chr ist ln vain. The Book of revelation calis this faise christianity MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT. These mysterieis are now revealed 1n» an easy to read book entitied "Babylon Mystery Religion". Write for your f ree copy to The Church of God, c/o Mr. Hunt Box 964 Oshawa, Ontario New PH unit The era of personal comnputers is here. Now there's Apple ' II. Apple will challenge your imnagi- nation today and for years to corne. 1000's of uses frorn finances tO education to fun and garnes. See us soon for a dernonstration. 585 Wentworth St. E. Unit 3p Oshawat Ont. COMPUTERS FOR HOME & BUSINESS I M I -Y, COMPUTERS FOR HOME &. BUSINESS 1 -0 1 90 PROUD TO BE PART OF' YOUR COMMUM, ITY