PAGE 8. WI'EDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS 108 Gloom and doom not here yet ambulance calls During the week that ended at midnight last Thursday, the Whitby Ambulance Service responded to 108 calls for service. According to co-owner Bill Cocker, the service responded to 29 routine calls and to 48 standby calls for other ambulan- ce services in Oshawa and Ajax. The service also responded to 31 emergency calls in- cluding two motor vehicle accidents. The number to call for ambulance service is 723-5232. Beautify your neighbourhood. Get out on the street. Take a walk. By REGIONAL COUNCILLOR TOM EDWARDS Deputy Mayor As this column is being written on one of those lovely, warm summer days, that we dream about all winter, might I be allowed to look back in retro- spect to past events. We have just had a visit from an old and very dear friend from Liverpool, England. It is il years since she last visited us. As we drove into Whitby she stated with conviction that the senior citizens' building on Green Street was new, and she was tremendously impressed with it, with the bowling green which she remembered and with the lovely appearance of Centennial Park. I suppose all of us tend to take things for granted once the tumult surrounding any change has died down. But both of these developments had a measure of opposition. Because it is more recent I am reminded of the strong opposition both within council and outside of council, when it was proposed to turn Centennial from an active to a passive park. Surely even those who felt strongly that to move ball games from that area was a mistake, must now be glad that the Rotary Club was prepared to put up $100,000 to ensure that there will always be a piece of green, where people can just sit and relax in the centre of Whitby. N ALL SI AND STYLE% AND A WIDE RANGE OF LIGHT TRUCKS AND VANS (0 Edwards How appropriate that we should salute those of our community who struggle with some kind of handicap, by the floral tribute to them. The Tourist Information Centre compliments this lovely setting, but I wish I could persuade the council to erect protection around the swings for the sake of the children. All-in-all, it is a lovely setting, and I am grateful to my visitor for reminding me of it. If you haven't done so I urge you to take a moment to look at the landscaping in the park, and perhaps you might be persuaded as I am to thank the Rotarians of Whitby. We look forward to hosting the Liederhort Tosters Choir from Feldkirch, Austria. We are most fortu- nate in this area. We shall have them for more than a week, before they continue their tour to Montreal and Ottawa. I can tell you that their visit to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa is getting wide ad- vance publicity. This is not surprising as they are one of Europe's foremost mixed choirs. I have this opinion from no less an authority than the conductor of Neath Abbey male voice choir, in the heart of Wales. It says something about our community, that in addition to the outstanding lacrosse, swim- ming, and other sports activities, we are represen- ted culturally in theatrical and other activities, and musically by the Whitby Brass Band, and the Coun- ty Town Singers. This provides for a rounded com- munity, and makes it such a good place in which to live. Returning to more current and controversial mat- ters I was distressed at the unwillingness of the council to give an adequate hearing to those who wanted to propose some changes to the bus system. We cannot on the one hand ask for input and then because it comes from those who are opposed to the present system, reject such input, without adequate consideration. As much as I want a bus system in Whitby, I will be the first to admit that some im- provements are necessary. Perhaps it will be some consolation to the Corridor Area Ratepayers Associ- ation, to know, that the town staff have recommen- ded some major changes to the routes affecting students in the Thickson-Kendalwood area. If these proposals are endorsed by the town council then that fatuous display which took place at the last council meeting will have produced some good result. It seems that the economic doom and gloom has not reached Whitby yet. We have enough residen- tial and other development applications to keep our staff hard at it for the next 18 months or so. To that extent we are in the process of preparing our road reconstruction schedule for 1982. If there are measures which can be reasonably taken, which would reduce the inconvenience even further I would like to hear about it. My best wishes for the rest of the summer. 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