PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1981 , WHITBY FREE PRESS0 Socetyraies>58,OOO in campaign CONT'D F ROM PC. 5 in as well. One mother even managed the ride with her small daughter on a seat behind her. Two members from Whitby's Kinette Club got their bikes out for the first time in many years. Henry Street High School principal, Jenny Beal, and her husband,Colin, together contributed $252.25 while local dentist Dr. Peers Davidson made " ANNOUNCEMENTS " RECEPTION CARDS " INVITATIONS " THANK YOU CARDS an alI-out personal ef- fort to raise $1,000 and, in fat, turned in $1,078. For this effort he was awarded the bike donated by LASCO Steel to the rider ccntributing the greatest amount. Margaret Horton, the lady who contributed the greatest amount through her ride was awarded a dried flower arrangement from Judy's Flowers. The Bike Ride money plus the Daffodil money raised by the Beta Sigma Phi Sororîty in April and the County Town Singers concert in May brings Whitby's total for speexal events for this year's campaign to $20,967.79. When the $35,707.31 raised in the door-to- door campaign an the $1,473 raised from Whit- by's industrial sector are added to the special .events resuits, Whitby's total for the 1981 camn- paign reaches an im- pressive $58,147.l10. The Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society asks each camn- paign chairman to establish a goal of $1 per capita for their area. In Whitby as of Oc- tober, 1980, that would be a goal of $35,359. However, last year's goal of $40,000 was sur- passed by $8,000. This year, when asked to establish a goal for Whitby, it was left at $40,000, not knowing just how Terry Fox would affect the campaign, as that amount already represented more than $1 per capita. However, it was feit that $50,000 was likely possible and was an un- spoken goal of Irwin's. As Irwin says about the $58,000 plus, "It's just great. So many people contributed time and effort as well as money, and to them ail I say thank you. " Mus ie for fun at the library The Whitby Public Library is planning another session of Music for Fun., This ten-week pro- gram is being offered to children in grades one to four. Plans are made for a Christmas pro- gram at Fairview Lodge Home for the Aged. Registration will be held the week of Sep- tember 21 and the pro- gram begins October 5. It will be held on Mon- days between 4 and 5 p.m. For more information caîl 668-6531. j- < -- k-< - ~-' Ilu ~ 1, c-' L,.J P~) s A) K à 'Travel guide for the disabled 1 wMIIanswr ail your quesions What's the parking situation like? Will you be able ta manoeuvre through entrances? Are there convenient washroom faciliîtes? These kinds of questions are answered for more than 100 major tourist attractions in Ontario in "Travel Guide for the Disabled You'Il also t md out about: accessable accommodation; Canadian Hearing Society offices; Canadian National Institute for the Blind district offices; provincial parks with comfort stations for the handicapped; transpor-tation contacts and Highway 400/401 service centres. Make sure your surprises are pleasant ones when you travel in Ontario. Get the "Guîde- by writing: Ontario Travel, Queens Park. Toronto, Ontario M7A 21E1IV Tel: (416) 965-4008 (colleot) Ministry 0f lndustry and Tourism (5DOntario ylfl Larry (rssanlinister to dÙMIscv William Davis, Premier Ottawa STUDENTS We have a wlde selection of Coles Notes, noveis, and reference books al AT 1½2PRICE The Book Between 120 Dundas St. W. Whltby - 66-2442 THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN OF WH ITBY NOTICE 0F PUBLIC MEETING Re: Port Whltby Communlty Secondary Plan Study DATE: Thursday, September 17,1981 TIME: 7:30 P. M. PLACE: Meeting Hall, Whitby Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. The Administrative Committee will hold this Public Meeting to receive and consider, for recommendation to Whitby Councîl the proposed Officiai Plan Amendment for the area shown above. The proposed amendment will Implement the Port Whltby Commun lty Secondary Plan Study as previously adopted by Council. Persons requesting further Information may con- tact the Planning Department, Whitby Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, On- tario. (416) 668-5803. Robert B. Short, Director of Planning, Corporation of the Town of Whitby I Report By SCOTT FENNELL, MP (PC.- Ontario) Go Transit has been making headlines on and off this summer as Durham's regional and municipal politicians attempt to lobby the provincial and federal governments to extend GO Rail east from Pickering to Oshawa. Even though the issue is not a federal one, I've been following it closely for quite a while. A year ago I suggested the federal governent could help, through its crown corporation, Canadian National Raiiways. Because of a combination of existing CN and CP track east of Pickering, local freight trains can be diverted from one track to the other to make roomn for GO trains during rush hour periods ail the way to Oshawa. It could well be that ail that's required to extend GO Transit is the laying of a 40 meter spur line between the two tracks. Maybe I'm wrong. When I made the suggestion 1 merely asked that the idea be researched. Esti- mates for a full fledge eastern GO extension - whieh include laying new track - add up to $50 million. With that sort of tax money involved, every alter- native should be considered. Unfortunately, it seemns I asked too much. The provincial transportation ministry had to reject the idea because it couldn't get co-operation from CN. The federal transportation ministry told me the whole thing was a provincial matter. Because the plan involves a considerable degree of co-ordination between private sector CP Rail and government owned CN Rail, politicians and bureau- crats at the federal level don't have the energy to implement the scheme. It's easier for federal tran- sport minister Jean-Luc Pepin to mutter "provin- cial jurisdiction." This means provincial transport minister James Snow has to contemplate a full- scale GO Rail service. Naturally, he's wary. Since plain talking and dollar and cents argu- ments don't seem to work, I was only too happy to hear that Durham Regional Council passed a reso- lution last July condemning CN for its "apparent lack of co-operation - as it relates to commuter rail transit in Durham". Regional Chairman Gary Herrema went so far as to suggest that CN was deliberately making things difficult so that it could get GO to construct another track. It might end up that GO pays for the track and CN owns it. The intricacies of bureaucracy! The whole affair would be funny if it weren't for Durham Region desperately needing GO and the tax dollars which may bewasted.