PAGE 2e WEDNESDAY, DEEMBER 29,1982, WH41TBYFPREE PRESS' '82 IN R EVIE A year of challenge and success in* Whitby whitby "m . Vo C,,I. ly ol. 12.'%t 52Wedneiday, Derember 29, -1982 ii. pu"~ Animal Thje Wlibv Fr'f> Pres >reseis.. d'82 IN REVIEW Brunelle beau Evans iUNION SIETTLEiS WITH (,M <:hrymier back to work 11 Government to ýclose Durham Centre by 1987 There was bad news in '82 for staff, parents and residents of the Durham Centre for the Developmentally Han- dicapped. Social services minis- ter Frank Drea an- nounced in November that the centre, along with five others in the province, will be phased out by 1987. Drea said residents would be inte- grated into community group homes, or sent to larger institutions. The plan has angered *ANNOUNCEMENTS ~YJjJ~> *RECEPTION CARDS 1 NVITATIONS THANK YOU'CARDS and frightened* both parents and residents, who fear that up to 90 per cent of the residents will end up in large, in- .personal institu tions such as Huronia in Orihlia. Parents and staff say the integration plan does not account for residents' ability to copa in the community, or the willingness of society to accept group homes. They also say that almost ail those who are capable of community ife have already been transferred to existing group homes,, leaving the rest,-to go to such places as Huronia. A hero's welcome Whitby's Anne Otten- brite gained internation- al recognition hast Sept- ember when she won two gold medals at the Commonwealth games in Australia. Town residents came out in droves to wel- corne"Anne- home in early October, and the young swimnier's grati- tude lef t the crowd cheering with pride. See page 5. GO trains in Whitby by '85 GO trains were among the year's biggest news in 1982. Whitby residents learned they can expeet full GO train ser- vice to Toronto and points west by 1985. The new transit system was hailed as a boon to every as- pect of the community by poli-ý ticians. Story on page 3. BOA RD IGNORES PARENT PROTEST, MOVES DENIS O'CONNOR TO AJAX The announcement that Denis O'Connor High Sehool will be moved from Whitby to Ajax by the fahl of 1984 came as a blow to separate sehool supporters in November of 1982. The controversial decision to move the school brought hundreds of separate school supporters and the entire Whitby Town Council out to the November Board meeting. Story on page 5. Publie employeesblast Davis restraint program It was a year of pro- test for public employ- ees, aÉ the Ontario gov- ernment's restraint bill brought demonstrations to Whitby. The restraint bill, which was finally passed by the, govern- ment in December, limits wage increases to fîve per cent for public sector employees. Story on page 6.