PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1984, WHITBY FREE PRESS Adoption triangle theme of s oal servc etn began with a dual pur- pose. Il provided homes for infants born out of wedlock. It provided babies- for couples unable to have children. Social agencies, doctors or lawyers acted as in- termediaries - Who moved, children from original families to adoptive familles. Un- e , FUHMTHE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 5URHAM PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the Regional Munlcipallty of Du.rham Is considerlng AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REG IONAL'OFFI CIAL PLAN AND TH-E OFFICIAL PLAN 0F THE FORMER PLANNING AREA 0F THE TOWN 0F WHîTBY The amendment, as submitt ed by the applicant, prôposes residentiai deveiopment on individual septic tank systems and municipal water. The sub- Jeot area Is indicated on the map below. In order ta assist ln the evaluation of the ameh.- dment application, the public la invlted to provide Input by way of su.bmisslons to the Region's Plan- ning Department. Information related to the amendment application le availabie ln the offices of the Planning Depar- tment, 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, Onitarlo Li N 6A3 or by calling Mr. Larry Kotseff, M.C.i.P. Plan- ning Department, (416>668-7731. Submissions concerning the amendment ap- plication muet be forwarded to the Commissioner of Planning, at the above-noted address, and must be received no later than Frlday, April 6, 1984. Please Include your address and telephone num- bar ln anv sumNiaaIinn marin- Don Hadden Charman, Planning Committee Dr. M. Michael, M.C.IP. Commissioner of Planningi rnarried mothers were adopted infants in lieu of expected to give up their birth children. children as the sensible The intermediary thing to do. Unrnarrled promhised'to-provide the fathers had not rights. service in a confidential Adoptive parents were manner. The two expected to welcome_ __familles would not meet or know each other. The infant grew up knowlng littie or nothing about hie original family, the reasons for hie adoption, etc. He might have some "unldentifying" Information such as ethnic origin, the ap- pearnce of kils original parents, how far they went i school, etc. The law and adoption prac- tice protected the iden- ANNUAL MEETI'NG. FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES 0F THE DURHAM REGION Thursday, March 8,1984, ai 8:00 p.m. Ajax.Council Chambers 65 Harwood South Ajax, Ontalo Panel Discussion on Adoption Disclosure: Whose Rlghts Corne Firpi? ONIE 0-N Pt..R. ON Jr tý/ouL.b -IELP -c'Mon. hefp £as. eh? COMMU/N/TyCMet rgeut/y neea vo/zmnter. especia//FDpr 1 v e r If ,vou/ cli? /eep. contac t: ds 'S T.3'll y Pressure Treated 5' HIgh Wood Fonce '99 SPECIA L Per Linear Foot (Deëpendlng On Terrain) P.S.T. Included COMPLETELY INSTALLED 0' H Igh P.T. Wood Fonce $11.50 Per Liriear Foot *When* a minimum of 300 Lin. Ft. or more of fencing le constructed, with i or more neighbouring homes. * Gate hardware & post caps extra. * Installation wilI comTmence Aprîl or May/84 with confirmed orders only. *GUARANTEED WflRKMANSI @OFFER EXPIRES MAD< idi i A Other Wood & Chain Link Fences Available For A Free Written Estimate Ceii ~t'WHITBY PENCE -666-e1400 Water' pipe grant TORONTO - Ontario Environrnent Minister Andy -,Brandt ,and George Ashe, MPP' for Durham West, announ- ced Friday, that a $9,368 grant wiil be provided to the Town of Whitby for trunk watermains. The grant is the first instailment of a total estimated provincial grant of $10,403 toward the total cost of the project estimated at $69,392. The- funds for this project are provided by the Board of Industrial Leadership and Development (BILD), the' cabinet committee responsible for direc- ting the province 's economic development policies. The projects were completed in October, 1983. An adoption le sornetirnes referred to as a "triangle". A chlld, hie original failly, and kils adoptive farnily are seen as forrning a triangular syetem of relationships. The nature of these relationships is changing. .Adoption is Canada * BROADCLOTH* (36 CO LOU RS) ~2u2.5 PER METER LIMITED TIME OFFER MODERN TEXTILE 203 QUEEN ST.- 8~32 PORT PERRY ' p tity of ail the parties. Pressures are moun- ting to brlng about changes ln the way adoptions are arranged. Some very significant changes have already taken place. These pressures corne from thousanda of adults who were adopted as infants. They corne as well from many of the parents who placed their children for adoption and from civil rights activiets who argue that adopted aduits have a right to know about and sometimes meet their original parents. 'Increasingly, children are placed for adoption when they're older. School-age children arrive in their adoptive homes with memories of their original familles. They know who -their original parents are and where they live. They grow up in contact with both families. Legislators, courts, and adoption agencies are caught, up in these rapidly-changing pres- sures. Since 1979, the Governent of Ontario has administered an Adoptive Disclosure Registry. Under certain restricted conditions people involved in adop- tion can be reunited. Elsewhere the changes have been more dramatic and reunions occur wlthout mutual consent. How should an adop- tion agency respond -to the adopted adult who wants to -meet hie mother? 'Thirty years ago the agencytold hie mother- that *the adop- tion process was a "Icon-ý fidential" 'one. How should an adoption agency respond to a parent who gave up her child for adoption many years ago and who now wants to see her child! When her child was. placed with an adoptive family they were told that this was a "'con- fidential" arrangement-t Whose rights corne first? A panel of individuals involved ln the adoption' 'triangle will discuass these issues at the an-. nual meeting of the Family & Children'e Services of the Durhamn Region. The meeting Couil Chaber,6 Hrwoodh Street Sou A2% th The Singing Policemen Col. Farewell Public Sehool was enchanted by the sounds of The Singing Policemen last week. P.C. Ron Henderson and P.C. Meredith Cuttings of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force have been singing together for about five years. Both men work out of 54 Division, Henderson in a patrol car and Cutting in the Cornrunity Services-Branch., They even had a gold record on the Country and Western chart. a couple of years ago and their first album will be released later this year. Cutting has been a local resident for 12 years and is a cubmaster with the loth Whitby Cubs. Free Press Staff Photo.