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Vol. 14, No. 41 Wednesday, October 10, 1984 24 q j1 a he uisp t This is F'fre Prevention Week not only in Whitby but tlirougliout Ontario. In an effort to make tlie general public more aware of fire prevention tlie Whitby Fire Department will be holding open liouses at botl tlie stations on Brock St.:S. and Thickson Rd. N. througliout this week. At tlie Brock St. station wil be various demonstrations and movies on fire prevention. According to Capt. Ken Corner, tlie department's fire prevention officer, tliere w il] also- be some statistics available "tliat willsliock a number of people. " As of tlie end of September, tlie Whitby Pire Department lias responded to 833 calis for service and fire loss tliis year is already over $1 million. Corner notes that $800,OOO of that la tlie Kurz Meat Processing Plant fire that destroyed thie Myr- tde Station facility in January. Corner also notes that this lias been a bad year for grease fires m- Whitby and Information will be on hand at the open houses on how to prevent this problem. About 50 per cent of al liouse fires in Whitby this year have been grease fires. Also on display at tlie Brock St. station wiil be some of thie departmeznt's antiques including its old Reo pumper truck and the hand pumer t was recently donated to, the town. Corner said tliat aside from visiting the scliools giving lec- tures and worksliops on fire prevention to youngsters, the department wiil also provide information and guest speakers to local communityorganizations and service clubs on fire prevention. To arrange sucli a session cail hlm at 668-3312. Wliile the open houses wili be hled throughout the day and evening until Saturday, the films on fire prevention wiJl be lield at 7 and 8 p.m. In thie above photograpliy, firefigliters Joel Gangemni and Maynard Wiersma are seen liere getting out one of the displays that will be at tlie Brock St. station. The display tells people thie best ways to escape from a burning house. Free Press Staff Photo - The chairznan ofi Whitby . Historii Society's Muset commnittee lias resign iwliat appears to lx sharp poli disagreemtent wi society president PhL Lakas over the future the Lynde Hou Museum. Doug Anderson, hii self a former socie president, refuted in written statement su mitted to the Free Pre Friday afterno< previous statemeri made by Lakas that ti, Statement of* Goals a!i Objectives recent, submnitted to Whitb Town Couneil was only draft. He also, claimed thu the statement on], became a draft after thi society was put unde the gun by Coun. Marce Brunelle, thie mayor'ý designate on thg society's board. "The -Statemenit a Goals and Objectivei was thie officiai policy oi the, Museum comzimitte< and the executive of thEt Whitby Historical Society until the town's representative, Marcel Brwielle, appliec pressure on the executive in the form of a veiled threat that the town's annual grant might be in jeopardy," Anderson stated. The Euclid St. resident aiso pointed out tliat the statement - whicli cails for thie aquisition of tliree acres of land surrounding thie Museum and its redevelopmnent as a major local tourist at- traction among other things - was drawn up at Brunelle's request. An- derson drafted thie document and guided it tlirougli discussions over a period of several montlis. "idt was flot a sudden rashi decision," Ander- son said, "but was ratlier a weIi considered consensus of the majority of both tlie Museum Of the executive. "It most certainly was not a draft,"11lie ad- ded, "and altliougli it may not have been ex- pected to liave- general distribution, it certainly was intended to be sent to the town and lience was .public infor- mation." Fire Prevention Week vý- Anderson also critical of town.... Letter 'wa sn't a draft, museum 0 the wliich Lynde House sits, ical gave the house to tlie uni society and not to thie med- town. He furtlier e a believes that Loblaws' icy original positio n that tlie itli house be moved may lip have changed since 1972 , f wlien it made its-gift. ise And because tliat doesn't seem to be any rn- "imminent" need to 4ty develop tlie -iand-, Sa Loblaws may be ib- disposed to donating tlie es land eitlier to the town on or to the society, Ander- ta son said. he If the land grant liad id been given, tlie com- Iy pany would have acrued )y various tax breaks and a made an important public relations gesture. at "I firmly believe," [y Anderson said, "that it e would be in Loblaws' r best interests botli el economically and as a Ps public relations gesture ie to donate tleland. " WMile Anderson said )f that tliis newspaper's s editorial of Aug. 22 was of "generally positive and e. supportive" it was a e misconception to il believe therè is no liurry s in- dèalinig with Lynde î House's future. I The house ta e deteriorating and over f tlie next few years sub- Ï stantial repairs and L renovations will have to be made. "Not surprisingly, tlie senior levels of. gover- nment are reluctant to provide funds for sucli work. in a building wliose future is uncer- tain, " Anderson stated. "Tliey have advised us tliat tlie question of land ownership must be resolved. "Tlie town also is un- willing to provide the money," lie continued adding,,_'Tlie museum has been caugltit hle middle of a myraid of problems and witli no financiai resources to solve tliem."' However, once the museum. sits on a per- manent site, tlien money, in tlie forni of grants, can be raised to complete many of tlie renovations. 0f- more immediate concern ta tlie 1very real possibility" 0of losing the operating grant the museum receives from .thie provincial government. In an effort to upgrade community museunis, the government lias 1 M' ý chaïorman savs