PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 1986, WI-ITBY FREE PRESS ~ Pringle school' needs naine By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff Here's your chance to name a school. If you've got an ides for a naine for Pringle Creek's sehool, which the board hopes to open -in September, 1987, get in touch with one of 'Whitby's trustees. Ian Brown, Pat Bowman, and John Buchanan will be making the ir recoin- mendations to the property and 'transpor- tationi committee of the Durham Board of Education in May. Brown said the group is Iooking for suggestions from the whole community. To that end lie has sent home 300 letters with children from, Florence M. Heard Publie School who live ln the, Pringle Creek area. "I have asked that people respond by the end of April. They can cail; they don't need to write, any one of us. " In naming a school the board has guidelines which it follows. To get your suggestion considered check thein out. In order of importan- ce they are: i) A school may be named after persons. recognized as having made a significant con- tribution to our society in the region, province, or country; but not after current board em- ployees or trustees. il) An historical namç whicli once applied to the area in whicli the sehool la located, iii) the naine of the, district in which the achool wii serve, and iv) the name Town stumped by Ashburn road is located, may be used. Brown is hoping for more suggestions than he got on the last school- naming committee. For that scliool, Col. J.E. Farewell, he received six suggestions. The most recent school named by the board was Gandat- setiagon Public School in Pickering. The naine was chosen because of its historical significan- ce, but lias proven to be unpopular with a num- The operations com- mittee of the Town of Whitby is having a tough imre deciding who should pay to improve an Ashburn area con- cession road. Property owners, who have land facing the road, and who have been unable'to build on their property since tliey bought it, were told by the committee at a public meeting Monday night that they may have to absorb the cost for improvlng the road, a surn (lie public works departinent lias estimated at $29o,o00. A zoning by-law prohibits building per- mita to be issued until a road can be travelled by normal vehicles (cars). Property owners, however, told commit- tee members tliey bouglit the land after receiving a letter in 1967 from then township clerk Bull Wallace, promising the land would be included in tlie improvement allowan- ce. The road lias not been on the town's im- provement allowance program since 1960. Under an agreement with the Mlnistry of Transportation and Communications, sub- sidy for -future main- tenance and construc- tion of a road wiil only be given wlien tlie road is built to a minimum standard. The decision, as to wlio will pay for restoring the road to a minimum standard lias been delayed for further study. Whitby development sta.tistics stili «running high According to a public works month-end report the town of Whitby is stili surging ahead of last year's record development statistics. The works depar-. tment reported 182 residential .permits have been issued so far this year; an increase over last years total of GOLDEN GATE 107 Brook St. S. Whtby 668-2222 ihis populos, 30year aid Chinese restaurant has recentiy Introduced Szechuan Cuisine for thase who Ile hot, spicy dishe. n addition taIlis Chinoe fae th" Golden Gaite ieo af- fers s aide seleciion of Canadien dishes. The BoBo pisiier end iheir chichen iinaers are fao speciaiities warth irying. Perfect for lun- ch or dinner. Open tram il ta 2 s.m. dsiiy. Friday and Saiurday untii 3 &.m. Fuiiy iicensed. Dinein and faut home deiinery. ,89., In dollars, the in- tcrease is more than $7 imillion. The total value of 1permits issued by tlie end of February, 1986 is $12,082,704. In 1985 (lie total was $4,400,500.* And, althougli the works departinent lias only issued 15 commer- cial permits by the end of February (is year, as opposed to 10 last year, the value of -the 1986 permnits is more tlian seven times those Of 1985. This year's permits for commercial con- struction totailed $1,591,600 compared (o last year's total of -$232,000. Nine(y-six residentfal building permits at a total cost of $6,871,935 were issued for tlie mon- th of Februar. Thirty- five permlts were isued< in February of last year. Mayor Bob Attersley said he was pleased witi the increase, especially in the commercial per- mits. TURMBERG KENNPELS "' Boardlng dogs and cats Sprlng Training Class, Reglster Now Starts April lst, 1986 HWY. 12, Brooklln 655-4721 DR. M. NEIMAN - DENTIST Wishes to announce the relocation of his office for the practice 0f dentistry at 209 DUNDAS ST. E., WHITBy WHITBY CORPORATION CENTRE AT GREEN ST. BY APPOINTMENT 666-1555 Compete Beauty Service' Prom Headto Toe Hair, Nails, Make up, Colour Analysls and Much More "The Place Frienzds Recom mend" -~LA CONTESSA BEAUTY LOUNGE - 119 GREEN ST., WHITBY 668l-9262