WHITBY FREE PRESS.WEDNESnA Y JUNE 18, 1986 PAGE 25 Twinning trip was a huge success This year's trip to Longueuil, Quebec, Whitby's twinning town, was "excellent," accor- ding to Regional Coun- cillor Tom Edwards. "This was the largest turnout for quite a few years," said the coun- cillor who indicated that 57 people made the trip. The councillor said that one of the highlights of the trip was the municipal reception the Whitbv citizens attended Friday night given by Longueuil's mayor and the re-establishing of the twinning vows, by Lucille Roy, chairman of the Longueuil group and councillor Edwar- ds. The group then atten- ded a dinner at one of the local schools. On Saturday, the group took a four hour trip down the Richeleau SEE PG. 31 COUN Y HONDA Volunteer of the year Fairview Lodge held its volunteer recognition night last week to honour the many volunteers who contribute so much to the life of the seniors' home. This year's volunteer of the year award went to Rick Woolger seen here with the lodge's activities director Carrie Mason. Free Press Staff Photo Ambulance strike on hold Drivers with the Whitby Ambulance Ser- vice have been in a legal strike position since last Friday but will not walk off the job before making one more at- tempt to resolve their differences with their employer, according to a spokesman for the drivers'union. "It is an emergency service and we want to try once more to resolve it prior to withdrawing services," said FROM PG. 7 Canadian Union of Public Employees national representative Russ Whitney. The drivers, who want parity with other area ambulance services, voted 12-2 in favour of a strike on June 3 and have been waiting for the Ministry of Labour to appoint a mediator in their dispute with the Ministry of Health which directly funds the privately contracted Whitby Ambulance Service. Whitney said he ex- pects a mediator will be appointed and discussions will resume sometime early next month. He said there are no plans to strike before that time. The 17 drivers em- ployed by the service earn on average $1.30 an hour less than drivers with other ambulance services in Durham. Subdivision proceeding normally department, Dick Kuwahara, told the operations committee that the subdivision is proceeding as scheduled - a schedule set down by town council. "He is following the phasing plan to coun- cil's wishes," said Kuwahara. The subdivision was originally to be coni- pleted in four phases,but with coun- cil's approval, after phase one was bult, phases two and three were further broken down into sub-phases one to seven. FROM PG. 11 "The developer has adhered to this schedule" a report by the works chairman states. He said the problem people are having with the landscape at the subdivision could be at- tributed to some lots having yet to be built on while those completed are being well cared for by the residents, creating a sharp con- trast between the two. While the town now has assurances the lan- dscaping in the sub- division will be com- pleted, a formed notice with an order to comply has been sent to Grand Oaks. The letter was sent on June 11, and if, after 10 days of receiving the letter, the work is not completed or started, the town can call on the $100,000 letter of credit to complete the work. The committee was informed council could call on the letter as early as next week's council meeting. But Savage told the committee "we will be pushing the contractor to get the work done as fast as possible." Celebration Thursday night provide the link," says Mc- Fadyen. This week the Whitby Public Library is celebrating the 75th an- niversary of the formation of the town's first public library board and tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7:30 there will be a special ceremony and reception at the library to mark the event. McFadyen and her staff are extending an open invitation to the people of Whitby to stop by and help them celebrate this very special occasion. And while you are there, why not sneak off for a few minutes and nose through the card catelogues? Who knows what you might discover?