WI-ITBY 'FREE, PRESS, WEDNESDAYJULY 9,-Ã986 PAGE 27 -Whitby receives second set of trafficilghts- Durhams Regional Council last week ap- proved the installation of traffic lights at the corner of Thickson Rd. and Nichol Ave., long the subject of complain- ts from area residents who wara tired of ' the delays Thickson posed to sidestreet traffic. In its 1986 budget, the region included enough rnoney 'for the in- stallation of traffic signais at four intersec- tions in Durham, three of them identified, in- cluding one for Whitby at Rossland Rd. and Anderson St., while'the fourth was lef t un- determined until regional works person- nel had had an oppor- tunity to study the remaining intersections Brooklln Horticultural Society By ROSE HERON A very interestlng and informative meeting of the Brookii Hor- ticultural Sociaty was hald last Wednesday avening in the United Church Hall. Bull Burgess, a local mens- ber was thse speaker for the avenlng, his topic was "Identification of native tree"l but it was much more than that as ha used two projactors to show the whola trea and a close up with branches with cones, seeds or flowers. Bull told us a lot about the nature of our most common trees and we learned a lot about some not s0 common trees. Afterward there was a contest, who could iden- tify the most trees from the branch that was placed on a table. Ken Brown easily won that DURHAM contest. i'n saura after hearing thia fine program we wlil ail ap- preciate our trees more. There was also a Rose and other flower show. The béat Red Rosa prize was won by Roxanne Ravaler, thse best Whte Rose prize won by Audrey Young, the béat novice' arrangement won by Roxanne Ravalar, tha hast decorative by Mary Housego and tihe béat Geranium grown from' saed prize won by Betty Van Buuren. Thse judge for tise flower show was Mr. Charles Davis of Toron- to. Prior to the meeting at 7:30 p.m. a plaque was unvelled by the Brooklin Horticulture president Ken Brown and councillor Gerry Emm in Grass Park. The sight of Grass THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OFDURHIAM NOTICE 0F PUBLIC MEETING Take notice that the Regional Councili wli con- aider the recommandation of the Planning Com- mutte. at a meeting to b. held on: JULYl16, 19M6AT 10:00 A.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 605 ROSSLAND ROAD EAST, WH ITBY AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE AJAX DISTRICT PLAN Tha amandmant, as submltted by the Councl of tha Town of Ajax, proposes ta ldentify a rural residantli cluster Iocatad wlthin the site ln,. dicated on thea map below 'and to permit a maximum of two (2) new lots wlthin Its boun- darles.1 The report raiated ta the amendment application la avallabla for Inspection ln the offices of the Planning Departmant, 105 Consumera Driva, Whltby, or by callng Mr. L Kotsef , M.C.I.P. Plan- ning DapartMent (418>)668-7731 and ln the offices of the Raglonal Clark, Reglonai Haadquartars Building, 605 Rossland Road East, Whltby, On- tario, Li N 6A3. (416) 668-7711 Raquesta ta maka a presantation befora Raglonal CounclI concarnlng the amandment application muai be forwarded ta the Raglonai Clark, and should be recaived 48 hours prior to the Regional Council meeting. Gary Harrema1 Rgonai Chairman 1 C.W. Lundy, A.M.C.T. Raglonal Clark 1 Park in the 180's was thse busy Globe Hotel and became a park in 1951 when the land was purchased from the Grass family. The park was redaveloped in 1985 by the Brookltn Hor- ticultural Society and the Town of Whitby. The naxt meeting wil ha August 27 when the speakers wiil be frons thse Royal Botanical Gardens, "'Ail About Lillies". warranting signais. After reviewing four possible candidates across the region for the fourth new traffic signal installation under this year's. budget, the works department determnined that the Thickson-Nichoi inter- section was the most pressing priority. According to a works department report: "Complaints have bean received regarding the delay to sida street traf- fie and a number of requests for signais have been recorded in the past two years. The number of complaints are expected to increase with the reconstruction- of Thickson Rd. to five lanes and the added hazard this presents to vehicles entering this intersection." (In March of tis year the region approved a $51/ million expansion of Thickson to five lanes - 80 percent of which is to be subsidized by the province while the region's share will be $1,125,000. The project is now underway and is expected to be finished in August.) According to regional works department traf- fic supervisor Mike Bellamy, the un- derground work for the Thickson-Nlchol traffic light will be done in con- junction with the Thickson expansion. Bellamy said the light should be complated and operating by the end of August. The traffic supervisor estimated that the cost of the Thickson-Nichol signal wiIl be about $40,000. The underground work for the Anderson- Rossland traffic light will probably get un- derway this week, ac- cording to Bellaniy, and should be completed and operable by the end of July. The total amount budgeted by the region Ibis year for the four new traffic light in- stallations is $139,000. The two remaining signal installations ap- proved for 1986 are Brock Rd. at Finch Ave. in Pickering and Rossland Rd. at Waverly Rd. in Oshawa. y - Announcing Canadian Womnan's Greatest G;rand --09«Mý ," 0e, Opening9 of our newest premier clubs The Colonnade Club and Shipp Centre Club i kt' 3IP ~lRSIIII>VUE Facilities include: Exclusively for Women, unlimited classes, suparvised personal program, personalized nutritionai program, unlimited use of high- tech aquipment, unlimitad use oi whirlpool, sauna. swimming pool, unlimitad use of cardiovascular tequipment "Lifecycle., private showers, lockars, drassing rooms, suntanning centres, babysitting facilities, affiliated with 2,000 clubs worldwide, facilities vary aI each location. THE CORPORATION 0F STHETOWNOFWHITBY THE TOWN 0F WHITBY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARE SPONSORING A WORKSHOP ON FUNDRAISINO, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1986, WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 6:30-10:00 P.M. FOR MORE INFOR- MATION PLEASE CALL 668-7765.