PAGE 4, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1987 e w whitby r Pubilshed every Wednesday By 677209 Ontarlo Inc. Phone: 668-6111 The Free Press Building 131 Brock Street North P.O. Box 206, Whltby, Ont. DOUG ANDERSON Publisher MAURICE PIFHER Editor KEN HATHAWAY Advertlsing Manager Hospitalland development The next 10 years could see many changes on the 700-4cre chunk of land immediately west of Port Whitby. On the same day that Ontario Health Minister Murray Elston announced that Whitby Psychiatric Hospital will be rebuilt, consultants for the Town of Whitby made their first report on the land use study they are conducting on the hospital property and lands to the west and north - that 700- acre parcel. The consulting firm, Marshall Macklin Monaghan Ltd., has yet to complete the first part of - study, which is to identify development options. But the firm has already signaled that the most appropriate land use abutting the psychiatric hospital would be residential along with a small commercial component. The consultants also suggested that particular land use on the assumption that integration of a psychiatric hospital into a community is acceptable. That is most certainly the intention of the Ministry of Health initiative - to not only rebuild the psychiatric hospital but put more emphasis on community-based mental health services. "Psychiatric patients with privileges could make use of the retail commercial establishments in the surrounding community and thereby practice the skills they will need at the time they are discharged from the hospital," says a report by the consultants.. It is a planning statement which would appear to be in perfect harmony with the province's direction on mental health care. The area under study includes the 400-acre psychiatric hospital property, the 30-acre site of Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital (Whitby General Hospital) and two private properties, a 150-acre parcel owned by Mr. Morris and 50 acres owned by Dr. Jaciw. The general hospital uses about half of its site while the one large building expected to someday be the new psychiatric hospital wiIl, occupy an eétimated 30 to 60 acres, leaving much acreage for possible future use. We will watch with interest when consultants present a definite land use proposai in four to six weeks. Attitudes appear to have changed considerably from the earlier years of this century when the mentally ill were deposited to that lsolated location by the shores of Lake Ontario. While mental health care moves closer to the community, the community will also someday move closer to the hospital. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Town's strip parlor bylaw is unfair to owners To the Editor: I attended last week's meeting on the strip parlor bylaw. As I am unaccustomed to speaking in public, I would like to go over a few points of that meeting in writing. Recycling: "wise decision" To the Editor: Re: Editorial - "The future of recycling; January 7, 1987. As the Region of Durham begins to address the problem of disposal capacity beyond the closure of the Brock Road landfill in 1990 and a number of the region's smaller, sites in the up- coming months, the developm'nt of a comprehensive multi- material recycling program for all area municipalities is becoming a waste management priority. Although residential wastb recycling is a relatively young industry, changing conditions are leading to improved forecasting and increased efficiencies. These include: 1.- increased demand for secondary materials. 2.- the planned transition from steel to aluminum cans in the last quarter of 1987. 3.- the direct involvement of all beverage container industries through the provincially appoin- ted Recyling Advisory Commit- tee. 4.- co-operation. between end- users and program operators to determine and, where necessary, design appropriate and efficient processing and collection equip- ment. 5.- the accumulation of statistical information on existing programs with regard to recoveries and costs. As the questions and assum- ptions surrounding separation at source recycling are being clarified, the estimation of costs and revenues can be projected with increasing accuracy. At the same time, the unanswered question of disposal after the closure of Brock Road prevents any accurate projection of disposal costs beyond 1990. It is anticipated that costs will exceed $25 per tonne for landfill and $40 per tonne for incineration. With a landfill crisis looming in the very near future and the growing public support for recycling, the move to a multi- material recyciing program is a wise waste management decision. When the increasing ability to project costs and revenues of recycling is com- pared to the unknowns of future disposal options, it also becomes a wise economic decision. Sincerely, Glenda Gies General Manager Durham Recycling Centre Inc. The first thing I would like to say is that these clubs should not be put out of business, but their entertainment should be changed. I don't think they have been left with too many options. What would you like to see more in Whitby? There are at least six roadhouses and plenty of good restaurants in Whitby, not to mention fast food outlets. There are at least three places in the downtown area that offer live music. We also have at least four pub-style bars in the downtown area. What are you asking these people to do? Do you want them , who are already heavily into debt, to go further into debt and make more renovations, and open as a business that has so much competition that they won't be able to pay their debt and go out of business anyway. I don't think that this is a fair compromise for any of these new owners. As for the Women Against Pornography, well, they are way off base! When they talk about "Hard Core" in supermarkets, drug- stores and convenience stores then I say ok. But I would not call strippers hard core. There are no live sex shows going on in any of these stripclubs. There is also no co-ed, nudity going on. It would be interesting to know how many reported cases of rape have happened in Whitby in the last 15 years that these clubs have been operating. And how many of them were committeed by minors that are not even old enough to frequent these places. The area that you have chosen to be the site for this type of entertainment is a dark, unpopulated area where there are no lights and no supervision. Don't you think that the rapes, beatings, muggings, vandalism, drug dealing and possibly prostitution will flourish in an area that is not well lighted or supervised. With the clubs in the downtown area, at least there is a chance of getting the help of a policeman when you need it. I also believe that this will-cntribute to a lot mor'e drunk driving, who will want to leave théir car parked in a dark place just waiting for someone to break in Qr steal it? I was shocked to find out that our police station closes at 5 p.m. I think that four police cars and eight police on duty is totally inadeqpate for a town the size of Whitby which is growing in leaps and bounds. As a 34-year-ôld waitress, I have been serving the public in this capacity for over 14 years. I have worked in restaurants and rock and roll clubs and I am currently working at thE Royal Hotel and yoL might not think that this makes me an expert on SEEPAGE6 "Napoleon here will win the Battie of Waterloo before that happens" VOICE OF THE COUNTY TOWN The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents LETTERS The Whitby Free Press welcomes letters to the Editor on any subject of concern to our readers. Letters should be brief and to the point - rarely more than 300 words. Al letters must be accompanied by the name, address and phone number of the writer; however, on request, your name may be withheld from publication if we agree that there is a valid reason. The paper reserves the right to reject or edit all letters. Send to: The Editor, Whitby Free Press, Box 206, Whitby, Ontario LiN 5S1 or drop through our mailslot at 131 Brock St. N.