PAGE 4, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8,1987 Bingo fees will go up Despité arguments from operators of bingos, Whitby's operations committee has ap- proved increasing the average 13- week bingo license fee from $118 to $385. "If you keep taking the profits we put back in the community, one day we could be knocking on your door for grants," said John Darling of the Brooklin Kinsmen Club on Monday. "You realize the Town, in effect, has been subsidizing your bingo," councillor Joe Drumm told Darling. "I have no qualms you can justify your figures but you can do anything with figures," replied Darling. "We don't want to take from the profits of the service clubs,"-said operations chairman Ross Batten, intervening in the argument. "Our purpose is to simply try and recover our cost for licences which plays on tax dollars as well," he said. The clerk's department has reported that it costs $382 to process and monitor a 13-week licence. A compromise on the increase was presented to the committee by Barry Lennox, representing Child Find Durham. He argued that costs such as $70 for reviewing and approving a bingo application should not be applied every 13 weeks when a group applies for a licence. "We haven't changed the executive in charge of our bingo for the past .two years," said Lennox justifying his proposal. The groups Also fear the increase will hurt them because they will not meet the provincial regulations on bingos. According to the province, organizations holding bingos must make 20 per cent in proceeds, 15 per cent for expenses and the rest as the prize money. "If someone was at that 20 per cent margin, now would the in- crease bring that figure down?" asked Batten. He was informed that the margin would fall one-and-a-half percen- tage points to 18.5 per cent. Clerk Don McKay said that there are other areas the groups could look at such as hall rental and food sales to meet the margin. "What happens if we don't make that 20 per cent, are we going to lose our licence?" asked John l»uchanan of the Whitby Historical Society which has been operating a bingo since January. McKay told committee members that the reason for the increase is that the majority of groups are do>ng "really weII" at bingo. He said the department in the past has worked with groups new to bingo and will continue to do so. But Finn Schmidt-Hansen, representing the Whitby Roller- skating Foundation, asked. if new groups could pay the new fee in in- stallments. McKay said he had no difficulty with that but added that it is easier to collect a fee once rather than in installments. The new fee will be assessed when a group applies for their next bingo licence. Sewer info session likely next week Tuesday, April 14 is the tentative date for an information meeting for Whitby homeowners whose basements were flooded during the rainstorm last August. Simcoe Engineering recently released its finished report to the Region on sanitary sewer problems that occurred from flooding. Members of the Region works department as well as insurance company representatives are to at- tend the information centre to an- swer residents' questions and con- cerns. The Whitby information centre is to be held during the afternoon and evening at the municipal office should the April 14 be confirmed this week as expected. In Ajax, a special public meeting was called, rather than an infor- mation centre. Members of the Region's works department, as well as insurance representatives, were to answer questions at this week's public meeting to be chaired by. Gerry Emm, works committee chairman. Lawyers tell Town to keep quiet The Town of Whitby has been directed to "cease" all negotiations with- potential claimants over the August floods. The recommen- dation was made by solicitors to the Town's insurance adjusters, L.V. Walker and Associates. A letter from the solicitors was read by Town administrator Bill Wallace following an operations committee meeting Monday night. The letter directs the Town to "stop generating facts" without the solicitor's approval. The City of Oshawa has also been told to stop discussing the floods with potential claimants, says the letter. While the solicitors cannot order council to follow their directive, the letter states "it is a direct request." After the meeting, mayor Bob At- tersley said the Town will stop negotiations. No reason was given for the request. Buchanan, Bugelli clash FROM PAGE 1bujît with architectural block, wouid have looked better had it tual structure. been buit of brick. "I have taken a look at Lakeside In contrast, planning staff com- and it doesn't look like that mented that the recently construc- drawing," said councillor Marcel ted addition to St. Paui's on Brunelle. Garrard Rd., bult of brick, has im- Both Brunelie and Bugewli agreed proved the look of the school. the recent addition to R.A. Sennett Public School on King St., Whitby, which was built of architectural block, is a "disgrace." "You know nothing about brick and you're telling us we are wrong. I don't think that is very fair," councillor Bugelli told school board staff. The report from Town staff fur- ther went on to say that the Col Farewell school in Otter Creek, "We are not building the Taj Majhal here, we are trying to educate our kids. This is better than portables," said councillor Gerry Emm, recommending that the committee approve the block all around. But councillors Brunelle and Bugelli defeated his motion and ap- proved the planning staff recom- mendation. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE Everything most go including fixtures ONE WEEK LEFT!!! Open Thurs. & Fri. evenings for your convenience Whitby artist inspired by nature By JANET BROWNE Whitby artist Nancy Ames Steele doesn't have to leave the privacy of her studio to experience the beauty of nature. Indoors, she is surrounded by birds busily making nests, snakes, intricately detailed pebbles, seed pods, and other objects from the natural world. And these objects are not the products of Mother Nature - Steele has created them herself by bending, hammering, engraving and polishing various metals until they take the artistic form she desires. Many do more than produce visual stimulation; some apples, birds and pebbles are hollow and possess hinged doors to function as pill boxes, or serve as lockets which hold small pictures. Others have been duplicated to make unique earrings. It is through these creations that the -artist says she takes a 'philosophical look at life through form and shape. ' "I like form rather than flat things," explains the artist whose other artistic interests inclde pottery and painting. "My ideas come from nature, but the actual sculptures are ab- stract'interpretations, not exact replicas," she says, adding that she prefers working with the "flowing curves of nature" to more symmetrical shapes. Apart from the physical beauty of the metal shapes, Steele says ber art work contains, "many messages" about life. "For example, the variety of pebbles I create represent the variety of people in the world," she says. She has also constructed a, snake and an apple which together represent the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, although they are actually "separate identities" according to Steele. Pottery was ber major at the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design where she obtained a teaching degree. But she was unin- terested in the chemistry of glasses. She accepted a job offer to teach metal work and jewelry design, and developed a keen in- terest in this type of art. She is one of the three artists whose work is on display at the "Garden of Splendor" art exhibition at the Visual Arts centre in Newcastle. The other artists, Janet Coates and Bill Fitches, work mainly in fabric and fiber. Each of the three have interpreted the show's theme of 'nature' in the own way. The show will run from April 3 to 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. daily. Steele's work is sold in a few stores, but most of her sales are through private buyers who have seen her art at exhibitions, such as the "One of a Kind" show that takes place-annually in Toronto. Prices for the jewelry boxes and sculptures range from about $50 to $250. Steele also does specific requests for her more popular artistic pieces. NANCY AMES STEELE polishing some before the art show in Bowmanville. of her work Whitby Arts gets grant Whitby Arts Incorporated has been awarded an $18,500 grant by the Ontario Arts Council. J w/ tario to receive a grant of up. Lo $1,000. A total of 521 grants were given to individuals. The council gave out a total of The grant was one of 275 by the $3.6 million in grants. council to arts organizations in the The Durham Region Concert province. Association received a $1.,500 grant Nancy Ames Steele was one of and the Dufham Classical Guitar -eighLvisualtartists-inCentraL-Onu Society, $100- - VALMED HEALTH SERVICES INC. 24 Hour Nursing and Homemaking Services for the elderly. sick. disabled or mother & nevborn Complimentary Assessments 356 King St. W. Oshawa 433-1494 COLD CUT CENTRE Would like to Thank all their Customers for their Patronage over these past 10 years. We would also like to w elcome the new owners Elizabeth & Peter Klynsma to the new DUTCH GOURMET DELI 118 BROCK ST. N. 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