Whitby's newly-formed school parent group, the Education Action Committee, plan to continue lob- bying for more school facilities and upgrading and student transpor- tation when the current school year is over before going "full force" in September. 'We plan on continuing to press the board even through the sum- A 'fair'exchange MISS BROOKLIN SPRING FAIR 1986, Beth Jacobsen turns over her crown to this year's fair queen 21-year-old Patti Van Der Zwet of rural Brooklin during Thursday's pageant. See pictures in- side. Free Press photo mer," committee president Dennis Fox told about 20 parents who at- tended-a meeting last week at An- derson CVI. Fox said the commit- tee, still in the "evolutionary stage," would try to attract more parent participation during the summer. Vice president Cathy Rowell said the committee would go 'full force' in the next school year if there is enough interest. The committee. now represents the concerns of parent organizations from Dr. Robert Thornton, Palmerston, Col. J.E. Farewell, the future Bellwood and St. Paul's schools as well as the Corridor Area Ratepayers SEEPAGE2 Merchants i favor of bylaw A Whitby merchant claims that nearly all merchants in the down- town core are opposed to adult en- tertainment parlors in Whitby. The merchant, who spoke on con- dition that she not be identified for fear of reprisal, said she obtained 58 signatures to opposed to strip parlors. Only three businesses would not sign her petition against the establishments - two because of business dealings and another because "it wouldn't help." "Our concern is that of the business climate found around these establishments," she states in a letter. "The presence of such places does absolutely nothing to draw complimentary business to the town core." The letter and list of signatures will be delivered to Mayor Bob At- tersley befo'e the June 15 Town committee meeting on the matter. The merchant said she and other businesses oppose the parlors but are scared to speak out. "They're scared their stores will be vandalized," she said. In the letter, the merchant says clientele from the parlors," fired up with their head fantasies," a accost and harass innocent passers-by with "foul language and lewd suggestions." She said merchants support Whitby council's proposed ban on parlors in the downtown area. An Ontario numbered company has received a $600,000 loan guarantee from the Ontario Development Corporation (ODC) to build a $3.3-million truck terminal on Boundary Rd. in Whitby. 671634 Ontario Ine. is a newly- formed holding company established last year for the pur- pose of building the terminal. Upon completion, the premises will be leased to Can-Truck Tran- sportation Ltd. Can-Truck, now situated in Oshawa, is a Canadian- owned trucking company. "About 85 per cent of their business is with General Motors," says David Goodyear of the cor- poration. Goodyear said the terminal is ex- pected to create 550 new jobs over the next five years. Can-Truck is moving because their present facilities in Oshawa are inadequate, he added. He could not say when construc- tion on the terminal is expected to begin. 'AADD years to life' at Anderson CVI By JANET BROWNE In an attempt to increase student awareness on the subject of drinking and driving, Anderson CVI will follow in the footsteps of Port Perry High School and begin the Anderson Against Driving Drunk program (AADD). Approximately 40 Anderson students have joined the program, whose main objective is "to make students aware of the consequences of drinking and driving so they'll think twice before doing it," accor- ding to Anderson staff supervisor Diane Townsend. Townsend says a recent assem- bly at Anderson which she arranged was what generated student interest about starting the program. During this assembly held at the end of April, two paraplegics who were victims of impaired driving accidents spoke to students, and members of the Port Perry Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) performed skits on the subject. "After the assembly, a lot of students expressed interest in making the rest of the school more aware of this problem," explains Townsend. Although the program has just been established, group members have already taken steps to discourage drinking and driving at this year's senior prom. Posters warning against drunk driving were put up in the washrooms, and blood alcohol level reminders were placed on the dinner tables. A week before the prom, an assembly was held to discourage taking driving risks. "Our objective is not to preach or lecture the students," says AADD senior president Jari Inniger. "We just want to let them know we do care, and make them aware of the consequences and laws about drinking and driving, using positive peer pressure." The motto of the Anderson program is "AADD years to life." The Anderson students hope tc model their program after the first Durham SADD program and they will meet with the Port Perry organizers in September to find out how it is run there. Townsend says the Anderson group will be doing "exactly the same things as the Port Perry school," and plans for next year in- clude a poster contest, button sales and assemblies. The Port Perry branch of this program began in 1985. After losing eight students in drinking and driving accidents since 1980, the teachers and students got together and organized their ' SADD program. Since then, they have lost three more students. In contrast, staff members at Anderson CVI have not been able to pinpoint any accidents in recent years in which an Anderson student has been killed while driving im- paired. Paul Arculus, staff co-ordinator of the SADD program at Port Perry High, says that the number of deaths due to drinking and driving at his school is "no different than at any other rural school." "It's not that there is more alcohol here," says Arculus. "It's that there's far more kids with cars, and far more kids driving great distances. "The typical tendency is to get out on an open road and stop con- centrating on driving because there's no traffic on the road." He adds that students who attend more urban schools like Anderson "usually live in town, and can use the public transit system, or walk to parties." Inniger feels very .strongly that there is a need for this program at Anderson. "Especially for the Grade 13's. I know quite a few people who drink and drive all the time." Next year's executive for the AADD program wil be: Jari In- niger, senior president; Karyn Dumble, junior president; Dennis Hopkins, vice president Ridgely, alternate secretary; Lee Ann Allison, secretary; Carolyn Higgins, public relations. Parents will keep pressing Truck terminal is planned for Whitby . . .. . . . . . .