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New housing project plannedfor port area Construction is exp'ected to begin in 1989 on a $i0-million develop- ment for Port Whitby by Coscan S Development Corp. formerly Mayor Bob Attersley made the Sannouncement last week. The * development will take place on 22 acres of land Coscan purchased i FRED MARTIN Whitby town crier enjoys his role Fred Martin didn't fully know what was in store when he became Whitby's Town Crier last year. But after a year of activity, including a busy spring and summer '87 schedule here and in other Ontario communities, Whitby's strong-lunged ambassador is becoming more and more engrossed with the technique and tradition of his unique role. "It's been a great learning experience," says the Whitby-based financial consultant. "And it's really interesting. 1 keeplearning a littie more about the history of the thing. " Martin recently won a Town Crier competition held in conjun- ction with the Markham fair, outcrying six other entrants representing their communities. SEEPAGE5 from Cartier-McN amara. Plans caîl for the dredging com- pany to vacate the property within two years. John Gosson, a controller with Cartier-McNamara said there is no '6solid" plan as yet as to where the company will relocate. President of Cartier-McNamara, Jack White. Board wants high sehool by 1989 Subject to provincial grant ap- proval. the Durham separate school board is aiming for a Sep- tember. 1989 opening for two new high schools, one French and one English. in one building on a site north of Rossland Rd. in Whitby. Truqtees gave approval Monday night to a capital budget forecast which includes the Whitby school. estimated to cost $18 million. that will accommodate Whitby students now attending other high schools in Ajax and Oshawa. The school will he located north of' Rossland Rd.. between Garden St. and Anderson St.. and will be part of a complex which will also include elementary separate school St . Bernard, already approved by the Ministry of' Educat ion), a chur- ch. senior citizens' projeci and a regional park. The complex would he among the Group Il residential development. and would be off Dryden Dr. Each or the two schools will have ils distinct identity and lacilities. according to a report. with a cotin- mon area c<ntaining lacilities lor use by both schools. The English high school is as yel unnamed while the F'rench school would be called Ecole Secondaire Catholique Charles Garnier. Char- les Garnier sehool opened in Sep- tember in temporary facilities in a church hall ànd six portables in Oshawa.. An agreement with the Archdiocese of Toronto allows the hoard to use the church site l'or a maximum of three vears. Il is a very exciting and challenging project.- dîreclor of» educalion Earl Lagrou x tld trustees Monday about the com- plex. **Il will serve.lhe municipalitv Whitby' very welI.- *WetIl he looking to huild almrosl as soon as t hey announce t he allocation.- said Gr-ant Andrews. superinlendent of' business l'or the board. "We can*t wail I ilI 1989 1<> ,-fart building.- Andrews said D)enis O'Connor ini Ajax and Paul Dwyer in Oshawa. the lwo high schools which include Whîlby studenîs among their enr<lment. are already over- crowded and the new Whitby 'acililv has lo heslarted in 1988. lHe said ho was "oplimrnslic- hat the Province would include grant approval kwo the high schools when allocations a re announced. prohably nexl April. *Týotal st udent capaci I y or t he tw~o schools. in rat ings used hy the SEE PAGE 4 Headquarters will stay where it is m for now .By MIKEJOIINSTON A one-vote margin bas put to rest. at Ieast for now, the location of the regional headquarters building. Last Wednesday regional chair- man Gary Herremna broke a 14-14 tie when he voted to keep the existing' regional headquarters building in Whitby. His vote defeated an attempt by the City of Oshawa to have the headquarters move to Oshawa. Af- ter the meeting. Oshawa Mayor Allar. Pilkey said Oshawa will go ahead with a $3.3-million dlaim it says it has on the building located on Rossland Rd. E. beside the Whitby municipal building. -We will now go after the $3.3 million. We will start right away. We have been forced into this. We have nooption," said Pilkey. [-errema said he voted the only way he could. -We are noi prepared for a new headquarters. We are not ready to debenture.- said Herrema. Pilkey said the vote shows a -bias- against Oshawa exists on regional council. but Herrema disbuted that claim. -There is no Oshawa bias." he said.' After the vote. the issue was received and filed by regional council. Whitby councillor Gerry Emm said it means -the issue is ..SEE PAGE 9 was unavailable for comment. "This is the most significant an- nouncement made in Port Whitby. It is-the icing on the cake," said At- tersley. Bob Short, planning director. said Coscan could build apartmen- ts, townhouses or condominiums. bringing about 1,500 p'eple into the area. Jane Holland of Coscan said it will take about six months to "comne up with a good idea" for the area. Coscan is now working on a 3,00< unit residential community in Miami, Florida. Holland said it would be "unfair" to compare the two projects. "We plan on making a proper presentation when the time cornes,"- she said. In a prepared statemèent, Sam Wilson, vice-president of Coscan, said "this project will bethe first significant stage of the planned re- development of Port Whitby. and we, are very excîted to be working with the Corporation of the Town of Whitby on such an important ex- pansion for the municipality. - Short said the public process on the development should begin in 1988 but Attersley said he does not foresee any negative comments on the project. Coscan began construction on a 30-acre residential community calledý Fallingbrook, in 1984 in Whitby. When finished, it will com- prise 1,200 homes and two schools. A study on. Port Whitby is expec- ted to be released by the end of November.