]PAGE 10, WHTTBY FREE PffliS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER56, 1988 Whity jil nfosesinhd ORVILLE KERLEw, superîntendent of Whitby Jail, was on hand to provide information about the jail at an open house last week Froc Press photo Fellowship award for Fisher imotby Fisher of Wbitby bas received a graduate fellowship award from Central Michigan University. The school of graduate studies. awarded Fisher $4,700 and 30 hours of on-campus tuition for the 1988-89 academic year. Students apply to the grad- uate studies office for graduate fellowsbips, and a faculty com- mittee selects students based on academic achievement. Fisher, a graduate of Calvin College, plans to study indust- rial/organizational psycbology at CMU. By Debbie Luchuk, Jails. and detention institu- tions bave traditionally been Places of mystery and even isolated by the 'fear of the surrounding com munity. The Whitby Jail and associated. correctional, services 'of Durham Region held, a public relations open bouse last Wednesday aât Iroquois Park to inform and, enligbten the public of their function in the.community. "ïThis is an opportunity to get people of the community informed of what takes place bebind our mysterious walls," superintendent Orville Kerlew said. The open bouse was open mainly to correctional and allied services' employees, the press and local politic 'ians, all at special invitation. Kerlew said the correctional system tries to carry out a two- fold mission: to keep people in custody 'and to try to rebhabilitate tbem. The Whitby jail offers nine programs for'tbe rebabilitation of its inmates. The progranis are Bible study, Alcobolics Anonymous for maie and female prisoners, the John Howard Society, the Salvation Army, educational upgrading, literacy program, library, and Durham Youtb Employment Services. These organizations offer counselling, education and sup- port for inmates. Medical serv'ices are offered at. the jail and at outsi de community medical facilities. Appointments can also be made for the time wben an inmate is released. Under* the Offender Classification Program Place- ment., those offenders with relatively low risk records can be placed in community correctional programns. In Durham Region, such offenders can be sent to $129,OOO0 bungalow is 'affordable home' By Debbie Luchuk What's affordable? According te the Toronto Home Builders' Association,, wbo un- veiled their creation last week at the Toronto Home Show, a single floor bungalow te the tune of $129,000 la affordable for first time home buvers. Witb the skyrocketing prices of homes within Metro Toronto and increasingly, in Durham Region, many prospective firat home buyers cannot afford to buy a detacbed, single family home. The average price of sucb a home wltbin Metropolitan Tor- onte, accorcing to the Toronto Home Builders Association, is $266>000 - and going up quickly with ever increasing land values. The Hïome Builders Associ-. ation, with the advice of more than 100 housing experts, created and presented a model of the "affordable dream home" at the opening of the Faîl National Home Show at Exhibition Place. The price for a single-stery version of the home is $129,000, with the one-and-a-half stery selling for $150,000. The creation of a brain- storming session tackling the problemn of affordabîIitý, the bouse is a 670-sq.-ft. detached bungalow. The bungalow has a galley kitchern with pantry, a smali bedroom, a living roâomldining room combination and a four-piece bath. Mi~e additional floor on the feature home is a loft bed- room/study. Although not a feature of the home dlsplayed at the show, this model features a flnished basement with bedroom, recreation room, furnacellaundry room and roughed-in four-piece bath. The -exterior of the home is described as being relatively maintenance free, with several various windows and a bay and sliding door walkout. The roof is covered in aluminum shingles. Gord Thompson, president of the Toronto Home Builders' Association, said that the creation of this home and subsequent developments would permît balf a million more prospective buyers te buy their own home. However, there bas been some opposition from some munici- palities approacbed te receive such a bousing developmenl. Thompson -cites the NIMBY (not in my backyard) syndrome as being a large factor in the problem of finding a "friendly" miunicipality te take on a project. "People witb $300,000 homes think this (a development of 'affordable" homes) will bring the price of their properties down," Thompson said. In ^the Metro area, Vaughan township turned the project down. However, Thompson said that Brampton, Richmond Hill and Aurora gave a "warm reception" to the idea. East of Toronto, Newcastle and Oshawa indicated an interest, and only Wbitby bas reserved approval to any sucb project. Tbompson' said Mayor Bob Attersley wants furtber infor- mation on affordable housing from the Province. 'When we met witb' Mayor Attersley, be wasn't against the bouses. He just wants more guidelines from the Province," Thompson said. H1e also noted that the cost of the homes would be even lower in eastern (of Toronto) municipal- ities as the land prices are lower. "t takes education to overcome prejudice against this bousing," Thompson said. The association is looking to erect a demon- stration project of 100 to 1200 homes "to get the best feeling of community." The Fail Home Show was held from Sept. 21 to 25. THaE AFFoiRDABLE home, as shown .by the Toronto Home Bui1derie Association. Froc Prem photo I I I -I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Another,,problem , Isoon to b Durhim Crest Centre,ý a remedied, la the passîngof drug: residence,,for 21 men and two, etc.; ovýer 'the walls of .the jai womnen.. compound from nearby' pedes Factors such as the- cir- trian< traffic. Inntes contac cumstances. of the offence, the their 'fienda ' on' the outside length of sentence, criminal Kerlew saà id, anid arrange for record, types of previous offences, ýdrop of drugs over the Wall. personal li istory' are taken iflt<> However, Kerlew- said a fenc conisideration ýwhen deflning a low, will be' erected 40 feet 'from th risk incividual outside. wall . "and they will have Superintendent Kerlew, who, to -have" a mighty gôod armn to gel ss edthe postio' i Aplil of anything over'the*wall.": this year, bas addressed what is. 11_e said prisoners, noW bave a common comrplaint *about, the unlirnited use of telèphones, anc jail - 6vercrýowding - and says the :ýshowerâ (although not alway~ jailý has a iaximum 'of 128 hot). - . inmates. Although no one wants crim, However, he said the jail is a to increase, says Kerlew, there i~ temporary holding centre for an increase in crimes committei many. of the- offenders and. tbey ij,.j- Durham , Region simp1', are often transferred elsewhere in because, the population iE the provincial- correctionai 5-s increasiiï', so quickly. tem. "Tmereé are man~ "There are always two or three n.,iisconceptions- about j al. Th extra beds in case of an. overflow," public selom realizes tha 85 pei Kerlew. said, adding that if cent of offenders are- servin, offenders ar& brought to the jail,- sentences - in the commurity, he cannot* turn tbem away. He said Kerlew. wilI initiate transfer procédures He hopes the open bouse wii with such a situation. become an annual. event. "One in every crowd" Ontario junior Citizen of the Year Awards In every crowd there is a young person aged! 6 to 18 years, who is involved in worthwhilc community service, overcoming physical or psychological limitations, or has performed an act of hcroism. You can honour this young person, with the help of Canadian Airlines International and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association by nominating them for an Ontario junior Citizen of the Year Award. Since 1981, the prestigious Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards Prograrn has recognized the best in Ontarios youth. 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