PAGE 36, WH1TY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. MAY 17. 1989 Condos:@ Now a major factor S RBATTY was one member of the Brooklin Pahiders who washed cars as part of 'Thankfuli Tankfl Day' at Brooklin Esso on Saturday, May 13, to raise money to help children with physical disabilities. About $284 was raised at the station through the car wash and gasolmne retail. %Froc Prou. photo Weight loss at summer camp Thousands of people in Southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada have begun their biid te los.eieght and rais. money te send Cildren with diabetes te summer camp. The 'Weight Watchers Poundathon for Diabetes, 1989' is underway. 'Poundathon' is a unique event. Weight Watchers members in Southern Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I., and Newfoundland dedicate therneelves te bs.e weight, and they obtain sponsors who will support them, pound by pound. AIl funds collected will be turned over te the Canadian Diabetes Association and used to send childreî1 with diabetes te special surnn1tzL uzujLpz. This years event takes place frorn April 17 te, May 19. This is Poundathon's third year. Previously, Weight Watchers members raised more than $55,000 for the Charles H. Best Foundation, the researchi brandi of the Canadian Diabetes Association. This year's Poundathon promises te b. even bigger and better. Weight Watchers and The Canadian Diabetes Association will be planning activities te generate maimum awareness of the connection between diabetes and obesity. The two groupe work teward comnion goals of good health and sensible lifestyle. Luxury condonminiums are becorning a major factor in toda.?é marketplace, having established themselves asusmcure and a ttractive investmients. The recent sale of a $1 ilflion condominium property, juat a rnonth after it came on the rnarket in Vancouver, may ho indicative of the shape of thL4g te cone. "This is not the firet luxcury condominium sold in Vancouaver i this price range." SaysLarr Fesevice president and regional manager, Royal LePage Residential real estate senices% Greater Vancouverictoria. "nhe number of sales illustrato the growing dernand for these types of properties. 'The 2,350 square foot apartmnent ia located on 1861 Beach Ave., a 17-story hgh-rise development contairiing 14 uriits altogether," saye Ferster. "Each floor is a separate apartment. "The building ie within wallcing distance of Stanley Park ana the unit that just sold has a spectacular view of English 1Bay and the North Shore," he says. "Larger luxury units, fromn 2,500 square foot up, are makJng a place for themeelves in today's housing rnarket" he eays. "As demand becomes more obvious, more and mocre condominium developers in Vancouver are building high-rise apartments, some with units ini excess of 3,000 square foot," says Ferater. Most condominium un-its currently available in Vancou-ver range in size from 1,200 te 1,500 square foot. "ITve found that many of the purchasers intereated li luxury condominiumns are empty neters whose children have married and moved out of the house," says Ferster. "Since the need for a large home no longer exista, many are moving into lwcury condominiums for the convenlenco of relatively maintenance-fre. living, a central location and a high-tech security systemn. "Residents can reet assured when they beave for an extendied vacation that their apartnient will be juet as they left it when they return home,"- says Fereter. Luxury condominiums are also becoring increasingly popular in Toronto and Montreal. In Toronto, for example, there are at least two fully-occupied condominium devebopmneits located in prime downtow locations where aIl apartment units were sold for $1 million and Up. "Based on current 'housimg pcesi Metropolitan Toronto, r1 million ie not a lot of mQney te pay, for a luxury condominium in agocod location," says Ken Bchr.vice president and regional manager, ]Royal LePage real estate se*rvices,, Centraml Ontario., "Many purchasers are quite wifling te, pay the $1 million espocially if the apartrnent lias between 3,000 - 4,000 square feet, is situatod in a emaller, more exclusive building, and overlooks Lake Ontario, The Whitby. Comrnunity Information Contre at 405 Dundas St. W. in Whitby offers a legal aid cinic from 7 te 9 p.m. the second Tuesday of the rnonth, Septembor to June. The service is available to anyone and there is no charge. The clinic je not intonded for in-depth legal counselling, but brief information is provided about your legal problems and "However, ýthe. supply of luxury condominiums i Toronto that surpase the $1 'million mark lO low, says Belcher. "The strong demand for these types of properties may prompt devebopers to build te suit this new semrnent of the market in the future.'e "Hlowever, at this point, very few luxury condoniniums in Monitreal exceed $1 million in price," says Colins, adding: 'They1re usually penthouse apartments."8 where te obtain furtiier assistance. Cail the centre at 668-0552 or drop by in person te make an appointment. 'The centre' hours areMonday to Friday from 9:30 arn. te 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.rn. te 5 p.m. Clients receivo a priviate and coifidential 20-minute appointrnent with a lawyer provided by the Ontario Legal Aid Office in Oshawa. WHIBYINNER WHEEL president Susan Ham- mond (right) and vice president Carol Koeslag hold the charter which was recently presented to the club, part of the Rotary organization. . Froc Pros. photo Steel producers must monitor (lisc.harged wastewater untaxos seven iron and steel producers, including Lasco in Whitby, will be required te monitor the wastewater' they discliarge te lakes and rivers for 140 priority pollutants andr- contaminants, onvronmlent Minister Jun Bradley recently announced. The Effluent Monitoring Regulation for the Iron and Steel Sector, was issued in draft fern for a 21-day public revlew under the Municipal-Industrial Strategy for Abatement prograrn (MISA). "Thais leanotner atep xrward li our MISA program, which, over tirne, will virtually eliminate persistent toic chemicals from discliarges te Ontarlo's waterways," Bradley said. 'We will use the detailed monitoring resulta frorn this regulation te set stringent dischange limints for iron and steel milkl@. In tIs monitoring regulation, the industry bas been dividedl Int inegrtediron and steel mile (ourplats). and spOeaty steel producere and mini-mille (three plants). Integrated mille include coke making and iron making procesees which generate most -of the industry'a priority pollutants. Specialty steel producers and mini-mille gonerally melt scrap metal te produce bow carbon steel and specialty steel producte. Final'diechargea te waterwaye will b. monitored daily for four substances, three tirnes a week for 12 contaminants, weely for eigt te 12 substances, monthly for, 86 contaminants (the three enialler operations) or 117 (the four large mille), and quarterly for 140 (saal) or 149 pllutants (large). Other waate streams have different rmonitoring echedules. As well, provision has been made for additional sanipling te be carried eut for a period of up. te si rnonths following the completion of the initial on. year regulatory monitoring perlocl. Each plant muet sample its -own discharges and hve them tested te, minietry epecificatioris, with randorn ministry audits to verifSr the resulta are accurate and representative. T.he regulation stipulates quality control and quality assurance procedures for collecting, storing, analyzing and checingsamples. Biologicai rmonitoringvwill provide an additional screening mechanismn that will complement chernical analysis of toxic substances. Monthly toxicity tests will b. mun using rainbow trout in full strength effluent. To expaid on the resulta of the rainbow trout test, a second toxicity test will b. conducted using Da hnia magna -- water flous -- whic axe more sensitive te sorne contaminants. Flow monitoring will ]Le required te establiah total amounts of pollutants going into the. enviroinent. Tii. flow rate cf the. diecharge, multiplied by tJho concentration level, will give tte tota amount of containinant entering a body of water. Enforcernent of the regulation .8 provided under the Ontario Envirornental Protection Act. Vilators face fines of up to $50,000 a day. Companies in the iron and steel sector muet comply with the requirenients* of the regulation five montha after the draft regulation becornea law. This Iead-in tEre will allow the coxnpanies te purchase and instal required equipment, arrange for laboratory services and train personnel. Cots incurred under the regulation will b. borne by the industry. The miniatry estimates. the total incrernental cost (capital and operating) of the rnonitoring requirenienta for the entire iron and steel sector to be $78 million. The estimnated costs for the large mnille are: Stelco (Hamnilton) $1.85 mnillion, Stelco (Nanticoke) $0.5 Million, Aigorna Steel (Sault Ste. Mlazie) $2 'million and Dofaso (Hamailton) $2.8 million. MOM coetag sfur tne bmnaller operations are: Lake Ontario Steel (Lasco in Whitb ) $340,000, Atlas Specialty Ste= (Welland) $300,000 and Ivaco (L'Original) $28,000. in ibeveloping the draft mnonitoring regulation, the ministry consulted with industry and the. MISA advisory cornrittee of independent environniental experts. A joint technical cornmittee consisting of industry, Envirornent Canada and rninistry representatives served as the means for developing the eite-apecific rnonitoringrequirernents. The ministry invites written commenta from the public on this regulation. These commenta should be subnitted te Environment Miniater Jim Bradle, 135 St. Clair Ave. W.. iSth Floor, Toronto, M4V 1P5. Copies of the draft regulation and supporting documents are available from ministry regional and district off ices, or by caling, the ministry'a Public Information Centre at (416) 323-432ý1. Liegal aid offere d