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Whitby Free Press, Wodnesday, August 2, 1995, Page 3 Lingering con cerns over sludge plant FROM PAGE 1 previous site, wiil now use that property for future expansion of the Corhett Creek plant. But as Carney points ont, the new location is; even worse than By Mark Roesor The Whitby land registry office ls holding an open house Friday te mark the bicentennial of land registry in Ontario. Theèevent will rum from 9 teil a.m. at the 590 Roséland Rd. E. office. .Ontario's first registry office was oponed ini 1795 in York, now' Toronte; Whitby's flrst office waë opened Oct. 17,1853 hy John Ham Perry, son of Whitby founder Peter Perry, who brought the records here from Toronto. Perry, who continued as registrar until bis death in 1896 - - the flrst five registrars ail died while stili in office - - was active in shaping provincial legislation governing land registry. Ho was succeeded by Dr. Francis Rae, a medical doctor and former mayor of Oshawa, who was the previons one from an envirornmentalist's viewpoint. "0f the four alternatives before them, they've chosen the one closest to the marsh," she said. Although the size of a buffer zone between the plant and creek appointed April 25, 1L896 and died just two weeks later. The flrst registry office1 is helieved te have been located on Brock Street North on the site that is now the. Rainhow Restaurant. It was moved te, 400 Centre St. S. in 1873 and remained there until 1987. when it was temporariiy relocated to a plaza at 850 King St. W., Oshawa. It moved te its present location, a newly constructed building across the road from Durham Region headquarters, in 1991 and now serves the entire region. The office now doos more than just register deeds and tities, says registration officer Wanda Griffin. It aise registers and runs checks on liens, provides forms for birth certificates and small business registrations and handies business incorporations. Addicted to do/fs PROM PAGE 1 Earlier this year, Vaughan won the Mlldred Bell award for the best doil among 70 others in a competition held i Plymeuth, Mass., and more recently at a New York competition she received firet prize eut of 900 entries from al over the world. "It feels great!" says the dolîmaker of her win. Although money is rarely involved with the competitions, Vaughan places importance on the recognition, and knowing that she's don. well. Vaughan's awards are well-deserved when considering the doil- making process and the extreme detail and precision required. 8h. spends numerous heurs on her prize-winni*ng doils; she began the meut recent winner in February and pushed te finish the dol i June. Research is necessary te make an exact replica of an antique doil; the sewing style and materials used muât reflect the era the. dol is from. After the porcelain has heen melded, fired, sanded and paited. Vaughan moves on te, the meut tixne-consunnng part of the project, choosing the riglit fabrics, trim and colours te, match the doil' colouri.ng and wig with the. dresa. MTere's a lot of different thinge that people do with their deils. They do a lot of heading, OUl ribbon embroidery, smocking and ail of those things are pieced tegether inte doUle," «xPlains Vaughan. "'W amaing how much you Put out for your doUas. I mean I dont have a dress myseli like this made eut of silk, but my doUes do. viVs 11ne any material is ne object and money is ne object when it cornes te your dolis," says Vaughan tiying to explain the passion she has for doll-making. "Sonry, no food this week, we have to buy material," jokes Vaughan's hueband, Brian. "Yôu wouldn't believe some of these women," says Brian. Ho does not participate in doll-making, yet enjoys it and shows full supPort and pride for bis wife's talent and business. Three years ago, Vaughan began teaching her skill te others "te offset the cost of the hobby." The business is cailed Past Reflections and takes place ini the Vaughans' home Tuesdays and Saturdays. Vaughan is particular about maintaining smail classes - about nine students - because it hecomes overcrowded and overybody's working at a différent level." Vaughan encourages students te compote for fun and some of her students, who have entered their dolis, have won awards at the American conventions. Since doil-making is more popular in the U.S. than in Canada, the competitions are held in a different state each year. Travelling and meeting new people are the perks for the doil- maker and she looks forward te going te California for next year's competit on. Vaughan hopes te bring a dol club te Canada, which would bring a convention dloser te home. Perhaps a support group for doll-making addicts would also have te be estahlished. vaileiy will ho increased from 20 to 25 metres, most, if flot all, of a "mature hedgerow habitat" will ho removed, Carney noted. "It was the least preferred site from the alternative of the marsh," she said. Under the earlier proposal, Carney considered a sludge plant te ho the bout way of protecting the woods and marsh from encroaching development. But by moving the location, the» impact of truck omissions on the wetlands will ho even more acute, she fears. 7[ don't mimd the facility, itfs the trucks that cause me the most concern."f Carney is now pùiing her hopes on an environmental impact study that Durham Region 'and its consultants on the project - Simcoe Engineering Croup Ltd. - must prepare for the Centrai Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA). "We're looking forward te, the impact statement," she said. "It's part of their (CLOCA) mandate to protect the marsh." Gilbert, a Thickson's Point homeowner, has become increasingly frustrated by what ho considers to be a proposai that is driven more by bureaucrats and consultants than.politicians. "Many of the arguments I gave back thon (last winter) are still valid and rmnet sure the politicians are kept in the know," ho said. "I suspect the political view in Whitby is that if the Region wants to do it, there'. nothing that they can do about it." Regional councillor Joe Drumm, who has opposed the project from the outset, stiil feels the facility would ho botter suited in a rural area, dloser te the intended users. But Drumm conceded that moving it from the McEwen Drive site and keeping that land for future' sewage plant expansion made sens..: However, 4ie admaitted that Carney's objections cause him cencern. Tve 1~i considered Margaret Carney te ho 'the' environmentalist ini Durham Region ... I hope the people at the Region will meet with her and ses if they can come up with somethimg different." Region works officiai Chang Lee confirmed that the new location wiil have a greater impact on the wetlands and also require "cisplacement" of the hedgerow. But that was the alternative to one that would have had a greater effect on residents and businesses, Lee said. "Do we impact more on people and businesses or wildlife and the wetlands? That's what wo had te decide." Yet, even thon, the impact on 'Grow wthth rofesr>1othaIs.i WHITBY FREE PRES WILL BE CLOSED <> on Monday, August 7 Deadlines for ail advertising and Coming Events will be Friday at 4 pm Hu ve a happy, sufe holiday wewiL For blanket coverage of ALL the homes and/or businesses in Whîtby OR to seiected areas oniy, cati the Whitby Free Press - 668-6111. If you did flot get a fiyer which is isted for fuit distribution, give us a cati. l în todayls arpfr Pringle Creek Guardian Drugs (sele cted homes) *One Hour Moto Photo (selected homes) *Marne Blacklock (selected homes) *Lilian North (selected homes) *One Thîrty Court (selected homes) Registry office marks bicentennîal the marsh will be minimal, Lee insisted. An area about triple the size of that to ho cleared will be replanted with new trees and it may ho possible to relocate some of the hedgerow, ho said. 1Not only will Carney's group have input into the preparation of the site plan, but the Town of Whitby and CLOCA will also ho involved, Lee said. As for truck noise and diesel fumes, Lee pointed ont that thero are no, existing provincial guidelines te evaluate the effecta of air quality and noise on wildlife. But by' applying mnmum human toleràance levels te animais, the Region's consultants have concluded that neither noise nor fumes will be a prohlem, Lee said. 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