Page 4'Whlttly Frso Pres, Wednosdayi Februavy 21, 1996 RESTRCTION *REGULATIONS will be in force on roads under the jurisdiction of the Reglonal Municipality of Durham, effective March 1, 1996 to approxlmatelly May 3,1996. Vecle loads are restrictcd to FIVE TONNES per axis in accordance with Durham Region By-law Number 251-89 (as revised). Signs wil be erecied on ail Regional Roads to which these weight restrictions apply. V.A. SILGAILIS, P. ENG. COMMISSIONER 0F WORKS REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM NOTICE 0F -i PUBLIC MEETING Take notice that the Regional Municpality of Durham has received AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN Durham Region Planning Committee will be holding a public meeting for the purpose of obtaining public input on a proposed Amendment to the Durham Regional Officiai Plan. . The Amendment, as submitted by the applicant, proposes an automobile service station on the site indicated on the map below. The PUBLIC MEETING is scheduled for: Date: Time: Location: Tuesday, April 2,1996 i 0:OOa.m. Durham Region Planning Department, Main Boardroom, 1615 Dundas Street East 4th Floor, Lang Tower, West Building, Whitby MaIl, Whitby, Ontario To assist in the evaluation of this proposed amendment, the public is invited to make representation at this public meeting. If you wish to make a' written submission, you may do so by writing to the Commissioner of Planning at Box 623, Whitby, Ontario, Li N 6A3. An information report outlining the details of the proposed Amendment may be obtained at the Durham Region Planning Department office at the location noted above. Further information on the proposed Amendment may be obtained by contacting Anna De Fada, at (905) 728-7731 (Whitby Line)/(905> 686-1651 (Toronto Line). If a.person or public body that requests a referral of a proposed decision in respect of the proposed Officiai Plan Amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board, does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed Officiai Plan Amendment is adopted, then, (i) the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, as the approval authonity, may refuse the request to refer ail or part of the proposed decision to the Ontario Municipal Board; and (ii) the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss aIl or part of the referral of the proposed decision. If yo= ih to be notified of the subsequent meetings of Planning comite and Regional Council to consider the proposed Officiai Plan Amendment, or wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Officiai Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the Commissioner of Planning at the address noted above. Please include your address, telephone number and the Regional file number identified below in any submission. REGIONAL FILE No.: OPA 95-013 TOWN'0F PICKERING ZONING FILE No.: A32192 Gemr-Lynn O'Connor Chair, Planning Committee A.L. Georgieff; M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Comfmissioner of Planning Mistake ini school boundary PROM PAGE 1 commented Oshawa trustee Kathleen Hopper. 'Unlesa you'ro put in a situation where you have a echool that'. absoiutoly bursting at the seamis, ît's not goiTlg te save money, It'. going to cost monoy." It'. dear the. community doeesnt want a modled calendar systemi, she said. "fWelvo gone to 41,000 elementary students and we'vo gotten 102; 1 thlnk that klnd of tolls you what people think of modifisd sehool year." "If thoy (trustees) think those parents are going te go to that sehool, theyre wrong." said Whitby trustee Doug Ross. 'What ha. te happen i. trustees. haveý te get involved. It's a political decision te change these things... (and) without parent Input Itfs wrong.9 Parents who contacted hum feel they woren't listened te "and I agree with them - we dropped the. bail on this one" ho aid. Ross said the proposaîs -for the school can't b. acoepted the. way they are and urged follow trustees, parents and staff to work together te satisfr parents' concerns. "Someono sald 'What will make you happy, trustee Ross' It's. not what makes me happy, it's what miakes the constituent. happy... I will nothbe happy *until tii parents are happy." Ho used safety concerns as an example,- saying he's received hundreds of oeils from parents worriod their children's lives could be endangered crossing Anderson te get te the new school. Smyka adniitted the point ia on. "on which we ail agree; there's no' GTA meeting March 8 A public meeting wiil be held by the newly estabiished GTA panel in Whitby on Fniday, Marchi 8. The meeting will be held by the panel, which includes former Durham Region chair Water Beath, in the Region council chambers on Rossiand Road East. Residents wishing te comment can make presentations in porson (witten materials te support presentations should be submitted ln advance) or by sending witten submissions (no later than March 12) te: GTA Panel, The, Office of tue Greater Toronto Area, 10 Bay St., Suite 300, Toronto, M5J 2R8 (fax 416-314-6440).' Anyone wishing te, reserve a timo for a prosontation can Cali 416-314-6400. The other Durham Region -meeting will be held in Uxbridge on March 12, the final meeting of 12 te be held by the panel. The panel will make its report by the end of MaTch. Séntence suspended Whitby General Hospital's vice-president of community relations pIed guilty recently te common assault onhi. estranged wife. Marc Kealey was given -a suspended sentence. Ho was acquitted on two other charges- assault With a weapon and threatening bodily harm - iresulting from the Sept. 8, 1994 altercation. debate at ail that Anderson la an unsafs street to cross." Ho urgod parents to lobby Durham Reglon to instail lights at Anderson and Crawforth streets - the Region ha. said 1t would have to conduct a traffie study after the now schooil opens to see If lights are warranted. Itfs unfair that children within the. boundary are, forced to attend the new sehool, but out-of boundary modifled year students have a choie, said Nicholson. "Itfs a double-edged sword; we either have te have a rule saying they go te their home school period, unies. lts way overcrowded, or they have their choice of what achool they go to." Nicholson said ho has parents ln his Oshawa ward who moved from the Pringle Creek school area three years ago but two of their children stili go there, "even though the scnooti s overcrowded and their home achool ini Oshawa la undercrowdod." Whitby trustee Patty Bowman pointed out a now popular program,4 French Immersion, only atbuted64 hilrenthe first year plus... if. now' become a mainstream program but It certainiy ddid't start that way.", No one will judge botter than parents whether the. modified year program la effective, Bowman said. "I believe those parents are committod te the program, as I believe every othker parent in the. Town of Whitby la who are concerned about the prograrn or the- séhool's placement, or the boundaries or any other concsrn that we itili have te sort out... " As a public systsm that hoids a monopoiy on tax-funded education, I'm very pieased tosee that we continue te develop alternatives and we do the' alternatives as describsd and defined by parental- choice...- i 'TMs was ail dons basedon parental, invoivement and the program will nuse or fail based on that continued intoreut. "I think we have tobe fairand givo this. modified, sehool yoar a good start and lot'. ueo how it goes, " sald Pickering trustee Ruth Ami Schediich. "Lot'.seme if there's more support for it in Whitby and around tho region. We have made this decision... I don't thlnk we should be discussing this - we've already agreed that this ta going te go in thus schooL Lt it go forward." "Lots tako a reality check hors, foiksu- urged Scugog trustee Bobbio Drew, chair of the board's modified echool, year ad hoc advisory committe.fw W-ith provincial cutbacks,"e have te flnd creative sol utions te accommodation problem.»s... so I urge us te wish the modified school, year schedule well, and 1 the unnamed Anderson schooi well." W ItIIdEItS! TAIYHSAD JULIET SWIGGUM and her husband David, toast to winning the Whitby Free Press Annual Valentines Poetry Co ntest. Swiggumn's poem "To My Husband," won the Grand Prize which included dinner for two at Casey's Grill House & Beverage Co., limousine dmop-off and pick-up by Royalty Limnousine-and a Valentine bouquet.froôm Rosewood Flowers. The Whitby Free Press would like tothank ail the people who entered this contest and the sponsors for their generous contributions. Juliet Swiggum for wimuing the Whiitbv, Free Press Valentines Poetry ('ontesi. Clip Out, Drop là and Receive 3FREE9 CARNATIONS Per faily (wýhllequanbes las«). 1801 Dundas St. E.Unit3A. (Kendalwvood Plaza). Whitby 434-1745