WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,1980, PAGE 3 For third term... Drumm announces intentions to seek re-eleetion to east ward seat i By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff Joe Drumm announced last Friday that he will seek re-election to the east ward seat on Whitby Town Council that he has held for the past four years. Drumm was the last remaining incumbent local councillor to make his re- election announcement. The 50 year old Rosedale Drive resident said that he decided to seek re-election having given "very serious thought about running for the region." "However, as a ward councillor, I'il be more ef- fective," Drumm said. Since his debut on council four years ago, Drumm said that he has been able to bring in some improved roads in the west ward in- cluding the upgrading or the rebuilding of Lupin Drive, Bowman Avenue, Manning Road, Kendalwood Road and Garrard Road. Many of these improved roads have had sidewalks built beside, as well, he said. As this election ap- proaches, Drumm said that he would like to see the stree lighting improved in many areas of the ward, especially in the older sections. "I'm disappointed that we didn't get sanitary sewers on Elizabeth Cres.," Drumm said adding that it was a promise made two years ago JOE DRUMM by regional council. Drumm said that shame that devel will have to take before sewers will stalled. The incumbent al that he is concerne the downtown core town saying that must take a bigger in it during the next t "People are taking an in- terest in the downtown Drumm said adding that the town's plans state that the dowtown shall be revitalized. "The officiai plan is very explicit that the downtown S shall be rejuventated," Drumm said. Other items that concern Drumm are- the problems with sewers in Port Whitby, the future f the Dr. J.O. s bRuddy Genera Hospital, buses and Brooklin. On the buses, Drumm said thatII take theattitute that since council has introduced them, ail councillors shouid make itwork." He also said that aithough he voted against the it is a Brooklin expansion opment proposai, he takes the same place attitude with that. be in- "l'i work for the best deal possible," he said. SO said Drumm said that he is h about concerned over the loss of of the major industry such as council Firestone Canada and that interest this must be a priority with erm. the new council. Second candidate to announce . Vet's day Veterans of both World Wars gathered at a ceremony in their honor last Saturday at the Heydenshore Pavilion in Whitby. David Thomas, padre Robert Mansfield and Bill Harrison (seated) enjoy a few memories of bygone days before the opening ceremony. "I love the army," said Harrison who fought in both wars. - "I was a Vimy (Ridge) in the first war. That's where I picked up this plug in my head." Harrison has lived to this day with a German bullet in the side of his head. -Free Press Staff Photo . . Kehn to seek election to one of two Whitby Board of Education seats A second candidate has come forward seeking elec- tion to the Durham Board of Education on November 10. Rudy Kelm, of Pringle Drive said, last week tha t he will be in contention for one of the two seats that Whitby holds on the board. Until Kelm's announ- cement only one candidate, Ian Brown of Lupin Drive, had thrown his hat in the ring. Both of Whitby's present trustees, David Sims and Jim Speers, announced recently that they will not in- BILL WALLACE and area chairperson and educational aids officer for the Whitby Block Parents. The issues in this election centre around qualit.y, cost- effective education, he said, adding that he is a supporter of program evaluation. "This ensures that children are being taught the basic skills effectively. Evaluation involves periodic reviews of both curriculum and region-wide test results." Kelm also said that he would like to see more community imput into decisions affecting the futures of particular schools. "«Declining and growing school enrolments, quality of school supplies and books, the busing controversy and the Family Life Curriculum, these are the areas deman- ding more community in- volvement," Kelm said. "It is essential that trustees be intune with the community on . program priorities and be able to distinguish needs from wan- ts on any proposal school ac- tivities," he added. Kelm said that he would like to see high school stud- ents spending time in in- dustry getting practical ex- perience in applying classroom instruction as well as seeing French in- troduced right down to the kindergarten level in all schools. He also indicated that the area of special education must be given more atten- tion. If elected, Kelms said that as a trustee he would be "ensuring that the board provides as well rounded educational program and that the monies are well spent to give taxpayers their moneys worth. "This pragmetic approach will enrich our children's minds and make them good citizens." Wallace part of staff shuffle Bill Wallace is no longer the clerk-administrator of the Town of Whitby. No, Wallace did not resign his position, it is all part of a re-shuffling of the senior civil service posts within the town. Wallace is now the ad- ministrator of the town and the deputy-clerk, Don MacKay, has been promoted to the clerk's position. During this re- organization of the ad- ministration, Verna Roberts was promoted from secretary to the mayor to executive assistant to mayor and council. According to Mayor Jim Gartshore, the change was needed because "the town is getting larger and more complex and we felt it was time that we had an ad- ministrator who did not have to be the clerk." Under the new set-up, Gartshore said that Wallace will address himself solely to the administration of the town and will "assist in the formation of policy." "He will pay more atten- tion to administration and intergovernmental affair s," he said adding that relations between the town and the region and the province are becoming more complex. Wallace has been clerk- administrator since 1976 and has been clerk of council since the amalogamation of the town and the old Town- ship of Whitby in 1968. RUDI KELM tend to seek re-election. Kelm, 38, has been a resident of Whitby for the last year and a half and is a planninrg co-ordiantor with the provincial governement. Kelm is a former education chairman and director of the Canadian In- stitute of Management, a minor hockey and baseball coach and chairman for the recently formed Whitby 9th Boy Scout Group. Kelm is married with two children who attend Floren- ce M. Heard Public School. His wife, Carol, is a secretary of the 9chool's home and school association Whitby co-op loose bid for townhouse development A co-operative housing group has apparently lost it's attempts to obtain an empty Gardens Wood townhous development on Garden Street in Whitby. The 40 units of the old con- dominium complex are being rented by the Mor- tgage Insurance Cor- poration of Canada (MICC?, said Shirley Grant, secretary of the Country Town Co-operative. The townhouses were taken over by the MICC in 1979 when the original owners defaulted on mor- tgages and moved out. Since then only one of the 40 units have been occupied. For more than a year the co-op group have been trying to get control of the complex with the aid of the East Central Ontario Development Foundation (ECODF) and advisory board set up by Canada Mor- tgage and Housing Cor- poration. Grant said that at present there is a real estate com- pany which has set up an of- fice in the complex and has already rented out some of the three-bedroom units. The County Town group is still attempting to set up it's third co-operative housing project in Whitby. Projects set up on Manning Road and Green Street are being operated successfully. The group must obtain ap- proval and funding from th' CMHC before they can et up the project. The CMHC told the g-oup that the Garden Woods develdpment is structurally unsound and that a survey showed no need for the type of housing the co-op are seeking in Whitby. The co-op members and the ECODF claim their in- dependant surveys have shown that defects in the complex could be fixed. Occupancy surveys done by both groups show that there is a lack of adequate housing in Whitby. No mail Canada Post and the Whitby Post Office·have an- nounced that there will be no letter carrier, wicket or rural route mobile service on Thanksgiving Day, Oc- fober 13. The post office box lobby will-be open and the street letter box collections will operate on a Sunday schedule.