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At Lakefield College in Peterborou&gh Whi*tby student to be Prince Andrew'sý r oommate When Prince Andrew cornes to Canada on Jan. 6 to attend Lakefield College Sehool near Peterborough, his roômmate will be Donald Grant, 18, of Brooklin. Donald, son of Dr. Guthrie Grant, is a close friend of Prince Andrew, and the only student at Lakefield College thie prince knows personally. In 1975 he was the first student in seven*years to be picked by Lake field. College to participa te in an exchange program with Gordonstoun, a private school near Elgin Scotland, the school whiçh was attended by the Duke ,ot Edinburgh and Prince Charles. While spending four mon ths at Gordonstoun, Donald met Prince Andrew and they be '- came close friends. The prince was the first student that Donald met when he arrived at Gordonstoun, and they had been talking for some tirne before Donald dis- covered who it was that he was speaking to. Since grade nine, Donald had l.een participating in the Duke of Edinburgn Awaids program, and was presented with his gold award, the high- est in the series, by the L)uke hirnself at Kingston in July. Prince Andrew was also present at'the ceremony, tak- ing part in the Royal Visit to the Olympics. Ouring the Prince's terni at Lakefield, from January to June, hie and Donald will be sharing a two-bunk roomn on the first floor of Ashelworth House a large country house which is home for 22 students, and teacher Bob Armstrong, and his wife. Donald says he will prob- ably flip a coin with the prince to see who gets the upper bunk. While working for his Duke' of Edinburgh Awards,Donald won the St. George's Challenge Prize for climbing ahl the mountains in Britain which are over 4,000 feet high. In one weekend in the spring of 1975 he climbed 12 mountains. He also won the Award of Excellence in the Canada Fit- ness Award program thrce timies, and plays hocKey, foot- bail and rugger for his school. One thing Donald wants to do is to teach the prince how to play Canadian style hockey. He learned how to play European field hockey at Gordonstoun. .Donald has had a numb;,r of opportunities to meet mem- bers of the Royal family through his association with Gordonstoun. He and Prince Andrew played squash together, and while Donald was in charge of makeup for a school play at Gordonstoun mie Vueru and Prince Philip paiQ a vyisit backstage and talked to. hlm. He met the Royal family again in Kingston this year when he received his Duke of Edinburgh gold award. On one occasion, Donald had his picture taken with the Queen, and the picture was published in an Aberdeen newspaper. .Donald, has lived all his ife in Brooklin and attended Meadowcrest and the Garden Street Public Schools before going to Lakefield College. See Page 2 E)E Pl Vol. 6, No. 50 Wednesday, December 15, 1976 24 Pages I *INSIDE, EDITORIAL.......... PAGE 4 COLUMNS ................. PAGES5 TOI NEW TOWN HALL ........ PAGE 14 SPORTS .................... PAGE 15 T0 17 BUSNES.........PAGE 18 CLASSIFIED.............PAGE 20. TO 21 23 per cent of ya' oa Over $5mlln in building permits issued in month There wvas plenty of development activity in the month of October, according to statistics recently released by Whitby's Public Works Department. A total of 99 building permits with a value of $5,318,284 were issued during the mont h. October's total represents approximately 23 per cent of the $23,122,619 in building permits issued in the first 10 months of this year. A dramatic upturn in building, permits issued for commercial purposes accounts for mach of the increased activity in October. Commer- cial permits wvorth $1 ,839,000 represented 34.58 per cent of the total value of permits issued for the month. Over the first 10 months, $2,049-425 in permits have been issued, Regnional chairînan Newvman? At press time, the Free Press was unable to deter- mine whether or not former Whitby Mayor Des Newman was indeed a serious contender for the chairmanship of the Region of Durham. Recent rumours identify Mr. Newman as one of four candidate ssee king the position, Candidates who have an.nounced interest in the position are incumbent Walter Beath, former Brock Mayor Allan MePhail and Oshawa alderman Alan D)ewar. representing 8.86 per cent. But, as usual building permits issued for residential purposes wvere at the top of the list for October. Residential permits worth S3,228,634 represented 60.71 per cent of the mion th's total as compared with S 15,3 62,275, representing 66.44 per cent of the ycar's total. However, residential agri- cultural permnits w'ere down from S772,471, representing 3.34 per cent for the first I1O months. to S9,000, represent- îng .1 7 per cent for October. Another drastic decline occurred in the area of of industrial developmnent. In October, only $91,000 worth of industrial perrnits were issued, representing a meagre 1.73 per cent of the mnonth's total, as compared with $3,25 1,583 or 14.06 per cent for the first I10 months. There was also a sharp drpp in the value of permits issued for institutional pur- poses during October. Insti- tutional permits valued at $72,000 represente d 1.73 per cent of the month's total in comparison to $1 ,445,465 or 6.25 per cent for the first I1O months. The year's first permit for recreational purposes was issued in October. It had a value of $24,000, representing .45 per cent of the month's total and . 10 per cent of the total for the first I1O months. There was a sîgît increase in perniits issue d for agricul tural purposes in October. Agricul- tural permits issued valued $53,900 for 1.01 per cent of the mon th's t<tal, as corn pa rcd with $217,400 o(r .95 per ccnt l'or fthcfi rst 10O mon dis. BILL MANNING HONOURED Veronica and Bill Manning protudly show off a certificate Ontario County Cierk-Treasurer and Administrator, and of appreciati(>n signed by Ontario Premier Bill Davis, wiîcli Chief Administrator Officer of the region. Mr. Manning, a was presented t(> Mr. Manning at à' testimonial (innfer by resident of Brooklin, is retiring on April 1, 1977. For the Region _of Duirham Tb'ursday. Mr. Manninig .was story and more pictitres sec pages 12 and 13, honored ,hy the region for nearly 30 yeurs of service as Fre Press Photo by Brian Winter M m 1