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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1977. PAGE 13 Residenm"Ljts oppose a zoniing change for High Street condominmium project The Town of Whitby will seek further legal advice before ruling on whether to grant a condominlium. applica- tion by Steve Agh for his "Heritage Estates" at 300 High Street. Last week about 20 area residents spent nearly two hours discussing the project with council and staff, and camne up with a number of reservations about letting the building become condomin- iumfs. Heritage Estates is a 74- year-old county old-people's home, which was closed as private apartmnents after a fire in 1972, and since then has been completely renovated inside and out by Mr. Agh, a Toronto devaioper who owns the building and other pieces of property in Whitby. Mr. Agh has made an application to have the building's 24 apartments sold as condominiums, and the noighbours have favomed condominiums because they would attract people who would take care of them. However, they- opposed a zoning change for the property, which Planning Director Kevin Tunney says is necessary for the condo- miniums to be feasible. The building is presently a non-contormiflg use, for, the land is zoned for single family homes, says Mr. Tunney. If the building should be des- troyed by fire, it could not be replaced under the present zoning, he said. The residents around 300 Highi Street contended that they did not want the zoning changed, so they would be assured that a modern apart- ment building would not replace the existing 74-year- old structure. The residents also express- ed conccmn about parking and traffie problems, although Mr. Agh said he is providing park- ing for 40 cars on the site. Teachers HOW MUCH AM 1 Auctioneer John Johnston holds up or items auctioned off at the WhitbY Arts 0 Auction Saturday. A large cirowd tumned weather, to bid on everythmng, mncluding a Fr« e@. stud«y too A busy program of activi- tics is planned for teachers at R. A. Hutchison Public School for Professional Activity Day, today. ln the mnornîng there will be a discussion of library prograrns in the school, lncluding ail uses flla(e of the ibrary and the libramy parent volunteer pvogram. In the afterrnoon there will be a discussion of the renmedial prograni and futhier irnplemnentatiofl of the Parent Volunteer Prograin ut the school. Thiose taking part in thiis discussion are Mms. Nancy Patriarche, a special education consultant; Jack Gardner; parcnts Pat I apgood and Hielen Hiall; rernedial teachier Gai] Stewart and the staff of the school. AIl teachers i \Vhitby will be attending an address by Mr. Gardner, principal of the Treatrnent Centre School and Formier Special Education Consultant with the Durham Board of Education, at the West Lynde Public School in the morning. Ilis topic is "The Problerns with Reading Comprehension". Objectives of the progmam at R.A. Hutchison School are: the improvement of instruction BIfland learning for ail pupîls, 1 Blbespecially those with difficul- ne of the bargain ties in readings and mathe- >ld Time Country maties; and further imaplemen- 1[out despite rainy tation of the parent volunteer kitchen ~ ~ program in the classroom and M Photo tii.library DO(ISMADE FOR WALINMG Sister Mildred Moyle, Principil of Denis O'Connor High School gets a helping hand in gettiglier walking boots off, after completing the school's 20-mile "DOC-a-thon" Thursday. The DOC-a-thon was a fundraising projeet by the school to raise. money for operatlng expensest! as no government funding is provied for grades il to 13. Orpizers say thse walk was a complete sucoess and a suitable amount of money raised for the ichool. The students taking off Sister Moyle's boots are Janet Tobin and Verson liMes. Free Press Photo