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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5,1977, WIIITBY FREE PRESS .whitby Voice of, the Countv Town -mi SERVUNG OVER 28,000 READERSr ike Burgess, Publisher-Managiflg Editor -The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operateci b' YfhiDby resIietsLo nLu 'IIU ]lef] ections o l By BRIAN WINTER Comimunity Editor Today is my 3th birthday, and for me anyway, it is a time for reflection. When 1 looked at myself in the mirror this morning, 1 didn't look any eider or any dtfferent, but somehow, 1 feel I have reached one of life's milestofles. At 25 1 reflected upon the thought that 1 was a quarter of a century old (this is the way histerians think). Now that I'm'30, 1 know that I'm getting eider, but you can't neatly divide 30 into 100. As a newspaper editor, today I find myseif wonidering if 1 will be trusted anymore. A few years ago, everyone was saying: "Don't trust anyone over 30". 1 arn told that the man who coined that phrase has already passed his 3th birthday and probably' doesn't even trust himnself. Age is a peculiar state cf mind. 1 know a lady who just passed her 89th birthday who was asked if she was going te join a senior citizenls' club. "But I'm net old", she protested. Yes, it's ail a state of mind. So why amn I sitting here in a state of wonder- ment at the age of 30? "Life begins at 40", soi-e say, and according te that philesophy, 1 have another 10 years te go before 1 can stant living. What dees it feel like te, be 30? First of ahl, I wonder what happened te ahl th6"se 30 years. t sounds like a long time. t really seunds long when 1 say that 1 can recaîl horsedrawn milk wagons, steamre rllers belching smoke, and ice trucks on the streets of Torento. I-ey, wait a minute! Can 1 really be that old? Secondly, 1 find myself approaching what is knewn as "middle age". Some people would dis- agree with that statement. They would say that "middle age" is when yeu get te be 40 and that life you thought you had been living alI those years is really beginning. It's ail a state of mmid. Some individuals think 1 have developed a 'rniddle age spread" long before rny time. But what time is that ? Like many of my generation, 1 arn a produet of the Post War Baby Boom-. I was bern in 1947, raised on Docter Spock, was tee young te appreciate "the Golden Age cf Rock and Roll" when it was happening, but was jtist the righit age te scream at the Beatles (if 1 were a girl, that is). Unike soi-e of rny centemiperaries, 1 did net "drop acid" or "Isrnoke it tip", or take part in the sit-ins that were the "iii" thing cf the I1960s. I chose te beceme au histenian, andl there I began te appreciate the truc relevance cf age. Age is relative, whether you are 20, 30, or 90. Commufllty Editor -Brian VVI~"" -Jîm Quait Published every Wednesday Çon~rîbutIng Editor -Marie BurOeSS Production Manager Print & Promotlioia' by M.B.M. PubIishmngl Manager and PhotographyI u latsion dAdManager Phone 66861 l circulto aae Mailinlg Permii The Free' Press Building, Member 121 Brock Street North, Better Business Bu P.O. Box'206, Whitby, Ont. Whitby Chamber a -Robin LYon -Sharon Lyofl t No. 460 r of the: reau of Toronto of Commerce e I rnrng 30 Lt is not how old you are, but wthat you do with the time that you have that's important. Labelling people by their age tends- to obscure their true potential. Anybody over 65 (in some cases, 55) is called a Senior Citizen, and put in a neat littie category. It is the same for those over 30 whom nobody is supposed to trust, or for the "teen-agers", who in my youth was considere-d-to be a leather-jacked punk who caused a lot of trouble and was hated by everybody. It may seem peculiar to some that on my i 3th birthday 1 was determined to -go to sleep and not wake up until I reached my 2th. Therefore I weuld not become one of those awful tainted "teen-agers"ý. It's jnteresting what age-labelling ddes to us. Se here I arn at 30, still living, stili working, and still making myseif useful. Those who are older than I will be laughing at my naivete, and those younger will say: "I hope this neyer happens te, me Look eut kids:. it will happen te, you. But don't worry; I'm ne different from what I was yesterday. It is enly society's impressions that make me think etherwise. Keep ou reading, The Free Press, and- I will let yeu knew what 1 think when I reach 40. DAVIS - McCULLOUGH iayne Frances McCulîougb, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank and isabelle McCuîîough, of Whitby, was marrieci Saturday to Barry Vernon Davis, of Whitby, son of the late Mr. Vernon Davis and the late Mrs. Martha Macoritto of Kirkland Lake. The marriage tonk place at St. Mark's United Churcit and was officiated bv Rev. -John Smith. The nmaid of honour was the bride's sister Diane Cartwright of Kingston. The bridesmnaids were: Wendy Rayman; Veronica Davis, sister of the groom of Toronto; Sharon Hayton of Sarnia; flowergirl Kelly Caldwell, niece of the groom. The bestman was Dale Caldwell brother-in-law of the groom. The ushers were Wayne Freeburn, Greg Cartwright, and Brian Connor. Christopher Caldwell nephew of the groom was the ringbearer. The couple is presentîy honeymooniflg in the New~ EnOand stateg. Up on their return they wil reside in Whitby. Wedding Photo by Mike B3urgess M.1.M. Publlshlng and Photograplh ing nmucli liss tnoney, in thle future, anid regiotis viii have te îcly imore onnoncy firotu thie private sector lfur cConon11IC deve lepitien t .Ontarite i lotisiiîg Mittister Johni Rhodes. told about 1 85 inivestois, devclo)P- crs and industrial realtois at a. Iurhianm Region Indtistrial Affairs Day last WVediiesday. "The provincial goverin- rment is de teriinied to lhold lu chicck the growth of goveriniefltand te shaiply reduce the percentage of yearly increases lu tuie provini- cial budget", said Mi. Rhodes, in a speech at thie Coisuiis' Gas Building wherc a dinner was heMd for the gucsts cf the region. "While this-apprichlimay net be welconie in senlie quaiters, 1 believe that a large niajeiity cf Ontario taxpayerS approve cf this decisien, and will support oui efforts te incrcasingly shift future ecoTlic grnwth te the private sector frein the public 4administration", said Mi. Rhodes. As an exarople cf what is comig, Mi. Rhodes said that in the 1974-75 fiscal year, provincial spendiiig growth , was 24.7 per cent over the . previeus yeaî, wheieas the projection for the fiscal yeaî c f 1978-79 is 6.9 per cent. ile warned that the reduc- tien cf gevernî-nctt spending will provide a real ep3portunity te "rethink oui priorities, and te put int perspective thi limits cf the role cf gover ment--at evcry level". "lu this respect, both th( province and cspecially Ioca governimeit, arc goirig te hav V toecxamtinec more closely an( criticaîly than ever before the recluest fer finau asiistance", lhe said. lY 1 "The' criteria will net b imal;gina iive ide a thlt de serve s sttpp(it4Libt sjnlply. can i1WC a ffo rd i t gi vei t htle cu rren t necd tovestiaiti expetRlittrCS and to bring ove: ail gover- men t spen dini t o wltiiin t(lie ability of taxlpayers te paY'?" Mi. Rhtodes told lic învestor s thla t thle provini al goveriitent will lbec tit ing back its owîî pro",ran a nd povidc me lOt iotey Itele nimnnicipa lities, bu t still t hé aniotunt granted to municipal- ities is smlaller t lani the iiuniiî ,ialities would likc , about 30 cents out of every provincial dollar. Mr. Rhodes said this xviii not aut<)liati cally meian tha t nmnnicipal popety taxes will need te risc substantially lu face of the nlew spcnding cotols. The ot her options, is that local govcrinmients will have te cul csts or reariange their own expenditure prior- iies, hie said. "lu the final analysis, WvC cannot perfcrn the miriacle cf holding gcveînmiient expen- ditures lu check, and at, the saile tine, give into the idea cf expanding services crinitic- ducing new costly prcgramls", he said. "In fact, what we are faced with, is the real propo- sition cf nmaintainiflg curient r services in liglît cf fewer piopoitiotial dollars, and perlîaps even less adittisti- 9 tien staff". y' Mi. Rhodes xvartied that à althoughi the provinicial ýe goverurnient is contniiitted te t- pronicting deveiopnlcft cast cf Torcntc, the liiniited ce rescurces cf the provincial ai butdget mias that. il cantif ve and will nct be able tc batik d rcll thie entire devclopn e, strategy. ýa "lu future, more anîd ir iespensibility will hiave toen(m be up ini the hiands cfthie loca an essential1 factorini thc 1Intlure ýstab,)jity and pregrcss of' this region nuist be based on a spiri t f co-operatioti and conisiderat ion (beItveenl regionial and local goverinnient and piat enterprise) te nccit the longterin objective'. The first main objective, said Mi. Rhodes is to build confidence and reliability within the business commun- ity who have rnuch of the funds that are nieeded te develop the Durlaia Regien. Ile pointed eut that the Hp H throughi the OHAP program for servicinig industrial property, atid $1 .7 mnillion foi servicing industrial land. Also the iitîiistry cf revenue %,, brinig 700 jobs te the region, and the Liquer Centrol Board Waiehouse 200 jobs. Mr. Rhodes announced that the provincial goverin ent wouîd fund' 75 p3r cent et a regional developiruent promio- tion prograili, with Durham region contributing 25 per cent. Fraud case heard. emlpîye cof the conpany, si will be sentenced October 1 7 fer wha t Duihani District Judge J. P. Keliy described as an "ingenieus" fraud schierne against Daytcn Tire Ltd. in Whitby. Edwaid Steplhen Golding, 48, cf il158 Cleverdale St., Oshawa, aud Jchun Arthu.r Daîgle, 46, cf RR 6 Bexvmafl- ville, each pleaded guilty to charges cf fraud over $200 on J une, 17. Acccîding te Cîcwn Counsel Neil McCrank, the schieme iuvclved false in- voices and non-shipmient cf gcods frcmi an Oshawa supplier, involviflg more than $70,000 ever a peîiod frcm ianuaiy I1973 te Deceniber 1976. The court was infcrrned that Golding was a paît-cwfler cf Oshawa Beaîing Ltd., a Day ton supplier, whule Daigle was employed in Daytcn's stores departrnent . -li o .Mi. McCrank is cainfo "substantia1" jail terns foihhe acciised. Daigle and Golding TIown sewer 7ippeal nixed Whitby residents who have hiad their sewer bill appeals denied by the region wll find that the Town cf Whitby is in the sarne position. The town appealed its sewer bill for the main fiue hall at Brock and Coîborne Streets, because in 1976, 28,200 gallons cf water were used te refuIllfic trucks after building Oires and did net enter the sewer systern. The region rejected the appeal, stating that the hall was billed for 713,000 gallons cf water during the year, and te qualify for a sewer appeal based on flow differential, the appeal weuld have te be for at least 20 per cent cf the total, or 143 ,000 gallons. The figure cf 28,200 gallons is insufficient for a sewer appeal, said the îegion's, finance commissionl' M m m a 1 a Governments wi*ll spend less infuture says Rhodes GovcrttnntSwîil b spend se înch tlis is a1vorth and.nd goedtet n teprvl far Whl'thv rpçidents.