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Vol.e 8, No. 27 Wednesday, July 59 19 78 20 Pages Brooklin Kinsmenpoieonpar Mayor Jim Gartshore eut a red ribbon between the slgn Batten, Parks Chairmnan Bob Smith, Peter Scloén7 Pul posts at the Brooklin and Ditritt Cornmunity']Park June McCabe, and Past President Don Vipond. The club has 29, surrounded by members of the park's developers, the been developing the four-acre park behind the Brooklin Brooklin and D! trict Kinsmen Club. From left to right library since the spring of 1976. are: Bob Carson, John Darling, President John Thiebaud, Free Press Photo by Brian Winter Mayor Gartshore. Debbie Batten. President-elect- Ross Potholes are filled- - - - -wiOthfwer Residents of one portion of the Corridor area have been bothered by potholes in their roads for so long that last week they decided to do somnething about them. Mary McEachern, Del Holliday and Lynn Majoros approached Town Clerk- administrator Bill Wallace, Mayor Jim Gartshore and some of the members of council and asked if they could fili the potholes, since the town did flot appear to be doing anything about them. They received permission, and went out armed with shovels dirt and flowers to fMI the boles. "We'l go nuts about this if we don't do somnething funny about it,"' said Mrs. McEachern, so the residents planted flowers in some potholes on Powell Road and erected a sign which read: "Drive Slow!! Enjoy the prettiest potholes in town." The pothole planting project had been planned for Kendalwood Road, but the town works department, havmng possibly heard of the residents offer t f il the holes, went out and filled the holes on Kendalwood oaly a few hm=r before the f k"sýr plmnte«s made their appeur- pîanting the flowers on Powell Road, one driver stopped and said "Do you think it will help?" anddrove away laughing. The cause of the residents' frustration is large trucks which have been travelling over Powell and Kendalwood Roads for the past three months to the construction site of the Farewell Estates subdivision. The residents have corn- plained about the potholes to the town for three months, but notbing has been dune about them, said Mrs. McEachern. The town has not posted haif load signa on the ronds, and when asked to make repairs, said there was no tar available, she said. The residents bave notbing against the subdivision, but are annoyed about the damnage the trucks are doing to their roads. They are particularly con- eerned that at an Ontario municipal Board hearing three years ago they were promised that trucks Would flot use existing roads Wo enter the new subdivisions, but would use an entrance frein Burns Street, says Mns. McEachern. With all these thlngs to contend wlth, the >residents have decided the only way to beat the uothole problem i J-,.'. to make a joke out of it and have a good laugh. Two years of bard work paid off June 29 when the Brooklin and District Kinsmen Club offiîcially turned its park behind the library over to the Town of Whitby. Mayor Jim Gartshore cut a' red ribbon stretched between the two posts hold- ing up the park sign, and a large number 0of Kinsmen Club members turned out for the ceremony. In the spring of 1976, the Brooklin and District Kinsmen Club began to develop four acres of town- O ' b 15-d behind the library into apa use of Br-ookliri ri .sof aIl ages. The land originally was covered with trees and brush and neb of the wor k involved clearing aw ay the scrub so that the Park presented ýa neat appearance.. -According to Parks Chair- man Bob Smith, the first, phase of the development ~wu a children's play ground, which cost the club $4,000. The playground witb various apparatus is set in sand in the middle of a sodded area adjacent to the entrance road to the.park. Phase two was a picnic shelter, constructed at a cost of $3,000, overlooking Lynde Creek. Phase three which began this spring involves the lay- ing of 4,000 yards of sod around the edges of the park,- lining the nature trails with wood chips, installation of lights at the playground and picnic shelter, building picnic areas with barbeques, and construction nf - rk ing area. The major project in add- iton to these works is the laying out of a "Partic- ipark," an exercise trail with il stations. The Participark is a national projeet of Kinsmen Clubs across Canada to encourage an interest in physical fitness. Mr. Smith estimates that the cost of this year's work will amount to $10,000, and by the time this year is completed the club will have sperit $30,000 in time, equip- ment and labor on the park. Recreation Director Wayne DeVeau describes the Brooklin and District Kinsmen Club as "la very strong club," which has used community projects to raise the money required to develop the park. The Brooklin and District Community Park bas a large sign at its entrance in purple arnd gold, the Kinsmen colors and iý auseful andI attractive usefor a piece of land whîch had remained vacant and unused for many years. 'Brookliîn meeting July 17 A public meeting on the financial ramifications of planned growth for Brooklin will be held at the municipal building July 17. Brooklin .Planning Consultant Donovan Pinker will be in attendance at this meeting, and it is hoped that the Region of Durham will have figures available on sewer and water costs for develôpMent of Brooklin. 5r J~' \AIII f f -~ *1 ~ATTI E ST RiT H Q ~E S" POTHOLES IN- FRýEEý P R E