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Council faces a transportation dilemma IN THE SWIM AT WINTER CARNIVAL It may not have been the 1980 Olympics, but the excitement was high at the Durham .Region Championship Swim Meet at the Whitby Winter Carnival Friday. Teams from Ajax, Whitby, Pickering, Oshawa and Uxbridge took part. Here a swimmer is giving his every effort to reach the finishune Approval Whitbyfailed last week to gain approval from the Cen- tral Lake Ontario Conserva- tion Authority for the under- taking of a master drain plan, for the Lynde Creek watershed. A number of members of' the authority considered that it was premature to inelude Brooklin in the proposed plan, and this contributed to its defeat. John Howden of Oshawa 2'break-bis on Sunday There were two break enter and thefts in Whitby on Sunday, police report. Both cases are still'under investi- gation at time of going to, press. The Whitby Arts Station, was broken into and a small amount of money and some whiskey was stolen, police said. Entry was made by breaking the door jamb of the east door of the Station. McCullough Jewellers, Dundas Street, East, was broken into sometime during the week-end, police said. Entry was made through the adjacent barber shop and through the wall between sto-es. Police are not certain as to the quantity and value of jewellery taken of drainti said Brooklin was a "contro- versial study" and stated it should be deleted from the plan. He further refused to vote in favour of studying storm water' runoff even south. of Taunton Road in Whitby, questioning the need at this time. Whitby councillor Joe Drumm agreed with Mr. Howden and said that com- mon sense dictates that CLOCA should examine the Lynde Creek watercourse just south of Taunton Road. Councillor Drumm pointed out that there are proposals to put another 8,000 people north of Rossland Road, and as far as Brooklin is con- cerned, it is another political thing and another study there now would be pre- mature. Councillor Drumm 'said Whitby had the money in its before his competitors. The Whitby Jaycees took* on the organization of the carnival, in co-operation with the Whitby Riecreation Department, and a good time was had by all. For more Winter Carnival photos. see Page 15. Free Press Photo by Mike Burüges P q age study is withheld budget for the whole study and would bill the developers rather than the taxpayers for it. The drain plan is needed by Whitby for the town's official plan, he said. "We need the study parti- cularly north of Rossland Road because of problems downstream north of Dundas Street," said Councillor Drumm, although he said he is more conceérned at the moment with the area south of . Taunton Road than Brooklin. Alan Pilkey of Oshawa said he saw no problem in studying south of Taunton Road, but considered there was some question about Whitby council's intentions in Brooklin. Norah Geraghty of Picke- ring said the study could prove valuable later on because of problems in Masked man robs Whitby gas station A masked man, armed at 1903 Dundas Street East with a double-barrelled shot- was alone when the man gun held up a lone clerk at a walked in at 1:15 arn. and Whitby gas station last ordered hlm toputail the Wednesday, escaping with a money in a white, sack be small amount of cash. was carrying. Police said Brian Flute, 20, T robbcr.wore "some an attendant at Hilltop kind of a hoq over bis face Texaco, a self-servestation pmonlice said. Brooklin with septic tanks due to a high water table. Whitby Coinc~illor Joé Bugelli commented that Brooklin's problems are not documented in the sense that the town could provide details'..He objected to some CLOCA members trying to tell Whitby ho yto conduct municipal business. CLOCA Chairman John Goodwin warned the CLOCA members that they are headed on a collision course by opposing projects sought by area municipalities while pursuing interests of their own. The Oshawa representa- tives led the way in tempo- raily defeating Whitby's bid to undertake the $50,000 master drainage plan study. The matter was tabled by a 5-3 vote. Councillor Drumm said the $50,000 for the study of the Lynde Creek watershed was already in the Town of Whitby budget, and would be repaid 55 per cent by the provincial government. CLOCA said it could not afford to undertake the âtudy itself. The purpose of the study is to assess the effects subdivi- sion development would have on the various streams south of Taunton. Road as well as in Brooklin. When it comes to transpor- tation and better bus service for the Town of Whitby the big questidn has developed: who operates what and where? The GO Transit Service which operates buses along Dundas street and Highway 2 to the GO Transit Station at Pickering is in the process of negotiating with the Char- terways Bus Service to have permission to pick up pas- sengers along Highway 2 (Dundas Street) in Whitby and Charterways end their bus trip services in Oshawa. When the Whitby Town Council leaned that GO Tran- sit is to take over at the end of April, Councillor Barry Evans said, "we are gaining a few extra buses but losing a valuable service for Whitby." Mayor Jim Gartshore heatedly stated, "it is not fair to turn thé tap'off on people like that. It is obvious wecan't do athing by May the first.":. He asked for an extension of time but R.C. Duchame, co-ordinating assistant for the Toronto Area . Transit Operating Authority said they could not extend the time as they did not have the authority to do so. Who has the authority? council members asked. "It is up to the Transit Board to give permission or to consider the possible ex- tension of time," Mr. Duchame replied. As the hour-long meeting came to a conclusion Coun- cillor Gerry Emm stated he would take the matter up to the Regional Council. Why take the matter to the Regional Council? The Region has a Regional Transit Co-ordinating Com-. mittee and bus service affects the Whole Region. The Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority consists of a chairman and the regio- nal chairmen from Durham, York, Peel, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth Regions and Metro Toronto. During the final minutes.of the regular meeting of the Regional Council of Durham last Wednesday Councillor Gerry Emm asked Chairman Walter Beath if he is a member of the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority. Mr. Beath replied that he is, and wanted to know the reason for the question. Councillor Emm replied, "it is our feelirig. we (Whitby) would like to meet with Chairman Beath before he goes to TATOA, as Whitby representatives had some details and items to discuss." The Whitby representa- tives on the Regional Council learned that the next meeting of the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority is scheduled for March 2. Chairman Beath had Mayor Gartshore and Coun- cillor Emm speak with him at the Chairman's desk. During the lenghty conver- sation Mr. Beath was heard to say, "give me the details in writing and I have made some noteson the problern." He promised to see what could be done at the March meeting. The Whitby Re- gional Councillors and Mayor Gartshore promised to have "the problem" dealt with further at the Whitby Council meeting on February 26 and the infor- mation would be forwarded to Mr. Beath in time for the TATOA meeting on the fol- lowing Friday. The Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority meet- ings are.held in Toronto. The Charterways Bus Service Operates on a franchise, or license, issued to them by the Province of Ontario as por- tions of the bus routes are on the Provincial Highways. The GO Transit service which operates buses from Oshawa through Whitby to connect with the GO Train in Pickering is Government Operated thus the name GO Transit. Bus service to hospital may end The Whitby Council met last week as a Committee-as- a-whole with representatives from the Ministry of Trans- portation and Communica- tions, the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority and George Ashe MPP for Durham West Riding to dis- cuss transportation for Whitby. During the hour-long dis- cussion an information brief placed before the members was frequently referred to. At one point Mayor Jim Gartshore said, "if it had not been for our Director of Public Works Dick Kuwa- hara we would have missed a very important implication that affects this munici- pality." He pointed out that the "main concern is the run to the Whitby ' Psychiatric Hospital. We think it is more than just a local municipal concern as the Hospital is a Provincial institution." The argument presented to the town officiais was that only a small percentage of passengers go to the Hospi- tal, this being visitors and staff mnembers. The Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority's Co- Cont'd on P. 2 P REss 49