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F I I I VoL'129, No. 34 Wednesday, 'August',2ý5, 1982 24 Pages ww w Contrac t breache-d The Ontarlo Humane Society "clearly, breached".its contracts with the towns of Whitby, Ajax and Pickering according to joint animal-control committeechairmaný Steve Parish. However, te jax -councillor said, that the committee appears'to be letting bygones be. bygones in an attempt to get life at the Thick- son Road North animal shelter- back to nior- mal, North Ward Councillor,,Ross Batten said that the committee is going to try to get away from theperson4ality conflicts that have domi- nated dealings between the society and the committee in reécent ýweek. Both. mnen say -that the' contract with the society is workable'and provides for the best possible animaàl"control service at, the best possible price. For more on ti story, see page 3. Editorial It took Anna Argante, 12, of Calais Street, three-and-a-half hours to create her "Tutti Fruiti" salad. But ail that work paid off as she walked away with first prize in thie salad cate- gory 'of the Whitby Public Library's "Kids' Cooking Contest" that was held Iast Thursday afternoon. *Anna said that her salad was made ini a watermelon with apples, pears, watermelon balis fashioned with an ice cream, scoop, peaches, bananas and strawberries. (It should be noted that our photographer sampled her fare and-found it delightful.) "I had it ail pictured ini my mind, so I just did it, " Anna said explaining how she got the idea for her culinarycreation. Aside from her first place ribbon, Anna received a copy of Mary Iàsko's (The Happy Cooker) new book. Taking second place in the salad category was Michelle Ratchford while Kelly MacLean's "Fiv-Cp Salad" took third prize. The contest had four categories: salads; desserts; drinks; ,and, snacks., Jessica Kleiner and her Chocolate Hedgehog took first prize in the dessert category . Sam Shewan and his pecan pie took- second place while third-place honors went to John Morris-. Kelly Faller's Swamp Water was topa in the drinks section with Debbie Konkle's fruit punch earned second place. Lisa Jackson came away.with the third prize ribbon. In the snack category, a pumpkin cake baked by Jennifer Mackie was number one with Lana Tarrant and Scott Harries taking second and third place respectively. After the judging, anxious spectators were given the oppor- tunity to sample the fare laid out before them and-this news- paper is compelled to report that hardly a morsel was left. Graham Kerr, move over. 1 - Free Press Staff Photo Mayor BobAttersley tookto the airwaves of an Oshawa radio stationlathudy morn- ing to" attack.the Whitby Free Press' editorial of last Wednesday'on nuclear disarmament. In that editorial, this publication stated that there i& notblng -Wronig ýwith'the town holding- its own reëferen dumn on the disarmament question during this year's'municipal elec- tion. However, Attersley maintains that this is in no way a local election issue and h e was "ap- palled" that the suggestion was even made. 1He added that the people of Whitby do elect someone to represent them in Ottawa. If they_ are ser iously interested in pursuing this issue, then theyshould take the matter up with him. For details, see story on page 5. Openmg, nearmg Opening night at the Marigold Dinner Play- house is rapidly approaching and Larry Sol- way and Nuala FitzGerald say no matter what t they'll be ready. >Their first production wiII be -Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy"l which will star the, town of them. and Whitby- resident Marleen Foran. Foran is a recent graduate of the University of Windsor and FitzGerald said she was more than impressed with her talents. Tickets for opening night are also beginning to become harder to find. For more, see page 19. RIlecipes wanted If you have a recipe you'd- like to share, submit it to the Whitby Free Press, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ontario LiN 5S1 or bring it to our offices at 131 Brock Street North before Friday at.12 noon. Do you havean' old famlly -recipe that alI your friends love and have been asking you to share with them. Well if you do, the Whitby Free Press wants to help you share it. In 'Our September 1, edition, we plan to pub- lish a collection of recipes that f111 aromas in the kitchens of local homes. We are looking for alI kinds of dishes, be they main courses, soupa, desserts, breads, pastries or vegetable dishes. Graham Kerr, move over! A