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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY AUG UST 10, 1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby Voice of the County Town The only. Whitby newspaper Independently owi Pufl Michael Ian Burgess, Pubilsher. ,Managing Editor- led ~ ~ ~~. and mDe ated v Whf kvrbn ir ni , t oy.. s - nt - ~lLl~liVliU ~ iblished every Wednesday by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography Inc. Phone 668-611Il The Free Press Building, 131 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. Regisîration No 5351 TIMOTHY DAINES Communlty Editor ANDY THOMSON Advertlsing Manager Second lass Mail Toron to will get new Godfrey Do me So Durham Region thinks it has a shot at a dome stadium. This possibiiity grows more remote each day as the Canadian National Exhibition grounds ln Toronto stlili appear to be the odds-on-favourite to house the new Godfrey Dome. it is Paul Godfrey, Metro Toronto Chairman, who has been singing accolades of Toronto being such a major sports city for years. It ls Godfrey, who on a mission of mercy to either the beer company or the consumer or both, heiped brIng beer to the ballpark and now he's on a mission of' anàther klnd. He's, about to lead Toronto's sports fanatics to the promised land - a stadium where "no rotten weather elements, can disrupt the Great American pastime of basebaîl (and beer guzzling). Durham Region la not about to sit back. and watch as Toronto gets Ontario's f ist covered stadium. They have entered the bidding with a proposai whIch suggests any of four local sites. Regional Chairman believes that Durham has a strong edge over Toronto in available space. He To som 1e extenit, 1 supposé, .much of our fate,. is deter- mined from birth. We are stuck with the looks we -are given, although some of us go as far as to have noses or bosom's rebuiît. At least until we become aduit, and have freedomn of movement and somne. self-ý determination, we are- stuck with the environment our-. parents give us.,We tend t 'o be stuck with a lot- of their prejudices and interestà as well. We are also stuck wlith their race,, or races, of course, but that is flot a iiab ility, unless we're a part of a visible minority in a societ that' discriminates. What brought this to mind is the, horr'or story whi 'Ch has been seeping out of South Africa recently. A South African police scientist has ruled that an infant who was found aband oned two weeks -ago in Pretoria was of mixed blood. To use the South African phrase, she is coloured. The police scientist 'bas- ed his finding on the microscopic examination of a single 'hair from the infant's innocent head. Any ass looking at the child would have concluded that she was of mixed origin, but in South Africa, where race is held to be important, it has to be established legaily and scientifically. Under the law, the child had to be given a racli category, because one's racial classification af- fects one's entre life in South Africa. And so, on the basis of a microscopic examination of a single hair from a tiny head, the foundîng, who has been named Lise Ventner, has had her life mapped out for her. As a col- oured person, legally, she will be entitied to a certain quality of education, she will be circumscribed where she can live, -whom she can marry, and she will be toid which public toilets she can use. It is at this point that the apartheid systemn - the law which demnands* segregation of the races - cornes to pieces in my view. When an accident of birth determines so much, the system is indefensible. I think it is true the other way around as well. lnherited wealth, rank, and privilege are just as appallung, because they too are unearned, undeserved. No society is entirely free from the in- justice of either ingrained establishments or racial discrimination. But at Ieast in Canada, they are flot built into the legal system; they are flot inevitable; they can be overcome. And for that much at least, we can be grateful. argues'thatmuch more parking could be made availabie here and new roads wouid be construc- ted, allowing better access to and from' the- stadlum. This certalnly-is one fiaw ln Toronto's proposai. The current traffic' jams before and after bail games are extremeiy upsetting. They must corne up with more parking, alternative routes and rapld transit to the park. 1Other municipaliti es such as Markham and Haiton Region have also'entered the stadium bat- tle. Ail proposais wili be revlewed by a provincial stadium study committee, who will reach a decision ln the fail. 1The idea for a domestadium ln Toronto has been on the drawing. board for years, but it la only recentiy that politicians- sped up their efforts, spurred on by the successful opening of the new- B.C. domed Place, ln Vancouver. There are also reports that a retractable roof, at an additionaî cost of $15 million, could be put on the stadlum. 'This would allow the roof to be retracted.>on those blisterlng hot sumnmer days. Ah, peanuts, hot doge, cold beer ... and they can ail stîli be enjoyed under the sun. The bottom Une ls there ls a need for a dome. The Toronto teams are begInnIng to play Ilke champions and thus deserve to be, treated as suüch. Basebaîl was juat not meant to be played ln snowy weather ln. April1. If the Blue Jays make the World Series thîs y'ear, they will be lookIng at the cool, rainy inclement weather, usually associated wlth late October. Durham may not get the dome (Herrema liats the chances at 25 per cent), but at ieast our reg ion ls once again attracting attention to the area.. and Durham taxpayers. dollars will be spent on it regardiess of where It's bulît. As Herrema says, "We're in the bîn lnsanIIaQ now." Murkar's book iis recommended Dear sir, It is true that not al people are ýconcerned or in'terested in the history or historical, events of a community. That in it- self ifs a shame, because one, can learn 50 much and have a better un derstanding of their surroundings just by taking a littie time 'to "look into thq past.) In June of t1his year a publication 'was made ava 'ilable to* our. comn- mnunity entitled "A Haîf Century of Service" by Neil C. Murkar. This 229 Whitby Rotary Club - a Most .interesting chronological story. My interest in history and in particular the history of Whitby and its clubs led me to pur- chase this book. What a treasurechest of infor- mation!1 Not only does it deal with the history of Whitby's Rotary Club but, it is filled with a storehouse of historical, happenings in the town of. Whitby an!d surroun- page book details the 50- year history of the ding areas-tidbits of in- formation that would be hard to -corne by or would require a great deal of research. As a member of the Whitby -Historical Society ,and .Whitby LACAC this"book has prompted me to delve deeper into the Whitby background - something that I have planned to do for the eleven years that I have been, a citizen of Wrhitby . and have procrastinated about. As incoming president of the Whitby Toa ,st-' mistress Club, my theme for the 83-84 term is "Reflecting on ,Change." Murkar's <-book will provide some interesting date for Our meetings throughout the year. The Rotary are to be commended for the beneficial service that they provide to, our community. and ,Neil Murkar is to be' congratulated for his fine effort, which- took three years to complete., I honestly believe that more mention should be made about this detailed history. The cost of $10 was well spent. Anyone wishing to purchase tisbook can do s0 by telephonmng 668-3671. Shirley C. MacDonald Whitby Toastmilstress Club ýft9 @%Oqatiuqgo - now.11 W&4 uJw4roo ew