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Whitby Hockey Team Fares Well The *major Atom team of tbe BWMH A faired weil at tbe "Festival of Ligbts" hockey tournament held in Niagara Falls, N.Y. There was. plenty of excitement as the Witby represent.atives, battled tbeir way against 20 other teams from Ontario to attain a fourth place standing. Look inside for furtheýr details on page 14. Pringle Creek a Go- Ahead Canada Mortgage'and Housing Corporation has approved the development'of the Pringle Creek 80 unfi-t.housing co-operative. ,This project, consisting of two, three and four bedroom townbouses, will be located nor- th and west of Anderson and Dundas Sýtreets in Witby. In addition to the bouses, the project wil have a central community facility for the co-op, surrounded,,by, an open area developed for. recreation 0'f, various age groups. Construction' is scheduled to begin in December and- it is boped'that tbe firstunits wii be ready for occupancy by September of $200 Reward A $200 reward is being offered to any citizen who can help solve the case -of the unelad trees. Whitby Town Coundil on Moniday nigbt, of- fered the reward due to vandalism whicb took place in WilowParkrecently. Tbe trees.which ,were wrapped and put to bed for the winter, were brusquely stripped from ail tbeir protective clotbing. This wrap- ping was then dispersed in the park grounds. Tire tracks that ran througb theý park area, provides sufficient eévidence to conclude that we are dealing witb one or more adolescents. Council asks that ahl keep tbeir eyes peeled for anything suspicious. Whitby ydro Incr'ea ses Ratesl« The Wbitby Hydro Electrc Commission approved an average rate increase of 7.9 per-, cent for its customers at a meeting held Nov. 24. This is comprised, of a 7.1 percent increase for residential customers and an 8.7 percent increase to general 'service users. Tbe new rates reflect Ontario Hydro's increase of 7.9ý percent in wholesale power rates te the Wbit-, by utility. Commission Chairman, Gerald Cox, cited the fact that the last year's rate increase of 7 percent was 1.2 percent lower than Ontario Hydro's increase in rates to Whitby, and he stressed that the Commission simply could' not absorb a similar -loss in revenue for two consecutiveyears. The impact of this increase to tbe average residential customer using 1000 kwh.pe'r mon-. th will be $312 per month or $6.24 on bis hi-. monthy bff. 490 Vol, 13 'No,0oWednesday, November 8,1983 20 Pages Outstanding,,Citizens, Receive Awards Doing, a job weil has its benefits, some, of them unexpected, as the WhitbyChamber 'of Commerce honoured a number of outstanding citizens of the com- munity at its annual meeting Wednesday night. Aýi estimated- 40 mnembers came out to the Earl of Durham to witness the awards presentation to Anne Marie Jobhnson, Student of the 'Year; Owen Hachey who accepted the award for Cullen Gardens las Good Cor- porate Citizen of the Year; and Howard Smith, BusinessPerson' of theYear., > Anne Marie Johnson, a recent Grade 13 graduate ot Anderson Collegiate, received the award for ber outstan- ding contributions to, the community. As weil as becoming involved in many school activities, such as council and sports, she tutored other students in ber spare time,, was an active member of the 4-H Club and CGIT and par- ticipated in volunteer Newpreidet fr hamber of Commerce, Don Frise,(ieft), ffers cnrtltost outstanding citizens- of the, com munity <ileft to right) Howard Smith, who received Business Person of the Year; Anlne Marie Johnson receiving, St.udent of the Vear Award; and Owen Hachey, accepting the award of Corporate Citizen for Culie'n Gardens. Water.and se e er Rates Increase Durham Regional Council% has approved a 3 percent hilce in rates for water and sewer changes, amouniting' té approximately a $6 in- crease for Wbitby residents next year. The, decision was passed unanimously by- council,. agreeing that the only- way to deal with the current debts in water and sewage projects is to charge it directly as a user fee. This increase amoun- ts to an average of three percent for people wbo use 50,000 gallons of water per year, and about 3.1 person for those using more tban 50,000. The regional rate in- crease was kept at only three percent.because of a projected $1 million surplus in the water and sewer budgets, credited mainly té a beavy water usage during the' dry summer months. No additional charges wiil be applied to beavy industrial users,0f water in order to attract 'more, industry hi the Region., Brooklin viilaiso be elimiated from ad-i ditional charges andi wiil pay only the wateri portion« of the bilt'. as tiiey bave no,-sewers. A >bomeowners rebate for those witb swimming ,pools in another aspect to be elimninated as this item had been taken ad- vtaeof in previous years. '.,'Only three counciliors from Oshawa felt that this matter should be datwith in anotber manner. Councilor Ed- Kolodzie proposed that an increase bo put on the general tax rate, thus spreading the cos equally over the entire Region. Opposing tbis idea was Councfllor Bruce McArtbur wbo referred to'this move as a "'sheil gamie". I"With the propbsed, method, we are able to maintain an honest way Of caicuiating the costs." Also brougbt to atten- tion was a 22.4 percent tucrease in 1981 for water and sewer users, which dedlined to 13.2 percent i 1982, and fur- ther dropped to five percent i 1983. This decline occured because of the improvement i the economy, which alo0wed more people to use water, enablig tbe region hi reduce the rate woric at 'the -Wbitby Psychiatric Hospital. Jobnson this year, also received the Mayors Medal, an, award from WPH 'and was named outstanding ,female atlilete at Anderson.' Cuileni Gardens was noted. for its actions ini the'community and for helping out the Cbam- ber of Commerce in wtouism. As ont of tbe most popular tourist at- tractions ini Central On- tario, 'drawing an estimated crowd of 400,000 for the year, it bas done more tban an, average job of belpîng out the community.' Howard Smith, who received the award 0f Business Person of the Year, was noted for his contribution of time, money, professional services, and support to non-profit groups and organizations in Wbitby. For- Smith, wbo. has been a partner in an ac-' counting firmn Davidson and Smi thb for 10 years, tbe award came as a complete surprise. Executive and direc- tors'for the'Chamber'of Commerce bave also been cbosen for the up- comning year. To serve as, president will be Don Frise. Many came out to weicomne Whitby Mail on Saturday. Santa Sets Yuletide Season The Christmas spirit' filed, the air witb the arrivai of Santa Claus at the Wbitby Mail, Thickson Rd., on Satur- day. To begin the festivities, Mayor Bob Attersley and Whitby Mail owner An- thony Lang, made an entrance on a n antique fire truck, and were greated by the Ajax/Pickering Sea Cadets Band and the Lake Vista Baton Corps of Oshawa. Steaiingî the spotiigbt was Mr. Claus himself, wbo was greeted by in- numerable cbildren and shoppers. Santa was then escorted' by belper Sandra Grant, to resume bis newly decorated refuge from.the North Polo. The Mail ecboed with giee as the Oshawa Coral Society delighted shop- Persand' mercbants W'Ith- Christmas Carols. The Salvation Army also bad Stugors and Trimbroiles on hand hi hep with thearriva of Santa; H