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oôl, 14, No, 33<, Wednesday, "Au'gust 15, 198424Pg Free Press Staff Photo The crowcl literaily crushed in ýon Anne «Ottenbrite (seenhere Oveér 300 people, most of them children, came out te -the Whit- boig wlcoedto he ow bal b Myor Bob Attersley) -when bY Municipal to give tbe local gold, silver and bronze medalist a she returnied home Monday afternoon. rousing welcome. Anne Whitby went wild for a few hours Monday. af- ternoon to welcome home its "Golden Girl", - Anne Ottenbrlte. Yet the festivities that occured Monday are Ponly a preview to the event that wiil be beld in her honor Aug. 25. Mayor Bob .Attersley announced that it wil be known -as "Anne Otten- brite Day" in recognition of her medal winning achievements atthe Los Angeles- Olympie Games that ended Sunday. Ottenbrite, 18, was the first Canadiin wôman ever to win an Olympie Gold medal in swim- ming, wben she out- shone alLcorners in the 200 metre breaststroke. But thatwasn't.ail she did. She also brought home the silver medal for the 100, metre breastàtroke and the.-, bronze ýmedal as,,a- member f ada's 400 metre individual medley relay team. Not only'cid about 7,000 people hune Brock St. as a motorcade carried her from the GO Station to the Whltby Municipal Building but another 300 or so -waited for her there. When she was first in- troduced to the crowd and when she first en- tered "the building, the applause and screams were deafening. One almost thought that a major rock. or movie star had corneto town. But in the-minds of the people present, Otten- brite far outshone, any star. Af ter the pa rade, during «which many sirens sounded their loudeat, the highlight of the day was when Atter- sley presented Otten- brite with the key to the Town of Wbitby, which wil probably open a few bearts as weil. In fact, Attersley refered to ber as "oiir golden girl." Other politicians, too, poured congratulations on ber as weil including, Durham Regional Chairman Gary Herrema' and Ontario Riding MP Scott Fen- net' great to 1>e honored," Ottenbrite told the ' crowd. "Everyone bas been teiling me 'how much .they love me, but I love you more -than anything."y In, a brief interview after the festivities, Ot- tenbrite said she had no idea that Whitby was going to' turn out the way it did for her homecoming. She also said that she has yet to decide on her future although she bas <been oiffered a place at the -University of Southern California to study psycbology this September. "I have no plans," she said, "I'm not even thinking about tbe future." Ottenbrite also said that she *had no pa r- ticular ^ goal i n mind when she went to the games.*<< 1 I wasn't shooting for, anything,. I just wanted to do my best time. " Like 'most *other Olympie athietes, of- tenbrlte missed the present of- the great swimmers fromn East Germany and other >East2 Block countries, but, isn't sure that their presence would bhave* made much' of a d*f- ference. "I'm sure everyone was hurt by*it, but there was nothlng we could do about it," she said, "But I don't think it would haemade much dif- feree. They bave flot been -swimrning .that weil this year."P- Not only was ýOtten- brite the foceus of local media attention, but the nation media was bere as weil to record the day's events. In fact, Ot- tenbrite was tbe lead story on Monday night's national edition of Global News. There are probably a few politicans aspiring to federal office who are most happy that she is not running as weil. From the sounds, of, the crowd, Ottenbrite would ea ho Xn Mayor Bob Attersley is seen bere giving tbe key to the Town of Whitby to Anne Ottenbrite, tbe local girl wbo brought home not just one' but three medals from the Los Angeles Olympie Games. Attersley- told Ottenbrite that she was an -inspiration te ail Young peple not only in the town, but in the country as weil. -Ot- tenbrite as the first Canadian woman te ever wln à gold medal Free Press Staff Photo at the Olympie swimiming competition when she won the 200 metre breaststroke. Monday's festivities were only a taste of what is going to bap- pen Aug. 25 wvhicWhau*,been proclaimed "Anne Ottenbrite Day. " A parade wiil be hêld in- her honor beginning at 1 p.m. and a public reception wil be held for her afterwards at the Iroquois Park complex. Hug e Crowds cheer 4 à mý