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Iroquois Park . 0. Limited expansion ap proved It was a smiling, ap- parently unified Whitby Council that voted unanimously last Thur- sday evening to approve a limited expansion and renovation of the Iroquois Park complex wth a preliminary cost estimnated to be in the neighbourhood of $3h millon. The proposai, which wIl go to consultan- * is Totten, Sims, Hubicki for final design and ten- der specifications, in- cludes more than $400,000 worth of repaira to the Anne Ottenbrite Pool, the construction of a second ice pad with a preliniinary cost estlmnated at close to $2½,, million and more than $600,000 worth of additional improvemen- ts including lan- dscaping, making the faiity accessible to the handicapped, construc- tion of a patio and con- cession area, repairs, to the Whitney Hall roof and an allowance for necessary equipment purchases. Council was informed that it would probably take the consultants un- til the end of the suni- mer to cornplete the design drawings, tender specifications and final costs estimates at which tirne the project will be ready to go out to tender after receiving final ap- proval from council. If there is any animosity remnaining between the councillors following counil's split in March- over the now defunct $6.2 million major expansion at Iroquois Park, it was nowhere in evidence at Thursday evening's session. Counillor Marcel Brunelle, a very vocal supporter of the original $6.2 million expansion conceed that the new expansion plan 'does not really address the significant need" for recreation faiities in Whitby but added that the motion was "a beginming"l. Counillor Joe Bugelli, on the other hand, said he didn't agree that the townhad fallen "far behind" in the provision of recreational facilities and he lauded the new proposal's fiscal com- mon sense. 1"WVe won't have to debenture and I know of no other community in the same circumnstances that hasn't had to debenture," said Bugeni. The councillor also questioned whether the issue of recreation in Whitby was ever as con- troversial as some had made it out to be. "Just look- around (the gouncil chambers) tonight," said Bugelli. "If you take away the staff and consultants and the members of the media there are seven people out there. There are 44,093 others in this community who have great faith in this coun- cil." The counillor also commended town staff and consultants on a job well done., Councillor Joe Drumm complained that there must have been something seriously wrong with the original construction of the Anne Ottenbrite Pool. for it require SEE PG. 14 Time is short for Lynde House w Vol. 16, No. -1l9. Wednesday, May 14, 1986 Face painting is an art and artist Merrmn Macrae made that quite clear during West Lynde School's Fun Fair held last Friday. Above, Macrae, a grade seven student at the sehool, paînts the face of grade three student Shannon McMahon. The face pain- ting booth was one of the more popular events at the fun fair which had events catering to students and children of ail ages. A bubble gumn blowing con- test was held every hour to see who haci the most hot air and a classroom was converted into a haun- ted house for the fair, which thrilled and chiiled anyone brave enough to enter. Clowns of ail sizes and shapes where also spotted walking around. Af- ter the fair both young and old could be seen leaving with a sniile on their faces. Free Press Staff Photo 36 pages By MIKE JOHNSTONý Free Press Staff The sale of the Lynde House .property laim r- minent,. accordling to councillor Marcel Brunelle. 1 Brunelle told, coundil Monday. night that he received a phone cal from a spokesman for Wittington Investments, owners of the property, stating that the land wil be sold. After the meeting, Brunelle said he was not toldwÏhen the sale would be finalized but the prospective owiners know of the situation regardlng the Lynde House. The Whitby Historical Society has been offered ownership of the house by *ittington Invest- ments, if they will move it. But the Historical Society has not acted on the offer and is curren- tly in the middle of a study on where to move the house. Len Cullen, owner of Cullen Gar- dens has offere&to have the homse moved to Cullen Gardens but president of the Society, Bih Oyagi, frefers a location accessible by Whitby Transit such as Centennial Park. Vihile the study is to report on where to move the Lynde House, coun- cillor Brunelle said the society should be making decisions im- mediately on saving the contents of the homse if the bouse is to be demolished. "IWe doni't, knowte condition of the saleand it could ta that 'the Lynde House bas to ta moved. "If that's the case then the society should be worklng on finding a place ta store the ar- tifacts in the homse. " The councillor also suggested the society should enter into a working relationship with the movers of the homse should that be the case. "«If the society is about saving the homse, then they should ta making these decisions right now," he said.. 1The first hint at coun- cil that the Lynde Homse may .ta demolished came when a recom- mendation to let the society review .a demolition permit was altered by councillor Brunelle to state, that if council received an ap- plication for demolition then the society wil be advised. However, quoting the new procedural by-law that a two-thirds majority must be needed to introduce new motions, councillor Tom' Edwards had the recommendation re- fered back to the opérations committee. The society is expec- ting a preliminary report on the Lynde Homse sometime this month. Dance hall opens. By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff The Playground will open this Friday for business but with restrictions placed on it by Whitby council. It was to open last week, but Durhami Regional Police stalled issuance of a public hall license because they had fears it would at- tract drugs to the area. "This type of enter- tainment seems to be a magnet for the drug culture," stated a report on the Playground. But council has agreed to provide the owner of the Friday teenage nightclub, Bob Longmuir, with a public hall licence, as long as certain restrictions are met. They înclude, the in- stallation of an alarm system on the rear door SO they can ta msed for emergency reasons only; an off-duty police offîcer must btaprovided from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for extra security; and the hall must be closed by midnight with no admit- tance to the club af ter il p.m. The licence is valid SEE PG. 14 What a mig ,FREE PRESS ÀÀ