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Lynde House... TiLme is By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff The Witby Hfistoricai Society isn't rusbing a feasibility study on wbere to rnove tbe Lyn- de House even tbough it bas-. becosne public knowledge tbe sale of tbe property is im- minent. President of tbe society, Bill Oyagi, told tbe Free Press tbat ten- ders are c urrently out for the consultants witb one of tbe stipulations being that a preliminary report on tbe bouse be completed by the end of June. "We just want to do the best thing for the tow," said Oyagi wbo dlsputed remarks made by councillor Marcel Bruneile ln tbe Press last week tbi society sbould medlateiy be sear for a place to stoi artifacts of tbe mu in tbe event it w' demolished. "Tbere are sonr dividuals tbat pani bype tbings up,' said. But cour Brunelle said he1 panicking but is le at the reality ol situation. "They have any alte locations for the1 and tbey don't hi place.to store tbi tifacts sbould the1 .be demoiisbed," said. As for the tbecoming involve runnmgmo- Free tbe fight to save the at a demolition permit .at the bouse, Brunelle said the. for the Lynde House if im- town is on record as and when it ls issued, rching having told tbe society back to tbe operations Se the that tbe preservation of and administrative useurn the Lynde House is their committees. '111 be responsibility. Bruneile said that if "I'm flot certain the tbe town was to become ne in- town wants to get in- involved in a decision ce and volved iooking after old made on tbe Lynde he houses," he said. House it would set a To steer clear of that precedent for future ncillor involvement, last week bistoricai b ouses in is flot council refered two jeopardy of being )oking recommendations, one demolisbed sucb as the ff tbe tbat would have allowed James Rowe bouse don't tbe Local Arcbitectural wbicb is currently sit- mate Conservation Advisory ting on property. a bouse Committee to recom- developer bas requested ave a mend buildings for be rezoned to accom- ie ar- Heritage Structure modate tbe builing of bouse witbout the owners con- a 24 unit condominiumi. b e sent and a second "Until council sets a recommendation tbat policy I don't think it town would bave ailowed tbe wil get invoived," be cd in bistorical society to look said. ut But Oyagi believes the town and for tbat matter Wittington Investments, the owners of tbe land, will not let the bouse get bulldozed. He also conceeded that the town bas "not exactly been a lot of beip" in resolving the matter. "IWe bave a wbile, I talked to Wittington In- vestments myself and tbeir not sure wben tbe sale will be finaiized. We're not even sure wbat tbe condition of sale will be, but Wit- tington knows we are currentiy undergoing a study and tbey asked me if one of the possible solutions would be moving tbe ,house and 1 SEE PG. 24 A been teml folle an ( Wed tly ai Du Poli after 46,o] wasi rifle betsi Pol aIf retri I is ci see bullei Coliege teachers get sweet deal ..pg. 3 Brooklin needs istudy recotunended seC pg. 14' Chamiber looks; for new blood ... see pg. 7 Whitby man chargedi shooting Whltby man bas arm and lodged In ber n cbarged witb at- cbest. pted murder She is listed in 'wlng the sbooting of satisfactory condition )sbaWa woman last after sbe was rusbed to lnesday. nigbt shor- the Oshawa General fter 8p.m. Hospital. urbam Regional «Tbe man was arrested ce charged tbe man a bal' bour later near rGwendoiyn 11111, bis bornei Whltby and )f 313 SbamrockCrt. tbe rifle was found In bis sbot by a 22 calibre car. foilowing a dispute Cbarged wlth attem- een tbe two. pted murder is Edward lice report the mhan, Davis, 49, of 200 Garden former boyfriend, St., in Whitby. [eVed'-the rifle from He was refused bail. in ,ar after tbe woman Osbawa. provincial blm sberefused to court and was reman- bim again. The ded in custody.* it entered ber lef t BIA hates Merchants' Matket Monday may flot have been the kind of day we normally think of as being perfect Victoria Day mnaterial but it was a great day to be looking for things to do indoors. Tom MeKinnon and his sister Maria, both students at St. John the Evangelist Separate Sehool, decided it was just the sort of day to pay a visit to the Whitby Museum where they got the full tour from.museum curator Dr. Deseree' Rowley. Included in the tour was-the collection of doils in period costume spanning some 140 years of Canadian history. The collection, on boan from, the Oakville. museums, will be at Lynde House for several more weeks after which Dr. Rowley is planning a quilt exhibition. Now in full swing for another season, the Whitby Museum is open Satur- day, Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Free Press Staff Photo pmui By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff In a deputation scbeduled to go before tbe administrative committee iast nigbt, Ed Buffett, president of the Downtown business improvement area said be pianned to let Wbitby councillors know the BIA is strongly opposed to the mercbants market wbicb bas recentiy opened in tbe Kendalwood Mail. "Vie are very strongly opposed and that type of establishment is very detrimental to our effor- ts, " said Buffett. He charged tbat the people wbo own and operate out of tbe market do not live or work in tbe community, "they just take tbe money and run. " He said tbat during bis deputation be would ask town council to do everytbing i it's power to close the market and cailed tbe people operating from it "notbing more than peddiers. " The town bas already gone on record as saying it is opposed to tbe market and Mayor Bob Attersley bas in- dicated be will do everytbing in bis power to oppose the operation. Buffett said tbere la still tbe question of wbetber the market is a permitted use for the location, but vowed that if council is not witbin its power to close it, he wili ask other businesses to boycott the establisbment. "The survival of the downtown is a bell of a lot more important than a fies market at tbe Kendalwood Mail." He said the market and its set-up does not "jive" with wbat the BIA and tbe town is doing to promote Vibit- by. "Tbe two do not go together. Vihile the market is currentiy advertising tbat it is open on Satur- days and Sundays, Buf- fett said that even if the market was open oniy one day "it would be un- fair and undesirable competition." He said tbat sboppers can buy things tbey can buy in tbe downtown ares and while the people operating out of the market contribute notbing to the town and are takers, many of the downtown mercbants bave put an investmeat in tbe community and eitber own or invest money into upgrading their stores. He compared the town's situation wlth the SEE PG. 14- 11, 1$ *le 1' . . . . .*$$.$.'.' . I .1 . Vol. 16, No. 20 Wednesday, May 21, 1986, 32 Pages R ainy day diversion a