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WHITBY FREE PREqS, WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 1986, PAGES 1 Special visitor received The Town of Whitby's Tourlat Informnation Centre extended a warm greetlng to Ita lO,OOth viitor - asat week an 1l-year-old girl from Mexico City. Ivonne De-Icaza was welcomed to the town on Frlday bv Mayor Bob Attersley and ern- ployeea at the centre. De-Icaza la visltlng her aunt and uncle, Roy and Roxana Nelson who, on Frlday, were also celebrating their l6th weddlng anniversary. De-Icaza was presen- ted wlth a key tn the Runners carry The runners enterea Whltby in a scene reminiscent of the 1984 Olympica. Led by Peterborough runner, Jlm, Pratchand, 18 merubers of the Peterborough Roadrun- ners club, brought the torch they had been carrylng from Toronto -into Whltby. FROM PAGE 1 8Region aecreatlng a greatet- lnequity for Oshawa dhancurrently exista for Ajax and Pickering," sald Pilkey. He said calculations done by the -City of Oshawa's clerks depar- trnent .indicate that ad- ding one seat each for Ajax and Whitby would leave Oshawa shor- thanded if the city's population were to be compared as a percen- tage of the entire reglon's population. Whltby Mayor Bob At- tersley agrees that reglonal'coundil is fast approachlng a size that could become unwleldy. However, because the province la calculating the addltional seats on the basia of represen- tation by population, the tinie has corne to provlde Whitby and Ajax wlth the new coun- cil members. "lIdeaily I'd like to see the size of the council reduced but since that isn't likely to fly, I think Whitby and'Ajax have every rlght to the new seata," said Attersley. Indeed, the fact that Pilkey was able to have the motion to reconsider carried la yet another argument in favour of the proposed legisiation, sald Attersley. With Il members on the council, he pointed out Oshawa holds more than one third of the seata which means theoritically the They reached the Gazebo at Rotary Cen- tennial Park at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and were greeted by Regional Counillor Gerry Emm, deputy director of Parka and Recreation Barry O'Neiland members of the park and recreation ai seat. clty would have every motion passed by coun- cil reconidered wthout the support of any of the other municipalties. "I can't belleve ail the movea being made to not allow the extra seat. We've been told s0 many times that we've got to get on with thia but Oshawa keepa put- ting Up a fight, " com- plalned reglonal council Gerry Emin. He said he and Attersley and feilow regional coun- cillor Tom Edwards wil probably get together in the coming weeka to discusa what can ha done to expedite the leglalation. (The legilation providing the additional seata has already received first reading at Queen'a Park but the minister of Municipal affaira and houaing is waiting for a show of support from the region before proceeding with the bill. According to At- tersley the minister can approve the bill even without the region's support but for political reasons would probably prefer not to.) "I would really like to see thia decision made soon - in the next six months - so that everybody wil ha aware what's happening hafore the next election rolla around," said At- tersley. town, a t-shirt and Whlt.. by'souvenirs and she cut a cake in her honour with the Mayor. De-Icaza, who does not speak much Engllsh, sald she was very happy and excited by the greeting. SEEPAGE12, toreh staff. "The torch we're carrylng was delivered from St. Catherines (home of the Ontario winter games) to Toron- to, then we received it at 4 p.m. on Wednesday," said Roadrunners president, David Mc- Conkey. The torch they carried was to officially open the Ontario Summer Games held in Peter- borough last weekend. "We ran 50 kilomneters today and we pasa the torch between us every 10 minutes," said Mc- Conkley bendlng over trylng to catch his breath. When the runners made -their way to the Gazebo, and took a well deaerved break, fruits of ail kinds as well as juice were provided. The town also gave every runner a Marlgold as a reminder that they stopped in Whltby. FTom Whitby, the runners, led up Brock St. by councillor Gerry Emnm, made their way to Oshawa along High- way 2 with a police escort. They were to make their way to Peter- borough in time for the officiai opening ceremonies Friday night. FROM PAGE]1 Housing development. While the matter would have to ha decided by a judge, the chairmnan said she halieves the DRNPHC is acting within it's rights and she doubted that the residents' effort would meet with much suc- ces. 641;m not sure but I don't think a judge can put us on hold. 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