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Whitby Free Press, 15 Oct 1986, p. 7

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WIIITBY FREE PRESS, -WEDNESDAY, OCTORER 15, 1986. PAGE 7 Anderson hosts Japenese Pumpk in patch A sure sign that Halloween is at the end of pkins on Hwy. 2 just west of the town. October is the selling of pumpkins in the area. Free Press Staff Photo Our camera found a whole lawn full of pum- PAW to continue Whitby service The Pickering, Ajax, Whitby Joint Animal Control Committee should continue to ad- minister animal control 'in the three towns in- definitely. That according to Whitby counceil who ap- Parking mixed up From Pg. 3 the public works depar- tment, Dick Kuwahara said that may change after the town under-' takes further studies of the parking situation. The increase takes place as of January 1, 1987 because the present six month leasing termn expires on December 31, 1988. The parking tags will have to be hung on the rear view mirror of a car and will be designated for a certain parking lot in the down- town area. The town may reduce thé nuznber of leased parking areas in the Perry and Green St. lots if those who are paying for leased areas are constantly without a parking spot. "It's a little mixed up right now but eventually it will corne around," said Kuwahara. Dining Guide GOLDÉN GATE 107 Brock St. S. Whltby 668-2222 CHINESE FOOD M ULTI PLATTERS 6 Difforent Items sorvoci from 12-8 p.m. Buffet Coming Soon SZECHUAN DISHES SIZZLING STYLE Pekng Beef served slzzllng & f lamlng SÉAFOOD DELUXE LEMON CHICKEN proved an operations committee recommen- dation to uphold the ser- vice following a tender received by the PAW committee. PAW had invited ten- ders from the private sector to investigate the possibility of handling animal control at a cheaper rate than the service presently provided by the Town of Whitby. However, the only bid that was received by the committee totalled $601,496. The committee rejected the bid after it learned PAW's budget for the year was $172,600 while providing the same level of service as that offered by the bid- der. ~Ontario teachers touring By TRAVIS each other out of the sky LINDGREN resultîng with only one On October 10 Ander- kite Ieft as the winner. son Collegiate hosted a The group went on to group of Japanese look at certain classes teachers who are such as the auto shop, touring North America. electrical shop . and The teachers were in some academic classes. Whitby to learn about "Your educational Canada's educational system hbas a very good system. way of study," said The group arrived in Japanesé teacher Ryozo Toronto on October 7 Takeda. and after a few days of "They have expressed sightseeing started to me that they are very touring certain schools impressed with our in Durham Region. educational system and The morning at An- derson saw an opening introduction -session ¶~IC/ pro followed by a touring of C> N,.pr areas of interest in the school. "We are very proud to> be here and we are ceM deeply impressed with Z. this beautiful country Mle" and the so very kind people in it," said *a book of 80 hymns anc Ryohel Tanaka, team for chlldren leader at the opening -wrtten and composed1 ceremony. -has a selection of 15 B1 The team leader then Chrstmas songs, Ideal proceeded to present a -can be ordered f rom: gift of a Japanese kite to Anderson principal Cricket Mt Arend Dekker. He Box 133, H, described a game inLO Japan where four or five Lhn:O4 people put up kites andPhn:4 they ail try to knock Ontario Ministry of Citizenship \Y/and Culture Canada are really impressed with our sehool being less crowded than theirs," said Mary Wylie, communications manager for the Durhanm Board of Education. "They are curious about discipline too because they seem to have a problem with that in Japan." Af ter the day the group then set out for San Fransico for some sightseeing before returning to Japan. SING A NEW SONG i 3 mini-musicale by Coby Veenstra IANDNEW ifor Christmas prograns lusic Minlstry iampton, Ont. B iJO 16> 263-8368 A Ontaro Public Libiry Week WE'vE GOT SOMETrHING FOR EVERYONE. There's more ta your local public ibrary avers wiii fend best sellers, reference books, books on tape and thon books. A whole lot more. books in almost every language. Music loyers will find the latest and If ifs been a while since yaur last visit ta the library, greatest hits on record ond tape. Movie buffs will discover a drap by and see us during Ontario Public Library Week, greot seledtion of films and videos. Kids will olways5 find October 20-26. We've got something just for you. somethîng special in store for them at the library. And book

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