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WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY il, 1987;, PAGE 23 Grants for Brooklin centre, roads Denis O'Connor schoel news By LIZ ARUTA once again Denis O'Connor High Sehool is alîve with school activities. Life at DO'C has returned to its normal pace, as the dreaded and much feared exams are over and a new semester has begun. I know the students as well as the teachers are pleased to have their first semester courses and exams over with and are looking forward to the change of new courses. Some thougli are not ail that satisfied with the coming of this semester. Because of the different and demanding courses laid out on their schedules, a simple and relaxing time is not in their near futures. These students must bear down hard, for the prospect of summer and fun wiil begin to f111 them and then their minds wWi stray from the work at hand. Others though have a relatively easy semester, compared to that of the first. But I know the transition from first semester to second will flot be as hard as some students think, and, I hope everything runs smoothly from now on. In sports our basketball teams have done tremendously weil. On Monday, Feb. 2nd, though it was an exam day for some and a day off for others, our junior players came together to defeat Central Collegiate. A strong second hall gave the boys a 68-40 vic- tory over Central. Sean Vegter and Rob Buque were high scorers sinking 15 points *each. Dave Runge hit 10, whlle Bll Young and Cory Bailey netted eight points each to con- tribute to the score. Our midget boys played a superb game against a strong Central team. Despite the fact our boys have not touched a basketball in nearly two weeks, the team played a wonder- ful game to overcome the Oshawa team by 20 points!1 In volleyball action, there is good news and bad news. On Wednesday, Feb. -4, our first day of second semester, our junior and midget birls hosted a doubleheader. The good news is our juniors continued their winning streak by acquiring a victory over Bowmanville igh School. Our girls succum- bed to a surprisingly strong Bowmanville squad, but fought back to beat them in the *next two games. They then continued to walk all over the competition as the girls defeated a weak Uxbridge High School teami in two straight games. The bad news, sorry to say, is that our midget girls did not fare as well as the juniors. They lost to both Uxbridge and Bowmanville. But, so as not to end on a down beat, 1 have terrific information for ail of you. I am proud to announce that a fellow student and a friend of mine and many at Denis O'Connor High School has been« called to play for the Canadian National Soccer Team. Paul Peschisolido, an avid soccer player and spor- ts enthusiast, became one of the many aspiring young men to make the final cuts for the under-16 group. Paul has worked hard over the years and DO'C is very proud of his accomplishmeflt and hopes for nothing but the best for our soon-to-be World Cup star. By MIKE JOHNSTON The community of Brooklin has received a second Ontario Neigh- borhood Improvement Program (ONIP) grant totalling $225i000. The grant, which will be matched equally by Town funds under the requiremenits of ONIP, will be used for Brooklin Commumity Centre renovations as well as road repairs. This second. grant, paired with the first ONIP grant Brooklin received ini 1985 ($520,000), means that almost $1 million will be spent on commiunity improvemerits in~ Brooklin over the next three years. However, a report from the planning department indicates that renovations to the Brooklln community centre road repair star- ted with funds, from the first grant, cannot be completed because of increasing costs and a reduced provincial allocation. The Town had asked for $250,000 for the second ONU' grant but only received $225,000. To complete these works, the Town has decided to cancel some projects it had planned to complete with funds from the second ONU' grant and use the money it saves to complete the work started with funds from the first ONIP grant. This decision was presented to residents of Brooklin who attended a public meeting held last Wednesday night at the communiity centre, at- tepded by 14 people and 10 Town staff members, iriluding councillor cillor.Marcel Brunette. The Town had originally planned to use $100,000 from the first ONIP grant and $90,000 from the second ONIP grant to renovate the centre. But recent calculations now in- dicate that it will coste $265,000-to complete theà renovations. Ini 1986, renovations were completed on the main floor of the centre but renovations to the1 lower level were not f inished. Renovations were to be made to, a basement kitchen, reception area, stair5 and building exterior while the furnace area was to be demolished. With funds from the second ONU> grant, the Town will complete the lower level renovations, build a new furnace room, kitchen, washroom addition, provide a new and ex- panded septic tank sewage system and demolish the garage at the back. The Town had plan- ned to construct an ac- tivity room, but that has been shelved. About $228,000 from the ONU> grants and Town funds will be used for the renovations with the remaining $37,00 to be paid for by the Town. At least one resident at the meeting felt the Town was wasting its time doing work on the basement. Bill Stone said the Town should be doing more work on the main level. "Why spend money downstairs? That won't bring people in," he said. Stone said the main floor needs a kit- chen and a men"s and ladies washroom.- He said that with these additions, events such as wedding recep- tions can be booked at the centre which in turn will create revenue to do further work. Director of parks and recreation, Larry Morrow, told Stone a kitchen is to be added at the level of the main floor with the fur- nace at the basement level. He also said the arec.R. 2 st Hpak large 3 bdrmn. k Sd ubway. $1400 M IG ark Green,. ut su &o .$13W. mcl * ~~~~bdrm., mal*ose1te ml *bdrn at.1 T eltesalitems tatyou *WS.M thought weren't worth advertising * C.sl.M+u 0 Provided as a service to our rm. +.cdon. exeC",Iireaders Ae43 Wins arclelwn*0ail items musi be priced ai less ihan $5() *r2-1252 xu. Ige. 2k 0B price musi be stated ini ad (ni ulitiple itemzs or vligh, h sls muI have a total price of less than $~50)0 C<I1 ~ 0 *maximum 1.5 uords (piease have u'ording0 ridrv, parkig,,I.l *Clair & utterin, ca. Wove readv - u'e re not ma in nvtningonie ) * * ~~~Cair/Lonsdow"e, ely ef * .r ak n n n * j'îi!es& TT.FebA.1.lustrictiN, cash oi- V~ISA4 dropinThe Whitby Free Press.cl .131 Brock St. Ne 661i design of the additions allows leeway for. any future additions. Another resident, Tom Sloley, said the design of the building lcoked "ad hoc." "It would be nice if it looked like it was one unit,", he said. One resident who was happy with at least one of the Town's plans was Alf Jackson. Jackson said he was happy to see the furnace room being. removed and rebuilt as an ad- dition. "Some meetings have to move because of the noise, that furnace makes," he said. Doug Hollingsworth, a representative of the Brooklin Kinsmen, asked if the rents for the hall wil be increased when the renovatiolis are completed.. Morrow said he wasn't sure but he ad- deçl that the better the hall'looks, the more ac- tivity will take place in it and the more revenue it will create. The renovations to the centre are expected to be completed this year. Wayne Hancock of the public works depar- tment told those in at- tendance that the in- creasing cost for the roads are due to deeper storm sewers and in- creases in construction costs. When the Town first applied for both ONIP applications, road work costs were based on shallow storm sewer* systems. But this would not have eliminated sump pumps for foun- dation drainage of dwellings. $o in 1986, council, authorized deeper storm sewere systems which increased the cost of improvements for Simcoe, Albert and Church streets from $142,000 to $179,000. IHOMI WORTI * ON i BRJ * PI i EX( FI IAL Man has 'battled'> 40 years for storm sewer These. works were com- pleted in 1986. Roadworks which were to be completed in 1988 with the fir4t ONU>' grant, Janes, Charles and Bagot, have similarily risen in cost from $203,000 to $320,000.. The Town wil use part of the second'ONU> grant to help defray the costs of this work. But this comes at the expen- se of other projects. These projecta in- cluded work on Duke st., 4Princess St., Durham St., and Pearl St. This year, with funds from the ONIP second grant, the Queen street storm sewer will be con- structed from George to Cassels and in 1989 a Cassels storm sewer will be constructed from Pearl to Durham at a cost of $35,000. The Queen street sewer wil cost $170,000. QUALITY kND NAME, RODUCTS :LUSIVELY YOURS. ~EE2 I I I I I I I Il I I I I -I 666-m2998 -- -- - - - - - THETOWN OFWIIITBV TOWN 0F WHITBY 1987 INTERIM TAX NOTICE The f irst Instalment of taxes for 1987 is due and payable February 18, 1987. If payment - ts not recelved by the due date, penalty wlll be added on the f irst day of default and the f irst day of each calendar month so long as nori-paymeflt continues, at the rate of 11¼%/c per month or part thereof. If you have flot received a tax bill and you are responsible for payment, please contact the Tax Department at 668-5803 to obtain the necessary information. Taxes may be paid at any Whitby bank without bank collection charges, or at the Municipal Offiîce, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. Corinne Wendt, A.M.C.T.(A), Tax 'Collector, TOWN 0F WHITBY. thai thBueen sreet storm sewer be con- strueted ail the 'way from George to Win- chester, "I have been battling, for 40 years to get that in and it doesn't look like I'm going to get any satisfaction while I'm alive," he said.. Planning director Bob Short said the Town will take Burleigh's com- m ents into con- sideration but he war- ned that ýthere are only 50 many dollars availablè. The next public meeting on the ONIP grants will beheld at the town hall on March 2. Councillor Marcel Brunelle.. said that at that time a report on the grant wiil be reviewed and can be further discussed. The Town is hoping to have. provincial ap- proval on the transfer of dollars by the end of March. 1 E VALUEKIT' OVER 500.00) 10OF SAVINGS 1