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Rowntree plans relocation to Whitby By Mike Johnston Rowntree Canada has announ- ced plans to relocate one of its Toronto plants to the former Cadburyaplant on Champlain Rd. "The announcement is tenta- tive but we have ut an offer in on the land,» said Rowntree vice- president of planning and com- Teachers' munication, Stewart Dryer. He said 1,000 emp loyees of the Rowntree plant on Sterling Rd., affected by the move, have been notifiedofthe companys plans. "We will endeavor to offer al our employees here a ob at the Whitby site," said Dryer. He added that the Cadbury plant would have to be extended to meet Rowntree's needs. Hie could not say if any of the 420 workers laid off from Cad- bury, when the plant was closed in early 1987, would be offered jobs. (The plant was closed when it was purchased by William Neil- son Ltd.) "Thedmove is subject to our offer for the land being accepted and approval of our parent com- pany Nestie," said Dryer. Sae of the Cadbury plant and 11 acres surrounding the plant has not yet been approved. GO Transit owns the 11 acres. Dryer said any nove would not begin until late 1990 and would be phased in over three to four years. According to a press release from Rowntree, the Whitby plant is a state-of-the-art manufactur- SEE PAGE 2 strike is possible By Debbie Luchuk Eighty-five per cent of Durham Region members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation voted in favor of strike action on Friday last week. The strike action will com- mence Jan. 23 unless talks with the Durham Board of Education yield results. The main bone of contention is increased workload and class size. "Class size is an issue. What we think is a good benchmark is the provincial average. We're behind (the rest of the province) in terms of class sizes,"OSSTF District 17 president Alan Monks said. Benefits and salary are on the table, but Monks said that these are not the main issues that teachers want addressed. The contract turned down in September offered teachers a 4 er cent increase for the first half of the year, and 1 per cent SEE PAGE 5 High school hockey league growing in popularity Page 16 ALTHOUGH THIERE was little snow, that didn't substituted for sleigh rides on this day but the sleigh dampen the spirits of those who showed up at Heber rides will be available on Saturdays for the next four eDown for sleigh rides courtesy of the Central TLake weeks - snow permitting.èSPM %t Ontario Conservation Authority. Wagon rides were Residents oppose subdivision proposal Many residents, presenting a 200-name petition, voiced opposi- tion at a Monda ynight public meeting to a single family home and townhouse subdivision appli- cation for. the north side of Ross- land Rd. W., just west of the Pentecostal church. Those opposing the plan were from the residential areas to the west and north of the subdivision p lan. The application, b the tolp Building Corp., is or 88 street townhouses in the area closest to the church, and 71 single family homes in the remaining area closer to the existinghomes. Lot frontages for the single family homes range from 40 to 60 feet. To meet a Town planning requirement, Sato St. would be extended south through the pro- posed subdivision to Rossland, with the townhouses along the east side of the Sato extension. "I don't know how planning authorities can allow townhouses to be built along those big homes on Sato St.,"remarked Roy Price, a resident of Whitburn St. which is iust west of the planned sub- division. Planning committee chairman Joe Drumm reminded him that Town planning staff had not yet acted on the plan. AI Scott of Rossland Rd. W. opposed townhouses along Ross- land Rd. He later learned from a Stolp representative that a six- foot fence would go along the entire south border of the sub- division, along Rossland Rd. Some residents commented that the plan was similar to what has developed in Oshawa. One received applause when he described it as a "monstrosity" and a "disgrace." Dr. M. Cnoop-Koopmans of Kerrigan Dr. said it was "against the best interests of Whitby to allow this development." He said Durham Region did not have an area where there are only nicer homes. Henry Moore asked about school space, recreation and park area needed to meet the influx of new residents of the subdivision. He noted that Palmerston school to the south of the area is already overcrowded. One of those attending the meeting was Palmerston principal Wayne Ellis, who asked for a vote, for and against the plan, by resi- dents attending the meeting. Councillor Joe Bugelli, who absented himself from a concur- rent operations committee ses- sion to speak at the public meet- ing, asked the developer about landscaping details. ncluding screening on the north boundary of the subdivision property which abuts two Sato St. lots and five Longford Ct. lots. He also inquired about lot rea- lignment within the subdivision, so that fewer lots would back ontothe Sato St. lots. A landscape architect for Stolp also indicated that there would be stone and iron entrance gates to the subdivision, both from SEE PAGE 3 Stalemate at board over junior kindergarten program By Debbie Luchuk After heated discussion that resulted in a stalemate on Mon- day night, the Durham Board of Education will not study the feasibility of a junior kindergar- ten program. A letter from Chris J. Ander- sen of Ajax, reqesting that the board study the program, was brought forward at the meeting, and a motion to file (for informa- tion purposes only, no further study) the correspondence was made by Oshawa trustee Cathy OFlynn. "I think the letter should be answered, but there are many things that we require money and space for at the present time," O'Flynn said. Whitby trustee Ian Brown sup- ported the motion, -as did six others. "I believe the matter has been studied to death. Even if the SEE PAGE 22 A night on the town Page 20