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*1 JeSSICA HAND touches the fire suit worn by senior kiudergarten tea- cher Tracey IIoIliweil .at the new St. MaUtthewts school recently. Whitby fire department's Dave Bemis visited te school to discuss fire- fighting and fire safety. Fire Preven- tion Week begins Oct. 7. Fr.. Prou photo Cattieman oeils it a day B-y MieKowali For a few hours Brookin's population almost 1,000. About that many pec gathered at Roy Ormist brook Farma on Hwy 12 Winchester Rd. 1Officially, they were ti, dispersai sale of Or entire prize-winninigdah But perhaps more in they came te say goodbý veteran dairymnan anc class breeder who is -c quits after 60 years in t business. aid A resident of Brooklin for al onabut three of his 75 years, Ormis- Monayten i. retirin fro the one and grew by only vocati on htebhas known. Although h. will continue liv- le were ing on the farmn for the. im- on'sBy eit future, ail 75 of Ormis- south of teni's Holstein cattie were te hav*e been auctioned by the. end of the. here for a day. rmiston's Ormîston adxitted to having ry herd. mixed emotions as he watched nportant, his herd being inspected by pro- î. te the spective owners. Iworld- «It's just liesmoelaving alling it home,%'said Ormiaten in descrlb- ;he attie inghis feelings, of the moment. However, he teok gieat pride in-the fact that the sale drew buyers from around the. world. 'You name the country and they're likely here, New Zealand South America, Great Britain, al of them.» said Ormiston. Ini fact, Ormniston made speial note of the number, of. visiters f'rom- the United Kingdom when he addressed. the auenoe prior te thie auction. "I think rve met everyone from GreatBritain and Wales- the past few -days except for',(1-n*ime- Minister) Margaret Thatcher and Mg PAGE 12: Oppsition to parmn p ropoSai By Mike Kowalski' A proposai for six apartmnent buildings near' the Town hall ran into. strong opposition from nearby homeowners Monday' About 60 people -attended a public meeting in Town council chambers to voice their displea- sure over a development proposai for the southeast corner of Ross- land Rd. and Brock St. N. The Grand Oak Group is seek- ing a rezoning of the 16-acre site te permit construction of six apartmnent buildings comprised of 600 units. The development would b. located west of the. Towns muni- cipal office and the'recreation complex now under construction. Buildings will vary in height, fromn three te 12 stories, depend- ilig on, location. Grand Oak is also,,seekin~ roing 0of 1.65 cres, îm-, mediately te -the south of the property te permit 28 tewn- houses on the south side -of Wal- lace Dr. ( formerly Casson St.), east of Brock. Although residents were also op)posed te this propsal, most of their commenta were directed te the apartment building com- ponent. Concern was expressed about traffic problems- and the. impact on schools,-receation and other services froman influx of per- haps 1,200 additional people te the area. Some homeowners also warned -about potential- crime and social problems that -would be created psuch a high density of people -in one area. (Residents' dlaims te the con- trarYLthe proPosai conforms te oflhi h density rsdni for the area.) A Bassett Blvd. man said most people bought; their homes with the understanding the area would remain 'low te medium density. H. said the planning and deve- lopment - committe. was being u2nfair te homeowners by con- sidering Grand Oak's proposaI. .Councillor Ross Batte n comn- ,mittee chairman, repliei that any, landowner is entitled te apply for a rezoning but it would not necessarily be accepted. "The developer can propose a factory and it would stili have te, go through the plannmng pro- ceas,' said Batten. ihl Wyatt of White Ash Dr. questioned the capacity of nearby roads te, handie extra traffic. Clainig there will be tWo vehicles oôr ever unit, Wyatt said this means 500 more cars «pouring" onto Brock St.-» He disagreed with the develo- per's spokesman that an in- dependent traffic study to be presented wîth the proposai in- dicates there will be no traffic problemns in the area. «We live there and can see what's happening, we don't-need studies,» said Wyatt. John Doîstra of Regency Cres. said the apartment buildings would «ruin the character of Whitby.'» SDoistra suggested that a senior citizens' centre would b. a better use for the property.> Supporting Dolstra's sugges- tion was former Wbitby coundcil- lor Gerry Emmn. Emm -said tie. deyelopment will detract from 'the -appearance Of the municipal buidig and SEE PAGE 12 Transit contract stiil uneided Smepage il f Opposition to landfill site SSepage 15 Pages 20 - 23 4 F F *1*