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.,,. 1 3p gu Whiby o clerat 12thinig riwat By UMark Reosor The Kinmen/Knettes 'Proud to b. Canadien Tour' bits Whitby on Sunday, April 26s, and you're invited. The saluts to Canada's 125th birthday gets underway at lp.m. at Iroquois Park with the arrivai of the Peac Towere'ag. On band to greet runmers brin the flag from. Port Perry will be the Wbitb Brase Band, County Town Singera and lotas cffich.ool children and politiciens. Twenty-six parachutiste are scheduled to dr icùthe sky ini the pattern of a maple leafat 1:30 p.m., and there will also ho aehot air balloon, petting o, udin ad scouting displays, refreshinents, cbildren's entertainment, a dunk tank and a ignature fiag, and more activities are being plannedý according ta, organizers Peggy Housitonan Obiris Douglas. Houston told Town oertone committeo, Monday night the Whitby celébration will ho thebiggest-onthe Proud ta h Canadian Tour Iby along shot. To quote, Bruce McDonald, the .national marketin âig e,hosays"noody's cone nea wbt wre din.Ho says you are doing more than, what .we bave planned ta do i Torônta." The celebration 'was originally 'lnnd' o Town Hall, but waS'mOvedýtolroquois ÉPark because theres more room. The operations conmitte. voted ta give the Kinsmenflinette clubs $1,000 Wo help stage the event, and co-operate in helping Wo stage> it. The reconmeéndation will ho sent ta council Monday night for a final decision. THE LADIES IN RED were Just. one of the- acti featured ini a revival of 'Ihe- Gong Show-, lait Wednesoday. (April" Fool's. Day) at the Whitby Pgycblatric HospitaL The show was staged to rais. mnoney for the Federated Health Campaiga. phioto b7mark aow, Whtbr 1,..Pm"s Town- tax .increai By Marjo Boucher Wbitby tapaers' will face a 2.3 per cent tairea"eta year on the Town portion of The average- tax increese ung ahbrn assessed at $5,500, will Ce $3.75 opeer- household. Rural rtpyr will pay $14.85 more in 1992, a 2.9 per cent increase from m1at. The urben tax increase was lower dmtbe rural tax increas beause cf tbe decreaue i tbexnill rate for =mngWbity At lest weele~s budget «metings, council approved a $25.5 million operating CE) fficiit bugtad a $13 P millon apital budget. a The 1991oprtg budet $s 24A4 Newo ilinand the cptlc nr budget $13.4, Oni.IiW Pa budget is divided as follows: Kinsmen 1 * $7.9 million for public works; a * *6.2 million forPa protection to eras '92 projec ~ce os the ffSePai * 49million for * $. mUioýfo kaand receation; * $1.6 million ornacl peos rnte, Most cf' wich ,gaes W othe Wbitb7 -public * *734670 ta planing and deolopment; "$3065 W xeutveand logisiative, wihMdin*cluascouncil's salaries; * *29,950 ta social services. Itho *13 million capital budget, the major. pro4ject for 1992 is the. now operations centre The estimated cost cf construction cf the centre is *6.7 million, and *4.1 million in debentuswllI b. usod Woward the cost. "At current itereet rates, the. Town wîlll I ige ge fund the annuali $540,185 froni the ($125,000) and the ($415,115),, for a Claringbold, Twn arfingbold sad week tht the remaining tobe pa complex, the pay The 1992 budge lecisions' Large subdivision plan for. Brooklin B Maro Boucher o Monday night. Plans f'or a large housing deve- Te application by Brooklin lopmixent i Broioklin wereý met eadowsLd is -fer 1354 rosi- wihmie raTion b oalrs-dential *nte on a pro b o- dents at aTonpang and ded by Columbus t develcpment committee meeting north, Winchester Rd., ta the sou ýth, Queen St.'ta, the wvest and' Thicksn Rd.ta the oast. Thore *ould ho1 22sigl d.tached homes, 77 'wnhoaUà repa yrents of tbis debt cf elementary achools on the .260- B velopmerit reserve fund acre praperty. i uuec tal reserve fund The development would acccm- term of 1le Years, said AI modate an estimated 5,500ý treasurer.pel. idw li udeda ebýentureTe 'land is currently zoned aid off, for the Iroquois Park agricultural and the applicant is mente ta ho comipleted in as fo a residentia designa- tien,« eoffical planjdeigna- at aIse lied ta deal with *2.6 tien for bah the Town ud Dur.. milin n xpenses ham Regon calîs* fer residential beyond te 191 with haardlande., budget. Brocklin Meadows3'tM& aIea ani nses included has anether application for a in 0lae.0 icreas.5 sall shopping, plaza, possibly hone e a 5000 including a variety tore, a dry dbenue f orth.a50ic cleaning place anda video store, Cente re comlex on a two-écre parcol at the north- Cente ro camiez west corner of Thickson -Rd. and and *237,000' for Winchester Rd. ài .'- --- ir tinsoperang the. coin îas fM~1U5and a' $30d000 eeded"increase for pa 4 equity, as well as Ti~ >ol debate fgalfees, tax writeoffi and utility cbarg, hi 23 said. Tex increases tbit s, ra ts 13 prc.ntf the 199ý 30 bu4et * corpmai thexeenmsS m las ymes b1»ýMplus thi new obligations fr u, ho said. do Town adminimWalaoesaidol the new Civic Centre roc campiez requirsi new staff in 1991 and "consequently, thero am no additionai personnel contained in tbi fnfct, the. sizocf the staff compleinen bas been reduced in almoot every departmenl tbogh laycffs and reductionstbog attrition," hesai, rfer=îto, the. revioei odfTwn safnyoffs. Wallace said now sbift schedules for Towr einployeee and the reduction of overtime bavi helped decreaso cas. su> PAGE il EASTER .COLOURING CONTrEST 31f t,-'. t . . 4 T he commercial aPplictio y was made because roac accesa ta s residential lots. at the corner cf Thickson Rd. and Winchester Rd. b would ho difficuit, and a commer- s cia shopping plaa seems more appropriate for. the site, said s Leth Macro vice-president cf IL Landtactix fric., on behaif cf 2 Brooklin Meadowsi Ltd. a «We've committed ta tbis deve- It lopment since 1988," ho said. e . Mocro said the applicant wants ta keep the s3mall-tcwn atmcsphere'cf-Brcoklin as much ai apossible and is abig supporter e cf the downtowvn area c f the a village. The bhigh, density hcusing will1 bo developed close ta the major- roada and inovative, ways w*iu beo attemp ted for road construc-' tions and Rýossungs' with the' empliasis on green enviroriment ri isea faphl esaid. *Mooro said the applicant is aiea leokung at the poslbility, cf a seniors-related housing pro- grami, among other ideas,, ta do ME PAGE 2o See Page 1 * -. imam" r- 7 777 777,77, .7