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Page 6, Whiby Free Press, Wednesclay, ctober 4, 1995 The onty Newspaper owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby resîdents! MEMBER OF: CANADIAN O NTARIO COMMUNITY CRUAIN COMMUNITY NEW$9PAPER NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION ISSN#0844-398X The Whitby Free Press is distributed free to 99% of the homes in Whitby, Brooklin, Ashburn & Myrtie as weil as numerous public and commercial outiets in Whitby, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering & Port Perry. 27,500 COPIES DELIVERED WEEKLY MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE Canada $34 + GST - Outside Canadla $80 + GST Publisheçi every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario Ime. Box 206, 131 Brock St. N., Whitby, Ontario Li N 5S1 Phone: 668-6111 Out of town: 1-800-668-0322 Fax: 668-0594 Doug Anderson - Pubisher 1 .Maurice, Pifher - Editor Alexandra Martin'- Production Ma nager -o t he editor-, Article's inferences unfair Printed on newsprint with minimum 200.% recycled content using vegetable.based inks. l Ail writen material, illustrations and advertising contained herein is protected by copyright. Any reproduction by any means for commercial purposes wilhout the express permission of the newspaper is prohibited and is a violation of Canadian copyright taw. ReproduCtion for non-commercial distribution should bear a credit mie 10 the Whitby Free Press. Sehool emphasis on attitudes- To the editor: The Harris govemment promnises a backç-to-basics approacti te educatlon wfth emphasls on academlIcs and accuntablty; a novel klea in the face 0f secular humanism, new age philesophy, expicit sex education and gay prepaganda. Schools have become attitude factonies, more concerned about socially engineering oui childien into, poicl correctlveness thîough values clarification and desensization techniques than oquipplng them with basic (emplyeble) Ife skiils. The emphasls has been on values and non- Heritage support appreciasted To the editor: The Whitby Local Architecturai r Conservation Authenity Commlttee, (LACAC) would like te thank the many participants who donated their time and talent la this years, Heritage Day celebrations held on Sept. 9 in downtown Whitby. We greatly appreclate the support and klndness of the downtown meichants who partidipaied and donated prizes fer the scavenger hunt'contest. We would aise like te thank The Fiee Press for articles lnforming residents about the many events, and we thank councillors Shirley Scott Judi Longfield, Gerry Emm and Marcelle Brunelle and mayer Tom Edwards for attending the day's events In support 0f LACAC. LACAC apprediates, the interest shewn by residents of Whitby and boks fiorward te their support In next years celebiatiens. Rlck McDonnsll Chair, LACAC judgmental attitudes, se many et our childien cannot, read, write, speli correctîy or make change tram aa dolar wthout the use 0f a calculator. Ontario students tare the worst on Interprovincial testing for spelling and comprehiension, but they know how te put a condom on a banana and have acquiied the politically correct atttue regardlng Issues sucti as homnosexuality and AIDS. School board trustees have turned a deaf eaî te the relentless lobbying efforts 0f parent and community groups ailke. Trustees routineiy demonstrate that they represent the bovrd, net theirconstituents. Se I must applaud the governmenrs initiative te restructure and hopefuily elminate these seif-serving bureaucrats. The public school system ne longer serves as an extension of the home but appears te be a bulldog organization. determined te undermine Itforcing many parents te home-school their chiidren or opt for pnivate education, at.great personal eqense. Educrats, se obsessed with Justifying sexuel chelces that they se ln arget market as fair game, mrlymanipulate students into accepting homosexuality as an alemnate Ifestyle. FRfteen-year-ols ln Durham Region are told te "come eut" and "celebrate« their homnosexuality through a video presentation et Gay in the Famif y. Let education go te fiee enterprise.a implement the voucýher system, whereby parents couid redeem their education vouchers at the school ef their choice. The province wouid coîlect ail local property.taxes and redistribute the revenue (eliminating the costly need for local school beards). Albertans have set up charter schooîs (focusing on academics). B.C. hs alternative schools.. Its time for Ontariens, who believe that education lime and dollars should be spent on teachlng basic core subjects, not wasted on values, be offered the samie freedom of choice. But ht makes se much sense bureaucris might neyer get it. Carol Swltzer Oshawa To the edîtor: The front-page article ln the Sept. 27 Free Press misrepresented th e approval that CLOCA gave to the Rose subdivision, at CLOGAs Sept. 19 meeting. You aceurately reperted that -10,625 cubic yards of earth MI be plaod withln the regional floodplaln, and that 12,947 cubic yards of earth wlll be cut te compensate for the filîl CLOCA members (and most eveyne else) reoognize that this willi resuit in a net f lood storage increase 0f 2,322 cubic yards., Vour article lnferred that CLOCA had adopted a position that previded for less storage. This inference was unfai both to the property owner and the members et the CLOCA board. In Its report te the board, CLOCA staff recommended thae the cut and fi1 permitbe lssued, but asked for an opportunity to obtain further information from the applicant on how speafic criteria, namely ostages storage," could be met before alîowing a variance from the cittena., Knowing that this would be requested, our engîneers worked diligently before the meeting to investigate options for addressmng stage storage, and presented the options to the authoiity at the Sept. 19 meeting.' Having this information at hand, the i recommendation to seek additional information was then redundant. Authority members had ail the Information they needed to deaide on the variance.-'They -more noise, Io the. editor: Re: 'Negbourscritiaize noise pollution," Fee Press, Sept. 20, i Ived at part lot 26, concession 4 unl 1lwassrarriedln 1957. 1Ihave an interest ln this property north 0f Famly Kartways. woatne h Paul Rycroft, woatne h sept. 18 planning meeting wih Russell Soichetti, said there has been racing since the Mites, before the Sonichetti family owned it. Family Kartways was started in the early sixties, not titties, by .Dick Clark. The noise makes your ears ring and give healaches now. Just think what it ÀIl be like if this new zoning is passed - a lot more noise from the two-cycle karts. ft sure wilI decrease the value 0f nearby homes and property. They will be worth nothing if you're able to seIi them at ail. People, stand up for your rights, go to the meetings or write letters to the planning departmenf, 575 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby, Ont., Li N 2M8. Lois Atkînson (ne. Bîce> Oshawa determined that, the variance was minor, being only 0.15 per cent of the storage volume at the cross- section in question, and that any attempts to cut additlonal earth from the ' vailey would threaten envionmentaly sensitive areas; of the marsh. The envlronmental nisk far outweighed any possible benefit. Pubilic service targeted To the editor: What do nine out of 10O0f the top empboyers in Durham Region h *ave In common? They are ail public service empIoyers. In our current frenzled search to reduce costs, Rt has become increasingly popular to target the public service, with absolutely no' regard to the loss of service in our communities. We are' ail being conditioned to expect less. Public services - our hospitals, roads, water, hydro, our workplace health and safety, education and much more -- havé moreor less been taken for granted by many In our communlt. Yet the tact we have these services has made our communities the vital places they are. Publi service jobs, jobs that pay a living wage and have working conditions and .frige benefits attached, are belng serlous1Y attacked. A worker maklng a living wage uses that income to purchase goods, and services In the communities. Worker s havlng access to drug and dental benefits have led to our workforce being healthy An tlhe absolute, positive rush to correct the problem in our economy that the New York bond agendies say we have, what- will be the impact on our communities? Joàn Gates Reglon 3 vice president Ontario Public Service Empioyees Union TOP EMPLOYERS IN, DURIIAM REGION 1) Generai Malais <(».M plant). 11.158 Oshawa 2) Durhamn Board of Education, 5,653 . Whb 3) Ontario Hydro. Pikonng 5.267 4) Duriam Rogion. Whitby 3,136 5) Gonsial Mtois <forth phant) 3,112 6) Ontario Hydro <Dadinwgon 2.640 nuclear plant) 7) Oshiawa Gerai Hospita 2.220 8) Gêri Mal aioos af Canada 1.859 (Col Sam Drim) 9) Durham Region separate 1.750 adclboard 10) Ontario Ministry of Finance. 1450 Oshawa 11) City ci0shawa 1,130 12) Duham Cohg,. Oshawa 978 Ail et the other recommendations et the staff report weïre -adopted. These require the preparation 0f detalled plans and specifications, the* Implementation of slit contraI measures, the compliance with the provisions 0f ,the environmental management programn and open space master plan, and the restration of al disturbed areas. The inference that CLOCA had somehow given up its abilty to controi construction near the marsh, or hal thoughtîessly "given Rose.a passu is slmply not true. Your article is based prlmanly on interviews with councillors Brunelle and Emm, evn though Brunelle was not present at the Sept. 19 CLOCA meeting. There does not appear to have been any attempt to contact me or CLOGA staff,'a routine jounalistic procedure that might have le you to Write a more factual and balanced reporr. Your fallure to do so was unfair to the preperty owner, and te the CLOCA board members who were net given an epportunity te defend, their actions. Konneth W. Ferguson K.W. Feruson Consultants Toronto. A marsh message To the. edItor: Recently I drove along Vict oria Street towards Ajax. t wasa cnsp mornlng and wth the car window roled down, I was enjoying the fresti air. Due. te the Lou* 0f trafflo, I was aise enjoying the' drive and appreciatinq the surrounding ountryside. As i approached Lynde Marsh, I noticed the numerous %Ne Trespassinge signs on the land where future developments are perdng adjcnt te the marsh. I aise read the signa encouraglng us te thlnk how the develepment et this wilemess will affect ouicommunity, oui children and grandchildren and the inhabUtansof the marsh. I wasImpressed i wth the slmplicity et these signs as they certainly got the message acress te me. 1 thought 0f the dedication of certain townspeople who have spent numerous heurs opposing the invasion 0f the marsh. Then, as i approached the, centre of the causeway, a beautiful blue heron took fIght right in front of me, se close i could cleariy see the markings on its feathers. What a sightl The great expanse 0f wings with the lon legs tuckçed under the àx1 the slgns i had just read seemed te fade away.. This was a sign trom the miarsh itsefl. Gwen Evans WhItby