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Friday, December 14, 2018 5 Brooklin Town Crier Brooklin's Pizza King, Gus, Passes Away Costas "Gus" Lambrou died on Dec. 1, age 61. He operated Square Boy Pizza on what is now the vacant lot on the corner of Baldwin and Way Streets. An institution in Brooklin, he knew his customers by name and remembered his regulars' orders, often offering his "special" price. One resident described going there as needing to arrive early, not just to pick up pizza, "because you'd be chatting with him for 20 minutes." Another recalled, "We never said we were ordering pizza from Square Boy. I don't even think we said pizza. Pizza night would sound like this, 'Do you want Gus' for dinner?'" His obituary and guestbook can be found at this link: https://www.arbormemorial.ca/highland-markham/obituaries/costas- lambrou/27115 Cannabis In Brooklin? Whitby council voted earlier this week to proceed with community consultation regarding both the existence of cannabis retail stores in the town as well as by-laws regarding smoking, cannabis and vaping. The provin-cial government has given municipalities until Jan. 22, 2019, to either opt in or out of having can- nabis retail outlets and so the current council will be voting on this in January. However, it will first determine how the community feels about the issue. To put this in further perspective, both Mayor Don Mitchell and many councillors included in their campaigns strong commentary regarding improvements to both Whitby and Brooklin downtowns. Would smoking cannabis or vaping on town property do harm to our downtowns? Should there be a cannabis retail store in Brooklin's core, for instance, within sight of the Renascent Paul J. Sullivan Treatment Centre for addiction abuse at the corner of Baldwin and Colston, a stone's throw from downtown? Until the Town finalizes and makes public its community consultation approach, the Town Crier offers residents an opportunity to voice their opinions on the topic. Visit brooklintowncrier.com and read the two Town of Whitby staff reports. Then email your opinion to clerks@whitby.ca, which goes to all councillors. As well, you may send a short note to us at the Town Crier at: editorofbtc@gmail.com. Letters to the editor must be brief, to the point, and must include your name. In our January 4, 2019, issue, we will publish the best letters, one or two from each side of the debate.