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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 22, 1986 -- 17 Tg ond Area since 1983 Brooklin Profile Published every Tuesday by Port Perry Star Company Limited . P.O. Box 567, Brooklin, Ont. LOB 1CO ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Editor Phone 655-3637 or 985-7383 Be Brooklinite to attend the Royal Wedding tomorrow The village of Brooklin will be represented at the Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson this Wednesday by Donald Grant, the younger son of Doctor Guthrie and Mrs. Joy Grant of Winchester Road East. The Prince and Donald have been friends for almost 10 years now, ever since their initial meeting at Gordonstoun, a prestigeous school in Scotland, where Donald was an exchange student for five months. Prince Andrew subsequently at- tended Lakefield College, near Peterborough, in 1978, when Donald was there in grade 12. The two young men spent many 'hours together. The Prince was a guest at the Grant's Brooklin residence during that winter when the pair were snowed in en route to a hockey match in Buffalo. But ac- cording to Joy Grant, Prince An- drew rather enjoyed the situation and had a great deal of fun snowmobiling. The Grants are pleased with An- drew's happiness, stating that he is a charming young man, full of fun with a great sense of humour. Joy recalls when Andrew disguis- ed his appearance so as not to be recognized when he and Donald went to see a movie. He took great delight that his disguise was so good that Joy did not recognize him. He tore away the disguise and laughed heartily. Guthrie was always amazed when the Prince would break into his Monty Python routine, acting out as many as four different parts in the skit at the same time. They feel Donald's invitation is a great honour as the only other members of Lakefield to be.invited to the wedding are the former head master and his wife, and the chapel priest. Donald, now 27, is employed as a house master for government residents in Whitehorse, North West Territories and flew to England last Saturday over the pole after spen- ding a few days in Vancouver at Ex- po '86. He will be staying with close friends near Harrods in the Knightsbridge section of London. During his three-week stay in £ngland, Donald will also be par- ticipating in the Cours Sailing Event around the Isle of Wight for a week. Cours is to sailing what Wimbledon is to tennis, and it is an honour to receive an invitation to participate. But Donald is no stranger to Royal events. He also attended Andrew's 21st birthday party in 1981, the same year of the last Royal Wedding when Prince Charles and Lady Diana were married. Regional councillorswere surprised by maneuver If you have never seen a group of politicians caught completely by surprise, you should have been at last Wednesday's Regional council meeting. For it was at this meeting that Oshawa Mayor Allan Pilkey called upon a little-used by-law to stall the addition of two additional regional councillors, catching most members off-guard. After much debate, councillors voted 14-13 (three members were absent) in favour of increasing regional representation in both Whitby and Ajax by one member each. But it was at this point the Pilkey rose to make a motion that council reconsider its decision. The move sent Regional Chairman Gary Herrema and many other coun- cillors scrambling for their rules of procedure books. But it turned out that the mayor from Oshawa was quite correct. Under the region's by-laws, a mo- tion to reconsider a decision needs only a one-third support from coun- cillors present, not the two-thirds re- quired by most municipalities. As it stood, Pilkey needed only nine votes of the 27 members there, and with eight Oshawa councillors present, he easily got his ninth vote. Oshawa councillors have been united in their fight against addi- tional representation from Whitby and Ajax since the matter was first proposed by the province last September. Since that time, the 11 Oshawa reps have continually voted en masse against the matter. But with three Oshawa councillors ab- sent from last Wednesday's meeting, (Ed Kolodzie arrived late, Brian Nicolson was on vacation and Cy Elsey was attending a funeral) the recommendation was passed in the close vote. Pilkey"s move has given a number of councillors great con- cern. As Oshawa has 11 represen- tatives, *hey could in effect always have over the one-third votes re- quired to request reconsideration on any motion passed if they were not in favour of the outcome. It could virtually tie the hands of all coun- cillors, and slow down regional proceedings. In the original vote, all councillors from Ajax, Whitby and Pickering supported the recommendation for additional representatives. Coun- cillors from Oshawa and Brock voted in a block against the motion and councillors from Uxbridge, Scugog and Newcastle voted in- dependantly. Uxbridge Mayor Gerri-Lynn O'Conner was against; Scugog Mayor Gerry Taylor in favour. But the situation took another twist after the meeting when Ajax Councillor, and chairman of finance, Jim Witty suggested Pilkey's motion may be invalid because the region's by-laws call for a motion of reconsideration to be presented in writing at the conclu- sion of the meeting. Whatever the outcome, it cannot be decided until council resumes sit- ting in September, but Herrema stated the matter left ""a little bit of bitterness" among councillors. He expressed his concern that the events of the day would ruin the har- mony that council members had worked hard to encourage, predic- ting "war" among the various municipalities. Charges dropped against two women in 'Major' case Murder charges against two women were dropped during the first day of preliminary hearings last Friday in connection with the death of Clark Major, a Brooklin resident, nearly four year ago. Elizabeth Ann Fisher of Thornton Road North, just east of Brooklin, and her sister-in-law Janet Fisher, of Toronto, were charged with se- cond degree murder early in June after Durham Regionai Police received a tip through their Crime Stoppers program. Additional charges laid against the two women including robbery, possession of stolen goods, and con- spiricy to commit theft, were also dropped on the request of Crown At- torney John Scott. During the preliminary hearing, Scott called five witnesses to give testimony in order to determine if there is sufficient evidence to send the three remaining accused to trial in the Supreme Court of Ontario. Frederick Fisher, 32, of Whiteoaks Drive, Whitby, his brother Ralph Fisher, 33, of Toron- to and Donald McCoy, also of Toron- to, are charged with second degree murder, robbery, possession of stolen goods and conspiracy to com- mit theft. A sixth man, Danny Hun- tington, of Thornton Road North, has been charged with being an ac- cessory after the fact of murder, and will appear at a separate preliminary hearing on October 31. A ban on publication of the testimony was ordered by Judge Dodds at the request of defense council for one of the accused. Major died on August 7, 1982 after being dragged some 400 feet along Ashburn Road when he attempted to remove the ignition keys from a van trying to flee the scene after steal- ing tires from his home. The preliminary hearing will con- tinue on Wednesday Juiy 23 at .he Court House on Rossland Road East Dr. Guthrie Grant and his charming wife Joy have reason to be smiling. Their youngest son Donald, who was born and raised ~ in Brooklin, will be attending the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. The Grants wish the young couple well, and hope the weather will co-operate for the occasion. Anderson resident denied severance The rezoning application of an Anderson Street resident has been 'turned down by the Town of Whit- by's Administrative Committee. The application, made by William Jordon of 4390 Anderson Street ask- ed for an exception to the Agricultural zoning presently on the property to permit the creation of an infilling lot. The property is compos- ed of 12 acres of land which supports a single family dwelling, in an area comprised mainly of 10-acre parcels which also contain single family houses. It was the applicants inten- tion to sever part of these lands, in order that another home could be constructed. But in a report to the Committee, planning director, Bob Short recom- mended that the application be denied. Although the Fire Depart- ment, Hydro, Department of Health Services and Public Works Depart- ment had no objection to the propos- ed severance, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) expressed their concern that the proposed rezoning and subsequent development of the lot might result in negative impacts on "this highly sensitive and significant natural environment.' They indicated that the site of the proposed rezoning was located "within the Anderson Street Woods, an extensive and diverse fores: which is the eastern continuation of the Heber Down - Devils Den forest tract, (these forest areas are separated only by the cleared strip along Highway 12). The CLOCA report stated the forest was located on a local ground water recharge area, exhibiting a high water table and areas of seasonal standing surface water. This forest area also contains exten- sive deciduous stands and supports substantial mammal populations as well as providing prolific habitat for many summer resident birds accor- ding to CLOCA. The planning department also has its doubts about the rezoning ap- plication stating the Durham Region Official Plan by policy discourages the development of new non-farm residential uses. It attempts to discourage strip or ribbon develop- ment. They state as examples of this as unwelcomed practise the row of homes on Robmar Street and at the north-west corner of Garrard and Taunton Roads in Brooklin. Short indicated that the severence of the applicant's property would contribute, in effect, to this ribbon- type development and recommend- ed that the proposal be turned down.