Vol. 4, No. 25 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th, 1974 &i Past commodo re Jack Blucher (L.) assists Mayor Des Newman cut the ribbon officially opening the Whitby Council Shuts Di On Senior"A Whitby Counicil spent. three hours Monday night hearing deputations and try- ing to decide whether-or-not to allow a proposed Senior 'A' hockey team, four hours of ice time each week. The counicil meeting, ai- though usually poorl>' attend- cd, was packed with différent groups, Junior A Hockey Club, Whitby Figure Skating Club, Brooklin Whitby Minor Hockey Assoc., and the Sen- ior A group. The Senior 'A' group was trying to be squeezed into the already tight ice turne schedule for four hours weekly to get the tcam started. The other groups were there t>* stop them for fear of giving up any of their own turne, or in the case of the Jr. A. club flot wantingcompetition. In the présent schedules for Brooklin Memorial Ar- ena and Iroquois Park, Min- or Hockey has about 68 hours of ice time each week, the figure skating club about 231/, Jr. A about 6½h, about 16 hours weekiy for public skating (children, family, ad- ults) and the rest of the time is split up amongst other groups sucli as Ringette, In- dustrial Leagues, and 'Private Permits'. Tom Fitzsimmons, vice- president of Durham Sports oors H ockel Enterprises Ltd., the group proposing to operate the Sen- ior 'A' club, led the list of deputations. He said that "timing is critical" and "we want to get in this year". Mr. Fitzsimmons said "it is flot our intention to compete with other teams". "'we're simrply asking for a share." Mr. Vincent Piati, presi- dent of the newly purchased club, said "a Jr. 'A' team and a Sr. 'A' teain can flot sur- vive". He said "since the WHA senior hockey has gone downhili," and that "four and a haif hours a wcek. for a Sr. A team is definitely not enough." He asked coun- cil to decine the ice time to Sr. A. "Let thcm go somewhere cisc and play, be- cause they're not going to get anywhere anyway," he said. The next deputation from Mrs. Steeves of the Whitby Figure Skating Club was short and to the point. She said that cither of the proposcd schedules, with or without Senior A, suitcd her, needs, "tas long as our ice timne re- ,mains the same". John Chasczewski, Brook- lin-Whitby Minor Hockey Assoc., came up next to in- forrn council that the assoc. expects over i1,000 boys this Yacht (lub's new clubhouse. The officiaI opening Satur- year, and "we should have preference over. new groups." He also made a little dig at the figure skating club saying rthat if the boys and non-paid volunteers in ' hs organiza- tions could get up at 5 a.m. to be on the, ice by, 6 a.m. "the girls of the figure.skat- ing club should be able to do the same".. Council kicked the matter back anid for-th*> Mayor'New- man Ieft the chair and offer- cd a solution by juggling the schedule to allow* Senior 'A' but thiswas flot well reccived,' and a break was called to day *was witnessed by mcm- rnd.ecsoy bers and speciai gucsts (bac k- - Free Press Photo allow council to hold a con- fidential meeting. The outcome was coundil voting in favour of accepting the Recreation Director's re- commrendatioli to not allow the Senior 'A' club ice timne. Denis O'1Connor High Has 58 Graduati9 elist Church with ?ev. John The Denis O'Connor High Harrington as the Celebrant. School graduation exercises Jennifer Shields, winner were held on Saturday with of the Arthur O'Connor Fart- 58 -students graduating, 25 il>' Award for Outstanding with Honours. Academie, Athletic, Service A Folk. Mass was cele- and Leadership Achievement, brated in St. John the Evang- was the Valedîctorian. I . , A AOum Whitby Yac'eht The officiai opening of the Whitby Yacht club 's new clubhouse was held Saturday with Mayor Des Newman cutting a rcd ribbon in turn letting off a blast frorn a stearn whistle. Jirn Catie acted'as master of ceremonies. 'Past Coin- mnodores present were, Met Gôreski, Bruno Harilaid, Dr. Laurie Oxenhain, and Jack Blucher. The present commodore, Harry "Tanker" Jones, spoke of' the histor>' of the club over the past eight years and creditéd Mr. Gorcski with getting the original clubhousc. -Jim Cane paid tribute to Joe Robsori, John Vickery, Joan Jones, Dave Kerry, Jin- my Henderson and Bill Bow- den for their contributions_ to the new, facility>'m ,Mlayor Néwmiù bhie'ad-e it lias been a labour, of love ....nothing cise couki have produced what we sce here toda'.," Other guests included Aj- ax Mayor Clarke Mason, MP Ed Broadbent and his wife Lucille, Councillor Jin Gart- shore and his wife Marje, and Durham Police Chief Jon Jenkins. Miss Shields in her speech said "we've been taught the worth of honest, dlean think- ing,- the importance of striv- ing for excellence, and thec necessity for prayer* in our daily lives". She added that the "teachers at Denis O'Con- nor are a special breed too - they're required to combine the sympathetie talents of an Ann Landers with the intellect of a Robertson Davis and the stamina and endur- ance characteristic of a Jim Ryan. This year "s crop had the necessary traits, and thcy did a great job." John Griffith was awarded the Mayor's Medal for Out- standing leadership. Deidre Newman won four awards: for religion; for scholarship- ing gr. 12; for academic ach- ievement; and partial schol- arship for highest standing. Other award winners were: Patti Mackey ;TomMcAllister; Ben Jetten; Cathy McMon- agie; Janice Tobin;-Kathleen Fitzgerald; Ben Van Berkel; Sharon Deeks; Betty Kroe- kenstoci; Bernadette Barber; Debra Filo; Ed Jetten; Peter- Sheppard; Rick Sheppard; Pe- ter St. Pierre; Fran Dole- weerd; Terry Krockenstoel; Cedile Thackery ;Jcnnifer Van Leeuwen; Lucy Detta Colli; Continued On Page 2 CIRCLE TAXI 128 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY, ONT. 668-6666a(i 24 HRS. 7F R PR S\ý S