Whitby Inthelead, front page story of "The Daily Commercial News", Canada's leading construct- ion newspaper, the Ontario Gen- eral Contractor's Association criti- cized Whitby C o u ncil's method Tendering of retendering for the municipal com- plex and the police building. The "Daily Com- mercial News" is adaily publication which carries con str uct ion , municipal and gen- e r al news cross- Makes Canada to eight thousandpaid sub- scribers. In retendering the municipal-pol- iceproject, coun- cil had invited bids from four l oc al firms: Mel- Ron Construction, Lynview Con- Cross s t r u c t i on Ltd., Van Hoof Con- struction (Whitby) L td. and William D. W inter Ltd. However, the three original low b i d ders were not inv i ted to re tender on the project, Canada* andexecutive dir- ector E. R. Fepton of the Ontario General Contrac- torts Association w r o t e a letter to Mayor Desmond Ne wman charging that the town's procedures in the matter, represen- News te d Ila ser i ous d e p ar ture" from accepted con- struction industry practices. Continued. on PAGE 10 rarît WHITBY FREE PRESS Snzi ZIS(voie of the County Town) Volume 2, BOX 206. WHITSY, ONT. FREE HOME Nurrber l4 Thursday, March '24I972 DELIVERY Where To Park The Family Plane? If you think you have trouble schem- ing where you can legally park the fami ly car, how would you decipher where to park a plane? - "Because w e s t i 11 do have an air- plane - and with wings too - parked onP almer ston Avenue and Brock Street, "Reeve Tom EdwardstoJld council on Monday night. The subject of airplane parking was dredged up in the general busin- ess section of council, when the reeve asked if the town has zoning designat- i on s r e s t r icting parking spaces for airplanes. "Have we got such a zoning ?"1, ask- ed the colourful reeve, "because we've got an airplane - with wings - on Brock an d P almerston, and according to my information, itts been there for some time. I "1 know there are many people in t h i s a r ea looking forward to the new airport, but this is rushing things a I i t t I e too much, " said the reeve, re- galing fellow council members. Then on a more serious note he ad- ded, "I don't think it's fair to overlook t h e z o n ing designations of one area, and clamp down on other areas." But about the legality of parking planes on the streets of Whitby, it's a m a t t e r of interpretation of the bylaw and its loopholes, says the planning of- fice. "My intuition tells me though, says' town planner Dr. Moheed Michael that the bylaw wouldn't allow it. Thief had a Q.uirk Man on the Street, Specia1 Report asks, "How would you change downtown Whi tby ? " .. .Pg. 5 "If we don't act now to stop government and developers from trampling and raping our irreplaceable heritage, we may as well give up thoughts of a real Canada to pass on to future generations", says a letter to the editor on Page 2. A thief who gingerly and profession- ally picks a lock, enters a house pepp- eredwith radios, cameras, televisions and other household "goodies", and who then simply walks out with a mere $35 woman's coat for ail his trouble, does not necessarily constitute a mystery. The incident, which occured recen- tly in Whitby, can be chalked up to the char acteristic work of a thief with a quirk. "Ithappens quite often these days," Hope of Provincial help for A c I e a r i n d i cation has corne from the of f i ce of the Minister of Municipal Affai rs on provincial assistance for Whitby flood victims. In a letter to Bill Newman, M.P.P. O n t ario South, who had written to ie minister, hope for provincial assistance for Whitby was ruled out. "I have now had an opportunity to review the matter, ançi it is my under- standing that there. are numerous occas- Staff Sergeant Fred Baker of the Whi tby Police explained to the "Free- Press" on Monday morning. There are some instances where a thief w ill go into a drawer, taking pains in removing one item to deliberately leave an envelope fuill of money whi ch is plain to his view, he related. These, he says, are sometimes just eccentricities on the part of the thieves rather than mysterious motive. storm victims ruled out ions each year where damage is suffered as a result of sewage back-up in munici- p a i t i es across the province," wrote theminister in response to the M. P. P. "Much as I would like to help you, I must consi der the precedent which woul d b e e s t ablished, which would bind the province to substantial payments on acontinuingbasis to remedy a situation that is a local service matter', " he ad- ded. Il:=