$5000O may be granted to enclose About $500,000 in pro- vincial and federal money may soon be comning 10 Whitby in the form of a neighboui'hood improvenient grant. Mayor Jim Gartshore said Friday that the town has been workiflg with the provincial governmreflt\ for about a year to obtain a neighborhood improvemieît grant which is provided by the federal governuiet through the provincial gov- ernmleflt 0 iminicipalities. Mayor Gatshore said that the Ontario Ministry of Housing has înfornied hira that Whitby's applicationi has been executed and $312,000 has been allocated from the federal goverrnient. "'Now we can apply the stsh Creek fornially tor the federal noney- and additioflal pro- vincial money which will amount to about $200,000", said Mayor Gartshore. The neighbourhood iia- provemnent grants are given to municipalities to improve specific areas which they have designated by the local counicils. Mayor Gartshore said the north-eaSt quadrant of the old town of Whitby lias been designated Tor those grants, and anmong the puojects the towvn would like to undertake are the enclosure of Asti Creekattd the purchase and developineft of parklarid ini the north-east quadrant. "This will go a long way towards the improvenment an d enclosure of' Ashi Creek", said the mayou. Ile saîd that federal assistance, it could take 10 to 15 years to enclose the creek, but witli the special funding, it could be done in three to five years. He hopes the work would be ready to staut next year. Ash Creek has been a probleni area in the town for many years, being located on low ground and suject to flooding. Duiing a hicavy rainfaîl ini August I1971 , whien 300 basen1ents in Whitby wverc floodedl, the Asli Creck area was one of (lie hardest hit. Mayor Gartshiore said thiat the pmoject could be supple- rnented by sorne ctapital levies fuoin the town, and applications *)uld he imade for other grants. _____ PM1oct TIIS 5FIE PREVENTION WEEK ,"Protect theni while they sleep," is the theme of this week's Fire Prevention Week activ- ities in Whitby. The f ire hall at Brock and Coîborne Streets is open to the public between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. until Saturday, with the emphasis being on the use of smoke detectors ini the home. Everyone is welconle to corne and see special demonstratins of these de- tectors. Free Press Photo Rý E P REAI Regional taxes expected to rise by'5 I iih:miregionial taxeCs may the Support oftheflic n TRUCK DRIVER KILLED One driver was killed and the other driver suffered minor road, a grini reniinder of what had occiîrred only a short injuries when two trucks collided at the corner of Winches- time before this picture was taken. At press time, Durham ter Road and Thickson Road North about 2:30 p.m. Regional Police were still investigatiflg at the accident scene Tuesday. A police photographer (at left) proceeds towards and no names or further details could be released. the body of the dead driver, covered by a sheet. To the s rigbt of the body lies the driver's shoe, in the middle of the Fe rs ht yMk lre Region With spending restraints be- ing the order of the day. regional council has decided 10 re-exarnine 'ils plans 10 build a $5 million extension 10 the reglonal headqualters on Rossalnid Road. anice Commiiit tee CIiairamanl Joh1111Aker. Lasi Wedaiesclay fthcregional comacil adopti2d a set of budget ary guidelines calhla foi- a maxialmm increase ia the regiîotial levey of 9.8 pet- cent. but a 4.8 peu- cent iii- crease in assessfliellt gro\VtIl wil Ilredace thte actti ali a- CI-Case 10 thmetaxpayels 10 l'ive pet- cent. Wilî wauiagms fuoin Proviai- cial Treasourc Darcy NMcKeoiig li to Cut hack spendimg as machel as possible, the region i s trying tb keep the budget jacreases for mlost dlepa rtrtent s at, thue Pei, cent. Howvever, said Mu. Aker, social services expects a aine peu- cent increase dite t costS of human seu-vices which can't be cut, and tihe Durhami Regional Police want 1 4 peu- cent more to cuver costs of personnel and policing anl expanded area whlichi will include Newcastle for the first time. day tuini aliniost $1 ilion, fro n regional prograuns an d services. lie said that the imited in- crease over the 1 977 budget wilI be difficuli for miost of thme region's departnients, but tIhe spending taugets have ajority - rflf Mr. Aker said that the guItide- lines were cleauly based not on *what thie region needs, but what it canl afford. The regionl'S 1977 operatiflg bud- get was S45.4 iiIon, re- presentlng a four per cent iii- crvase ini regional taxes over 1976. Man jailed for failing A Whitby aman chiarged with attenpted mlurder will spend tlie next two monthis in jail for failing 10 make an appeau- ance in court 10 answcu 10 thme charge. Manfred Bludau,> 27, was to have appearcd before thie Supuenle Court of Ontario Assizes oni Sept. 19. Whien lie did miot appeau, lie was sentenccd 10 two nionths in jail Oct. 3 by Jttdge Norman 'llrnunidsoni. He was also sentenced to one niontli in jail concurrent fou îiot repoutilig 10 police as re- quired on Sept. 1 8 and was fined $150 for duiving xvhile under suspension June 24. e ~.L' LV-IW.WDgWI/'tAJVQ remeXamifles proposed expansion uj net&t&tuu;&w- evnaisi~on. arcmiteet tirait duaWigs Oshawa CouncillorS Bruce McArthtlr and Doug Wilson, called for the ue-evaluiltiol1, and received the support of the council last WednesdaY. Councillor Wilson said the ititent of thé motion Was not addition whiclh would bring ail regional departnlents uinder onie roof. "lThcrc tits been a change ini thle cconomic cliniate ini Ibis area and tliis province," lic Couincillor McArthiuu said thie region shlould "nliaxinmize" tlue qpace it lias ill the present headqualterS, rather thanl procccd withl the proposed and ree.valuatiol, Of thee nced sunliers liave beemi conmletcd. wlhere ti COunlcilor McAtt but said (lie velopiei $ 100,000 ilhl e Xpaise l'or located. lieuplning 0a1d('d)- rivil dcuueltl ar SS. 'ý colild - ý ý;,-% ci CA pal a ai%, a - - [lie pl.,jjjjihig and de- ,lit ÈICIIIII, t l'le lit, IV w qcv -a--