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Fac-tory ma'y closýe if track not approved4. The owner of Family, Karways said last week that if apoa for' his Track's expa nsion does flot corne soon, he, may have to close down:a go-_kart. matnufac- turing plant in Whitby. »Dick Clark, owner of the track said," we could haveto lay oQff ý25 to 30 people.' We' would have to cut . back because the people who buy karts from us would have no place.-to us them." Clark' said that the track andthe plant, FKL Manufac-,, turing, are mutually depen- dant, CLOSING ~l~W èekWhitby 'town dý oiis closed down the con- troversial new,section of the track à tý elincorn- plaints that the track was peaing in defac'f ounc rder. nc o DonMcKây« the assistant admrinistrator, said ,that blawenforcement oôfficers visited'the-facility and asked theowners' to close'down the. new section because "lit con- travenes'our bylaw." Family Kartways was given tentative-approval to open the new section at 'a recent counicil meeting. Theé appr oval W as depen- dant upon approval from the ministry of the environment of, noise and, exhaust emmis- sion levels generated by the iew track. ,The track' is now the largest of its kind in 'North Arnerica. The rment drop in the demand for bousing in Whitby-bas meant that new subdivisions are not being built as quickly and as a resuit, developers wil get a break in the payment of levies to the town., SWhitby Town Councîilibas amended the- payment schédule' of development. levies for ail future subdivi- sien agreements. The move was recommen- ded by Witby's treasurer and co-ordinator of develop- ment ýForbes McEwen "ýWhen the original policy was set inplate, the, housing mîârket was more :active. Therefore, tbeý. deyelopers, were completiïg ther subdi-' visions earlier. 'tToday, a larger subdivi- si1n 1s taklng longer to build and the pre-paymnent of lot « Council also said that «the, track could' not be, operater. until the, necessa ry bylaw' passes, a» lengthy procesi taking months to get 'co unici approva and then that of thc. Ontario. Municipal -Boarcè (0MB). Clark. said that *he begar. operation of the new sectior upon: the advice of hiç, lawyeÊ., "I'm not breaking any Jaw. MY lawyer feels there -is né violationof the la*'," he sjaid., "We are _,trying -to ce~ operate with, the town'as much -as ,we 1can,", Clark said,' adding, "the'way.we ~have ,been 'treated by'.the, town for the past year-anld-a haîf,ý it just doesn't look like we will get- a go-ahead. Clark 'said'that the deci- sion to'» comply with the town's -request partly stem- med. from an accident two weeks ago in which 'a 10 year-old boy was killed.-' »Clark's opinion is- that'the track was.fnot at fault for the accide nt but- that publicity "puts a different 'iight on it." Clark's opinion, said that the track will not re-open uintil final approval is given. although he believes that sufficient noise abatement procedures have been instal- Clark said the new track has a, five foot earthen barrier, topped by a five foot steel barrier where it cornes closest to neighbouiring properties. levies is becoming quite a financial burden to the deve- loper," he said. (The longer the construc- tion time, the longer the deVeloper must wait to collect revenue from tbe sale of bouses.) "Althougb we wish to retain 'a front-ended pay- ment system (where the town starts collecting lot levies soon after the project begins), some variation from Our existing payment schedule would flot cause bardsbip te the municipa- lity" except that some inte- rest would be lost to the reserve fund, McEwen said. What this means, in basic terms, la that tbe'town will allow developers to pay their levies over'- a longer, thné period andi maller amoumts. - b.dance-change. hand-csl Jack' Town. (right) is giving. theý keys,-to'"the W.C. Town Funeral Home.Ambulance Service-to thene w owners, PIl Cocker (left) and Derek Pearce (centre). The service will be moiving-from its present location'to i ts nîew faciitiés on Palace Street, Sptember. 1.,Stories on pages 2 and 12. Poisoning:stillat home Salmonella poisoning may plaque Whitby's- Fairview Lodge unitil the 'end of Sep- tember, at least,> it's admffi- nistrator said last week. Muriel Coates,. the -'admi- nistrator of the'regionally run home for the aged said that an isolated case or two may occur after that. Neither Coates nor regio- nal officiaIs are concerned about' the length of time it sia taken the home to get rid of the illness. "I tbink it's reasonable to expect this to take a couple of months more hecause the pQisoning runs that long," Coates said. The outbreak of salmo- nella became evident early in July when two elderly residents of the home died, with the illness listed as a secondary cause. Since that lime, 35 people at the home were found to be carriers of'-the dOisease. Coates said that at the peak of the incident, 17 resi- dents and 18 members of staff were.found to becar- riers. These numbers have drop- ped. Coates said' that 10 resi- dents and il staff members are still carriers., Four members of staff éculd be dropped from this total' because preliminary tests. have shown they had not exhibited ,symptoms of salmonella. Coates said that tests are stili being done to keep the- illness in check. "I would say that in ano- ther week we would be well on the road'te rec«overy,' Staff shortages have not been as pressing as they were several weeks ago, Coates said., Employees affected by the poisoning and employees off for vacations kept the home pressed for help. Coates'saidthat ffie situa- tion bas almost returned to J.O. Ruddy was insulted by news story says adn.iinist rator An erroneous and insulting view of the Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital was created in a story that was pinted two weeks ago in the News Advertiser, about ,five Durham Centre for the Deve- lopmentally Handicapped residents wbo were taken to, Oshawa General Hospital'for treatmnent after accidentally drink g some chemical 'i their prune juice, Ruddy's aÏdministrator - Joh'n Kunetsky, cbarged last week. He said that he and the rest of the staff at. the Ruddy hospital are upset, even 'indignant about charges mùade. by an anonymous worker at the centre who apparently said that patients are taken to the OGH from the centre because they recei ve better service and are treated witb more digni- ty that they are at Ruddy. Kunetsky, said that the charge la "ridiculous, mai- clous and, -lnsultlng."i He said that It was cowar- dl y for the worker, wbo was afrýaid to let ber name be used in the story, to '"bide behind tbe cloak of anony- mity and make. scurrilous attacks on other people. We resent it very nwcb." Durham Centre admini- strator, Dr. Garry Baker said that OGH was cbosen over Ruddy beéause tbe faci- lily "does not bave a doctor on -caUin luemergency 24 hours a day." Kunsky sald-that 'ibs .As untrue. , Often there is a doctor in emergency ail the time and -one is always on eaUl, nigbt and day, he said. Kunetsky raid that bis faciity could bave bad a doctor'brougbî in before the patients reacbed OGH. lHe also said that be bad no quarrel witb ,tbe decision to. go -te Oshawa. However, Kunetsky said' that be was concerned that- the people of Durham do not get a false or isuln'g 'view of the J.O. Ruddy Hospital. Builersget brea onleviesý ILL