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GO, plant piresented,.»' What May be the final planfor tbheG rapid tranmit systern extension througliWhtby te Oshiawa lias been presented te Whitby Town Council. The systemn, due te be completed in 198, bas been substantially altered, since it was, prevlewed iffMay. Uwhl caused some concern among coun- cillors, particularly Tom Edwards who said he wislied.Couneil had been contacted before the changes were made. The issue wlll again be discussed ini two. weeks at the next regular Couneil meeting. See stery and route map on page 3. Henry junior grddrswin >The Henry'Street Highi Sehool junior. foot- balteam wi thstood a Iast minute touchdown by 'NeillCfeit etk 27-26 victery, last Wednsdyàater-inn- The game almoot tre noa, comedy of erosas Henry turned the bail over five Urnes, wlth three fumbles and two blocked kicks. Chris..Reîer, Jeff Page, Greg ýL..pine and Greg Roberts scored the touchdowns 'for Henry ,whileScott Tutten added'three conver- Wbue. Henry Street senior gridiron squad was,.Idle, -the Anderson seniors wound up <loslng 21-14 te Uxbridge. Martin Van Kessel and Danny Love scor-ed the Anderson majors while Tony Squarciatte added the two point conVersion. ýFor more details* and pictures on these games see pages 10 and il. Lai Lungis for Liefe m&T tedi L Splaish-Off ben Durham- Region Lung Association and S Oshawa lCjwnsSynclronied Swim Club are acR currently Planning a unique fund-raising M event - their flrst-ever Lungs are for Ife ha Week Splas-Off. 0cf t] -Schedud for Octeber 1 at the Oshawa Çe.. WhI4 tennial Pool, the fun swim event bas two ob- POini jectives: te increase 'public awareness of shor SynchronizedSwmin and te ralse $3500 foot1 for local Luug Association programs and ser- 6 vices. te]I Whit ol. 13 N o 39 Wednesday, September: 28, 1983 24 PAGES~ Denis 'O'Connor Hlgh Sohool students. and teachers gathered l*ast.Thursday-for a get acqualnted day at Iroqluols Park. In this tug-of-war,,the teachers (left) got the short end ofthe ro'pe as thé studentis had no trouble winnlng the contest. Free Press Staff Photo Port,>Whitby sewer projet nthe air as committee votes Pl an down Thé future 0f Port Ihitby is once again up the'air as plans for a .4 million sewer ex- rision- are meeting ith considerable op- )sition from, some embers 0f Durliamn gional Council. At 'a Regional Comn- ttee meeting last' ednesday, the, plan is voted, down .14-13, th tliree members of umcil, Jerry Taylor, wrence Malcome and r-garet Shaw, absent. lie final decision ;ts with Coundil at ly's meeting. o)cal couneil mem- es maintain a quiet kfidence that the Fer project will, be ,epted. fayor Bob Attersley ds those in support âe sewer extension, thi would go from a it east of Heyden.: re Pavilion te the Sof Brock St. give my sympatliy residents ,MofPort bhy. 'Theylve ,been >paying for sewer and water extensions and tlie service there is inadequate," lie said. "TelI me another area that lias -tlat mucli acreage tied up because of a sewer system." Regional Councillor Tom Edwards preferred not te discussa the issue saying there would be lots of news after Wed- nesday's coundil meeting. Regional Works cliairman, Gerry Emm liopes that councillors wil reconsider. ' "Some have indicated tliey're prepared te look at it," lie said., A report te, council in-' dicates construction 0f the sewer, would eliminate the need for the Harbor St. and Brock St. pumping stations, provide, relief at' the' Pringle, Creek water pollution control plant and provide sewer capacity for develop- ment i the Port Whitby Emm conflrmed that the old sewage systemn is causing water pollution problems iWhitby. "It--lsa adeficiency that's not gettig better, it's, getting worse," lie said.- Works commissioner Bil Twelvetrees told Coundil a $4419600 federal grant la available if tlie project la substantially com- pleted by Mardi 96.. He estimated it would take 15 montlis to dom- plete, the sewer exten-, sMon so a quick decmion must be made. Many . -coundillors, were* concerned tliat about $1.4 million would bave te be borrowed to complete the project. According, teouo- cillor John Aker, the region already lias a $73.7'million debt from- water and sewer projec- ta and pays $74 million annual debt. Despite commenta from somne counillors that- they didnt ,foresee development in Port Whitby, .,Attersley lin- ted tliat there may be some major developers. waiting in tlie wings.ý Th e issue was voted down 19-9 last year at Regional Coundil. "I think it's, positive' tliat we've gainedsup- port on tlie issue since then,") said Attersley. "This la furtlier eviden- ce- that it will go tlirougli." Attersley says some coundil members who Fire damages borrowing money for the project, may rever- se their - vote because later on in last week's committee meeting, tliey recommended sewers and watermains i Newcastle, despite liaving te borrow about $350,00 for tlie project. Councillors say tliey don't want' -te create debentures, but you, Wonder, how sincere tliey are (wlien tliey vote in favor of the Newcastle project),"1 Over $400,000 damage was caused by fires in Whitby i 1902 accor- ding te an. information booklet recently issued by the Ontario Office of the Fire Marsliall. The bookiet, wliidl reports fire lasses in On-. tarlo In each com- $225 million. munity, says that wliie the estimated loss was $401,720, seven divilians and two firefiglters were injured from a tetal of 79 reported fires. There were no fatalities. Damages acroas On- tario tetalled more than - =7 E'iE .,P....R ýE iý 24 PAGESI