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Whitby Free Press, 22 Mar 1973, p. 3

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A 13OOOONOME WIIITBY F RETL'PRESS, TIIURSI-YAY, MARCII 22, 1973, PAGE 3 -ANOD OTEVEN A' POSTIE GAN GEl TO ITI WHITBY --$2,000 ut 011e of' Whitby îaxpayer's monley is being poured--vcritably so-- into potholes describcd by CFTO TV as "smnall fishing pond size", on Corona tion Road. "If the Town of* Wlitby is to() cheap, l'il grade the road myseît' and figit thc City Lter," prom ised Roll' Rueken, rumored tu bc une ut* Whitby's nios iîghily as- scssed taxpaycrs. So at 10 o'clock Monday mornirîg Mu. Rueken, wlîo owns a contracting tirn in Scarborough Iiad bis owfl bull- dozer and grader at work put- ting Coronation Ruad into passable condition. And il' Roeken's insistence on charges is successful, the Town ut' Wliiîby could be f'ooting the bill for this enterprising pro- ject. Before "taking things into bis own hands", the cuntrac- tor, wîîo resides in a $300,000 homec on the multi-potholed road, sent a terse telgram 10o town a thers, infurming t hein legal action would suon be impending il' the road was nul repaired immiediately. Afier a ttenîpiing cou ncit support t'or the road's recon- struction for two years, Rue- ken appears to have corne lu the end of bis tether when aniother Whitby resident sat befure council four three and a haîf hou us last Monday night with nu resuits. (Council had began open debate uof the road issue but adjourned at I11 :30 without rnaking a de- cision because a unanirnous vote to Coi quired). ntinue wasre- Mr. Rueken expla.incd that Coronation Road is in such poor condition that the mail- man, inilkînan and school bus- es flatly refused last week to corne in to bis,$3 00,000 homne. The residents of 1 2 homesbeîween the 4th and Stlh concession, west of high- way I12 are also unable to get mail, school buses or emer- gency vehicles when neces- sary, he said. Wel, 1 have the financial resources tu fight this thing while others haven't. I'm do- ing it at my own expense and l'il fight the city to get it back later, he warned. QUEEN'S. PARK TO THE RESCUE WE'RE TAKING ON DOC HOBBS Fol towving nunierous un- suiccessfl' b ids tu the Townî ut' Wlîit by t'or hielp, M r. a nd Mus. William E. Uréenc out 36'l Rusedaile Dr-ive, Wri tby, arc :îppealing 10 Quien's Park t0 cinie Iou their rescue. Problenîs l'or the Greenes beganivIen in I1969, ftarin- land was purchased by Derry- down Quality Honies t'or con- struction uta new subdivision. A ncw property was built adjacent to the sou lb ut' iteir lut ini I97 I1, and the Greenies ctai ilihe new pruperty. raised about tour t'eeî above their own. is causing serjous run oft and seepage damiages Iou their property. Before ithe bildîing ut' thîe new developmlent. (lie original tarinland sîoped away une and on1e liaIt Icect luwer (han the Greene P r oup er t y and thien tliere wvas nu water puoblem. A cousu ltiiug engi neer hias advised thîe Rusedale D)rive residents t baitlîeiu shrubs, bIbIs anid trees are ruitting and dyîrîg due lu0Itis seVereC scepage. Tu date, itie Greenes have coîitacted Mayor Des Newv- mari. Mu. Harness (Town uf Whitby Engineer), Mr. Bob Attersley (ftormer countcillor), Mu. W. Livingstone (counicil- bur), Mu. i. Goodwin (depuity reeve). Mu. Yauiy (engineer tor Deuuyduwn). and Mu. Hyde (lawyeu). And Iu date, nottiing lias beeri dune lu ueciit'y Iieir situation. Iii a Ici 1er Iu the local counicil un their behiaît', MPP Bill Newinarî, une ut' îwo MPP'"s coutacted, wrote, "ap- parently the subdîvîders are eteva t ing tlie la nd a rouu d iie Greenc pruperty and crea ting a very serions probleni 1erI t heinl. 1 WOUld a pprec iate i t very inuch if tyou cou Id lItime know a tittle more about tlie c irc uimst ancc s surrounding thlis situation." M r. Newmnan alsu advised the Greenes that il is tlieir riglit under thie Ditchies & Waier ('ourse Act to take necessary legal action. The baille ut' Mr. and Mus. Greenre anid te owni and the Dervdown Dcv elIopruenrt C'om'pany lus been waged over a four yeau period, and the response t'ruin MPP Bill New- nian was the Iirst interesi ex- pressed in their pliglit despite uepeated telephone calîs tor help to town administration and the local newspaper. We're taking on Doc Hobbs in competition to raise funds for the community swimming pool. The Whitby Free Press, with the backing of its readers, wilI launch a kickoff campaign -for the pool project next week. 13 90 AJAX, *LOCAL NEWS *Plus the filnest l COUN-TRY SPORTS ýCMMUNITY rRADIO CHOO 13 90 Details in next week's issue.

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