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Waerplntsolu tion is .souglit today PICKETS LARRY AND ALVIN EVANS' AND GEORGE ELDRIDGE Woodworkers strike ý at Whitby Boat Works Twenty-seven., employee -s of Whitby Boat Works Ltd., members of Woodworkers Local 2679 went on strike Tuesday morning, shutting down the plant at Charles Street.- 1 Shop Steward' John Brunner said the membership voted before Christmas to strike any time after Dec. 26. The union is in a legal position to strike, its last contract having expired Aug. 1,ý 1977. A mediator was' appointed by the Ontario Labor Board butwas unable to- negotiate a contract. The' union, says the management ýof Whitby Boat Works won't negotiate, and the union isasking for very ittle-in its contract demands. 1The-. FreePress. tried to contact. the manager of Whitby Boat Works, at his Toronto home, for comment, but was unable to reach hM.1 Russians wallop Whiitby Iroquois, 6-1 1The Whitby Iroquois did not fare as well as the Whitby Dunlops o f years ago, when they met the Russians Sunday at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. 1What was billed as a 2Oth anniversary tribute to the Dunnies, ended up as a rout for the Iroquois as they lost to the Russians 6 - 1. The fîrst period ended with a score of 1 - 0 for the. Russian team, Traktor of Chelyabuîsk, -and in the second -period the Russians scored four goals. At 19:17 of the second period, Tomf Simpson got the only Whitby goal of -the game in a dlean shot into a wide Lopen net. The Russians got one more goal in the third period to finish with a score of 6-I1. Kim Crouch, who played goal for haîf the garne for the Iroquois, was named Whtby's most valuable player, and was presented with an award by Carling- OKeefe at the end of the game. The officiai ceremonies to open the game began with ihe introduction of past members of the Whitby Dunlops team, and some of the team's supporters, former Mayor Harry Jermyn, Don Wilson, and Dr. F.A. Cuddy, who were sitting in the stands. Mayor Jim Gartshore dropped the puck to start the game. Despîte bad Two Whitby youths were arrested by Durham Régional Police Monday anci were charged with one counit of auto theft, three break and enters, and four counts of theft under $200. - 1 Police said a car belonging to John Riseborough of 83 Calais Street was stolen Monday morning by two suspects who broke into Ray's Snioke Shop in1 Ajax and stole $800. Some mitts were stolen OUt of a car belongiig to Wayne Cripps, 707 Dundas Street West; cigarettes and a book were stolen frorn a car Hopkins of 55 Calais Street and $4 in Canadian Tire coupons was stolen from a car belonging to Michael Zdanowicz of 706 Dunlop Street West, pofice said. Police report that Denis O'Connor High School was broken into and a. quantity of chips taken from thé cafeteria, and $10 to $20 in cash, was stolen from St. John- the Em~angelist Church orl Gif.fard Street. Constables Jin Brown and Dan Carras of 18 Division Whitby followed two suspects on foot and aurested thein Regional council.will con- sider today a proposai which, might solve an embarrassing problemn of who owns the lands where the new Whitby water filtration plant stands. The Town of- Whitby dlaims ownership of the four acres of land on the lakefront on which the new water plant was built in 1976-77. Last June, the region recog- nized Whitby's dlaim to the ownership of" the land 'and offered to purchase it for $1. Whitby's Recreation Chair- man, 'Councillor Bob Atters- ley, 'suggest ed the region' should pay the market value, which amounted to about. $30,000, and Whitby could use the money to purchase parkland. On Dec. 20 thé regional works committee proposed-ýa compromise solution that the region seil tie original 1903 water plant which will no longer be used, andthe land' West of it to the Town of Witby for Parkland, if the town! would convey the land on which the new water plant stands to, the. region for $2. Under consideration by- the regional counicil today is the first part of the proposal, whîch woulId permit the region to convey the lands west of the new water plant to the town. Registry office r ecords in- dicate the entire land area occupied by the new and old water plants has been owned by the Town of Whitby since 19.57; and was under- the jurisdiction of the town's Public Utilities Commission, until the region was formed. The land now occupied by Heydenshore Park was pur- chased bv the PUC in 1965 and conveyed to the town in 1971.Ir A 66-foot strip of land owlvned by an industry, British brug Houses Canada ILtc., sujparaies the two town- ownedp'arcels ofland. A ccording to a report from the region's. public works committee, the Town of Whitby was asked to convey the water treatment plant lands to the regiorn in 1975 and when the town did not reply to this specific request il was concluded that the lands had become a regional asset under the terms of the -DurhamnAct. When the new filtration plant was being constructed in 1976,the region termninated an agreemnent with the town regarding a septic tule bed conneëcting with Heydenshore Pavilion, and at that time, thetown informed the region that it '(the town) was the legal 'owner of the water plant lands. tergo < 1In June, 1977,'tergo asked the town to convey the lands for $1. In November, Mayor Jim Gartshore pro- posed that the region convey the' lands west of the new plant (including the original water plant buiît in 1903) to thÏe town after the raw water equipment is removed, and the town would use these lands to expand its water- front park. The works committee then agreed to exohange the lands to the west, which will no. longer be used for the water plant, for the lands on which the new water plant stands. It- iS Up to regional council today to approve, its part of the. proposed agreement be- fore the town goes ahead with its part. a. RUSSIANS, ON TUE RUSH Whtby Iroquois -Goalie Kim Cronch had his bands full, keeping up with the fast ating Russins iSunday's gain. Ir. titis skfrmish in front of the Whitby net, the ilan à- no hirsxjas Despite one-side4d 6 - 1score. Kim Crouch, who Trwo youths are arrested for brealk-ms and theft