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Raiwaytes placed on track Whtb yutS remanded for senecg Two Whitby youths who placed railway ties on three occaions in the path of freight trains on the CPR main line last December were remanded out of cus- tody last week for sentencing Varch 30. Kevin Donnelly, '16, 0of Dovedale Drive, and Brad-. ley Clemmensen, 16, of 225 Rosdedale Drive, pleaded guilty in provincial court to obstructing the CPR line in the vicinlty of the Dundas Street overpass. Donnel ly appeared in court 'to answer' to. one charge and Clemmensen to two charges. Due to the serious nature and'the number of charges involved, defence counsel requested that pre-sentence reports be preparedon the youths' family backgrounds, before sentencing March 30. <Judge Normnan Edmond- son said the o ffenses "are so serions that the court- is considering imposing custo- dial terms regar dless of the circumstances."' The incidents occurred in December on the CPR main line between Pringle Creek and the Dundas Street over- pass. On.Dec. 10, eight ties were placed on the tracks and pushed- by, a train about 250 yards across the over- pass. The ties could have fallen off the bridge on traffic on Dundas Street below or could have caused the train to derail, the court was told. Donnelly and Clemmen sen face four additional* charges of mischief from unrelated incidents, including the des- truction of nine-street lights valued at $84424. They pleaded guilty to these chargeswhich include d4imaging a $200 sign at the Dairy Queen store on Dun- das Street and causing more than $50 damageat a Whitby building site. Saturday bus tof roquois Pool now operational The Saturday bus service to the Iroquois Park swim- ming pool from the northern, communities of' Whitby is now in.operation. The Operations Comrnittee of Counfcil received the in- formation that the pre1lii nary work -had been , com-'l pleted and the programme would begin on February 24 for the people living- in the Ashburn, Myrtie and Brook- lin areas. The Recreation Director's -report 1 stated that ' flyers were distributed to St. Leo's and Meadowrest Schools and posters telling of the bus -swim programme were posted in the two northern schools of the Town and in the' Whitby and Brooklin branches of the 'Public Library. The posters are also prominently displayed at Iroquois Park. The report states that the programme "1seems to be enthusiastically accepted in aIl the areas where the posters have been placed and the Department 'hasý been receiving 'phone inquiries." The bus sehedule of stops are as follows: Myrie_. (Oliver's Esso) :2 p.m., Myrtie Sta tion 2:05 .p.m.; Ashburn Cornmunity Centre 2: 10 p. m.; Spencer Commu- ni ty _Centre, 2:17 p.m.; Meadowcrest School 2:23 p.m.; and Brooklin Com- munity Centre 2-:26 p-M.; withthe bus arriving at the Iroqutois Park Pool at 2:50 p. m. The bus will commence its return trip at 5: 15 p.m. The report concludes by stating, "the fee which in- cludes admission to the pool is $1.50 per Saturday. Aduits wishing to attend may do so. There will be an additional chiarge of .25 cents." It pointed out that, the children will be supervised on and off the bus after departure fromn the pick up sites. The cost of the bus to the Town is $40 for the round trip. Susan Kryhul, a member of the kennel staff at the Durham Region Ontario Humane Society shelter, has her bauds ful taking care of 46 cats in a new lifetime care centre opened at the shelter on Thickson Road. The cats came fromn a member of the Society in Smith's Falls who provided the funds to care forthe cats for the rest of their lives. This "rest homie for cats" as it is called, is the only one of its kind in Canada. For story,, see Pàge 14. Free Press Photo by Brian Winter Juvenil es arrested; i1 O-car thef't solved Car Thefts Police said the arrest of two juveniles, last Monday, March 5, cleared up the problem of car t.hefts occur- ing in the area during the * past few weeks. Detective Gallogley of the Police Youth Bureau who is ini charge of the case made a through * investigation into, the matter, As a result of the arrest of the two maie juve- niles 10 auto thefts have been cleaned up, Inspector West- brooke said. Because the cuiprits are under the age of 16 years they can nôt and do, not appear in the Provincial Courts to face charges of auto theft., But bis- does not mean that the young offen- .4ers get off free;. they do not, as the judicial system is set up in sucb a manner that Juveniles appear in a Juve- nule Court and penalties are issued by the Juvenile Court Judge. The under 16 years-of-age culprits are protected from publicity by the Police Youth Bureau and the Juvenile Courts but they are not pro- tected from punishment for the crime they have committed. A8sault Two sisters who ganged up on a 17-year-old Whitby girl were sentenced to jail terms on assault charges, in pro- vincial court last week. .Cheryl Crawford, 20, Of Thickson Road South was sentenced to 10 days in jail,. and her sister Linda War- rington, 21, of 1616 Dufferin Street, Apt. 31, received. a five-day jail term from Pro- vincial Judge Norman Edmondson. The victim of the assauit told the court she entered the Spruce Villa Hotel to pick up ber boyfriend and had been there for five minutes when she was attacked in a down- stairs hallway. She spent five days in bospital as .a result of the fight, and was under observation for possi- ble head injuries. "This was an offence of considerable violence and it is -only good fortune that prevented a more serions injury," said Judge Edmondson. Crawford admitted pun- ching the victim several times in the jaw and War- rinton said she may have used excessive force when she threw the girl against a wall in an attempt to break up the fight. Auto Accident A thirteen year old Whitby youth walked into the side of a moving vehicle on Henry Street about 4:45 p.m. last Wednesday. Police say the incident wbich occured near the HIenry Street bridge at highway 401, is stili under investigation. Alan Miller 13, of 801 Athol Street was walking along Henry Street whe n somehow hie walked into the side of the car driven by Berthold Wurz of Ajax. The youth was in- jured but the- extent of his injuries were not reported to the Police as yet. Tentative --contract offer rejected* Only 130of the 41 workers at Lake Ontario Concrete Industries voted ini favor of accepting the company's latest contract offer, Thursday.- 1The rejection of the tenta- tive agreement reached the -day before, paves the way for a possible strike later this m1onth. K no-board, report received two weeks ago puts the workers, members of the International Molders sud Allied Workers Union, ini a legal position to strike on March 17. The workers held a four- day wildcat strike, starting Feb. 27 to, proteat lack of progress lu negotiations, but returned to work, when the company said it would flot negotiate till the strike ended. The bargaining committee for the workers had recom- mended the tentative agree- ment reached last Wednes- day be accepted by the workers. The workers have- been without a contract since the last' two-year agreement expired Dec. i. IE