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t 1'. F~P.Bylies, WHITI3Y FREE PRESS, -WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1979, PAGE 7 Road Money for couni r I FROM YOUR -LIBRARY Pre-registration coritinues 'for the Bread duhcrafting sessions to take place at the Brookiin: Libr ary Tuesday, and ;Wednesday, August 14 and lSth from 71:30 to 8:3 0 p.m. Bread dough craftedý item such as ,Christ as- trée decorations plaques etc. wouid be, ideal Christmas gifts and a popular bazaar attraction. This promises. to be a reai fun project so register early,ý only' a. limfited num ber of people can be accomodated. Registration'fee.-is only $1.00. Movies and' refreshinents i this week ceiebratinigthe County Town Carnival. 'ýMovies from i 2'3 0 to 3:30 Ip.m'. On Tuesday, August 7th frorn 1:30,to,,2:30 the 'Michael Gallery presents a Weaving Workshop as an experience of Canadian Indian Art at the ibrary..This progr am intended for sehool'age children: on ly and 'We wouid ask alilWho Wa nt to participate, to pleasebring some scraps of yarn if'they: have any. Th'esimpie iloom are provided. Thursday, August 9th...2:30 to 3:30 Storyhour and crafts.' Friday August Ith a special treat for al* musi»c loyers. -The Anderson-High Schooi1 Stage Band wil perform ouf back o"f the' library ONLY if weather permüits:. OCne hour of music from 7 tili 8 p.m. Cm n rn or on hirs! Pogram cancelled-if i t raiins. <Susan bmMt 6f55-3932 Brown's Drop Off .before'noonSaturday) Whitby ouple, lu ospital. A Whitby couple- were re-ý at,11:30 p.m. July'27. ported in'critical condition in The driver of' the car,,' Toronto's SU"nnybrook IVedi- 1 uIld*I'ts Dale, 26'and.his wife, cal Cenître af er" being in an Marilyn, 27,, of' 42 Charles- accident, Juiy 27, Durham Tupper Dr. in West Hiliwere The town ceouncil learned on J uly 23rd tha t the Town of Whitby fax dollars are stili within the road budget amount allocated for this year.. * Council approved the acceptapce of the tender for $84,190.92 to be used in street i mprovements. Thé tendered amount is subject to the approvai 0f'the M!inistry of Transportation. and Communications (M.TC) The Province subsidizes r9ad iniprovements and éonstruction ini the Town of Whitby. Work wiii begin on the thre projècts when the MTC 'give .s its approvai to the tendered amount.' Town 'officiais received five tenders and the Elirpa Co'nsà<truction and Materials Limited submitted the lowest tender Which council accepted. When, the budget was,, under discussion last winter, provisions were ýmade for -certain road. projects. The, following -projects were included in the, 1979 budget: the imiprovemient 0f Anderson- St reet, south from > Winchester Road for a dis- tance of, 1.6 km (1 mile). This wiii include the reconstruction of a cuivert a t a' total, e-stimated cost 0of $48,000.' The Hall's Road culvert reconstruction is estimated at $8"00. The presènt culvert on Hall's Road at the crossing of the westeriy branch of the. Lynde Cre 'ek is to be reali- gned to match the direction of the wýater course. The wor.k wiii eliminate the ero-, sion. on the down streaffi side of the culvert. 'On the ùpstream side of the ,cuivert the work. wiii, eliminate filooding. These two projects are eligibie for an-' M.T.C.. subsidy. The third. project includes the reconstruction of the southeast ianeway which made an estimated total of $64,000 in set ouf in the budget »for the work. The treasurer's depart- - ment pointed,, out' that the difference, 0f approximately~ $25,000'betwe en, the budgeted amount and the tendered~ amolunt. is availabie from savings'from other tendered projects which .have been tendered for up 'to now. Teasurer Forbes McEwen ,po'inted out that with the.,above prôject, Whitby tax dolla 'rs are stili under-committed in 'rel ation to the budget estimate. $ ,7,475 -for tree-removal The-.Council at its :recent. meeting approved the tender 0f $7,475 for'the removal and trimming' of tree-s in the town. The tender submitted by the .Wharram Tree Service Limited of Cobourg was $1,670 lower than the -lowest tender submitted by. the three firms in Whitby who' tendered 'on the projecet. The 'tender acceptedý by, council ,Ã"n July 23r'd is within the, budgeted amount for brush and tree trimming. When the o'perations com- mittee toured the core area of the town last June they round a number of trees that .-dtil be a hazard, to ,people 'and property. Operations ' com mi «tte chairman Councili'or Gerry E'mm requested the"works departmentY"to take,spe'ciai note of the loca«ti'onsof .these dangerous trees. Work wili begin in the near future to eraicte this type of~ danger. Branches of'trees interfe- ring' with' telephone and hydrowires wiii be trimmed back as, a -safety factor. Aithough cQuncil bas approved the acceptance. of the tender submitted by Wharram Tree Service Limi-' ted the 'tender is subject 'f0 the approval of the Ministry of Transportation and Coni-, muffications. When this approval is recéeived' by. the" town, offi- ciais work on' the removai of' an the trimming 'of the trèes wiii begin. e s e F Brooldhtý