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Whitby'man's c-ar driven into lake A Whltby man bas been charged after a car broke, through a barricade on West Beach Road in Bowmanville and sailed out 30 feet in- to Lake Ontario early Tuesday mornlng. Durham Reglonal Police say the thre oc- cupants of the car escaped the vebicle in 12, feet of water and swam safely to shore. Nick Popovics, of 221 Trent St. in Whitby, bas been charged with dangerous drlving and driving ýwhile under suspension. The other oc- cupants, were Craig ,Klmberley, 931 Donovan Cr, Whitby, and-Jim Allison, of Oshawa. Cuise missiles 139,No. 20 Wednesday May 18,1983 20 Pages ww ______ III I d.ebate topic Cruis missgeswil be.the topic of discus- sýion at a -debate ýMay 30 at, the Marigold Dmn- ner Theatre. Thé public debate, featuringLarry solway as the host moderator, wil boast a panel of physiclat Eric Fawcett, George Bell, Presi- dent of the Canadian'Institute for Strategic ,.âboies, and'Pather Paul Hansen, a member Pte omian Ctholic Church's Task Force àn Corporate Responsibllity. Recepton and dinner will begin at 6 p.m., wlth the d"ebatstrting at 8 p.m., "Me cost of'the evening 1a $13prpeon See page 2 for story. Station Gailery hosgts displa y Whtby's Station Gallery la hosting a dlsplay tltled "three photographers/three Journeys" whlch showsdffrn perspectives from three corners of the globe. The colorful display, whlch wlll decorate, the walls through this weekend, 18 the resuit of the. imaginations cf William Bird, John. Gurney, and Rene 1Mgold. Bird ventur-ed té the beautiful Carlbbean Sea to snap bis$photos, many of whlch sho the mysterlous underwater elements. Gurney's photos depict 1f.i China and HongKong. Mangold travelled to the Canadian Arctlc tW capture his unique photos. Se. page 10 for story. To urist Centre ready -for sumer Whltby'a Touriat Information Centre laspre- paring for a bus ummer sarvlclng visitors from ail over the. world. To date, the centre bas assisted over 17,190 visitors from as far away as Austraia, South Africa and China. Four students have been hired for the summer to run- the operation. Thir project entltled "Cultural Empoure,' Tourism '83" wlll run for seventeen weeks. >The. project manager, Jo-nne Southwell, wll work alongide Susan Bisseli, Julie Emm, and Kimn McQuay. For atory and pic- ture see page 3. May Day. beauties Trafalgar Castie Sohool 'celebrated May Day Saturday. ,Plctured here are May Queen, Jennie Berkelyý (cen-, ter) flanked by'Coun»selors Hielen Johanlnes (left) and Cathy Kulndersma. -Free Press Staff Photo Council adopts pe'ace time dis aster emergëey'plan Town Council bas of- flclally accepted a peacetime disaster emerge ncy plan. Councilteck the initia- tive of passing the plan after the. provincial gov- ernment inftroduWed a bill provldlng for tihe formulation 0f an emer-' gency plan. Whitby's plan clear- ly dfines the roles of each member of the Emergency Control Group. hie group willl consist of the mayor or acting mayor, the town administrator or alter- nate, the fire chief orý alternate, the treasurer or alternate, the direct-, or of public works or alPernate- and the manager of the Whitby Hydro Electric Com- mission or alternate. Thne plan,% engineered by town -administrator Bil Wallace and fire chief Ed Crouch will be- come operative on an of- ficlal declaration by the' Mayor or acting Mayor. He wifl determnine an emergency exista where there la a need to protect property, health, safety and welfare of the lnhabltants cf a deslgnated emergency area or the municipali- ty at large. Councllor Tom Ed- senior citizens bave ex- pressed concern regard- ing emergency situa- tions. "They' want a, qulcker method cf re- sponse to an emergen- cy, ",hesaId.' Tii. Whltby plan wus deslgned after plans 0f other municipaliti>es such as Barrie, Oshawa, St. Cathrines, Niagara Talla and Durham Reglon were Studled. lain , the Town adopted an outllne 0f an emergency plan whlch basicahly designated the. Persns to serve on the Control Group and some of their responslbllities. The. plan whlch ba been adopted >bas, aubstan- tMly more- depth and direction. If a disaster could be handled by Whltby, re- spose would corne from local fire, ambu- lance, and police departrnents. In thI e c fa severe disaster, Durhamn Reglon's plan would add help from nearby crewa. Local athietes win Proica awards TORONTO - Tours and Recreation Minister Reuben C. Baetz presented awards to more tban 800 athietes, volunteers and sponsor during the l6th annual Provincial Sports Awards dinner, April il. Six local athletes were arnong those honoured. Anme Ottenbrite, a Commonwealth Games medalist in swirnming, headed the list of local award winners. Others included, soccer player Grant Springer, rifle shooter Jim Spratley, lacrosse player David McWhirter, golfer Kath- erine Helleur, Paul Marner, for sailing, and gymnast Christina Mc- Do-n ald. "TMis banquet repre- sents the fine tradition of amateur sports in On- tarie,"1 sald Mr. Baetz. "It is the Urne to recog- nize the performances of our athietes during 198. And it is aise a trne to pay public tri- bute tW the many thou- sanda of volunteers, coaches, managers, of- ficiais and sponsors Who make it ail possible."1 Some 1,200 amateur athietes who won gold medals through mndivi- dual or team perform- ances at inter-provn- ciai or international competitions during 1982 recelved Athiete Achievement certifi- cates. Approxrntely M0 were banded out at the banquet. The minister alse pre- sented Special Achieve- ment awards to 18 volunteers who have demonstrated accom- phishrnent and dedica- tien Wo their sports over a long perlodofi time. i 0