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* wrre FE PRES, ED~IEflY. AUGidW 29.191,,'PAMa Ffre :,damaged apartments rebufit to accommodate< faîniîlies whitby ý municipal election '91 FLOBENCE ADAM' receives aIod medal from Brian Wnterp portraying Witby's firstmar Peter Ferry, during 'eerto fAge' at the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre reoently. Gold medals were presented te those over age 90, silver te those over age 80 and bronze te those over age 70. P<oeToibln pho final settlemeuts.. TIhe insurance company paid out the dlaim for fire damage but, had originally refused te pay the extensive cosa for both snow and rire damage. During the winter. the apart-: ment apared cavernous misie. Mêiles ung from mildewed fro- zen ýwalls, due te extensivre roof daniage. «The twolý weeks of extra snow snd rain made it, worse,' sta"e Sehdev. <While a judç han ruled in favour for Sehdev, the actual masurance amount andwhen ýit will be paid are unknown. "We stilI have a lot of wvork to do on the outaide. The parking lot needs flxing sud the lawn has te be atteuded te." .Landffil search.committee to holId open house in Whitby Members '<f the public are invited te attend an open house at the Centennial Building lu Whitby on Weduesday, Sept. il from 4 te 9 p.=x. Thisis one of anumber of public open bouses sud, public consultation 'activities te be held throughout Durham Region ,te gan public input inthe procesa to search for, seecnsd establish a long-term landflll site. Staff of -the interim Waste Authority Ltd. (W),woare resposible for overseeing the ldfl.site search, will be at the open bouse, aloug wîth spelit from varlous environimental discijlines te answer qestions "The1WA la the frtaec te circulate a document which explains the proposed site search processan sdskafor public comment before undertakiug the search," said Erv Mclutyre, general manager, 1WA. < Mclntyre says draft approach and criteria (DAC) documents have been prepared for each reglon. mhe DACs will ouly be fiualized when public commenta sud concerna have been cousidered. The public review period wil last until rnld-October 1991. The documenta open for discussion several controversial issue that have been raised in the landfill site searches. These issues include participant fuudiug, impact management 75 Centennial Rd., ja Tueaday, Aug. 27 Uxbridge Co mmuit RecrainCnr 291iBrock St. W., xbig Wednesday, Aug. 28 Cannington Conununity Centre Peach StI Canmington Thursday, Aug. 29 Kahn Auction Barn Brock Rd. (5 km north of Hwy. 401) Pickering Monday , Sept. 9 Oddfellows Hall Simcoe St. S., Port Perry Tuesday, Sept. 10 Northview Community Centre 150 Beatrice St. E., Oshawa Wednesday, Sept. il Centennial Community Centre 416 Centre St. S., Whitby Thursday, Sept. 12 Bowmanvlle Recreation Complexz, 240Hwy. 2, Bowmianville- measures and equity. The IWA will hold 27 open housea and nine workshops to the end of September in the regional municipalities of Peel, Durham and YorkIMetropolitan Toronto to provide information and comment on the' DACa and the landfill site selection process. Along with these open bouses, meetings, newsletters and regular new releases wvill provide information and obtain further public input. mhe DAC document for each of the three site search areas suggesta detailed criteria dealing with such things as agriculture, bioloUy, geology, 'hyo-rogeoloy, land use and social issues.. After input from the public, the criteria will be used te identify candidate areas and a long list of candidate sites. lhese liste are expected to ..be announced in November 1991. Additional refinement of . the 1 criteria using public inpuf vdril result in ashort list of sites which are expected te be announced i Feb. 1992, with the preferred sites rêleased in Aug. 1992. Documentation under the Environmental Protection. Act- and Environinental Assessment Act will be completed forA subrission te the Miniatry of the Environment aud the public for review in March 1993. There will be a subsequent hearing before a. joint board under the- Conalidated Hearings Act. The expected start-up of the landfill sites is early 1996.' S Public information offices have been, established for the three search areas. Information offioers ccen provîde updates and answer questions about the prcess. The toll-free information lnsaeDurham 1-800-661-929; ICe n à0te c * AUj 0Ob Iuhr e nr Lares Gade C-%;ntIL the Ottofi fthe WIIITBYFRE PREISý WLL BE aW"OSED on Nna,5pembur z De.ihm ford Itl « bg M o mblmg ts w0Ub. Fddlyt 4p.ý lu W hçy; sde M*y NYeIW By CIn'is Bovie Almoat one, year after a devas- tating apartment fire at 202 Gar- den S t. l WiMtby, familles once again ooeupythe gbuildin. Approximnately 25 familles now occupy the firat and second floora of the four-storey building-9 The. fire, that occurred lagt October, .resulted i more than $3 million damage aud left 200 reaidlentshomeless. Conistructionis ongoing on the third floor but'the tep level will havet *e ait. Owuer Manjet Sehdev says he has had some difficulty obtaining insurance fuiuding a rcs toeer thau he bebeved. est'.ridiculous,» said Sehdev. «They still haveédt made any iâw»