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h1challenge or 'chairmanship, sTEPHANMIEMTIN ,i.srrounded, Whitby.Courthouml heatre..Produ- be (from .lft) IH[annah 9- ýChamp!on, n tin e::Wiud ithe, Wiilows!The Megan B.,réuseuAmanÏda ,Pikep, pa usDc 9t 2ikt r hi ascee fom- the:.up<oDilg ost Photoi by Mark E...., Whltb Fr.. Pte Stor Mstmwokstopped BMark Reeor' Aot['residents laatwoek1 voiced concern about a storm mnanagement system being bult i a ravine north of Flint Cr., north of Rssland Rd., between Anderson St. and -Thickaon Rd. N. At a meetn with Town offi- ciallest Wedesda, residents expressed concerne about the. saft and environmental impact of the. project that involvos- con- structing a 16-foot concret. woir and building. a large detontion pond. Residents outine concerns at meeting Town officiais say the. projoct muet go ahead or the. area down- strfr.amWinlface flooding, in a severe st.rm. Residents called on Town staff to wèrk with them to investigate concerne about theo projoct's afety and environrentaimu- pact. >Construction, of tiie pond has boon stoppod. The. Town ajrood t. hold off until after Ilast igiit's meeting.. Town works director Waýryne Hancock says tiie project bas been discussed since 1982, will bo paid for by area dovolopors, and s de-i'ned t., handbe a so-aled10(-yarstorm along tiie linos of Hurricane Hazol. Residents are concerned thoir cildren could be u*uured falin off thieweïror cold drowni the. pond. . Town staff say thoy'ro recom- mending the construction of a sfiety fonce around the. woir, and note the pond will b. dry most of the. yoar. Residents are aiso upset they weren't consulted about the pro- ject that bepn the. morning after the municipal olection, and is scheduled t. b. finisiied before tii. new council takes office. Hancock said tii. plan for the. project was finalized at!thie end of January of this year, and «we've been tiin to implement tuis sinco last fail. Hancock apologized for not notifying residents whose pro- perty backs. on t. the.raine about tiie project, saying tiiat was «due t., an oversigt betwoen the. Town and maybe tiie consuit- ing ongineer.» By Mike Koiwaluld Will'ho or won't ho? Outging Whitby Mayor.Bob Attersly refuses to indicate whether ho will challenge incurn- bent* Gary Herrema for the chair- mans3hipoôf Durhamn Region. In an interview with The. Free Press last week, Attorsloy had no comment on rumours that ho will run agaist: Horrema wb.n rgoal council olecýts ischair. manonDc4 «Iwonit çom ment oôn that now..Il al bu that after Dec. 2,7 said Attersley.* 1Attorsloy,. who chose ý not t. seek re-election -as mayor, lbaves office next Monday night after councillor Tom Edwards is sworn In as Whitby's new mayor. Although, ho will no"longer 'hold an olected ..positint, Aèes loy can s., tili h: nxnnaedfo regionai chanrm"an neit Wodnos - daHerma has already announ- ced, that ho w "ill sek a fourtii Last week, an -article in, a' local newsopaper, ýit-.,was stat;eýd- that Attersloy toldHorrema ho' would not oppose -hlm-for ,tho chairmanship. On Monday terloeied that h. made such asamntot.Herrema "I' did not tel hlm thats, said Attersley. Herrema, meanwhile, did not deny sayin that Atteripy will not challenge him. However, Herrerna -cllarified - ----------- -- Witii various contributions expected this woek, United Way capiudirector Anne Kinsella w i.misotic that the goal of $3à125.000 could b. reache&. l~e 'siould mako it, wo really siiould,» says Kinsella. "Theros a feeling of optimism w. will moet tiie goal.» The latost figures show that $2.5 million, or 80 per cent of tiie goal, has been raiaed. But Kinsella emphazizod that organizers and volunteers are worklng hard. t. wrap u omployee, campaigna by Nàv. " befor.tii&montii of D1) bo wiien peoplea apendlng ilapgared toward Christmnas. Kinsolla' said the -education division, a "hugo division» of the. campaign,hiad yet t.report. Aise expected t. soon report were tii. omployeo campaipnaat Lamc Steel and Loax-siegler Seatn Corp. in Wbitby, and PPG Canada Inc., Duplato Divi- sion in Oshawa. Kinsella aise said that organi- zers and volunteérs 'are trying hard t. convoy wiiy contriutions siiould b. -mitde ta the. United Frexample, orgsnizors point out that tiie United Way pro- vides residents with an oppor- tunity t. make a significant con- tribution towards' ciianging emerging prolems l; thei. com- munity, including, homelessness, sicknishungerand lonelinesa. TheÜi!ÏX aylof <-Osiiawa. Whitby-Newcastle iias 41'mmi--- his commoinnts by laiming that whilie Attersley will not stop someono from Ilnominatnghimp «ho 'won't stand for el.ect.io. J uli-out CHRISTMAS-ýCA]ROLS p.ple ent,,,' k - lý 1