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Truist company assumes control of Kartway TEAMS FROM Athens and Sparta met in an Olympics chariot race that was just one of the activities as Father Leo J. Austin students celebrated Roman and Greek history. A feast was also held. Photo by Peter Tomblin. Free Press By Mike Kowaiski The future of one of Durharn Region's most popular tourist attractions is in jeopardy. Family Kartway on Hwy. 12 has been closed by its rnortgage holder National Trust. Gates te the 35-acre amuse- ment centre, which includes Canada's largest go-kart track, were recently padlocked and a security guard is posted inside. National Trust spokesperson Lindsay, Morrisen declined te, give reasons for the company's action. "Because a legal action is underway, it's net appropriate te comment," said Morrisen. "We aise have a policy net te comment on our clients' affairs.» she said. Family Kartway is operated by the Sorichetti family of Whitby. Owner Gary Sorichetti was eut of town last week and net avail- able for comment. Morrison said it is "premature" at this point te speculate on whether the dispute between National Trust and Sorichetti will go te court. Nor could she predict what will happn to the business. 'e property has been fore- closed. ..it remains te be seen what happens te the property," said Morrison. .Lauchie MacLeod of Avison Property Management Services Ltd., which represents National Trust, also declined comment. Meanwhile Staff Sgt. Jirn Adarns of burham Begional Police said a recent incident at the park which prompted a police presence was settled amicably. "We went up there in response to a eall frorn the security guard," said Adarns. ,Te people who had an inter- est (in the business) wanted to open," he said. The Sorichetti farnily and their construction business have been based in Whitby since 1958. In March 1990, they purchased SEE PAGE 24 Coirncillor doesn'twant "another Pugsley Manor" Boardiâng houses may be regulated B>r Mike Kowalski Boarding and lodging heuses may be added te proposed blaw arnendments regulating the loca- tien of group homes in Whitby. Town council's planning and developrnent comrittee recoin- mended Monda y that the scop of the propesearnendmnents b expanded te include boarding and lodgtng facilities. The comrittee agreed te brea- den the. arnendrnents at the behest of councillor Marcel Brunelle, whe argued that con- trois on these type of homes are needed in Whitby. Brunelle said tougher regula- tiens must be irnpernented te preveat "another Pugsley Manor» frorn being built e sewhere in town. "If I have any one passion in life it's te ensure we don't have the situation where another Pugsley Manor can be put in sorneone else's neighbourhoed,' said Brunelle. «We have te make it clear that we want controls on how many people can live in one of these homes and where they're loca- ted," he said. Brunelle's reference te the con- troversial boarding house on Dundas Street East -- home te many outpatients from the Whitby Psychiatric IHospital - carne during a public meetin~ held te review the status oý group homes in the rnunicipality. Last September council direc- ted the committee te hold the meeting after it received a 30- narne petition from residents in the Reynolds Street area opposed te the establishment of a horne for mentally disabled adults at 501 Dundas St. E. Re-sidents claimed that their neighbeurhoed was becorning home te tee rany of these faci- lites and while most did net object te the concept of group homes, opponents feit restric- tions were needed on the number allowed in an y one area. As a result, a zening bylaw arndment prepared by Whitby's planning department proposes that the minimurn dis- tance between group homes be 250 metres er about 850 ft. Accerdingte t a Town report, staff feel tis distanoe is suffi- cient te prevent an "undue con- centration" of group homes in an area but aise ensures that new facilities can be established in zones where they are now per- mitted. A 'greup home' is dafined as a dwelling unit accorn-modating up ByMark Reesor Recltaxes won't b«' EnI/in 1993 -at least not Tewn operations cornnite approved a treasury deprtmntrecommendatien Monday night that the 193 Durham mxili rate remiain at the '92 level. Wbitby taxpayers owe the zerope cent increasete, an expanded local tex bseand savings igarbage disposai csts. Durham nreginal uncl voted iebrkuary teo increase the regional levy on !Whitbyr =axayes by 6.2 per cent, from $13,74f,857 in 199 te$14,593,460 this year.i But growth inasment, about 18.8 par cen, st yma cute. that increase toe 2.4 e ctexpins Town treasurerAl Clari'bo to 10 persons (exclusive of stafi) who live under supervised con- ditions and is licensed, approved or funded under provincial or federal statute. A group home would net in- clude a crisis residence, a board- igor lodging house, nursing orne, home for the aged or a retirement home. Although staff was only direc- SEE PAGE 23 Even that uma increase i. wiped eut because of an anticipated reduction in the cost of disposing of Whitby's waste this year. Claringbold credits the elnination of dlean-up weekse, which cost the Town dearly i overtime and euipinent rentai costs, and a corresponding reuction i garbage berng sent to the dump, for the savingB. The Region is charging municipalities $70 a tonne tis year for wasto sent to a dump, rcceprcompoxsted. reMIowng foi a four per cent increase in quantity, Claringbold estimates Whitby will pay $1,586,750 to disps of its garbage, $37,930 less than it buWte i 1992. "Effectively, the redured, cost of waste disposa bas offse the increase of 2.4 per oent requied to finance the rxeinal tax levy," explains Claringbold in a report te operaties coinmittoe. Chvlariot races No Region tax hike.,here