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Newborn's death investigated The Durham Begional homicide nouad is investiga' death whjich occurred under picious circumstances» Tug morning in Whitby. Emergency crews were d ched to a Bassett Bouli home around 6:45 a.m. caller who reported a femal had a baby. Breakin, Eight Whitby businessei agencies with offices at 209 das St. E. were broken intx the weekend. Police say someone left a door open and the culprit(s) the run of the building, kic in the front doors ofy Va Xerox Office and Document ducts, Economical Mutual surance Company, Dur Region Epilepsy- Associa Ra eigh Appraisal Seri Ontario Minisr of Labour, hain Begion Action Comir for Training, and Durhamn E Police The. mother, who's in her earl. ting a twenties, and the newborn were " sus- rushed to Oshawa General Hos- ýesday pital where the baby was pro- nounced dead upon arrivai, police say. ispat- 'The body han been sent to Sick levard Children's Hospital in Toronto by a for an autopsy to determine the [ead cause of death. Resulta are expected later in the. week. damage spree ýs and viour Management Services. SDun- «Very little if anyth.ing other 0over than float money was taken » says Inspecter Walter Hall. "Ahl these places indicate there was back minimal damage done to the )had front doors... and ahl the desks cking and filing cabinets were rumma- ; k, gOedthegy got in they were 1In- out of the view of the public and ham had ahl the time in the world to tion, do their dirty work.» vice, A full inventory is being car- Dur- ried out and the Durham littee Regional Police criminal investi- 3eha- gation bureau has been called in. Hydro ont again FROM PAGE 1 "e ergny measures commit- tee» te. investigat. different aspects of the utility's ope- rations. Chaired by commissioner Balph Blank, the committee will examine the "adequacy» of Whitby, Hydro's power outage detection systems, response methodsansd public communica- tion systems. According te councillor Marcel Brunelle,te latter is the key. «I think the most frustrating part for most people is not know- ing the reasons,» mmd Brunelle. "Tii on.ethig they (Hydro) have te, do is give people a nuznber te caîl te get informa- tion,» he said. Even a recorded message exphaining the nature of the pro- blem and when it is expected te be corr.cted would probably suf- fice in moot cases, Brunelle said. "Tii worst part is not knowing if the people you caîl know your power is ou »he added. In Tuesday's press release, commission c air Don MacMas- ter asked for the public's "patience" while the problems are addressed. "Obviously we will investigate these .quipment faihures," stated MacMaster. "Under normal conditions the utility's distribution* system has enough excess capacity te handle such equipment failures,» he said. "Perhaps the real question is how much over capacity or equip- ment redundancy is enough. "W. have one of the lowest electrical rates in the Greater Toronto Area, but that's not much consolation when you are faced with the. events of t he past week.» Ini a press release following hast week's disruptions, MacMas- ter are that Whtby residents hadjunst cause te b. upset. "Ee with aIl available tel.- phone lines in constant use.. .many custemers were frus- trated by continuaI busy sig- naIs,»h. said. Some even drove te Whitby Hydro7s Taunton Boad headquar- ters te voice their dispheasure in person, MacMaster noted. "Our customers were outraged and they have every right te b.,» h. said. "W. agree that this is not acceptable service.» In a subsequent interview, MacMaster said he was not faulting commission manage- ment or staff for their handling of the situation. "Tii fact of the matter is, they did a great job,» he said. However, MacMaster conceded that communications must b. imUproved. 1TZi bigg.stthing rm hearing from the public was that w. didn't notify them in advance,» he said, "but that's hard te do." Instead, the incident may have shed light on the reliability of Whitby'Hydroes overaîl systeni, Mac!74ster said. «Personally, what ]Pm thinking is that this may be a sign, a warning, of the quality,» he said. "'At some point we h ave te asIc the public 'do you want cheap pôwer and at what cost?' » Meanwhile, commission lawyers have not yet determin.d whether the utility has any hegal recourse against the contracter hired te install the computer sysem acMaster said. On3'tMe advice of counsel, the. comsin will not identify tIi firm, MacMaster said, saying only it is a "world-wide company andnot a local business. Ironically,'the coin uter s ys- tem is designed te all>ow HydLro personnel te pinpoint the cause of power outages more quickly andthus keep future disruptions te a minimum. Costing several millions of dol- lars, the. system is te b. installed over the next five te six years, MacMastersaid. Tue Garden Street substation was the firat te have the qf. ment installed, but in order toco so, it had te b. taken out of service. As hast week's press release noted, work was expected te b.e completed during off peak periods, with theg substation's electrical loads shifted to other stations. Under normal circumstances, the reserve capacity of the sys- tem is adequate te handle energy demands, t he rehease states. But as temperatures and demand rose, work was halted with the expectation that the substation would b. available in tume to meet the. Monday after- noon and evening peak periods. Fromi Sunday evennfg te Mon- day aflernoon, "every effort» was made te return the subetation to service and manually balance the. syst.m loading. Outages began occurring Sun- day as overhoaded substations "tripped out" and high tempera- tures continued te drive energy consumption beyond anticipated levels. At 1:45 p.m. Monday, Hydro instituted a "load shedding» pro- gram te, avert a total system With electrical demands b.yond system capacity residen- tial areas had to, be bhacied out. The decision as te which areas were blacked ont was essentially dictated by the. loade carried by individual substations. Hydro officiaIs concentrated on supplying hospitals, nursing homes and most traffic. lights with power until full service was r.stered Monday night. Whitby Free Preas, WecriSday. June 28, 1M9, Page 13 -r{ iBROOKCLIN }i- Fireworks finale fly Seve Leahby The grand finale to this weekend's Whitby onyTw Carnival wlb a massive fireworks display held r'ight here in Brooklin. The sky will begin to light u at dusk on Sunda, July 2, at lirooklin Memorial ark-- otherwise known as the fair- grounds. Bring a blanket, some lawn- chairs *and enjoy a 'light-fantastic' summer evening thanks to the Optimist *and Octagon clubs of Brooklin along with the Sorbara Croup, Tribut. Homes and Markborough Properties. PLETHORA 0F ACTIVITIS There are a bazillion things going this weekend in Whitby, Brooklin and Ashburn. It's Whitby's 140th anniversary and the County Town Carnival is the biggest it has ever been. It aIl starts this F'rday at 10 a.m., with a giant sale of books at the main branch library and several dozen events later ends with the fireworks show in Brooklin. .tes Homecoming Weekend at the St. Thomas Anglican Church Saturday and Sunday. Theres a strawberry social on aturda afternoon and a parish picnic Sunday axnong many other activities. The annual Ashburn fun-filled Canada Day celebration will be held on Saturday. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the festivities at Ashburn Comrnunity Park. LOOK WHYS FORTY Everyone -- female persons, that is -- seemed to have sudderily aged and turned 40 over the weekend. There were surprise parties galore in Brooklin, Ashburn and up at Chalk Lake. The honoured guests should remain nameless... but what the heck, look, who's fortY-. Liz Mitchell, Bobyn Douglas, Benee Leahy and Cathy Bennett. 'Youth leairn about golf The Optimist Club of Brooklin will run a four-day instructional golf program on July 8, 9, 15 and 16, il a.m. to noon. Twelve youths aged 10 to 16 will receive professional instruction to learn alI the fundamentals, for $10. Applications are available at Brooklin Bulletin Signs (corner of Way and Baldwin). Copper stolen MAGIC'S IN THE AIR This Friday afternoon (June 30), magie comes te the Brooklin Branch library. Magician Bob Powers will visit the library from 3:30 te 4:15 p.m. te help ick off the Brooklin branch's "Favourites of Mine Beading Train" summer reading club for school-aged children. The club offers ids a great opotnty te sit down in a nice shady spot and enjoy a good book. This is an independent reading progamtht encourages eilîdren te read for the sheer pleasure of it. Tuoe who sign up will receive their own reading record booklet, design a button and enter a book draw. Ail sorts of tricks and wonderments are planned, commets of the Optimist Club of)B Broln. Registration for the club will be held at the sanie time. Ail children aged four and up are encouraged te participate in the. club. SUMMER HOUES Tue Brooklin branch and the main branch on Dundas Street will b. closed on Saturdays until Sept. 2. The. main branch will also clse earli.r, at 6 p.m. on Fridays. If -you run short of reading material some Saturday, the Rossland Branch, located at 701 Rossland Rd. E. (southeast corner of Bossland and Garden), will b. open Saturdays from 9 a.m. te 5 p.m. -- -exc.pt for holiday weekends. STIRAWBERRY EVEN1NG Strawberries in Grass Park is at 7 p.mn. tenight (June 28). 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