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WHITI3Y FREE PIRESSe Wednesday,August 25th, 1971, Page,,3 - Mark Twain A Newspaper Is Not Just For Reportin g The News, But For Making People Mad 'Enougli To Do Sometming About. It 6 p . m ., August lCth ..... a r>ill, hot summer evening in WVhitby. Down at the beach, the cries of the gul ls are interspersed with the hoots cf beach-cl ad young lads, stonem-sk im- ming the waters of Lake Ontario. A short twen ty-f ive feet behiînd them is a pole with a sign reacding: - 'FOR LI1FE SA VING PURPOSES ONLY, HEAVY FINES. FOR ILLEGAL USE. BeIow- the sign is 'a receptacle for a blatantly non-existant buoy ring. An article in the July 2Sth edition of the WHITBY FREE PRESS stated thata member of the Town Recreation Department disclosed that the buoy was missing since September, 1969. A Crocus Crescent resident, who.is afrequent visitorto the beach, estim- ates that there has been nolIife preser- v e rs at Whi tby beach f or somue f ive years now. T he WHI1TD Y FREE. PRESS wi ,1,) assume then that members .of the Town Recreation Department,- who canpik up thei1r copi1es of t he FREE PFRE;SS.- at the Municipal Building, do noi. Îread" the local news'papers, or i1f they do,'> are not unduly concerned with the re- placement of a minor life buoy.' ...So a n o ther summer has corne' and gone without the town's restera- tion and maintenance of 1 ife preservers at Whi tby beach. Perh aps the m iss ingli1fe buoy is5 too non-pol itical an issue for the attention' of the Town Of Wh itby , or perhaps the town has been far too involved with a $70 million project to concern them- selves w i th $10 worth of life-saving equipment. Sadl1y, even today there i s a -neces- s i t y for screaming newspaper head- 1lines. NEGLIGENCE RISKS FATAL ITY! IM IVINdIVLIIION iik Thot's WIuat It Takes!!!1 'Ail it takes isa little imagination', and the reactivated downtown action commi ttee is out to prove just that wi th t he southeast block of the covvitown core - for a start. Thecommitteewill closely examine the southeast block, which is bordered byBrock, Dundas, Green and Col borne Streets for fetching ideas on a redev- elopment scheme. T h eor etical ly dormant since I ast wvinter, thecommitteehas had its pro- ble m s generating interest from th e m e rchants and landlords in the town core area. In their first meeting in seven and a haî1f months h el1d at the municipal buildinglast'Tuesday, it-wds decided that the group, comp rised of business- men, councillors and laymeîi will rieet for discussion every two wceks. The fîrst meeting, slated for Sept- ember l4th willIbe held at councilIcham- bers, but there was talk of implemen- tation of a suggestion made by citizen member, JimMunro, for on site meet- ings between commi ttee and merchants. There is also the possibilîity of fut- ure weekly meetings. .The committee, which includes the same members when formed in May of 1970, i snow headed by- Mayor' Desniond Newman who repl1aces formeï- Counc i Il - or Hugh O'Connel 1 as Chai rman. Councillor Vern MacCarl will also be present at committee meetings.. lit is the committee's in tention to corne Up with a scheme for the south- east block which wilI incite the imrag- i na t ion, an d generate energy f rom merchants and landlords in other core sections of the downtown area. Comm ittee members have expressed the hope that Mayor Desmond Newman, who said he meant to see endeaVours of the action committee carried out, will lend some of that "Newman imag- ination to the reactivated group. Pictured above is the South-East block of the downtown area Vie one chosen by th'e Action Comnmit.tee for t.heir redevelopernerit scheme. 4 -GOOD f or the Chinei _ ~ -~ -w -w w w -w -w -~ -w w w NEWS se Food Lover- the SRESTýAURANT. is now OPEN Specializing in Chinese Food Prepared by the finest CHEFS available 116 Dundas W. i FREE Home Delivery Fast Take Out Orders 10% OFF on Pick. Up orders 668-7021 Missing Buo0y Ring Heard's Taxi 668-373 Radio Equîpped & Direct Line at Arnold's Market' 115 Brock St. N. Fe our ,,Comne P fR RY STITB Tele - -Quick Service TV S 131 Bloor St. E. Oshawa. We service every make Color - B & W T.V.'S, Stereo's & Radio's. For Better Service 723-0192 -qqr, Iwir, 'q AMI6ý ýý Adah, AMI Adm6ý A99161 -ddi6l Adàý Adlkký A916, Id9ftý ýý ýý Iddah, Amb, AMMI Idý AmR6ý ,qqr, lqur, IMIF lqur, lqwl lqqr, qqqlrl lqwl lqur lqur, lqwl lqu- 9qup, lqwl lqwl -qq 'Wl "W' qwl