Page 4, Thursday, November 25th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS Councillor Emm Frustrated At The Alarming Condition 0f Ash Creek _________________________ - Wants council to force responsibility of derelict shopping carts on supermarei oor Dereliet shopping carts, an everyday eyesore at Ash Creek. 0ýýfv $OW.. 1RLQORENCE ACTVOTE NOTICE 0F HOLDING AN ADVANCE POLI THE MUNICIPALITY RF THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY Amaîgamated Arsa NOTICE IS HERE8Y IVEN THAT A POU.. FOR THE PIJRPOSE OF RECEIVING THE BALLOTS 0F VOTERS WHO EXPECT ON THE DAY FIXEO FOR POLLINOA, TO BE ABSENT FR010 AND UNASLE TO VOTE IN THE POLUN& SUBDIVISIONS FOR WHICH THEIR NAMES APPEA ON THE UISIS. WlL SE OPEN ON: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27th, 1911 FROM il A.M. UNTIL 8 P.M. AT MUNICIPAL BUILDING THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY 405 DUNDAS STREET WEST, WHITBY. ONTARIO NHE BALLOT BOX OR BOXES WILL BE OPENEO AT NHE SMO PUACES AND THE VOTUS COUNTEC AT 7 P.M ON TH1E FOURTH DAY 0F DECEMBER, 1971 OATEO AT TH1E TOWN 0F WHITBV THIS FIFTEENTH DAY 0F NOVEMBER, 1971 Councillor Gerry Emm is I"agitated to the point of frustration" at the Town of Whi tby'1s toI1 erance to what he calî1s "the alarming condition of Ash Creek"l. M r. Emm, who brings the matter up repeatedly at meetings of council, told the FREE PRESS that he cannot under- standhow lightîy it isgeneraîly disposed of at Town Hall. leniencv toward waterways "Perhaps the problem can be taken rightback to the leniency to be found in this country toward waterw ays . In Engl1and and elIsewhere in Europe, people seem to respect wvaterways, large and smal1 ailike, and they appreciate that waterways must be kept free from cîog- ging. I Obstacles could cause overflows "'Running water is part of the balance of nature, Il Councillor Emm continued2 "'a n d w h e ther i t be water runn ing up- s t ream to ariver, or acreek slowly fi w i ng to a lake. Once obstacles are left to lie in the path of running water youtre sitting on a keg of dynamite, and bound to have problems with backups and o ve rfl1ows, because i t has to go some- where. Il "lOver here the attitude seems to be that since a storm of any magnitude only oc curs once every 15 to 20 years, why bother to spend a lot of money on water- ways? Il GivingAshCreek as a prime example of this attitude, Mr. Emm said that there have been at least 30 shopping carts f r o m t h e lots of supermarkets, along with other large, clogging obstacles at Ash Creek. "The weeds had grown right over one of them,"I he s§aid. "The town' s engineering depar tment hasbeenonthe site-for cleanup, but the type of cleanup required now warrants i I -The misadventuires 1 ( tke 1eek) h e a v y e quipment and steady mai nten- ance,"I he explained. "Supeîmarkets must take responsibility 111 think the onus of the responsibil1ity f or these shopping carts should be put on the owNners of the individual super- markets, Il saidMr. Emm. "lCouncil i s n t t oo sure that it is feasible to do so, but surely if the supermarkets tag- g ed these shopping carts, and took the na mes, addresses and tel ephone, num- bers of people borrowving them for fol- 1low-up, there wouldnt beso many of the m to be found in pl1aces like Ash Creek. 0f course, this would probably c os t t he s u permarket more time and money, but how much is the price of pollution?" Mr. Emm also says that perhaps if itwere brought home to the buying pub- iec, that the cost ofreplacing these s h opping carts eventuailIy cornes out of the cosme pocket in the hi gh cost of groceries, people would be more care- fui in returning them. Counc i11lor Emm'1s concern for the un- healthy condition ofAsh Creek is shared by taxpayers living in the immediate area who have written to council requesting cleanup and maintenance of the creek. To 'People In Dîstress' To the authors of the letter signed "P e o ple in Distress"l. Your letter is indeed an interesting one. However, ife a s y ou stated in your 1letter , you t r u 1 y t hink that this information is of "lgreat importance to the readers of the WHITBYFREE PRESS", you must sign the letter. It is true that the public has a right to this information, but how can anyone take the letter seriously if you can't sign your name? If you do feel strongly enough about publishing the letter, and if the infor- mation you offer is valid, you should be wilIling to sumbit your name. A~~Aal-a éoy ,: ,C-a4am _____________ /ot*4Yok4 Staiqei THE WHITBY FRut PRESS <Voiceof th.e County Town) Hometown paper of Whitbyl Brookiin, Myrtie and Ashburn. Published every Thursday in and for the people of Whitby. Offices - 3OlB3yron St. S. Whitbyý Mail- Box 206, Whitby Phone -668-6111 Publisher '-W. 'Bill"*Durkee Editor - Judy Durkee Editorial Staff - J.Quail Display Advertising _- Tony Qomen -ChuCk Marshall Classified Advertising - Phyllis Miller Circulatlon- Barry Schroeder -t. WILLIAM H« WALL.ACE P.O. Box #250, Ajax, Business Stimulators Ontario, Canada Public Relations Tailor Mode Features L.J. 'Lou' Dickson A/6t BEYomE ANY Oa rMIM~7-rA WAY.. 7#!E$Tesoi YOU <£ô m