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rYVA.C 4 ' t-j ù 1 J~7~ *-74 WORTOFIT KIIJvehicles in knee-deep snowbanks on both sîdes of the highway. OPP off icers worked around thedcki WOSTOFIT KNDrescue operations ta f ree the stranded motorists. At one point during the snowstorm hi,_hway rffci BLINDING SNOWSTORM HITS WHITBY AREA Whitby area was almost at a standstill. It moved at approximately'5 miles an hour. Whtby.ws neo SNOWBOUND: One of the worst winter snowstorms this year moved into Whitby-Oshawa area over the the hardest hit by the blinding storm east of Toronto. Above photo, captures the mood showin toae weekend, playin q havoc with local traff ic and leaving thousands of motorists stranded on main highways, residents plo win, through four inches of snow on Brock Street, south of 401. Our photo graphe including the 401. Many motorists caught by the blizzard and mouriting snow drifts, abandoned their this scene during the height of the storm, Saturday afternoon. -Photo by AL EX KLIN It wa s a snowy, blowy Saint Patrick's Day, and when 52-year-old Edward King anid 55-year-old Frederick King, of* no fi*xed address, -,Ic'd a Whiitby police officer for a drive out to the Pickering W'itby TFownlline, the officer advised, "Wh)y don't you take a taxi?" Soon af'ter 1 2:30 a.îu., the King brothers were seen crois- ing aloîîg the streets ol'Whitby in their "taken" taxi minus its cab driver. It apipears the two mnen look a taxi belonging to Joc Bradford of Whitby. Luckily l'or joe, a fellow cab driver spot ted the culprits on B3yron and Duillop Streets and finding su ,in e t h iing, or should we say 's o nie on e aiiss, cnt thlem ioff. Momuents later, C'onstable BilI Watson appreliended the mleil. So Fred and Edward King, whio were just passing thirouglh Witiby, found theinselves ld -up longer thian t bey oni- ginally cxpccted by hiaving to appear ini County Court on Tuesday. an St' wrh vey eny Progress with a capital 'P' is wbat the somiewhiat con- troversial, newly arrived acrial ladder firetruck imeanis to the Whîtby Fire Departnient. This piece of' equipmient, wlichl cost the town $75,000 will, so far as the departmient isconcerned, prove every pen- ny of' its expensive price tag. Contrary to conrnon be- liei*, the aerial ladder truck lias flot been purcladsed f*or the sole purpose olf*î'gh t ing l'ires in h îgh buildngs, of' wl ich Whithy bias f'ew. Local discon ten t seemied R stem around an incident Mien Ail Saint 's Anglican Clhurch, liav- îing been struck by lightning reqLlired the borrowing of' Oshawa's aerial ladder truck. The l'ire beg-an in the clhurchi steeple, and silice this was the oie l'ire in a relat ively higli building to be publicized, rosi- dents assumcd Ithat was the only possible use for an acrial ladder truck. Not so, say the local fire dcpartrnent, whose Deputy Chief, Warren J. Mowatt ex- plained: "One has to reniemi- ber for instance that one defi- nite benefit is their equip- ment can bc used at such places as Woolco and Domiin- ion Plaza whcre il is necessary to sornetimes get over flot just Up t() a big roof. This equip)ment also lias a remote control nozzlc so that instead of having t o place a muan on a swinging ladder, we can take the nozzle over and ini." Acrial laddu.: Vre trucks caîi also serve as a -valk-down l'ire escape lor lirc victimis, and arecLsed isitua tions SLIcI as tlhc recent Florida instance whcn ilie iirce Toronto wid- ows wcre taken down lronm an up-cnded Flo r i da sway bridge. To have been delivered ini Septemlber last ycar, the truck arrived this TucÏday after- iloon. Ih was imanufactured by the Pierreville Truck Corn- pany, Quebec, and because it was buit to the nunicipality's specifications, is actually a customn-buîlt-for-Whîitby rig. Up to this point Whitby bas liad to appeal to Oshawa for Joan of its acrial ladder equipment, and lias been for- tunate thus far that when they, have had to make these appeals, Oshawa hiasn't been in need of the equipment themselves. The last tirne sucli a cail was miade was in Oc- tuber of last year when 300 Highi Street was ablaze. THEYý DI TAKE A TAXI J'V y 1 Mo Donald.a FAMILY RESTAURANTS LWHIT13Y & OSHAWA,