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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1977, PAGE 9 Jaycees seek five outstanding young Canadians Is there an outstanding individual living in or around Whitby? If there is, the Whitby Jaycees would like to - know. For the 10th year the Canada Jaycees in conjunc- tion with Rothmans of Pall Mall are sponsoring the Five Outstanding Young Canad- ians program, to find five of the country's best young men or women for recognition. Some of the recipients in the past have been Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Alan Eagleson, Russ Jackson, Ed Schreyer, Paul Godfrey, David Crombie, Dr. Ian Smith and George de Rappard. Fmancial intheli delay Wh Des a fe bet' 39 loo peo mig stan ted nu are ecc thr un go or leg p n tl Whatever has happened ro( to Whitby's motor hotel on fir Thickson Road? is a question wc often asked these days. A flurry of construc- fîc tion activity resumed on the fif building this spring but it did in not last long. The site has M been vacant for several to months, with little or no con- it struction activity taking place. bu Richard Spence, pu DurhamhRegion's develop- th ment officer for Whitby, says the project is not dead yet; pr perhaps it is only sleeping. w "An increasing numnber of parties are interested in m( carrying this on but no con- pL mittment of dollars has been sh made yet," he said recently. a] "The prospects of it being o completed and run properly fr are pretty good." it Mi. Spence says the Of hotel's owners intend to com- w plete the building in the tc stages, opening the dining Gas. test wanted at dump No building should be commenced on a former san- itary landfili site in the Hopkins Street Industrial Park until the site is tested for methane gas, an engineer informed council last week. Specialists in methane gas have advised the public works departnent that there should be a two stage pro- gram consisting of a prelim- inary study to see if the gas is being produced at the site, and if there is a hazard, that a more detailed evaluation be made. There is concern that methane gas trom old landfill sites could be a hazard to adjacent industrial develop- ments. The estimated cost of the first stage if $1,500 and stage two may cost up to $8,000 the town was in- formed. Since there is no money for such a study in this year's budget, the matter has been referred to the 1978 budget discussions. Experts recently check- ed out a former landfill site south of Brooklin near Grove- side Cemetery, and deter- mined no further investigation is necessary there. Whitby's former mayor Newman was a runner-up w years ago. Candidates have to be ween the ages of 18 and and be Canadian citizens. The Whitby Jaycees are king for nominations of ople from this town who ght be worthy of the out- nding Canadian awards. Nominees will be selec- 1 based on resemes in any rmber of the following as: personal improvement, onomical inovation, Philan- opic contribution or vol- tary service, political or vernment service, scientific technoligical contribution, al reform, cultural achieve- roblems dustry by hotel oi and banquet facilities st. Then they will start ork on the tower. 'The problern is dif- culty in getting front-end nancing for the hotel dustry in general," says r. Spence. 'It is far hetter sell to a group to operate if the building is completed t we need stronger local in- at to get people to put in e money to finish it." The roof is on and the oject, in Mr. Spence's ords,"goes in fits ànd starts. The hotel was corn- enced in 1974,but has been agued by financial hard- ips ever since. It was to be Howard Johnson's franchise utiet, but the owner of the anchisecould not comnple te and it was sold to agroup f Whitby area developers. ho have not yet been able o get it going. ment, academic leadership, athletic leadership, moral or religious leadership, or success in the influence of public opinion. The Whitby Jaycees will have the proper forms filled out and all nominees will be sent to the national competition. If you know of anyone who should be given recogni- tion in any of these fields, nominations should be sent with a resume to Whitby Jaycees, Brian Tatchell, 936 CrocusCres., Whitby, prior to Dec. 5. Enclosure of the Ash Creek area begins this week Enclosure of Ash Creek from Gilbert Street to Colborne Street isexpected to commence this week. A contract for the work has been awarded to Sam"aro Const. Co. of Bramp- ton for $395,875, which re- presents a saving of $50,000, because pre-cast elliptical- shaped pipes will be used. Deputy Public Works Director Sarj Matharu says the pipes will be seven feet three inches high and ii feet four inches wide. Population is 28,852 The signs at the en- trances to Whitby rnay say the town has a population of 26,500, but 1977 census figures just released,state that 28,852 people reside in Whitby. This represents a pop- ulation increase of 1,266 since November 1976. New developrnents will ensureNthatdthe population soon reaches 30.000. and planners predict the town will have a population of 100,000 by the turn of the centuiy. NOW OPEN MEN'S HAIRSTYLING aid Barbering 762 Simcoe St. S. Oshawa 579-6798 Just south of 401 closed Monday. VINCE BARRESE f -rmerly of Whitby.. During the construc- tion of the subdivision south of the Ontario Ladies' College this year, a box pipe 12 feet wide and six feet high was used to enclose the creek. Concern has been ex- pressed about sewers ini the area leading into the water- course, and flooded base- ment have been common during heavy reins. Enclosure of Ash Creek north of Dundas Street is part of the Neighborhood Improvement Program recent- ly approved by council. DANCERS ENTERTAIN Noelani and her Dancers entertained ath the Whitby Kins- men Club's senior citizens night at the Legion Hall recently. The dancers from Ieft to right, are Joan Vesey, Ellie Ford', Kristina McCann, Rebecca Gibbs, and Shiela Viinikka. In the centre of the group is Noelani. _________ Inca Roads A 10,000-mile network of roads, some as wide as 24 feet, knittedttheIancient domain ofuthe Incas in western South America. 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