Council Column forgotteiî, the flooding caused councîl to undertake measures to protect the homes and businesses mostly in the downtown core. This can be-seen by a drive along Ash Street today. No longer is the creek there but through the Neighbourhood Improvement Program we have drained lands making it available for parkland and housing. Most of the downtown Public more aw are about planning By REGIONAL COUNCILLOR GERRY EMM Chairman of Reglonal Public Works Last week the mayor announced the chairmen of the town 's various departments for the upcoming year and this means PUi be changing from chairman of planning and the chairman of the administrative committee back to a department. I'm always glad to chair, that being the fire department. Looking back over the past year during the time I was planning chairman my aims were to increase public awareness of the planning process and to dissipate some of the concerns relating to planning the publiccan have-from time to time. My commit- tee busied itself with countless meetings involving many areas in the town. I would like to thank my committee and council for giving me the responsibiity to use my exper- ience towards common sense planning. The possibilities for good planning in Whitby can only work with determination and not with the assumption it will just happen. It can be very challenging and rewarding and gives you the added confidence in yourself that you have the ability to plan for the future and for other people, and that they trust you to do it right. I think this is very im- portant in the planning process. During the Labor Day weekend most of Durham Region was experiencing heavy rains causing wide- spread flooding in many areas. As I reported in council two weeks ago, we in Whitby escaped with littie or no problems such as we had in 1971 with sewer back-ups. For some of us who might have Gerry Emm streets now being reconstructed drain also into the underground Ash Street culvert. It is now my hope we will be able to do the same work in the Port Whitby area now that we have a plan to work with to solve the drainage problemns which have plagued the Port for so long. Remember that October 13 to 16 is "Fail Clean-Up Week" in Whitby and this includes aIl areas of the town. Next week is Fire Prevention Week and I would urge all residents of the town to attend the open house being held at the main fire hall on Brock Street South throughout the week. In closing, I wish to thank the people who came out last week to the planning open house to be part of the planning process. Please caîl me anytime at either 668-5803 or 655-480. WHITBY FR1 E PRESS, WEDNESIJAY, SEI'TMBER 30, l1981%'PAGE 17 Ruddy ladies auxiliary finalizes fail plans li 9ý, in the summer. For furthe r ifor- mation on auxiliary happenings and rnem- bership eall Kathy Crouch at 668-M06. 1 - Wylie to speak to club Betty Jane Wylie, author, broadcaster and playwright wIl be the speaker at the October 6 meeting of the Canadian Club at Uhe Genosha Rote), Oshawa wlth din- ner at6: 30 p.m. The tople wlll be 'Theatre Goeip'. The speaker, a graduate cf the Univer- sity of Manitoba was featured i the Toronto Star recently in a serles of articles entltled "«Un- derground li Park- dale". For nine days Wylle went under cover representing herse)! as a former mental patient so that she might share their experlences. Her book " Begin- nlngs.A Book for Wid- ows" is i ils fourth edition. A daily radio show is in ils fourth year on independexit radio stations acrosa the country. Sbe has had 20 plays produced Includ- ing a rock opera. The Canadiaxi Club is an organization dedi- cated to fostering an in- terest in ail matters of public concern and meets sevexi times yearly at dînner. Memberships are available to ail on'ap- plication to Box 391, Oshawa. Guests are învited and reservations may be maeby telephonlng Hughllarrîs at 7woml5 76 El Camnino' Smaii 8, automatic, power steering, power brakes, AMIFM stereo, air shock, 49,000 mi. Certif ied. Lic. OWI 307. 73 Maverick 2 Dr. 6, automatlc, only 50,000 miles, new paint. Lic. BOY 479. 75 Dodge Van 318, automatic, power steerlng, power brakes, 70,000 miles. Lic. QYF 612. As is. 74 GMC ½ 2Ton Pi ck-Up 327, automatic, power steering, power brakes. Certified. Lic. HZI 462. AS IS SPECIALS 70 Camaro 6 cyl inder, automat ic. Lic. M NM 185. 72 Toyota Celica Lic. PRE 751. BRADLEY MO 841 DUNDAS STREE1 $3695 $1595 $1499 $1495 $999 $599 The executive of the Auxiliar to the Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital, Whitby began the fail session by fînalizing plans for a fashon show, to be held Thursday, October 8 at 8 p.m. in the Whitby Public Llbrary. The group met in the hospital board room with president Pat Wilcox presiding. 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