PAGE 18, WITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, mAY 11, 1988 Town declares its. opposition to repeal of gas bar limit bylaw By a vote of 4-3, Whitby council bas decided it- will oppose an announcement by the Province that municipalities will no longer be able to set a limit on gas stations. "What we would ultimately like to see is the municipality having a lot more say in the mun- icipality," said councillor Joe Jewelry stolen Durham Regional Police are *investigating the theft of $3,000 worth of jewelry from a home on William Stephenson Dr. in Whitby. The theft occurred sometime between April 26 and May- 6. Items stolen included gold chains, medallions and bracelets. Bugelli, the most vocal opponent of the Province's decision. "Once this is taken away we have nothing else to fail back on except sound planning princi- pIes," Bugelli said, adding that any developer with a'traffic study could go to the Ontario Municipal Board and get approval no matter what council decides. 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The four councillors defeated the planning department's recom- mendation then approved a motion from Bugelli asking tbat municipalities be given an opportunity to properly assess the impact* of the. Province's announcement. lethie legislation giving munic- ipalities the power to limit gas stations is to be repealed July 1. Bugelli added that if mun- icipalities have insufficient time to assess the impact, the legis- lation should not be repealed. Council will ask for the belp of Durham Region's local MPP's and the Association of OntarloMun- icipalities. Recommen datio"ns by jury at inquest FROMPAGE i before the crane went up but it was not checked before the crane was backed down. Colella said he yelled at King to get out of the way because he was hunched over with bis back ta, the crane writing down bis social insurance number. .Questioning about the ramp and the signalling' dominated summations. Robert Jr.'s brother, Gordon Baxter, wbo represented the family, said Cordon had a concern about the ramp and going over the edge so asked for a signalman. "The- crane operator put bis life in the hancis of that signalman," be said, adding that there was no question the ramp was safe when the crane went up. "The question is the safety of the ramp when he comes down Spong took a more direct route in bis summation, saying that while the accident was not the fault of the signalman, he bad trouble accepting ing's evidence. "He sees a crack and yet is told to get the bell out of there. If he really thought there was a danger surely he wouldn't just walk away witbout a word. "Mr. Humphrey cut away the bank while the crane was on the ramp and he did it on his own," he told the jury. "Hindsight shows that was deadly." Spong said Humphrey was not removinu the stones with "a pair of tweezers." And in removing the gravel he removed some of the soil that made up the ramp. 'This was a stupid mistake. No one did anything* deliberate ta make this accident happen," he concluded. Assistant district attorney Greg Odriscoîl, who conducted most of the questioning at the inquest presided by Dr. D. Conley of Whitby, said in bis summation that a day on a work site is "Russian roulette. "The attitude on that work site was once it (the building of the ramp) was done it must be okay until something bappens." He noted that no one supervised the building of the ramp and, it was neyer inspected it. He also said Baxter must have been confused by the signalling as he was backing up. "Once you get a possibility of confusion, this is what will hap- pen," he said. Other witnesses during the inquest included Garry Spasuk, an assistant construction superin- tendent with Bradscott, wbo saw the crane topple over. I was walking away from it when I heard yelling," said Spas- uk. He said Baxter attempted to jump from the crane and had one Ieg out of the cab when "he changed bis mind and got back in." Spasuk said it appeared that Baxter was bracing himself for the fail. After the crane toppled, Spasuk said he called for someone to dial 911. "I presumed there was 911 in this region," said Spasuk, a Milton, Ont. resident. "In my estimation there was no need for him (Baxter) to be on top of that ramp," said Spasuk. "But it is not really a realistic option for Baxter to come to the site and start giving orders to employees of the general ýcon- tractor?" asked Odriscoll, refer- ring ta the location.of the crane. "I disagree.* It is a< realistic option," replied Spasuk. Testimony given on the first day of the inquest by Ministry of Labor employees indicated that the ramp was unsuitable for .movng heavy machinery. Nadia Elgohary, a soils speci- -alist for the ministry, said 'no compact effort was done on tllis ramp," thus leaving It as loose material," and that the ramp was also too narrow. "On this particular site, the width of the ramp was se small, a collapse had to happen," she testi-fied. She added that since the ramp wall had been cut vertically, "I'm not sure that if you provided 'a support for the wall it would have stayed." She said an angled slope, wbich should have been. on both; sides of the rtamp,wod have "probably prevented an accident.ý She said testing of ramps, and platforms can easily be carried' out. Gerald Crosier, the driver of a cement mixer truck earlier on the day of the accident, also testified on the first day of the inquest that be feit -'the ramp was inadequate when he saw it. "I said to myseif, "How are we going 'to get a crane and Readimix truck up there? "It struck me as particularly strange. "I thought, if they're putting a crane in there, there's not going ta be room." A laborer at the site, Daniel White, also said he had concerns ##about the safety of it (ramp) at that time" when "two scoops" were taken out of the side of the ramp. Later, describing the accident, he said "It just seemed like the bank give way." Big Sisters FROM PAGE 17 asked to commit themselves for at least a year. Staff are always available for guidance and support for the Big and Little Sister/Buddy and the family. . Many social and educational group activities are planned for all the matches, such as potluck suppers, - car rallies and seif-improvement workshops. "But, the one-to-one relationshjp, is stressed,": says Whitby General Hospital