Whitby population over 50,000 By Debbie Luchuk Starting Thursday this week, the numbers on Whitby's population signs will change to 51,000 from the 48,000 that has been on the signs. The growth in populatior is due to the ever increasing residential growth, with more and more people from Metro Toronto coming to the area. The actual figures issued by the Town are 50,201 for 1988 (from the most recent census, as of June 30, 1988) up from 44,241 for 1985 (from the last official census three years ago). The most growth has occurred in the west and east wards, with an increase of 362 persons in the west and a whopping 3,711 more people in the east ward. Sexual assault near plaza A Whitby woman was sexually assaulted early Monday morning near the Kendalwood Plaza. The 20-year-old, who was carrying luggage, was walking east on Dundas St. E. at 12:45 a.m. when the assault occurred. She was dragged into the bushes and raped. Davies struggled and screamed but no one passng the scene stopped to help, police said. Police have no suspect. The attacker is described as between 20 and 25 years of age; white; medium build; curly blond hair; clean shaven; wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt and running shoes. Mayor Bob Attersley said the number of eligible voters will increase further by November, when municipal elections are held. With the ever increasing number of homes being built in the z.ntre, east and west wards, Attersley expects population growth to soar even higher before the end of the year. The north ward, he added, will "probably remain stagnant until Brooklin's water situation is rectified." SEE PAGE 16 Durham Region will reduce its garbage by 25 per cent over the next five years and will obtain cost details on both landfill and incinerator options, regional council decided last week. Those were some of the recommendations adopted as the Region plans future waste man- agement, with an emphasis on reducation, reycling and reuse of garbage. And councillors also voted last week to ask Metro to stop dumping at the Brock West site in Pickering six to 10 months earlier than scheduled. That would give Durham enough room for another three to five years of dumping, and the time to put its new waste management plan into effect. The Region is considering an energy-from-waste facility, which a consultant said would take about four years to establish, the same time to obtain a new laridfill site, either Durham- or Metro-owned. Paul Manley, solid waste management manager for Mac- Laren Engineers, the consultants, said during councillors' ques- tioning of a waste management study that the Region has to take a "more proactive" role in garbage reduction, suggesting an energy- from-waste (EFW) facility. Manley estimated costs of about $18 million for a Durham-only landfill site, and about $45 million for a 364 tonne/day EFW facility. One of the recommendations adopted last week as an amendment was that the report also outline the cost and design of a Region-only landfill site. The consultants, in a study in 1985, found that General Motors and St. Mary's Cement were two of three potential users of steam generated from a Region EFW facility. In the latest study is added the new Atlantic Pack- aging paper and cardboard recycling plant now under construction in Whitby. A 364-tonne/day EFW facility could process 112,930 tonnes/year or 63 per cent of the total regional incinerable solid waste. To sell steam. an EFW would have to be located close to an industry such as Atlantic or GM. A tipping fee of about $71 per tonne, or a net cost of $47 a tonne, would be required to support the 364 tonne/day facility development and operation, ac- cording to the MacLaren report. A Region-owned landfill site Whitby Chamber of Commerce 6Oth A niSvents ary Spwecia Supplement Inside