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PAGE 12, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WVEDNEàDAY, SPEMJR21,1989 Lakeidge/Hwy. 2 rates as worst for rate of collisions Lakeridge Rd./Hwy 2 is the worst siignalized intersection in Whitby for accidents, a report from Durham Region's p6i works department shows. The intersection had 18 repor- ted collisions, or 2.78 every one million vehicles entering it, mak- ing it one of the worst in the region last year.. Te other sign alized intersec- tions with a high number of accidents are Lakèridge/Taunton' Rd., nine accidents or 2.42pe million vehicles; ThicksonRd S./Ohamplain, 29 accidents or 1.74 per million, and Thickson Rd./Manning Rd. 10 accidents or 1.59 per million veéhicles. 0f' the intersections with no signaIs, concession 9/Lakeridge was the worst with 12 accidents or 7.96 every one million vehi- cles. The Henry St.Burns St. inter- section had an accident rate of 3.78 every one million vehicles, or il accidents. Seven accidents or 2.05 pner million occurred at Taunton Rd./Anderson in 1988. According to the annual report, there were twdl'atal collisions in Whitby last year. On June 3, a 55-year-old Ajax woman died when the van in which she was a passenger collided head-on with another vehicle on Lakeridge Rd. The other occurred on April 7. A 33-year-old Whitby man died when the motorcycle he was rid. ig collided with a car at Pine Hus and Thickson.Rd. N. In total 22 people died ini accidents on regional roads in 1988. The safest time to drive in the Regi'on, according to the report, is between 4 and 5 a.m. on a Sunday. December was the worst month for collisions with 382 while April was the lowest with 253. According to the report, the average motor vehicle accident in Durham is likely to involve a maIe between 25 and 34 years of age- and will involve a rear-end collision on a clear, dry day on a Friday in December. Plgyimageqitn cros arrives on Oct. 2 The Anglican Church in the Diocese of Toronto clebrates 150 years of workship, ministry and mission in 1989. The sesquicentennial pilgrimage cross is the symbol of faith and Christian witness for this special year. The cross entered the deanery of Oshawa on Sept. 24 and will be at St. Thomas, Brooklin on Mopiday, Oct. 2, St. John's, Port Whitby on Oct. 5 and Ail Saints, Wihitby on Oct. 6. Lt will be carried or otherwise transported to each of the 15 Anglican churches of the deanery, each church planning its own local celebrations while the cross is present there. The oak cross is about 10 feet tal and almost five feet wide, weighing between 100 and 120 pounds. t was made with care and skill by retirees by St. Timothy's Church, Agincourt, who worked two days a week for five or six weeks to complete it. The Dedication of the Cross at St. Jamesd Cathedral, Toronto, last faîl, launched 13 months of celebrations. t was blessed by the former àirchbishop of Toronto, the Most Lev. Lewis Garnsworthy, the present diocesan bishop, the Rt. Lev. Terence Finaly, and the four suffragan bishops. The cross then began its journey through the diocese, moving through 20 deaneries and resting in some 275 through recycling i newspapers, glass., jcans and plastic soft drink containers.! CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY FALL CLEAN-UP WEEK OCTOBER 10 -13y 1989 IMPORTANT NOTICE 1. LOOSE TREE LIMBS AND UNBUNDLED BRUSH WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. 2. Brush, hedging, tree branches, and other similar type material will be picked up during Clean-up Week providing that it is flot any longer than 2 1/2 feet in Iength or width and securely bundled. Loose and larger material wiII flot be picked Up. 3. Household furniture, clothing, rubbish, and domestic waste materials such as rags, cartons, packing cases, and building materials such as wood, drywall and other similar type materials (with nails removed) resulting from the cleaning up of the grounds or from MINOR household repairs wiIl be picked up. 4. Appliances (white goods) and other metal refuse snould be placed separately at the curb for collection as these materials will be recycled by the Town. 5. Collection wilI be limited to a combined total of NOT MORE TRAN 12 RECEPTACLES OR BUNDLES per dwelling unit. 6. Each bundle or receptacle to have a gross weight'of NOT MORE TRAN 50 POUNDS. 7. The special collections apply onty io dwelling units and do NOT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PREMISES. 8. Recyclable material such as newspapers, glass bottles, metal cans will not be collected but should be placed out for recyclable collection. 9. Household Hazardous Wat such as oul, paints, cleaners, thinners, chemnicals, gasoline, automotive batteries, etc. WILL NOT BE COLLECTED. *Your co-operation is requested in having ail garbage out EARLY on your regular collection day. R.A. KUWA I-ARA, P. 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