N ju dge irq n court Jdwial system-S !'pressed to the-,limi]t' By MikeKowalski Inceasing pressure on Dur- ham Region's judiciai system Whtby provincial court last Fni- day- there was no judge. Due to a combination of holi- days and insufficient. judges under the best circumatanices, 27 peQple were told to come back anther time for their day ini court. Justice of the Peace Laura Malarczuk was pressed into duty to remand more than 50 cases to new dates. Included i that number were two trials, one involving six dif- forent charges againstý one per-. son that- was expeted to lest almost five hoursmi total. Accord ing to Crown attorne 'T, Tom Fitzgerald, court official knew almoot- three weeks ago that Wlutby would be without a judg, ut apparently nothing ~.couldbdone to j*event it. «We knew it would be abad day."-Unfôrtunately it was on. of those ýtjuings that was bound te, happei,»said Fitzgerald. Not wishing to>ioint the fr at any on. individual cllvor tii. mishalp, Fitzgerald said that Ontario Attorney-General Ian Scott must bear the ultimate remnsiility. *T9 urisdiction has grown by leaps and bounds and something like this will happen when the system is pressed te the limit,» said Fitzgerald.-9 "lIt's frustrating to everyne concerned. Here you have a courtroom sitting empty and it's costing the government money te, rent it.ý» By Mike Kowaiuki A Whitby auto wrecking busi- Sness is under 24-hour security following an Ontario govennment crackdown on used tire dumps in the province. nArt's Auto Wreckers is one of nine sites in Ontario with rounid- the-clock security guards posted 1 by the government in the hope of p~eentnganother Hageriville tire fire disasten. Government officiais feel a security clampdown will thwart potential vendais from attempt- ir te copy the recent H rs- vflefire, believed te have=en As well, the governnent will introduce legisiation this spring allowing it togo inand clean up dumps where the owner refuses to do so, even if the owner attempts to fight a clean-up orden in court. Dump owners wiIl have te apply for environment ministry approval certificates before being allowed te continue.operating. (Court began as scheduled at 9:30 a.m. and finished about three hours later. However, almost two hours wa.s spent waitingfr two prisoners te be brough tfrom custody, in Toronto.) Fitzgerald insisted that he was not blamig local judges for creating the problem by taking vacations. By MikeKowalski Tlhe' new Whitby senior citi- zens' centre may flnally have found a homie. Town council'. operations com- inittee recommended Monday that Bradley Park be approved. as the site for the centre. The recommendation may end a long search for a suitable location for the 15000-sq. &t facility. Bradley Park appeared te be the favorite as other; alter- natives feIl by the wayside. When couÎicil flna'lly directed staff te bring forth a definite proposail lst month, the choice was down te Bradley* Park or expansion of the existing centre on Brock St. S. The. Whitby Seniors' Centre building committe. strongly sup- Bin~radley Park as tihe beit Conditions which must be met before a certificate is granted include security fencing, reser- voirs for firefi ghting and sepa- ration of tires ite piles no grea- ter than 5,'000 tires, with fire lanes in between. Art Robinson ' owner of Art's Auto Wreckers,' nefused te com- ment following the government's action lest week. His property was originally estimated te contain 500,000 tires, but that nuniber has since been downgraded te 250,000. Ironically, Robinson is an in- vester hi a proposed tire recy- dling plant which may eventually b. buit in Durham Region. Developed by Emery Asso- ciateà of Colborne, Oýnt., the plant would use microwaves te breakdowntires inte, their base components. Tii. Ontario Minis- try of Energy has also helped fuind the pilotproject. Environinent ministry spokes- man Bill Dodds said guards pos- ted at Robinsons, and other.ie '«I have the highest regard for our provincial and district court judges, they are prepared te, work. But they also need holi- da like a1yone else." tin geraldi hoping the situa- when two new provincial court -judges are appointed. SEE PAGE 41 By choosing the park option' the committée. a iiae the need te replace the townsé lawn bowling club, located south of the current centre. Ini a report to committee, arka and recreation director Larr Monrow said Bradley Park offers the. moat advantages. Morrowý said the site allows for furtiier expansion of any building and is centrally located within the municipality. While recognizing that Bradley Park borders a residential area, Morrow said this would b. taken into account duning design of the facili . 'Tmglad tesSewe've fixed on a site" said coundillor Marcel SEE PAGE s9 dumps will remain until the governient is satisfied the ownens have pnovided for suffi- cient security. «Even your neighborhood land- fi1 site gets locked aften business hours , said Dodds. "For some it's just a matter of installing fences.» He acknowledged that the Hagensville dià aster foroed the government'shand. «Obviously, that's one reason,» said Dodds. "Some fonma of security is required et these Play ré-vived DOREEN SMYTH o f Whitbiy is the, only Original caBt member from the 1979 production of '1887:- The Farmer's Revoit' who wil be in the cast of the 1900 revival of the piay by the Durham Shoestrig Performere. See story on page 12. ]%er TouWuphoto sites.» A fine bunned for alrnost on. month recently at a Hmrsville, Ont. dump containingl4-million tires. The. infenno foroed ahnost 50OOpeople from their- homes. To avoid a sixnilar catastrophy, stringent requirements will now b. in onder. "ii. typ of thing we're look- ing for is tires pled i such a mannen that there will neyer be anothen Hagersville situation,» said Frank Reinhoîz, manager of SEE PAGE 21 [N VOGU[E 0A Monthly Fashion and Beauty Review SEE PAGES '29- 33 Park may be site of new seniors' oentre,. Cnackdawn on ued tire <lms Security at wreckng yard Fi Problems wth Akshburn water Seeld page 16 Investigation of sikIdng of three vessels Sepage 41 - -, - 7--