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Tii. newly organized Wiithy group of 'La Leche League recently held its first meeting. reviously, WhiV4tby'mothers weme welcome -to attend La Loche League meetings in Oshawa or Ajax. The naine La Loche ýis Spanisii and means 'the milk.' A non-sectarian, non-profit organi- zation, the leaguels purpose is te offer iiolp and encouragement te WHfTBY MlE, PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1992, PAGE 35 La Leche formed in Whitby, women wanting to breastfe ed their babies. Milwomen who are interested i breastfeeding are invited,' as are their babies. Although La Leche League is now international in scope with' about 400 groups in, Canada, alone, mothor-to-motiier helpli' sBul given te tiiose« wÀho attend The Whitby groU »Ill meot, on the fourtii Thursiymorrnng", of each month. During the meeting,,.there -is Informiation discussion* of "-differenit phases', .of breastfeoding., For fur ther information, cal Day of disaster-at yacht club PROM PAGE 30 The. stemns of tiiree-other boat from ,dock -5 'woro poundinI against the. port aide of « Odyssey. This scene continuod right acroa theohav "- a ma"sof twistod boat and dfocks. Several boats mien iioled. Iail, 25 boats iiad te hb hauled out 'that .day by speciai crane. Mostly tiie damago .waE cSmetic. Tiie only comples ha was '-Endeavour,' Day. Kýosofii 28-lb. trimaran- Dave, a young fatiier of tiimee, had built hem as a labour of love.ïHo was on. ofthe bost sailors in the club,. a leader, and founder of t}iè junior sailing section. Unfortunately, there was no salvage value andah. was the onfly boat in tiie club not insured for huli damage. S At firat ligiit, newspaper reporters,- as well as insuranco agent Bruce Robertson (wiio took tiie boat photos of the damage), were at the scene te survey tii. damage. It was flot a pleasant ight. Mandy styed in -the clubhouse. It was flot until 1600hi that she could muster tiie courage te view tii. damage te' 1Odyssy.' . The docks were damaged by < stressos for which the ywore, not, and probahiyý= not ho, designed.Twisting of thedc caused hinge boîta and tangs. te bond and'break, plywood decing te siiear and tear -free of -tiie fram:age te boats was caused.by, pounding on-tii. docks both hefore and alber tiie docks mov.d.'Mucii damage could, ho attributed tu iÏmproperly secured linos. Linos that were toc tight, broke. Some boats. wr tied te dciata that were attached only te tii. plywood decldng and flot te, the steel fraemes. Once tii. docks moved, evon boats that had been properly secured.struck adjaoent docks or otiier1 boots i their vicnmty. Of the, four strings of docks,. involving a total of 40 crosses (eacii cross was designed te iiold four boots), 20 crosses required repair, six wero boyond repair and 14 wero undamaged. .Tii. bulk of tho storm damnage waste boots, mostly glcoat damage, some fibreglmas damage, wood accessory damage on fibroglass boats, extensive. damage te wooden boots and donting to stool-hulled boats. I ail, 80 hoats received significanti damnage. Total damage loss was around $250,000. A* huge- mobile crane was brought in te haul boots and docks. Bit bybit, the. boots in tiie main basin were separatsd from tiie twistsd docks, and tiiose flot too badl y damaged were takenj acroos tiie bay whero they werei tied up te the siieltered dock area at McNamara Marine Ltd. The winter months were active. Builders and tiiose in the ropair business woro kept busy. BY spring, the now shore protection was complote. Club engineers banded together and a committee, led by memnber Larry Smithi (retired after 25 years as a professor of mochanical engi- w%%neering&at Rutger's University) Works (marine directorate) commissjoned a wave study at ta the cm'astal engineering Iaboratory ig at .Queeres University. The wave Ï. y stùd group at -the Iaboratory, iS hed by Prof. J.W. Kamp.hius sa and Prof. -A. Brebner, buit an 'e exact 50:1 scale model of Whitby eharbour. A topography- was dl modollod in concrote. SThe inodol oncompassed the 3 baY area, harbour entrance and s an area some distance out in 'a Lake Ontario. By the use of large 9 motor-driven blades- set in' the a off-shore portion of the model, the engineeers were able to duplicate, tha surge and wave condition of Sthe storm. <New. shore' protectio completed Zn spring Wrlion this was done, a surge> was smen to mun through'the main harbour, entrance, bounco off the government dock and 'head towards the club property. They were ,ahi. »to measure.,peaks Of waves in 'the main' basin to the equvalent of, 6.3 ft. Wiuith the buoyancy of the boats tied to the' floating docksý,it is no wonder the,- anchors liftod. The engineers wero able to,-,' demonstrate that evory, 50 lt. of extension ta, the existing. timber- fraue-breakwator, referred te as -- tie 'picket fence' lessoned the aeeiyo h surge problem, and a by makring the 'picket fence' into d a solid groyne by facing it wth a rubhle, and by extending it 150 lb.o north te the edge of the main fi channol, ail surge in theo'club a property would be eliminated.' By extending the picket fence c a furthor 50 feet te, a 200-ft. L extension, thore would' b. a h revere effeet and the surge CE would roturn. Ini al, 13 different cl combinations of rubble wall nm lengths and angles were tested in M the modol' bofore the final ge recomrmendations wore made. b i The Dopartment of Works st indicated that they would accept the rocomunendation of the th, coastal engineering group. au CommTodor Phil F'nl did not su want te wait for the formai ovi approval, and somo 9,000 cubic Ix motres of rubblo *was'tmucked te, the groyne site under supervision.' of club mombors and*,porsonniel. Tii. top of tii. royne had.a- widtii of, 12 foot a nd was graded and lovelled so, that a vehicle could< drive onùit This was consideraby. less than the offcial estimats,> <so -theo . Dèpartmént, of Works awarded', a contÏact' te place 3,06tons o amor tee. So much for "driving. vehicles,on the groyne.14 Tii. groyno 'was later dedicatsd as inkles Fingerl and the end. of the groyne *as dedicated*as 'Stewart's Point' in' honour of 'tii.tremoendouseffort, talent and -dedication of tiioe wo club membors that resulted in the. groyne becoming a reality. The. surge problem has disappeared fromn the main basin. hI tii.- Worst wind and sea conditions, club waters romain calm. and quiet. Tii.ý club made an outstanding recovery from the stoM.Ù- The -docks of the. main basn were roplaced withý new, stronger, steel- docks. New,ý ,.heavier',anciiors were -installed wVith, propor scope on the holding chains, croms-chaing wa devisod téeonsuro that evon inWthe- worst stom, docks.would iiold. The new anchors are 2,000-lb. concrèe blocks compared ýtthe-i old oriesthàt were only 500 iho.," and ovor,'t'w miles of chain went into>-thè,e nw syetem. The, committee. developed a -boat" placement system te ensure evon - distribution- ,of stress on. the ýanciiors*(since largely ignored). Until tii, completion of the siiore p rotection, the -club discouraged membors ',and applicants fromn bringing in boots over 30 feet. With -the- new facilities, larger vessels could hoe acconunodated. Thore was a ý'periodý' of lepression follo-wing the ,stérm- .éed by Phil Finid and 'uds hard-working board of directors, isaster was changed te, .hallonge. Social activities were mantained. -A'Winter.Si Program and Friday nigiit ,et-togetiiers maintai ned interest n tii.ý club until'rQconstruction, tarted. Tii. challenge paid.,off. . The recovery gave new life ý.te i. club. Dance and otiier ztivitiMes enjoyed- increased upport* and the. traditional 'lun Venings at a reasonable cost' ecame botter than over., ,-GRADE l and 2 students at Bellwood public sehool recently took part in the Scien-ce OY mpica.,Teams of students competed against each other in ovn science probleman olln Photo by PeterTgmblin, Whltby' Fr.. pr. Crime Stoppers and DurhamRogional Polie sxual assault unit are aoking for the public's help in solving a sexual assault thtoccured in, Oshawa on Friday, April 10. 'At agroxmately 11:45 p.m., the fomale victimi left the Tartan avernat the Rosslanid Square Plaza and walked te tthe CIBO bank i the same mai. The. victima was unable te roceive azly monery for taxi fare so she started te walk home, travelling west on the north side of Rossland Rd., west of Wilson. Whon the victim was passing the driveway at 510 Rossland Rd. E. she was grabbed'from behind- by two suspectsand oermiec< hehind a row of oedar hedges where she was sexually assaultod. ýThe suspects also, teok, some propemty> from the Victim before runmng away. aPaolie reooldna for two white maies, .one.-ben P>olice wouÇd also. like te talk te a' mal. who was seen standing in front of the FishnW Chip store in the mail when the victim.left the. tavern. The man was wearingr a dakgen haealhat dLù,k hoiTber jacket and had shreeni A're-enactment of the crime wiil ho shown, on CITY-TV (channel 57 cable 7) on Thursday, May 14 duming the 6 and 10 *p.m. news. fi va'H alsoo shown on ClIEX-TV in Peebruh adCKVRI in Barrie on Friday, Maùy 15, again duringth news. Crime stoppera wil pay up te *1,000 for inormation leading t16 the arrost of ' these two suspects. Police need *y'oUr tPs regarding this serious -crime or any other criminal offence. Similar cash rewards will ho paid for information leading te an arrest in any serious crime. > >' ýTii. Durham Regional Crime'Stoppers iiotline is 436-8477 (tiiat's 436-TIPS), -and is open 24 hours erday,. -yendasa week. Tii. phonie number can ho dialed lrom most; areas, of the reion, free of ch e.If tus number i long distance, you cMr clco lett or calthrough your local Dùnham.Regional Police niumber and ask for Crie Stoppera. Cails wiil neyer ho traced or recorded. You will not ho required te identify yourself or have te go te court.- Constable Grant Arnold is tiie co-ordinator with tiie Durham Ritmonal Crime Stoppers and writes this article te help combat. crime. L 1 1 DUNDA S CENTR E GUARDIAN DRUGS 220 Dundas ýSt. W. Whitby Cpen 7 Days. a Weekinduding Hoîidays FREE DEUVERy Ail Drug Plans Accepted - - "~409*rock St'.S;Whb 1 l I L1 UORGENT CARE WALK, IN Medicdi CIinic 22.0 Dundas St. W. Whitby No -Appointment Necessary 668- 899 kT7,yà Yl NEW ENROLMENTS NOW jLeam to Danceèfior the Parties