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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ,1978, WHITBY FREE PRESS ~~ Largest local Park nearing completio New residential develop- ment in Whitby is being accompanied by new park development', and Recrea- tion Director Wayne DeVeau is very pleased with the resuit achieved so far. South of Manning Road and west of Anderson Street is a new park, the largest local park in the town. To the south of the. park is the Pringle Creek Development, and to the north is the East Whitby Co-operative Homes project. The park, at the corner of Manning Road and a new street called Ribblesdale, presently consists of 18 acres, 13 of which are for park purposes, and five are set aside as a future public school site. To the west of this park is a large wooded open space area which includes the Pringle Creek, making the actual public use area rnuch larger than l8 acres. This year the land in the park was graded and contoured with rolling hilis, landscaped and seeded with grass'. About 200 trees were planted on the site. Conceptual plans cail for the town to build a softball diamond, basebaîl diamnond, soccer field, tennis courts, and creative play area in the pa rk in future, years according to determination of the yearly capital budget. The park was provided to serve a large area only partially developed so far by Paramount Developments. Paramount provided, the land through subdi~vision Contract Manager Bob Stephenson, Whitby Recreation Director Wayne DeVeau, and Alex Topps, landscape architect and environmental planner, examine the conceptual plan for the Pringle Creek Park, located south of Manning Road and west of Anderson Street. In the background can be seen the rollhng hilîs of the park, and the houses of the Pringle Creek subdivision, which will accommodate more than 1,500 people whemn completed. Whitby's new parks and encourages local residents to visit the, sjte and s'ee what is being done, for themselves. $200 fine for theft of W'alie't Luke Mark Carriere, 18, of 351 Surrey Drive Oshawa was.fined $200 last week and placied on 12 months proba-. tion on the charge of theft. He is to make restitution of $98 within 20 days to the Provincial Court Office. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Last August Mr. Carriere took bis car into a Whitby Service Station on Dundas Street. While the car was being repaired, the court was told the accused took a wallet and some papers and $88 in the wallet from a shelf in the Service Station. Robert Caughell of 106 Powell Road had jilaced bis wallet on the sheif ini the station. While he was making repairs to the accused's vehicle the wallet was taken from the shelf. The accused admitted "taking the wallet and spend the money found in the wallet on the car repairs, shows and other things. Carriere is on probation at the present time from an earlier sentence. The wallet was valued at $10 and included ini the restitution order. agreinents, said Mr. i iVean ind hired landscape archifeL. and planners to prepare the site before turning it over to the town. "A lot of planning, was placed in this park,"I said Mr. DeVeau. "The work done to date cost about $80,000, paid for by Para- mount Development." The landscape contractors expect the park will be ready to be taken over by the town by the end of 1979. Already some 0f the initial design work is apparent on the site. The gently rolling hilîs are designed to act as grandstand areas for the basebaîl and softball diamonds, and asphaît walk- ways have been built along the edge of the woods ajoining Pringle Creek. Alex Topps, a partner in Milus, Bollenberghe and Topps, landscape and environmental planners for the park, commented that Whitby bas bigher standards than most municipalities for parks, and the parks are turned over to the municipal- ity by the developers in a "ipretty complete state." In many other municipalities, he said, none of the land- scaping or contouring work is done first, and the land is turned over in its rougb state. Another new park con- nected with a recent develop- ment is a 4½/-acre site in the College Downs subdivision, soutb of the Ontario Ladies' College. It is a small local park because of its proximity to Peel Park, a large district facility, says Mr. DeVeau. The College Downs park is provided with an asphaît walkway, and contoured hilîs which can be used for tobogganning in winter. Council bas already approved $12,500 for provi- sion 0f creative play apparatus in this park this year. The money will come from lot levies and develop- ment funds, said Mr. DeVeau. 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