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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1984, PAGE 3 Town ýwants input on exotic pet by-law If you've ever con- sidered keeping a pet scorpion in the Town of Whitby, you may be in- terested in providing some input on a proposed animal control by-law now beîng con- sidered by Whitby Town Council. The by-law, prepared by the Pickering, Ajax, Whitby Joint Animal Control Committee (PAW), "would prohibit the keeping of certain classes of exotic animais in the Town of Whitby," jaccording. to town clerk Don MacKay., Among the prohibited animaIs would be scor- pions, wolves, Police notes Carrier of the.rnonth Ken Neimann, 9, of Applewood Cres. is the Whitby Free Press' carrier of the month for February. He was recognized because he went from collecting no ausrpin in January to collecting 40 last month. .e sastudent at Dr. Robert Thornton Public Sehool and delivers in the Applewood Ores., Bellwood Dr. and Thickson Rd. area. The Free Press wants to take this opportunity to thank him for a job well done. Free Press Staff Photo Town program* will give j*obs to 19 students The Town of Whitby's parks and recreation department will provide 19 students with sum- mer employment this. year. Last week, council authorized recreation director Wayne DeVeau to apply for $57,851 in federal government grants to cover the bulk of the employment costs. The town will provide $8,600 to make up the rest of the costs. The students will be employed in -six dif- ferent programs. Five 0f them will be used in "Operation Clean-up" a effort to remove debris -from the 144 miles of rivers and streams that run through the town. Another three young people will be hired .to man "Come Discover Whitby"p - a projeet to attract visitors* to the town. The students wil conduct community tours, travel exhibits and will be on hand at the Tourist Information Centre to respond to visitors' questions. "Operation Beaver", will employ four more students in the development and in- stallation of a fitness trail at D'Hillier Park. Underprivileged chil- dren wil visit tourism and educational 'sites through the Durham Region Metropolitan Toronto area under the supervision of five students working under the department's "Travelling Day Camp" program. The department will also hire two students to conduet two different in- formation gathering projeets. 'One project wil concern déveloping an inventory of existing parks, the needs of new parks and collecting data for future com- puter applications. An industrial, engineering student willl be hired to complete a planned ,preventative maintenance system for recreation facilities and to conduct a time and motion study on the town's part-tume work 140 SUMCOE ST. S. (Corner John) 579-1655 During the early hours 0f last Wednesday morning, two *cars parked in 'their driveways on Michael Blvd. were broken into. According to the Durham Regional Police Force, $100 damage was done to one of the vehicles when the front door was pried open. Stolen was -a cassette deck valued at $500. From the other vebicle, stereo equip- ment and speakers valued. at $380 was taken. Police declined to speculate whether or not the two incidents are related.' Thieves got away with over $3,000 worth 0f merchandise'from two Burns St. homes last Tuesday night. According to a spokesman for the Durham Regional Police Force, two neighbouring -town- houses were entered through the rear doors. (Jus! N. ofifHwy. 401) 686-0719 Taken from one of the homes was $531 worth of video game tapes and an Intellivision module. - Also taken was an elec- tric can opener and an electric llgh ter. From the other home $2,000 worth of stereo equipment was taken. Investigation into these incidents is con- tinuing. A local woman has been cbarged' with- stealing over $2,5W0 from her employer. According . to a spokesman for the Durham Regional Police Force, the money was stolen from Mount Lawn Memorial -Gar-' dens between Novem- ber, 1983 and January of this year. Charged with thef t over $200 is Theresa Marie MacKinnon, 38, of Ribblesdale Dr., Whll- by. She was released on a promise to' appear in Whitby Provincial Court this Friday. Jus! N. of Lawrence) 431-4458 alligators, leopards, as well as venomous and constricting snakes. "If someone in the Town of Whitby lets his pet elephant run loose, then he will be fined,"' Regional Councillor Tom Edwards commen- ted at last week's meeting of council. The draft, by-law would'also provide "for an enlargement of those areas of the town where the keeping of farm animals is currently prohibited," McKay said in a report to, the operations committees. "This alteration of boundaries is primarily a reflection of the in- creasing urbanization of the municipality, par- ticularly i the south."1 Such a boundary shif t would not "adversely affect anyone currently keeping farmr animaIs in the .town, " MacKay ad- ded. CB-ECHNOLOG DOUHAM KEYBOARD CENTRE.W 3755 BLOOR ST. W. OSHAWA -125-0001 The growing concern of the Ontario Hurnane Society, area veterinarians and the general public has led to the suggestion that cer- tain exotic animais be prohibited. "A number of these animais could be poten- tially dangerous to the public,"' the report said, d"unless they were properly housed and cared for by a person qualified to keep such animais."1 .Because a n in- Get rid of iéftover road sait before it gets to your car. 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