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Delbate over dlebrisý By Mike Jolinston Residents of north Anderson St. want Coscan Developments to dlean up Pringle Creek and sur- rounding area, but Coscan is not taking responsibility for the mess. -«The creek is full of construc- tion materials. t doesn't look very good," says Jim *Priest of 3780 Anderson St. He says Coscan, wbicb is con- structing a subdivision in the area,,had pronmised to dlean up the areabut hasnot yet done so. "Coscan should recognize we live here as well.'They've steril- ized the whole area,» says Priest. But Dave Keenan, assistant branch manager of Coscan, saqs Coscan is not responsible for the debris in the creek. "The fact is a lot of that garbage has corne from the schocd site," says Keenan. Gien Dhu public elementary sebool has been under construc- tion in the area. On a tour, of the creek last Saturday, Priest pointed out items in the creek such as plas- tic, wood and Construction materials. Pointifig out the rip-rap (rocksm lining the side of the creek) Priest said they should be no bigger than six inches in size. H1e complained that some were the size of "dining room tables." Priest also complained about the weirs (steps made of rocks) which slow down the creek. "This will prevent fish from coming up the creek," he said. But Keenan says rip-rap and weirs are necessary. He says t4e weirs..are,.in-place to slow downr thecreek sào it does" not wash out Rossland Rd. "That is ail controlled by the Town, Region and Ministry of Natural, Resources. And there will be fish in that creek," says Keenan.1 Responding to Priest's charges that the area has been left bar- ren because of the removal of trees, Keenan says aIl work was done with the approval of the Town. He says Coscan was hired as the contractor to rebuild Ander- son St. 11e also says the combination of work on Anderson, bouse con- struction, work on the school and work around the creek bas al combined to mess up the area. "Phis aIl takes time and falîs SER PAGE 12 Business sector blasts tax- By Trudie ZaVadovics Several members of Whitby's business community are not among the 23 per cent of Cana- dians wbo favored, in a GTallui poli,' the federal governments good and services tai of 9 per cent. Lûsteadl those wbo will be affected by the tai, 1to be impIe- mented in 1991, are for various reasons opposed te it and higbly critical of thbe move.i "It goes beyond 'politics and politic1lleanings,» Says Robert Mforten, chairman of t b Whitby Downtown Business Imnprove- ment Aiea (BIA). of"Lt goes te the economic woes ofthe country. I think ail down- town merchants will be affected. "I think it's bad economic policy. Something bas te be done about the deficit. L-ook at the waste in government. I think the government bas te look at the expense side with an extremely critical eye before they rape the country." -"Lt is unfortunate that the Joint coimiýttee mxay rim recycling Canadian people are foroed to supplement a government out of control," says Ray Gilchrist, owner of the Whitby McDonalds franchise. "I think the entire restaurant industry wilI be adversley affec- ted. t will hurt my business because.people will be foroed te, pay 9 per cent tax. "I tliink it will slow tbings down considerably,"» says Phil Heard, owner of Andrew's Sboes in the Wrhitby Mail. "There is only s0 much money available in the hands of the consumer. We wMl have te, advertise more te, d eadA jint ommtteecomrisedo made up of members of the seli more siioes. d ereiona counicillors and Durham publie and two regional council- "Tegneral feeling is that t] Recydcing Centre inembers cou Id lors.txitoatysnesar See page 2 be directng local rcyciing «he joint board wouldovre te economy. Ldntwn 17' The change is designed to give dling and then report te regional sboes. We wili bave te buy a ne SDurham Region council more say council," said current recyciing cash register. The consum in recycling matters within Dur- board chairm an Gerry Einm. needs to know what he's payii Th.rccigbor s pýýSEE PAGE 28 SEE PAGE 27 - .- ~ r. -he for te ew ier rIg TORONTO ARTIST Paul Erniot poses a stop to the mural until it can with the mural he is painting on the determine if it is art or an advertise- wall at Whitby Audio in downtown ment for the audio/video store. See Whitby. The Town of Whitby has put story on page 11. Free Proe photo Two dog bite incidents Sce page 3 rPaintedl