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By 11k. Kowalski Whity myoraty andiateGerry - Emm has criticized ~own o~~o~for teir actions during a "«special meeting Em sUlp set with couneil for discus a matter he clàxIs should have been sujecýt to furtherpbi runy NeH said council should not have voted to romove about "35 large mature trees" as part of a planned reconstruction ofTon- hine Rd., west of Ashburn Rd. Instead coundil should have delaye h matter until a "pro- n r advertisodn meeting was INSIDE elchT Mayor b Attrsley, however, contendsatcuelwsihn the meetm . ýA9 *seso of council was held Juy 30 to approve a-new, collective agreement between the, Town and, ite union employees (se. separate story).. At the smre time, council approved a public works depart- ment report recommending removal of an. unspecifled num- ber of trees on'tho south side of 'Townlino Rd. Accordingo the report,, the trees must bé sacrificed ini order' te improve sight linos for motor- ists. If the eisti.ng trees were proe- served, design modifications would add $46 000 te the overal project coit o $148,147, states the revort. The report aime notes that ince the trees are quite mature the root systems are intertwined to, such an extent that relocatioin is almost impossible. Since smorn f the trees are on private property, the Town required permisson- from the owner te rZemoehs trees. The owner gave him consent and in return the Town will plant 12 new trees in their place. «rPve no probIem with them ratifying the contract, the quicker it was done the botter," maid Emm. «But I've a problem with them dealingwt other matters. It begm te question cf how often itfs happened before.» Emm, who had earlier appeared before committee te oppose the possible tree loss was not aware the matter îÏould be SER PAGE 9 BRITFANY' cold drink one of the 7-1 Cool ing off MARI HIOLTON takes a duriniç asoccergae activities at YM "di; camp held at Heber Down Conserva-. tion Are a st week. CbrIu Boie photo Two* days after being taken to the Hospital for Sick Children, 9-month-old Jesse* Taylor of Whitby died on Friday mornig. Last Wednesday mring, mother Angela Laforg discovered her child unconscious in his crib, after stranln himself with a drawstring from a living room window blind. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CER) was applied to revive the child, with help from neighbours Jili Marot, Kerry Hughes and Bettine Comeau. Fromý the time of the calI, the Whitby ambulance team of Bob -Werner and Dawna Murray rushed the baby from the apartinent at 707 Dundas St. W. te Whitby General Hospital- in- nine minutes. The child was revived bhy staff at the hospital and then airlfe to Sick Kids Hospital where he was immediately listed in critical condition. There were coinplaints by Hughes and Gomeau about the response of the ambulance crew to the,* emergency situation. It was reported that -a complaint was going to De filed. ccording toMarot, the first to perform CeR -on T.1aylor, the incident was-blown--outof proportion._ "There were a lot of no-truths," Marot says. Marot says -the child's parents were not upset 'by the work of the ambulance crew, and that they wanted the issue close d. Funeral services for Jesse Taylor were held Tues'day. >1 I 4 4.