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More about the modified sehool year Page 2 Study of Kartways' land uses begins Page3 Henry students to lay the sod Page 3 Wbitby voting:c; goes automatic Pagel4 CLOCA paves way for Shýores "B- Ma&k Reuor Faced with the possibility cf delaying the Rose subdivision construction next to Lynde Creek, Marsh by up to six months, the Central Lake Ontario Con servation, Autliority (CLOCA) boardý last week reduceil stcrm water storge requireèments. CLOCA staff had-recommended ,that, Rose be, requiredto demonstrate that its "cu t and fill" proposai, which would place 10,625 yards of fifl in the. reional storm floodplain and cut some 12,947 yards out to compensate, would maintain flood water storage "within acceptable limita." On a vote of 6-5, the board, made up of regional politicians, decided to drop that requirement. Whitby regional coundillors Joe Drurnm and Gerry Emm voted against the action. Fellow regional councillor Marcel Brunelle was 111 and unable to attend the Sept. 19 meeting. The clause, which "was the crux of the whole concern," says Emm, was dropped after Rose told the board that if the. clause wasn't removed, the development could be delayed by six months. "Now tliey can proceed, maybe this fail, by having that . struck But the Town of Whitby may s96i have a say ini the mattersays -Emm. He produced a letter from John Austin, Whitby's manager of development control, design and tecbnical services. The letter ta CLOCA states that "the installation of the storm water pond and related works is subject ta approval by the Town of Whitby engineering department." Tliats because the satisfactoxy completion of the pond and other works are required before Ros draft plan, of subdivision can be approved, Ywites Austini in the. Emm asked that staff'not sign thi ~uee nmtil jit wuas concernes and stcrm water storage ,we're protected asa municipality against flooding in that area.". 71 hope that, recogni ziLng that in fact the authority lias given tiiem (Rose) a paso, causes our staff ta look a littie cdoser at that flood stage requirement," said Bruneile at Monday-night's Town coun cil meeting when, the issue was discussed. 'There lias been too much debate, toc mucli disagreement, toc mucli argument, tac much nota cf ail the thipg that have happened to start liaving this kind of thing happening tuis late in the. game." In an interview after council, Bruneile smys everybody has always had toobeytlie "cut and fill rule - everybody - and tiiey taok it out of this on.... "Wiiy should this group or any other person get an exemption frcm the cut and MIl laws we require (of) every otiier person so tiiey can hurry up their project? "Ibis whole Lynde Shores thing right through from beginning ta end has been ful. of this kind cf stuif. Politicians have intervened and changed thinge ta satisfy these guys and it stinks'ta higli heaven," said Brunelle. 'They're ready ta start this fail," SEE PAGE 14 Cha.rge dopd White want apoiogy By Mrirk Reesor Former Durham Centre MPP Drummond White is calling for an investigation and asking police ta apologize after an assault charge against hMm was dropped Friday. White, 44, was charged with assaulting daugliter Amanda White June 25. The charge was withdrawn in Oshawa court Friday at the. request of the crown attorney "because cf no reasonable chance cf conviction." Tii. charge "should neyer have been laid in the. fret place," White told reporters outaide the. court. Although "there were more police outaide my houe. than for an opening special of a donut shop," h.e aid officers taok a statement only from bis daugiiter, who had cailed tiiem. Even though h. and Msi wife, who witnessed the. altercation, offered ta, speak to officers,'they refused, h. said. "They iiad a tiny piece cf the. puzzle," said John Payne, White's lawyer, wiio adds that when the. crown heard botli aides, h. decided not ta proceed. Police are obligated ta follow certain procedures when invesfigating domestic complainta, according ta White in bis statement - headiined "Drummond White is again exoneratedt" - and that includes interviewing ail family members. "Had tiiey don. Bo, they would have had clear evidence that h&. White did flot assault anyone. Subsequently, the only other evidence was destroyed or disappeared. "Given the number of officers involved, tliey certainly had the. manpower ta foilow tiirougli.. their failure ta do se raises quesions as ta their competence or their intent." As a public figure, White asks wiiether ie's being treated Uin an especially slipshod and callous manner? Would a less well-known individual be treated tijis way?" The "mere laying" cf a charge carnes witli it a 'huge burden," the. statement said, with many presuming "that where 'there's emoke there muet be fire, but lier. tiiere wasn't even emoke." SU~ PAGE 14