Neck and neek More than 100 people turned out for the Big Brother'4i annual picnic on Saturday put on by the Ladies Auxiliary if Big Brothers. The picnic was held at Lakeview Park in Oshawa. Here, Big Brother Frank Barrel of Whitby and his littie brother Robert Wilson af Oshawa, try their hands - ahnecks - at passing a grapefruit. Good luck guys.' Free Press Staff Photo Enroilment problems foreseen here could be major at' Monday night's aver last year. The oblem's with accom- meeting he aaid that last major reason for the in- btion at secondary year attendance in- crease there was due ta kooala if enrolment creased by 300 between growth in the area, Peel lows the same pat- Sept. 6 to Sept. 30. said. rn.it did a year aga, The high school which As of Sept. 5 31,448 .D. Peel, superinten- has had the greatest in- students had enroiied in nt ýof operationa for crease in enirolment is the board's elementary eDurham Board of Pickering District High schools and another lucation, warned. School in Ajax with an 17,747.6 students in its Addressing the board increase of 185 students secondary achools. Flo.od damage dlaims towii fices floodi sewer base.i 500 Durli montl Ace tersar Regio financ minisl appro claim mitteý date. are lI dlaimE while1 impl) regiai 'of upt costs0 "ThI dlaims we've one wi mitted said h take oc porary the loai ministr said a dlaims mitted. Mount, studies begin image dlaims ýare the towns insurance aware of, Tweivetrees pouring inta the people are investigating said the consultant 1 and regional of- the dlaims. Wallace said would look into the in the wake of the it was the mast liability causes of the flooding ing whicha caused dlaims received by the and recommend rs ta back up inta town since 1971 when remedial action. ments in more than "hundreds" of dlaims The regian's Gil Pat- homes acrosa were submitted. With so terson said it was stili am Region last many dlaims, and still too early ta attach a h. mare expected, he said total dollar figure on the ýording ta Gil Pat- it will probably be mon- damages but it is safe ta )n, Durham ths before ail of thema assume it could amowjt on's director of have been investigated. into the hundreds of Icial and ad- While the town's in- thousands af dollars. He strative services, surance people are in- said dlaims ta. date )ximately 250 vestigating individual range from $200 for s have been sub- cases of praperty dlean up to "many ,d ta hais office ta damage due ta the thousands" of dollars About 200 of those flaoding, Wallace said for furniture and struc- iability insurance tawn staff have been tural damage ta homes. s, said Patterson, busy deterrnining The long range costs, thé remainder are whether'there are any if it is determined that ly requests for the deficiencies in the storma there are significant i s ex gratia grant sewer systema that flaws in the sanitary or ta $250 ta offset in might have contributed storm sewer systems, of cleaning up. ta the flooding. The tawn could be even greater. as la a lot af la also considering Accarding ta Bill s. It'a the most hiring a consultant ta Wallace, any major ever received in a look into the problem. alterations in the veek period," ad- Régional works direc- systema would have ta be d Patterson who tor Bill Twelvetrees a long term praject. Af- is office hais had ta said Tuesday that he ter the flaoding in 1971, n additional tem-- has recommended the the Town of Whitby ystaff ta handie region haire on a con- spent in excess of $5 id. sultant ta coordinate a million to build the Ash jîwhile, at the similar investigation af Creek trunk sewer ta offices, ad- the regian's sanitary avert flooding in the Irator Bill Wallace sewer system. Although downtown. However, approximately 40 he said there was no Wallace said it was Fhave been sub- for damages and break down in the system that he was See pg lc) WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1 98b, PAGE 3 Hwy.- 12 fin ally rerouted? By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff Heavy truck traffic could be removed from Brock St. (Hwy. 12) in Whitby and Baldwin St. in Brooklin by designating Thickaon Rd. as Hwy. 12. This conclusion was reached by represen- tatives of the Minlstry of Transportation and Communications, the region, and the town at a meeting held August 12 to discuss the traffic problema. Representatives of the town were informed that trucks cannot be restricted from using Brock St. because it is designated as a highway and the only way to remove them was to redesignate Brock St. However, a report by the town's public works department shows that designating Thickson Rd. as Hwy. 12 and remnoving the heavy truck traffic could cause a new set of problems for merchants in the downtown area. They include: businesses such as gas stations and restaurants wanting compensation for the bass of business-, because Brock St. would no longer be designated as a highway, automobile traffic would also be likely to bypass it and even if Brock St. was no longer a highway trucks would stili be making deliveries ta the down- town core. Other prablemns in- SEE PAGE 16 1 PHN *ORDm IS Do you want a heating supplier that wiIIa " Reduce your heatlng bill by 25%-50% - Inexpensively? " Replace your furnace, If necessary - free of charge? " Perform an efflIciency test on your furnace - free 0f charge? "uarantee contInuous heat - 24 hours, 7 days per week? " fer the most attractive paymnent terms? ~îffis the only company in Durham that wiIl guarantee al of this. BUT YOU MUST CALL BEFORE SEPT. 3OTH. P.S. If you've paîd for a servîcé plan to another company, ca/i us before Sept. 3Oth and we wlI honour that plan at no extra cost to y~ou. P/us, we wlIInsure your furnace and tank - free 0f charge. 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