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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS Too premature to make busng decision says Sims By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff TRUSTEE DAVID SIMS David Sims says that it is too early to say whether school busing will be discon- tinued for Whity students. "Its premature to say whether busing will be elimi- nated for students," Sims said. Sims is one of two Whitby trustees on the Durham Board of Education. Replying to Mayor Jim Gartshore's and Councillor Gerry Emm's statement that it would be a double taxation if the school board dropped the busing service and then raised taxes Sims said that it really was not the case. Sims said that the tax- payer only forks out 25 per cent of the cost of school transportation, the rest being subsidized by the pro- vince. "What happens is the school transportation is funded by both the province and the local taxpayer," he said. Sims said that other muni- cipalities in the region with their own bus service have no problems in home to school transportation. "In Oshawa home to school transportation is not provided for the student," he said adding that the service there is adequate. Sims also said that he does not believe-the hike in taxes and reduction of the service will have any great affect on the local taxpayer. "It doesn't mean that if the school board reduces its school transportation'that it necessarily follows that their will be a significant impact on the local taxpayer," he said. Town officials have said that the cost for busing one child from home to school and back for one school year of 187 days would be $93.50. Sims said, however, that he is waiting for the final plans to be made so that the school board may study the matter. "Any concern now is per- haps premature and a little bit alarmist," he said. Reward offered after B & E Theft FOR HEATING DUCT WORK, PIPE AND FITTINGS AIR DEFLECTORS, FURNACE FILTERS, VISIT SA Wanda & Tony Martin at THE COMPLETE HARDWARE STORE WHITBY DOMINION HARDWARE] 319 BROCK ST. S. 668-3540 at local home A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who broke into and entered at local home last weekend. Jim Crawford of 417 Byron Street South is offering the $100 reward after a robbery took place at his home some- -time between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. on the night of Septem- ber 8. Stolen from Crawford's home was: a rocking chair, a television set, a radio, $150 in cash, $100 in silver quarters, a jewelry box, jewelry, and a jungle plant. Crawford estimated the value of the stolen property at $1,000. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Durham Regi onal Police at 579-1520. This lady sold a winner. Jean Hoskin of Elmwood Restaurant and Variety of Taunton Road, Whitby sold ticket No. 9132948 to one of her customers. That persoh won $10,000 in tie August 26 draw of The Provincial Lottery. Hoskin received si<00 vendor's prize for selling the ticket. The winning number as No. 7132948. Hoskin is shown above with her cheque. Free Press Photo Iquest called mto boy's death An inquest has been called into the death of a 10 year old Scarborough boy who was killed 1at Family Kartways on August 4, by coroner Dr. Peter Noble. Darren Bess was pronoun- ced dead on arrival at Oshawa General Hospital after the go-kart he was driving flipped over on top of him. A spokesman-for the coro- ner's office said that a date for the inquest will be set as soon as Noble has spoken to the boy's family.