Ontario Community Newspapers

Whitby Free Press, 12 Dec 1979, p. 2

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PAGE 2,, WED)NESDAY DFCFUàRER 12, i J- iJTBY FREE PRESS Gu ards 1re-turn to w-ork at Witby Jal 5Oth Annive rsary This happy couple have been married for haif a century. Victor and Florence Relgal of 333 Dovedale Drive were marrled on November 4, 1M2, 5o years &go. They lmmigrated te Canada just four'years ago te be dloser to their only son and three grandchildren. Jail guards in Whitby and across the 'province went back to work, last Thursday after their union, the On- tario Publié Service Em- ployees Union (OPSEU) reached an agreement with the Ontario Government. A spokesman for OPSEU said that the guards voted 11428 to 619 in favor of retur- ning to work. The guards at the Whitby w I I - t ' ,~ - ~ 'INN Jk 20 Simcoe St. S. Hours. Mon, tolhurs9.30tO6 Fri9:30to9.00 Sat930tO6:00 723-7133 Jail voted 32 to 6 in favor of accepting the agreement. The man who called the strike may be one of the prisoners that the guards may be keeping. OPSEU president Sean O'Flynn was sentenced to 35 days in jail in O)ntario Supreme Court last week on charges for con- tempt of court. O'Flynn pleaded guilty to the charge. lus lawyer read a statement icourt iwhich O'Flynn said that "I have neyer wilfully broken any law or attempted to en- courage my farnlly, friends or others to do se."1 1"There wlJ be some who will doubt say that when confronted by an order of the Corridor area residents are not satisfied with coun- cil's deferral of a project to build publie sidewalks, on Garrard Road.. They are planning to hold more public meetings on the problein. At Iast week's operations committee meeting, town councillors decided to hold off on the $130,00o project until the 1980 budget discussions. Spokesmen for the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association have expressed concern for the safety of court as I was in this case, my duty was an easy one. " "I must canclidly say that I did not find it 50."1 .The guards are asking for a separate bargaining unit from 6,000 other OPSEU members who work I in- stitutions for the retarded and mentaliy ill. Frank GUi, the superin- tendent of the Whitby Jail said that everything bas returned te normal at the facility. "Everything Is as it was,"I GilU said. "I think we realize that we have te work and pull together."1 lue aiso sald that 'the prisoners and be weIl "behaved and that they had no interuption in routine. pedestrians on Garrard Road between Dundas Street and Rossland Road. Children attenting two schools in the area are in constant danger from high speed road traffic they said. Ratepayers decided to ask the town to build a granular or asphaît sidewalks at a public meeting held last month. Last week, they were told that it is town policy not te instaîl asphait sidewalks. 0f this year's $40,000 sidewalk budget, $25,000 has been used. Thurs. & Fr1. 'tii 9 p.m. THE ARTISTS STUDIO 142 SIMCOE ST. S. (-at John) 579-8028 Ik'r%~'n uIC hLqIhl.% AL~cptI.d 'I Corriodor, area sidewalks delayed SEIKO WATCHES GENTS& LADIES, DIAMOND RINGS. 40 ýMar*ed Pd i <ROYAL Cht DOULTON FIGURINESI 2 0%Offi 0 %0 Marked PrIce (ALL SALES FINAL) NUW THRU CHRISTMAS mue> 10:30 'tii 5 p.m.

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