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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS Charges advisor has conflue t.... Hughes says society meetmgcotrc As far as Tom Hughes is concerned, the'Ont- arlo Humane Society la living up to ts contrac- tuai obligations to the towns of Whitby, Ajax and Pickering.' Hughes, the executive vice-president of the O.H.S., made the state- ment in reply to com- ments made by, North Ward Counciflor Ross Batten in last week's edition 0f the Whltby Free Press. Batten, the town's representative on the Pickering, Ajax and Whltby animal control committee (or P.A.W. committee), charged that the society is not fulfiuing is commit- ments, especially in the staffing area. "lWe are complying with that agreement and meeting, it in every respect," Hughes said in a telephone interview from hMs Toronto office last Thursday. Accordinig to Batten, reports filed by the society show that there are only two wardens on duty durlng the speci- f ied times when the con- tract cails for three. Hughes disputes this saying that the reports were inaccurate due to clerical erors. Free trade wanted This sign at Whitby's Midway Datsun onDundas Street East seems plain enough. Zoltan Weindofer,. the owner of the car dealership, put the sign up to express his views on the Canadian government's negotiations with the Japanese governent over the question of car imports. "Well the idea is free enterprise," Weindorfer said. "That's what the whole story is." -Free Press Staff Photo "lWe have the right number of wardens," hie said addlng, "lWe have neyer reduced the staff- ing level." Hie pointed out that the only person recently laid off at the Thickson Road North animal shel- ter - supervisor Carol Lang - has been re- called. ln fact, Hughes even maintains that the O.H.S. staffing level is greater than the con- tract caîls for. "They're getting lài hours more a week than they contra-cte'," hie claimed. Hughes, whose career as, O.H.S. executive vice-president has corne under close scrutiny in, recent months, laid some of the blame for, the current differences between the P.A.W. committee and the society on Batten. "IAil of the problems are arising from his in- ability to understand the reporting system," he charged. Staff shortages, if any, could be accounted for in holiday and sick tume, Hughes explained. "At no time did I agree that we would provide trained quali- fied staff to replace those on holiday or off sick," hie said. "'There are no trained people to pitch hit for Whitby. " Hughes added that it was "normal accepted practise" not to replace such people. ie claimed that, the town itself pro- bably does not. It is also Hughes' opinion that if anything should be reviewed it is the make-up of. the P.A.W. committee and claimed that its mem- bers were openly hostile tohim. "The committee should be reviewed, " he said. It is composed of Bat- ten and councillors Norah Stoner- (Picker- ing) and Steve Parish (Ajax). Hughes said that these people were "diffi- cult"l to do business with. He also charged that the committee's ad- visor, Dr. Clayton Mac- Kay, a local veterinar- ian, has a -conflict of ifl- terest. MacKay recently re- commended (aiong with town clerk. Don According to Hughes, since MacKay boards animais at his clinie, he should not 'have been partyto such a recom- mendation. lHe suggest- ed that the closure d"4might benefit him financially." Hughes also suggest- ed' that MacKay should serve as the commit- tee's advisor because he is a practising veter- inarian working in the area under the P.A.W. committee's jurisdic- timn. He suggested that someoe else be found. As far as the boarding house is' concerned, Hughes maintains *that "the faciities are ex- cellent" and that no bet- ter one could be found in any dlinic. He- also revealed that the Thickson Road Nor- th facility is currently running an operational deficit although "I'd rather flot use figures at this time. " Before revealing the figu res, Hughes said lhe wanted, to study the lat- est financial, reports before maklng the deficit-known. The P.A.W. commit- tee, he added, -was in- formned of the situation and he descrlbed the deficit as "substantial". The downturn làinthe economy has also been feit by the society whleh, is experienclflg a dedline iu donations., Hughes aiso claimed that other than from the P.A.W. commnittee, the humnane society has not received any com- plaints about it service. "We have received no coniplaints whatsoever from anybody about the service," he said, *'We've had no coni- plaints at ail." Hughes also said that' the shelter's staff were "ldoing a damn good job" in spite of the diffi- cuit times. Whitby wl honor swimmer after games The Town of Whitby will honor swimmer Arme Ottenbrite but flot until after the Common- wealth Games at the re- quest of her family, Mayor Bob Attersley said Monday. At, the world aquatic championships held in Guayaquil, Ecador, last week, Ottenbrite won a silve r medal in the women s 100-metre breaststroke as well as a bronze medal in an earlier event. The 16-year-old Lyn- deview Drive resident tied for second place in the breasistroke with Kim Rhodenbaugh of Cincinnati, Ohio with a tume of 1 minute 11.03 seconds. Attersley said that Ot- tenbrite returned home this weekend and imme- diately went into train- ing for the Common-- wealth Games which will be held in Sydney, Australia in October. Ottenbrite is also tout- ed as one of Canada's new bright stars for the 1984 Olympic Games. After her victories, Attersley said that, the town hall was literally invaded with telephone cails from local resi- dents wanting to know what the municipality would do to recognize her achievements. Man charged A 17-year-old Whitby man has been arrested after the Durham Regional Police Force recovered a stolen motorcycle. According to a spokes- man for the force, the motorcycle was stolen from a Garrard Road residence sometime between May 5 and 90of this year. Police also recovered a helmet at another Garrard Road residence that was seized for evi- dence. James David Debet- tin,, 17, of 229- Lupin Drive has been charged with thef t over $200. lie will appear in Whitby provincial court on August 20. Theft 1DELLING SCMIOL )RD SIMCOE PLACE 57 SIMCOE ST. S. OSHAWA 57"-237 A Hopkins Street busi- ness lost $600 to thieves after a break-in over the weekend. According to the Dur- ham Regional Police Force, Canox Welding, 325 Hopkins Street was entered somnetime be- tween August 6 and 9 and two cashboxes con- taining the $600 wýere taken. A spokesman said that it was not known how the building was en- tered and that no dam- age was reported. Cbes. Now StaraIngU odin . Md.end Fe * MakeJp AgtIsty sDancorcin CAM RUMWAY Mod*Mqn School TOday for YO.wPasaorIto sce "CALL FOR A FREE MWAKE 0OVEfl" with presentation of this adi, $50.W0 off on Make-Up Artlstry or Modelllng Course. REGSTREAS A PRIVATE SCHOL UNDER TEMEPVATE VOCATIONAL SC*OOL ACT - COURSES TAX DEOIJCTBLE