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1983 13, No. 3 Wednesday, January 19,.1983 20 Pages budget Whitby town council gave final approval to the town's 1983 budget Monday night, mark- ing the earliest completion of the budget process ever. With the budget confirmed, taxpayers can expeet to pay $27.50 more for municipal and regional services this year. Rural dwel lers Will pay $24.00 more this year than they did in 1982. SThe total tax increase, including both town and regional levies, is approximately 4.9 per cent more in 1983. Story on page 3. Reader, disgusted At least one reader took offense to the Free Press editorial condemning the use of Right to Life stamps by the Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Durham Region. This reader believes our knowledge of what constitutes a Catholic education is "obviously limited". The question, says our reader, is not the right of an individual to choose his or her life- style, but the "preservation of life itself. " See Letters to the Editor, Pages5. Clyde Gray Big Brothers of Oshawa Whitby will have the help of former Canadian welterweight boxing champion lyde Gray during their BowI for Millions week Feb. 5-12. Gray, along with local celebrities, will kick off the fund-raising campaign on Feb. 5 at Oshawa Centre Lanes. Big Brothers hope to raise $22,00 in this year's major fund-raising event. The week will also be a time for new Big Brothers to join the organization. Story on page il. Heat Save The Ontario Ministry of Energy and the Whitby HYdro Electric commission are spon- soring a clinic to help homeowners conserve heat this winter. With the use of scientific heat loss detect- Ors, clinic staff hope to help homeowners save as mnuch as $125 in heating bils this year. The climic will run from Jan. 19 to Jan. 29 at the Whitby Mail, and Jan. 27 to 29 at the Cormunity Centre in Brooklin.' (j, ~# I L .4,- Native song and dance accompanies show openmg Whitby's Station Gallery opened its current show of native hand crafts with a demonstration of Indian song and dance by native people from the Toronto area. Above, Suzanne Scriver displays traditional native dress and dance at the Station Gallery. Story on Page 5. -Free Press Staff Photo $1 iilion m Crown has Mayor conceirned The town of Whitby has $1 million invested in one of the three trust companies whose assets were seized by the pro- vincial government Jan. 7, town administrator Bill Wallace said last week. In a prepared state- ment, Wallace said the $1 million investment in Crown Trust is compris- ed of '"reserve funds not collected through taxa- tion". The maturity date for the investmnent is tomorrow, Jan. 20. Investments can for- mally be withdrawn or re-invested on the maturity date, but since the province took con- trol of Crown's assets, only $20,000 can be with- drawn by individual in- vestors. "Sure we are alarm- ed, " Mayor Bob Atter- sley told the Free Press Friday. "Anytime you have money invested you are concerned, but there are 22 municipali- ties in Ontario with money invested in these companies. "I have faith that the senior levels of govern- ment will continue to represent a good invest- ment. " Both Attersley and Wallace say the town is monitoring the situation on a daily basis. "We're watching it, and that's the best we can do right now, " At- tersley said. "4We couldn't ask for our money back now be- cause it isn't due yet."1 See $1 million, Page 3. wo 1ý f I \jf f zmm à à a 1