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Whitby Free Press, 19 Jul 1995, p. 3

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Whltby Fr00 Preso, Weckday, JuW* 1, 1995, Pago Dubaiscoosa rirty for PC's s group Ln aU A e.u jr jaurnai Ridas Campaign is disappointed that Durham Region's interests will flot b. represented at the Cabinet table of the new provincial government. "Whle w. can certainly appreci4te- the- need for a smaller Cabinetthe. situation has left us with ser.ous concerns that Durham's critical funding inequities will flot b. addressed by the policy and decision-makers at Queends Park," said Lyn Artmont, co-chair of the ids Campaign. The campaign worked through- out the election campaign ta make candidates aware of the "serious disparity" in provincial funding to high growth areas such as Durhamn. Children and adolescents with spec Durham Region. rece cent of the resources that are provided Toronto. Funding in1 a per child bai second-lowest in the p ruing -the campaigi Tory The. Tory landsi proincal election'w =tdiely ~t"e Osh WHEN HENRY Street High Sohool boys physical education head Paul Slean, (left) and phys-ed teacher Pat Pucknell heard the Board didn't have the money to put ln two new football fields, they took on the projeot themselves. "It's a case of, if you want -t done, you swallow hard and. do !tg" says lean.Photo by Peter Mulas. Whitby Free Press SpOonso>rs souight PROM PA GE 1 buster marathon and mayb. some corporate sponsors...JFin hopin the. grass sodding portion ofthejob will be abreak-even thingY Sieau is calling on ever Heniry grad %t kick in a few uMs% te can either, sponsor a kid or they can sponsor an old coach or they can send us a cheque.» Cali Slean at 668-2731 for more information. cial needs in sive 44 per s, per child, in Metro Durhami, on s, is the rovince. fadsince the election, the five newly elected local Durham Region MP have voiced their support in achieving a fair share of funding for Durham. Durhamn Region coundil lias also recently approved a motion asking the province ta begin ta Victory bode de in fthe ftei. Iis was not'a protest wua. viewed "oe rather it was a strong show wa-Durham cf support fer thie=îCicchang" ation. outlined by the. Comon ens. b. 'a clear evolution'," statèd Stephen p ole of Kassngrpresident of the. lcal "Mike Harris stated very clearly what his mandate was and thates what Ontario elected." Tii. resdential consbuction industry histoe-iafy bas been the. largest uingle sectar in Ontario's emy but -has languisahed for liyear under D rule, says Kassinger, adding a cycical recession startod the. decade, however the. NDP's policies T1wo Whitby residents found in the. bottom of a pool late Satur- day evening have been released from Oshawa General Hospital. .Durham Regional Police 'say the two young men, a 19-year-old from Furrow Drive and a 21- year-old Woodstone Crescent resident, had been drinking hea- vily at a party at a Stargel Drive residence. From there, things get a little confused, says Inspector Walter Hall. 1UOne story is that one of them went swimming and the other on. had to jump in and save hum and they both ended up at tii. bottom of the. pool. "The. other story is that on. got push.d in by the. other. He real- ized that the guy h. pushed in Tools taken A large number of tools were stolen from a trailer at the site of the n.w French separate second- ary school b.ing built on Hwy. 12 north of Taunton Road. Durham Regional Police say someone pried a padlock off the. construction trailer door some- time betw.en 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 a.m. Sunday and then stole the. tools from a chest in- side. Police are- still waiting to, hear exactly what was stolen. redress the inequity in the 1995-96 fiscal year. "This is exactly the ind of community suppr we will need ta change the chronic underfunding situation,",said Mort M!arder, co-chair of the Nids Campaign. couldn't swim 50 he went in and they both ended up at the bottom of th epool." In any case, they were both pulled out of the- pool around 11:30 p.m. and taken to Oshawa General Hospital, he says, and were later discharged. Burglary stats soar The numbèr of burglaries in Whitby continues to, rise, accord- ing to the latest statistics from Durham Regional Police. There have been 256 break-mns in the first. five months of this year -- 158 residential and 98 commercial -- an increase of 77 percent over the 79 residential and 66 commercial burglaries over the saine period in 1994. «We're actively working on it,» says Staff Sergeant Sandy Ryrie who adds the increase is cyclical and likely the work of one or two gangs of youths.- Aniyone who knows of someone selling stolen property. or has noticed something- suspicious in their neighbourhood is asked to, call police or Crimestoppers. "AppraisaIs -On Spot Gem B3U 2 Days Bîrds ~ Get 3rd at " ReodélingOriginal Handcrafted 1/30OFF 211 Boc S. .,Whitby 666-4612 STARTTOPN LANDCPN *i Unique Designs * ~eInce and *Quality Nursery Stock ~uaînsne16 CALL: RM (905) 686-3869 or. AshbUrn, -Ontarî Grofwwtitie t- fes ias' The. campaign is hoping ta meet within the next few weeks with the five local MPPs ta dliscus maling funding inequities in high-growth areas such as Durham "an item for immediate attention at Queends Park." s wellfor buiders relating to l»Sing, development and 'construction seveely hampeied, industry efforts ta recover. "Our estirmts figure that provincial iiegùhýtions, policies and taxes have added weRl over 810,000, to the. cost of each new home since 1990. W. bought a lot of red tape with that money, but the. consumer received little in return," mid Kasuinger. "Tih. 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