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Whitby Free Press, 4 Oct 1995, p. 5

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Exense account details ýsought An Oshawa public school board trustee lias won a partial victory i lier fight to obtain details of board supervisory officers' expense accounts. Kathleen Hopper wrote to Ontario education minister John Snobelen for help after a direct request to board director Pauline Laing for the expense account records was turmed down. Laing promised that staff would provide any information the board asks it for but refused to comment on Jlopper's request. Hopper first raised the issue ini June, wlien a committee of trustee was formed to croate draft procedures for administrative expenses. Those were brouglit forward for the board's consideration at Monday niglit!s standing comniittee meeting. The report was received for information but Laing promised to implement the guidelines,,which include limiting the cost of liotel rooms to $100 a night - aithougli more can be paid in certain ca ses - and cuitting meal allowances from, $53.50 a day to $40.' In her report, Laing said that wbule expenses have become a "highly publicized issue, staff must _not feel they run the risk of being chastised. when they follow the DeVille burgiar interruted Cleaners surprised e burglar The suspect, who pried open a breaking into a safe at DeVille steel door on the soutli side ofthie Produce early, Sunday morming. store to get in,, 15 describes. as a Police say the cleeners errived 'white man in his late twenties, sx et the 3570 Brock St. N. grocery feet and 190 pounds. store around 2:-50 a.m., entered tlirougli the basement and heard The culprit managed to break somebody hitting something with inte two small safes in the office - a sledge hammer. lie was attenipting to, crack a The banging stopped as they third, larger one when lie was went up the stairs and a man interrupted, flyrie says - and appeared at the top of the stairs. escaped with a- small emiount of "He ran back into the store and cash. fied out'the back -on foot," says' The store lias an alarm, lie adds, Staff Sergeent Sandy Ryrie. but it didn't activate. rules. "Morale is quiecly eroded wlien well-intenioned people following the rules are criticized, personally or generaliy," she concluded. Trustees were also presented witli a summary of expenses by the boerd's 91 supervisory officers, wbicli include Laing. They spent $3 1,500 on expenses between Jan. 1 and July 31,1995, the report shows, although that figure doesn't include registration for conferences, airline tickets,. liotel charges, etc. that were païd directly by the board and weren't calculated. The highest expenses on the summiary were mileage ($12,917), followed by hotel charges ($7,537), food ($7,166) and publications ($1,814). Hopper still wants to see the actual expenses incurred by each supervisory officer so that trustees cen make better financial decisions. Brock trustee Bull Fairburn ended- the often contentious meeting with a request that Laing instruct teechers "to keep an eye out for hungry, poorly clotlied children" in their classrooms in liglit'of the Harris goverument cutback in social spending. Laing egreed- to pesa on the request end report back te the board.. InnshreseksChristwas donatins Whitby-based Innushare Charitable -Trust aims to fi11 120 Christmas boxes for the Innu women and cblidren of Davis Inlet, Labrador. The boxes - one for each family in the desolate village -kiown for the- suicide attempt by six cfidren Manning. at rally hiOshawa%, Reform Party leader Preston Manning. will be in Oshiawa on Tliursday, Oct. 19. Manning will be kieynote, speaker at the 'Crisis in Crime' rally te be held at the Civic Auditorium, starting at 7:30 p.m. "We hope to 511 it (Civic) up," says Evert Vroegli, president of Reform's Durhiam riding constituency, about ettendance et thie relly. Reform MPs continue to push for reform of the Young Offenders Act and the parole systeni. Tickets for the Oshawa rally are $5, and are available by calling Vroegh et 576-5578 or Dean Hlfckey at 725-4637. -- must be filled within the next two weeks.. They will be picked up by the volunteer shipper, North Americen Van Lines, and driven te Newfound.land to catch the last Marine Atlantic boat going north te the village (the ice is sterting te get thick on the Atlantic coastihie). Items needed for the 'boxes incelude' skates, blankets, sheets towels, hockey sticks, pucks,' cutlery, pots, pans, plastic table cloths, tea towels, sturdy teys, crayons, colouring books, çyork socks and underwear of ail sizes, simple puzzles, ski mitts, liats, dolîs (not- stuffed animaes) and festive food items that will freeze safeiy (Christmas cakes and candies). Financial donations are aiso welcome. SDrop-off boxes are located at the KÇiiohi-Sai Judo Club, 1375 Hopkcins St., enîd the Outdoor Inn, 305 Brook St.< N., Whitby. Innushere, co-founded by Mary Wooôd and Joyýce Marshial of Whitby, recently opened, its'first office in north Ajax.' Innushare support, now in its third year, lias lielped the Davis Inlet community - children still abuse solvents, but alcoholism i as dropped te 28 per cent from 93 per cent two years ago. Tlirough the Great Innushare Caribou Hunt,. Ontario sohool students raise caribou (quarters) te lielp Davis Inlet dhildren. For more information, cal Marshall et 668-5504. Perry ýnominatlions underwayý Nominatiôns can be made for the annuel Peter Perry award, recognizing Whitby's outstending citizen of the year. The awerd, sponsored by the Whitby Cliàmber 'of Commerce, will be presented i November. Nominations close. Wednesday, Nov. 1, et 4 p.m. The Peter Perzy eward, nemfed after the tewn's founder, bas bpen presented since 1955. Lest year's winner was Dr. John McKlinney. Nominées must have contributed te the prosperity and social development of Whitby for the lest five yeers. Nomination forms are available at the Whitby chamber office, 128 Brock- St. S., Whitby. Completed nomination forms must be meiled or liand-delivered to the clienber office. Individuels, couples or families may be nomineted, but not community groups. The award mey be presented postliumously. Why Free Pissa. Wednesday, October 4, 1995, page 5 Charge withdrawn A charge laid againet a Whitby man after a Mardi il fatal accident was withdrawn in provincial court recently. Ettore Sciullo, 39, liad been charged with making an improper left turn. According te Durliam'Regional Police, lie wes the driver: of a pickup truck tliat was westbound on Rossland Road and attempting to turn ieft onte Overlord Street (between Anderson Street and Thickson Road), at about 2 a.m. The pickup collided witli a car, driven by Robin Adams, 34, of Missisauga, that was eastbound on Rossland. Adams was airiifted to Sunnybrook Hospital ini Toronto wliere lie died Mardi 12. Sciullo, of Cynthia Crescent, was injured and taken to Oshawa General Hospital and later to St. Michael's Hospital. Distinctive Clothing is our Specialty! .é& Belle Pointe è&. 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