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PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26,1982, WHITBY FREE JPRESS Region should review education budget: Heirrema CONT'D FROM PG. 3 with them." And on the subject of' tax increases, he severely chastised the Durham Board of Education for imposing a-13 per cent average- tax increase. "Our board of educa- tion is still on a merry- go-round," Herrema said adding that it is such things as third language courses that are compounding the coat of education. "We- can't afford these kinds of nicities."1 After the meeting, Herrema said that he would like to see regional council em- powered to review the FREDERICK COU LTER Nationally known American soholar & author of the book,"A Harmony of the Gospels - The Life of Jesus Christ" wil be speaking at the Whitby Library Thurs- day, May 27th - 7:30 p.m. His topios wili be - The Shroud of Turnin s Proved A Fakel and Ils Jesus Here on Earth Already? Everyone welcome - No collection. Sponsored by the Blbllcal Church of God 579-0058 CANADA LIFE " Life Insu rance- " RRSP " RR PP a GIA Edwin Hele 725-8241 or 668-1034 elctI & anel, ul g a a board's budget'ý irr a similar fashion to the Durham Regional Police Commission's. Herrema, Durham's representative on the Toronto Area Transit Operating ,Authority (TATO A), the operators of GO Transit, said that a' governiment decision on its expansion- east of Pickering shoûld be known by the end of August. "You will have an an- swer before the end, of CONT' D PROM PG. 2 would charge the town $18,536.40. The Whitby firm of T. Puckrin and Son Limit- ed submitted a bid of $20,259-96. -However, their bid was disquali- fied because* manage- ment officiais did not sign the tender form.' Bill Wallace, the town's adnsinistrator, told the committee that the rules attached to the tendering process should be strictly ad- hered to. "We have to go along with this report,"- he said. "If you start playing around with the tendering proposaI, you open yourself to suspi- cion." August as to what the government is doing with GO Transit," he said. In defending the government's decision to review its financial alternatives, Herrema told the business com- munity that they will "be satisfied with the results." He also used the op- portunity to praise Whitby for its efforts in attracting .industrial and residential develop- Regional Councilor Tom Edwards said that while he agreed with Wallace, Puckrin should get the contract because it pays taxes in1 the town. "I don't want to be ac- ctxsed of not dealing in good faith with the ten- dering process," he said. Mayor Bob Attersley also defended the ten- dering rules. 'Being a businessman myself, I know ail about the rules. " This matter was to be deait with at last night's meeting of Whitby Town Council but the resuits of their deliberations were not known at press timhe. ment not' only to itself, but to the region. Herrema also attack- ed Oshawa- Regional Councillor Ed Kolodzie for his objec 'tion to the development of Brook- lin before the Ontario Municipal Board. '" There's a big hold Up in Brooklin and thiere shouldn't be," he said, " Why don't they (Kolod- zie and Oshawa P.U.C. member Gord Burnett) move to Whitby and run in the next election and let the 'ballot box decide?" The chairman also wrote them off as "two guys who want to, do nothing more than get their names in the paper."9 While on the topic of development, Herrema had a few good things to say about a recent development plan put forward by Markbor- ough * .Properties Limited for the Ross- land Road Garden Street area. It's a good plan," he said adding, "'it de- serves some pretty good scrutiny. "' However, he does not believe that the develop- ment will spring into being overnight. " "They are not going to go with the money we have today," Herrema said adding that it would be 1986 or 88 before àny plans were finali'zed. III think it will attract more people to Whitby."1 In fact, according to Herrema, Whitby is one 0fthe few places left in the regiQp that is still at- tractive to developers. "It's the onlY place where developers are calling me," he said,, giving much of the credit to Mayor'Bob At- tersley. "No other mayor.is as aggressive," he adde 1"Ihehastobe." Herrema even eni sions Whitby as anothb Oakville or Markhamn a centre of prestige re., dential development. He also pointed o that if WhitbY's grow had not be as hig property tax increas, would have been 13 p cent. B)r(çk1in Bylinecs ( zÂJ; By ROXANNE REVELER Cai 655-4951 wlth items for this column., CONT'D PROM PG. 7. United Church. Al are welcome. wiil be served in the C.E. Building. Refreshments yo Ri >vo Ca toi on Sp Pr tri thi i se 'CE Sc tE t te IN ANNOU4C EMENTS RECEPTION CARDS INVITATIONS THAN1< YOU CARDS ETEL Port Perry Kinsmen presents SPRINGFEST 6"8255 First ever 3 day event with SOMETHUNG BLUE Thur. Fr1. Sat. May 279,28, 29 at Port Perry Arena 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. Admission$4.00 per person Thurs. Night, Ladies ½ 2Price- U.S. firm gets. refuse contract A LETTER TO THE PEOPLE 0F BROOKLIN "To serve the community's greatest needs" is the motto of the Brookin and District Kinsmen Club. Most residents of Brooklin realize, and appreciate I'm sure, the community service projects sponsored and funded by your local Insmen. What we are especially proud of is our donation as a service club to the National Cystic Fibrosis Re- search Center. This year through your support of our annUial Monte Carlo Night, and also ouï geranium blitz, we have been able to raise close to $3,000 (as well as private donations). We gratefuily acknowledge your support this year in the fight against cystic fibrosis ... Brian Langley, vice'president and cystic fibrosis chairman, Brook-, lin Kinsmen. 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