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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS Couneil congratulateyou."1 Herrema said' the large number of resi- dents who turned out to welcome the new coun- cil Indicates -the. dyna- mic nature of the muni- from Page -1 clpallty. 1"This was built as a people's place," .Her- rema s *aid. "And you have a professional staff, mayor and coun- cil." George Ashe, MPP for Durbam West, con- gratulated the new coundil after the oaths of office were taken. "'You have ail recog- nized' the challenges that lie abead, and that they can and wlll, be met," Ashe said. Among the blggest problems faclng the new council are the general difficulties of unemploy- ment, -hlgh interest, rates, and inflation. Spe-, cifically, the new coun- cil wil have, to resolve the issues 0f'downtown development. restrainit spendlng and the de- 'velopmet of otWhit- b yand Bookln From the tone 0f the speeches Monday night, council appears certain those problems can be dealt with in the next tbree years. "The Brooklln pro- ..... .... gram has to go in the next tbree years," East Ward councïllor Joe Drumm sald. "If it doesn't, there's some- thlng very wrong." , Drumm said he ex- pects the development of Port Whltby will be "1under way" durlnig this coundcil's thïree-year mandate. The only new council member, Centre Ward councillor ,Marcel Brunelle, addressed bis remarks to the youtb of Whitby, who he said are witnesslng a' period of unprecedented stress on the democratic Institu- tions of the country. "You, the youtb of Whitby,« are our future. Please remember, you can make a difference, and we hopeyou'il try," Brunelle said. Brunelle said his im- mediate challenge will be to learn as mucb as possible about bis new position.^ 1West Ward councillor Joe Bugelli said be be- lieves Whitby has "wea- thered the storm" and that -the job of the new council will be to make difficuit decisions with- out bending to polýitical expedience. "IToo often we hear phrases like 'You can't fight city hall'," Bugelli sald ln bis inaugural speech. "lWe don't want you to fight city hall, but we do need your support and your respect."ý 1North Ward councillor Ross' Batten told. the audience three groups, the coundil, staff and taxpayers, must com- municate and- co- operate wlth each other Batten said. "If one of the three groups fa.s t accept its responsi- bility, democracy doesn't work. " The two, regional cpuncillors, Gerry Emm and Tomý Ed- wards, also expressed the, need to work to- gether. ."We face tough times," Edwards said. "And I 'arn very grati- fied to see people have ~turned toward their neigbbours. They're no longer as insular as they were before. " Council's first major task wil be to strike the 1983 budget.' Three public meetings will be' held in Decem- ber and January to dis- cuss the budget, and council expects to. ap- prove a final draft Jan. 17. Yrou Win Them AU > With Pa y-TV PAY-TV US COMING FEB. 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Domingos Ferreira,, of 997 Bloor St. W. in Toronto, fell from a 20- foot scaffold wbile in- stalling aluzninum siding on the outside of the building.1 Police say bhe received 0 - 'mi0 PRNIN challenges face educat- ors in Durham Region over the next three years. Both pointed to changes in secondary school curriculum ,as being among the biggest challenges for the boaïd-Tbe changes, -an-' nounced, by Education Minister Bette Stephen- son* last week, " will be discussed with trustees, in a series of meetings over the next few mon- tha. Lafarga also"said the job of -managing a very large staff will require sensitivity and dedica- tion ini the next tbree years. Iiured serious injuies to the bead, and was taken to SunnYbrook Hospital in Toronto. Police say, the braces on the scaffolding had been removed from the top-section, when Ferr- eira climbed back up. He was on the fourth section -of the scaffold, and when he reacbed for the fifth, it feIl away fronithe building..' 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