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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1984, PAGE 7 Four Downsview youths charged with local thefts Four Downsview youths will appear in Whitby Provincial Court this Friday charged with the theft of threé motorcycles from a local dealership. According to a spokesman for the Durham Regional Police Force, the motorcycles were taken from Brooklin Cycle sometime during the evening of Apr. 23. One of the accused, Joseline Gonsalves, 19, of Eddystone Ave., Downsview, was arrested at his home by members of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force. Another was arrested while riding one of the stolen motorcycles and another was arrested by the York Regional Police Force. Also arrested were: Andrew Cowley, 19, of Yellowstone St.; Clif- ford Butten, 17, of Demaris Ave.; and, Farouk Ismail, 16, of San Romanway. All wére released on a promise to appear in court this Friday. Whitby to protest Bell's -proposed rate increase Best Choice opens Mayor Bob Attersley was on hand last Thursday afternoon to cut the money ribbon to officially open Whitby's latest furniture store - Best Choice Furniture, located at the corner of Thickson Rd. and Dun- das St. E. Looking on are Larry Rosen and Emanual Bar-Dayan, the owners of the outlet. The ribbon, by the way, held $50 which Rosen and Bar-Dayan gave to Attersley to donate to the charity of his choice. The mayor said the money will go to the Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital's building fund. Free Press Staff Photo Corridor Capers By MARY MCEACHERN Cal 725-8967 with items for this column. THORNTON CORNERS COMMUNITY PICNIC A community picnic is being held for all persons interested in the Thornton's Corners Community Sunday School and the Thornton Corners School between 1910 and 1960. the place - Heydenshore Park in Whitby on Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m. Bring your specialty for lunch, it will be pot-luck. Coffee and tea will be provided. Interested per- sons are asked to bring any memorabilia from the T-C days and be prepared to discuss another reunion in 1985. For further information cail Irma Wood at 668-3687 or Queenie Pipher at 725-2036. ANDERSON COLLEGIATE GARAGE SALE Saturday, May 5, Anderson Collegiate will spon- sor 'Whitby's Largest Ever Garage Sale'. If you have any donations for this fund-raising event, please cail668-5809 for further information. WHITBY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE Whitby Women's Institute held their annual meeting and election of officers at the home of Mrs. Josephine Smith on April 25, with Mrs. Kathleen Hepburn, president, in the chiar. Ten members were present. Several items of business were dealt with. Annual reports were given by the secretary, treasurer, auditors, and convenors of standing committees. Mrs. Dorothy Gregor, public relations officer, conducted the election of the following of- ficers - president - Mrs. Kay Hepburn, first vice- president; Mrs. G. Carr, second vice-president; Mrs. A. Campbell, treasurer - Mrs. G. Carr, secretary - Mrs.' B. Acton, assistant secretary treasurer - Mrs. L. MacCarl, district director - Mrs. A. Campbell, alternative district director - Mrs. Grace Carr, public relations officer - Mrs. J. Smith, curator - Mrs. Kay Hepburn; five convenors were -also elected. After the installation of officers, a contest took place and a delicious luncheon was served by the hostesses Mrs. M. Moran and Mrs. D. Gregor. The May meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Kay Hepburn on May 30 at 1:30 p.m. The roll call will be answered by bringing your oldest antique. Visitors are always welcomed. MONTE CARLO NIGHT AND DANCE Glen Steward Co-op Playschool will sponsor a Monte Carlo Night and dance on May 12, 8 p.m. at the Glen Stewart Park Clubhouse, Oshawa. Tickets are $5 person, which includes $2 of chip funny money. There are lots and lots of prizes to be won. The Monte Carlo night includes a buffet and a cash bar. Profits from the evening will help purchase new equipment for the school and finance field trips for the children. For tickets or further information, call 728-9368. WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH Baptism - Infants baptized on April 29 were - Jen- nifer Ann Ascott, daughter of John and Patti Ascott and Bryan James Figueroa, son of James and Kathleen Figueroa. U.C.W. Meeting - May 7 at 8 p.m. Young dancers from "Gaetane" Ollesch School of Dancing will en- tertain all present with a 'Tops 'n Trends' fashion demonstration. Bring a friend and model or view the various dresses, track suits, etc. Dr. Kathleen Moorcroft, a member of Westmin- ster congregation, will be the guest speaker at the special Mother's Day Service on May 13, conducted by the U.C.W. Special music with the children singing. DR. ROBERT THORNTON SCHOOL The primary choir will be singing at Anderson Collegiate on May 9 in a Bicentennial Music Con- cert. WHITBY EDUCATION TAX Like all concerned citizens, who have been ad- vised to call their school trustee for an explanation regarding the alleged school tax increase, I did just that. Lo and behold, I discovered that the original 6.8 per cent hike for Durham Board of Education was indeed correct. Seems the Town of Whitby made a boo-boo. Not your ordinary little boo-boo but a $258,918.00 boo-boo. The town sort of mixed things up and added the provincial grants, Bell tax revenue etc., to the Durham Board requisition when, in fact, they should have subtracted these amounts. This, in turn caused the total estimated tax hike to be completely out of whack, and thats the bottom line! Confused? Well when you receive your education tax bill it will ail be clear and you will only pay what you thought you owed last week. The trustee I contacted had received a letter from the Town of Whitby apologizing for their error, and stating that the board's original figures and assessment were correct. So after all the hoopla has died down, the Durham Board of Education is back to square one. Goes to show you that you can't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see. I believe I also owe our trustees an apology for even doubting their in- tegrity. Keep up the good work John and Ian. CAPERSBALL The Capers Bail, held at the Masonic Hall on Saturday evening was a great success. Our thanks to K-Mart, Wheelies, Gerry Emm, North Oshawa Driving Range, David Bunn, Bill Sabyan, Edith MacLean, Snip and Curl for their generous donations of door prizes. Distinguished guests included Corridor neigh- bours and friends, Betty and Gerry Emm, June and Tom Edwards, Marion and John Buchanan and members of the Whitby Tigers Running Club. A cheque was donated to the Whitby Tigers to help finance their Marathon England Run. Next dance will be the 1oth Anniversary Dance of the Corridor Area Ratepayers to be held at Heyden- shore on October 27. Plan to attend. Executive meeting - the Executive meeting of the C.A.R.A. will be held at the Whitby Municipal Building on May 10 at 7:30 p.m. The annual meeting will be held aLDr. Robert Thornton School on May 17. Whitby Town Council will protest the proposed six per cent rate increase of Bell Canada. At its meeting last week, council voted to send a letter to the Canada Radio- Television and Telecommunications Commission (C.R.T.C.) Watch signs will be erected by town The Town of Whitby wil erect Neigh- bourhood Watch signs at the entrances to town, council decided last week. The signs will be posted at the suggestion of West Ward Councillor Joe Bugelli who said that these signs should be in addition to those posted within the town's various neigh- bourhoods. The motion also gives town administrator Bill Wallace to issue signs to new Neighbourhood Watch organizations - when they have met the standards laid down by the Durham Regional Police Force. Bugelli said that he wanted this to make it easier for local programs to get started. "The easier you make it, the quicker the Council votes itself a raise Durham Regional Council voted by a 23 to 3 margin last week to give both councillors and senior management staff a five per cent salary and benefit in- crease. The only councillor to speak against the in- crease was Oshawa's Ed Kolodzie. He pointed out that council - in ap- proving the increase - was ignoring its own policy which says that these salaries should be set in June. "It's good that we're setting a guideline before we finish negotiations with our staff," he said cynically. "Never mind that we're the highest paid region." Kolodzie also remarked that mem- bers of the Metropolitan Toronto Council earn 40 per cent less than their Durham counterparts while taking on respon- sibility for a budget in excess of $1.2 billion. The increases are retroactive to Jan. 1. programs will be set up," he told the collegues. "And that will make it a lot more successful." The signs to be erec- ted will be ones just recently approved by the provincial ministry of transportation and communications. Sat., Ma Sun., Me Whitby S Sc protesting the move. The protest was the motion of Centre Ward Councillor Marcel Brunelle who com- plained that Bell has no right to increase rates for Whitby residents when they do not get a few of the telephone monopoly's more ad- vanced services. In his report to coun- cil, town clerk Don MacKay said that if the C.R.T.C. approves Bell application it wiil mean a six per cent increase for both residences and businesses as well as a two per cent increase in customer dialed long distance calls. HEAVEN'S GATES & a enior Public chool FREE Admission HELLMS FLAIVIES -A ORAMATIZE REAL LIFE PRESEN TAITION YOULL NEVER FORGET PLAY£0BEfOff CAPACITYCROWDS• CAS lf i FT SOUNDANO011HiNM Eff CTS * Sponsoredby Whitby ChristIan Assembly y 12-7 p.m. y 13-7 p.m.