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28 Pages That's Yorkshire, not Ontario Mayor of Scarborough visits The Mayor of Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Michael Pitts (above, right) paid a brief whirlwind visit to Whitby last Saturday afternoon. Pitts was on an official visit to the City of Scar- borough here in Ontario as part of his home town's 500th anniversary celebrations. Pitts says that Scarborough, England originally received its charter from King Richard Il in 1486, making it one of the oldest municipalities in England. While in Scarborough, Ontario,, which will celebrate its first anniversary as a city this year, Pitts took part in the officially opening of that city's new rapid transit line. "I have been very, very impressed with all that I have seen," Pitts told the Free Press adding that this was his first visit to Canada. The mayor decided to visit this community because in Yorkshire, Scarborough, Whitby and Pickering are ail part of the same county, virtually all next door to one another. Pitts said that he just wanted to tell the folks at home that he had been to Whitby, Ontario. In the photo above, the Mayor of this Whitby, Bob Attersley, (left) is seen here presenting Pitts with a plaque in memory of his short visit which was only long enough for a tour of the Municipal Building. Free\Press Staff Photo erEE PRESS Premier Frank Miller's decision to call a provincial election May 2 has pleased all four of the candidates running in the riding of Durham West, which includes Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. Ashe Incumbent Progres- sive Conservative MPP George Ashe, who also serves as Minister of Energy in Miller's cabinet, said that he had a strong feeling that the election was going to be called Monday. "I had a strong feeling that it would be today (Monday, or next Mon- day." Ashe said. "The feeling in caucus generally was sooner than later, so it might as well be now. Let's get it over with." And it was only in- cidental, the Tory fron- tbencher said, that he had a full campaign committee meeting on Sunday. It had been called three weeks ago to assess the local party organization's position since they had been ex- pecting the election to be called last fall. "The timing on that was excellent," Ashe said adding that his machine is oiled up and ready to go. The major thrust of this campaign will be job creation and job security, the incumbent MPP said although he expects other issues such as Ontario Hydro, the transportation of tritium, the closure og the Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped and the planned GO Transit rail commuter service ex- tension to be debated frequently. Ashe, who has been this riding's represen- tative in the Ontario Legislature since 1977, is confident of another victory. CONT'D ON P. -10 "j Vol. 15, No. 13 w w Wednesday, March 27, 1985 1 IL.dabmff Man, 29, cited for attempted murder A 29-year old Whitby His companions, also man will face three from Oshawa, were charges of attempted uninjured. murder as a result of a After the incident, the pedestrian accident in car fled the scene and the Bloor St. area of was driven to Whitby Oshawa early last where it was involved in Saturday morning. an accident on Garden According to a St. A witness told police spokesman for the that the car struck a Durham Regional parked vehicle. The Police Force, the in- witness, a taxi driver, cident occured at 1:55 then followed the car a.m. last Saturday mor- and reported the ac- ning after three cident. pedestrians argued with Two police cruisers a motorist after trying gave chase to the to cross Bloor St. at the vehicle shortly after intersection of Park Rd. that to the dead end on S. Garden St. just north of Police said that after Rossland Rd. The of- the arguement, the ficers believed they had motorist chased the the car trapped, pedestrians in his car, however, it drove hitting one of them. through the ditch and When his companions townhouse development tried to rescue him, the just south of the C.P.R. car made a second pass tracks on Garden St. at them, this time just where police were grazing a second man. finally able to arrest the The pedestrians then driver. sought refuge under a David Joseph Cames, nearby truck but the car 29, of 1616 Dufferîn St. was driven onto the has been charged wîth sidewalk to chase them three counts of attem- a third time. pted murder, impaired One of the driving, dangerous pedestrians, a 43-year driving, failing to stop old Oshawa man was for police, failing to stop taken to Oshawa at the scene of an ac- General Hospital and cident and for driving treated for a broken leg. without a license. Durham West campaigning has begun thaaer sit sigve as