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LOCAIË'IMPROVEMENT POItCY FOR ROADS Interest charges Whitby residents requesting work under the Town's new local improvement policy will have to pay interest. On Tuesday last week, Whitby council approved, by a vote of 5.2, the new policy which will .allow residents to contribute to road construction and pay over a .10- ear period. nder the policy, unless a resi- dent pays in one lump sim, there will also be interest char- ged over 10 years. Opposing the interest charge were west ward councillor Joe Bugelli and regional councillor Jo Drumm. Mayor Bob Attersley and north ward councillor Ross Batten, re ional councillor Tom 1Edwards, centre ward councillor Lyn a'Bûiftt arnd east ward councillor Dennis Fox approved the interest charge. "If we are to get local improve- ment off the ground, we have to have some knd of sweetener," said Drumm. Bugelli, the most vocal opponent of the interest charge, used Newman Cres., the location of the Town's first local improve- ment project, as an example. (The Town has yet to send a letter out to Newman residents who have an opportunity to oppose the decision.) If- work was to proceed on Newman Cres., Bugelli said those residents taking the 10- year option would pay $12û annually in interest. He further argued that if the interest was charged to the local tax base, each Whitby resident would pay 27.3 cents annually during the 10 years. "Newman Cres. is out of the picture as soon as local improve- ment is approved,» warned Bugelli. But Brunelle disagreed with Bugelli, saying his idea would have public money "subsidizing» some residents. Brunelle said he talked to a councillor for Oshawa where the policy has been used for years, and even though interest is char- ged to local residents, it has been widely accepted by Oshawa resi- dents. "The sweetener is they are getting the work done...they are getting their streets repaired," said Batten, who argued that charging the interest to the general tax levy would be unfair. "There is a sweetener. The municipality is picking (up the cost) for storm sewers and flan- ka e," said Mayor Attersley. Council approved the interest but asked operations committee to draft a letter to be sent out to Newman Cres. residents explain- ing the policy's procedure and how residents can oppose if they wish. Condo charged after death in fire The Ontario Fire Marshars Office has charged Ontario Con- dominium #13 with violation of the Ontario fire code after an investigation following the death of a five-month-old girlin Whitby in January. The company will appear in Ajax provincial court Tuesday, Nov. 21. Alona Seidel died after a fire at 580 Mary St. E., unit 225, on Jan. 4. Whitby fire department pla- toon chief Ken Corner, who waf part of the investigating team, would not give details relating to the charge. But deputy chief Tony VanDo- leweerd told a local paper at the time of the fire that a disconnec- ted smoke detector was found in the unit ADAM KLUWAK of the Brooklin the Redmen's home opener Saturday Redmen is rammed into the boards night. Redmen won the contest 7-6 by a. Fergus Thistles player during in a game marred by penalties. Mike Johnston-Free Press photo MONTESSORIME THOD Private sehool planed A public meeting will be held by the planning and devlopnent committee Monday, June 5 on a rezoning application for a private school on Byron St. S. Kathleen Natsuhara, who operates Ail Saints Montessori School in Scarborough, wants to open a similar school in Whitby Natsuhara has urchased 21 Byron St. S. and ras applied to have the property rezone d. She canvassed the neighbor- hood last week and said resi- dents had mixed emotions. "Some wanted more informa- tion about the zoning. No one was really for or against it but the exercise was worthwhile," said Natsuhara. The school, which would have 30 students aged two-and-a-half to seven, would teach the Mon- tessori method. According to Natsuhara, the Montessori method teaches chil- dren to learn at their own pace. "It teaches the concrete first, then the abstract. It is an easier way for children to learn without the pressure." The Montessori method was devloped by Maria Montessori of Italy, one of the first fe-,le i -- Ya FEA TURE . - ---• •-.- --- physicians. Natsuhara has o perated the Scarborough school or the past year. She estimated the cost for a student to be $100 a week. Town workers vote o 2-year contract offer The Town of Whitby's inside and outside workers were to vote, for the second time, on a contract offer from the Town last night(Tuesday, May 30). Te 132 members of the Cana- dian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 53 held a vote last week. The result showed 56 per cent of the workers voted down the contract. The Town then asked for a second.vote, .to be conducted by the Ministry of Labor, because the first vote was so close and just more than 100 workers voted. That second vote, under the scrutiny of the ministry, is sche- duled for Thursday, June 8, according to local president Noel Best. But the union was holding its own vote last night because they felt it would be better for the workers; said- Best. who -had no- explanation for the low turnout. There is interest in the mat- ter "said Best. . He noted that if the union voted in favor of the Town's offer, there would be no reason for the ministry's vote. If the contract is turned down, he is not aware of the Town's plans. The Town has offered workers a 6.3-per cent raise in the first year of a two-year contract. The second year would sée a 6-per cent increase. That has satisfied inside wor- kers but it is the outside workers who are dissatisfied, said Best, who admitted he has trouble ju ling the two sets of workers. Te union; which represents clerical staff, garbage collectors and parks and road workers, was issued a no board report earlier this month and is in a legal strike position as of Monday, -Jurre-12. More school fîiancing, b board See page 18 Scieno students honored See page 26