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Resden watsCRT inesigaionofBell Cnad uVey By Mke Johnston'">ý The Canadian Radio-Tele- vision and, Telecommunicationsé Coûmmission (CRTC) wiIL làkely launch an investigation! intci El Canada's recent, survey o . f Whitby for toll-free. service. to Toronto. -A Whitby resident, Iinda Hale, has writtent the CRTC to 'complain about how the sifrvey was coîïducted. .(A ' copy ai'the letter is inside this week's edi- ian.) 0f, Bell Canada's 15,277 sub-' scribers, 72 responded1 to the Survey,, with 56 per cent opposed ta toll-free service and,4 per cent in ,favor. Hale wrote. that she did not receive a survey and wben- she infodxmed Bell she had been-mis- sed. they did not sendher a- copy._ Escap'elbid foilied Durham Regianal Police got saine unexpected help from a Markhaxn mani after an attemp- ted escape from Whitby jail last Tuesday. Athol Wilson, 24, was working at the jail when a man got loase from guards as he was being transported ta, the jail after a court hearing in Oshawa. The man- jumped the fence surrounding the jail and headed aiang Brock St. witb Wilson in bhot pursuit. Wilson caught the maxi half a mile from the jail where he was able ta, pin bim ta the ground. until police arrived. Wilson rec eived a scratch ta, bis right eye during bis struggle with t he prisoner. William Rabert Thornbill, 29, aof Oshawa bas been charged witb escap ing custody and assault while resisting arrest. Car hits stQre An 18-year-old Oshawa mnax bas been charged with impaired driving and faïling te. report an accident after police found a car in. the window ofi' Jefferson Cleaners at 1625 Dundas St. E. early Thursday morning. Police said 'the car, a 1980 'Chevette, had-been stolen earlier in the day When poice arrived, at the cleaniers they fundthecar u,- the window and the driver mis- sing. H e was picked up, a short time later on Dundas St. E. at Powell Rd est aof the cleners. éharged with'impaired driv- ing, exceeding -the legal, axount of alcohol, failing te report an accident and taig' a vebicle without the owner's consent is John McKay, 283 Ricbmond St. -E. ~"I do, not kcnôw a great deal of. preople i n Whifftby. Howev >er, after' Icalled Our localn;ew pap,,ran!d also checked with fiMens, I arn not thé only one that 'didn't getý to vote,"wrote Hale. On Monday, the CRTC had not, vet reéeived a copy of 'the letter. Wen 'it arrives, it will be for- warded te the- complaints depart- ment. .«If the letter soundâ serious we will investigate" said Claude. Plouffe,,who is w'th CRTC's com-ý plaints department. After listening to Hales's let- ter, "Pouffe said it' contained enough information ta launch an investigation. "I might add, of these.friends, three out. of four have very high hbone bills (one person pays Bell' 175 per mont h for an Ajax Uine),» wrote Hale. .Poufee said that statement, wauld cause the CRTC te launch the investigation. "If there are high phone buis involved, we will investigate," said Pouffe, who when he cbecked- bis files found a letter from another Whitby resident who was happy with th e survey's results. Poufee said that once the CRTC receives. the letter, it will inform Bell. Bell will then have 20 days to launch its own inves- ti Mio and report back to the The commission would then review that-report and decided if it needed more information. Pouffe said the CRTC could tel Bell te. conduct the survey again. Hale wrote that if Bell had conducted'the survey, properly3* included in the phone bill insteac of letting a marketing company handle the survey, a more accurate opinion of' residents and businesses in Whitby (including those with Ajax line) would be expressed. -oi ineW4dcaf Yiou've secin the light. Now feel the, comfort., -j F R-E'E ELECT RONIC AIR CLEANER' with purchase ot -~ CENTRAL ~IRCONDITIONING Limited Time Offer *~~~ ~by I~e acNme PUT UT ON YOUR GAS BILL A told -Single Pedestal Colonial Round Tables With Two 12" Leaves Pine 42"-Reg. $104 $795 MS,9-B Reg. $1145 $875 High Arrow Side Chair PmReg. $145 $115 . Harvest Tables Wîth Two 12" Centre Leaves Pine 60" x36" Extlso 84" I Reg. $1&00$795 Pine 7r x W6 ExtaOis to9%" Reg. sîoeo$835' Bow Back Bent Arrow Chair Pine Reg. $145 $ 115 Up To 15% OFF Ail Woodcraft Fumiture* Sal Pftkm On 'lbblsWhileSumficsLImÉ *BuUmoz UCk«ciim UpW=scy & Mam=Reamsno cluded M.E.ommcrKaudy & &cclcs The am: OPEN SUNDAY MaiUhm Rd. & StoelcAt 293-2279 Woitzho& Sbokmoe: 370ODcDiIoSL E.. Maumm 47524U 111 DopSL W. atBmckSi 1 982M -"'I. Âý Ax làit Nft ,,& ID IL'ALà-l -w ý - .a9 *o. M.' Every Plece of Woodcraft Bedrooni FLii-iiitLll"é:«: OF--F