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Whitby lawyer will be Tory candidaàte in Durharm Centre' . By Miii.Kowaldd Dunhamn Centre Tories" are ready to do battie. Whitbj resident and Iawye JmFaerty was acclaimied last week as tiie Progressive Conher- vative candidate in Durham Centre riding for the neit pro- vinciaiélection. -Flaherty40, apartner in the Toronto Iaw fi=m of Gilbert, Wright & Flaherty, is makin hie second attempt at political o0ce Hie previously ought a federal Conservative nomination in the Toronto .iinof Beachs but was unsucces Hie wife Christine Elliott, practioes law in Whitby. The. écouplýehave no eilidren. About 75, party V au er were on hand at the.Kmsen Hall iu Oshawa te bear their candidate slam the. Liberal gjornmment aud incumbent Ml'? Aâa Pulon inequal doses. "«This goverrnment for the. past five years y.ars as hadmone ses of nri-oritle or values,» declar.d "It operates on a headlne basis and responda te problems with a kne-jerk reaction by tbrowingmoney at it.» Flahe.rty 5ai thegovernmeut's motte appears te b. on. of, "If it moves, tax it, if it slows down, li1k. the. insurance industry, sb sidize it. H. clam.d the. provice's busi- ness is determined by Premier David Peterson sud a few key cabinet ministers, supportedl witiiout dissent by anonymous backbenchers such as the. riding incumbent. "nhe opposition (Conservatives and New Democrats) pst don't have the. resources and numbers te flet the. few cabinetministers who run- Ontario," said Flahierty. However, h. was under no illusions about wbat may trans- pire in the. election. Noting tiie massive majority the. Libérals, now commanid -at * Queen'sà Park, Flahierty said the election may well b. a crucial on. for th. partYs future. (After governg Ontario unin- terrupted sice 1942, the. Conser- vatives lost power in 1985 follow- ing the. signing of an historic accord between the.Liberals aud NDP. (Thie NDP gave itesSupport te, the minority Lb rlgverment in return for Peterson not calbing an election. !When the, accord. ezpired in 1987 tii. Librals were returned witli a majority.) "The coming election may be our lest opportuuity for several y.ars te returu thé.values and priorities Conservatives demon- strated over thie years' in Ontario » said Flaherty. "ltes aise an opportunity te, have a strong voice at Queen's Park te replace the, present ini- adequate member.» Flaherty said that in order for the. Tories te regain government, the party muet stress its tradi- tional support of.family values «We must demantn honest government. By that I don't mean poiticiaus shouldn't steal, but they mnuet b. honest with un about what they -do with our money. "If there's not going te b.e chronic car. beds at Whitby General Hospital, tell us." (Hospital officiais would Mek.te add a $6-million chronic car. wing te tthe hospital but thus bas beeni put on 'hold p.nding a SEE PAGE 3 Fire destroys three. boats DEBBIE HEAD comfots Sn Allen. Head is having prbee ldn suitable raprtation to take Allen te summer cmpin Ajaz. She wants botter wheelchair acssible transportation sermice fur physicafly disabled people ini Durham Rtegon. A Monday fire at Whitby harbor that completely destroyed three boats, sinkIng on. cf them,. and daxnaing a fourth, la being investigated as a case of arson. Firefighters were called te, the scene about 12:50 a.m., Monday, July 16 and worked for 30 minutes te extinguish the flaznes that caused an estimated $65,000 daimage. "The three boats were completely engu]fed in flames , l says staff sgt. Bey Graham cf the Whitby detachuient cf Durham Regional Police. "On. was tied te, pier 1 on the west side and two were seen floatiug on the water at the north aide cf theà pier. 'VWitnesses bad indicated that some people had left in a hurry. W. have a good description cf the. suspects. We anticipate arresta ithe. matter." Graham says someone may have boarded tii. boats witii the intention of stealing. He says the fire could b. accidentai, or Ïnten- tional te cover up? another crime. The. fir.is imder, investigation by police snd the' Whitby fire deprtent. I tasnot yet been determined what started the fire. «We suspect arson,» says lire departinent platoon chief Ken Corner. «We have our ideas (as te the cause) but have but have te wait for a few more teste te, say what caused it.» Destroyed were. a Blue Star- craft owned by Michael Sin h of Oshawa, a White Bay E-ner owned by Ray O'Dell cf Whitby and a Whit Crest Liner owned by Louise Crowell. Ail were bet- ween 16 and 20 feet in length. Trcm8porton iadeguate No caimp for di'sabled youth Byflii.Kowaloil Parents of a -iiandicapped Whitbv lboy are iiaving a tough time fldng suitable transpor- tation te enable their son te attend day camp this summer. Debbie and lien Heaïfs ten- year-old sou Allen sufera fro9m neuro degeeaiv ydrome a piisicBall nsd mentaiy cfls abhgafiction that confines hlm te a whecair. TryIng te provide as "normal" a iffe as possible for their son, the Heada have enrolled Allen in a wekdaymorning sumi ner pro- recreation department. The da camp la held at West- ney Heights Public School which Mlen attende on a regular hais duringrthe achool year. .But Ïedue. tu, Allen., Sr.&'ahift. work sud the. fact that Debbie does net drive the Heada bave ,ncountered iiiu1tygettiug young Allen fiom their Aunes St. apartment te Ajax. They have been using tii. ser-. vices of Whitby Commumity Car. te date, but as Debbie Head eplains that orjanization is net aequateély eqinpped for this task. "'They're.net set up fer people in wiieechairs. They have a van but ne lift sud it's almost impos- sible tetake hfimin acar," said Head. Ideally, what Head would pre- fer is for either Ajax-Pckering or Oiahawa-Whitby Handi-Transit te pick up ber son sud take hum te Cam. But Lad has been ftustrated lu br atemp te rrpge jhii,, service. Head said abe was teld tiiat Alien could b. picked up at home at 7:30 a.m. by Oshawa-Whitby Handi-Transit sud taken te Whitbhy Generai Hospital. Prom there h. would b. picked up by Ajax-PckeringHsudi- Transit at 8:05 a.m. sud taken te the schooci. Head obviously objects'te this arrangement, "H. cantJust ait there alone in teprig lot," said Head. HPadade that officiais fr-om botii bandi-transit services teld ber that time constraluts sud regulations prevent either from doing exactly what she wsuts. Doug Manuel, general mana- gr OPf Oshawa-Whitby Handi- Tansit, sympathized with .H&'spligbt but ess ni ?»lhis bande are ti.d. As Manuel explained, handi- transit operates as a .un. al bus service for the. physi l disabled, for those whose con- dition will not allow Umim te use a regular bus. It in funded by the provincial goverrnent and loalmunicipali- ties in the same m anner as traditional bus service. Manuel said that while the. Osiiawa-Whitby service can cross tiie border inte Ajax, its flrst priority is local cafl. With only twe vehicles serving llfWhitby, the service is now pressed te o e limit just meeting that deinand. "W. jus*t-don't bave the. time available, we're completely full," *SEPAGE26» Cureatz steps down See page 2 backers promise figflit Seef page 15