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.......................- *L.... PAGE 2, WBfl'BY FREE ~RF.Sg, WEDNESDAY, JUN4E1219 A revamped scool rentai polky threatens ý,the eýxistenice of many community programa offered b the Durham 'Region' YMCA. ý SALESPE RSON IN 1990 AT j JOHbl.,NTONYI:Ph. asociate -broker I.-T E ELLYO R OE W' D.1 WHITBY RESIDENT- WHITBY COMPANYý OSHAWA REAL ESTATE BOARD TORONTO REAL ESTATE BOARD FREE EVALUATIONS REMAX SUMMIT REALTY (1991) LTD.1 dgj7 RES: 430-8403 BUS: 668-3800 .MLS LISTINGS SOLD.*BASED ON OSHAWA & DISTRICTEA ESTATE BOARDS MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE DlATA i I I I i I i I I I I I I AIcCULLOUGH JEIYELLERS LTDO EST. 1959 *WITH EV E .YPO PUCAE GeTA$0 QLLECTION, FIREPLACE Perfect for poolsîde or camping SALE Table Top Gas Gill the features of a regular table. top plu spush- Weber .Smoker. Incudes free cover! $229.d% 95~ Why Replaoe ' oe n.i for a free estimate. The Backyard Collection features a' complete lune of, Webr, rouKingand, 'Shepherd B.B.Q,'s and ketties. Your 'One stop shop for parts,. repair,,- and service. f-. W Tý r WEBER' TORCH A A d1 n hts uniquedVesl nhat tyour backyaud.S LE Heavy -duty IW construcdtinhelpieit- last foryears. Wf 'OS rga 8ýni'R eCeramic Briquets *Tank fot included 6,.3 PC. Free Too WILSON SILVERSMITH'S Professionally Trained Factory Representative will be in our store THROJUNE 1310 4. FR1. JUNE 21 9.11i to answer ail yur qetin FREE, ESTIMTES 380'Brock St. S. iYtby (in IGA Plaza) 668i#'-Q5 f1 lîevii-;;ed school rentai polie jeopardizes YMCA programs y .Unlosa Durham, Board of Edu- L:cation truss rescý*id a decision t6 colleet'rent for,.using school&ý the YMCA may b. fored. tocu back- or discontinue.programs. A delegationo f YMC ocials will appear before the board's finance, committee tonight (Wed- nesday) to, plead for a' reinstalte- ment oftheold policy. Beginning9-'Se p t. 1, the. board will charge renit for any aichool used by community.groups. 'The board currently rents schoolson a cost-recovery basis which' is subsidiz 'ed by the general tax base. 'i 1«- But during its budget discus-, sions this year, trustees voted to eliminate, ho subsidy and moive ta, a "user payse policy for school uise. 'However, YMCA general manager Janice *Griffîth warns that many frogranis wiIl be in 'jeopare enfss the new policy is revo at risk include. youth and aduit. sports; babysitter traîing; séhool age , ._pchildcare;- presécol and aduit. general pro- grams. Ina recent letter to re i pants and volunteers, &iffith said officiais rnay have . "no choice but ta raiso prograni fees. "Tiasthe YMOA insroluctant to, do i the middle of a recesion,'> states Griff Ith. "Particularly when we are afready seeing ,a .raatic in- crsein recje for financial 'assistance with YMCA progran fees,» ah. alddé. According ta, Griffith, fees wilI have ta increase "15 to,30 Per, (A program such as yoith floor, hockeOy would jump froinâ $67 ta $9 rmore perpriiat h notes.) + -t is our opinion that. this level of. increase, would make part;icigation prohibitive to many poplQ,, continues Griffith. «It us'UIely that many pro-. gr anis »'would no longer b. finan- cially viable and would have, ta be soverely' cut back or. discon- tinued., _>' "Indeed, this'is what has hap. pened ta' YMCA programis mi other communities in the Toronto area wheére school rentai fees have been t i'i place.» -While YC officiais are un- happy with the'decision, thêy are even more, upset that it waes made without ri'or consultation. (Gifth sais toirfirat know- 1eg of the revised policy was te final vote. Board chairman Ian Brown claims ail affected groups were notified i Febru- < * were informed six weok -ago, that!s flot eno h notice for Soptember, W Grift told The Fres Press. 1."Basically, what we are sayinïg is the board made a decisionad didnt hae al the information on what the impact may be,' s"aid «Vie will make' a presentation on what the' impact will, be and hope they' will reconisider it.», Griffith said her organization m i does not- consider its assoýciation with the 'sehool board, to be-à mere tenant-landiord relation- «lie p artof the.,coxnmunity like the Voa1d, more of a partnership»"sad Griffith. While the YMCA does not tufl gnneawa for la4k of.money, Grifih aidit muât now charge hig'horfees4o.., those who can aor top'ay' «VWe- dont hlave that- kind of revenue. If, this was a rnoney- m aking operation rmn sure there would be, entrepreneurs i- the community doing it. Griffith is espcially, worried about the schooIr'age childcare prC ,am. mprovides .licensed childcare ta, 140' children, before and after'classes,'at eightsehools in Dùrham, -including',F.M. Heard in Whtb. «We're already .running. at .a sizeable -deficit 'now, parents couldn't bear the cost of a 15 per cent increase » said Griffith. 'Thiwould be another 140' kids, without sorneone to look after them.» .Other than speaking ta Brown, ta, arrange the appearanco at' tanight's meeting, and' an Osh- awa trustees, riffithlias neot lobbied the board.' «Fin hoping we can convince, them. Fin leartened by- the sup port that séees te ýb. there for; the YMCA» she sad. "Theres been no one corne'ta me and say 'you s3hould pay this Grfiheatimated that 14,000 Durham Region resiçlents make use of, YMCA programa durinig the year. Brown, a« Whitby truste, said the, board h-as always a rented a9chools te communitygruao a cost--Tec o'véry bàdis. Fees pay for custodians, utility coats suez, as heat' and hydro, and -for repflacement and main- tenance ,of, equipment, ,said Brown. «We charge fees ta -cover costs, not ta make.money," said Birwn As ho explained hebard lia different .fée sehedulesdepend- ing on the organization Usingethe SER PAGE 32. [DýA[D