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Page 16, Whitby Free Pross, Wednosciay, October 28,1992. 'N 'is, no surprise tosome local officiais -' By Const. Grant Arnold Durham Regional Police >Crime Stoppers and Durhamn Regional Police arÈe asking for the public's heip in soiving a theft that occurred ini Oshawa on Fridlay, Aug. 7. Just after 9 p iii the two suspects, a maie and a female, entered Cheers Variety at 501 Ritson Rd. S. The fernale stood by the cash counter and iooked at the display rack., The maie waiked around the, store and then called the cierk to the rear of the store regarding somnething that was spiiled'on the floor. While the lerk was at the back of tho store, the. femalo suspect went behind the counter and grabbed -a handful. of Lotte scratch-and-win tickets, stuck them into ber purse and then left the store. The maie ieft. tho store shortly thereftr, without making a purchase. Suspect #1 is described as fernale, white, .aged 30, 5-ft. 4-ina., heavy. set, dark brown hair, page-boy style. She was wearing a wite sweater and a dark skirt. Suspect #2 is described as male, white, aged 30, 5-ft. il-ins., sunm buiid, light blonde, short bair. He was wearing a checkered shirt. Three other Oshawa stores have'been victimized in a similar fashion and police believe that the saine two suspects wero si-ble. jrresýenatmntof the crime will b. shown on CITY-TV (channel 57 cable 7) on Thursday, Oct. 29 during the 6 and 10 p.m. news. ft wiii aiso be shown on CHEX-TV in Peterborough and CKVR in Barrie on Friday, Oct. 30, again during the news. Crime Stoppera wiii pay up te $1,000 for information Ieading to the arrest of the two suspects. If you have any information' regarding this offence or any other serious crime, cali us. As a caller you will b. given a code number and not requred to go to court. ece Crime Stoppers number is 436-8477 (that's 436-TIPS). Constable Grant Arnold is the coordinator with the Durham Regional Crime Stoppers and writes this article to help combat-crimo. Mor @ . 1. 0- s PROM PAGE 1 vote NO. "One waa the perception that I uebec was getting far more than it*was actually getting. ' "The second was the part deai- ing with aboriginai self-goveýrn-' ment. " '.ý.while out weat the -feeling was the Sonate was not strong enough for what they wanted.» Seetens said support or opposi-: tion te the Accord cut acros party linos.' UI beard frein Censervative-, frienda that thore was teo much socialisin in it, -that we were giving tee much te, (Ontario NDP Premier) Bob Rae.» Yet at tho saine tino, votera in Oshawa, a traditionai ýNDP strongbold, rejected the Accord on Menday, said Seetens. I g.dss thero was net eneugh socialisin in it for thoin,» ho joked. Seetena would net speculate on what the results wili mean te Canada's future. «You can analyze te death tho outeome, I don't plan te do that, the outcome was clear.» Althougb ho dees net expeet any long-terni negative effecta, Sootens said problema romain. 'The No side said this was net the right solution but they didn't tell us what is.» Durham Centre MPP Druin- mond White agreed with Sootens that the result fails te address lingeringpreblems. Important issues and tensions in this *country stili romain ... Quebec, a b riginal issues,» sad White. 1«But the m ost pressing job te, me right now is te make sure_ peopie in Oshawa and'Whitby ave jobs.» White said ho had «mixod feel- inus» about the referendum. I'm nont sure this was the beat way te settle things, this, was foisted on- us' te mneetaeineene's agenda,» saidiWhiteë,,referring Ét. Quebec's original plan to'have a provincial vote on the Accord. «This may have met Mul- rnysand (Queboc Premier Robert) Bourassa's agenda, but it may not have been in moat people'a best interests. Wite could not prodict wbotber politiciA~ns such'as Mul- roney and Rae the wili suifer as a.resuit of the vote. «I hope people wiil judge them on, what they've done on al Ontario riding ILiberai candi- date Dan McTeague agreed with2 White that, tho, economy must now be tbe main priority of al politicians.- "In the -past week'I did some, canvasaing in Whitby noar Man- ning'and Andorso n and people were not -focussed on the refer- endum,» said MeTeague. <'They were more concerned with mortgage payments and feeding their famîlies. Trying to divorce the oeconomy fromn the- constitution was bard for most- people." rMcTeague said the fact that Quebec was net the only province to reject the deai should be taken as a positive sign for future. English-French relations. Whitby ýtrustee Patti Bowman, vice-chair of the Durham Board of Education, said the No vote mea2nspoliticians muet work to oarn back the trust of votera. .- Perbapa ,they can buiid on that b dealing with the economy and other issues,» aaid Bowman.. Bowman said the high turnout of votera, regardiesa of which aide they favoured, shouid aise be a signal te politicians that Canadian are concerned about, the problomas facing theiî catun-. try. "Politiciana' are1 saying tbey' won't go back to the table my hope is that- we wili b. tho lones who sàhape Canada." Althougbheho voted Yes on Monda, rbain Region chair Gary. eeaacepta the ýout- come. "I hope we can now focus on the econemy, there are a lot of hardahipa out in the country and people- are scared,» said lier- rema. «I think ail politicai parties and leaders wili have te ask wýhat people. want. 'feople are iooking for leaders and tbe're not findig thei'm." Herrema's cali. for action on tho economy i echt>ed by Des Newman 'char of -the .Durbani Region M~anufacturers Associa- tion. «Ter l no question that (Canadiang) imessage'is that the economy Muât go t.the tep of the pôliticaII agenda "for al gerninents,» said'Newman in'a prepared statemenit. He said Canadians'decision te vote- No should flot be viewed in a negative light. Rather, it «speaka of a nation willing to face the future and moul4it in a much different way than ail1 governmenta believed te b. correct," Newman added. "The people hâve spoken and the people are always right,» said Jin fls, first vice-prosident of the Whitby Chamber of Com- merce. But in a prepared statemont, Ellis said the vot must net b misinterpreted. "It ia not and'muat not mean a* repudiation of' Canada ' or th e repudiation of - its. parts," said "It does mean that thore eis new challenges with the consti- tution a t another ture.» , 1Cha mber 'president Trevor Bardons agreed. "W. know that the constitu- tional problema May, StURi'exia*t, but lIet's. put ýthis issue in abeyance and concentrate on other' important issues* that are concerning Canadians,» said, Bar- dons. «Canada iestI a good place te do. businessý and a goplc-te invest.» DIRECT FROM DURHAM'S, LARGEST SPAAN WODSTVESHOWROOM' TO YOU * '...... - - - -- - - - - - - - - -