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1ý C Vol. 23, No. 2 Wednesday, January 13,1993 32 pages ÀFÀ#4 CÀIIVG J7114A AICIA L CRUIVCH COIRege to reorganize ati in stration By 11k. Kowalakl A potential shortfall cf almoet $10 million by 1995 has resulted in a roauaton cf adminis- trtve saf at Dra le Faced with an $8- te $10- million difference i projected expenses versus antîcipated revenue by the end cf the 1994- 95 fiscal year, the Oshawa-based college has taken stops to pro- vent this possibility freai becom- jNL a h f-o mestl lmprovefferit eatufe See Pages 7 to 21 Shortly before Christinas, pre- sident Gary Polonsky imple- mented the second phase cf ýa recrganizatien cf the 25-year-old college's administration. The cellege plans te reduce the size and increase the cost-effec- tiveness cf its administration. It intends te accomplish this by offering early retirement in- centive packages te some administrative staff and increas- mig the job responsibilities cf ethors. Polonsky estimates a potential $400,000 i combined annual savingWearninigs te the college through this initial downsizing and dces net rule eut further streainlining in the near future. But even though this will net bo enough te, overcome a poten- t*Iallylag1 gpiepenses and reèvenue,ÇPolonsky procmises that Durham's financial problems will net be solved at the expense cf individuals. The college has ne plans te lay off either management or union staff n'or -dees it intend te cut Wewntsolve this challenge on the backs of staff. We won't close deers or put up barriers,» said Pclonsky. "We will StiR build buildings, gu% our buils and balance our (,n that vein , the cellege, with the assistance of the provincial goverament, is spending $20 mil- lion te refurbish the former Cad- bu pant on Champlain Ave. It belused as askills training centre for the cellege.) 'm nett etnigrît will be easy but I beleve we have the rigt*kid cf peple and the togetherness te rise te this chal- lenge,» Polonsky added. According te a Dec. 21 memo te colleç-e staff from Polonsk)., Durham s contractural expençu- tures will exceed its provincial grant revenues by ««$9-$10 mil- lion over the three-year period ending in 1994-95. «EFranklyth IS te most pro- found challenge of my profes- sional life and one that I had net anticipated when I came here,» Polonskywrites. (POlonsky became Durham prsdnt i September 1988 atr leavîing a similar position at a community college in Winni- «BtI have- spent my whole &EE PAGE 2 ROTARY CLUB -aofWhitby president Davd Meadwell 1(let) and Rot"r Club of Whitby Sunrise president John Stotts with some of the« warm clothes, sleeping bags and blankets being collected ,foDr- refugees ot Bosnia and Croata. Donations cari be dropped off at Nurse Chev-Olds until Sunday. P' Phob by Mark Reeooeb FcePM Reiden tsrepon din a bi~g way to appeal for aid Four Retary clubs frem Wbitby and Oshawa continue te ask for help in colecting warm clothes sleeping bage and blankets for Yugosla- via rl~uee cfBonia and Croatia. lu bity, heresponse has been "excellent se far,» aysRt Club cf Whitby president David Meawell. "People have obvioualy taken a real intereat in the problems those people have.,» Helpi needed for 100,000 refugees in Croatia sud1 Bosnia te get through the winter. The Rotary Club cf Whitby, joined by the Rotary Club cf Whitby-Sunrise, launched the effrtast week, with a drop-f centre at Nurse Chevrolet-Cidomobie on Dudas St. E. in Whitby. T1he final day for dropn-offs is Sunday, Jan. 17. TheRoaryClub cf Oshawa and PRtary Club Of Oohawa-larkwood are working with the Whitby clubs in the emergency effort, with two drp.ff locations in Oshawa and one in Bew- The four local clubs are working with Rotary clubs in Austria that have arranged. for the transportation and distribuflon of all donations. «W. have a direct link te the refugees,» says Oshawa ]Retary president David Andrews. "Canadian Ailines has generously arranged for the use of a767 aircait from Toront.Th-Ie transportation fricfTIppett-Richardson will Ipckup the new and used wàrm cle-thinc' oertnÉ lanotaryandbsleeping aa from Al ove th Roar clbs ro OtawatoWindsor. "The Rotary clubs in Austria wil deliver the ~sdirectl e the refugees through the Red sop» says Adre'ws. «There's ne chance cf it getting inte the wrong hands »says -Meadwell. «I'here's ne added cost, ne miAdlemen, everythig li eing donated.» He says Rotary clubs from Belleville te Torento have aIse raisedl about $20 000. Rotary members are urging 'Collection Days' at workplaces and churches, and say the public and separate school boards can set up a collection cf clothes. Help is needed for 100 000 refugees in Croatia and Bosnia te get threugý the winter. Lik eiso _____ ymtiaed ou.ir ByrmikeKowaid Poitien, rather than logic, han dtine the propesed location of an eight-lane-highwyin Wcst Whitb, Town councillors clai- med Moýnda o'swr* n Durham «e wr n planning committees were chant- ised for net opposing the Ontario government's preferred route for a fr-eeway link between Hwy. 401 and the future Hwy. 407. Members of the two commit- tom were accused cf bowing te political pressure from the pro- vince in net supportinig Whitby's opposition te the route during a joint committee meeting last menth. The committees endorsed the proines «technically preferred rte» which would run between Hafls and Coronation roads freai Hwy. 401 te north cf Hwy. 7, by a vote cf 13-2. Only Wbitby councillors Joe Drurnm and Marcel Brunéee members cf the planning and works committees resp)ectively, voted against the recemmenda- tien. (The Town of Whitby has offi- cially objected te the route, pro- ferrmng it be built further west along the existing Liakeridge Rd. (Under the province's proposaI, about 10 per. cent Of Whitby's ptential developinent area will b.frozen until thie link is built in 25-30 years.) Although regional council was te vote on the recommendation this month the committees deci- ded te defayý the matter until council's Feb. 3 mee *~ wok 'This vwilllow IWVhi y ok and plarniig staff time te, meet with their regional and provin- cial ceunterparta. But councillor Dennis Fox, for eue, doubted the meetings wll prove productive. «I don't feel oui concerna have been listened te ene bit,» charged ME PAGE 5 I