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page 18, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday. -May 26, 1993 Hosmpital to hold walkma-thon Whitby General Hospital will hold the fifth annual 10k walk- a-thon on Sunday, May 30. Participants can begin the walk in front of the hospital anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Funds raised from the event go to support the employees' five- year pledge to the hospitai's building and equipment fund. Pledge sheets are available at the reception area of the hospital at 300 Gordon St. in south Whitby. For more information call the hospital at 668-6831. Budget defrnded FROM PAGE 17 taking measures te reduce the deficit and tax increases must be part of the plan. "Idealistically, it would be nice te have ne taxes. But my experience is that if you berrow $50,000 for a mortgage, you den't turn areund and berrow $100,000 te, pay it."y White conceded that tax in- creases likely reduce consumner spending, "but how much higher do we want the mortgage te, be? Te what level do we borrow?» White claimed the budet's «lfair and balanced" approac -- 40,000 more people at the bottom inceme level will ne longer pay provincial tax -- is being plied te the government's 'social'con- tract' negetiatiens with public sector workers . He said provinces with lower debts than Ontario are cutting jobs, whereas Queen's Park is investigating alternatives. As fer more. spending cuts, White said the government bas gene as far as it can without jeopardizing essential services. More meney can ho saved, but "how many ?,schools, .hospitals would ho left? he asked. Durham East MPP Gord Mills likened fighting the deficit te someone forced te swallow un- pleasant tasting medicine in order te get well. The person must decide whether te take a "big dose" al at once or several littie doees"' spreadl out over time Milis said. Either way, it's still "bad medi- cine,» said the north Whfitby representative. Mls was pleased that Trea- surer Floyd Laughren did not increase gasoline taxes, nor the "gas guzzler" levy applied to lar- ger vehicles. Although he admnitted it will be"itough% paying tax on in- surance premiums.» Stili, the "bettom line is how do you tax and where do you get it from," Milis added. By Lucie Rochette Fer about flive more years, the Rotary Club of Whitby and stu- dents from six Whitby schools will monitor the pregress of vani- eus wild trees, plants and shrubs planted by the students. The students are planting materials that should have already been there if it hadn't been for man's intervention. The people involved with the proj ect like te think that the area wil go back te what it was before man came. STUDENTS FROM six Whitby schools pit- part of an environmental project at a park at ched in to plant trees and shru bs recenly as Rossland Road and Anderson Street. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press The plants and shrubs are being reintroduced te the area. About 180 students from both the nublic and separate school boards are participatinginthe project. The schools involved are Anderson CVI, Glen Dhu Public School, Pringle Creek Public School, St. Matthew Catholic School, Father Leo J. Austin Cathelic Secendary School and St. Theresa Cathehce School. The stucients are participating in this project as part of the science, environmental science and geography courses, as well as environmental clubs. The Town of Whitby donated the 10-acre park at the corner of Ressland Read and Anderson Street. "We feel that the project is a success right now," says Brian Barton, who is the chair of the environment committee for the Rotary Club of Whitby. "It is an educational process," he says. Barton thinks of this projeci; as an "outdoor class- room.", «It's a simple ecosystem " says Henry Kortekaas, who belped with the landscaping of the area. The trees and shrubs came fromn Harry Kamstra and Sons. 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