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Whitby Free Press, 2 Feb 1994, p. 2

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Page 2. Whltby Free Prees, Wecfresday. Februasy 2. 1994 Vandalism costs Town alImost $24,0OO In193 ýrgetyour SWEETHEART! ny Vaendm Cak Exp.Feb.14th199 ATTENTION FIENTERS!I Semi bungalow, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, excellent starter home. close to stores & sohools. backing onto park. WON'T LAST LONG AT $114900. CALI ROSEMARY BROWN AT 433-2121 ROSEMARY BROWN Hall of Fame Centurion 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 19919 1992, 1993 ME-. s OF THE TOOT AND SHAW RECENT COLLECTORS 0F TRAVEL AIR MILES COUMTESY 0F ROSEMARY BROUN Mr. & Mrs. Deonarine 660 Air Mles "List your home wlth me Mr. & Mrs. Murkars 879 Air Mles before pi 30 1994 anc Mr. & Mrs. Nickson 501 Air Mles re= va a BONU.4 Mr. & Mrs. McLellan 531 Air Miles offer of Mr. & Mrs. Henwood 654 Air Miles 75 AIR CALL TODAY FOR ALLYOUR MILES REAL ESTATE NEEDS! [ Travel 433-2121 le. 10 rn_1 J UST OP LOVE GIVING AWAY FREE AIRMI LES." 1 -905_4 2121I By Mark Beesor Tii. $23,808 that the Town's parka and recreation departinent spent iast year repairing or replacing equipment damagfd by vandalswoud have païd for some 2,300 hours of ice time, Whitbv overations committee heard last week. setb h Tih. $14,956 pitb th works department on vandalism in 1993 wouid have paid for most of the. resurfacing of Dalton Road, a project the. Town is considering încluding in this year's draft budget. The. comparisons were made by parkas and recreation directer LryMorrow and works direc- tor Wayne Hancock in an atept to put the problem "li erspeopie can understand,» according te comniittee chair B y Mike Kowali A flu-like virus which recently struck down residents and staf of Fairview Lodge bas been con- tained. As a resuit, visitors are once agan welcome at the Dundas Sreet West nursing home. <'Everything la back te normal, everyone's recovered,» said Pair- view administrator Sharon Swain of the. Norwalk Diseas. outbreak which foroed Durhamn Region heaith officiais te tem- porariiy bar visiters. Colo, Your World* IN - 2X L) Expires March 1/94 Judi Liongfield. Whitby spent $38,764 in 1993 undoing vandal's destruction. Aithough that's $6,122 lese than 1992, counciliors and staff are stili unhappy the figure is s0 Re~ two department heads Say, despite the. efforts of police and Town staff, "the only real way vandalism can b. confroiied is throuqh the assistance of the communmty.' The. number of acts of vandal- ism reported by the publicw.re "minimal » th.y say, despit. the fact the ýÏown recentiy incr.ased its reward te $500 from $200 for information leading te tth. identi- fication of culprit(s). Oniy one reward was given in 1993,. to an individual whose information led te the apprehen- Since no new cases dev.loped during the p ast two we.Ics, visit- ors wer. allowed back inte the home on Jan. 24. Ii. virus, which at on. point affected nearly 60 staff members and almost haîf of Fairview's 200 residents, first app.ared prioir te Christmas. Health officiais instituted a number of measures to contain the outbreak, including barring visiters. An infection of the bowels caused by a virus, Norwaik Dis- sion of three youngsters who were invoioed or t he damage they had caused. uThese youths could not be charged because of their aga, " notes Morro a,«s what wehEad them do was 'oveapproximately four yards o f sand into a play- ground -- and at their age, that was a lot of sand.» "TMe message needs to get out,» says councilior Marcel Brunelie. «Every citizen bas te be involved because after ail, it's their pocketbook.e Councillor Joe Drunin sa 8 the people responsible forM vandalism have te b. caught and punished. "When you start te punish the people who committed the. crime, that'swh.n you stop it.» ease is not a strain of influenza although its symptoms, such as vomting and diarhea, are simi- lar. There is9 no specific treatment for the contagioiïs disease other than to maintain the patient's fluid levels and diet. Healthy people generally reco- ver from the virus within a few days. Wayne Cain, a counsellor at Whitby Psychiatric HSpital, was one of 19 people recently nomina- ted for an award.- Ih. Krista. Sepp Memorial Awarrcgnzing thý contribu- tion ol chIldand youth counsel- lors to young people and thefr familles in Ontario, was won 4y a counseilor at the C.M. Hincks Rural Treatinent Centre in Clarksburg. Cain works at the Whitby hospitai's adolescent cottage 06. Counsellors are nominated by their colleges for leadership, enthusiasm, hih ideals, commit- ment andaskill. Ail nominees wilI ecgnzed during ceremonies on riday at the York Banquet Hall in Toronto. INTERIOR LATEX SEALER $ 1096gr 3.785L 1916 Dundas Street East, Whitby Virus outbreak at Fairview contained WEAL ACCUWYMULTION'l (year to Dec. 31, 1993) CALDWELL SECURITIES ASSOCIATE FUND * deal for RSPs and RIFs *Balanced with Government Bonds and the shares of Senior Corporations Vlnnt lJohn (416) 862-7755 or ToIl Free (800) 387-0859 Save an extra 40% inM RRSP Contribution this year!. WVORKINQ VENTURE S DEREI<DUIKA CAN#ADIAN jFUNO iN*c. Cail 579-7777 for more information. -~Financial Cocep ____ Socurities *FlnandalConxoe ur" 'nhSincuI abou 1 ekgos traion od by F.C.G. SocurlioCoq2ootbr m a 1 FACTORY SPECIA -11

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