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Whitby Free Prosa, Wednesday, Apuil 20,1994, Page 31 Town postpones DBIA budget decision FROM FPME? 1 It includes alniost $50,000 in staff expenses and anotiier $50,000 for promotions and advertising, almost haif of which appears ta b. earmarked for the DB IA's own publication 'Your A lire which started in the garage of a Walnut Street resi- dence last week caused an esti- mated $120,000 damage. The. Wiitby Fire Department received numerous cAils about the fire which had spread from the. douLle-car garage ta the. attic of the. house at 1003 Walnut St. by the time they arrived, shortly Down town.' In addition ta discussing the- budget, operations committee inembers may aiea have ta rule on the validity of 203 unrelated separate questionaires which were delivered ta Town officiais. These questionaires, prepared atter 6p.m. Monday Aprîl . Thie garage was cfstroyed but no one was hurt in thie blaze, which firefighters gat under con- traI in about 15 minutes. The owner of the residence had been cutting ceramie tiles in the garage before the fire. He smel. led emoke about 10 minutes later and discovered hie garage wae ablaze. by the board, are froni DBIA members dem anding a zero budgetn194 Hogulepreviously said the res- panses are not valid since they. were not obtained in the prescri- b.d manner. DBIA critice Shirley Scott and Linda Peacock collected the ques- tionaires after learning that only a dozen had been returned te the DRIA offlice prior te the board's MP at town hall meeting Ontario riding MP Dan McTeague will host the fourth tewn hall meeting Tuesday, April 26$ 7 p.m., at the council chambers in the. the Ajax Town Hall, 65 Harwood Ave. S. For more information, contact McTeague's Ajax office at 427-6203. March 9 deadline. Hogue saîd the "idea» b.hind the budget questionaire was that ail reaponse-s were ta b. «unsoli- cited." Earlier this year, counicil rejec- ted a petition signed by 85 per cent of the LSBLA memb.rhsip wiiich demanded that a special tax levied againet businesses in the downtown core b. held in ab.ýyance for two years. Tiie money collected from the levy is used for beautification projecta and promotions aimed at attracting shoppers te, the dowîi- town. When the operations commit- tee eventually discusses the budgýet, it will hear froni several peop e who have expressed a desire te, comment on t he budget.* Meanwhile, the. DBIA con- tinues te, staff its office froni reserve funds contained in st year's budget. CO*STEEL<ýLASCO Squirts secondî inAax The Whitby Play It Again Sports niinor squirt hockey teain finislied their season wth a runner-up performance in the Ajax Houe. League Tournament. After capturing the WVhitby house league playoff chaznpionship, the teani was on a roIl going inte the tourney. Round-robin play saw Whitby play three teams from Ajax. In the. first gaine, WMhy won 8-1. Goalscorers were Ian Mfiller and Ryan Kerr with two each, with singles going ta Nicholas Jardin, Steven Etherington, Stephen Baker, and Adami Johnston. Assisting on the, goals were Jay Singler with three, Chad Thibodeau,, David Allison, Michael Trudeau, Ian Miler and Johnston all had one eaeh. Playing a solid gaine in goal was Matthew Arbour. In the second game, Tiiibodeau kept his teaiui in the gaine with hie outstanding play in goal. With the score tied at 2-2, Wiiitby scored four goals in the final three minutes ta skate off with a hard-fought 6-2 victory. ' Donie' prize in raille A weekend with the Toronto Blue Jaya and 10 friends, a stay at Skydome Hotel and brunch for two at the ON Tower are just sanie of the prizes that can b. won with the purchase of a Canadian Prress Club 'Home at the Dame'raffle ticket. The raffle is a fundraiser for the Special Olyxnpics, Ontario March of Dimes and a variety of other charities in Ontario. Tickets selI for $5, and in Durham Region can only b. purchased at the Ontario March of Dîmes office, 10 Mary St. S., Oiawa. Tiiere are onýly 600 tickets being made available ta the Ontario March of Dîmes and they are selling fast. The. Ajax adult precision skating tearn is looking for anyone aged 21 or older te skte this summer. Skçxting will b. held Monday and Tuesday nights froni May 3 to Aug. 23 at the Ajax Community Centre. Precision skills will be led by a qualified coach. The. cost is $100, or $10 per session. For more information, eall Sandra at (905) 427-1970 or (905) 619-1270. David Le Dreeeay of the Len- nox Drum Ltd. minor atom house league hockey team wae the win- ner of a Easter basket in a raffle held b y the Brooklin-Whitby Minor Hockey Auxiliary. About $1,500 was raised in the raffle. The March of Dîmes will aloa selI tickets at the Metro East Trade Centre in Pickering on Fiýrast* prize for the raffle, a weekend at Skydome, Aug. 19 ta 21, includes twa nights' stay in a field-view suite at Skydomne Hotel, tickets te Saturday's bal gamne for the winner and 10 friends in a private box, Sunday brunch for two at the CN Tower, two seats ta the Sunday gaine and aIl gaînes in which the Chicago White Sox play the Jays, and an $800 food and b.verage allowanoe for the. weekend. Second prize includes seven days and six nights in Clearwater, Florida for March 1995, air accommodation, car and tickets ta two spring training gaines included. Third prize is a $1,200 travel voucher. For more information on the r.affle, caîl the Ontario March of Dmes at (905) 434-5280. Tournament for junior golfers The Whitby Optimist Club wil hold the junior golf tournament on Saturday, May 7, starting at noon, at Kedron Delîs Golf Club. Entries are open ta the first 60 boys and girls (aged 9 te 17) who register prior to May 4. The cost is $10 per participant. Prizes and a barbecue supper will follow the taurnament. The tep two low-gross scores will b. entered in the Central Ontario championships te b. aye atCiiedoke Golf Club in For more information, Cali Walt Soetens at 668-8640 (evenings). Goal- scorers were Johnston with four, Jardin and Baker with one each. Assisting on the goal were Ian Miller, Michael Miller, Keith Sherriff and Trudeau. The final game of the round-robin was a do-or-die game for both teama, as the winner would advance to the finals. Team play again was the key to success as Whitby skated to a 7-0 victory. Scorers in the garne were Johnston with four, Singler, Kerr and Baker had one. ah. Assista were given to Arbour with two, Singler, Thibodeau, Jardin and MichaelI Miller. Providing shutout goaltending was Trudeau, who also pitched with an "esit. The. championship gaine saw Whitby las. 9-0 to avery tough teamn from Pickering. Other players on the Whitby teain were Matthew Stanyon, Paul St. Onge, Jason Kassel, and Craig Pétrie. The coaching staff conaisted of Larry Arbour, Bruce Baker, Michael Trudeau and Dan Johnston. The 1994 Southwest Central Regional Génies for the Fhysically Disabled will b. held May 14 at the Civie Fields in Oshawa. More than 150 athietes froni the southwest central regions will represent five major disabilities groupa: cerebral palsy, blind, ampute., wheelchair and les autres (muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis). The one-day event is sponsored by Sport for Disabled Ontario,' Durham Hotwheels Ministry of Culture, Tourism anc1 Recreation, and the City of Oshawa. Qualifiers will go on to the Ontario Cames in Windsor, July 7 te, 9. Promn there, successful athletes wiil attend national and international evente. The. organizing comrittee of the Southwest Central Regional Camnes is looking for volunteers for the track and field meet for the physically disabled on May 14 at Civic Fields, Oshawa. Duties will include setting up events, timekeeping and recor- ding and relaying results ta officials Those interested may calI Scott West at 432-8151. WHITBY IROQUOIS SOCCER CLUB I TUer 1 Boys Under 9yrs Underl11 yrs Under 13 yrs Under iSyrs Under l7yrs Born Between Aug 1, 1985 - JuIy 31, 1987 Contact: Peter Plastina 668-6374 Born Between Aug 1, 1983 - JuIy 31, 1985 Contact: Stan Bombino 66-5657 Born Between Aug 1, i ý1 - July 31, 1983 Contact: Jim Sharp 430-4628 Born Between Aug 1, 1979 - JuIy 31, 1981 Contact: Bill Groden 430-6026 Born Between Aug 1, 1977 - JuIy 31, 1979 Contact: Joe Neubauer 430-2100 ..2~<~ I*Coaches Requlred For Under 11 and Under 15 Age Groups Please Contact Stan Bombino 668-5657, U-1 1 Bill Groden 430-6026, U-1 5 E BASEBALL SCHOO .-' For Boys & Girls aged 7-14 at Iroquois Park Com plex - Whitby EarlyB'-' Ex. ......c ...es uru cça.e, &ptn E;malhine h uUSCOurS if yU Cen...........an regisoe bfi~'.dropoff usin 7 Weekly Sessions - Juty 4 - August 15 ACADEMY BASEBALI SCHOOL 100-363-9053 in Toronto 905-886-3666 $120,000 fire damage at home .1