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Whitby Free Preas, Wednosday, JuIy 26, 1995 Page3 Police and b oater Save. Whitby mýýan A 54-year-old Guathrie Crescent man owes bis life to a light sleeper at the, Wbitby Yacht Club and a muscular Whitby'police sergeant. Police say a man sleeping on bis boat at the. yacht club was awakened by someone screami* for help around 5:30 a.m. Friday. Police were called and, despite the. dark and foggy conditions, managed to trace the. cries for help, coming from a man in the. water at the. end of the. pier in Whitby harbour. Tii. victim was suffeing from hypothermia, says Staff Sergeant Sandy Ryrie, and was unable to climb the. ladder on the. pier. Sergeant Dave Wilson leaned over the. pier and grabbed the. large man but was unabi, topul bim to safety, says Ryrie, who adds two cofleagues held Wilson's legs to keep hum from slipping into the. water. Despite "grave- difficulties, especially at the. end," Wilson managed to keep the vicim above water, until Whitby firefighters arrived to rescue him.' Ryrie says the. victim, who had a body temperatur. below1 30 degrees Celsius when h. was finally rescued and taken to AjaxfPickering Hospital, said h. had 'gon. for an early-mornn swim. H. was still in the. hospital's intensive car. unit Tuesday morming. Wilson scraped bis arms and chest on the cernent pier during the ordeal and bis back and arms w.re sore. A Whitby fireýghter was also injur.d during the. rescue - iie was treated for hypothermia. React ion mixed FROM PAGE I r.dqoed to $4-46 and when divided by 31, amounts to $14.38 per day to pay for ail necessities, excluding siielter, h. noted. "Ini my view, that's not possible," said Edwards. "Either they wil have* to go. hungry or find somewhere to live where the. rent iless." But Edwards point.d out that the. shelter allowance will be reduced as a result, leaving the. family no furtiier ahead. Tiiose least able to afford to pay the - cost of the. govern.ment's cutbacks, siiould have been s3pared, even if it meant placing more of the, burden on otiiers, Edwarde said. For instance, Edwards would be willing to defend some of the cuts being absorbed by property taxpayers ini order to protect the. "most vulnerable in society." As for the. future of two proj.cts tied to the. growtii of Durham Region - Hfighway 407 and GO Transit expansion - "who knows?" said Edwards. "But ini fairness to the. government, tiiose decisions will corne after furtiier discussion." Tii. Whitby Chamber of Commerce applauded Eves' announcement. "Tii.Ontario government fiscal statement appears to b. tough, but is consistent witi the. ,lcted gov.rnmen' mandate," said ciiazber preident Ailan Faux in a prepared release. "For years w. have been encouraging the. Ontario government to, accurateiy portray our economic position and take strong measures te address the. budget deficit," said Faux. "Tis governm.nt appears to be trying to do just that." Vice-president Debra Sweetman said everyon., "business included," will be affected. "However, this government was given a very clear mandate to reduce expenditures and bring a common sense fiscal approach back te Ontario," Sweetman add.d. Agreeing witii the. ciamber's assessment- is the. Ontario Taxpayers Federation. "Withi a projected deficit of $10.6 billion, Premier Harris and Finance Minister Eves had no choice but to cut spending by $1.9 billion," said federation executive director Paul Pagnuelo. "The status quo of *10-billion deficits and higher taxes would have been totally unacceptable," said Pagnuelo. "Harris was elected onthe. promise that he would balance the budget throught spending cuts and not tax increases, and he has moved with determination to get, the. job don.." .Terming the. cuts "fair and balanoed," Pagnuelo said business wiil also be affected as the. government wiil end "corporate welfare" by freezing grants and "handouts" to the private sector. However,* the federation is disappointed the. government did flot kil the Sheppard Avenue subway lin. in North York as it did the Eglinton Avenue Uine -in Toronto. "Wiien you're broke, al di scretionazy spencling should be on the. chopping block, and nw subway lines certainly faîl into that category," said Pagnuelo. Arguing in favour of proce.ding witii the Eglinton subway and capital spending projects postponed or eliminated by the Tori.i, is Ontario Federation of Labour prepident Gord Wilson of Whitby. Wilson said "tiiousands" of jobs wiil be lost as a result of a $136-million reduction in transfer payments to municipalities and sciiool boards; a $73-million cut in infrastrucutre funding and elimination of jobsOntario traini.ng. "What's the plan? What's the strategy aft.r ail the cuts?" asked Wilson in a prepared statement. "It certainly won't reduce thie deficit. Ail itwill do is creat. a recession - a made-in-Ontario Harris recession." STEVE'S AUTO'manager Pete McAran examines a bullet hole in a bay door at the garage, which is Iocated on Hwy. 12* south of Brooklin. Someone shot a bullet through the door overnight July 11. Photo by Mark Re esor, Whitby Free Press LANDSAIGNW SUnique Designs f xp~ence ana *Quality Nursery Stock rptto since 19~ GroWwotl he t:>rofes§gioials' Dentures so naturul.. you' II neyer kno.w the difference! Bicycle registration program* a success Durham Regional Police have registered 40,000 bicycles in the past seven years. When a bicycle is registered with police on a computer, donated by the Optimist clubs, a sticker is issued and attached to the bicycle for easy identification. At the last police auction, 300 bicycles neyer claimed by their owners were sold. If they had been registered, . and with the appropriato sticker attached, in al likelihood they would have been returned to their owners. Local bicycle retailers are aware of* the p rogram and give it their support. At bicycle rodeos, officers check for bicycle registration and issue stickers as required. Registration isa at any police office, and is administered by the conimunity services- departmnent. For furtiier information, contact Sgt. Paul Malik at 579-1520 ext. 611. Don't get strandodl1 HoUp0IS jOST Q..UALIFIED G. 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