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Wbitby artwork chosen for 'Ducks' cmpig Page 3 Whiitby's heitage, celebration Saturday Page9 Whitby teen pursues a Royal dream Page 14 Juniors wi Ontarjio titie Page 16 j MP nixes possible raise By Mike Kowalad A possible pay rais. for Ontario MPPs does not ait well witii at least on. newly elected local legislator. Durham East representative John O'Toole feels that MPPs3 are adequately compensated for their duties and h. would not b. receptive to any proposai wbicii would boost their salaries ini the near future. While O'Toole supports Premier Mike Harris's creation of an idependent commission to set the. level of MPPs' wages and pensions, le hopes the. commission is cognizant of the. factors that contribut.d to the. Conservatives' victoiy last June. 'Tii premier feels there siiould be an arm's lengtii approacli (in settingMPPs' remuneration)," said the, nortii Whitby MPP. "But w. (Tories) knew going in there would b. less governmnent and lem expensive government, wbicii translates into no mors perks.Jess expenses, less staff;"lie said. "If we need a commission to answer some of these questions, fine, I just hope they look at it from a taxpayer's perspective.* Harris announeed last week that JOHN O'TOOLE the commission, to b. comprised of actuaries and compensation experts, will report te the legisiature this fail. MPPa now earn $42,218 in bas. salary as; well as a tax-fr.., allowance of $14,160 for a total of $56,378. Cabinet ministers make $86,381 and the. premier $107,097. MPPs also collect a small per diem for comnittee work and bonus.s if they are assistants *te cabinet ministers or comnrittee chairs. Althougli legislation will be required te implemenit any changes the. commission may recommend, Harris bas promised a fr-ee vote so that Tory MPPs would not be forced te support their own government. "My point of view is there's no more money," said a blunt O'Toole. 'If w. appear to b. coming down liard on on. particular group or another (with spending cuts), then we have te set the agenda," lie said. "I knew what Pd be makting goingi and I even teok a pay cut." A former Claringten municipal councillor, O'Toole was emiployed as a supervisor at General Moters prior te bis election. Wliile Harris lias ordered the. commission te replace the MPPs' lucrative pension scheme witii a more modest RRSP-based program, O'Toole lias no problem witii making exceptions for members elected prior te, 1990. Under the. old ruIes, pensions were fullyidexed after an SP served for five years and were based on an average of the, beet thr.e years salaiy. SEEP PAGE 3 Boundaes of wards maybe ByMark Reesor A proposai to change the .joundaries ofWitby's three southem electoral wards was to be considered by the Town operations conittee last night (Tuesday). The report, drafted by Town clerk Don McKay, suggests cutting the size of the. east ward, that currently lias almost twice the number of people than the next largest ward, and expanding the. west and central wards. The nortii ward boundaries would remain unchanged, despite its mucli smaller population. The intent is to continue to guarantee a voice on councril for the. largely rural area. There were 3,983 people in the. north ward, 16,014 people in the. west, 15,882 i the centre and 31,446 i the east during the. 1994 election campaign, according to the report.. 1 Tii. change would see tiie centre ward's eastern boundary extended to Cochrane Street - it formerly ended balfWay betwen Brock and Cochrane - and its western boundary extended from Garden Street to Anderson Street. The ward's southern boundary, the. lake, would remaiu.unciianged but its nortiier boundary would be moved south toý Rossland Road (from Taunton Road). About two-thirds of that area& over to Gardlen' - would be incorporatedito. the.west -ward, witii the remainder added to the east ward. Under the, "redivision," tiier. would have been 24,399 people i the. east ward, 22,859 ithe, centre and 16,084 in the, wst during the. 1994 election. Taking into account new developments either approved or under review by the. Town, McKay projects the. rdivision would resuit he ii three soutliern wards iiaving close to equal numbers of residents by 2003. If the. propos.d changes are approved by commnitte. and next Monday by coundil, McKay recommends thie operations SF.E PAGES3 By Mark Reesor As. many asg 15,000 visitoe aa year are expected te, flock te a new village in Whitby. mhe new community is; strictly for kcidé, thougli, and organizers hope it will help teach them iiow te stay safe in the. real villages. and tewns where tiiey live. mhe- KGds Safety Village, build behind Kathleen Rowe Public School on Atiiol Street South, bas 22 buildings on a miniature layout whicli includes streets and trafflc liglits. Tiie 1.2-acre site, whicii will welcome its first Young guests Sept. 13, is designed te teach Grade 1 te 3 students about safety i a variety of situations. The 90-minute program is free and available te ail Durham Region students. Grade 1 students get a lesson on traffic safety and tiien walk through the village, In addition te the. lesson, ciildren i Grade 2 can drive batteiy-operated cars tiirough the village. Grade 3 students learn about bike safety and tiien ride througii the village. The respons. from the community lias been very entiiusiastic, says Constable Heather Ratiiwell of Durhiam Regional Police, wlio will run the facility. She says the. 1996 sciiool year is already iialf booked Bookings can be made by callng the village at 668-9893. mhe village, built with the assistance of the. Oshiawa Rotary Club and the. Optimist Club of Ajax, the Durhiam Homebuilders Association and companies wiio paid te sponsor buildings, will b. officially opened Sept. 9. A variety of events are planned from 10 a.m. te 1 p.m., including a visit from Barney, performances by tiie Wbitby Brass Band, a barbecue, face painting, raffles and a demonstration by Leo the, police dog. Safety VHiage ready to open