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Whitby Free Press, 27 Mar 1996, p. 4

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Page 4,ý Whltby Fee Presa, Wednesday, March 27,1996 Cash taken in Whitby drugstore holdup A. Ion.e bandit brandishing a knife hold up a cashier at a yhitby druatre earlv Tuesdav morning and got away with a small amount of cash. Police say the mani entered the )Kendalwood Plaza Shoppée Drug Mart store around 1:17 a.m. and approached a cashier. "Ho looked up, observed there was a vîde camera there and pulled Up the hood of his sweat- shirt in an attempt to partially concoal bis face » says Durham police inspector Walter Hall. 'He produced a knife in his right hand and demandod money from the till.» The cashier handed over the rnoney and the bandit ran out of the store. 1 Police are looking fqr a suspect described asý a white mani with blue eyos, in bis late teons to early or mid-twenties, five foot seven to eight inches, 160 te 170 pounds with a stocky build. His hair was closely shaven, with blonde peachfuzz, and he was woaring a greon nylon waist-length coat and a dirty,- No more food shortages at Witbyjai FROMPAGE-i That!s what's provoked the confrontations, ho says. "You've got a decision thaVas not being honoured by your employer, you've got agreements that are not being honoured b your employer -- what arn I lef te do?... "We'ro trying te get their attention and they still don't want te, deal with it; they'd stili rather go and get an injunction,» .Al thyredoing is oscalating. An injunction, that's one thing... (but) there's always things you can do (te get around it). Thero's nothin gte step you from appoal- ligi oIr example)... -e've been trying te negotiate with them and they refuse te recgme the union oxecutive andthe health and safetz memn- ber. They won'lt talk te, us. Tefoglou says management will only recgnze the work site reps who del ith the essential services agreement, which lhe says isa contrary te, that agree- ment. "I don't liko this game.. My officers' health and safety is in jeopardy ever* daybocause were runnmng on a redln. For example, ho says before the striko, if inrnates started'a fire they would b. warned and if it happoned again, matches would betaken away. But "they've had fires aftor fires after fires; my staff. are screanuing, sayulg it s smoky in here, it's dangerous as bell, an inmnate may die, an officor may die... but mana gement didnt want te remove them (matches); they wanted the fires te con- tinue." Police taking six prisonors into the jail late Sunday morning were delayed for three bourg, but net because of picketing, says TefogJou.' He says the delay was caused 4y management «because wo have some managors1 who are working in our A& admissions and discharge) unit who don't know what te do." «They were past our picket linos; they wero sitting at the entrance gates where they go in te bo processed. Our managers refused te lot thom in." Durham Regional Police detec- tive Jim Grimley agrees. 'Mhat was an internaI delay- that wasn't out on . the picket line. Administration advisedus that they didn't have the appro- priate staff te do the admission.» Officers eventuaîly Ieft but phonod the jail back a short time later "and were advised they thon had the staff" te do the admission. Virgo says admitting and dis- chargo staff don 't normally work weekendsatthe jail becauso of the low volumeb ut are sum- moned when needed: "In this case, it- was a manager Who had te b. brought ite tThe jail, and we gthor that the manager was toe% up at- the picket linos.» New director soon The Durham public school board oxpecte te announce a replacement for former directer Paîuline Laing Monday.' Board chair Audrey MacLean says candidates for the job will be interviewed this weekend'and «we'll hopofully make a decisiMon and then be prepared te make an. announcement. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM IN THE MATTER 0F, e TH4E MUNICIPAL ACT TAKE NOTICE TH-AT the Council o? the Rogonal Muncipality of Durham may pass by-law autharizing construction of the faDliowng projects: ROAD NO. 3 4 ROAD NAME Main Street from Brock St. ta Reach St. 8th Conc. Taunton Road from McKinney.Dr. ta west o? AndersonSt. Central St. froin Claremont By-Pass ta the west limit of Claremont Uborty Street 1 Kng Street Intersection Adetaide Avenue from Park Rd. to Stevenson Rd. Hwy. 2 Hwy. 2 Highway 2 from west of Waverly Rd. to east of Green Rd. Highway 2 from Westnoy Rd. to Notion Rd. MUNICIPALITY Uxbridge Cladngton Whitby Picketing Clarngton Oshawa Cladngton Ajax DESCRIPTIONILOCATION Reconstruction. Upgrading ta acceptable standards. Widenng to 4and 5lane urban standard. Rehabiltation including a. culvert replacment east of Barclay St Intersection improvements. Rehabiîitation. Reconstuction to urban standards including the remnoval of superelovation. Road and intersection improvements including repair to Dufin Croek Bridge ai the installation of lights at Elizabeth St. Offering ail insoivency services including personal & corporate bankruptcies OSHAWA 122 Albert St. 721-7506 AJAX: 50 Commercial Ave. 619-1473 COB3OURG: 72 King St. W. 372-4744 Saturday & evefling appointments avallable. VPlans shovving the details of the projects and the lands affected may be seen at the offics of the Durham Works Department, 105 Consumners Dr., Whitby. Ontario, Tfelephohe (905) 668-7721 or 14800-372-11i03 Dated at Whitby this lBth day of March, 1996. T. PREVEIDEL. P. ENG. FDIRECTOR 0F TRANSPORTATION Works Committee, being delegated by Regional Council as the hoaning body shail hear in persan'or by hisor her counsel, solicitor or agent. any persan prejudiially affected by the by-iaws and who applies on or before April l3the 1996, to the undersigned ta be heard at a meeting af the Works Commlttee on AMIl 16th, 1996: V.A. SILGAILIS. P. ENO., CONMISSIONR 0F WORKS MISCELL ANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS 14 Liberty StreetI Clarington Intersection Improvementsa including left Concession St. tum lanes, and the installation of trafflc Intersection signais.' 23128 Lakeridge Road I AjaxNWhitby Intersection improvements including Ieft Rossland Road tumn lanes on Lakeridge Rd. and the Intersection installation of tralfio signais. Fý nd mai

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