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PAGE 18, WEI)NESI)AY, MýARCFI 19, 1980, WFITBY FRFE PRESS Region may change dis tributio n o f levie s The Region of Durham will change its mnethods of distributing funds from cer- tain types of lot levies if regional council approves a finance committee recom- mendation at its regular meeting today. The region's finance comniittee has recomrn- ded that the funds raised f rom the general purpose levy be raised by $60 to $290 and that they be distributed iri f ive general areas. The committee has also recommended that the roads M. WOODWARD Real Estate Brookllfl 655-4525 PORT PERRY - Immaculate brick 3 bedrrom bungalow wlth tamlly slzed ktchen built-in dishwasher, solarium f loor, large finlshed rec room wth a brick fireplace - bas a heatalator Insert and bar. 4th beroom and washroom downstaîrs. Home bas up- gradied broadloom, large lot with an above groufld pool. Brick barteque, patio, paved drive, privacy fenced - handy to schools and shop- ping, Asking $62.000. BROOKLIN AREA - 1V acres building lot in area of estate homes. About 213 of property treed. Has nice view of Lake Ontario plus possie pond site- Asking "691000. For f urttler information cal NI. Woodward 65,5-4525 levy be reduced from $460 to $40. Committee chairman, Regional Councillor John Aker of Oshawa, says that these reductions and in- creases are "offsetting" and will flot cause the overal levy charged to developers to increase. Accorclirg to Aker, the money raised from the general purpose levy will be used to set up reserve funds for various capital projeets. 0f Me $290, the social ser- vices department will receive $137 for capital ex- penditures on homes for the aged; the Durhamn Regional Police Force will receive $43; $53 will be used f or general government; the public works department will receive $17 towards the building of a works depot and bhey will also receive $4 for solid waste disposai f acilities (land.fill sites). Aker said that the re.ason for this move is because 'Me want to be a littIe more specific with t.he money we raise." The region charges a developer a total of $2,760 iii levies per residential unlit and încludes $1,260 for sanitary sewers and $810 for water supply. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT A CAREER IN REAL ESTBATE?, u..nd done nothing about if I amn available to help you decide CALI. ME ANYTIME BLAIR BUCHANAN 668-8865 668.61 Keeping the shitps at sea EXERCISE RIMPAC 8.-.Master Corporal James Jacob, 28, (left), of Winnipeg, Man., a supply technician onboard the Es.quirnalt, B.C. based operational supply shîp HMCS Provider and Sub-Lieutenaflt John Moore, 23, of Whitby a logistica officer at Canadian For- ces Base EsquimaU, Victoria, B.C., do a supply accounting audit prior to the ship sailing for Exercise Rimpac 80. Canadian Forces ships, aircr-af t and approxirnately 1,000 personnel of the west coast, along with forces frorn Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United States, will par- ticipate ini a major multi-natioflal fleet exercise involving the "Rini 0f the Pacîfic" nations. The exercise commences February 26 and wWl conclude March 18. Moore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore, 205 Crawforth St., Whitby, Ont. - Canadian Forces Photo by M/Cpi M.D. Johnson. Counci'l endorses GO Whitby Town CouncîI has officially endorsed the proposai to expand the G0 Train service east of Plickering. At it. last regular mneeting- Regiorial Coun- cillor Grerr-y Emm in- troduced the resolution because he said he feit a bet- ter way to handie commuter traffic w as needed. Emm saîd that the exten- sîon should save a lot of otherwise have to pay for gasoline and parking. GO transit is a 'good system, a dlean system and said. The resolution calis for the GO Train to stop at an ap- propriate place in Whitby. Ambulance calis ded on Marci 14, the Whitby Ambulance Service respon- ded to loi cails for service. 0f these, 23 were standby oeils for other ambulance services in Oshawa and Ajax nature. The service also respon- ded to 32 emergency oeils, including six motor vehicle accidents and one snowmobile accident. I 30 OFFICES I TO SERVE lieut 1T YOU SETTER!