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AW diol V Te Me] [o-N alo Tol [0 Loe] Vol. 2, No. 20 Tuesday, November 10, 1992 CIRC. 10,000 32 pages Scugog reps support project Trustees approve Education Centre by vote of 17 to 3 By an overwhelming margin of 17-3 trustees with the Durham Board of Education voted in favour of a new Education Centre in Whitby. Both Scugog Township trustees Joyce Kelly and Bobbie Drew supported the project which will also include construction of a new high school on land at the corner of Anderson and Taunton Roads. Both Mrs. Kelly and Mrs Drew said after the vote Monday night the project is a good one for the Board financially and the construction phase will provide some much-needed employment in the Region. "For what the Board would pay in rent and leases over the next 17 years, the Board will own this facility," said Mrs. Kelly. Mrs. Drew said there will be benefit to "the kids in the classroom as well" by helping board staff to work more efficiently. The 171,000 square foot Education Centre will cost $21.4 million to build. The Board will finance $15.8 million over 15 years at an interest rate of nine per cent. The secondary school will cost $24.8 million to build. The province will pay about $11.7 million, leaving the Durham Board to come up with $13 million as its cost for the school. Mrs. Drew noted that the project will cost each property tax payer an extra $4.56 per year for 15 years. The Durham Board has been assured by the contractor that wherever possible, local sub- trades and suppliers will be used in the construction of the Centre and the new high school. With the project getting the green light Monday night after more than two years of debate, the Board will ask Whitby for a building permit so that construction can start this week. The Centre and the new school are scheduled to be finished in June 1994. Remembrance services were held Sunday at the Legion Cenotaph. Theresa Hlozan, representing Sliver Cross Mothers Is seen placing wreath at the foot of the Cenotaph. More photos on page 10. Reform candidate A 24-year travel consultant has won the Reform Party nomination for the federal riding of Durham. Ian Smyth of Newcastle was elected over five other hopefuls as the Reform Party held its nomination meeting in the Bowmanville Recreation Complex Monday night. Smyth, who is single and works for Parkwood Travel, billed himself a "a true Reformer," and handed out After more than 200 days under attack «Mira and Joe Svajcer fled war torn Yuglosiavia last week and are staying In Port Perry with "Joe's younger sister Zelka Krasnik. Living In the area of conflict was like "Russian Roulette," sg)d Joe In an interview over the weekend. See story PETER PERRY CELEBRATIONS ON THIS WEEK After more than 200 days "under attack in war-torn Croatia, Joe and Maria Svajcer finally decided it was time to get out. They made that decision more than a mofith ago and finally, last week, exhausted, with frazzled nerves, they | Tanded at Toronto Airport and were welcomed by Joé's sister Zelka Krasnik of Port Perry. The 61-year old retired electrical engineer and his wife had left everything behind in Croatia, but at least their physical safety was no longer in danger. "The fear, the constant attacks, living in bunkers, it was like Russian Roulette. We never knew from one day to the next if we would die," Joe explained in an interview with the Citizen over the weekend at the comfortable Port Perry home of his younger sister Zelka and her husband Joe. campaign literature that said "let the people be heard." Smyth is no stranger to the Reform Party. He has been a member since 1990, worked with the Ontario expansion committee and as a youth co- ordinator. He helped organize the visit to Durham riding by Reform leader Preston Manning and is currently executive vice president and treasurer for the Association in Durham Riding. Couple flees Yugloslavia battle zone Neither speak much English, so Zelka, who has been in Canada for many years, served as interpreter. To the outsider, the events of the past year in what used to Yugoslavia are bewildering. But for Joe and Maria and hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in the vicious fighting, the bombs and the shelling are all too real. "It is a very, very dirty war," said Maria, shaking her head sadly, perhaps recalling a friend who had the bottom half of her .leg blown off running to a shelter to escape the bombing. Their home was in Slavonski Brod, a small Croatian city of about 56,000, some 220 KM east of Zagreb. The city is right across the Slava River from Bosnia, and in recent months more than 85,000 refugees Please see Page 2