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4 - Orono Weekly Times 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Wednesday, February 1, 2012 PLEA FOR HELP Continued from front do not close completely around the developing nerves of the spinal cord. Last year Ennis held the first walk-athon in Newcastle. The first thing Ennis said she noticed when the family came home from Toronto late Saturday night, was the light in the office, the room that faces the street, was on. When she got into the house, she saw papers all over the floor, and her husband who is an expolice officer said, "We've been robbed." Ennis said she went straight to the office looking for her computer and saw the empty desk; the computer was gone, the tower and two monitors. Because there were no other break-ins in the area, Ennis says she feels targeted. Durham Regional Police report that there was a forced entry into the home and several items including the family computer were stolen. Police are continuing their investigation into this crime. According to Ennis, the thieves tried kicking in the front door, slashed the screens and finally gained entrance to the home by throwing a rock through the bay window at the back of the home. "They were determined to get in," Ennis stated. While the incident has left the family with a terrible feeling, and the kids are scared, Ennis says they are determined to push through this circumstance. Her next speaking engagement is in two weeks and Ennis says, "I am going to fight the fear and push through, I need to believe what I say." photo supplied Sharon Ennis and her daughter Gabby, who inspired her mother to write a book about coping with spina bifida, are pictured above prior to the theft of Ennis' computer. BUDGET Continued from pg 3 lor's wages and eliminating the gas allowance in favour of receipts. Traill asked for recorded votes for her motions, all of which failed again. On Friday, councillors agreed to spend an additional $400,000 on top of the $227,210 allocated in the budget to deal with Clarington's road network. On Monday night, Novak made a motion to reduce the $400,000 additional support to $100,000, which was approved Councillor Neal, who was in favour of allocating the $400,000 to keep Clarington's roads in good repair, made several unsuccessful attempts on Monday night to eliminate expenditures from the budget, including a few new staff positions. "I suggest we should be investing money in what we should be doing," Neal stated, "Making sure our roads are in good repair." Positions like the new staff for Wu's office are driving up salary costs, according to Neal. "We are spending a substantial amount of money on staffing costs as well as pulling money out of our reserves," Neal stated. At the end of Monday's council meeting, Mayor Foster said he was pleased that the budget increase was close to last year's increase of 3.8 percent. "We have avoided what past councils have done, we have avoided huge increases in the first year of our term, and then adopted lower budgets," he stated. "We ask for predicatible, stable funding from our federal and provincial governments. I am happy that we were able to pass the budget we did," the Mayor told The Times. "This is a more responsible, accountable way of doing things."