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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS With 21 weeks to poliig day, Whitby' spoliticians, are thi'nking about the upcommngcampaigu There are 21 weeks until the next, municipal election and Whitby's politicians are at' least thinking about camp- aigning. Mayor Bob Attersley was quoted as saying last 'week that he will announce his intentions sornetime next month. Attersley succeeded Jim Gartsbore to the top job two years by accla- mation after a fairly long'career at various political posts including regional councillor. A current topic of speculation is whether or flot some one will mun against Attersley this year. Wbile it is com- mon knowledge that some councillors would M9 like the mayor's chair, none are actively cam- paigning for it at present. Regional Councillor Gerry Emm will pro- bably seek re-election to council but hé is not committing himself at this point. 111 think I've got to check around," he said last week, "I'm not going to say one way or another. I's a regional councillor and I've got another fîve months to serve and I've got a job to do. " Asked whetber or not he will'challenge Atter- sley, Emm said "I've neyer excluded that. I'm always .0f the thought that tbat's a ATTERSLEY possibility some day." Emm topped tbe polls in the last election and says he will take the summer to make up bis mind. He was also critical of the press for bringing up tbe subject tbis early saying that "'they must have nothing else to write about." A definite in the elect- oral sweepstakes is Whitby's other regional councillor, Tom Ed- wards.- "At the moment, I in- tend to mun for re- election as a regional councillor, " he also said last week. . Edwards, -another veteran of local Whitby politics, said that bis current term as region- al representative bas beent more successful tban he hoped. He, points to the renovations of Fairview Lodge and the retention of the region's family counselling *service as two of bis accomplish- ments. One man wbo knows be's going to run is Joe Drumm, currently the east ward's representa- tiye on council, but be doesn't know what for. "I'm going to run, " he said last week. 'mn going to mn but I baven't decided in what capacity." H1e also bas some reservations About the tbree-year termi. Earlier this spring, tbe Ontario Legislature I ____ '~VUJ~each CopnvldMonday and Tuesday Coupon Val id Monday and Tuesday. JN14AD1 NYJUNE 14 AND15ONLY LARGE EGGS 2% MILK 9Limit 2dozen per coupon. 1 L. 5 93LBa èàr --- - - Produce sg Wednesday Hours: Mc Thi Sat pecials in effeot LVIPIdc 1 ta close SundàiyVI im e Dn. -Wed. 9 -8 urs. &Fri. 9- 9 t. & Sun. 9 -6 We reserve the rigt to limit quantifies. coupon. ,r fam il1y. Other specials continue titi closing Tuesday or while quantities Iast. Hwy. 12 North of Rosslanid South of Taunton 'I gave final appr9val to a bill extending local poli- tical terms to, three years from the present two. It covers not only tbe office of mayor, regional , councillor, local councillor but that of school board trustee and public utilities EDWARDS commissioner as well. "That's a long time to make a commitment," Drumm said adding that be will have some time definite in mind in the next couple of mon- ths. However, one man who , is trying to stay non-committal (despite headlines 'in another Durham Region news- paper last week) is Cen- tre Ward Councillor Barry Evans. Evans easily defeated his opponents in the last election and is'the only lawyeron coundil and because of bis commit- ments to bis practise he is generally viewed as an unlikely candidate for a seat on Durham Regional Council. Another noncommit- tal voice is that of Wbit- by Town Council's only rookie member, North Ward representative Ross Batten. "At this particular time, I baven't made any decision,"1 he said, "I would like to take the summer to decide what my future plans are going to be."1 West Ward Councillor Joe Bugelli is another who isn't saying for sure what he plans to do come November, but he did say that he was "iconternplating other options." In the last election, Bugelli more than ban- dily defeated bis two opponents witb 1,602 votes, over tbree times what- Angie Littlefield and Lynda Buffett ear- ned together. One councillor pre- dicted that next year's council would probably be the same as this year's council. No one from outside council's ranks has yet come forward to chall- enge any of the incum- bents. Good Wh itby showing in math contest Tbe Gauss Mathema- tics Contest for grade 7. and 8 students was writ- ten in Durbam Board of Education sebools on Mayl12. A total of 529 students from 24 elementary scbools wrote the 60- minute contest consist- ing of 26 multiple choice questions. Whitby's West Lynde Public School came in fourth in the team cm petition scoring 445 points out of a possible 500. Tbey were 21.25 points behind the win- ning team from Bay- view Heigbts Public School, Pickering. Some Durham schools also participated in a separate matbematics contest sponsored bWy the University of Windsor. A separate multiple choice contest was held for students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Christine Neff Of West Lynde Public Sehol tied for seventb place in Ontario in the grade 7 competition witb a score of 32 out of a possible 40. West Lynde's grade 7 team also placed eighth in Ontario. Team mem- bers were: Christine Neff, Tara Stubensey, Robert Oliver, Robert McCullough and Lara Scruton.