PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985, WHITB3Y FREE PRESS Chamber facing eut backs if council of fG IN doesn't approve The Whitby Chamber dation to council. "Thes f Commerce could be In an interview with pensa'i rorced to cut back on the Free Press last previct orne of its programs if week, the real estate ' Frist Yhitby Town Council salesman said he didn't chami lecides not to give the know why the town bas tionatI business organization yet to respond to the surpîlu ts grant request of chamber's request. strilin 2,100. Frise dld note that the budget According to chamber chamber's surplus in don'tv president Don Frise, the 1984 can be attributed to hold ei group bad originally two factors. Firstly, it is The tsked for the grant last holding about $5,000 in alreac, )ecember but the trust for various projec- losses. equest was tabled by ts including a sign at pointeç ouneil's operations Cullen Gardens and a Peter committee after an ap- town operational grant night parent surplus was for the 1985 Jamboree to $500"1 îuestioned by commit- be held In September. year, ee members. The Chamber also even. Frise later appeared signed up a number of Othe before the committee to new members in the the str explain the chamber's closing months of 1985, ber's need for the $2,100to the which added to surplus. decisic apparent satisfaction of "The budget took salary te committee. momenturn from our secreli However, it has flot membershlp drive last Brian made a recommen- year," he said addlng, notedt grant, Frise says surplus only com- ted for the ous year's deficit." se noted that the i>er doesn't inten- [y budget for a us - they aim at mg a break even et because tbey want to go in the Éther. achamber has ly suffered some sthis year. Frise ed out that the Perry Award "cost us about this year. Last the event broke ier factors creating train on the cham- budget was the on to increase the y and hours of the -ary-manager - iWinter. Frise that Winter is only paid the equivelant of $15,000 a year. He works only about three days a 1 -Don Frise I week despite the fact the chamber would like to see Ifs seretary- manager assume bis duties full-fime. "Tbat's what we would like to do," Frise taid, "But we just can't afford right now, so we won't do it. " The president noted that the chamber is of- ten used as a com- munlty information service by both residen- ta and visitors. If for no other reason, Winter should be full-time, he said. And if the town doesn't grant the cbam- ber ifs $2,100 "1then we are going to have to cut back in some areas," Frise said. While it is his personal goal to see the chamber economically self- sufficient, Frise did note that other communities give their chambers grants - sometimes significant ones - because they recognize the role they play. "'The chamber can do a lot of things in the community a lot cheaper than the com- mumity can do it, " be said pointing out that a recent Whitby street map published by the chamber would have cost the town a con- siderable amount of money to have done it themselves. Instead, the chamber sold advertising around the map to area businesses and then gave the map away as a promotional devise. So, until the town makes a decision, Frise said that the chamber is going f0 exercise forethought 'before carrying on any planned projects. -Quality Repairs tb Most mars& modela -Fres Estimai.. -See us in the Yelow Pages urrder Stereo Service!" 427-6551 al385 HARWOOD AVE. NI Juat South ai Hwy. 2j 1 Michael KneU This Saturday.... WFP editor to speak at convocation This year, Durham College will hold two convocations on Satur- day, June1., The morning con- vocation will be beld at 10:30 a.m., and will be for Business Division graduates. The guest speaker will be Vicki MacBurnie Stewart, a Durbam College Business graduate and a member of the Board of Governors. The afternoon Con- vocation will be held at 2:30 p.m. and will be for Applied Arts, Healtb Sciences, and Tecbnology graduates. The guest speaker will be Michael Knell, a Durharm College Ap- plied Arts graduate and editor of the Witby Free Press. E ikkernE I nwaalal t " Ctai 1 and Cotai 23 " Superlor Ouaiity Wood Cotinga " "UNPARALLELED PERFORMANCEI" 295 Ritoon Rd. S., Oshawa 2-O .. THE CORPORATION 0F, THE TOWN OF WHITBY TOWN 0F WHITBY The third instalment of taxes for 1985 is due and payable June 17, 1985. If paymnent la flot received by the due date, penalty wlll be added on the fIrst day of detault and the f lrst day of each calendlar month so long as non-payment continues, at the rate of 11/4 % per mont h or part thereof. Taxes may be paid af any Whtby bank wthout bank collection charges or at the Municipal Office, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. The ceremonies and a reception following will be beld at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. bridge resuits The following are the resuits of [ast week's play at tbe Whitby Curling Duplicafe Bridge Club as reported by Mrs. Jim Wharrie. North and South: Perry Laurence and AI Leslie, 50½; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson, 44; Bill Nelson and Frank MacNeill, 38½h; and, Mrs. P.A. Chubb and Mrs. C.E. Stewart, 35½/. East and West: June Thonipson and Bll Fraser,. 44/; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Cuniffe, 41/; Mrs. Zetta Cunnington and Mrs. G.C. Wilson, 39½h; and, Johanna Flanagan and Georgia Bovay, 39. The resuits of eacb week's play at the club will be reported in the following issue of the Whitby freePress. Whitby ambulance service cails During the week ibat ended at midnlght last Thursday, the Whitby Ambulance Service responded to 84 calis for service. Tbe service respon- ded to 32 calîs of a routine nature and to 26 sfandby calîs for otber ambulance services in Oshawa and Ajax. They also responded to 26 emergency calîs, including five motor vebicle accidents. The number to cal for ambulance service in the Town of Whitby is 723-5232.