More than a few ybungsters had ta lie restrained from climbing an stage durmng shows by the Polka Dot Door crew at Henry St. Higli School Saturday. Especially when Polkaroo. made an appearance ta join Cindy Cook and Gerry Mendecino. Whitby Jaycettes. organized the well-attended shows. Sehools may have to go, Vol.16,No.43 Wednesday .October 29,1986, 32Pages Councillors cdaim province is just "passing the buck" By MIKE JOHNSTON wards. Free Press Staff "Nal There is no real The provincial gaver- reason for it,'" lie said. niment is simply passing "Is a store owner the buck ta equipped ta refuse municipalities with its liquar? WiII hie or she proposai ta introduce lose their license if an beer and wine into cor- underage persan' is ner stores. found ta lie drunk? That is the feeling of There aré just too many tliemajority of Whitby's adverse effeets. " councillors. The remaining mem- The législation, which bers of cauncil said they was ta be introduced in- would wait for the ta the house yesterday, legislatianta lie passed will give the befare they made their municipalities a riglit to decisions, but they refuse the sale of beer unanîm.ously disap- and wine in camner proved of the province's stores. handling of the issue. "The province just "I would have ta hear daesn't have the bails, the debate and hear its ridiculous," said what is said," said councillor Rass Batten. councilor Marcel "I don't think the Brunelle. municipalties should be "I don't think it's put In that position, it's riglit, it's asinine, yau asinine, " lie said. have it for ail or none," But while lie disap- said Mayor Bob Atter- proved of the way the sley. province is handling the "The municipalities issue, Batten said hie neyer campaigned 'for was against the sale of It. If it's going ta lie done beer and wine in corner it should be stores. unilaterally, " lie said. "I'm opposed ta it. We The mayor said hie have contraIs naw. I too, didn't have enougli certainly don't want my information ta 'ffake a kids selling beer and decision but as chair- wine." man of the Durham The only other coun- Regional Police board, cillar ta state lis hie acknawledged his position was Tom Ed- cancern far the legislation. "If every store selîs it how will we cantrol them? " he said. "I need the full facts ta, make a decision, said counciIllar Joe Bugelli. Councillor Joe Drunir said the municipalities sliould be kept outof it. "I'm nat interested in ,out of it." "I don't agree witli passing the buck," said councillor Gerry Emm. "lt's notfair ta put the nxunicipalities in that position. There will be competitian between municipalities and I making that decision, Keep the municipalities don't think that would be fair," he said. He, toa, - would not take a stand on the legisîntion calling it "totally vague." MPPs were ta vote yesterday on the bill. Resuits of the vote were not known by press time 3t tlie Free Press. Snyder seeks Durham Conservative nomination Frank Snyder of Whitby lias decîared hlmself as a candidate for the Progressive Canservative nomina- tion in the new Durhami Centre riding. Snyder, a carpenter and university graduate in civil engineering and management science, now aperates his own construction campany in Whitby. On Monday niglit at the Geargian Motor Inn, in Oshawa, lie told PC riding members that the party has ta revîtaize itself after liaving lost toucli witli its grasst roots.t Hie says the partybest t Frank Snyder represents lis own views which include fiscal respansibility and a balanced budget. He says gavernment "lias ta go on a diet" and taxes sliould lie reduced ta. increaie,,spepnding.ý. and crate jobs. .Snyder blamed tlie existing government for creating confrontation, nating tliat doctors are upset over Bill 94, lawyers angry over tlie loss of Queen's Counsel designations and the in- surance industry tlireatened by gaver- nment insurance. He said gavernment sliould alîow the en- trepreneurs, the "risk- takers," ta create a bet- ter Ontario. Snyder, wlio previausly worked for variaus Conservative candidates, said lie See p.23 to shi*ftg By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff Tliere is so little space lef t in Durham schoals that shif ts may have ta be considered, a Durham Board of Education official says. "We're losing ail the slack we had in the system," says Jim Russell, superintendent of plant. "Ail the schools are gétting portables and we're losing tlie capacity ta transport ... We're getting ta the paint wliere we may have ta consider tlie un- thinkable - gaing on shif- ta."ý Board cliairman Ruth Lafarga says Durliam lias an accommodation crisis. Monday night she outlined steps taken by the board to get the word out about Durliam's neeci for student places ta the gavernment and the community. The board has requested help fromn the Association of Large Scliool Boards of On- tario ta dramatize the pliglit of boards in areas of rapid growth. Tlirougli ALSBO the board was able ta get a meeting with the Minister of Educatian Iast February ta analyze whv the * .Seep.23 Hawks reach L OSSA Seep.13 Special auto fea-ture