Town seeks FR E-E <ý E Vol. l7.No.2 Wednesday, January 14, 198à 20 Pages Wbitby council will make a Iast-clitch effort to stop Decom' from* building a medical waste transfer station in town. Liability insurane redu.ced The Town of Whitby is paying $3,000 less for in- surance this year but wiIl receive almost one- third less liabiity' coverage. Council bas approved a iabilty insurance lunit of $7 million. In the past three years, the Town bas had a liability limit of $10 million. The cost of this coverage, plus the rest of the Town's insurance needs for 1987, $161,383, was approved by coun- cil ta Deceniber,1986.ý For the year 1986, the Town's insurance cost $164,5«8. The Town bas alsol in- creased its deductible level in an attempt to save money. Last year the deduc- tible was $1,000, this year it bas been in- creased to,$5,000. Te$164,548 insuran- ce total covers the Town ta the areas of liabiity, iproperty, boiler and macbinery, and ac- cident and crime. In the area of accident and crime insurance, the mayor and mem- bers of council, as well as volunteer firefighters, are covered for accidentai deatb and dismember- ment in the amount of $50,000. The mayor and coun- cillors are covered for 24 hours while on Town and regional business. Volunteer firefighters are covered for loss of life within 72 bours of duty. and resulting directly from a heart at- tack occurring while responding to an alarm. This is payable despite any history of beart disease. A report, from the treasury department notes that by reducing the liability level from $10 million to $7 million the Town will save $10,400 in 1987. CHARLIE HUBBLEDAY, who, will be 78 on Saturday, plays the spoons during a jaun session of the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society at Camp Samac,,on Sunday. One of those aceompanymng the Whitby resident is fellow society member.Jack Russell, on banjo. Free Press photo 1 Councillors unani- mously approved requesting a- meeting with Ontario Premier iDavid- Peterso'n and director of approvals for the Ministry, of En- ývironment, William. Balfour ýbeforde a final decision is made. That decision is expected. before the end of- January. The meeting would be attended by represen- tatives of council and staff as well as Durham West' MPP George Ashe. Council had earlier defeated a motion 'introduced by west ward councillor Joe Drumm that council meet- with Premier Petersoni and the Ministry of the En- vironment, Jim Bradley. 0 Drumm reasonèd that the Decom decision should "«be a political one and hot a bureaucratie one." "We sbould be cam- ping on the lawn of Queen's Park," said Drumm. But council ' voted, against tbat-znotion, in- èstead favoring the one put. forward -by -coun- cillor Ross Batten. Decom, is, also looking into building a waste transfer, station in Cooperstown, New York. Policeman charged after Whitby -collision . A Metropolitan Toron- to police officer bas been charged_ with Oshawa lawyer'seeks* Libe rainomination, Oshawa lawyer Alla n Furlong bas announced he will seek the Liberal nomination in the new riding of Durbam Centre. Furlong is the second lawyer to announce bis candidacy joining Whitby lawyer Brian Evans in *the ring. While Furlong admitted tbat if tbe two lawyers are tbe only can- didates tbere could be a feeling of, Oshawa vs Whitby for tbe . nomination. He says he bas enough supporters in Whitby to get elected. 1Durbam Centre is composed of Whitby and tbe nortbwest area of Osbawa. 'm ninterested in the political process and I bave some tbings to offer,"' said Furlong as bie made the announcement in bis Oshawa office Monday afternoon. This will be Furlong's first at- tempt at a poitical seat although bie bas sat as a separate scbool board trustee and was the chair- man of the Oshawa Harbor Commissionifrom 1981 to 1984. On local issues, Furlong said Decom Medical Wastes Systems Inc. should not be permitted to uida waste transfer station in ALLAN FURLONG whitby. "Waste should be burned as close to the source as possible," be said. He believes the minority Liberal governnxent bas done a good job and would not be sur- prised if a provincial election is called for tbe fail of 1987. He predicts the Liherals could form a majority government. Furlonig expects the Liberal nomination meeting to be beld on Feb. 16 at O'Neil Cllegiate. failing to remain at the scene of an accident following a two-car collision in Whitby last Friday morning whicb left an Ajax woman with injuries. Durham Regional Police report a vehicle was travelling west- bound on Pine His Rd. when it failed to stop at a stop sign at Thickson Rd. N., colliding with a car travelling south on Thickson. The driver of the first car then fled the scene on foot, report police. The driver of the second car, Dianne Ward, 39, of Exeter Rd. in Ajax, was transpor- ted to Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital with a broken pelvis. A passenger in the fir- st car, Bruce Simkin, 27, of Melissa Cres. in Whitby, received minor injuries. The collision caused $11,m0 damage to the car driven by Ward and' $4,500 damage to the fir- st car. Charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident was Ed- ward McVeigh, 26, of Toronto. McVeigh is a police officer with Local industry wins top award Sklar-Peppler Inc. of Whitby received the Canadian furniture in- dustry's bigbest ac- colade at the recent Trilliumn Awards banquet in Mississauga. The Special Minister's Award, or Grand TriIlium, was presented to. Sklar-Peppler for having the bighest aggregate point total in judging by a jury of Metro 52 division. He also suffered minor in- juries. He will appear in Whitby provincial court on Jan. 23. The Ontario Ministry of Industry, Trade andL e t r Technology annually e t r presents tbe award. Sklar-Peppler won seven Trilliums: for oc See Pg. 4 casional chairs, traditional bedroom furniture, upbolstered sectionals, country upholstered suite, con- temporary upholstered suite, upbolstered _________ ________ SEE PAGE 2 ' 1 w meeting with premier before Decom decision n