Municipal election'88 - the candidates sofar Regional Councillors:- Tom Edwards Gerry Emm, Joe Drumm, Marcel Brunelle. North Ward Ross Batten West Ward Joe Bugelli CentreWard Glen Konorowski, Lynda Buffett. Joan Skelton East Ward- Cathy Rowell, Dennis Fox. Undecided or undeclared Mayor Bob Attersley Town pays $5,924 for elector list The Town of Whitby recently accepted a bid of $5,924 for the printing of lists of electors and polling lists for the fall municipal election. The bid by Ranfield Rapid Reproductions was the lowest of five quotations received by the Town. The Town treasurer was authorized to accept the low bid up to $8,500. The Town has budgeted $25,000 for election expenses of which the lists make up a part. WORKERS CUT DOWN a 25-year-old poplar tree on Rossland Rd. between Gordon and Anderson, to make way for expansion of the road to four lanes. A sidewalk is to go near the tree location and Region officials feared the tree's branches would have fallen onto the sidewalk, creating a hazard. Free Press photo Break-mins in south Whitby Break and enters took place at 11 businesses in the south Whitby industrial area early Saturday, but with only some cash taken. There were break-ins at seven firms within the industrial plaza at 2001 Thickson Rd. S., at Hostess Foods, Oshawa Valve and Fittings, Metro East News, J.H. Ryder Machinery Ltd., Durham Tool, Urgent Industrial Supplies and Southern Supplies. The four other businesses where break-ins were reported are Scripture Press. Publication at 104 Consumers Dr.,.Vic Batten Business Group and Sun-Jay Enterprises at 1375 Hopkins St. and Central Mack Truck Centre at 1025 Hopkins St. Cullen takes Langmaid house By Debbie Luchuk The Langmaid bouse was The former Langmaid family transferred to another nearby lot home, located on Kathleen St. on Tuesday, awaiting a permit to (beside Cherney's Furniture move it to a site on the Prettiest World) in Whitby, has been saved Street. t is expected to be moved from demolition by Len Cullen of on Thursday. Cullen Gardens for relocation on The bouse was built around his planned "Prettiest Street in and is a two-story structure with Ontario." 700-sq. ft. floors. The house is of no particular Cullen says he plans something historical value, says Cullen, who "nice and attractive" for the has already moved the Lynde bouse, but does not, as yet, have bouse to Cullen Gardens. definite, detailled plans. SNewt.roquois parking lot A parking lot will be constructed on the west side of Iroquois Park recreation complex at a cost of $128,000. Low bidder for the work was Econo Excavating and Paving Co. Ltd. of Concord. Whitby council approved the tender at its last meeting before summer break. The actual bid for construction was $109,524. But with a contingency fund of $16,476 and consulting fees of $2,000, the lot will cost $128,000 to construct. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1988, PAGE 13 Child care improved BY SCOTT FENNELL Ontario riding MP In our fast-paced society, one of the major worries for all parents is chid care. To all Canadian parents, providing for the needs of their children is a top priority. With this in mind, last week Health and Welfare Minister Jake Epp announced the federal government will allocate an additional $1 billion to enhance the child care system in Canada. This brings the Government's total seven-year commitment to the Naitonal Strategy on Child Care to $6.4 billion. In December of last year the minister announced the Government's social policy initiative dealing with child care. The national strategy consisted of three major elements and was developed to take into account the report and recomm- endations of the Special Committee on Child Care, chaired by MP Shirley Martin. The strategy involved changes to the Income Tax Act which would increase the amount of the child care expense deduction as well as the refundable child tax c'redit. This initiative was estimated to cost $2.3 billion over the next seven years. A second part of the national strategy was the child care initiatives fund with a budget of $100 million. This fund would finance innovative projects that focus on improving-the quality and flexibility of child care and on special issues related to child care. The fund became operational in May 1988 and has al- ready funded a number of projects. The third component consisted of the introduction of a new Canada Child Care Act which would replace the cost-sharing provisions for the Canada Assistance Plan. The main aim of the new Act was the creation of 200,000 additional child care spaces in Canada over the next seven years. The government allocated $3 billion for support of this element. About $940 million of the new $1 billion allocation will be put aside for a new federal-provincial cost-sharing arrangement that will double the size of the existing subsidized system to 400,000 by the addition of 200,000 new child care spaces. This Government promised to ensure the national strategy provided the quality of child care is improved and at the same time, increase the amount of affordable child care space for all Canadian families. I certainly believe we have accomplished this. (m>