WITBY MRE PREbSS, WEDNEJ)AY, OUI'OBER 11, 1989, PAGE 3 Have lock une usérs-feel'betrayed' FROM PAGE 1, "There miust be absolutel>' no disruption of service on that line. _Boucbard sai d that he saw it more as a commuter line and more suited to GO. He said he was going to begin negotiations with the provincial government immediatel>' to ensure no inter- ruption of service." 'To date there's been no dis- cussion on that," says Jamie Robi nson polic advisor with the Mini stry of Trans?ortation. "I read Mr. Herrema s comments and essentiall>' Mr. Lierrema cer- tainly didn't reflect the views of the government. We will be assessing the situation and working closel>' with mayors across the province to help them assess the impact of the cuts on cities and.regions and he'lp them to, get their views across. ClearI>' we saw some change jast week as a result of pressure." "Ontario was cut more severely than, Mr. Bouchard had led us to believe," says Robinson. "Local communities have a handle on this. We will assess the impact and g et the views across to Hou- char. Former Whitby councillor Gerry Emm said that he saw GO trains running on CP rails Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.rn. and at 3:30 p.nl "I can't see why they're ékn a service off that is popular,' says Emm. "We are a developing country and need to et people t o work and back. geyve tried everything here to discourage people to use the train. We're goin g backwards rather than for- ward. It's an embarrassment." Complete cuts were made to Toronto-Havelock, North Hay', the da il>' run from Kingston to Toronto. Cochrane to Kapuskas- ing,and thp southern transcon- tinental ro4.te. Twenty f the 38 routes were eliminated'and the frequency of most othet train service was reduced. The Catiadian, historically running bdtween Montreal and Vancouver'via Toronto, as well as other historic and famous trains are béing cancelled. The number of trains running dropped to -191 from the current 405 trains that run weekly. Thirty-eight per cent (2,761) of Via's 7,300 Uinion and non-union- ized employees will lose their jobs, costing Via about $140 mil- lion in severence pay. Approxi- mately 10,000 jobs in related industries are expected to be lost due to the Via cuts. Last April's federal budget' brought about these cuts. t slashed Via subsidies to $250- Gas station robbed Using a goll'club as a weapon, a thief made off with an estima- ted $600 from a Whitby gas station on Friday. Durhami Regional Police report that at around 10 p.m., a man entered the garage at the Petro Canada station at 107 Dundas St. E. He was wielding a golf club at an employee who was CeIn the bay at the time. Acoring to police, the man struck the employee on the left arm with the club and then demanded that thé employee be co-operative and hand over money. The employee gave about $600 to the thief, who then fled the soene on foot. Police are looking for a white maIe suspect, early to mid-20s, 6-Rt. 2 inches tail, 180 lbs., with collar-length, blonde curl>' hair, and several days' facial hair growth. Hie was wearing dark- colored jeans and a jean jacket. Police say the employee was not seriously injured and did not require immediate medical atten- tion. 'Big Fires Start Small' h'Big Fires Start Small' is the teme of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 8 to 14, in Whitby A displa>' this week at Whitby Fire Department headquarters in downtown Whitby shows the proper place to store matches an d lighters, "the high strike zone,"> says fire preventiori officer Dave Bemis, so that the>' êan't be reached by children under five years of age. Children of that age group arc- most likely to play wth matches and least likely to know the consequences. "We want to show how to keep matches and lighters in the right hands," says Bemnis. Thousands of Canadians are waiting for the gift of a life-saving transplant. The Kidney Foundation of Canada urges you to sign an organ donor card. million from the currený $641- million by 1993. The government has since announced that the subsidies would only havé to be cut to $350-million by 1991. "This is obviously bad plan- ning, said Roger Tibbs a er hie ot off the train a t 6:30 .m., Prdyat Myrtle Station. Iôa they were turning peoplq away at Union (Station). I t would make sense to put the G(> train in for perhaps a 65 Per cent recovery rate of this line» «We're flot happy," said. Jim Cowan, another passenger who uses the train, from -Myrtle Station., "My wife commutes to Toronto every day and we planned to use this (Via) for a long time to corne. "We looked at di-fferentý ways to travel and this was perfect very convenient. If it does end, I be disappointed. Via service was great, the peonle are .just super." Boat launch work continlues UNýDER a federal goverurnent contract, dredging bas been taking place for several months and wil là L ely continue until November in the area of the new boat launch on the west side of Whitby harbor, east of Gordon St. Cernent work has been completed for the ramp itself but surface work in the surrou nding area will be earried out next year, so that the launch will probably be ready by 1991. A fish cleaning station is also being con- sidered for thie boat launch area. Fr.. Prou.photo. ~JWhitby Racquetball & Squash Club PirstTi ( D f f =r on our already Iow priced daytime memberships Due to the addition of "SQUASH" courts we have a limited number of daytime memberships availJable, at this special rate. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enjoy the finest racquet and fitness facility in the Durham Region. *Racquetball *Aerobics & Full Faci~iies includinc: Nauti IusLifecycIeý.Y ifrwe, whirlpool, sauna & a fully supervis.ed nursery Corne & join the fun! 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