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PAGE 22, WHMTY FME PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,1991 Usr eeimleetatio delayed 1.,yearý PROM PAGE 1 >Clay said the *m ain reason suinmer sports had such a large registration of 3 450 children last .year was its afFordability. Unlike winter sports .uwhich are heavily burdened by user fees,» Clay said summer sports are sil ithin the reach of most' Whitby familles. «Let's not make summer spo rts for youth something whicl is avaliabie to oniy the affliuent," he pieaded. .Since councii's oversight" in approving user fees Clay s'aid th e group asked .«Thitby rosi- dents their opinion of the new Meoverwhehning consensus heu been that- they are opposed to user fees for.youth.» Support hms corne from spon- sors, senior citizens, civic groujps and ,parents themselves, mmid ffldence of this were 2,000 signatures coliocted in about four weoks' from Pole opposed to user fees for yout,hoeadded. «I aak you to not put up any financial barriers that wil- not allow our -children, tbe oppor- tunity to experence. s ummer ~amf juat"because they .cannot drd opay userfIees, Clay, 1rCd ,spe to a question Èrom councior yndàa.,uffett;. Cay» said' .time6-constraints4,in prepâr- mng budgets' did not alIow the grops ho uxuy f waing few weeks shouldfcouncil chloose to review its position. ' 1 «It wouid cause probiems'for basebali, we're putting a lot-of time into this that Would nor- maiiy go into registration, we)re at the wire'now, said Clay. Replying to councilior Joe Bugeepll ,Clay afeed with Bugeiii's comment that user fees are not another formi of taxation, but a «redirection» of a tax Hilgh sehool hockey ESzw ep W L T F15 10 9 7 6 -6 DDM Brock Dwyar tax base is prepared to' carr this." Councillor Marcel' Brunelle weiCoemed Bugell'. amendment. Bruneile,'Who, 'opposes-user fees, said the delay will give counicil .time to addreéss a co09m- plex" question. «Welhave to decide what valu.e we place on Our children " said Brunelle, adding he was g1fad the «net, was cast-wider" to include winter sports as well. Councillor Ross Batten aisô suppprted the year's moratorium but made -hisi feelings -on the issue clear. «I don't want to fool anybody, Fin a staunch supporter of"ue Paesaid Batten. pa3st Batten conceded council mnay have. acted «rather ha'stiiy» in approv the, policywithout examing ailther However, Batten argued user fees were" flot imÙ>osed on a whim and warne fa- this year's budget wlll be «extremely diffi- "W. don't want to mtroduce a 10,1 or 15 per cent tax ii- JERY MALLON was one. of hundreds user -fees in Wbitby. With MaiJôi ane who have signe& a petition agpxist children Toni-Lin, 2, and CurU, 5. source. -ý"That's. true, but,:'there are intangibles that a dollar figure shouldi-not be put on, there are cýertain cots we ýshouldnt reco- ver,» saidCa B eliwho supported, User fees, said the issue could b. summed up quite simply. "Itfs a question- of how 'you want your medicine, in pill form or liquid? Do you want te pay for it (rising costs) in user feea or a tax increase? Bugeili said council, muet struggie with these costs and invited those in attendance te attend future meetings as council drew dloser te its 1991 budget deliberations. SStili, Bugelli moved an amend- ment te a motion from Buffett that council delay impiementing the new.policy. -ý :,>ý Buffettinitial pro 1 Wait- ing one month b ut Buelli'felt more time was required. «It's a one-yeargrrace te give council turne te. look at ail user fees, its not a-rescinding motion," said Bugelli. "Let's-ive- the commuxnity a chance te i k at what extent the Selects -take Btitie The Whitby major novice select teai returned' from the Bowmanviile Christmias tournament iast week as B division champions. The' tearn sponsored. by Hlard-Co Excavating, prepared for the tournaxment by piaying A calibre rep teanis. Aithoug losing those' three gamnes, the Whitby teani became much improved. Sterling defeated Whitby 4-2, Bowmanvilie won 4-1 and Oshawa Red Wings won 7-6. Jaznie Gibb and Greg Leblanc scored two goals each while Chad Kawasaki, Matt Canienzuli, Ian Cuthbertson, Garreth Richard and Aaron Burke ail had singles. In the tournament Whitby started by downing Bowmanville 6-1. Camneron Munro and Gibb scored twice with Kawasaki and LeBianc getting one each. Biais Lawson led the strong defensive effort with three assists while feiiow defencemen Kyle Tennant, Matthew Walton and Nichlas Cowan ail piayed strongiy.. In gaine two, the two best teanis in the teurnament met with the final score settling nothing, Whitby-2, Miilbrook-2. The third gaine was Whitby's poorest ettort as they defeated Toronto Bert Robinson 2-0. The resuit was that Milibrook, went te, the Afinal and Whitby tethe B. Gibb, Munro, Çuthbertsn and Scott Dennis supplied the offence. The B *final turned, out te, be the Gibb show. Playing in his final game before moving te Nova Scotia, Gibb was ail over the ice, scoring four goals and setting up two of four golsbyrgt winger Ian Cuthbrson, . while doninating faceois ad eading the selects to, an easy 8-0 victory over Iàndsay. Hawks hope to make noise Henry Hawks, despite control- ling much of the play, felI 4-3 te Denis O'Connor in high school senior hockey Iast week. Ea ly in the third period the Hawks seemed preoccupied with delivering the punishing hit and then playing deence, and they paid the prioe. «They're a big teai (O'Connor) and they got a couple of breaks while we made sorne mental errors,» Hawk coach Bob de Blois said. While the Hawks have only ttwo wins and a tie in seven gaines, they have shown the potential te compote with any teamin h the league. And one wmn, 9-1 over Cartwright, was taken 8away as 'h =wk played with anin eli le plaer. Thleawks have only three playes, bck fom lseas*on's they hope te playoffs. make noise in the "We have got four games ieft and we have te win them,» de BMois said. -A strong test of teain character will come when they playagainst Brock. Their season could rist on this one gaine. Despite such a young teaxn, de Blois feels he has more depth this- season, especially at goal. He describes Bryce Percy as the best goalie in the beague and has high praise for forwiard Adrian Deveau. Peewees win in ]Lindsay The Whitby major peewees added another tournament win to their season by winning the 43rd annual Lindsay Minor Hockey K.insmen Tournanient. In the first gaine against Scarborough, Whitby won 7-1. Goals scorers were Steve Holbisi, Josh Thonipson, Steven Biais, Ian MacNeil,. Jeremy Schott and a pair by Dazyl Whilock. Ancfew McLaughlin, Biais and S9chott. In gaine three against Pickering, a semi-final contest, Whitby shut out Pickering 2-O. Goals were, by Thompson and Doug Duplantis. .hI the chanipions3hip,, WMhy defeated Waterloo' 3-2,. ail three goals by BIais. I the grand chaxnpionship Scot, hôpson ad Ba9 - Batten,-agreed to te another- look at the issue but remained unconvinced that council ,>cen 1ao charging use s a also sucict abeit rom 'another endofh plticallspectrum. neyer have, n:eejilf~aId Foi. Wifle a itng there are financial 'probiema faing thé Town, Foi -muid- the issue «bous down to philosophyr- «The txayers have already p*ad forthse fciites thè-x beon g to thepeople of -jity «They shouldn'be iooked> at as, customers of «our' facilities. I don't want it to. be known . that this Townfâees iit:ought to"ým'ake- payers.n Aithough he suppotedthe motion,, îAttersiey, said ,,there should not: be -a «double stan-, dard" apeplied to sports ,depenîd- h nteseason. I 1,think, the youth of. this. community shouid aIl be treated equally,» said Attersiey. Te niayor, who also serves as chairman of- the Durham Regional Police. commission, ref- erred te recent endeavours at combatting an increase in crime caused by teenage gangs. He said minor sports aide in this effort. «You pay the price when they're young and you recover the cost as they get older,» said AttersleBy A delighted Rosemary Theriault, president of the girls' softball association, applauded council's decision. «Council w'as listening te u were peasdwt the outcome,~ said Teriut She dismissed reporters' sugf- gestions -that council's; action ma% have been a stailing tactic inlight of .1991 being a munici- pal éection year. "This was nota plitical p oy, they)re serious. Wehopete have an ongoing discussion with coun- cil te gi:ve our imput.» .Howevrer,, Theriauit warned, that if the, groupa .h ave not been approached-withiin a few months, we'fl -b. knocIdng o n doors.» Ciayalso :rejected-anysuges tion of ulterior motive oncounn- cirap rt 4Iopnot,,I ýthinkth-eygot a sample of what's In .store for themiù f'theydo(ig'nore the grus1 aid Ciay. tb&,h à-esuidt Whitby ringette NOVICE 1 Sponaored by Ladies Aumidiaxy Br. 162 Royl Canadian Leglon Brooklin Whithy 15 Richmand Hifl i Kathla. 2 »eal aoqa2 Jennifer Cauaidy 2 Amanda Macdonald 2 Molua eMacdonald 2 Caile Osborne ColleenAckford BUNNIES 1 Sponsored byRlck Barlow Jan. 12 Whltby 18 Aax O Sa Vsndrip 5 Netalle Baboney 4 Kara Byrnes 3 Kerri Endigues 3 Brianna Coombes Tracey Mcfliz