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,~ ~'~-? ;? e Atesley wiiI sel Whib M orB Mke KowaIsk d hdthjmayoricpA1t. e wlseek afifth term -as, Attersleycnfmd that!,he has iflled the necessary dàocuments with the clerles office which enable'hlm'to acce tcampaîgn:donations. However,-' AtterslOe not to comment on oiticalissues ýat ti ie, noting that the municipal elect in a itili mnn. months& away.> latfs wait, and see what 4appenh at élection time, 1 dont want te get, mto that now* said'Attersley. :Tii,58-ea-odbuinessman.began-his :political career in 1964 when h. was eletedas a councillor andilater c déptyreveofWhiMtby. -.- 1 ,1 1 ePtr ,few yea" away, from the m>litical. wars,> Attersley .returned to -public office in 1976 when ho was- elected to Durham Region counil.. hI1980, ýh. was aclaimed as mayor, suceediing c retirinÏincumbent Jim Gartehore. In 1988, Âttersley defeated former councillor Gerry Emm forbis fouèth teu as"maLyor. Attersleyreceived 8,436,vteto Emm's 7 435. Thiyer' eecio wllb. heldýTuesayl,ko'41V.12. 1 Muncial letios reusually held th scnd Mon-. Blue o-xes to have roper, Whitbyres'idents ,will soon b._ receivipg notices on the, ýproper use of.blue>oxes. Town i,»icil, Mondaýy author- izied thi. distiibution of an upda- tedlibfomatiôn sheet te blue, box > ownrs Win 'the, municipality. _Accordin g t estaff rport instructions on how te use b lue. boxes wýere given .tqhomowers whenth-ecçcing pro gram n was established ini Whiftbi in 1988. Durham Region producedthe, noôtices as"* pDat o'f, .the: pr7o- motional campaign te encourage- residents to partiçpate. in 'the, But smnce the Town,,le now- responsible for' collecting, blue boxes, s taff feit the. old notice reqwires updating, the report sitates. N erresidents unfamiliar with 'the recycling.,proram Wll especiafllybenefit, rom the, noti-ýces, the report adds.'ý Coucilor Jo. Drumm dld not 'bete the notices but 'sugges- t apropo"sed des!gnb. chan te, stress reducing« waste, ,r ather than rcylin. 'gTd like' th notice, in large, black print te SM~ reduction is what it's aIl about, said Drumm.: "Uf you get, the -stuiff out> of the. system îmiitially, you won't have a problem later getting it out.»1ý Although stressing that he i. not opposed t teluebo system, Drumm-said it-is costing' Durhaim taxpayers «an arm'and a leg. "Réduction. is a much better, wa g9" sid Drumm,. member of- Durham Region's waste reduction committe, said Drumznmade a valid point. .,-However Brunelle -,said.. recy. dingis .nlypart of an effective waste managemeontstrateKy. $ER PAGE 4 the, Year' The Ontarlo Veterinary Medical Association '- named, Whitby vet Clayton A. MacKay as. Ontario Veterinarian of the Year. The. award, 1which. is'not presntedannuall1y but' only, when *deserving .,candidates are identifiedp, has. been ý presented only four times i n -the ll-year history of the a ssocia'tion. MacKay said ý-he was "very1 F leased» to,,have been selected for the awa1vd. Miney aiays eem 1te give » awarde in recogition- of age1 h o pe -thate' nx otf esewth tiù-is on.,"h. joked.. But seriously, MacKay termed it 1«flattering" tebe 'a %uLed one'sown professiion. '1h. people you work with-aýàd .for, the long -h oulro,,and. plane rides..it.tends tbtake you away from youýr practice. S -PPAW WHITBY ETERJNRN Clayton-MacKay has na.med Ontario's Veterinarianof the'Year.The.awi not piresented annafyonly the desering canmdidà %JA.AAAniiior maGLcei AJuneueL, a- bzroiphoto The ightagainst te GS:rcane-in strategy, By Doug Anderson - .ouQ of revenue)- was- worthwhile'iii-' the change Of tactics jis in order. Pblisher efence of fun'damental democraticý prin- - However, thie battie is far fooe.Lk Begning with the February 6th issue,, ciples provided it iras -for only. a limnited- mna ny ,,buùsinesses în,o ther parts of Canada; the. 'e-Witby Free Preswill begin chargintg kro. we WilI file;al the- necessary foryns but will the GSTi,. - Hwever, a' ànonth .later, the ceet ,now ex- withholdtetxfontegvrninent pend- Nôt because .of any pressure, fromthe oeeds $0OO it n in s ight -a-igteotoeonmrucalne ýgevernm1pent - there has been n omma If 'the tax is ultimateîiy overturned tion of any- kind - butrather simple b"s- 4 withdrawn or modified, we 9ýill'refund it to-_ ness economies. thélirg ti.extent that we are able.ý -When .we decided nQot to.hr e x , ,For -the. first few days of January thez *we, were hýoping for a quickkMIL. The poten-ý - -tiâI'côstot notçhaýrgigit (44vig topay:it - - -- -BEPÂGE23 : - -4 ~*IŽ~4~, ~