Hefty raise proposed for sehool0 board chair Me -10 White wili again be NDP candidate page 4 Canlelit vigil for hospital planned page4 Referendum recquest deniied by Town.. page 3 B *By Mike Kowalski Whitby's municipal election * campaign is now officially under- * way. L UIIA ELECII I9I Jioe DrtJrr* vaà ,taG(oýlnthan Jirrriest Stee Szuhai CENTR WAR0 John DoIstra*. ",Shirley Scot ,JÂreProut Oory Smth-. .NORTHI WARE> Don Mitchel* Bilan Wick ick Sidier DURHAM REGION R OMAN CATHOOUC SEPAJeATE, SCHOOLO0ARD (Votr ore toelect three tn4s<es It is board) F rank Canataro Lucana Jovanovic' Maureen Licsi *.MayAnn Man Siva Raponi FRENCH LANGUAGE TRU.STEES ON SEPARATE.SCHOOL BOARD (Two t> lobelcld) -Robýert Bosvert* Lous-Arthur Langlois' Jean Mani Lecierc Elaine Legauit .Dany Poitras WHITBY HYDRO COMMISSION of four Iao1the utiit y) Rapli BIank# * . Mike Cohen John Hughes B1i awlterà Don MacMaster' * Mark Michaikofi DURHAM REGION BOARD.OF EDUCATION (Voters w, aa li Of of ,WC!ustees) patty Bowman - Jack Bremer Jamie ,Curran ~Tarya Glliver' George Miosh. * Douq Ross AsleiisÛ) inlehcum7bfl& (44 candidates, 18 seats) people are run- First elected in 1982, Brunelle, council, sehool served as centre ward counicillor Iro commission until his election to, regionai grabs on Nov. counicil in 1988. Like his two coleagues, Ross )tion of the west Batten was a ward councillor ôwn council,, ail before' making the move to contested. regional council three years âgo. Lumbent Judi A local businessman, Batten hfe oniy person represented the north ward froni à ent at the close 1980 to 1991. ast Friday (see Challenging the three incum- bents are DougAnderson, former ditician Tom councillor Emm,. Vata eking a second Gopinathan, Jini Priest and ýWhitby. Steve Szuhai. council in 1964, In the north ward, incumbent e major three Don Mitchell faces opposin, ho defeated for- froni Rick Sidler and Brian Wtck4 Gerry Emrn and A Brooklin businessman, Mit- chell is completing bis first terni ,te retired union on council. is Maplewood Two-terni councillor Dennis at Perkins. Fox bas three challengers for bis; SOf Scarborough east ward seat.' is is niaking ber A special education teacher, ic office. Fox is being'opposed by Derek Vhitby's regional Glass, JoAnne Prout anid Dory seekmng- re-elec- Smith. The race for centre ward coun- iliors sit on both cilior will be a repeatof the 1991 and Town coun- election. cted across the First-term incumbent John iis the- mayor D&Istra again faces Shirley Scott. niber of regional A Generai Motors worker, Dol- stra defeated Scott b y the slim 1counciliors are margin of 94 votes three years a council only. ago., uty-mayor Joe Incumbent trustees Patty Bow- n a member of man and Tanya Guiliver are 76 wben ho was seeking re-election to the Dur- councilior. hami Board of Education. rumrn represen- Currently board chair, Bow- d until.bis elec- man was first elected in 1985. il councillor in Guiliver is compieting ber initial terni. le. also had bis îuncillor.' SEE PAGE 47 nn.for the 18 board and hyc, positions up for 14. With the exceçi ward seat on T positions will bec First-terin ini Longfield was tl without an oppon of nominationsI story on page 2. Veteran pol Edwards is see4 terni as mayor of First elected to Edwards becani years ago wben1 mer counciliors\lC Lynda Buffett. Challenging th representative Drive resident Pa A former *City eniployee Perkir first run IÃor publi Ail three of W counciliors areE tion. Regional counci Durhami Regioni cils and are oe municipality, as who is also a nier council. The four ward members of Town Current depi Drumni bas be council since 197 elected east ward .Now retired, Di ted the east war( tion as regiona' 1988. Marcel Brunell start as a local col Besi of Neighbours> DONNA HENRY, Whitby's 'Good Neighbour of The Year,'. shows her award and prizes to Rhoda Gribben (right), one of the seven people who nomninated her. Henry recognizd at the Whitby Seniors" Activity Centre on âaturday, is "Ialways there when anyone needs her,".w rote* one nomninator. "If she doesn't have time, she mnakes timne" t0 give people rides, help oui in emnergencies, také food to iii neighbours and visit them . in hospital. '<Donna puis ev ayo e s ahead of he'rseif... (she). 15 the besi," Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Fme Press. Reion emlyef ired By Mike Kowalski An investigation of Durhami Region's public works depart- ment bas resuited in tbe firing of a long-terni employee. The middle management su- pervisor was disniissed following conipletion of -an internai de part- ment review undertaken by Dur- hami senior management ofriciais earlier this year. The p robe was initiated follow- ing aliegations of questionabie conductby some works depart- ment eniployees in connection with a number of construction Region officiais were tight-lip- projects. ped when asked. about the firing As a result of the aliegations, a and a confidential report on the $1.5-mîliion contract for instal- reorganization of the works ling sewers in Brookiin was departnient, which was approved taken away froni a Stouffviiie by regionai council last week. finm and awarded to the next However, sources toid The lowest bidder. Free Press that tbe dismissed The company later filed a $1- worker was a 52-year-old million sian der suit against empioyee with approximately 25 Whitby regional councilior Mar- years of -service with tbe Region cel Brunelie for bis aileged role and City of Oshawa. in regionai council's decision and As for new policies recommen- a subsequent investigation by Durham Regional Police.. SEE PAGE 47 THE ~S>ETO See pages 30 to 33 Off and See pages, 21 -2 71 1