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Page 14, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, September 27, 1995 Voting machine may eanewer polis By Mm*k Roesor Whitby councilors gave their bleseing - but not without a few concerns - to the purchase of automatic vote tabulators to electronically count ballots on election night. The $114,550 machines are projected to pay for themselvea over three elections by reducing salary, supplies and hall rentsi cos3ts. Clerk Don McKay etconaervatively" estimates cost savings at $35,000 per election and adds the machines will work much quicker and more efficiently than the eisting manual count sye3teM. For example, Ajax used the machines in the 1994 municipal election and had the final resuts before 8:30 p.m.; final resuits in Giuns stolenLi Two shotguna and a rifle were among the items taken in after a break-in at a St. Lawrence Street residence over the weekend. Polioe say someone pried open a wood door on the side of the house sometime between 3:30' p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday afternoon te get in. Carpentry tools, three videocassette recorders valued at $800, and three guitars, also valued at $800, were also stolen. Police say the owner was umaure of the value of the tools or the guna - a 12-gauge . and 410-gauge shotgun and .303 rifle. He didn't know the brand of the VCR9, guitare and guns, police add. Utra Cuts Quality Haircare. SAordable Prices e 209 DUNOAS ST. E.. WITBY OFC (IN THE WHrF8Y CORPORATE CENTRE) ' ' (ACROSS FROM POST OFFICE) *W$ INA Whitby cidn't corne in until after inidnight. But the number of pols wil have to be reduced "ice one machine is required for each poil. Noting the. machines can count ballots as quickly as they're fed ini, McKay suggests reducing the number of polis to 25 from 44 to make the machines cost-effective. That will present some potential VFfre damage A fire, which appears to have been deliberately set, caused $3,000 damage to the garage cf a West Lynde residence. The owners of the Glenmount Court houa. noticed flames coming from their attached garage late Sept.1 16 but managed- to extinguish most of the blaze with a garden hose before Whitby firefighters arrived. Police say the arsonist(s) got mnto the garage by jumping over the backyard fence, wbich backs onto Central Park, and entering through a rear door. A pile of newspapers was lit to start the blaze which darpaged an air compressor, refrigerator and dresser and charred the cernent floor. Crash car occupants sought Police are looking for the occupants of a car that crashed into a tree at Gilbert and Reynold streets early Saturday morning. A neighbour heard the crash and saw youths running east on Ontario Street toward Peel Park. Police say it was too, dark for the neighbour to get a good description of the suspects. A cable box was damaged in the accident. Police couldn't say whether the car was stolen or how badly it was darnaged. A Reynolds Street resident says stop signs along the street are routinely ignored, "especially after ....... "They go through the stop signe like nothing and there is nobody here to check themn... this is really getting out of hand." She'd like to sec increased police patrols in the area, fcaring that if something isn'lt donc soon, someone will be serîously hurt. Register for Scouts A rgsrtion night is being held tornorrow (Thursday) for anyone interested ini joining Scouts this fail. Space is available foryouth who wish to join Beavers (age 5-7), problemas, McKÇay adinits, but since most votera drive te, the nearest poll te, vote, "rather than traveling two ilometres te your polling place, Uic average elector will have te, travel approxtimately four te, five kilometres - UiafsthsUi worst sicenario... "Wre not talking any great distance." Regional councilor Gerry Emrn worries that fewcr Polle would lead te fineups and fewer people voting. East ward counillor Dennis Fox agree, noting that not everybody can gzet a ride. Hie eays Uic change would likcly have Uic biggcst impact on seniors. "Pm'r going te miseUic old night -- I rather enjoycd election nights here. it wae kcind cf suspenseful... it was nerve-wracking, but it was a time when Uic comrnunity came together in this building over an exciting event... "I think wcere losing somethn in thie." The voting procese will be almeet identical to the eisting, system, says McKay, rcsponding te concerne from regional -councillor Marcel Brunelle, and McKay s3ays3 the machines are very reliable. Town officials from acrosa Ontario recently had a chance te "foui Up tMis machinery," he says, "and we've been unsuccesaful te date," adding that if Whi%.tby- councillors wouid like te "take---i Uic challenge," that can be arranged. "Bey, w. can foui up anything," joked north ward councillor Don Mitchell. MêKay proposes demonstrat-ing.c the machines, prier te their use in Uic next election, toeshow the public how reiable Uiey are. KuMart expansion plan OK'd By mark Iteesor Whitby council has approved a site plan application from K-Mart Canada te add almost 16,000 square feet te its Kendalwood Plaza store. K-Mart plana te pick up another 1,938 square feet by enclosing the garden centre, which is on thc east end cf the building, and completely refurbish thc store te bring it up te, curment corporate retail standards. The company promises te add parking spaces in thc southwest corner of the plaza te make up for spaces lost to the expansion, which will ensure that 960 spaces - the same ite currently required te provide - will be available. Architect Rose Boyle represented K-Mart Canada before council. He promised counillors the new addition and improvementa would correct a number of problems at the store, indluding exits that interfere with parking spaces, spaces blocked by garbage containers and other items and a loading zone that requires trucks to cross over parking epaces as they turn the corner te reach it. Probleme at the plaza were pointed eut by neighbour Bill Iovelock, who urged council net to $3.5-miilion student centre opened The grand opcning for Durham 1Collegc's student centre was held Monday. The 20,000-square-foot building is collcge-owned and student- operated. The facility has several meeting rooms, student association offices, a student lounge and pub, games room, food court and coffee shop. It will remain open year round, seven days a week, for use by al students and guests. It is located in a central, terraced part of the main Oshawa campus. Funding for the $3.5-million student centre has come mostly fromn students. lIn a survey conducted a few years ago, 94.6 per cent of students supported a student centre and paying of a student building levy. The board cf governors pledged $250,000 in support of the project. Lewd act Two Whitby girls turned and walked the other way when confronted by a man who masturbated in front cf them Thursday evcming. Durham Regional Police say the girls, aged 17 and 18, wcre walkIng along Calais Street in West Lynde between 9:15 and 9:30 approve tUicocmpany'e expansion plans until the problema were corrected. K-Mart will pay te improve drainage, site grading and the landscaping on the west bank of the plaza, Boyle pointed eut in answering the concerna. The company will put a screen around an outdoor compactor unit, which will be relocàted, build a garbage room inside, and rernove a transformer, poles and compactor currently at the rear cf the store. "K-Mart has attempted te dlean up thc situation around their store," says Boyle, adding "we do not have juriediction te deal with probleme at the mail at this point." Boyle expects K-Mart wi approve the budget for the project at the beginning cf next month, with construction te begin ini the next three montha. The company will have te satisfy varioue requirements established S hore s FROM PAGE i saYs Ermn. 'That' what they told the CLOCA board last week - he's readY toestart going inon thc land this faîl." Emm worries that if Rose is allowed te reduce storm water storage, flooding will be a real posaibility. Hie remembers walkring through the arca in the 1950s and "ice reallY built up thick down there at thic ip. TheWs' a little bit cf a sandbar and rve seen tic ice there... "The developers will be long gone and there could be flooding down there. Youget high lake levels and a cold snap (and) you could run inte a problem." Earlier thie year, The Ontario Municipal Board gave draft approval te plane by Rose Corporation and Uic Ontario Realty'Corporation for Uic housing component of Uic massive development planned for lands east of thc marsh, south of Victoria Street. An estimated 5,000 people will eventually be living next te the largest remaining wetland betwccn Oshawa and Hamilton. Answers to Whitby Trivia. from page 4 1 . The oldest sohool building un Whitby is a b.rick school house buit at 1516 Dufferin Street in 1851. it has been a residence since 1916. 2. There was no growth in Whitby's population during the War of 1812-14. by the Town planning department and the. Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority before getting the go-ahead te proceed with the project. Apoliogy FROM PAGE 1 An apology "would completely clear Mis name and lay the matter to rest for good," the staternent concludes. Ini an interview, White said he will write a letter te police requesting an investigation and apology. Police have yet te hear frorn WhÎte, says Durham Region Police staff sergeant Sandy Ryrie. 'To the best of My knowledge, it (the investigation) was deait with properly," he said. "If he's got a complaint, jet Mim bringit forward and we'll look into it." White was firet charged with assaulting bis daughter in February. 1994. That charge was dismissed the next month. Whitby duplicate bridge Aug. 15ul Pony Laurence anbd Janie Jamlieson 148.5, Lema Bid and Nilda Richarda 144.0, Fbo Chilerhoo aM dGey Calder 136.0. Bill Hwdn and Gordhan Khaldria 129.0. &4 22 Jim and BrOnda GIlMOe 122.5, Pery and Hugh Laurenc 120.5. Bill Howdon and Gwerho Khai<hria 119.5, Flo Chiderbose and Gerny Caide 116e.0. Aag.29 Fâqand Hugh Laurence 126. beor Buais and Bun Tony 118, Frank Maciay and Cui Chambers 112. John Crodon and GI KéICon101. SMpt 5 Bon and Chrus Ad*i 135.0, Ponyand Hugh Lawrence 123. Bill Howdon and Gordhan Khakbiria 122, Leona Biais and Ben Tonty 121. SepL 12 Peny Laurence and Don Leslie 178, Fank Mackey and Clitf Chanders 147.5. Bessie Bayant and Rose FkDew 142. B igI Howdon and Gordhan Khakhnia 136.0, Pauine and Ev Bonnetta 136.0. Ea. Aue. 15 COmIBKnux abd Frank H.rrng 138.0, Paubin. CnOIhoând Ev Bonnetta 129.0. Helen Ailan anid JessiO Cook 1275, Marguerite RSoob and ThOosa Goggaî 115.5. Aug22 Chris and Ron Adair 118.5. Islay Burke and KaoetWager 100.5. rene England and Vannie Wharde 99.5. Olga Hwon and Mwrgarot Wadgo 94.5. Aug. 29 Jullus and Dini van don Burg 112.5. Ruth Medhven nid Muaud Wadge 104, Ron and Chis Adair 96.5. Immn England and Vonnie WMarnie 95.5. HAIRCUT mer 2:3Opm $600 SPECUAL until 7:OOpm PERMS $25.00 and up COLOURS $25.00 SPIRAL PERM $55.00 and up MON. TO FR. 9:00 - 7:00 - SATURDAY 9:00 - 6:00 Wings of Learnrng Centrh fin. 'A Unique Store With A Special Touch' Sat.. Sept. 30. Noon-6 Tea Leaf' Reading with Verna SLII.. O (. ..1o ei want. s . fi g ov 106l. BOni. t. 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