WhIIby Free PmOss, Wecfresday, JanuarY 31.l. 9page il Townwan~prounet honour preVious funding agreement By Mike Kowalski Whitby officiaIs want the Ontario goverrnment te honour its fnancial commitments. Town council recently refused te acceptjurisdlction over a portion of H-ighway 12 (Brock Street) unles the province agrees te pay more than $900,000 towards the cost of needed.repairs. Due te spending cutbacks at Queen'. Park, Whitby taxpayers could be left with picing up the full coat of the slightiy more than $1-million repair bill if the government does not reverse its position. I Under previous agreemey<ts ln A Whitby man was fined $5,577 in provincial court reoently in connection with the seizure of contraband cigarettes in March 1994. Yee (Bill) Fong, aged 60 when the incident occurred, had faced two charges under section 240(1) of the Canada Excise Act. He was convicted.on one charge, the other charme was withdrawn. The Langmaid Court resident Correction In the Jan. 17 edition, it was incorrectly stated Durham Board of Education trustees Kathleen Hopper and Mike Nicholson voted against dropping the Junior indergarten prograrn. It uhould have been stated that Nicholson and Ajax trustes Colleen Jordan were the two trustees who voted agÉat the motion. 436-1800 "Your Sign of Distinction" which juriediction over provincial~ roads and highways was assumed by the municipality, the government had picked up 90 per cent of the cost. '. 'This is downloading and we have an obligation te our taxpayers that this cost not be downloaded," said an irate councillor Marcel Brunelle. 1He called on Whitby MPPs Jim Flaherty (Durhamn Centre) and John OToole (Durham East) te support council's stand and warned that this may not be the last time the two are asked te speak out against their own party. It is important that as we move forward inte this new economic. was charged after RCMP seized nearly 1,400 cartons of contraband cigarettes, valued at $62,800, from two vehicles in the parking lot at the Fifth Wheel Truck Stop in Bowmanville. Another 750 cartons, also not packaged or stamped for sale in Canada, were also seized from a 1994 Ford pickup truck at the truck stop, RCMP said.' The two vehicles had been under RCMP surveillance after Durham Regional Police officers had earlier inspected parked vehicles for Highway Traffic Act infractions. *They became suspiclous when a large amount of cigarettes were spotted in two vehicles. reality thats been thrust uponi us, that we keep a close relationship with our elected membersi," said Brunelle, "g0 that the views of our citizens are reflected in the votes of the members of the leglelature." What incensed Brunelle and other councillors was a report from public works director* Wayne Hancock on a proposed revocation of the connecting link agreement eovering Brock Street between Highway 401 and Rossland Road. InIùs report, Haneock said more than $1 million in improvements, such as curb and gutter replacement, catchbasin repair, resurfacing and traffie signal modernization,- particularly at Brock and Mary streets and Brock and Dunlop streets, are required.> Referring to an agreement with the former New Democratie Party government in which the province gave the Town $1.41 million te repair Dundas Street (Highway 2) before the municipality assumed jurisdiction, Hancock said staff- were expecting a similar arrangement. But with program cutbacks and expenditure reductions, "no funda" will be1 transferred from the Ministry of Transportation te the Town, even though revocation of the link agreement is scheduled for 1996, he notes. 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CARPET BERBER CARPET VINYL REMNANTS as Iow as $7095 $6.9 5O ,to prs.yd.* per sq. yd. 7v0% Yoff ln stock items only ln stock items only M.S.Ri.P MAIDWAY, CARPET 120 HUNT ST., AJAX* 683-6126 Notice of Liquor Licence Application The following establishment has applied Io the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario for a liquor licence uandier the Liquor Licence Act: Application for a Sale Licence Family Kartway Amusement Park 4305 Baldwin Street-South, Brooklin (including outdoor area) Any resident of the municipality may make written submission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. Submissions must be received no later than March 1, 1996. Please include your name, address and telephone number. Note: The LLBO gives the applicant copies of aIl objections. Submissjons to be sent to: Licensing and Permits Branch LFquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lakeshore BIvd. E., Toronto ON M5E 1A4 Fax: (41§)3655 and these funds accordingly paici," states Hancock. It la our concern that the Province of Ontario may download this road systema without paying any funds," ho adds. Coundillor Gerry Emm said motorlsts were being "shortchangecr' by the OVER80 PAIRS 0F SHOES 250 Taunton Rdl. E. a Rison, Oshawa* 432-210 MR E BRIDG r >;- Drivers contribute substantlally te provincial coffers through licenses, gasoline taxes' and vehicle registration and should not be penalized for the province'. fiscal woes, Emm charged. 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