Whitby Free Press, 31 Jan 1996, p. 8

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Page B. WhiIby Free Prou, Wednesday, January 31, 1096 Crimestoppers and Durham Regional Police are asing for the. public'i help in solving ,a series of break, enter and theft incidents which occurred i Whitby between Aug. 3 and Sept. 269 1995. On three separate occasions, Champlain* Graphics, 1850 Cmplain Ave., was broken into by smashin out windows. Durini each incident, numerous pieces of MaUeItouli and IBM computer component!ry, valued at approzimat.ly $250,000, was stolen.' Crimestoppers will pay a cash rewar<i of, up to $1,000 for any information tiiat leadi to an arrst in ttus =ncident or any other criminal offence. Ciller. neyer hav, te give their name or testffy in a court of 1mw. Ciii 436-8477. Police.. back at, 77 Cenitre. >On Sunday, Jan. 28, Dunham's 911 syntem and the, Durham Regional Police communi cations centre returned te thei« newly renovated building at 77 Centre St. N., Oshawa. Tiie' build-ins was totally remodelled and expanded over a 14-month period as the. police service iiad outgrown the. previcus facil.ty. The. updated facfity will b. Durham - Regional Police headquarters and will aiso house 17 Divisi on, covering the. Oshawa ares. Over the neit thre. montha, the. former Oshawa Mmues building wifl b. vacat.d along with other temporay promises in Osh.awa ,ind-wmty. 1A1tb bu si V1 11 zj OPSE U president in, Oshawa-tonigh WHITBY FIREFIGHTERS batleý a blaze iast Tuesday attemoon at the Rivai Movers building at Beech and at $300,000. Kentastreets. Damage ls estmateci Photo by .MM emy DosrWhIIby Fme Prou **~:< ~: ... - .~ ... Police investigate fire The Investigation cf a $300,000 fire at a Whitby moving company last week bas been turned over te Durham police. On. man, .wiio lived in an apartment on the second storey of thie building, was taken to Wbitby Generai Hospital wlth second degree burne te hi. banda after trying te put out tihe Tuesday afternoon blaze, which virtually destroyed the Rival Moyers building at Beech and Kant streets. The. Whitby fire department estimates the loscf the. building at *200,000 and the. value cf the. contents at $100,000. The. cause cf the. fine was attrlbuted te ipark. from employees workring on 4a motorbome which lgnited some deanlngfiluid, but an Investigation la contlnulng. "Some of the. thingu we've uncovered, w. want an inawer te," sys Wbltby fine platoon chie! Drew Armatrong. "Bo we've Juat turned It over te the. police. "They're going to do nome Ivestigation for us." Ontario Public Service Employees Union president Leah Casselman will address local OFSEU members tonight Kaolsnger gets national appointmnent On- the heels cf yet' another award for building excellence, Stephen Kassinger bas been apppointed to the board os diroctors of the. Canadian Home Builders' Association. Kassinger ia paît president cf the Oshawa-Durhamn Home Bufiders' Association and i. alse a board" member cf the Ontario Home Builders' Association. 'This paces us îih the enviable position of having our immediate paît president sitting as a board member on al three levels cf the. association," says Oishawa-Durham association executive officer John Stotta. "There lano doubt that we wu derice tremendous benefit from tht. volunteer involvement." Kassinger reoently won an award as the top R-2000 home builder lu the. province, in the production/tract category. Kassinger Buiît Homes cf Oshawa won the 'technical excellence in housing' award for Ontario., (Wednesday) in Oshawa. Casselinan. will be at the Canadian Auto Workers Hall, 1425 Phillp Murray Ave., at 7 p.m. OPSEU il in conciliation -with thie Ontario government on a wage benefit and worlng conditions agreement affectlng, 68,000 governnent employees, lncluding 4,000 ln Durham Reglon. The union bas threatened to strilce ln F9bruary. The government la planning to lay off thousands of workeri- as part of itz deficit réduction plan. - SA union protest was held lu front of Durham Centre MPP Jlm Flaherty'î office on Tuesday laut week. Eggleton to discuS '6excellencel The Bureau for Excellence i Durham Region (BEDR) will hold iti annual general meeting on the. evening cf Monday, Feb. 5, at the. Oshawa Golf Club. Guest speaker will be York Centre MF Art Eggleton, president of the Treasury Board' and Minister responsible for Infrastructure. The theme of Eggleton's preseatation is 'Tiie Pursuit cf Exoellenoe.' For more information, caîl the. BEDR office at 721-2000, ext. 4004.

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