More Region office space to be rented in Whitby By ROXANNE REVELER Durham Region's social services department will be moving one of their offices to Whitby early next month after being given the okay by regional council. - The social services case co- ordination program has been ex- panding to such a degree that its existing 900 square feet of office space at the Oshawa Centre is no longer big enough to house it. The new premises at 1650 Dundas St. E. in Whitby will contain ap- proximately 1450 square feet of of- fice space on the second floor of the Cherneys building. A five-year lease has been authorized com- mencing Aug. 1, 1987 with the Region being responsible for 75 per cent of the cost of the leasehold im- provements, or $11,516.25. ' The rental rate starts at $9.50 per square foot for the first year ($13,775.) and escalates five per cent each year-over the term of the lease to a high of $16,748 in 1991. The program is being funded 100 per cent by the Province. Regional council has sanctioned the renewalof leases on the offices that house its works, planning and finance departments. The three-year lease renewals are for offices at 105 Consumers Dr. in south Whitby which houses the works and planning departments and for 60 Bond St. in Oshawa where the finance department is locataed. Terms of the lease indicated 37,188 square feet of space for plan- ning and works will be rented at $4.75 a square foot in 1988, $5 in 1989 and $5.25 in 1990. That is substan- tially higher than the present rate of $3.50, a figure that hasn't been raised for the past five years. The rates for the Oshawa offices are also up from $8.50 to $10 a. square foot for the next three years. Up until now, the Region has always negotiated five-year leases, however, 'in anticipation of a possible move to house all depar- tments under oné 'roof in a new headquarters building, staff were instructed to negotiate some flexibility in the new leases starting with a three-year term and negotiating one-year deals after that. Committee supports upgrading of Whitby intersection Whitby council should join its regional counterpart and request that the province upgrade the Hwy. 12/Taunton Rd. intersection, operations committee has recom- mended. A report from the public works department notes specifically that the intersection is inadequate for eastbound traffic on Taunton tur- ning south onto Hwy. 12. This is somewhat attributable to the high volumes of traffic at this intersection...coming from Cullen Gardens," states the report. The committee has also recom- mended council ask the province to upgrade Hwy. 12 from Rossland Rd. to Hwy. 7. Regional council has made similar recommendations. Council will consider the recom- mendations at the July 13 meeting. Town buys boat works The Town of Whitby has purchased Whitby Boat Works Ltd. on Charles St. in the Whitby harbor area. "It was for sale and, and obviously, adjacent to our holdings," said Paul Rycroft of the Town planning department. The 5.9 acre property is located next to Whitby Marina and can be used, said Rycroft, to meet the on-shore requirements of the marina. He suggested boat storage and parking as possible uses of the property. Any surplus land on the property could be sold off or used as a works depot, he said. "We can use the building," said councillor Gerry Emm. "It will enhance the marina." Emm said it was important that the Town maintain public access to the waterfront. SEE PAGE 23 Playground didn't pay The Playground, a nightclub for teenagers which opened May 1986, closed early this year because the club wasn't paying for itself, says owner Bob Longmuir. "I had no problems with the kids," says Longmuir, adding that the club would still be running if he had run it "the way I would have liked." When Longmuir approached the Town about the club, he was put on a six-month probation. He also had to have an off-duty police officer whenever the hall was open to teenagers. Longmuir says the officer cost him $120 a night for four hours. "That cuts into the overhead," he says. Longmuir also said he had problems with the Town but he would not specify what they were. As for reopening the former Whitby movie theatre, located just north of the four corners, Longmuir wouldn't give details, saying only "entertainment will be coming back to that spot soon. The Daw trail FROM PAGE 2 including president, in each group formed. She is also a member of the choir and has taught Sunday school for many years. Lois chaired the community cen- tre board for four years. The in- volvement and enthusiasm she and Fred felt for this building, and the way it served the hamlet, culminated with the Daws deeding over of part of their property behind the centre to the Town of Whitby in order that the private walkway to the park could be built. With two of her, three sons and her grandchildren on hand, Lois Daw cut the ribbon to open the Daw Trail. Tax evasion fine levied A Pickering man was fined $6,233 in provincial court in Toronto June 25 after pleading guilty to income tax evasion. The fine to be paid by Christopher James Smith was the full amount of taxes evaded on income of $31,934, over a four-year period, which was not reported on personal tax retur- ns. Smith participated with the presidents of two Toronto firms in a scheme involving issuing fictitious sales invoices from his corporation Chris Smith Peoples Services Ltd. Ronald D. Kauder, president of Steveran Investment Co. Ltd., was fined $42,903 and his firm, $21,842, aftei pleading guilty to both counts of tax evasion. John A. Piper, president of Basse Terre Invest- ments and Enterprises Ltd., was fined $43,086 and his firm, $22,087, after pleading guilty to both counts of tax evasion. Evidence in court revealed that sanitary maintenance systems cheques made payable to Smith would be cashed by Smith at his bank in the presence of Kauder and Piper. The cash would be turned over to Kauder and Smith who would then give Smith 10 per cent of the cash on each occasion for his part in the scheme. Weapons charge A 45-year-old Whitby man has been charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and two counts of threatening, after he entered a Whitby home with a starter's pistol. 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E., WHITBY (Speedy Auto Plaza) 668-0880 WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8,1987, PAGE 3 Little Buddy was a hoax There is no Little Buddy in Scotland requesting get well cards. A story carried in last week's edition of The Free Press told of a little boy in Scotland who is ter- minally ill with cancer. His one wish was to get enough get well cards toenter the Guiness Book of Records. The request is a hoax, according to the office of Ontario riding MP Scott Fennell which originally passed the information along to The Free Press. "That post-office' is getting flooded. They're receiving 2,000 cards a day and those are not just from Canada," says Lucy Langille. Cards are also coming in from Japan, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. The request began in 1982 when a Scottish resident passed along a message that he had heard a dying boy's last wish was to receive mail. From there, the story spread un- til it now has reached many parts of the world. Go-cart driver charged A youth now residing in a Whitby half-way house has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle after he attempted to run down two track officials at Family Kartways on Saturday. The youth was told to pull over by the officials after he ran into another go-cart. Instead of pulling over, the youth drove at the twp, missing one and knocking the other down. Neither official was hurt in the incident. The youth is being held for a bail hearing. Step into our Summer Savings Furniture Sale! 50% Our greatest storewIlde sale with reductions of up to 50% ~l('t \~ Shop early and take advantage of our best selecion uDUeWAU HERITAGE HOUSE ltd. 216 Mary Street East, Whitby Summer Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10-6 Thurs. & Fri.10-9, Saturday 9-5 Whitbv: 668-3483 Toronto: 686-0061 w *teste 9,