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WJUTBYPMEEPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12,1991, PAGE 8 New court offi-.ces,,wli .soonope Itèms fromt<ý Whitby Council agenda(s), M.nday, June 10, 1991 tiona from the Plannming and Developmnent By Mike Kowalsld Relief is on the way to ease some of the pressure on Durham Digon à court system. Two court rooms and -administ- ration offices will 'soon open mi Whitby. The new facilities will1 be loca- ted in a commercialpiazaý on the soutliast corner Of Rssland Bd. and Garden St. Cases te be tried -in the new courts will be charges not recquir- ing a custodial sentence since holding oeils are flot part of the structure. The majority of cases will be provincial offenoies such as Hiqýh- way Traffic Act. violations wluch can, be heard by a justice of the peace. Small dlaimis court sessions' will alsio be held and there will be an office te receive payment of fines. According te Ken ýBowz&an, regional director for ,the Ontan"' Atterney-General's ministry,, the'- court offices' should be open for business .any dýay now. Last-minute - <preparations in- volving hookin«-uü computer, ter- minal. were ostil rbing, done Isat week, said Bowmùan. <The new courts s;hould mùake conditions- a little more tolerable for both employes and the generalpublic,-Bowmannotes. itét help relieve the press- ure on other locations so, we'don't have te use Legion ,halls,"» aid Bowmian. Duigthe past year -the Royal Cana IanLeion hall' in Oshawa doubled ýas àa mikeshift court- room to, help >ease thé bçmklog on Durham's crowded court dockièes. But staffi, lawyers and the pub lic ail had compflaints ýabout the hail's suit-abîityas acourtroom., bengabtt hear court, proe As, 'the' c a se with .il other.- court facilities, in Durhamth go ormnt Iwill lease the pre- mies i mthe Plagza owner, said. Seiusiquiris aot develop ment' FR M AGE.~markets internationaiy, the', <department, has focused foeign' merely tryigteentioe new attenition, on Durham.. business toDrh m xlained . eregettng. ,a', lot of Olive. ..'. e:11.< ýý . inqi-ies froimforign consulatesl So, s areslt f hlpin teinvsii~tejoint ventures," exsig companies ex pand teir,, d Olive l'