Page 4, Whitby Free Pross, Wednesday. November 10, 1993 ALIX CARTER received the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award at her high sohool and volunteering as a counsellor and from Prince Philip in a ceremony recently at the Royal York helping to direct a St. John Ambuance-run camp at Heber Hotel in Toronto. She qualifled for the honour independently, Down Conservation Area. She's currently in her second year volunteering with St. John Ambulance, hiking the Bruce Trail of blo-medical science at the University of Guelph and intends from Wiarton to Cape Chin, running the greenhouse program to enter medical sohool. Photo by Mark Reesor, WhIhby Free Pres CHRISTMAS PRESENCE Annual Christmas Country Collectables & Crf.Show Nov. 13 & 14,1993 Sat., E0am - 5pm Sun., 10 am-4pm R.H. Comish P.S. in Port Perry, Located on Queen St., (West of Simcoe and the fi Schoojý IOTTAW w Aduits: $2. Seniors: $1. r SM u D a Qiildren Under 12: FREE E .IrM.OE I OL L)oor P.nzes! j é"'DoubL- Wall Convecied Air System &,"ReplWeabL- Iniernals Make hAn Investnmeni For A Lyiwm #,'Warnock llersey Approvcd eSave On Ileaiuig Bills &,Triple fiacked CHIMNEY BRUSH from %DiQ 1Ve Stock Black Pipe À ÀM per month CopwsmniawnTo - - andS/SClimnysO.A.C. Aflow Tighi TH1E 133 Taunton Rdi. W.,Oshawa______ tSTOVE DEN 5fD019 ___ A~ Divisionl of Tapntonl Pools Ç, SPas: QP~~~N;W 55oFI 06Tus-r 08St 0-5 yurha 's Lrge.$aro. Durham Centre MPP Drummond White presented a petition te the Ontario legisiature on Tuesday on behaîf' of the human rights committee of CAW Local 222. The petition, carrying approimately 1,500 signatures, asks the Legisiative Assembly of Ontario te outlaw the distribution of hate literature, the public display of Nazi symbolism, and telephone messages based on racial or ethnic superiority. In presenting the petition, White said, "The hard work of this committee bas raised awareness within our communities about the urgent need tG confront racist hatred in our community. "This petition was started in Oshawa and contains names of concerned individuals from al over our province and our country." Foot patrollers at Watch meeting West Lynde community resi- dents are invited te meet Dur- ham Regional Police officers who mnake up the new foot patrol unit for Whitby. Members of the fcot patrol whichicludes West n e -ilI be at a meeting of eighiur- hood Watch on -Thursday, Nov. 11 7 p.m bes Shutka, who is chair of one of the five Watch groups that make up West Lyne, says he ho~ more Tesidents in the area W,tibeiome 'a*tive 'in the pro- By Mike KowaJld Durham Board of Education trustees have frozen their salaries and expenses for a second straight year. At a recent board meeting, trustees voted to keep their wages and spending allowances at the saine level they have been paid since 1991. However, they wanted no part of a proposai by Whitby trustee Allan Gunn that their remune- ration be rolled back -- 10 per cent for salaries and 20 per cent for conference and telephone allowances. Trustees wili continue to coi- lect $13,600 annuaiiy, while the chair and vice-chair wili be paid $23 800 and $17,000 respec- tiveiy. Chairs of standing committees will make $14 960. Trustees wihl stili. be permitted to spend up to$1,700 per year on conferences and $600 for. tele- phone calîs. Gunn told The Free Press Uis suggestion was prompted by the financial difficulties tlhie board is facing as a resuit of the Ontario government's social contract eégislation. '«Me question is an issue of leadership," said Gunn. "People are taking salary cuts, programns are hein g chopped. The last place we should be Icoking is in the classroorn," he'said. "I don't know where we should start but at the top." Gunn was not able te put Uis proposai in the form of a motion as trustees supported one calling for a salary freeze. The saine applied te conference and telephone expenses as well. «I don't believe we can afford te spend money on conferences» saict Gunn, adding that he wili refuse te attend any. uGiven the (financial) circum- stances we're in, I thought it wouid have been appropriate te do it (roilback),"hle said. "Itfs going te be a difficult budget year. It's3 important that we protect and save as many prograris as we can." Beardý,ice-chair Patti Bewmnan made ne apologies for what trus- tees are paid. A Whitby trustee as well Bow- man said hier colleages skowed «respensibility" by voing for a freeze last year, prier te the socal contract. uWe're net even close te the <provincial) average. We continue te be one of the lowest paid boards (for trustees) in the pro- vince," she said. Bowman claimed the freeze actuaily represents a rollback because «we're talking '93 dol- lars," she said. «Would you prefer we net take an increase for three years or roll it back and then play catch up?» she asked. 'That's (freeze) responsible lea- dership in my mind ... I don't have an y problem taking it te the public at ail.» Draw whmIlilern Five Whitby residents won free compostersa aler participating in a draw during Waste Reduction Wcek in Octeber. Elaine Gillies won a composter from the Region of Durham as the winner of the Whitby Public Library's Compost Day draw held Oct. 5K 985-1616 ; $49,9 Heritage PETIT CARTIER $ j, ,o0 or- é ý --l