Pâf 22, Wtdt~y uPRes Woc*imchy. FObWffy16,190$4 R oad wor is lairgest budget expense NO CHIMNEY... NO WOOD NO WONDER!! ITJ'S THF5AMAZJNG QUEST PELLET STOVE WORKING MODEL ON DIS PLAY W' EPA approvedl 6, Heats for arily pennies per hour /e Automatîc heat control wr One bag of pellets will bum up to 60 hours W' Orîly one inch cf wal clearance needed FJ?EEHEAT FOR THE SA LANCE OF 1THE SEA SON. ONE TON OF PELLETS FREE WITI PURCHASE 0F A PELLET STOVE. $6.0 per,. *irc tae .AC THE STOVE DEN A OMslon of Taunton Pools & Spas OPEN: MON.-FRI. 10-6 THURS.-FRI. 10-8 - SAT. 10-5 133 TAUNTON RD. W., OSHAWA 1 BLOCK WEST 0F SIMCOE W9Durham's 511uzyShowroom B y Mike Kowalskl Brooklin residents will have to contend with duet, noise and detours during the next two years. That will be the prie to pay for extending sa*uîtary sewer ser- vice to the village. Reconstruction of Brooklin roade accounts for the single larRest expenditure in Whitby's Town council lant week app01ro yod an overall budget Of $33. million which consiste cf a $25.?- million current or operating Answers to Whitby Trivia from page 19 1 . The original Royal Motel, on the same site as the present building, was buit in 1862 and destroyed by f ire on March 6, 1872. 2. The first branch of the Dominion Bank outside of Toronto was opened in Whitby on Feb. 23, 1871, in the building now occupied by the Go Natural health food store, on Brock Street North. 3. The new Sinclair School is named atter the old Sinclair Public School which was built on the same site in 1874 and demolished in 1992. It was named after John Sinclair (1838-1906) who provided the land for the f irst school. 4. Louis Sebert, who died in 1942, lived in the Brooklin Le gion Hall which was kept by his fath eras ahotel in the 1 890s. A fine athlete, he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. budget and *7.6 millinh capi- workspr *cte. the $ ~>3. million set aside for iroad construction in Whitby this year, nearly $1.7 million has been targeted for Brooklin. The work i. necessary te accommodate the extension of regional sanitary sewers. The sewer project was te have been completed over five years, but the Ontario government opted te compress the work inte a two-year period. The province* and Durham Rego are 9harinir the cost cf both the $5.5-million trunk sewer extension and $10.5-mîl- lion construction of local sanitary eewers. However, homeowners wil have te pay between $3,000 te $7 000 thkup te the system. Iburham Region council pre- viouslyapproved tenders for tnIgte trunk line north from Taunten Road and was ex>pected te approve the $4.3 mlincoet of the second phase cf the local sewers at its meeting today. Septie tank problems and well pollution have plagued Brooklin residents for many years. Lookiff ahead, councillor Mar- cel Brunelle eaid that due te the construction, Brooklin will boock like a «war zone" during the next two yeas Other major expenditures in the b udget include: * $400,000 for a new pumper/ rescue truck for the fmir depart- ment te replace the current 19- year-old vehicle. * $260,000 te control erosion along Lynde Creek, south cf Rossland Road West and at 244 Wellington St. (a private resi- dence). * $251 700 te purchase a new bus for '*hitby Transit. The bus had been ordered in 1993, but due te delays in delivery, mýuat be re-financed this year. * $90,000 for modifications te P<ri i~cok orth On~ Lt ~ ' t oryo 1 The hbrn Centennial 1 9 5 I1(iommunity Centre Board will i 2 0.tj i!1 hold a «Mexcanieta Funin À? ý Fe, i*WWsloI1Februay fundraiser dance on $ ~pkik çOnl 1 Saturday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m. te 1 i à pIzzaf$GS T & PST included Ia.m., at Thunderbird G3olf Course i Ashburn. There will be a dis 15"x l",20SijockeSpoanc pius, cash bar, dooa prizes, cash prizes for in ee dressed hombrefsenora or senorita and a buffet lunch. Coot is $25 par couple in advance or I$30 at the door.Tickets are filtbYavailable at Ashburn General Store from community centre ,Solon board members, or at Thunderbird the night cf the dance. For more information, cal - - - -- -- - - - -- -Judy Denike at 655-4821. six Whitby Transit buses te make the vehicles more acces- sible te the physically laled. * $16 00t rep ea nme- -year-old &nt-end leader. * .$156,000 te replace a six- year-old garbage truck. * 150,0or pCoa hway ihet- ing and trm pIanfigat Central -Park. *$72,500 for playground equipment and fur-niture at Guthrie Park. * $160,400 for design and con- struction of a new park i the MmLmn/Desti*ny I subdivision &oh cf Rossland Road, ,out Garrard Road. Durham ridIng NP Least week's action on'the pr of the federal ovenmet to lowercgate taxes te stop the alarniing rois. insuggling hasn't met th a great deal cf publicapproval. But I agree that the government'sdeisoni the best option for an almoet impossible situation. The anti-tobacco lobbys big argument is that lower cigaet prices increases use cf the product, which increases helt-car costs and encourages youth te amoke. Estimates of contraband cigarettes on the market i Durhamn run as high as 30 per cent. Consequently, cheap smokes are already available to young people.Man_ a &-r0r produce 'kiddy packs that are cheaper and directed at the younger smoker. So cheaper cigarettes are already available. Another argument pertains te the 1cme of revenue which, some would have Canadians believe, the federal government will make up by taxing non-smokers Current estimates from Revenue Canada say the government i. losing $1 billion annually through the sale of contraband cigarettes. This means the tai revenue bas already been bot. But, by lowering the tax, people wtio already smoke will buy legal cigarettes instead cf contraband. This will increase gevernment revenue presentlybot to sanugglers. People have said te me tIhat the government is just bowing te pressure from Quebec when it decided to lower cigarette taxes. I think this argument brings out the worst i Canadians. Smuggling is not just a Quebec problem, but a national one. It just isn't a native problem, as some suggest, but a problem affecting the 90 per cent of Canadians livingÎ within 100 miles of the U.S. border. Now the argument that suggests governiment Je bowing te organized crime, I find particularly weak. The way te combat smugglers is te make the cigarettes less profitable while steppi ng up enforcement. But there are limite te how muchtaaer can afford i taxes te step up enforcement, especialy when you conuider we eiijoy a 3,000-mile undefended border. Furthermore, smugglers were alec dea]ing in guns, drugs and alcohol. The RCMP puéhed for a reduction i excise tai te hait ail this illicit activity. Moving on te the production of cigarettes, the gvrmn concluded Canadian manufacturera were contributing te smuggling since 80 per cent cf illegal emokes coming acroe the border were made in Canada. We reinstituted the export tax on cigarettes. flue former Progressive Conservative gaverninent gave in to pressure from cigarette manufacturers and elininated the export tax on amokes. The Liberal gcvernment brought back the export taxinh the amount of $8 par carton. We »Ie. imposed an income tax surtax of 40 par cent on the profits of manufacturera which wiil fund health programe and anti-smoking promotions aimed at womnen and youth. Some pepe, particularly meinhers of the provvicial goveentike te tell this story another way. The fact is, you can't sove the smuggling problem by ignoring it.. The iâberal government han taken a leadership robe, which is what we were elected te do in the firet place. ----n