Full GO service restoration praised Page 4 Fui-TF DBIA Big stink over CLOCA wants grass program further review of Page 5, Lynde study *Page d.issol1.ution 407 projeet pushed ahead< 10 Page18, pro p osed W tBy Mark Reesor WhtysDowntown Business Improvement Aiea (DBJA) will b. disbanded if coucil approves a recommendation from t he asso- ciation's board of directors. The board decided at a meet- ing asat Wednesday to recoin- mend disbandment after asking members in a recent referendumà whether they wanted to continue the association. Kart racing ,on town streetsý partOf carnval By John Diay Dozens -of g o-karts may b. rain through the streets of Whtb on the, Canada Day Members of the County Town Carnival commimttee, including former regional councillor Ross Batten, presented their case to Town operations committe. MondaLy eveming for go-kart races tbat would be part of the, carnival in July. 'Its an excitinç sport, it's a dlean sport and iea lot of fun,". said'Batten. He called the. racing event a "key part of the County Town Carmfval" and urged councillors to suppqrt it. The carnival committee and Fanul~y Kartways, which has the world s largeat go-kart track on Hfighway 12 north of Taunton Road, would orgamize the two- day event. The idea came after a similar event in Barrie last year. Approximately 25,000 persons watched the event that attracted 400 competitors. Batten said' The Sports Network covered Iast yearys race in Barrie and replayed the event five or six times. Batten said a race would bring national attention to Whitby. Councillors were shown a short segment of Barrie's race. The race circuit huas not been finalized -- committee members said they have several posble routes - but it ll mùbe approximately 1,500 metres in length running around five or si locks. Family Kartways will look after equipment,, insurance, Town econwinoc vmen Just seven people representing five downtown businesses turned ont te a general meetine at the. Whitby municipal building last Thursday to comment on the vote. Ballots were mailed te, each of the 380 DBLA members * with 10 returned as non-deliverablie, says board vice-chair and Whitby Free Press publisher Doug Anderson. Board chair Paul Savage couldn't b. reached for comment Monday. About 52 Per cent of members filled out their ballots, with 94 votin against contnumg the associatioïn and 87 in favour. There wer. 10 spoiled ballots. Anderson says he's satisfied with the referenduma proces noting «we took a veryneutral stance...(and) tried todo it inas unbiased a manner as possible." As for the low response, he says coempared with the number of people who vote in elections, that (the response) was pretty good; everybdyad a chance -- we actually went around te, each individual business te pick up the ballots... some as many as four tims.» Hie wasn't surprised at the close vote, either. "Thats been the. problem with the BIA right from the begin- chants, Who are for it and ail the professionals, doctors, lawyers and people out on the periphery, who are against it - theye both fairly strong elemeénts. »i Anderson doesn't anticipate gn roblems with the request te dsand and feels utheres the SKR PAGE 8 Scholtxincrease: By Mark Reesor Public sehool taxes for the average Whitby amily will go up abot $ ifDurham Board of Education trustees give final approval te the 1995 budget neit week. The *366-million budgt-o which aimoot $252 mIllion ge to p ay teachers and othr ep!oyeansd another $30.8 millonefeor their benefits .- was hammered out during* a f ive-hour meeting of the standing commit- tee, m~ade up of aIl trustees, Monday night. TIhis yéar's buc ýet is actually $2.7 million lesstman last years but. more than $9 million in svneunder the ocial contract legislation has te b. returned te the province. Séhool taxes account for about 55. per cent ,qftqe.--gerall pro- rytxbill. The Town of 'htbyhas afready approved a zero increase in its portion (about 25 per cent) of the. tarbiil; the Region (20 per cent) has yet A nine-year-old Whitby girl. was killed instantly when struck by a car on Victoria Street West at Lynde Marsh yesterday (Tues- day) morning. Laura Anne Kalinski of 619 Byron St. S. was with family friends at the waters edge of the marsh beside the. road, east of the. Lynde Shores Conservation Aiea parking lot. te ap prove its budget. ?e' average Durham family would pay about $8 more. Whitbys increase is the second- lowest among the seven munici- She apparently was running from the. south aide of the road te, the north side when struck by a westbound 1992 Toyota Carnry drive b Paulus Bartels, 4-5, of' Ajax, at 7:-50 a.m. Durham Reégional Police Ser- geat Rck Bates sy t apers situdentrau right i front of the. palities within the board area. Oshawa public school, suppory- ters would actually. pay a-littie SEE PAGE 29 car. Police are still investigaig but Bates says charges poal won't b. laid. [aura Aune is the daughter of Wayne and Pegff Kalinkisy, and siserof aye r.). Fiineral services were te b. held at W.C. Town Funeral Cha- pe. i Gil,9,dies in accident- j - i. - 1 - -- 1-t- - - -1 -ý - . ; ..ý - -. - . . 1 -