Hatred charges lid aganst two men 'ï Halloweeni hold-ups wge 3 pae3 vy-rTh Flaheirty: Imose solution if doc talks fail page 9 Low-risk offenders given alteirnative pae 10 Region eommiUtee Workfare recommended if voluntary By Mark Réeesr Durham Region will pai ticipat in the Ontari Works program, which ixn cludes workfare, if counc approves a health ang social services committe recommendation. The recommendation wihich, was. passed unan mousily by committee -Tues aY, afternoon, contains i cnclor_ Maunice Brennei makin prtiu aio o d i t ionan 15 ï t he cT'3nand ator community placement tom. ponent»- (workfare) being made voluntary. Whitby M ayor Tomi Edwards, who chairs the committee, was . "ver~ happy" about the amend. ment, which passed by a vote of 5-3. The amended motion passed unani- >mously. He says the change will satisfy most crftics of the program, including "id RYan, Gord Wilon.&he pre- sident of the Ontario Fede- ration of Labour and a variety of these ministers who were 'part of the coali- tion (Who opposed work- ...e.... "Pmr hopeful that not only will it settiethe province in the Pton of Durham but it wi lbe acceptable throughout the province... because there is no location in Ontario, except for some (whove iiven) sparse and very limited response, that will accept the proçram that the governinent wxshes te i naugurate.» If people volunteer for the program, Edwards sas it wi I be'successful. Rgional council _will make the final decision on Ontario Works at its Nov. 20 meeting. Edwards fore- sees a IonigK long discus- sion" but is' hopeful the majority of councillors will accept the recommendatjon. Other committee con- dition s for approval: * That the province. pay -for computers and softwîare. necessary te, run the pro- gram. * That Region staff be satisfied that provincial coverage needed for Work- nlen's Compensation bene- fits- are "acceptable' and keep. the Region harmless fromh ail costs and liabili- *That the economic development depirtment help develop an employ- ment plan. In a report te committee, Ron Dancey, Region irec- tor of family services, expressed concerns about for;ced workfare. He says 37 of the 450 SU1PAGE 27 By Mike Kowalokl The first legal test of Whitby's temprr sign bylaw has fale tim te a bureaucratic error. Charges against six local businesses were withdrawn in provincial court Monday after a mistake wa.s dis- covered on the tickets issued k, the store owners. However, merchants who continue te use mobile signs to advertise their businesses can expect a return visit from the Town's bylaw enforcement officers and new charges , sgnisstllup and I will cefinitely leave it up » declard a deflant Dae Treagus, owner of Lazy Days Pools and Spas on Burns Street. "I don't feel the law is legal,» said Treagus, one of the six merchants te tam- porarily escape having te pa4 the $75 fine. Tome it's a large at of time and money, but no one (Witby officiais) wants te stej back and take a look,» e sai.,< 'Tm trying te get a hold of the mayor but no one returns my cails.»; Treagus was among the fsT- f10local business owners te be charged last suxnmer after the Town began enforcing the mobile M5E PAGE 2ô- Disguntlmentover hospia board selection proessa By Mike Kowalskl Flihng vacancies on the Whitby General Hospital board of directors has become a controvèeial exercise. 1Board members were ini- formed last week that only the naines of the final can- didates te fIlîl two recent opein0 on the board will made public. The identities of other people considered for the volunt *tio ns will be wteldto prýotect their privacy, new. chair Cath- arine Tunney told the board. Tunney's refusai to divulge thenaines, even in private, prompted-director JoAne Prout te accuse the board hierarchy of ignorin' the 'message for changeq delivered by corporation* memersat'- last Junels annual meeting. Prout and other out- spoken board members, however, came under fire from past chair Jim Souch, and new flrst' vice-hair% Dic.k'Haddenfor not; ating Arrests made for '95 assault, robbery. Three Dunnville rosi- dents were last week arres- ted and charged in connec- tion with- a vicious asisault and robbery at a Whitby home more than a year ago. Two men and a woman fac'charsof robbery, aggravated assault. con- spiracyte commit aggrava- edassault. break, -enter and commit iaggravated' as aut and 1 le con - fineent. The chaýrges *olo lengthyinvetigation ' by Duram PRegional Police, assisted by -Cayug'ai- OPP. The arrests were, made in- Dunnville on Tuesday '9» ct.12P 19953, about 8:30 a.m.-, a woman knocked on the door of a residence -onuBlueb el Drive. The 29-year-old female résident answered the *door. The woman asked te use her hoe saying her car had = okndown. They went te the den so she could use the phone. At the same time, a man, entered the home. The resident asked what wa ha nig whensà he the s n pYunched in th aean aten, then throwyu te the floor and tied Apnother man then entered the home. The three suspects left- the house, 'and the victim" managed to free herself and ca Ipoce.. Chenarged. were Sherry EleMcBrïde '35 Johni Edward Majr, 3ë, and Sean PatrickMcntee, 30. They appeared in Osh- awa provincial court last week. in the hospital's best inter- iliCU este. *Criticism -of Whitby j onl401, i General'à envisioned role as ~ a rehabilitation treatment centre, could jeopardize not A 53-year-old Markham only. that scenario, but woman was struck and kil- result in the demise of the led Sunday evening while existing hospital, the board crossing the eastbound 401 was warned., just east of Brock Street. Although it neyer develo- Ontario Provincial police ped inte- a heated exchange, say Marilyn L,-rraine Allen .a certain degree of tension ventured on te, the hi&hwayý was evident on more than jut after. 8 p.m. ,C was one occasion during' the tiut by ,several vehîcles even wà lking<'righê mtoA 95E PAGI 26thefirstveh Ilej 7Error on1 tickets, sign bylaw charges withdrawn kËd iâm dmmmý