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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNÈSDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1977, PAGE 15 Two- maj or fires contribute to-higher than usual lIo-sses Two major tires in November 1976, increased Whitby's fire losses over 1975 by $3 53,745, but not countinga these blazes, other lossest amounted to less than int 1973.t Arson was responsible for9 the burning of the WhitbyÉ Psychiattic Hospital barnî Nov. 4 at a cost of $227,000,( and a gas explosion at Stokely Van Camp, Nov. 7( caused $200,000 in damage. 1 The total fire loss for 1976 was $619,620, com- pared to $265,875 in 1975, $178,685 in 1974,' and $199,644iîn 1973. One death occured in a $30,000 blaze Jan. 10 at 601 Dundas Street East, and other major blazes included $25,000 for a fire caused by careless smoking at 51 Scott Str'eet, and $30,000 for a gas explosion in a bakery at 51 Garrard Road. Fire Chief Ed Crouch reports that despite the two major fires, residential and commercial' fire losses were considerably reduced from previous years, and the fire prevention program has been largely responsible for this reduction. During 1976 the town acquired the former Ontario County works building on the ninth concession near Myrtie and through the efforts of the summer students program, the hall was completely renovated, painted, and' is now used as Fire Station No. 4 serving the area from the eighth concession to the 1 Oth concession, from the Pickering Town Line to the Oshawa-Whitby Town Line. The'main advantage of this location is that it now pro- vides a five-miùle maximum distance coverage by the fire department vehicles to any property within the Town of Whitby, and therefore the owners receive the appro. priate reduction in their fire insurance rates. .In 1976, five part-time fire fighters were added to Hall No. 1 at Brooklin;, eight at Hall No. 3 at Brock and Coiborne Streets, and nine werp MinItinpr f'nr the new Whitby catcher visits the Blue Jays An avid Whitby basebali fan, who plays catcher for a locanl Bantam league team, has distinctive symbol appearedl in the pages of The Star. David anid his father for the, last two years have travelled to Montreal to watch the Expos play, and are look- :ng forward to seeing major league basebail this year In nearby Toronto. [z~7±~ g ~ «E~cable tv STILL YOUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT BUY- ANNOUNÇES GOOD NEWSI ' WE NOW '-HAVE SERVE YO 19 CHANNELS TO U BETTERI (INCLUDING CHANN'ELS 8# 10 and 13 ROCHESTER) 12 BASIC CHANNELS 7 CONVERTIR CHANNELS 1 1 F.M. STATIONS For a Free In-Home Demonstration of our Remote Control Channel Converter, rwhich wili give you our full service package of 19 CHANNELS, piease phone 579-2232. ATTENTION 0e0. ALL CABLE T.V. SUBSCRIBERS. THESE ADDITIONS THE FOLLOWING CHANNEL ALLOCATIONS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2Sth, 1977 G>»pine ridge cable tv ___ channelguide Your Se il 2 3 4 5 617 8a 910 11 1ý213 qi Žk Turned to:___________________ (0 T CICA-OET CKON .IND. CHEX.CBC COLT-CBC CITY.IND. CFTO-CTV ALCS HHID RecelveCD 4G7 TORONTO GLOBTLTORONTOORNOTORONTO SOAA.WTYHAMILTON TRNT - With KR B N0 Pîne Ridges 3 "COVERER ARRIE e e*âL SPORTS-s ___ __ __ ___ _______ ___ SERVICE 576-8651 SALES/ADMINISTRATION CABLECAST 579-2235 pi ne ridgecabletv, whitby .668-9331 %n