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....... an- accident BRUAN MCALAREY "catches some av" on his snowboard. McAlarey and a couple of friends have set up a rarnp on a hill off Cochrane St. Photo by Mark Reesar, Whitby Free Pr.. BIyMark Reesor Thoro have been two, more suspicious ires at, a Whitby apartmeat' building heavilyr dmgdby on orson lire15 mionths mgo. Whtb irelighters responded torfa lýi a a asement --utorage room ýat 20,0 Garden' St. late Wednesday night lut week. They wSee all ed bock oround 8 a.m. the next morning for a lire la the garbage room. ComImitte considers more ice fa'ilities ByMarlo Banoucher Th'e dmadfor ico ha gain incroed. ""Tere i such a nieed for addi- tiona] 1ce surfi ace"id chairer son Of operations committoe, Marcel BrFunelle, at Monday'a meeting. According to, a report t tho operations committee, WhItby user groups continue to grow la number. The three avoulable ice facili- ties in Whitby, Iroquois Park's two ice pads onýd Luther Vipondý Memorial Arena, are having a hard time satisfying the demanda of residents. The report calsa for a feasibi- lity study for. approvin1 an addi- tional 1ce facility la 1993. Con- struction >would, begin la 1995, and the aew arena would open la 1996. Accordingto 1991 statistics, al of the primetime h:ur, 5pn. and 8am. to miLaiht Sat- days and Sundays, were used lautyeor ila al thre renas. Ice surface avoilabilityhasfoïr- ced the Brookli-bihyMinor' Hockey Asociation (B to contraect ice outaide of Whitby because of on increase lairegit-, rations. Some hockeyteama la the BWMHA had.t play their home SER PAGE 4 <,'. Neither ire wos fserous, caus- lng only a littie amoke damage. The investigation .iR continu- ing, but platoon chiefKen Corner says it wasn'ton-accident."ý, A lire at the building la Osto- ber, 1990 left 200' eole home.- lesa anid caused> some $3 million Aa"¶i'vetigation idicated the blazeý was'started ila*a third-floor laundiy rom, and broke out around 12:30 a.m.' .. .. .. . By Mario Boucher The Du Krai separate school board's,290-secondary -teachers are continuing their work-to-rùle action afler talks last week failed to resolve outstanding issues. With a. mediator, the toachers' union and board are embroiled over aine issues la a continuous effort to reach an agreemnent. The work-to-7rule begani Jan.- 13. ,Negotiations broie 'off,1aist-- week -and the neit meeting bot. ween the. two sides may not occur until next week. «We just. couldn't corne to a reso1ltin," B-aya WNMhbytrustee Tom Oldmzi, chair*person of the board. H. m aaya, discussions last week, wee1 - held ln a a-friendly and profess ional enviroament sud «I thought we'd corne close la an agreement." Union leader Blair Morris saya they wnt into the meeting "with optiniism" but were disappointed no agreement was reachod., Ho maya the. teachers are con- tinuing thefir job "as required by law," which meas that teachers must- be presentý on a chool grounds 15 minutes. before -the lirat cdosa and. 15 minutes. àfter the bost one. But smre. after-hourse, extra- curricular activities -such' as sports, clubs, bsude asud'drama, have been, canoelled. duo la the work.-to-rule, hemaya3. uAllsports aresauspendeduntilý- the workF-t-rufle ends,"conlirme Brian McTgrt teacher at Father Loo J us tin The head of boys' physical edu- cation says algmesechedulod in any, a w 'Lbefofited. «Wépre not allowed to p*ractice ac gat s rsonie sports teamnsmay beMe to makethe playoffa i tho ,Work-to-rule ends so 1on, sud'depeftding --pn -ho manyk gams thie teama3 have won thus far. Qîdmnan a ays iti fortunate the î -students ,are -missing- the, «one-oni-ono with their toacherî especiolly . concerning tests M:s exams. «We hope -to ,get -bock- la the table 'with -the mediator and 'get su agreement as soon as posibe because the kids are really losng, out la sports sud othor activi- ties,» ho says.1 .Morris maya the -union is also «proparod la meet and nego-, tiate." 'But ho doubts negotiations Wl be any eosior at the-next meeting due la the boards decision to- advertise in local nowspapors,' including The Free Press, on the day of the. first meeting, with the mediator. uTho teachers were outr aged that -their, employerýs woul4 d o this kind of tactic » 'ho maya. The .advortisemelnt, called* 'Fairness.and Economic Roality,' SU PAGE5