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Wheels are missing, Opposition to auto truck driver recycling plant - charged Ec Page l Trus t ees critia Nicholson, jmedia ilOf Page9 Off and ýrunning in Durham East Page 2 5 Lui-fn 'Interesting Camp aign is undeirway BMike Kowaiski Ontario's .unofficial élection campaign is now...official. Putting an end te menthe of speculation and pre-election hype from ail three parties, Premier Bob Rae announced friday that Ontario voters will go te the polis on June 8. Voters will paso *udgmont on the province sfistever New Democratic Party government which was elécted nearly five yeas ao.with a healthy. and "rexpectedmajority. Locally, residents in Durham Centre and Durham East ridinga will determine whether incuin- bents Driimmond White and Gord Mille return te Queen's Park for a second term. I Durham Centre, the cam- paign will ho a replay of the 1990 content which saw New Demo- crat White defeat former Liberal MPP Allan Furlon. Furlong is back for rematch as is Progressive Conservative can- didate Jim Flaherty who finished third five years ago. I Durham East, Orono rosi- dent Mills faces challenges from two Clarington municipal coun- cillors. Progressive Conservative John O'Toole and Liberal Mary Novak are both running under a party banner for the first time (see separate story). -A social worker by profession, White defeated Furlong by roughly 2,500 votes and Flaherty 3,500 votes the firet time out. Dospite his party's dismal third place showmg in the public opino polIe, White is not con- He holievos all bots are off now that the election has finally been called. "I think it will ho an interest- ing ampagn, the 43-year-old Whnit7by resdet said. "I hope people look at the choices and candidates- care- fully." If they do, thon Durhamn Centre voter. will respond favourably te bis pywhite prodicts. «We have a government that has responded te a number of sigýnBumat issues in the area,' hoe said. As examples, White lieted extension of GO train service te Oshawa; a prood cancer treat- - ment at Os%awa Gneral Hospi- tai; the $330-million redevelop- ment of the Wbitby Mental Health Centre; the Durham Col- loge ekills training centre and accleration of the futu;re High- way 407. "I difficuit fiscal times wéeAe been able te get our fair ehare of poncal resources,» ho said, Rwhile getting our operating eenses pnder control.0 W~hite' wholeheartedly endorsed Raeds attack on the fedralgovrnmntand rejected ONTARIO TORY, leader Milk opposition charges that the NDP Monday and, sald.a Conseny i. blaming Ottawa for its own review the plan to convert1 rehabilitative treatment oent' SEE PAGE 25 MacKay is 110W AAHA .president Whitby veterinarian Clayton A. AAHIA vice-president. In 1994, MacKay was recenly elected MacKay was electei American Animal Hospital prsdent-elect cf AAHA. Association president at the Ine addition te bis involvemeni AAHA annual meeting i Denver. with AAHLA, MacKay served as E MacKýaY, directqr of the president of the Ontari( veteriar teaching hospital at Ontario Veterinaiy College at the SMR PAGE 8 University cof Guelph, is AAHAWe first president from Canada. MacKÇay began practising with bis father at the MacKay Animal Clinic in Wbitby in 1970 after igraduating from Guelph. Ho is now co-directer of the clinic. His involvement with AAHA began in 1972 when the dlinic was accredited by AAHA. Hie joined ýAAHAWs nidwest region team in 1981 as region director, and has chaired numerous AAHA committees including public relations, huma/anmalbond and audit and control. I 1989, ho was elected secretary of AAHA and served until 1993 when ho became CLAYTON MACKAY :e Harris, was back in Whltby on vative govemment would further Whitby General Hospital -into a re. See story on page 4. 1Photo by Peter Nilas, Whltby F». Pru alter. hit &and rmn eArlyear-old Whitby man died earl y Modymorninx rom i- jure e ev d i a ht-and-run accidentonDudas Streetjust west of -Brock Sre, rdy evene. Polce say George Goodman, who resided in the Royal Hotol hduthteppedout of a tai on the suhsd of Dundas and was rossingnorth around 8:50 iwhenh was struck and ot the pavement by an eastoun pikuptruck The. driver'of the -vehicle con- tlnued eastbound on Dundas without steppig. Goodman was 'ruehed te, Whitby 'General. Hospital with severehead iuiuries -and. trans- ferred te Sunnybrook, Health Sciences Contre in Toronte SUE PAGE 10 DURHAM* CENirmi Page2j