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Budget flp-flop: School board restores program ~Pvvi r Over $382,OOO for Whitby hospital, from 'pool'ý Page 3 Catholic kindergarten noon busing dropped Page 4 Kealey to Iresigil hospita VPposito Pagel17 Councillor CIlii b be 'niuzze' yboard By 5<k. Kowalkid AWhitby councillor ha aceused fe1owdirectors of._ryfM to force her off the Whtb General Hospital board. Councillor Shirley Scott sai, sevoral directors tore a strip ci her back at iset weokes boar, meeting for her persistent opp< sition te the hospital's propose rehabilitationrole. Scott, Town council'; represor tative on the, board, charged pi lic relations coninitteo chi Mary ILofthouse and -others c trying te 'muzzle;» her outepokei ways.evr, Hoevr the freshman centrg ward councillor *vows folo tex «silenced7, and promises te con tinue expressing the, viows of ho constituents., I was berated for* talking tx th e prose,» said Scott of remarku directed'-at h1erfor isuig8 proe release that was crticalo'0 a recent report prepared for the Durham Retgion District Hea1th Council. The' report, endorseéd, *by' the health council the same mght aâs the hospital board meeting, spolie ont details for implement- ing a regional hospital system ini Durham (sms separatestery) "They said I had no right te make statements,» saîd Scott, who has consistently opposed the prpsdconversion of Whitby eneralHospital inte a rehabili- tation treatmnent-contre. serving alofDurham Reg*on. MI countered that r m an elec- ted representative and that Fmn representing thepeleo Whitby» she said. pepeo "It's my duty and they have no right to say 1 can't speak out. That's whatlIwas voted inon." While no one put forward a motion of censure or other mea- sure, Scott said she was told that if board members do not agree with the hospital's "future direc- tion,» they shiould resign. Scott said.this was an attempt «to muzzle me» and she refuses te back down. MI won't be that wNay,» se said. "People are constantly telling me they want te keep our com«- munity hospital and as a repre- sentative of the community, I can't sit there and not put t eir views forward...I'm not going te ho silenced.» Seott who along with regional councIillor GerryEmm are the only elected officiaIs on the 21- member board of directers, sin- gled out Lofthouse as on. of her most vociferous critics. Emm did not attend the. meet- ing, but 'Pearl 'Ault and Jack Hutchison «came te my defence,» Scott added. Neither Anit, -Hut- chison nor Tofthouse could b. reached for comment. Board chair Jim Souch declined te Comment specifically, but did. say that *are certain restrictions on any board. "You disagree at the board level 'and not in puicý, that'-s the fdrlbdet. te Souch agreed that Scotwas g9 being consistent i her stand )y agamet the réhabilitation centre pooai. id "u you have te realize that ff' some members on that board -d spent many, many hours ... un- O> paid hours ... on tis implemen- ,d ttion study,» oepand «They are littie annoyed and I believe they havesome cause te ~be a little annoyod.» Ir ouch said tte board'. 'policyn )fon hospital restructuri< is te n<alon iwith tho policy» of ,e We donyt av:e hesupport of th hainoe vo vemembor (Dur- hmCentreMPP Jim Flaherty) rand that makes it difficuit,» ho 'Tm not saing he's rigtor wrongbut the fac t tss IL a dae , a i ouh, who ref- r erred te remarks mmd. riday by the health minuter.* - «Jim Wilson- s aid todaythat' basically hospital b<iaMshaa choice - eith.r to. the lin. orthe- ( provinia ezd rturnç cm- mittéeeWinldo it for them. Las t September' Wilson' endorsed- recommencfations for resru turng Durham hositals w!hich were contained in a proe- vious study undortaken b~y tho district health council. Niew businelss group support By Mark Reesor Whitby business is alive and well, says the. resident of >a recently-formed ocal business association, but it needs support from residents te prosper., "We are here for you (and) we have'eer service you r .w say CaolONil of W Business in Action (WBiA>, which'-wasfounded set Novem- ber. "In - return for healpig us* we' will heljp ou,' a. eulges,ý. adding the làMmber, non-pro- fit* asociations first p-jec* helpin*g the Whitby Pulic Lbr- ary by prvding prizes and pro- motion for an essay contoot. Children 'are sked to write about 'what my tewn and lbrary mean te me.' Winners WMII b. announced monôthly and the assciton, with 0 members thus far, hoM. telish the winning entries Wha= hiéch