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rer pme 4 Nursing 'adjustment' 'Gag orde r' pact reached approved page 0 page UUTYfl sav1el- for now 9 page 15 iospitl' new PR director is fired fure Thomson.. "I don't . think there is' much behind it, other than he was in hie probationary period,» said Morton. «Elizabeth feit it was flot a marriage made in heaven and rather than have hlm move hie family to Witby, it was best to do it soonelr than later.» Morton said Emm is free to raise the matter at this evning'à meeting, "«but I thînk there are more in- portant issues to deal with.» Tonight' es sion is the tiret since last June's annual meeting of the hos- SER PAGE 16 Classified alliance formed Tue Whitby rèe Press has jomùed with two other independent newsppersto offerê ýincreased circulation in classified advertising. The NewS (Oehawa, Courtice and B>wmanville), Port Peérry Star and The Free Press will reach a combined 80,000 homes in Durham Region. Cost ofa 20-word classifie& in the total distribution area is $36. Additional words are 50 cents each (ads prepaid). BT Mike Kowadld Whitby General Hospit is- looking for a new fur. draiser and public relation offilcer. After slightly more» tha one montf on the job Patrick Thomeon haz beei relieved of his duties a director of community rela tions and development. The Hamilton-area resi dent was fired last Tues day,- only 36 days aftei repamg Marc Kealey whc lef the hospital in JuIy t< pursue private businesE mterests. "'Itfs a regretabl e situa- tion, he didn't meet oui epectations," said Whitb3 *General chief executive offi cer Elizabeth Woodbury. "We will take the matter back to the selection com- mittee and re-open. the *recruitment procees in the coming weeksi," she said. Although Woodbury would not comment beyond * tating that Thomson's dis- missal was based on his job performance, at least one member of the hospital board of directors intende to press for more details at toghVisboardm'ieetn Emm is angry that the board members did not learn of Thomeon's hiring or firing until they read about both matters in the local newspapers. «The bodard has rapped councillor (Shirley), Scott and myself on the knucklee several times for not going through- the board when we have concerns," said Emm. «And here we read about it in the paper,» he said ini dieguet. "There ha.s to be major, major changes in the way things are run (ttehê pita wo a hehs Emm, whorepresents Durham* Region on the & W-k yAUi4J3 I5y Uike KowaJsId Regional Police report no. "I think the lice should door three times and the' representative, both men- A recent spate -of vandal- marked increase in_ the patrol -the pazas more front door once. tioned Thomson's firing at ism and other cruminal acti- downtown crime rate, some often,» said Ran McNutt, In addition te the des- Monday's Town council vthas some downtown merchants are *bcmn manager of 'the Square Boý yey property, a $1,500 meeting. WhtI>y merchants taking more and more -ttae g z ote nAhlcsh -t" ubl Scott even apol * e extra measures t& protect about having te contend- Street. mcie ad money were her colleagues rr not their livelihooùe. with not only damaged pro- "If sorneone sees the stolen. knowing more about the Over the past few perty and1 theft of mer- police go inÎto a plaza more "We put in an alarmn sys- situation. months,. a number of- store chandise, but rising In- than once a night, they ni, a new garage door at « We read it in the news- owners in. the area of Dun- surance rates as well might think twice,» he saîd. the, back and dead-bolt paper, we didn t know it- dao and Athol streets have. Yet, other than postîng a During the past six 'locks,» said McNutt. ourselves,»ý she said. been foroed te beef up their 24-hour guard outside their months, thieves and/or van- «ýWe only went through Newly-elected. hospîtal securxty s"stems in order te. premises, Most are stymîed dals have twice broken the the insurance company board- chair Rob Morton thwart vandale and thieves. as te how they can prevent' front window of McNutts once becauseit's-too costly.- deenedth ecsin e Although Durham ioee. tr,-deémoliihed thi. back i' cepr te elc to It'a cher it o C i~I 5f fce Four WVhitby youths and an Oshawa- teen have been arrested and charged in connection with 53 vehicle brealc-ins and robberies. Whitby was "plagued" b numerous thefts froèm vehi- dles.in the early part of the spring, says Durham Regional Police Whitby division Inspector Greg Reid. Then on June 2a, a Young offender tried to use a stolen credit card taken from a vehicle at the Pick- erin FIea Market, says Rei lving investigators somethîngto n. «It was knd of like a ring," says Reid. "One tried to use the card and the investigation revealed that Downtown hit. by Minorcrime wav Charg es involved... "&It took a while but we The Whitby suspects -- one 15-year-old and three l7-year-olds who can't be identified under the Young Offenders Act, and an 18- year-old Oshawa boy face and possession" of stolen property.under and over ~S 0,mischief, sn stolen' credit c'ard and fraud. A «considerable amnount" f stolen. property includ- îng car stereos, waflets., cre- dit cards and identification was Irecovered and returned Our own.", Gene Peacock; owner of nearby Peacock Sports & Trophiies, echoed McUttes remarks about inaurance rates. Earlier tuis month, Pea- cock and other store owners along the satreet- had te replace some of their win- dows after s tones or mar- bles were apparently shot through the glass by a SEEJA GE 16 105 Skateboard ramps 1 m ý