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Sludge study Gardens to help bid rejecte d make wishes pae 3. corne truc ae13 Brooklîn Legion birthday page 20 Skaters roil on to Argenina pae22 prompt police After nearly four yej oMeration t h e Innu Uliartable Trust that Cported rsidents of1 iet, Labrador.has eclosed down. Innushare directors members voted at a r ing last week to dis o9erations ,that ie the establishmentc wo mens centre and p' chool'at the communIt6 year. The decision was ng nappy ne for founder A Wood, 'the ffrst fruste the groujp who had wo *almost fuil-time as vo teer executive- director chair for most of the years. Wood stepped down chair last May lier ps taken over bY 1Linda Br of Courtice. Committee membersa ported Brown's move close down Innush because of the rec announcement by1 federal government to fi the relocation of the Ir from Davis Inlet to Sau m iin operations also taking place at Vois4 Bay north of Davis hI ada press release, sent Brown states that ' creaemployment a education upgrading i encouraginq steps towe self-deter-mmation.» Wood s ays she attempt to read le I rging t continuation oJ Innusha at last week's meeting, b~ Brown refused. "It takes 50 much ha work to build somethi: like this up,» says Woc "yet itseem to eso ea téotear it down. «Nobody at that meetir wanted to listen to the sul &«tion that the boardq curectors could resign e masse. Instead they vote to throw the baby out wit the bathtub water.» Wood and her husbanc Ted, a mystery writer, pla to continue, as individuah to help Innu families a long as public support con tiues. Innushare was create( after an attempted masi suicide at Davis Inlet ir 1993, and an Innu natior community health repre- sentative said there was a need for a playschool ai >SERPAGE 19 :- A1-Fàinr-&jtm o dDurla s losing its two topecops next year. sin a surprise announce- ri ment t6 the police services ri board late FridaX after- -noon, Durham Regional à Polc Chief Trevor McCag- h erty and- Deputy Chief Bob Jarvest boeth e news -that they'll both ,be'retiring workf,are plan B Mie Kowalsi pation in 1 oe3Jntario governument's controversial workfare programn has been delgyed. Despite the government's masistence that nothing has changed in the work-for- welfarie initiative, regional council asat week postponed approving its plan for im- plementîng workfare in D urham for at leait another month. Council instead referred the matter back te its health and social services committee in order to seek clarification of recent remarks b y Community and Social Services Minis- ter Janet Ecker, the minis- ter responsible for the Ontario Works prorazn. Ini a speech delivered te, the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association, Ecker, MPP for Durham West riding, said welfare rocipients wiIl not be forced te participate in every aspect of Ontario Works and that additional money wiIl be available to munici- palities te cover implemen- tation costs. Ecker's ,remarks p rom pted Whitby Mayor Tom Edwards to, move thnat the matter be sent back te committee for further study since it seemed that the oerment was changing tsposition on the manda- tor'y component of the pro- grami. The committee willl deal with the issue at its Dec. 3 SER PAGE 30 There have been 31 bank robberies in Durham Region, twice as many asi ail of Iast year. Police are asking for business and community help in reporting anything suspicious in the area of any convenjence store, gas station or any retail establishment. The Durham Regional Police robbery unit can be reached at 579-1520, ext. 5355, or Crime Stoppers can be reached at 436-8477. Staff Sergeant Sandy RYrie says members of the unit comne fromn the street crime unit, robbery squad plainclothes and beat patrol -Durham police Chiefs announce retirement' plans Twvo bidits escaped with a lIarge» amount of cash and jewellery after holding up a lone maie clerk'at a downtown Whitby second- hand tor Friday morming. Police say the two entered Parky'store , 113 Dundas St. W., about five minutes after it opened-at 10 a.m. an d one appeared to look around the store while the other stayed at the front door, securing it with a chain and lock. .They told the clerk they .were armed, although no weapon was seen, grabbed hini and after a strugge, tied him up and left himi on the floor, say police. They then helped them- Selves te the contents of the cash. register and filled a duffel bag with jewellery before escaping 'out the bak dor. Ie clerk. was soon able te free himself and caîl police. Police are looking for two white men descn»das having scruffy goateuone ;ged rsao~ six ft tail, with a- medium build. .Both suspects were wear- ini '.ctoDer. The news was "a bit of a surprise (though) flot a shock Py any means»" says Jim Witty, Region and police services board chair. 'Tm pleased that they have come ite us at the sanie time (and) given us lot. of advance notice,» he fsayuadding "we'll certaiunly be sorry te see both of theme "The'vecontributed greatly te Durhamn Region policinig thrusts for many years... and they've both served very well under very different times and I guess it's turne for both of them te pursue other pursuits.* Witty says 'the, retire' nients have nothing te do with a Te ional council requlest te trun $4.2 million from the police services $52-million budget, which wôuld mean the loss of a miniumz of 80 te, in excess Of 100 police and civilian he' 97'b, budget lprooess -" he notes, adding 'anyone who sug- geste that really is looking 1-osomthng owrite.» Sneulthin to ,that effeci lasolt incor- rect,» agSs M * ghery, 52. «IF we 'had wanted te avoid the conflict 1 would *SEE PAGE 19 1-