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Sub'shops'] !Up suspect arrested Liold- page 3, rurm Neighbour may have been lie-saver page3 YWCA 'needs every nickel' pael 3 Belwoo " Kds nomiinated pagel8 Foe Poess suispend[s Tie Free Pres is sus- pending publication after Christmnas to facilitate a, reoranization. Regular operations should resume in the spring atog there may be sorne special isisues in February and Mlardi. Next weeïsf issue wiil Le the sat regular issue for the tirne being Ruours which have been circulated by cornpetig media have distorted the true situation. The action has been made necessary by the death ini id-Novernber of owner- publisher Doug Andersons mother who was a major rnvestor. 'Mie estate wiil take a while to settie and in the meantime, working capital was going to be toc> tiglit to operate during the tradi- tionally slow rnonths at the .einin of the year,' said Anderonwho also indicated that lie expects ail bila wil Le paid and that any pre- payments which have been made by advertisers wilil e refunded. 1 The reIstructurig wili involve a new cornpany, new technology and to Borne ex- tent- a new image, whule preserving the elernents that the people of Whitby have' corne to rely on in their cornmuity newspaper. Anderson isaid that lie would Le interested in talk- ing. ta any cornmuity- rninded individuals who miglit Le interested in pick- ing up all or part of bis mother's share of the busi- ness. SM PAGE 3 hospital By Mike Kowalskl Whitby GenrlHsia wiiI l' ot be abandoned b tetown's family doctors.Y Hospital medàical staff last week unanimousîy approved a plan that will ensure that patients admit- ted- to Whitby General wili .not be left without a physi- cian. A group of local general practitioners have agreed tocontinue providing on- caîl service te patients without a family doctor or whose phys*cansdo flot have privileges at the hos- pital. In return, hospital offi- ciaIs will psay the on-cal doctors a fee for ths service and change the ruies goverin oeurtesy. privi- 'T'hieswill allow other fam- iiy physicians to continue caring for their own gatients while no longer avn obe on cail. By endorsing theagree- ment at their annuai meet- ing iast Tuesday, Whitby General medical staff have guaranteed that the hospi- tai will flot be'left without any family physicians on its roster of docto)rs. Only last week it appeared as if the 28 remaining general practi- tioners afriliated with Whitby General would fol- low the lead of eight Whitby Clinic doctors anid withdraw their services. Whitby General chief of staff Dr. Mark Mason corn- mended hospital officiaIs and doctors for reachig agreement in a "timely and effective" fashion. "This wiil ensure that people who are admitted ini emergency wi1l et a phyi cian to ook~~rnm said Masonof the undeter- mined "core group» of doc- tors who wili b on-cail. By providing this service SERPAoE5 By Mike Kowalski It wiii be at least a month before Town counicil gives its blessing to a pro- edcharity casino in '%ornil Monday opted to seek further input frorn both supporters and opponents of plans by Hideaway Bingo owners David and Catherine Wood for a casino featuring video lottery terminais. Council endorsed a recommendation from its operations committee that directe Town staff te con- tact local churches, chari- ties and -non-profit cern- munity groups that have yetto take a position on the Woods'proposai. Aithougli staff hope to reaport on their findinigs by the end of January, it maLy weli Prove to be, a futile exercise. While, they would prefer, council's backing, the Woods reiterated their posi- tion that te will bypass the Town and eal directly wxth the provincial govern- ment in order for their bingo hall te become one Of 50 permanent charity casinos in Ontario. Even thougli neither the Woods, nor Rev. ichard Hamilton, chair of the Whitby Ministerial Associa- tion, objected te obtaining additional input it was rea- dily apparent iiat a comn- promise will not be possile when the matter cornes before council again. Describing video lotte terminais as the Mcrac cocaine of &rambling,"P Hamilton relected tîe Woods' argument that local charities will suifer if Whitby loses out on a per- manent casino. Accordin to a staff report, Witby. charities rised $2.3 million last year but this could be jeo- pardIzed based on the experiences of oth ir pro- vinoes. Charities in Al.erta Manitoba and Sa: kat- chewan reported bingt and break open ticket losse.i of up te 80 per cent follow.Qg the introduction of vido lottery terminals, th% "Th pepleof Whitby have« proven that they wi2 support charities in this area,» said Hamîilton.. «But who wiil benefit from permanent casinos? Not the the Tqwn, not the, charities, not the people who waste thoir money, but the provincial governxnent,»1 he said. The province ex ects to generate about $4wO mil- lion in revenue from vidéo_ Iottery terminais, with 10 per cent set aside for chari- table organizations, the staff report states. Citing statistics which in- dicate that crime ha., jum- Ped substantialiy in juris- dictions which have permit- ted gambîing casinos Hamilton sad the- social poste. far outweigh the benefits te charity. When councillor Marcel Brunelle asked for an explanation of the churches' opposition to casinos but its traditional SUR PAGE 14 Bellwood5s 'Kidsl