The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, December 11, 1996, Page 3 ,~Charges laidjin connection with Whitby hold-ups An Ajax man is facing 65 charges for robbery-reated< pfece, cludngcharges in coflfOCj<n withrecent hold-ups at Mr. Sub and Subwýay ini Whitb. Police say Phillip George Morris, 20, and a 2O-year- old Scarbororugqi man, Junior FredyWallace, ResIdent charged with cruelty to animais OLCO gas bar at Simcoe and Bloor streets in Osh- awa. TIi. two were charqed in connection with a string of recent holdups ini Oshawa and Whitby, including the submarine sandwich sho0ps Morris was also facing 65 charges involving puirse- A FIRE at a Fallingbrook Street home last exlosion occurred. The Ontario Fire Marshai's Friday oaused about $1 20,000 damage. A offc is investlgating resident got out of the home just before an Pbb akRe« htyFe rs Neighbour may have saved life A Wallace ~Drive man was arrested and charged with cruelty to animais after a neighbour saw someone beating a dog. The neighb-our called police after hearing a dog screechin~ around 9 p.m., Tuesay, ec. 3. Police arrested a suspect, who went back inside his house, followed by an offi-. cer. The suspect turned on the officer, grabbing him by the neck. A struggle ensued ini which both the officer and the -suspect were slightly hurt. A 39-year-old Whitby man was charged with cruelty to animais and assault wfth itent te resist arrest. Damae is estimated at $120,00 ini a fire early Friday afternoon at the Gibson residence at 9 Pal- lingbrook St. A neighbouring house had about $5,000 damage in the blaze, which was re rted te, Whitby Ire- fi tors at 12:52 p.m. olice say' the fire was discovered Dy anine.year. oId hoe, who tried Unsuc- cessfu Yt rouge his sleep- ing father, who police say la on shift work. The boy then ran to, a neighbour's house, who returned with him and saw smoke coming out from under the eaves. She entered the house and aaked the boy te try again te wake up his father, says Durhamn Police Ins;pecter Greq Reid. After spotting the man on the landin ,e tokthe boy out of the'f houa. but went back in several minutes later te tell his November big month foir building starts Just after lie left the house, there was an explo- sion, says Reid, who adds the neigh bour will likely ho formally recognized for her actions. Some reports say a man driving by also entered the house to make sure everyone was out. Reid says police are trying teý confirmn that report. Ontario Fire-Marshai in- vestigators were at the scene Friday. Houaing projects and the threenew i ce pade at Iro- quois Park accounted for much of $20.8-million Worth of construction starts in November ini Whitby. Permits were issued for ahnost $12.9-million Worth of residential construction -57 single family homes, six semi-detached, ei.ht tewnhouse units and tour lnWethreé e epd will ho constructed at a cost of $7.3 million. Lasco Steel is building a new pumphouse at a cost of about $100,000, and a per- mit was issued for the new, *3-million retirement home at-Brock Street North and ManningRoad. Permits have been issued for *85.8-million worth of construction in Whitby s0 far this year, and a *15- million December will enable Whitby te reacli the *100-million mark for the 1lltli consecutive year. Publicadion suspended FRMPAGE 1 Anderson is bulligl about the future. "Just thà past fali *we formed the Inde» pendent Newspapers Group (ING) with the Osbawa/Courtioe News and the Port Perry Star and together we launched the successful Premier Homes product. We were begfinning to feel that we had finaily left the recession behind,' said Anderson. ING lias indicated that Premier Homes wil ho back ini JanuarY with the same three-market circulation including Whitby. Anderson said h. wiil not be idie for the. next few months. Durham Business News a monthly busineas-to-busi- nesa flewspaper wiil con- tinue te operate. It ia dis- tributed by mail te ail busi- ness addresses in Durham legion. He also intends te work on some new feature publica- tions. "Tii. hardeat part of this decision waa havuîg te tel my staff, some of whom have been with me for more than 10Oyears. I was grati- lied that moaet of them un- derstood and accepted the. situation and are looking ftrward te getting back at it ia couple of monthes* said Anderson. Make hobby shopping easier at our .~ T 666-8245(%I SFORTUNE[ F INA N CIA LA"JIj&I ' Fortune Financiai Group Imc. Lin our new, bigger store Extra special values... Model railroads, including starter sets *Siot car racing sets and accessories *O Plastic model kits of aIl kinds rRadio contrai cars, boats and planes *Doîl Houses - Rockets & Kites 181 'uda t.EWh e 404888 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT e RETIREMENT PLANNING TAX ESTATE STRATEGIES 3:1 EJS CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION m BOTH FREE IF YOU PICK UP ORDER 728 AMMON ST. 8il R +taxes Il' DEBBIE NfnRr-,& iv