Vole 8, 'No. 37 Wednesday, September 13, 1978 24A Pages Joy Made decision a mont a Thompson wil not seek re-eecio Ontario Minister of Corr ectional Services Frank Drea (left) benetits of his ministry's community work program, which he addresses a meeting of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce says is 99 pe r cent successful, and urged community support Monday as Chamber President Gord Hanna and Whitby Jail for the province'sa new corrections programs. Superintendent Frank Gi look on. Mr. Drea spoke of the Free Press -Photo by Brian Winter. Jail program 99%, success says .Dre*à c»a The province of Ontario is planning expansion of its community work programis for criminal offenders, Frank Drea,- Minister of Correctional Services, told the Whitby Chamber of Commerce Monday. Speaking at a luncheon meeting, Mr. Drea said there are presently 500 minor offenders per day in the province working under comrtunity work orders. This number should increase to 1,500 a day be'next year, he said. Mr. Drea said the com- munity work program' is doing well, and this year will provide $10 million worth of free labor measured by the minimum wage. The temporary absence program has beeni 99.25 per cent successful, Whicb is an "excellent average," said Mr. Drea. Commenting on the recent incident when twQ prisoners from the Whitby jail 'were charge with escaping from a work detail and break enter and theft, Mr. Drea said the ratio'of escapes is basically the same as it was a number of y ears ago, and although inmates are, very carefully screened before they are let out, "they are human and no person is the same."' Mr. Drea noted -that the biggest temptation for prisoners to escape is not money, but alcohol' and sometimes family problems. He assured the Chamber members that thé province bas every intention of expanding its community work programs, and the opposition parties even have urged the government not to abandon the m if there are problems. Cont'd on P. 2 Vetsopposi*ng clinic sayS Ihughes SLocal veterinarians may be applying pressure to prevent the opening 0f a limited veterinary clinic and animal bospital at the Ontario Humane Society qhelter on Tbickson I8oad, Regional Council gave the green ight last week to a study of the financiai impact of Brooklin's growth, in a 23 to six vote. The study -iil be under- taken by. the region's planning, worlcs and finance departments. The decision to go ahead wlth the study, rever6ed a decision of council July 12 OHS Executive Vice-Presi- dent Tom Hughes said last week. At a two-hour meting of council's operations committee, Humane Society officiais asked for an agree- whih rejected Mayor Jim Gartshore's- motion to proceed with a study of the cost of extending water mains and sewcrs to Brook lin. Whitby's tbwn council passed the Brooklin Secondary Plan by resolution on July 24, and requested that the town staff undertake the nec0ssarY ment with the town to use a building adjacent to the shelter for a clinic where a veterinarian would come to spay and neuter animais as required, a-nd upgrade the treatment and care given to work to complete the secondary plan of the preliminary study. However, the study staiLes that, ail growth in Brooklin is premature until ail financiai arrangements and "other matters" are completed with Durham Region. The study aiso points out Con'd on P. 18 animnals presently. The plan, sa id Mr. Hughes, is to provide particular treat- ment for those who cannot now afford sucb attention. The cost of renovating the building, which was brought to the site from Camp X eigbt years ago is estimated at $8,000 and about $1,000 worth, of interior work remains to be done. Mike Burgess, President of the Duriham Region Branch 0f the OHS, saidbe' felt il was only necessary to amend the existing agree- ment with the town to aliuw the facility to proceed. The committee, however, stated the buildin- insuector Cont'd on P. 18 Joy Thompson, a member ofthe Whitby Town Council since 1974 and the Durham Region Council since 1977, announced Monday, that she will not stand for re-election this fail. Councillor Thompson's announcement came some- what as a surprise, and in the wake of a controversy about statements attributed to ber whicb were printed in another newspaper. Councillor Thompson, revealed that she bad informed Mayor Jim Gart- shore over a month ago that she would flot be seeking re-election, and stated that what she considered "an irresponsible piece" about herseif in the other news- paper had nothing to do with her decision. Councillor Thompson ýwas quoted as stating that trade unions should be abolished, in the other newspaper, following a discussion on the Canadian Furniture industry at an operations committee meeting Sept. 5. Following the publication of the story, Councillor Thompson said, the remark was "facetious" and was overstated in print. *In a statement she read at Monday's. regular council meeting, Councillor Thomp- son said: "One of the things 1 have learned is to take any political reporting with a grain of sait. There often is one word or one' sentence taken from a staternent and, made the main story of a newspaper witbout consider-< ation of what was said before or after. In ot her words, out of context., "Too of ten are things sa id, especially in a committee meeting, totally facetiously and made into a story wbich makes a person look foolish" she said. "Too often are the unimportant things brought to the forefront when 'a major issue is missed completely. It would*appear the only things to get written by some newspapers are those things .wbich might grab attention within the statement." Councillor'Thompson said the media bas a responsibil- ity to council and the public "by not misrepresenting statements, especially when they know the manner in which they are spoken, and the context in which thcy are said." "I have enjoyed my years on council," said Councillor Thompson. "I admit 1Iam not a naive as I was when 1 first joined, and' took it for granted ail the thîngs I wanted done would get done automatically, for surely everybody would see the justifi cation of my requests. As I qui ckly found out other .people' had .their priorities as well as me, budgets were' the main contrôl of programs and in a lot of cases we did not -hve the jurîsdiction to do what I feit should be done. Neyer- tbeless, 1 have enjoyed my years, with the other members of this council and even on Region. I hope and believe I have left my implant on my town and have done some good." Councillor Thompson thanked Mayor Gartshore for his supportand said she has an opportunity for another job. Councillor Tom Edwards moved that an appology be made to the trade, unions, and this was carried unanimously by council. Builders lose .2nd bid for Mm to Cup For tbe second year in succession, the Whitby CBC Builders 'Junior lacrosse team bas failed to capture the Minto Cup fromn Burnaby Cablevision. Burnaby defeated Whitby 18-10 Sunday at New Westminster B.C., taking the best-of-seven series four games to one. In the third period Burnaby outscored the Builders 9 to 1. Altbougb Western observers said the Whitby team iost out because of lack of conditioning, Coach Jim Hinkson blamed the outeome on bad calis against Whitby býy the referees. In the first game of the series. Sept. 4, the Builders defeated. Burnaby 13-il, extending their winnîng streak to 22 consecutive games. But there the winning streak stopped. In the second game Sept. 6, Burnaby took over, defeating the builders 19-il before a crowd of 1,200. AS in the following games,' the Builders started off well, building up a good lead, but felI apart in the thîrd peri-Od. In the third garne, Setp. 7, Whitby lost 18-14, witb the Burnaby team outscoring the Builders 9-2 in the final period. The fourth game, played Saturday, saw the Builders defeated 17-15, and Burnaby took the series Sunday, four games straight. Botti players and coach considered the series a frustratlng experlence fo the guilders. Rego to do Brooklinx. study FR E P R S. Ài