Éà Vol. 14, No. 39 Wednesday, September 26, Free Press Staff Photo Man hurt in construction accident Crews from the Whitby Ambulance Service and the Whitby, Fire Department are seen here giving emergency aid to a man who suffered serious injuries as the result of a construc- tion accident Friday afternoon. According to a spokesman for the DurhanrRegional Police Force, the man was working on a ladder while working at the construction site of the new medical centre at the corner of Mary and Brock Sts. when he fell striking a second floor sup- port beam before plummetting to the ground. The ambulance attendants were aided in their efforts by Dr. Donald Shepley whose office was on the grounds. Laurier Cote, 53, of Watt Ave., Toronto, suffered a frac- tured skull, a shattered hip, a fractured femur and internal injuries. After receiving emergency care, he was transported to the Oshawa General Hospital. w Lakas also said that the town will be receiving another letter from the town in the near future outlining its official position. "The official thing will be coming out later," he said adding that the original letter should be ignored. "It's got nothing to do with anything. When you see the official let- ter it will be rectified." The president also admitted that he doesn't know who sent the letter to the town. "We don't know what happened or how it hap- pened. We had no con- trol over it," he said. "It was just one of those things but nobody is to blame." However, Lakas refused flatly to discuss the future of the museum maintaining that the society's position will be made known in the near future. Coun. Marcel Brunelle, the mayor's designate on the historical society executive, said tha. discussions between the town and the society are continuing. - He hopes that it will be possible for the town to find "common ground" on which to plan the museum's future. Brunelle said that the final plan "may include al, some or none of the recommendations of the historical society." Lawmen play their first game Attersley, Mayor Bob Attersley and Durham West MPP, George Ashe are seen dropping the ceremonial puck for the opening game of the Whitby Lawmen Sunday night. Free Press Staff Photo By MARK VINCENT Free Press Staff The Lawmen, a poten- tially hot addition to the Ontario Hockey League has been gladly welcomed into the Whitby sporting fold. Mayor Bob Attersley dropped the ceremonial puck in the Whitby Lawmen's opening game on Sunday night at Iroquois park. Also present for the opening ceremonies were Morley Bain, Sheriff of Durham Region and Reg Quinn, owner of the North Bay Centennials. Attersiey was deighted to receive the new team which is part of the tier two OHL. "I'm glad to have a Junior 'A' effort in Whitby," said Attersley, "it will really help out minor hockey and there will be a top team up there for the boys to play for." Shaune Lucas, the team's owner, pur- Ashe chased the Lawmen franchise with his par- tner, Steve Rex, to help promote minor 'A' hockey in the region. Lucas, who used to be a consultant with the OHL, also owns a hockey development group which aids and trains players and coaches in the province. "I don't expect to make money in the first year - I don't want to lose money either - but i bought the team as a vehicle to help promote other programs," said Lucas. .Tier Two, a growing expansion of the OHL, presently has eight teams but will increase to 12 teams next year with Hamilton and Kit- chener returning after a leave of absense. There will be two divisions of six teams. A lot of good players are going into Tier 2 OHL because it leaves open a number of oppor-. open a number 0f oppor- Irop firsi tunities that are not, available in the regular OHL. The OHL tier 1 does not allow hockey scholarships at univer- sities and colleges. Tier 2 permits U.S. college scholarships which gives the players an op- tion in case they don't get into the NHL or if they decide to continue their education. Tier 2 OHL also provides an equal opportunity to en- ter the NHL as tier 1; puck last year 17 players were drafted from tier 2 into NHL teams. Players fro tier 2 come from all over Canada and even Scan- dinavia. The Whitby Lawmen have 2 young hockey stars ' from Finland. The rest of the team is made up of players from all over Ontario, such as Haliburton, Niagara Falls and Oshawa. The team is coached by Rick Bince. n Bin The president of the Whitby . Historical Society said last Friday that its statement of goals and objectives for the Lynde House- Museum should never have been made publie. Philip Lakas also said that the document was only a draft and is not the official position of the historical society. In last week's edition of the Free Press it was reported that the society wants the town to pur- chase three acres of land around the museum to effect cer- tain improvements and expansions. They also wanted the museum left in its current Dundas and D'Hillier Sts. location. In that letter to Whit- by Town Council, the society also stated that it wanted to either par- ticipate in the negotiations with the owners of the property or have the right to reject or modify any agreement that might be made. Lakas said that the document was submit- ted for discussion pur- poses and shouldn't have been made public. "It was a draft," he said, "It wasn't to be released to the press." No where in the document or in. the covering letter from Doug Anderson, chair- man of the society's museum committee, did it ask for confiden- tiality. 1984 32 Pages Lakassays w Wan't to be public.... Lynde House report was only a draft, 1 - 1