Whitby Free Press, 2 Oct 1985, p. 2

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

PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1985. WIITBY FREE PRESS FOR THE MONTH 0F OCT. ONLY AT CHIOKEN & SEAFOOI Juat ohioken, 9 delîclous pleces of golden fred chioken. Great for 3 or 4 people. Plus 1 F .'±Coke 750 Mg.piu-ao Or 1 Medium Salad.yourchoice TYOU CAN HAVE LUNCH FOR Ul One cholce plece of deliclous frled chioken wth trench tries. D lepoaIt INDER $2.00~ EACH STORE WILL GIVE AWAY 4~,A BIG, LOVABLE-HUGABLE BEAR. HURRY TO VOUR LOCAL DIXIE LEE A~hI CNT EST COSE OCTOBE 13198 ttieslde WindmIII Donuts and Dairy Oueen) MON.SAT. il a;m. -.11 p.M. SUN. 11 &.m. -*9 p.m. LIKE TO SAVE? AS O IEMAPRETTY PICTURE! The Framlng Centre 668-4521 The Framlng Centre 668-4521 Coroner says.... Inquest into centre resident's Whitby district court today to explore the cir- cumstances surroun- ding bis death. The inquest bas been called, said coroner Dr. Peter Noble, "to set the the institution had failed to conduct a proper search for the resident. An outspoken critic of the conservative gover- nment's plan to shut down Durham Centre, "IOPSEU asked for an inquest because of the imminent closure of Durham Centre," said local 332 president Ken Thibeau. He said the union bad reason to believe that the former resident lef t the facility because he feared he would be forced to live in a group home. Although today's inquest is the first that OPSEU has requested, Tbibeau said several deatbs at other centres are also suspected to have been linked to the closures. A lawyer for OPSEU is expected to be present at the inquest. Asked what OPSEU hoped to gain by im- plicating the provincial store break-in Thieves broke into a Whitby variety store, last weekend stealing, $4,00 worth of mer-, chandise. Durham Regional Police said the break-in at Silver Variety on Brock St. S. occurred sometime between 2 and 8 a.m. Sunday. The cuiprits gained entry by smashing the store's front door. Among the items taken were cigarettes, food, watches and pocket calculators. Al were insured for theft. Police estimate damage at $250. IALL OCCASION Party Supplies & Balloon Bouquets Ipaper napkins & tablecloths NOW! Hwy 12, BROOKLIN 655-88284 mi The Frarninq Centre 668-4521 1 death will set record straight By SUSAN LESJAK record straight." While Evans claimed the goverrnent ln the death Free Press Staff the coroner originally resident had lef t the of the former resident, Last March, Vern determined that an centre for fear of being Thibeau said the union Green, a 65-year-old- inquest was un- transferred out in con- sought publicity. resident of, the Durham necessary, media repor- junction with the facility "We want to cail the Centre for ' the ts alleging that Durham closure. public 's attention to the Developmentally Han- Centre mishandled the Local 332 of the On- problems Durham Cen- dicapped went missing. resident's disappearan- tario Public Service tre is facing as a resuit Seventeen days later, ce, have caused Noble to Employees Union (Op- of the closure. " his body was found in a reverse bis decîsion. SEU), which represents The Whitby facility is farmer's field in the Among those to the Durham Centre scheduled to shut its nort en ofOshwa. criticize the Durham workers, also opposes doornetachWie While the cause of Centre administration the closure. OPSEU says it is not death was established was Brian Evans, the Several of the local's opposed to "de- as exposure and Liberal Party candidate members hold the institutionalization" in pneunxonia, Durham in Durham West who government's five-year princîple it bas accused Regional Police neyer was defeated in the last plan (to shut down five the government of learned h6w the men- provincial election. provincial institutions mishandling thei tally retarded man got Evans called for a for the mentally han- closures. from Durham Centre to public inquiry into dicapped) responsible 7V ai the field where he died. Green's death last for the death of Vern r et

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy