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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,1987, PAGE il Psychiatrie hospi"tal plans downtown clubhouse Wlutby Psychiatrie Hospital is looking for Iow cost accom- modation from the Town of Whitby to build a lubhouse downtown for patients. Dianne MacFarlane, hospital administrator, made the plans public at a meeting of Whitby coun- cil April13. MacFarlane and Henry Polak, chairman of the community ad- visory board for the hospital, ap- peared at the meeting to explain the role of the board and the hospital. Complaints have. been made in the past by downtown merchants and~ shoppers about the number of patients fromf the hospital in the downtownarea. MacFarlane says any merchants who are having a problem should c ail the hospital. "'They (patients) are human beings and they are starting tro "'They (patients) are- human beings and they are starting to corne out of the closets," said Polak. He says patients that are at- tempting to re-enter society not only face their mental disabiity problem but also a poverty problem. "'You (Town of Whitby) get a lot of spilover of patients," he said, agreeing that coînmunity groups should work with the hospital to iron out any problems. Polak went on to explain that the advisory group does not run the hospital, but in effeet, is an ad- Changes wil rhelp hotel FROM PAGE 1 An announcement had been made in March 1986 that a $6- milion hotel will be built in the Mayor Býob Attersley says the j company proposing the hotel Wil now be able to map out the location. Without Town design plans, the company had been unable to prOPOSe location. Pann"ng epartment says the new design will assist traffic making its way to the GO station and alleviate traffic problems on Brock St. "lWithout such an improvement, Brock St. was projected to become capacity deficient in two years," states the report. The aepariment. also says thc. design will help ease traffic problems on Brock St. through the downtown core. Brock St. is already "capacity deficient," says the department. The extension of Consumer Rd. to Brock St., then Blair to Consumers, is expected to provide an alternate route for traffic heading towards the GO station. The extension of Consumers is also expected to remove industrial traffic off Burns St. which runs through a residential area and fron- ts apark. INNER$8.99 regular menu also available (Canadienl cuisine N a Bo-Bo piatstin> TAKEOUT DundSSti &DELIVERY visory. board to the Ministry of Health (MOH).- He said that while Whitby is the physical site of the hospital, it also serves the eastern portion of metro. The hospital also supports seven satellite clinies from Keswick to Bowmanville. "IWe are reaching out in a very meaningful way," said Mac- Farlane. She said hospital staff looks for- ward to the recently announced $81- million revamping of the hospital and to seeing commercial development in the area. Councillors asked if Mifalrlane was aware of any plans by the Province to create badly needed housing for the patients. She replied she knew of no im- mediate plans but she did say $7 million a year will be provided for community programs in the near future. "That will go a long way to help," she àaid. Dan McArthur Rita Piatkowski Port Elgin, Ont. Wallaceburg, Ont. Mrs. A. Vizza, Bowmanville Debra Ruth Boyd, Ottawa David J. Souder, Port Coîbourne Allen Rose, Pembroke Martin Sinclair, Kitchener Dorothy E. Matthews, Ingersol Robert R. Laskey, Gravenhurst Mayor Bob Attersley also remin- ded council^ that the Ail Sants Anglican Church recently recelved Thersa MritzLuke Colins Toronto, Ont. tafrO . Mark Hornburg, Waterloo Mike McEvoy, Brockville Scott Gurman, Hamilton Donna Palubiski, Kitchener Tanya Grigio, Weston Debbie White, Grimsby Marlene Wright, Newmnarket . W. X. 7UL.. r~r~ w Myvi aureCi, orillia AturM. Seymor, Toronto AralhrbSymhir, Tono Joah anR.Thre, aLe urn John J. Hsia, Scarborough Bruce Marshall, Rexdale ITr'S AGOOD TIME FOR THE GREAT TASTE, home and patients. drop-in center for the Police round u*p cattie It was a cattle round-up, Durham Regional Police style, after seven cattle escaped from a Thickson Rd. S. farm Saturday. The farm is owned by Phiip Lyon. The cattle headed east towards Oshawa after their escape and one made ics way into the GM plant on Sunday. As of Monday, police said ail but one of the cattle had been captured. One is also believed to have drowned after the seven cattle went for an arnazing two-hour swim in Lake Ontario Saturday. These Iud<y people pluyed McDconald's® MAcMfillions and dro ve, uwuy in a brund ne w CorskàMfrom Chevrole! Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Paquette Montreal, Que. These ltky people WON $500 Cash Prizes. a