WUesTBY MORE THAN 50 different species of North American animais were at Whitby Mali last week as part of a wildlife exhibit, including this moose, a polar bear, grizzly, wolverine If you are planning a Sunday drive down the old farm road (Gordon Street) south of Victoria Street leadin to the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital,don't be surprised when you pull up short at the entrance te the Taycheeda Correctional Institute. Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, well noted for its spaciecusgrounds and re-World War I ambience, has been c hosen for location filming of 'Woman On Trial,' the true-life story of Bambi Bambenek. More specifically, Alliance National Productions mc. of Toronto have chosen the recently vacated building No. 25 to depict the Wisconsin Women's Prison where Bambi was incarcerated during her ordeal. and musk ox. Educational tours were held each day, attracting many children off school for March Break. Photo by Mark ReeFrr, Whitby Free Press The interior of the building with its austere hallways, high ceilings and institutional architecture, provides the perfect ambience for the required jail setting. Casnenters and electricians employed by Alliance National hd been working night and day to convert the recently vacated interior te prepare for the many sets required during the filming. A stroll through the building now, with its new guard station, holding cells and Wisconsin souvenirs, is a long way from the once noisy hospital ward. Of course, you don't really feel as if you are in prison, with miles of electrical cable, tripods, camera equipment and paraphernalia strewn about. Stores asked to 'cover up' By Mike Kowalski A coalition of community grups want to 'cover up' adult- only videos and magazines sold in local stores. Offlicials of 10 different organi- zations met with Mayor Tom Edwards last week to press their case for a bylaw regulating the sale of adult movie videotapes and magazines in Whitby. The groups want controls on the way the material is sold[ making it less accessible to chil- dren They want Whitby to follow the lead of other Ontario munici- palities that have taken steps to regulate the industry in their communities. "We want some type of restric- tions on the way this material is displayed," sai dSusan Shetler, co- ounder of People Against Por- nography. "It'sproliferated to every cor- ner store, it's well within the reach of children," she said. Among the organizations represented at the meeting were the Family Action Council, Cana- dians for Decency, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Women's League, Whitby Free Methodist Church and Real Women of Canada, said Shetler. While they are not calling for an outright ban on the sale of adult-only material, the coalition does want it taken out of the hands of children, Shetler said. She said books, magazines and videos should either be covered up or kept in an area of the store which is off limits to children. "It's the store owner's decision (how material is displayed)" said Shetler. "This (bylaw) has given us The star of the film is Tatum O'Neal, who has been on location since early March, sometimes working up to 14 hours daily with the rest of the cast in a gruelling schedule designed to meet a target date of March 29 for completion. If bricks and mortar had feelings, then building No. 25, no more than an abandoned shell two months ago, must be feeling needed again as hundreds of frantic actors, extras, location crew and technicians hover in and out of its grand entrance doors. This may be the old buildings final swan song before its scheduled appointment with the wrecking ball to make way for the proposed new hospital under the redevelopment plan. some recourse," Shetler said Brantford, Missis- sauga and Peel Region have SEE PAGE 10 In the wilds... of the mail Bambi Bamenekstor fflmed: at pyh hospita 1