Lofthouse workers, Have a safe- and happ ~'!It.i Durham doctors expected to reject proposed agreement By Mike Kowalski Durham Region doctors are expected to turn a mas- sive thmb down to an a~e ent reached between tTe Onýtario Medical Asso- ciation and provincial gernent. Leas than two weekîs after "the proposed settie- ment was struýck,.areapy sicians are jomng teir counterparta across Ontario in rejecting the deal. Althoug votmng was not schedule obe completed until late last night,, the vice-president of t he Dur- hamn Medical Society was afready forecasting the out- corne. in terms of prdcig the vote, it will be no,» J>,D.* Frank Bravo, an Oshawa ear, nose and throat spe- cialist. "The overwhelming majority of doctors dont like it,N said Bravo. «Wde'eprepared te con- tiuentia e but we As is the case with mostý Ontario doctors, Durham's roughly 500 physicians are adamazit that a proposai te ban new docters from set- ting up practice ini over- serviced areas such as Toronto will not be tolera- ted, Bravo said. While a reduction in-the on~ai 10 per oent <'law- back on doctors' earnings te 2.9 per cent has aiso met with widespread disappro- val. "A lot of people in Bow- manville an d Whitb already can't find a family docter, this will only make it worse,» saîd Bravo. «Famîil doctors are pro- viding good care but thee being stretclied te the liit,» he saîd. "The only thing they're (government) offering 19 that instead of taking 10 per cent from our pockets, ît's three per cent. Mre.e itairned nothing. Mr.(HélthMimaster Jim) Wilson is acting like a bully, not a negtiater.» Bravo said coalitions representing- both special- ists and farnil y physicians agree that, progreas has akce that Another ice pad at Iroquois Park Spooked THERE'S a few surprises along the last chance to visit the haunted Spooky Haunted Trail at Cullen Gar- village, which has already attracted dens,. and tonight (Wednesday) is the thousands of visitors. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press By Mike Kowalski An unoeasing demand for ice time has prom]p ted the addition of a fourth arena ttlhë -U0-Jq5 -iParkrecrea- tion complex expansion -- for a total of six ice patds. Town council Monday unanimously approved spending $2.5 miillon te build yet another ice rink at the south Whitby sports complex. When completed next faîl, the now $10.1-million project will not only make Whitby the «mecca for hockey" in Durham Region and beyond council heard, but shoulâ satisfy the Town's needs for ice facili- ties well into the future. And like the original three-pad expansion appro- ved last May, user groups, not taxpayers, will lie foot- ing the entire bill, more th an one councillor 8E~P4O~a stressed. In Urging support for a fourth arena, councillor Judi Longfield said council risked- running inte the saine problem' it has long grappled with if *another ile surf'ace was not added te ,Mer recently compiling the needs of hitby's main ice use rua for the faîl Of 199,pas and recrea- tion departent staff deter- mined that five arenas would still flot be sufficient te meet the demand, Long- field said. "It became apparent that if we continue t he way we are, we will be short of faiities when we open,» she said. .Faced with this potential problem. staff requested project contracter BaIl B3rothers Ltd. of Kitchener- and architecte PBK Group of Burlington td prepare a design outline and costs in- volved with adding another arena. «rm pleased to report that if we proceed at this time, a sixth facility can be added at the saie cost and it will increase our -operat- inesurplus,"said Lng- "This is a win-win situa- tion for everyone.» As was the case with the. project's initial $7.6-million cost, the $2.5-millhon addi- tion will be financed through a combination of developmnent charges, a $6. 1-million debenture, and- money collected through rundraising, sponsorships, program profite and leases. (A'banquet hall and res- tauranit are also included, in the expansion.) The cost of the debenture wIll be covered by a $25- >e-Our increase ini rentaI eafor the two existig >ads at Iroquols Park and the single-pad Luther VflpondMemorial Arena in Biooklin. The fee hike, broken Lown 'inte increments *of 1l2.50 on Se pt. 1 [nd April 19~7, will be in addition 't t ~ ~ I - i ? . : : 1,