PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980, WFITBY LýFREE PRESS Should dayecare be tied into educatlin? Is daycare a right? Should t be located within our àducational system? Is it a viable employment strategy ,or women? These anîd other luestions will be addressed ~the public forumn "Our Children: Daycare Folicies" sponsored by the îocial Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby (SPCO- w). Ross McClellan, M.P.P. for Bellwoods and NDP Social Services Critic; and, Paul Blundy, M.P.P. for Sarnia and Liberal Party Social Services Critie will be guests at this forum and wil! be presenting and defending their policies for day care. Marjorie McColm, a memn- ber of the Social Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby Board and a fomrer daycare worker in Oshawa, will also be discussing daycare needs in Oshawa and Whitby. "The purpose of this forum," says Andrea Breaugh, chairperson of the SPCO-W committee organizaing tis forum, lis it prioride concerned paren- ts with the opportunity to cirtically examine political solutions to local daycare problems. Daycare is a very important issue amongst many parents in Oshawa and Witby, today. it is trulY unfortunate that the goverrnment, namely Keith Norton or a representative was not able to attend. The public should have the op- portunlty to hear the defence of its policies." Ail interested persons are invited to attend this forum at the Whitby Public Uibrary, 405 Dundas St. W. Wbitby at 7:30 p.m., Wed- nesday November 26, 1980. For more information cal -the Social Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby Che que presentation Chairman of the United Way program for the Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped Ken Thibeau and centre administrator William Fraser presented a cheque for $977.50 te, Armen Arkellian, chairman of the United Way campaign for Ontario Government employees. The money was raised at the centre through donations and the current staff of 128 managed to raise almost triple the total donations for last year. -Free Press.Staff Photo Cenotaph The flag a the cenotaph was stolen from its pole last Wednesday. According to, a spokesman for the Durham Regional Police, someone climbed up the pole located at the Dun- das Street East memorial and cut down the Canadian flag. A mb ulance During the week that en- ded at rnidnight last Thur- sday, the Whitby Ambulance Service responded to 91 calîs for service. According to service co- owner Bull Cocker, they responded to 30 caîls of a routine nature and to 35 standby caîls for other am- bulance services in Oshawa and Ajax. The service aIse respon- ded to 21 urgent catis and to five emergencies, including five motor vehicle acciden- ts. Cocker also said that 20 people 'erployed at Lasco Steel have sucessfuily comn- pleted the serviee's CPR Course. For more infor- mation on the course cal 668-3146. The telephone number for emergency ambulance ser- vice is 723-5232. Meet Mary Liako at Reaider's Cholce, 131, Brook St. S., Whltby Frlday, Novembor 2Sth Bstween 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Have Marys books autographed p ersonal Iy