Publishers to locate Whitby McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., the book publishing company, will relocate to the Whitbyh arbor area from its current location in ,Scarborough. "It was the lakefront that was the plus for us," said Mayor Bob Attersley about the company decision to move, the announce- ment officially made yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at the Whitby municipal building. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, which currently employs about 350 at its Progress Rd. location, will build an 80,000-sq. ft. office and 100,000-sq. ft. warehouse, just north of Water St., between Mac- Millan Bathurst Inc. and the old Dunlop Tire factory property. McGraw-Hill Ryerson has pur- chased 18 acres, with an option on another sevep, of property from Galaxo Canada Inc. (for- merly British Drug Co. which had a location in downtown Osh- awa). Galaxo has owned the pro- perty since the 1950s. "They really want to build a fancy office," said Attersley of plans by McGraw -Hill Ryerson. The office will overlook Lake Ontario. "There'll be a crash job on building, th already told us that." Attersley said the lakefront location, the Town's harbor plan and the GO station were the big factors in the company's decision to locate in Whitby (Sears Canada nc. was con- sidering the establishment of a huge warehouse west of Iroquois Park, but planning snags preven- SEE PAGE 3 DURHAM COLLEGE teacher Ray Blomme chats with student leaving the campus. Teachers remain on strike and there is no indication when and if talks will resume after negotiations broke down last week. Al classes and several events have been suspended at the college due to the strike. Free Press photo United Way $1.5m raised so far . At the half-way point of this year's Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle United Way campai, pledges are more than half of the target goal of $2,925,000. To date, corporate, employee and individual cash pledges total $1,528,112, representing 52.2 per cent of the target figure. At a 'Half Time Huddle' at Cullen Gardens on Monday night, United Way campaign organzers paid tribute to several MVPs (most valuable players). A number of volunteers from General Motors, the federal government, local industries, the education sector and the private sector were acknowledged for their dedication and commitment to United Way. They included: - Carol Quirk of General Motors engineering department and Donna Sabo of the car assembly plant; - employees of the federal Employment and Immigration Department and of the Newcas- tle Hydro Electric Commission for their successful employee campaigns; - Bob Legere of Lloyds Bank, Whitby, and Stephanie Ellis, Manufacturers Life Insurance, were recognized for their new and innovative fundraising ideas; - Goodyear Canada Inc. in Bowmanville, and the builders and developers of Oshawa, Whitby and Newcastle were rec- ognized for raising donations already exceeding their 1989 objectives. General campaign manager Walter Beath took the oppor- tunity to express his personal appreciation for the work of the many volunteers. "They're ordinary people doing .extraordinary things," Beath said of the volunteers. He added, "Our campaign is relatively short, but the needs of the people who benefit from our campaign are year-round." Ofiermng words of encourage- ment to help the volunteers Transit cuts urged If people aren't using Whitby's transit service at night, council- lor Joe Drumm thinks cutbacks should be made. After reviewing the works department's monthly review of the newly cstablished service, DOUG SWANSON sweeps up after the cenotaph, located at Dundas St. E. and Green St., was sandblasted as part of a $6,000 clean-up and repair, contracted by the Town parks and recrea- tion department. Fr".Prem phot. Drumm discoverea a cdrastic drop in ridership after 7:30 p.m. "I see buses going by at 10:30 at night with nobody on them," he told council at the Monday nighlt meeting. SEE PAGE 3 through the second half of the campaign, Beath said, "I have r)o doubt in my mind that we will reach our goal." Sunnycrest Nursing Home staff members will hold a bake sale on Friday, Oct. 27, starting at 10 a.m., to raise funds for the United Way. PRIDE is delivering the message See page 20 Abuse prevention film made here See page 18 in [BUSINESS] WSMLY UPRESS BUSINESS NEWS SMALL ,TjBUSINESS WEEK .. . . . . . . . . .