Mils to seek reelecton page 12 Scott to tryfo centre waird seat page 4 Brooklin Redmen faoe elimrinaion page2O Merchant angM about construction page 8 i Il SOGH forum, rally planned ByMike Kowai!ski A pulic meeting to focus attention on the future of Whitby General Hospital wili be heid next month. The Save Our General Hospi- tai (SOGH-) - citizens' committee has organized an information forum and raiiy for Sept. 15 at Heydenshere Pavillon beginning at7:30 p.m. A nuniber of speakers have been ined, up in .support Of SOGH's cali for preservation of acute care heaith services at Whitby Generai Hospital. Scheduied speakers include Wibyresident Sid Ryan, pre- sent of the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public EMP oyesband local physician A former hospitai board chair, Hobbs has been extremely criti- cal of a lpro osa t convert the 25-yer doaciiity te a rehabili- tation treatment centre serving ail of Durham Region. SOGH co-founder JoAnne Prout said there is a two-fold» purpose behind the nieetingp "There are stili a lot ofques- tions surrounding the ciosing of the hespitai or changing the role of the hospital," said$Prout. "There are ail sorts of rumeurs and we want to clariQr them.. .that's one focus,»" she said 'Mhe other is for people te show by their presence their support for the hospitai.» Ontario Health Minister ]Ruth Grier was invited, but declined. to attend due te a previous commit- ment, Prout said. SOGHI is attempting to have a heaith ministry officiai or possi- SEE PAGE 31 ..........k e ........... ..S... . G H . ...... ... . . .. Mall's Miracle Mart store to close down ByMike Kowalski The Mfiracle Food Mart store in the Whitby Mail will be clos- ing next month. BIh Shine, vice-president of marketing for parent company A&P Canada, confirmed last week that the Thickson Road store will close Sept. 17. Business reasons were soiely behind the decision not te renew the store'slease Shine said. A three-month strike by Mira- cle Mart workers earlier this year had ne bearing on the cern- pns thinking he insisted. "It waslargeiy because we aise, own the A&P store across the street,» said Shine. «It mnade sense te, do it when the lease ran eut. It was just a business decision » he said. Although the Whitby Mail will be iosing one tenant, another (and possibiy more) has already been lined up to replace Miracle Mart. A Business Depot outlet wil eventually occupy a major portion o7fth e 30, 0-square-foot grocery store (see story on page 9). Thiere are currently 65 full- time and p)art-time workers employed at t he store. Fuli-time union workers have the right to relocate teo ther Miracle Mart stores, such as the one on Dundas Street West, and "bump" empioyees with less SEE PAGE 4 business news Soe pages 9 - 11