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Home Depot to Region chair should Low inflation a soon be built be elected, says MPP concern to realtors Page 8 Page 4 Page 8 Whitby boy on Terry's team Page 30 Brunelle confnscanddc Ail councillors. to seek re-election By Mike Kowalski_ It's now official...all eight rnembers of Whitby council are seeking re-election to another three-year teryn. Councillor Marcel Brunelle, the last to declare hie intentions, bas conirmed that he will be a candidate for Durham Regilon council in the Nov. 14 municipal election. First elected as centre ward councillor in 1982, Brunelle, 52, bas been a regional councillor since 1988. In announcing bis candidacy at M dasTown council meeting, Brunelle praised his colleagues for tbeir accomplishments during the p ast three years. "This council b1as achieved more in this teru than any council during.tbe 12 years 1 bave served,'" said Brunelle. "As we em;erge froni this reces- sion, the Town and Region will be cballenged te inaintain the trend toward cost controls tbat result in tax reductione,» be said. 'The message is clear, this challenge muet be met," he stres sed. Following tbe meeting, Brunelle expanded on this theme te reporters. "As we come out of the reces- sion there will be a lotof prss- ure on the Town te (spend," he said, such as a growing demand for a new arena. But thie should only be done in the sanie fashion as Whitby's new fire department headquar- ters$ and expanded -senior citi- zens' centre, "so there je no impact on taxpayers," said Brunelle. (The two projects were bigh on council's priority liet for rnany years, but only became a reality when funding from the Canada- Ontario Infrastructure. Works program was approved earlier this ear.). "e have te get away froni the tax and sjend, spend and tax nientality,» said Brunelle. Noting that Whitby bad a slight tax decrease this year, Brunelle said more reductions arý,ossi1e.l take a lot of discipline to further reduce the costs of our operations,» he said. Yet, this je not an uýnreachable goal, Brunelle said. "At the Region of Durham we've reduced the public works department's budget since I've been there. Every budget but the first year's hias been- less the previous1yeai>s »be eaid. "The- Town Las reduced staff SEE PAGE 17 NMan, 92,' attacked, robbed A 92-year-old Green Street man was attacked and robbed bis Sauray-morning While Police say two men broke into the residence, possibly through a cellar window, around 1:30 a.m., entered the victim's bedrooxn, held a pillow over bis head and demanded Înoney... They found two wallets and escaped with, about $275, police say le incident wasn't reported until Saturdày afternoon when a visiting VON nurse calleâ police. The victim was treated in hos- pital for bruises to his -arms and wrists. Police say he couldn't describe hie attackers because bis bedroom was dark. Overflow croW d expected at hospital rall Several speakers, including Wihitby General Hospital board chair Jim Souch, will be at the Save Whitby General Hospital forum an d ral tomorrow (Thursday) night. Dr. Ken Hobbs, a former board chair and one of those who bas led the opposition to a plan to chan-e the role of the hospita], will also be a speaker. Other speakers include CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan, hos- pital director of imaging Dr. Ken- neth Helson, Durham Centre MPP Drummond White, Save Our General Hospital co-chair JoAnne Prout and a Ministry of Healtb representative. The nmeeting will be held at Heydenshore Pavilion on Water Street in eouth Whitby, and begins at 7:30 p.m. M4ore than 25,000 people have signeda petition that demande that the hospital remain as an active treatment, full-service bealth care facility. Provision je being made at tomorrow night's meeting for an overflow crowd --- seating and sound will be available on the patio at Heydenshore. Allan 'McPhail, chair of the committee that produced the con- troversial report dealing with Whitby General's future role, dec.lined to attend the meeting. The committee released a "dis- cussion pape?» in which a consul- tant's study recommended con- verting Whitby General into a centre exclusively devoted.te the practice of rehabilitative medi. cine. Patients recovering from seri- ous îlînees, surgery or trauma would be treated in the proposed centre. «Whitby General Hospital and the health care system as we know it are under attack,» ýstates Prout. "We must fight back. What happens in Whitby will not happen in isolation.» For those unable to get to the rally on their own, the Town of Whitby is -providing bus service. Two buses will leave the senior citizens' centre on Brock Street at 6:45 p .m. and return to the centre following the rally.