NUG power plant approvei Page 3 SO)GH to heard B yMike Kowalsld The Durham Rtegion District Health Ceuncil has agreed te hear the Save Our General Hos- pital (SOGH) citizens' conimittee. Afler being denied permission te address the health council Iast week, SOGH co-chair JoAnne Prout has been allowed te malce agesentation te council on Jan. Prout will be gîven time at the January meeting te plead her group's case for retentien of acute care services at Whiitby General Hospital and te give the council a ôopy of a petitin recently presente in the Ontario legisiature. T7he 30,000-signature docu- ment demands that Whitb General remain an active treat- ment, fuil-sBervice hospital. After initially being told te put her request* in writing, Prout said that is no longer necessary. Council chair Dr. Amy Goldwa- ter informed Prout last week that she will be on the agenda for the January meeting.' "fin pleased they will hear us and that there's no need for a written request,» said Prout. Fearixig that it would open the door te similar requests from other groups, the health council had balked at hearing Prout's comimttee. SÉE PAGÃ"E 5 New board elected Beechfun JUNO AWARD-WINNING entertainer San- dra Beeoh pertorms in a Christmas show taped at the. Whitby Courthouse Theatre Thanks to Iast Thursday. The 'YTV Christmas Spe- cial' wilI be broadcast at 8 p.m. Christmas Day. * hooby iMark Reesor, Whit>y Free Press a good Christmlas at Davis Inlet Whitby members of Innushare have been working hard alyear te make sure the Innu people of Davis Inlet, Labrador have a merry Christmnas. For the second year in a row Whitby ha providied the entire makings of Christmas for this remoe village which bas ne toy shops or clothing store and so littie fun of any ind that the children have developed a pattern of mass suicides. Innu mothers are now working around the dlock te, package and wrap the tonnes of toe, etc. sent fromn Whitby te make sure ne one will b. disappointed on Christmas Day. Innushare volunteers won't have the pleasure of seeing the children's delight but, sais Innushare's Joyce Marshal ,Weill e our reward somewhere down te lime when those young mothers are doing such a good job raising their children that they won't need any more help from Us.e Whitby residents, through Innushare, have donated cash, toys, skates, blanlcets and thousands of pieces of the kcind of goo uaitycotton knit clothing that â7eLabrdornatives like te Christmas cake for the Innu womenls Christmnas Pary was purchased by Innushare with funda rais"d&=omdonations made during The Station Gallery's Olde Tyme Christifias house tour. The Davis Inlet party will be held i awarm p lace, thanks te the building which Innushare previded this year. The building is heated by a furnaepurchased by the Brampton Rotary Club. The club is an example of the help Innushare has had from eut of tewn in its year-long 'Christmas in Davis Inlet' campaign. The gift wrap for more than a thousand 'presents was provided by the Catholic Women's League Of Precieus Blood Church i Scarborough. The Catholic Women's League at Whitby's St. John the Evangeliat held a bake sale on behalf of Innushare early in the SER PAGE 4 By Mike Kowalski Sports store owner Linda Pea- cock has topped the poils in voting for the first elected management board of Whitby's downtown business association. Peacock and six other candi- dates were elected Monday te, three-year ternis on the board of directore of the Downtewn Busi- ness Improvement Area (DBLA). Peacock, who with husband Gene, operates Peacock Family Sportswear & Trophies on Athol Street, collected 67 votes in the mail-i balloting conducted by the Town clerk's office. A total of 350 ballots were distributed te ail downtown retail outiets, business and pro- fessional offices which pay the special DBIA le. Close behindPacock with 62 votes was unsuccessful mayoral candidate Pat Perkins, who was nominated by Thruway Mufiler. To be eligible for election, a candidate had te, either pay the DBIA tax or represent a business which is chare the levy. Following Perkins were Doug Anderson, publisher of the Whitby Free Press, who had 58 votes, and Bill Brant, owner of Burtinsky & Brant Florista, with 56. Also eleiêted were Kerry Kirby of Snap Services and Narendra Sethi of WVhitby Optical with 44 votes each, and Paul Savage, owner of Discount Hobbies, with 40. John Natsuhara of Whitby Montessori School, who had 36 votes, and Jo. Butson of National Trust, with 24, trailed the field. T'he new board will take office Jan. 16 uo ratification by Town council. Monday's election marked the frttime DBIA members had direct input into the selection of the seven-member management board. Since its inceptien i 1978, Town council had always chosen SER PAGE 4 sLM angered by.work near marsh By Mike Kowadld Opponents of the proposed Lnde Shores housing develop- ment are concerned over con- struction activity i the vicinity of the Lnde Creek Marsh. The S ave Lynde Marsh <SLM) citizens 'ommittee has asked the Ontario Municipal* Board (0MB) for a ruling on whether measures te, deter trespassers from enter- ing the nearby Rose Corporation propert are permissable. In addition, SLM members are angry that other work is being undertaken by Rose in anticipa- tion of a favourable 0MB3 deci- sien on the proposed develop- ment. SE)I PAGE 13 be