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Whitby Free Press, 27 Sep 1978, p. 1

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Intentions ann'ounced Mondov, enc.oýsre1 e>,t n Coieilors eadyfor electio Al members of co uncil with the exception of Councillor1 Bob Attersley announced Monday what offices they will lie seeking in the Nov.' 13 municipal election. Mayor Jim Gartshore said lie will again be seeking the office of mayor, which lielias held since December 1975. Councillor Tom Edwards, who has represented' the Centre Ward for several years, announced lie will be seeking a regional council seat. For some years he had served on the old Ontario County Council as Reeve of Whitby, prior to regional izoverflment. Councillor Gerry Emm, a regional councillor since 1974, will again_ ie running for regîonal council., Councillor Joe Drumm announced that*he will seek re-election as locapmncç., lor in'the East Ward, and Councillor Bob Carson said he.will seek re-election in the North Ward. Councillor Bob Attersleyi was not present at the meeting, but said last week he is considering running for regional council or for mayor, and will declare his intentions after Thanks- Man gg Ilospital pkans pauient care change Dis=sinsare uSnder way of plating the patients in by mid Noveniber, but Thue lospital presently nas presently af the Wlitby functioeual uilts where fhey implementation o!f the fliree "active units" for psychiatrie Hospital for a are groupeI togetiieracOd- chanige c(Nld t*ike a year or patients froni Scarborough, structural change in thec ing te the nature of their maore- York and tlhe Eastern method of caring for illnesses and their needs, In some umtances, the portion of the hospitls patients. rather than wbere thwy came change front geographical to catcbment area which Sine 172,patmtshav frin.functioal dinical umits can includs Durhamn Region- been boesed in gorpi Michael O'Keefe, be imlend quickly and 71we caldument area, partly dlmic units. TIlu hsplfal's administratoe of thee hotal in ttes it wWi take a hmigei uian ami partly rural lias a admnisltr&tlua uow la sie Sptebe ii, saiýs a* rio Mftlimeesald ii*à e MP. 2 1okng M1 thep"dni rster p- coulM be r..dy r1 Mintoe1. giving Day. Hé presently represents the West Ward. Councillor. Joy Thompson announced two Weeks ago that she-will not be seeking re-election. She had served as regional councillor since 1977. Two Whitby residents have declared that they will be seeking local council seats, for the first time. Barry Evans, 29, a lawyer in downtown Whitby for the past year and a haif, said Monday, he will- be running for councillor in the Centre Ward. John Roberts 34, a'down- town merchant, and colum- nist for the Free Press, announed he will lie seeking election as a local councillor in the West Ward. . «Mr. Roberts lives in Me Otter Creek ara, and îs a director of the Whitby Chanilr of Commerce, inmbr f the Board&- f Management of the down- town redevelopment area, a memnber of the executive of the Wbitby Retail Merchants Associktion, a director of the Optîmist Club of Whitby, a memnber of the Board of Management of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and a niember o! Brarich 112, Royal Canadian Leglon. ets life himurdiuner trial Two men were sentenced in conuection with' the murder of a Collingwood police sergeant last October, at an Ont.ario Supreme Court trial in Whitby last week. William Paul Frederick, 21, of Belleville, pleaded guilty to f irst-degree murder, and was sentence to life împrisonment. Gerald Pat.rick Chater, 22, o! Colingwood, -pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manstaugliter and was sentenced te five years ini prison. Botb men were convicted in the shooting death last Oct. 12 af Sergeant Ronald Eugene McKean, who was Inaugural of cuCil The inaugurai meeting i thue 199-90 town council will lie held before the beginming of tlhe new year, council decîded recently. The da te cboeen for the inaugural meeting is Dec. 4 ai g p.m. in accordance with the new Municipal Election Act which states thue new C<iKIMusf take office aoi or tx'ore Der. 5. The Durham Reglên Vouncif will hold its killed by a shotgun blast during a struggle outside a Collngwood hotel. The trial was expected te take two weeks, but ended after one day when the two accused changed their original not-guilty pleas. A week lie!ore the shooting, Frederick had escaped from the Collins Bay Penitentiary, and Charter was unlawfully at large, having failed te return ta Warkworth Penitentîary after being given a weekend pass. Botb men were serving sentences for armed robbery. inaugural meeting Dec. 6 ta elect a regiogial chairman and appoint standing -omnmittees. will hold its aurl thue electian &aring dectim years. The usuai proeâare has been fo hoid te inaugural moeiq ena SatrdyelylJanary<c each year.

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