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$310,000 collected to date Ruddy needs only $40,000 more The Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital's building expansion fund is now only $40,000 short of its $350,000 goal. "The donations are still coming in," hospital administrator John Kunetsky told the Free Press last Thur- sday. The money is being used for the renovation of the hospital's second floor into a 32-bed chronic care- facility. The floòr was ordered closed by the Ontario Ministry of Health a few years ago during its campaign to reduce hospital costs. However, the provin- cial govermrient did contribute $200,000 towards the project. w w Kunetsky said that over the past few weeks donations have been received from the hospital's Ladies Auxiliary ($15,000 in cash and pledges), the Bank of Montreal ($4,600 in cash and pledges), the.Beethoven Masonic Lodge, Brooklin ($750) and the Oshawa-Whitby New- comers Club ($50). Since the middle of December, individual donations totalling $9,000 have also been received. When the project was first tendered, Kunetsky said the hospital expec- ted to spend about $650,000. However, its going to cost $100,000 less than they thought. "It was a very pleasant surprise for us," he said. Work is already un- derway and two Whitby firms - Vickery Electric and Rivet Hardware - are involved. HN Con- struction and Teem Mechanical are the other firms on the job. Kunetsky said that the contractors have told him the work should be finished by mid-March. That means the facility should be ready to ac- cept patients not long afterwards. The hospital is already assembling the equipment that will be needed and is in the process of interviewing potential staff mem- bers. While no applications for admission are being accepted, Kunetsky said that the hospital is developing its ad- mission criteria. When completed, the project will bring the hospital's total capacity to97 beds. Kunetsky also said that of the $310,000 raised so far, $125,000 has come from in- dividuals including $40,000 from one Whitby resident who wants to remain anonymous. Anyone wishing to contribute is urged to make their cheques payable to The Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital Building Fund. Mall owner offers land to widen Dundas St.for $1 The owner of the Whitby Mall has offered to seil the town enough land to widen Dundas St. for $1. Tony Lang, president of TIJE Ltd., made the offer to Whitby Town Council's operations committee Monday night in an effort to open up the mall's northern entranceto west bound traffic. As it stands now west bound traffic on Dundas St. must make two left turns to get into the mall, a move that Lang feels wiil discourage potential customers when a new shopping mail is constructed op- posite him on Thickson Rd. The public works department had recommended that Lang and other businessman in the área pay an estimated $10,000 for a traffic study of the Dundas/Thickson inter- section. However, Lang rejec- ted this out of hand 'because he feels he already knows what the study is going to say.. "I certainly will not pay a consultant to tell, me what to do," he told the committee, "I already know what to do." Lang has also offered to pay the costs involved to make his northern en- trance available to west bound traffic, including donating for $1 land needed for road widening.. "I am wiling to pay for the entire cost of construction for the nor- th entrance." Lang was reluctant to put a dollare figure on his committment poin- ting out that the total cost is yet unknown. Businesses on the nor- th side of Dundas St. op- posite the mall face similiar problems to Lang. Because of the merdian, east bound Dundas St. traffic can- not make left turns into their parking lots. Potential customers must find somewhere to turn around before en- tering their businesses. Operation committee members voted to spend the $10,000 to conduct the study despite the fact that the money is not in this. year's budget. They did so on the condition that Lang will live up to his promise to pay for his share of future re-construction and to dedicate lands needed for road widening. The matter will be dealt with by Whitby Town Council at its meeting next week. Youths busted for break-Is Three Whitby youths have been chargéd in connection with a series of break-ins into local homes. According to the Durham Regional Police Force, the break- ins took place between Jan. 28 and Feb. 5. During one of the arrests police seized 175 hits of while executing a ch warrant at suspect's home. also LSD sear- the John Anderson, 17, of 943 Burns St. W., unit 12, has been charged with possession of a restric- ted drug for the purpose of traficking; nine coun- ts of break, enter and theft, one count of break enter with intent and one count of breach of recognizance. Fergus McCartan, 16, of 927 Annes St. has been charged with nine coun- ts of break, enter and theft, one count of break, enter with intent and one count of breach of recognizance. Julian Jeffrey Mc- Mahon, 17, of 21 Hialeah Cres. has been charged with seven counts of break, enter and theft, one count of break, en- ter and intent and one count of breach of recognizance. All were arrested Monday and held for a hail hearing. The results of that hearing were not know at press time. Police said that the breach of recognizance charges stem from the fact that all three are currently awaiting trial on a total of 91 charges of break, enter and theft that were laid against five local teenagers on Jan.8. In connection with those incidents Ander- son faces 42 counts of break, enter and theft. McCartan faces 36 and McMahon 10 similiar counts. Police said that 52 homes were broken into between Oshawa and Scarborough. Taken was $72,557 worth of goods including jewellery, cash, ap- pliances and other mer- chandise. Total damage was estimated at $2,720. Also charged in con- nection with these in- cidqnts are David Mc- Whirter, 16, and Randall Matthew Case, 17 both of Whitby. 1. 14, No. 6 Wednesday, February 8, 1984 20 Pages