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Town to allow some non-Whitby groups February is Heart Month February is Heart Month in Whitby and a flag raising ceremony was held at the Whitby Municipal Building last Friday. Taking part were (from left to right): Reg. Coun. Gerry Emm; Karl Filo, residen- tial campaign co-chairman; Carole Barrons, the other co-chairman; and Jim Gartshore, campaign chairman and vice-president of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Whitby. Gartshore said that the local foundation hopes to raise $30,600 during the month by canvassing local homes and businesses. The former mayor of Whitby also says that canvassers and other volunteers are urgently needed. Anyone interested in donating a few hours to the heart drive is asked to call 668-8181. Free Press Staff Photo t to run bingo games Community organiza- Dundas St. E. and He also obser tions and service clubs Garrard Rd. Whitby could from outside of Whitby Wood was protestirg port another bi will no longer be the proposai of a until its po allowed to hold bingo Pickering resident to reached 90,000. games in the com- start up another bingo Under que munity. However, those hall on Hopkins St. from members non-Whitby groups She told the commit- committee, W currently holding bingo tee in a letter that that he, too, wc games will be allowed to should another bingo to see his bingo continue their hall be allowed to open, solely by operations. it could prove detrimen- organizations. Whitby Town Coun- tal not only to her In his repor cil's operations commit- operation but to the Don MacKay tee made that recom- community organiza- Pickering, Aj mendation Monday tions who rely on bingo Oshawa issue h night after hearing from to help finance their run bingo game several bingo game operations. service clubs a organizers. "Bingos, as you know groups working The issue was brought are intended as a means respective to the fore by Catherine for a service club or munities. Wood, of Ashburn, the sports association to MacKay a owner of the Hideaway raise funds for that a similiar Bingo at the corner of charitable purposes," be adopted in WA Wood wrote, " t accom- However, an plishes this task point of view adequately only if the by J im Chac number of patrons is Pickering, the great enough to cover wants to open the cost f prizes, rent, Whitby bingo advertising etc. Hopkins St. "The nunber of t was his c patrons canonly be high that "there is enough to generate good enough popu profits only if there are this area" to s not too many bingos hall although competing for this finite able to disi group of people." figures given Her husband, David, Woods. told the committee that He also sai bingo halls are only the groupbng patronized by about one- operate in his haîf to one parcent of hall, two w the population play Whitby and 4 Pa"es bingo. That means there from outside t ~'are only about 1,200 ac- ipal borders. tive bingo players in the Many ________________ Aax Whtb - Oshawa organizations area. operate bing He also told the com- Hideaway mittee that he is con- before the c fident that if a survey Most told t] was done, the town story. Bingo would find that there always a are 1,200 people out proposition a playing the game of time to build chance onany par- tele. ticular - night of the Rein Verry week.Whitby Iroquc Wood also said that if Club said tl another hall was second hall w allowed to open then the to open, then town would have would have tc "bingos running solely consider gett for the benefit of the hall the bingo busi and not for the benefit of "Minor ho thecommunity. minor socc Ail more competition have to quit t would do, ie said, is said, adding provide less money for purpose of bi the community raise money organizations. community."' "It's easy to open up a Verrydt al hall but what is the tai that ti benefit to the hall after that Wood asked. Local man, 28, dies in Cuban scuba accident 1985 chamber executive The Whitby Chamber of Commerce swore-in its 1985 executive committee at a luncheon meeting held last week at the Marigold Dinner Playhouse. Administering the oath of office were Mayor Bob Attersley and town administrator Bill Wallace. The members of the 1985 chamber executive committee are (from left to right): Howard Smith, of the accounting firm of Davidson and Smith, secretary (he is also a former president of the chamber); Jim Souch, president of Marigold Lin- coin Mercury, second vice-president; Don Frise, of FamIly Trust Real Estate, president; Crystal Claspell, of Highland Mayflower Van and Storage, first vice-president; and, John Patte, of Deloitte Haskin and Sells, treasurer. In his address to begin his second term as president, Frise said that if local businesses want to enjoy a successful 1985 it must adopt a more positive attitude. Frise also noted that the chamber has a greater role to play in making new residents of Whitby feel like they belong. For more details, see our story on page 2. Free Press Staff Photo A swimming accident has claimed the life of a 28-year old Whitby man while he was on vacation in Cuba. According to a spokesman for the family, the accident oc- cured last Thursday morning while he was diving off the coast of Santa Maria in search of lobster. He was part of a 21-person tour group. Jeff Lehman was pronounced dead by Cuban authorities shor- tly after he was rescued from the water. The family spokesman said that he was seen struggling after sur- facing. He had traveled to the Caribean Island with bis father Bruce. The cause of Leh- man's death is not yet known as the spokesman said that Cuban authorities said there was nothing wrong with his scuba diving equipment. Lehman is survived by his father Bruce, of Whitby; his mother, Joan of Bobcaygeon; and by two sisters and a brother living in the Whitby area. His body will be flown home to Canada tomorrow. PEE PRES ved that not sup- ngo hall pulation estioning s of the ood said ould like hall used Whitby rt, clerk said that ax and censes to es only to nd other g in their com- dvocated approach Vhitby. opposing was given dwick of man who a second hall on ontention more than ation in upport his he wasn't pute the by the d that of rishing to proposed ere from 14 were he munic- ommunity who os at the appeared ommittee. he same is not paying id it takes up a clien- dt of the ois Soccer hat if a as allowed his group o seriously ing out of ness. ckey and er would bingo," he that "the ingo is to for the lso main- rhe groups ON PG. 9