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PAOà7GE 18, WHIITBY MRE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990 Ten-,years after: Real estate in the 1980s proved long-termn investient is the best strategy.' According Wo Gino Romanes., Dy Sgt. Sandy Rtyrie Durham Régional Police Crime Stoppers and Durham Regional Police are appealing for the publics help in solving a robbery which occurred in Oshawa on Dec. 8. At about 3:15 p.m. two men entered the Bank of Nova Scotia at 193 King St. E. As they walked in the door they started shouting that they had a gun and they wanted cash. They walked up te the tellers and again shouted that they were armed and they wanted cash. They were given money and they then-ran out of the bank.« Suspect, #1 - about 5'107Y6, late 209, about 180 lbs. Black collar Iength hair and had sunglasses on. He was weaning blue jeans, acid wash jean jacket witb a navy blue hooded sweat jacket undenneath. Suspect #2 - About 5'8", stocky build, in bis 20s, sandy brown collar length hair, wearing dark blue jeans, dark ski jacket and dark baseball,cap. Both were white maies. Have you any idea who these two men were? If so, you can calI Crime Stoppers and give the information. You'll never'have We give yôur name. There is also a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leacing te their arrest. The Crime Stoppers phone number is 436.ý477 (that's 436.TIPS). Long distance, caîl collect. Sergeant Sandy Ryrie is the co-ordinator with the Durham Regional Police force and writes this article to help combat crime. A citizen board adninisters the Crime Stoppers prograxn of which there are now over 800 in North America. The reward money is raised through tax deductible donations which Mnay be sent to Durhamn Regional Crime Stoppers, P.O. Box 54, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K8. People residential Canadian Send your poem along with your name, address and phone number to the Whitby Free Press," P.O. 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The Whitby Free Press is not responsible for entries Iost or delayed. 4 4 ~ , fi fI . 4 . Y t' t 4I l l *b & & * I b %14 f #ItI 66,b b 4 4II I t < *'i'f.44 ý4t 1.4 4I ' fi ' 1.'-#43 Who purchased real estate ini most cities in .1980 bave executive vice president, Royal LePage residential real estate: 'Those who had the opportunity Wo buy a. home 10 years ao 'Ml have. realized equity gains 'ranging anywhere from 12 Wo 282 per cent by 1990." Tor-onto experienced the greatest appreciation in the 10-year period, with the average price of a home risung from 75 621 in 1980 to an expected yearrend average of $289,000. That's a 282 per cent return on their original unvestinent. Hamilton claimed second place with housung values cliunbing 210 per cent since 1980, jumping from $54,835 to an expected $170,100 by year-end 1990. Vancouver, in. spite of peaks and valleys experienced in residential real estate during the 1980s, managed Wo secure a third spot. The average price of homes ini that city bas uncreased 134 per cent Wo an estimated $235,000 by year-end 1990. "Housing values in cities like Montreal and Ottawa also doubled ini the 10.year period," said Romanese.. 'Unfortunately, unstable oul prices and poor agricultural crops during the 1980s sftened price appreciation in cities like Edmonton (12 per cent), Saskatoon (31 per cent) and Calgary (40 per cent). "'However, Calgary and Edmonton are now experiencing strong residential market activity that is expected Wo continue in 1990, and perhaps, 1991 as well,'. he says. Nationally, the average price of homes in Canada has more than doubled over the past decade; jumping frein $66,866 to an estimated $154900 by year-end An. Opposition view Hoepitals are struggling to sumrvie Leader et the OtajoPrgrssveCosrvai ive Party Our local communt optl ay soonb. «hoading the wa of the African elehatiteLtinction - if the poincial, healh ministry continues with its poci of cen zig our health care system. Whether it be Whiitby or Etobicoke, Windsor or Kitchener, conunity hospitals- are struggling Wo survive, in- David Peterson'sàtario. Letfs look at the situation. Last year, over 900 babies were born Wo residents of Whitby,, a growing community of some 55,000 people just east of Toronto. Wbat's astounding, and 1 believe, appafling, is while' Whitby General bas a maternity ward,. none. cf those, babie&' were born in their home townI Why nc*? -'Itd' beéause, unfortunately, Ontario's Ministr fHealth won't provide the hospital with the funds they inee keep the ward in operation. Geography works against Wbitby. The city of Oshawa, a much larger community with a much larger hospital, is only a 20-minute drive away. This: in essenoe, Is the lic behind the argument for a centraiized system of health care lvery' And I admit, frm a purely theoretical standpoint, it makes senne tW centraïlize our institutions.: By doing so, we can avoid duplication Of services. But, in practice, it doesn't work that way. The reason defies the black-i _d-wiegcta adniiistrators and government like Wo dealin. On the surface, the case for-community hospitals appears td b. an emotional one, lhaving Wo do more with community spirit and pride than economiucs. By definition, a community hospital is a part of the communitYý, as much a part as the town hall or the local library. We don't n~e more proof than the many succesafu fundraising drives, like the *5.5-million one nowbeing held at the Wihitby General or the *6-million raised for Q rillia7s Soldier Memorial Hospital; tco show that a communitýr is more tban willing Wo put its money b4hind its local hospital 100 par cent. But tlhere is, an economic reason as well. Yes, by centra]i2iný hospital services we canl avoid duplication, but the downside is that doing s0 will put a much heavier strain on the central institution. Cornmunity hospitals, like our local achools, alleviate prsue ini a manner that is plain and simply efficient. e dont send our children Wo major cities Wo be schoolevn though doing so would avoid duplication. We send them W l achools because it is more efficient and becausethycn get personal education dloser W homeTI the sanieven, wy o 'a community hospital deal with such relatively tior irjuries as a broken limb and leave the more major medi<éal procedures Wo larger hospitals? Conmmdity hospitals have never!pretended W b. capable of performing open lbeart surgery, but they can provide the personal cm-e and attention that many peopleà expeet close Wo home. Unfortt4natély, our current provincial govennment appears Wo be turning away from its commitment W commumity hqspitals. > eEWobicoke General Hospital recently shut down 52bd eause. it~ didn't bave enough money tW keep them open. Yet the hospital sees somne 80,000 patien'ts a year in t'ne en'-ergeincy dpartinint alone. With some juitification, adniunistratorb of community hqspitals aïe startîng tW grumble wben they see the bigger h spitals reWeving fundung, while they are bypassed or reoeive sall chare. The Ministry df Health Mustreoiz that c munity hospitals bave an impotant roI. W playzin our hospital syâtem. lley are viable institutions which satisfy pe ople sen eed for pftsal care and attention close W oroe - at leàs cost Wo you and J the taxpayers of tbis province. I Lets hope our pommunity hoSpftals fare better than the Alkican elephiant in the game of survival. 1$*~I~I*1~1*3*I*~*I 4331 III 3îl I I ~ f ' . I 1990. "Clearly, homeowners and investors alike have made a secure unvestmnent that bas proved itself over the years," says Romanése. "As we head into the. 1990s, a new set of challenges will b. pres.nted,"' says Romnanes.. "The issue cf affordabiidty in niany Canadian cities ýs expected Wo prompt financial institutions Wo implement more fleible lending policies, local governinents Wo encourage more affordable housing, and builders Wo make botter use cf available land by constructing sinaller, more efficient dwellings accomnmodating mote residents." Nationally, the number cf homes sold is forecast Wo climb to 325,500 units by year-end 1990, a four per cent uncrease over the 1989 estimate cf 313,000. Housing values across the counýtry are. expected Wt increase five per cent W $154,900 in 1990, 1topping the anticipated 1989 average price of *147,500 b.y more 1than $7,000. 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