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PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1t,1987 OPP 'officer escapes ijury An OPP , officerr narrowly missed injury t wh ile, investigating an acciden', during Sun- day's %vind and snow storm.t At 5 p.m., Const. Murray Gordon arrivied at the scene of an ac- cident on Highway 7, near Pickering Sideroad 24. The officer had just left the cruiser when he fýo M acc A Whitby' woman* remains -in-critical con- dition at Sunnybrook hospital with serlous head and internai in- juries following a two- car collision-.on the baseline Just east':of Lake Ridge Road, (Durham Road 23) Friday afternoon. Lois Pitre, 27, 602 Palace St., was driving a car westbound on noticed a car careening toward hlm!* He moved quickly away before the car slid inito the cruiser, causing $1,700 damage to both. The driver, of the car, Laureen Bursey, 34, of Markham, was unin- jured. No charges were laid, as a result of the snow and ice conditions on the highway. juries. Baseline Rd around 2:50 p.m. when she collided' with a westbound car driven by Bradley Tur- ner, 26,1700 Brock dt. Bradley was. tran- sporte to Ajax- Pickering Hospital -with facial injuries. Pitre was also transported to Ajax-Pickerinlg but was later- taken to Sun- nybrook by air amn- bulance. HUGH T. NICHOL, oc. wlshes to announCe the change of location of his office to: 142B Byron Street North 1 Whitby, Ontario Li N 4M9 668-5061- FURNUTURE & UPHOLSTERY LTD. OANTIQUIS RESTORED oCUSTOôM UPHOLSTERY *NO-DIP STRIPPING eRIPAIRS 9REFINISHING A large selection of Victortan parlour turniture avallable. 413 DUNDAS ST. E. WHUTBY 668-5481 Marigold * Travel PRESENTS 4 GREAT WUNTER GETAWAYS featuring -SPAIN - A two week holiday including breakfast, dinner, from $799 per person. - BRITAIN- Wardair Flyaway Sale to London f rom $429 per person. - ACAPULCO- Stay at the El Trop icano Hotel f rom $495 per ýerson. - SPECIAL- Toronto'S Hilton Harbour Castle Hotel f rom $69.5Olnight, double occupancy. 1801 DUNDAS ST. E. 433-1115 6-car collision A SIX-CAR COLLISION during whiteout con- causing $1,800 to the front of his Toyota and te ditions on Highway 7-12 3 km. north of Myrtie second, $500 to the rear. No charges were laid in last Wednesday, Feb. 4 resulted in damage of the accident involviiig the six cars, ail south- about $7,500. One driver, Richard Hynes, 27, of boufld at about 3 pi. Whitby, was involved in two collisions, the first Whitby records lowest vacancy rate," By MIKE JOHNSTON An October 1986 vacancy rate survey in Whitby bythe Canadian Mortgage Housing Cor- poration discovered that there was only one apar- tment for rent, the lowest vacancy rate ever recorded in Whit- by. But that picture could get a lot brighter by Oc- tober, 1987, with 187 private rentai apar- .tments and 194 non- profit apartment stil under construction in Town. These figures are con- tained in a report on housing in Town by the planning department. The CMHC is expec- ted to complete the next vacancy rate survey in~ April 1987. But apar- tment units now under construction are not ex- pected to be completed in time, so the Town will have to wait until the following October to find out if the number of units are meeting the demand. A demand that remains high. " ... the demand for apartment units is high throughout the entire "Golden Horsehoe" area due to declining unemployment, in- creased job creation, consumer confidence and immigration. These factors are ail at play in the Whitby area and CORRECTION In the A&P Flyers distributed by mail for week of Februar 9-14, theX,,oin Lamb Chops were incorrectly advertised at $2.29/lb. It should have read $3.6911b.ý or 8.14/kg. A&P apologizes for this error and any incon- venience it may have caused our customers. LI~I1 HEALTH SERVCES INC. 24 Hour Nursing and Homemoklng Services for the elderly, sick, disabled or mother & newborn iComplimoftiry AssessmsfltS 356 King St. W. 433-1 494 Oshawa Special 4 fl 0/ AlilOrders Baked Italian DiShes Pizza e Pastas -FREE DELIVERY- Mon.-Thurs. llam-lpm Fri.-Sat. llam-2pm Sun 4pm-lOpm 701 DUN DAS ST. W. 668-6362 » CMHC expects the demand for rentai ac- commodation to remain strong," states the report. While the vacancy rate in Whitby remains low, s0 apparently does the need for assisted housing' Figures supplied by the Durham Regional Housing Authority show that there are currently 36 familles, 29 seniors, 4 developmentally han- dicapped and 7 physically handicapped on the authority's waiting list as of Dec. 31, 1986. "It must also be kept in mind that these figures do not represelit the total need for assisted housing as many persons and familles in need, do-not find their wayonto thèse lists for a variety of reason,"t states -the report. The report also shows that a total of 155 rent- geared-to-income units are expected to be com- pleted in 1987; 81 family units and 74 non-family units. "Although these figures may appear to be large, it should be noted that only 33 family and 75 non-family rent- geared-to-income units have been built in Whit- by sînce 1978. " The report indicates that council approved 413 housing lots in 1986 (this includes, singles, semis and links and 705 units were registered. The planning depar- tmnent anticipates that this shortfail will be overcome earlv in 1987. But while houses are continuing to be built in Whitby, the department is concerned with the lack of variety in size.. "Planning" staff is concerned with the lack of variety in lot sizes registered in 1986. Very few lots, including> semis, links- and townhouses, with- less than 50 feet of frontage have been approved or registered i1986." The department, however, expects this trend to reverse itself, due to the increase in house prices. and demand for- starter homes. Hospital name change officiai, Dr. J.O. Ruddy ail departments wi Hospital officiaily which the hospital h became Whitby General contact are bel Hospital on Friday, notified of the ne Feb. 6. name. The Ontario Ministry Teaisemt1 of Health approved the q"Teyiailseem ito name change last week. qite pleaseth i Hospital stationery said Gwen Wetman has already been scrta ,ofth act i changed to bear the new b hospita off trect name. Exterior signs by osial-taf o will now be changed and nenae Decom decision later this week Decom application to build a waste transfer station on Sunray St. Whitby, is expected later this week. "lWe were hoping it would be today (Tuesday) but that didn't come about," PI Q ith has ing ew be a the tion the seniors approals engineer with the Ministry of Environ- ment. Donneily said input is stiil coming in * from some "areas of the ministry." 4 J 4 i \1 ' MEDICAL DESIGN & MANAGEMENT is pleased to announce the opening of their WHITBY WALK-IN MEDICAL CLINIC located at 80 Thicksoii Road, Whitby, Ontario on Saturday, February 14, 1987 Cali 668-6448 OPEN 10: 00 a. m. - 10: 00 p.m. DAILY 7 Days a Week Lab & X-Ray Available