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Whitby Free Press, 25 Mar 1987, p. 2

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-PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS,-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25,1987 * MR. TRUM a Lawn & Gardeni Service *Now booking for spring clean- *ups & weekly Iawn & garden maintenance. i---725-3300--i Save- the.trees:. councillor makes requst Changes will be made in a site plan for a Taunton Rd. E.gas bar to preserve the maple trees on the property. Whitby councillor Gerry Emm asked for an amendruentat last SPRINýG POO0L SALE 16 x 32 RECTANGLE i noludes: a 14 Gauge Steel WaIIs e 30 mil tiner q 0 Bulinose Coping o Skimmer * Main Drain 0%C~P e Jacuzzi Filter and.Pump e 6 ft. Diving B'oard '~'~ eVacuum Kit * Maintenance Kit a Solar Blanket e 3-Step Ladder e Cernent deck 3' x 3' x 3' x 3' (FuIIy excavated and insta lied) COM E SEE US AT THE PICKERING HOME SHOW. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 m 28, EWIING 1251 Simcoe St. N. Oshawa, Ontario 18 years experience LTD. 728-1113 Week's administrative committee meeting. Before the committee was a recommendation to approve the rezoning and ýsite plan to allow Steve. Nitsa's gas bar at the nor-' theast corner of Taunton Rd. E. and Thickson Rd. N. "lIt would be a shame to, lose those trees," said Emm of the proposeti development of the" property. Nitsa said the trees had to be removed for the future road widening. Emm. asked if the trees coulti remain until that time. Planning director Bob Short said landscape plans could be redesigned for the property but.. warned that the trees might'die with development on the rest of the property. Nitsa said the trees obstruct traf- fic view but Emmn said the cedars, not maples, on the property caused the obstruction for drivers. Nitsa told committee he had "no problem" with the amendment, particularly since he was in the Fat.ality in Witby accident A Unionville man died Wed- nesday afternoon after the motor- cycle he was driving collided with a pick-up truck in Whitby. Durham Regional Police say the incident occurred at 4:30 p.m. at Dundas St. W. and Craydon Rd. The motorcycle was eastbound on Dundas when it colided with the pick-up truck making a left turn on- to Craydon Rd. Leonard Mansfield, 26,0of Madsen Crese., Unionville was pronounced dead at Whitby General Hospital. Police are investigating the ac- cident. The driver of the truck was uninjured. landscaping business. "I1 want to. make that corner really nice, " he said.'. Council approved the commit- tee's recommendation Monday night, with the exception of, coun- cillor Joe Drumm. "This, intersectio n five years from now will be one of the prime ones. "Don't use that valuable land for a gas station. Surely we can find a much better use," arguied Drumm. But council paid littie attention to Drumm's complaints. "There is a need in that general area afid it will draw development to that area,"I said councillor Mar- cel Brunelle. Councillor Joe Bugeili said that it is better to approve the gas station before the development goes in. "That way you take out ail the surprises," he said. GORD MCWILLIAM, 40, of Whitby shared the March 19 Wmntario grand prize of $200,,000 with another em- ployee, from Toronto, of Publie Works Canada. Me- William, who with wife Lin- da has two children, has no firm plans for the money. I. 'I

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