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WHIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1988.,PAGE 3 Construction udr a on new pacaging ,plant Construction of a 300,000-sq. ft. recycling plant in Whitby by Atlantic Packaing Products Ltd. was aninounced at a reception in the Whitby municipal building. last Friday. President of Atlantic,. Irving 'Granovsky, would not say how much the plant will côst when it is- completed by late -1989, but said it will be built in two phases. It is expected to employ 200 people and will be located on Thickson Rd. S. at Tricont Ave., sQuth of the CN train tracks. Trhe first phase, which is already under construction, will produce recycled tissue paâper froni "hygradé office type wastê," according te Granovsky. « When. the first phase begins production in early 1989, 'it is expected that 35,000 tons of tissue paper will be produced. IRVING GRANOVSKY Construction is expected te, begin on the second phase in 1989 which will producé 150,000 tons of newsprint per year. our valued customers, 'but one that will. have a positive impact According te Granovsky, it takes 'between 165,000 and 175,000 tons of old. paper to produce 150,000 tons of reccycled paper. He says that every finie a ton of paper is produced through recyc- ling, 17 trees are' saved but he adds that Atlantic is forced te go down te the United States for old paper because not enough is available in the Durham and Metro -Torontoe areas. He says Atlantic bas been talking with Durham Region's Recydling Centre for. the paper it collects but Granovsky adds he would like te see some kind of lIaw which would niake it illegal te throw recyclable material inte landfil. 1 Glenda Gies, the manager of Durham's recycling cen tre, says she has only had, preliminary talks with Atantic about pro- viding old paper. She says phase,2 will not bel ready te begin production 'until- 1990 at which finie the region could provide Atlantic with 10,000 tons of paper a year. The centre currently sends its paper to Ontario Paper in Thorold, near St. Catherines. She says Ontario Paper and Atlantic are the only two Plants whichý de-ink old paper te produce recycled paper.' Durhami Recydling now sends corragated cardboard te, an Atlantic plant in, Scarborough for' recycling, 1'We wish.to, express our sincere thanks te the 'own of Whi tby for inviting us here today, to announce a- project that is not only an important one in the histery of Atlantic Packaging and Oshawaà mani convicted of dangeé1rous driving' An msaanan bas 'been found guilty of dangerous- driving causing death in an. accident last year that teok the life of a Whitby tenager.> It took a day and a half of deliberation for a district. court jury te, find Michael Huniphries, 38, of Grandview St., guilty of the charge. ofé jury acquitted Huniphries ofthe more serious charge of criminal negligence causing' death, one of two 'charges Durham Regional Police had laid against Huinphries following the hit-and-run accident that took the life of' Craig Holley. He was aiso" charged with failing te, remain at. the - scene of an accident.. The jury returned with the verdict last Friday. Huniphries will be sentenced April 19. Under the Criminal Code the maimumn sentence for anyone found guilty of dangerous driving causing death is 5 years. A- convction of criminal negligence causing death bas a m&idmum sentence of life imprisonnient. On Tuesday last weelc, the court heard testimony from Kevin Brown, 17, Hollèy's friend and key witness te, the accident. On the day of the accident, Feb. 1, 1987, Brown met with Holley at bis home at about 2,p.ni., and they went te McDonald's at the Whitby Mail for lunch. They stayed there until the supper hour and then began to walk home. Hopkins St. was a familiar "short cut" te home for the boys. It was a clear nigbt, according te Brown, and they were walking on the shoulder when one car passed. Holley was apparently "about a foot in froni the road," said Brown, and they were walking under the stîeet ligbts on the west side of Hopkins, when Holley, 'the son of a Durbam Regionai. Police officer, was stru&k. Brown, wbo was not struck, said be saw Holley thrown forward. The jury heard later in the trial that the' teenager was carried 150 feet by the force of the impact. According to Brown, the car wbicb struck Holley stopped briefly and then left the scene. Brown was in sbock and was~ taken to Whitby General Hospital, with Holley. Holydied the following day of massive intetnal and bead injuries. Humpbries -was arrested and charged on Feb. 3, two days following the accident, when he surrendered biniself to the police. Huniphries 'pleaded guilty to the second charge, of failing to remain at the. scene of an accident, before the four-day trial began. Const. David Robinet of the identification branch of Durham Regional Police testified that he looked for tracks .of a car on- the shoulder bu t was unable to find any. He also did not find any sd miark&~ However, he told the court he found a-number of paint chips on the soft shoulder. He also sketched the area and measured it. Robinet stated tbat "the soft shoulder was gravelly but bard packed." The road. was clear, damp and the teniperature was about 0 degrees Celsius, while the street lights were on. Furtber evidence at the accident scene, he said, included an antenna found west of the street in a snowbank; a- black glove, identified as Holley's, found near the 'paint -chips; and a running sboe, aiso, Holley's, in a SEE PAGE 9 on the Town of Whitby'and the surrounding districts for years to, corne," said Granovsky'at the reception attended by about 150 politicians and businessIeaders. Mayor Bob Attersley called the annouricenient an "exciting one," adding it is "one, small effort within a big- chunk, of 'the comrnunity" to help. solve, the region's garbage probleni.. Regional chairman Gary Her- rnasaid Atlantic will be a, "major force in the regionIs econîomy and identity." The Whiitby site was chosen because it had everythIng we riequire in a site," said Granovsky. He said that the Town added "no financial - cornforts" and that Atlantic bas not yet decided te, seek any federal grants for the projeet. The ciecision te, expand was miade be.cause existing paper ming facilities on Progress Ave. in Scarborough has been running at full capac *ity, Granovsky told bis -audience includinigwmnbers of the press. The Whitby plant will morle than double the Scarborough plant capacity, said Granovsky. Atlantic Packaging is one of the largest, privately owned manu- facturing companies in its field in Canada. Atlantic b as four - manufac- tuiing plants in Scarborough, two in Mississauga, and, 'one. in Branmpton, Ingersoli, Windsor, Quebec -and Atlanta, Georgia.' LeoePn fthUe beaut Education through Martial Arts. Parents eall: 666-2878 J Il j v