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I r-V ,r n Commercial Plaza Proposed For Former Petro Can Station The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanviilc, Wednesday, September 7,1994 11 Bursary to Assist McMaster Student with Physiotherapist Course A proposal to place a 507.25 square foot commercial plaza in the heart of Bowmanviilc has drawn opposition from a number of downtown businesses. The property is located between between the Olympia Restaurant and James Insurance, on King Street. It was the former site of the Petro Can gas station. The number one issue people speaking on the proposal agreed upon was the question of parking. parking. Evylin Stroud, a Bowmanville resident, asked how many parking parking spaces the developer would have to provide. Planning Director Frank Wu noted that downtown businesses are basically exempt from providing providing parking for their patrons when their stores are next to the sidewalks. Ron Hooper, the owner and operator of Hooper's Jewellers told council members the Business Business Improvement Area members members would like to have seen the piece of property converted into Flag Raising for Arthritis Society H. y X rj DOUBLING IN SIZE Bowmanville Mall 243 King St. E., Bowmanville © 15 New Stores Vo your m. P/OtwMf NovJ FALL CLEABANCE ONE WEEK ONLY Sept, 7 'til Sept, 14 at Kanfstra Complete Nursery & Garden Shop OFF our already LOW PRICES Quality Nursery Stock "Organic Gold" All Natural Fertilizer $ti95 20 lb. bag 4 CU. ft. Peat Moss $499 Stock up at this low price, 5 bags Planting Mix Soil $1fi0° 5 for -LV Cocoa Bean Mulch 3 bags for Shredded Cedar Mulch -g Q95 Bark Chips J c/ OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Mon. - Frl. 8 - 6; Sat. and Sun. 9 - 5 Kanjstra "THE ALL EH CANADIAN GARDEN TO CENTRE WITH 0 Complete y & Garde © TAUNTON RD./TOWNLINE TOUCH," P N 5 t 1 miiuj Hwy. 401 " Nursery & Garden Shop the dutch dSïîl^ 579.3395 a parking lot and parkette. A parking area would be at the back of the property and a parkette would front on King Street. The parking area would be a combined effort with the CIBC and the Toronto Dominion Bank. Both banks have expressed an interest in improving their parking.' parking.' James Insurance owner, Doug James, noted his concerns were with parking and the situation of the proposed building. He said he did not know if the new building would want to share a common wall or parking. parking. James said he was also concerned concerned with garbage from the plaza. Speaking on his own behalf was George Papapetrou, the applicant applicant for the proposal. He told council he is willing to put 15 parking spaces in with his small commercial plaza. "The garbage facility will be fully enclosed at the back of the building," Papapetrou added. He also noted the one-storey building will be all brick "without "without any aluminum siding." Some of the specifics include a flat roof, and an awning to be supported from a west wall. The report was sent back to the department for more details and processing. IE Memorial Hospital Bowmanville's Vice-President of Human Resources and General Services, Randy Fallis (far left); Doris Welsh, of the Hospital's Auxiliary (second from right); and Carol Mertin, the Director Director of Rehabilitation Services, present Shannon McGuire with a bursary cheque for $3,500. It will cover many of the expenses she'll incur during a McMaster University program to become a physiotherapist. physiotherapist. This is the first installment of a larger $7,000 bursary she will receive over the next two years from the hospital. To be eligible for the bursary, McGuire will begin her career at Memorial Hospital in two years' time. The Arthritis Society flag is proudly flying over Clarington to promote promote Arthritis Month. Here, Clarington Mayor Diane Ham re gets ready to raise the flag, with help from Karen Thompson, a representative representative of the local Arthritis Society. Volunteers are needed for the September fund-raising canvass. If you can help, please call 697- 3306. 1 -- 1 •' 1 •" ' 1 Downtown Tavern Looking For Exemption to Expand A Bowmanville businessman wants to see his restaurant/tavem moved from its current location to a new site across the street. Gerald Barrack, the owner of TJ's, wants to move to the restaurant restaurant across the street to a location location near the Luigi and Ted's furniture furniture store and the Ho Jun Restaurant. This- would- give the owner room to expand the tavern,/ restaurant to two floors covering 736.2 square meters. To do so, Barrack has asked for an exemption from the municipality's municipality's regulations which call for file provision of 49 parking parking spaces and a rezoning of the property. George Hamilton told Planning Planning Committee members on Tuesday night, that the moving of the business from one side of the street to another will cause a parking nightmare at the plaza. As a representative of some of the businesses within the plaza to which TJ's would be relocating, Hamilton said: "The plaza was given special parking exemptions exemptions when it was built." Evlyn Stroud noted that, as a consumer, she has found the parking at that particular plaza is already a nightmare on Friday evenings. "There is simply no parking on Friday nights," she said. Speaking in support of the move of the restaurant, tavern and place of entertainment was Rob Evans of Bowmanville. He noted that people who go to TJ's usually walk, car pool or go by taxi. Those with vehicles often park in the municipal parking area on file comer of Division and Church Street as it is only steps away from the tavern's current current location. Evans said that habit probably won't change if the tavern relocates relocates across the street, "The clientele is already established established and this is a wonderful opportunity for this business to grow," Evans noted. Also speaking in favor of the move _ was former municipal councillor Frank Stapleton. He chose a more direct way of dealing with council. "Either you want business or you don't," he told councillors. He focused on the fact that the owner of TJ's wants to create employment by expanding his business. Speaking on his own behalf was Barrack, lie told councillors, councillors, "eighty-five per cent of my business is after 5 p.m. when 95 per cent of the businesses arc closed." "1 have sat on the patio and watched the number of cars in the lot after regular business hours. Over one-half of the lot is empty after hours," Barrack noted. noted. "I want a healthy and prosperous prosperous downtown," he said.. The move would increase employment employment by 75 per cent in his business, he predicted. It would also greatly reduce the number of complaints he has received regarding the noise level level of theiavem.--- - - Currently, TJ's is located in the Veltri Complex, which houses houses residential apartments and other businesses. The report was sent back for further processing by the Planning Planning Department. The Statesman Proofreader's Words of the Week...lh farrow - Giving birth to, litter of, pigs (20 at one farrow). rheometer - A device for indicating the force or velocity of fluid flow, especially of blood. The Canadian Statesman Carrier of the Week Geoffrey Neuman Route #17 and 18 Since January, 1993 This week's carrier will receive a FREE BURGER, FRIES, DRINK and an ICE CREAM TREAT compliments of DARI DREAM. DÀRIDREAM Soft and Hard Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes - Pies Char Broiled Burgers and Fries [VWf) ( t/iecmi - BUY ONE BURGER - - Get one Burger of equal size FREE- ex pi res Sept. 30/94 I I 215 King Street E., Bowmanville | 623-3081 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK j 11 a.m. -- 11 p.m. I w by Ben Bramble I OFF THE WALL CURES FOR RUN OF THE MILL PROBLEMS I am a child of the Great Depression (the first one) and also a member of NADDUM: The National Association of Dumpster Divers and Urban Miners. The second Is a natural consequence of the first and I am typing at a computer centre that I constructed entirely from "found" items In dumpsters. As you might guess, I am also an ardent environmentalist who has great respect for such things as bats and worms because they have made our life on earth not only possible but also comfortable. All of the above explains why I want to pass along some hints from a new book by Vicki Lansky, called Another Use for 101 Common Household Items and published by Book Peddlers of Deephaven MN at a cost of U.S. $6.95. The 101 items are listed In alphabetical order and each one contains an average dozen useful hints. Here are a few sample entries; some are old tried and true friends and some are pleasantly surprising. HAIR DRYERS * Speed up the defrosting of your freezer by using your hair dryer, but never lay It down Inside the freezer because that would be an electrical hazard. * Defrost frozen pipes. * Dry the steam off a bathroom mirror. * When a hot compress Is needed, wet a hand towel In hot water and place It on the Injury. Then use the hair dryer to keep It hot. Keep it moist with a spray bottle. * Blow with It for a few minutes on a bumper sticker for oasy removal. WORKSHOP ITEMS * Use a paint brush to dust wicker furniture and baskets, and If you spray a bit of fabric softener on the brush It will leave an antistatic charge on the wicker to repel dust, * The same technique for carved furniture, louvered doors and plant loaves (without the softener, of course), * A paint brush for basting on the barbecue and lor dabbing detergent onto soiled clothes before they go into the wash. * Empty nail polish bottles for touch up dabs. Save a bottle after each painting job. It won't skin over like a partial can of paint. * When you are storing a part-filled can of paint after a job try putting a balloon that is blown up to occupy the air space inside the can. I have not yet tried this but if it works, Hallelujah! No more skimmed or dried up paint. * Super glue accidentally on your skin? Hold a cotton ball soaked In nail polish remover over the spot. It will soften. * Old garden hose (reels of it at curbside every garbage collection day). Put a section over the end of a lug wrench or jack handle in your car for cold weather use. Run an extension cord through a slit length to protect the cord when It crosses a driveway. * Use liquid fabric softener, one to three of water, when stripping wallpaper. * Used fabric softener sheets make good tack cloths to pick up dust on wood you have finished sanding. New sheets are effective Inside shoes overnight, Inside waste.baskets, gym bags, laundry hampers, under the car seat, even in a refrigerator If you plan to go away and leave It disconnected. * Used fabric softener sheets are also good for cleaning bath tub rings and any place where you want to leave a dust repellent surface, such as TV screens and Venetian bllndsl Try running a hot Iron over one for easy gliding. * Corks make effective fine abrasive tools for such things as brass lamps, knife blades, scissors etc., and a little blackboard chalk on the cork will speed up the process, * Noll polish remover Is suggested as a means of removing ball point pen marks on clothes (not rayon, of course) but I haven't yet had the need to try this one; so proceed with caution and a tost run. I I Sponsored by Slit Cattail tatt gtattsmatt Your Community Newspaper Since 1854 62 King Street West 623-3303 Bowmanville CLIP AND SAVE