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a aT a ee TT a - "%ar ". : ' v A 22 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 23, 1986 ound'N'Abou OSHAWA General Motors is going to be a little late in handing over Oshawa's long awaited hotel site ... four months late. GM is in the midst of tearing down its abandoned plant at the corner of Mary and Bond Streets as part of a land swap with the city. Oshawa traded a 90-acre parcel of land in the Stevenson Industrial Park for nine acres at the downtown location where council hopes to build a hotel and convention complex. Oshawa granted GM a four-month extension on the demolition contract last week, giving the company until February 1, 1987 to tear down the plant. Work on the project stopped for about a month this summ: ~ when the contractor's workers walked off the job. Demolition was further delayed when GM's export department couldn't move into its new quarters at the time anticipated. Mayor Allan Pilkey said negotiations are underway with several hotel chains in an effort to land a mid-size facility at the location. HAMPTON Newcastle's general purpose committee has turned down plans to ex- pand a private Hampton recreation park. The committee recommended against the re-zoning of a 10-acre pro- perty to permit the expansion of Cedar Park near Hampton. The committee heard testimony that some people have been staying in house trailers year-round at the park even though the town's bylaw per- mits only temporary lodging for up to 150 days. Last year, 35 people stayed for the winter and it is expected that 40 will be staying this year. Because the demand for lodgings, mainly by transient workers at Darl- ington Generating Station, was so great, up to 140 trailers were parked at the site, where only 100 are permitted. The park has been at that location for the past 34 years. A similar ap- plication went to the Ontario Municipal Board in 1978, however, the park owners and neighbouring property owners mended their gifferences on their own. It was at this time that restrictions were placed on the number of trailers in the park and the length of time they were permitted to stay. Councillor Ann Cowman said council was faced with a serious conflict; on one hand the park was well-run and tidy .... on the other hand, the owners had contravened the spirit of the agreement reached in 1978 with its neighbours. WHITBY Decom -- Go Home! .- That is the message snt to Premier David Peterson, Environment Minister Jim Bradley and the rest of the Ontario cabinet from Whitby council. In an unanimous vote taken at the last council meeting, members authorized a letter be sent to Peterson outlining the town's strong and con- tinuing opposition to the proposal by Decom Medical Waste Transporta- tion Systems Inc. to build a 12,000 square foot transfer station on industrial land located on Sunray Street in the Hopkins-Consumer Drive area of But the motion, as passed by council, does not include a threat to launch legal action if the cabinet cannot, or will not, order the ministry of the en- vironment to deny Decom a certificate of approval for the station. Following eight days of hearings last spring, the Environment Assess- ment Board recommended that such a certificate be issued to Decom last month, providing the company met 21 conditions relating to safety, train- ing of and other matters. In the midst of last spring's hearings, Whitby, through council, re- affirmed its opposition to the Decom application. The station would be the collection point for medical waste materials picked up from hospitals and other locations in the Metro Toronto area by Decom's small fleet of trucks. The waste would be stored at the Whitby facility and then transferred into larger trucks for shipment to an in- cinerator near Gatineau, Quebec. ~ southern Whitby. REGION Environmental hearings into the route chosen to bring the GO train to Oshawa will be underway within a year according to regional chairman Gary Herrema. A route to extend the GO system to Oshawa has not yet been chosen although the authority has indicated they prefer the CP tracks which would bring the train closer to the city's centre. GO now uses CP tracks between Toronto and Pickering, however GO will not decide on a final route until it has reports from both CP and CN on the use of their tracks between Pickering and Oshawa. Herrema stated that the report from CN is already in the hands of GO, but they are waiting for the CP report. Once the report is in, and the decision on the route made, the authori- ty will be involved with the environmental hearings to determine the im- pact of the GO train along the route. After that, the province must still come up with funding to make the GO extension possible. The government has only committed itself to pro- viding funds for the extension to Whitby which has already begun. WHITBY The remains of a dud pipe bomb were discovered last week in the yard of a Whitby school. A spokesman for Durham Regional Police said the bomb, which fail- ed to go off despite two attempts to ignite it, was discovered by police of- ficers investigating a citizen's report of a fire at Palmerston Avenue Public School last Thursday evening. Policé said the device had been placed in an alcove between the school and a portable classroom. The original wick had burned and gasoline was laid down in an apparent second attempt to ignite the bomb. Scorch marks were found on the concrete and a gasoline container was discovered by police. The force's bomb disposal unit was called in and dismantled the device, which has been sent to the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto for analysis. Police have no suspects and know of no motive for the incident at this time, although the investigation is continuing. New director has great plans From page 17 Morrow is pleased with the way expansion at Brooklin's arena is progressing and says it should be ready for use by December. He is also working as part of the North Recreational Complex Com- mittee along with Al Claringbold, Bob Short, Bill Wallace, Dick Kuwahara and Barry O'Niel. Mor- Special furniture (From page 9) perception in your rooms. Lighting can also change the perceived size of all living spaces. With size limits in living spaces, go shopping with function in mind. Concentrate on furniture that pro- vides correct proportion, comfort and versatility. Modular furniture accomplishes this goal, permitting a wide range of configurations. The handy floor plan can save time while you are shopping. You will know what size sofa can fit com- fortably into your living room, a fact that will lead you to the right one. A floor plan will help you visualize your living space, giving you a dimension that will tell you if a wall system or dining room group is right for the space. In the bedroom, one room. that has not shrunk in new housing as much as others, a thought to storage and comfort is important. For instance, vertical bedroom suites are eliminating the need for the traditional dresser, which is in- corporated in the elaborate pier cabinet/headboard arrangement. Even the pedestal bed can contain built-in drawers that keep the rest of the room available for working space, if desired. For households with smaller liv- ing quarters, the family room might contain fewer upholstered pieces and more wall systems to store and 'display a wide range of video and entertainment equipment. - row states the firm of Moriyama and Teshima Planners Ltd., the same group that worked on the con- struction of the municipal offices, has been hired and that they are presently searching for a site for the . new complex. Although all the sites being con- sidered must be kept confidential at this time as some are privately own- ed, Morrow advises that a concep- tual plan for the new complex, ex- pected to be built north of Rossland Road, should be ready by 1988. Morrow is a hard-working man, who loves what he is doing. He is ex- tremely personable and appears ge- nuinely concerned about the needs of the residents whom he has been hired to serve. Morrow, his wife of 13 years and their two children, a girl eight and boy four, moved to Whitby over the Labour Day Weekend and have been busy since that time getting to know the town. It would appear that Larry Mor: row will do a good job as Parks and Recreation director for Whitby. His' approach is one of honesty and can best be summed up by his philosphy when speaking of the new recreation complex to be built. "There will be no surprises and no - secrets,' said Morrow, "before the . complex willibe built, we will strike ° the operating costs as well as the ac- curate building costs...that way the taxpayer will know exactly what he is getting for his money." Living space (From page 9) and comfort. Most living spaces reflect one or more of the following: casual, tradi- tional, eclectic, country, high-style and romantic. Casual interiors are open, clean, light and bright. You feel good without being cramped. 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