Vol. 17, No. 6 Wednesday, February 11,1987 Newhotel for BY MIKE JOHNSTON Construction on a six- storey hotel, with a price tag of $7.5 million, is expected to begin this summer in the Thickson Rd. S. Hwy. 401 area. The location is south of Consumers Dr., behind the DX gas bar. The announcement was made at a meeting of Whitby council Mon- day night. The hotel is a joint venture between Don and Bev Rogers of Whitby and a Toronto- based company called STONAT .,Investments Ltd. Whitb - The president of STONAT is Norman Stoneburgh, who was a center with the Toronto Argonauts from 1955- 1967. "At this point I don't think it will be a chain," said Rogers. "I'm quite sure we will run it our- selves." The hotel would in- clude 145 rooms, a 6,000- sq. ft. restaurant with seating for 200 and a conference room capable of seating 120. Stoneburgh's com- pany is currently building a hotel in Mississauga and he suggested that the Whitby hotel, which as yet does not have a name, will be "similar" in design. While no exact plans *were discussed, Stoneburgh said a road will be built off Con- sumers Rd. for access to the hotel. "The Town was tremendous, it helped all the way thrôugh. We're going to put a beautiful hotel down there," said Stoneburgh. Rogers agreed. He SEE PAGE 18 TRUDY RUEST canvasses a Whitby home during Heart month. Jim Gartshore, who chairs the Whitby cam- paign, is hoping that canvassers can reach every business and home in Whitby during February which has been proclaimed as Heart Month. SHOWN ABOVE is an architect's drawing of the hotel. to be buift iñl--he Thickson Rd. S. - Hwy 401 area. Flood repairs $1million wer rlaetonr It would cost the Town of Whitby more than $1 million to repair storm sewers to prevent the reoccurence of flooding that took place in the town during rainstorms last summer. That is the conclusion of a report prepared by Totten Sims Hubicki Associates which in- vestigated the floodings for the Town. The study found that thé majority . of basement floodings Court will hear charges Feb. 20 An Oshawa man, who surrendered to police two days after a hit-and- run accident took the life of a 14-year-old Whitby youth, has been remanded in custody and will appear in Whit- by provincial court Friday, Feb. 20. Michael John Hum- phries, 37, Nipigon Ave., surrendered to police on Tuesday, Feb. 3 following a hit-and-run accident Sunday, Feb. 1. Craig Holley died as a result of the accident. Humphries has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Holley was hit from School levy increase could be 16 per cent An early projection by the Durham Board of Education finance committee indicates a 16 per cent tax increase in 1987 over last year. Whitby trustee Ian Brown, who chairs the finance and salary committee, alerted trustees Monday night to the projected in- crease during discussion of the proposed addition of 60 new staff members, plus another 31 teachers, in 1987. Neither the extra staff nor teachers required for the expansion of the core French program in schools, are included in the 1987 budget forecast of a 16 per cent mill rate increase. Brown said the 60 staff members represent a $2 million increase in expen- ditures. Brown said the early projection takes into ac- count an expected grant from the Ministry of Education, and is also based on assessment projections and. a five per cent increase in 1987 expenditures over last year. He also urged trustees to consider where new staff would be accom- modated since the existing administrative facility is "over-taxed." The board will decide on the staff additions next Monday. The final budget will be presented by finance committee March 23, after more committee meetings and word from the Province as to 1987 grants. behind by a van as he and a friend walked on Hopkins St. around 7 p.m. Holley died 'a day later at Sick Children's Hospital in Torc . were related to sanitary sewer problems which is a regional respon- sibility. But there were 25 reported basement floodings south of Rossland Rd. that were directly related to storm water runoff and 19 homes on Heber Down Cres., Montgomery Ave and Cassels Rd. north of Rossland. Council has referred the cost of repairing the sewers to the 1987 capital budget. BIG SISTERS WEEK Page 19 w 32 pages