PAGE n, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1987 whitbybusiness Car wash expansion planned The owner of the car wash on Dundas St. W. plans to expand to eight bays from the existing four. Vito Lapolla said at a public meeting last week that he would also erect a double wall at the rear of his property to meet residents' concerns about noise and "spruce up" the property. "Whatever they want, I'll get," Lapolla told administrative com- mittee members. One resident asked why the ex- pansion was necessary: "The only time it is busy is on sunny Satur- dayà ," Susan Fletcher told com- mittee. But councillor Gerry Emm and Lapolla responded that the car wash is busy during winter. Planning director Bob Short said the major revision with the expan- sion would be the rear yard setback of 15 feet, which was the concern of another resident. But Lapolla men- tioned the double wall of concrete block and also said he would go to a 20-ft. setback if required. "You're doing quite a selling job," remarked councillor Joe Bugelli who, after Lapolla said he would pave the lot as well, jokingly asked the owner if he would also pave Dundas St. Lapolla wants to remove the existing car wash and build anew because, he said, repairing the existing operation would still leave it "a piece of junk." Award-winning floral designer opens Whitby shop LEONARD TEENGS in his florist shop he has opened in Pearson Lanes. Free Press photo The Trager treatment is offered in new Whitby health service A holistic health service, owned and operated by two registered nurses, was officially opened in Whitby Sept. 8. Adena Trevor and Carolyne Weckman operate Treckman Health Services at suite 8, 519 Dun- das St. E. Treckman specializes in holistic health using therapeutic touch. The business will also branch out into a type of body work known as "Trager." Trevor and Weckman say both are relaxing and promote self- healing. Such energy therapies help stress, depression, muscle pain, headaches, whiplash, sciatica, in- fections, and general aches, pains rashes and sunburns, they say. Therapeutic touch consists of working with the energy field which surrounds everyone, releasing blocked energy which causes imbalances in the body, which, in turn, causes discomfort. Trager body work helps the client to feel lighter, more relaxed and to move muscles freely and easily, they claim. Both treatments last from one to one and a half hours on a private basis. Classes are also held for couples who expect a baby. Trevor and Weckman studied at the Institute for Therapeutic Touch based in Philadelphia, Pa. Trevor also worked in obstetrics and Weckman in intensive care. Service is not covered by OHIP. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As one of Canada's top floral designers, Leonard Teengs, 28, has provided the right touch for the rich and famous and travelled the world in search of the new and different to maintain a creative edge. And only recently he realized his "last personal goal" by opening a florist business in Whitby's Pear- son Lanes boutique area. "I just wanted to have my own shop - a smaller, more personal shop - and do designing," says Teengs, chief designer and buyer at R.B. Reed & Sons Florists in Oshawa for 13 years, while carrying out freelance assignments from his home in Hampton, nor- theast of Oshawa. "It was really a basement business," he says of his freelance work. "Now I've brought it out." He decided on Whitby because it's "fast-growing and it needs a new florist." He decided on Pear- son Lanes because "we really liked what we saw" after he participated in a fundraiser with the boutique development. That may be the ultimate com- pliment paid to Pearson Lanes, for Teengs' taste and abilities have brought him renown and some choice assignements. "Connections" is how he describes his work at Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's home; on a setting for the visit by Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson to Canada ("They're nice people); on Paul Getty's hotel in Palm Springs; a banquet in South Africa; and movies and mini-series; and even the Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena, Cal. "Every designer's ultimate goal is probably to design a float," says Teengs of his 1985 trip to the Rose Bowl which he describes as "the most amazing thing you've ever seen." It's the float-building companies which contact the designers to put together the "package" for the corporations and organizations who want floats. Teengs was contacted, which he says is a "great honor for a Canadian," to work on three floats - two days of "no sleep and just straight work in shifts of 50 volunteers." And flowers aren't just pasted on - each petal is taken from flowers and glued to create designs. Teëngs' float for the City of Calgary won in the best inter- national float category while another he designed, for Com- puterland, was second in the commercial category (18 separate elephant designs moulded around motorcycles). His third entry wasn't a judge's choice but Teengs nonetheless helped the C.E. Bent float-making company capture seven of the 15 awards. Teengs' creative touch was ap- parent when he was very young as he did gardening and landscaping. And his mark of 94 per cent is still the highest average ever attained in the floraculture program at the University of Guelph. During the summer he is one of 10 instructors at the university, and during the (q8hlOWSlow? H-ire an experienced cr reitim coIS ~~ager on a regulro at iebSS TAM <JRASSOIE 4271610. fall and winter he teaches night courses at Dut-ham College. He lec- tures all across Canada, and visits New York City and Europe frequently to trade ideas with designers about trends and colors. "Some days I don't know where I'm going," he says. "That's the fun part of my job." Designers are always seeking to offer "unique modern designs, something different for everyday occasions," he says. That's why "in" flowers include the fresia, iris and lily rather than old favorites such as roses and carnations. And it's those connections, in this case, Toronto's flower importers, that help Teengs offer "high quality" in his new shop. "It's a basic flower shop, but we've given it a diffèrent look," he says. he and his experienced assistants not only provide the flowers for weddings but also will make up the bridal veils. And Teengs will decorate a home with flowers and plants, just as he has done many times in Toronto, working with interior designers. Teengs doesn't favo' any flower above the rest - each may be best for a particular setting used for whatever occasion. But he has no trouble in recalling his most dif-. ficult assignement, in Montreal, only weeks ago. "The biggest challenge of my life was my wedding," he says of his marriage to Susan, whom he first met two years ago in New York City and who is physiotherapy head at Oshawa General Hospital. "Everybody is expecting so much of me, I kept thinking," he remembers of weddiig preparation. So Teengs delivered, with $10,000 worth of flowers, many flown in from around the world and laid out by five people in what he describes as "the wedding of the year. "Nothing was untouched in flowers. There were flowers from the bathroom to the bar, on the food and even in the ashtrays. It was wild. There wasn't one place that didn't have flowers." Boutique expansion approved Whitby council has approved a site plan enabling William Little to extend the Pearson Lanes boutique development further south on Byron St. N. The Whitby fire department had expressed concern about ac- cessibility to the south side of the existing buildings along Mary St. W. But the developer revised plans to show driveway access to the south side from Byron St. Mum fest upcoming Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village will liold its annual chrnysanthemum festival Sept. 19 to 27. There will be many mum flower sculptures on display, mums will be featured in numerous floral arrangements tliroughout tlie buildings. Mum plants will be a focal point in several areas in the gardens and a potted mum plant will be given to every Mom wlio visits -during the festival, (while quantities last ). Key to Your Happiness 3 B/R backsplit, located in a desirable area of Whitby. Featuring large family room, rec room, deep lot, with fruit trees. Reduces $169,000. 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