Whitby Free Press, 13 Apr 1988, p. 2

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PAGE 2, WH1TBYFMRE PRES, WEDNESDAY, "MRL 13, %1988 Biodegradable bag sed indpartentstoe trigi The liegon. of Durham is getting garbage conscious and bas ordered ail its departments to use idaebe garbage bags. According to Pickering cotin- cillor Bob Mitchell, when placed in a laçidfill site, biodegradeiibit bags decompose in five years- Normaàl garbage bags ciii take up to 300 years to deconi pOse. ' The bags, according to Mitchell, are presently sold at 20 cents a bag, about twice- the price of a normal Plasic l garblge bag. But lie 1added that the Region could purchase the bags even cheaper witb a bulk purcbase. Mitchell also added that the! biodegradeable bags will be sold May. Cyclist hurt A Whitby youth was taken to Whitby General Hospital with undetermined injuries wheni he was bit by a car while riding a bicycle across Garden St. Durham Regional Police say the accident occurred about 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, April 7. Police report the youth, Joshua McPherson, was bit by a car travelling south on Garden St.- McPherson has been released from hospital. No charges were laid. APRIL INVENTORY SALE Guitars, amps, P1A1s, drumns, keyboards & more! ALLA ATEXTRLA DUSCOUNTS For sales, rentais, service & financing, you're Iooking at Canada's BESTI mm Long & MoQuade Limited RIii Musical lnstrtupients 445 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa* (416) 434-1612 AN OSHAWA woman was taken to Civic was struck at the intersection of Whitby General Hospital with. un- Thickson Rd. MiId Dundas St. E. when determined injuries after the car in the brakes Ifailed on a Firebird which she was a passenger was hit from travelling 'behind the civie., Gladys behind last Friday morning. Durham Waller of Oshawa was taken to hospital Regional Police report the 1982 Honda and treated for minor injuries. Free Press photo INATIONAL TR US T" FASI? MORIGALGE APPROVALS - GET YOUR ANWER IN A DAY OR -YOU DON'T PAY! * Whether you're buying a home, or transferring your mortgage froru another in- stitution, here's some great news from National Trust: If we don't give you an answer on your mortgage application within 24 hours, yo' aNO Processing or npiUi. .c. ce~ m'ive ADDITONAL SAVINGS when you take advantage of oui mnany options. PROTECTION 0F YOUR INVESIMENT with our mortgage insurance options. FOR FRIENDLY, EFFICIENT SERVICE from our expert staff, visit one of oui offices today and let us make your home financing easy. 1Progran applies to osunez occupied sinjle. duplees amd umplexes crtbhll municipal seies ".24 Hans" stair.lien Nationcal liruit recelv pications rcc.rved by Api 301h, 1988 corrb foull undmng by lune 30th, 1988 Normal local undeenting crens or ffeur 8-fgh raio approrai The New TOTAL Acount Profi Even More fr-om the OiiyAccouflt You Need! Now you can earn more interest than ever before. The new TOTAL account combines the benefits of many different accounts in one convenient package. Corne in andfind out__ howy ou can benefit. ive ulydocumented apicitlon 011et APPlIe aO P- 1 aubct rcappfa'sal Effecier Mach 14, .rcbîect to FMRNEVEN MOUE INTERES ON YOUR SAVINGS W"TH Tffi TOTALMONEY If you have $ 10,000 to invest, you should look at oui TOTAL Money Market Account. In addition to earn- ing a high interest rate, you get the À convenience of _____ liquidity. Rates are set weekly, based on 91-day Treasury bills.,/' 4 - / ,A Nationa Vicoia and Gty ThstcCompany, WH'ITBY 352 Brock St. S. 661800 à 308 Dunda's St. W. 668.9324 AJAX Harwood Plae MaltS. 683-7344 OSAAS ILUBLV Boats move dfrorn launch FROM PAGE 1 by tbe new Whitby Sportfishing Association. At last week's operations com- mittee meeting, counciflors criti- cized the owner. "To -put the boats across a public thorougbfare is a kind of piracy. What is to stop someone from parking a Mack truck across the 401 or Brock St.?" commented. councillor Marcel Brunelle. 'Here is a businessman that doesn't care," said councillor Tom Edwards. Wallace told committee that the Town bad requested Robinson to move at least one of the boats but neyer received a response; He added that the Town put *$.90,000 into the boat launch last year. R~~~~ emiet is ac cident Ae 33-yearod ht aws tite tm*fteciet killed last Thursday wben the motorcycle be was driving col- lided witb a car in the Pine Hilîs and Thickson Rd. intersection. Durham Regional Police say the accident occurred at 8:40 p.m. at the intersection wben a motor- cycle travelling nortb on Thickson collided with a car travelling west on Pine Iiills Rd. It was raining Robert Lebigh, 33, of Pickersgill Çrt., was pronounced dead- on ai-rival at Whitby General Hospital. The driver of tbe car, David Yeo, 31, of Pine Hilîs Rd. was not injured. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident. . là

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