PAGE 8, WITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 19899 whltb-e ies N.ew ownership of Mr. Grocer After flve years ot ownership Larry Challis bas sold thé Mr. Grocer store at Brock St. S. and Dunlop St. Cha2lis *will now take owner- ship of West. Lynde Fish and Chips on Sept. 5. "My wife (Diane) and I wanted to run something smnaller. We have three small kids and we were spending too much tinie at the business,» said Challis. The grocery3 store was oni- gnally Dominion before it was franchised out under the name Mr. Grocer. Challis, wbo worked for Dominion since be was 16, rede- corated the store and added a deli and bakery wben he took over. Aftre the sale, of Mr. Grocer, Challis said he and bis wife were looking for a business that would not require dependancy on a lot of people. Hie heard. that West Lynde Fish and Chips was for sale while playing golf with some friends. He made a few calîs and ended up 'purchasing the business. "Mhe fisb and chips there have a good reputation. We won't be changing thern but we will be adding a cbildren's menu. "As parents we know wbat it is like to take kids out for a meal." Challis saidI the smaller busi- ness will also allow him the opportunity to become more per- always possible because the store sonal with bis customers. was busy," hé- said. "I tried to run a personal store at Mr. Grocer but it was not The new ýowner of Mr., Grocer, Don Scnimgeour, managed two Mr. Lirocer stores in Cobourg before coming to Whitby. $e is plânning, before October, some changes to, the store, 'in- cluding a new floor and colors. Extra commercial uses deni ed Whitby planning comnnittee. bas denied a site p Ianý applica- tion by Frank and Mari oum- kos for two additional commer- cial uses at 165 Garrard Rd. "The developer made no real effort to complx with the Town's request at aIl said north ward councillor Ross Batten about the application which bas been before planning committee on a number of occasions. There is currently a Beckers convenience store at the location. Planning department bad pre- viously recommended that the roof structure be redesigned "to provide some variety and relief to the proposed structure to sof- ten the impact of the structure on adjacent residential proper- ties." After revisions were made in plans, planning staff recommen- ded approval.of th e application. Planning committee chairman Joe Drumm said there were already enough commercial 'pla'- zas in the area. ' >1 "We've already got Kmrart aând Woolco.- We've got commercial plazas coming out of our eye. balîs." Offic building approved Whitby's planxiing and deve- lopment committee bas approved a five-story office building, one- story restaurant and a garage for the northwest corner ofTickson Rd. S. and Consumners Rd. The application is by Whitby Corporate Centre Inc., The office building will be 120,000 sq. ft. in size, the -res- taurant is to be 10,312 sq. ft. in size and the public garage will be 7,556 sq. ft. The developer had proposed two entrances/exits off of Thick- son Rd. S. but Durham Region's public works department ordered that one of 'the Thickson entrances be eliminated and the second be allowed for only righ in and out turns and left iln access. No left turns onto, Thick- son Rd. S. are to be allowed. Committee also heard that the restaurant now on the" site will remain. The developer told committee he attempted to buy ý the res- taurant but the owner would not seii. Tiie War Amputations of Canada... 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