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Auto- parts plat to close By MLke Kowalski Employees of a Whitby auto- mobile parts plant received a Christmnas present they were flot expecting last week. Triplex Lloyd Automotive Plas- tics Ltd. will close next Januai-r throwing 143. hourly and Ï4 salaried emplo ees out of work. The, Buns 9t. E. factory pro- duces plastic automobile grills. otitand a sister plant in Peterborough are owned by a British-based multinational cor- -poratioçn. Company spokesman Terry Ollerhead blamed lack of busi- ness as the reason for closing the »Whity lant. Ho aid failure te win a new contract from its principal custo- mer General Motors, was instru- mental 'the company's deci- s'on. «With a s lumping market there was, an over-capacity of,. b,,plastlc,"94td Ollerhead. He would not comment on union suggestions publishled else- where that free trade or federal governrnent policies were respon- sible for the shutdown. A spokesman for the employees' union, the Canadian Auto Workers, was not available for comment. Purchased from previous owner Manchester Plastics in April, Ollerhead said the 10- year-old building will be sold. He said a committee will be formed to find jobs for the employees. Âlthough the coi~nyhsn plans to close its Peterborough facility, Ollerhead doubted that Whitby workers will be offered jobs there. in the immediate future. «We've got 30 people laid off here » said Ollerhead. Wfitby Mayor Bob Attersley expressed syrnpathy for the employees but -said- there is little the municipality can do 'for them. 'Tm -sad that it happened, it's not a.,g ood situation.. but it's a corporate decision, there's not much imput fromn council's end» said Attersley. Town asked to back pro lacrosse team By Trudie Zavadovics- Lacrosse could be a ya-on sport in Wbitby ifte Town is Free parking doomedo Page 10 User fee furor Page 28 wiiling to inveat $120,000 toward aL proteam. The request for the Town to consider the expenditure for a team. came fromn Paul Cotton owner of the Whitby franchise ot the new National Lacrosse League, at Monday night's ope- rations committee. Bob Duignan, general manager of. the Brooklin Redmen major lacrosse teain, told comniittee members' that there is. great demazid for winter lacrosse and that such an: investment frein the Town would go far te, heighten their, profile in the sports world. Tlhe mone>y is. necessary to buy an artificial floor te cover the ice, at Iroquois Park arena where the gaines wrould be played. "It is the fastest-growing lei- sure sport over the past two te thiree yearw sid Dig «n In 1990 iltled ai prts.Whtb'ba te highestnumbr of regist- rains t we have o hihle of lacrosse te offer.» Duignn sà-id that in aIl major cenitres in th P.S., lacrosse isa major attra2ho, bringing Mî; anywhere frm7,000 -te 15,000: fans per game., "The creation of winter lacrosse will attract a lot of fans to Whitby » said Duignan. He said that winter, lacrosse has been approved in Brantford, Buffalo ana Gxýelph. "And we're hoping for Whitby,» said Duig- nan. "There's a proposai next year to 'expand it by four more leaques setting the stage for nationaZ and international com- petitions.» He said another incentive for SEEPAGE18, I ~ j!, MARGARET ELIZABETH-Schell hangs a Christmas wreath on. the front doorof the Inverlynm Gallery, Giffard St.1 WhitbyIlmpreparation for the hohýda season. Inverlynn, a home built -in 1860, wiil be one of eight homes. visited on, the Olde Ty-ïme Christmas house. tour on Dec. L See utory on page 12. Clu- lu ov.photo Revised development still opposed By Mike Kowalaki The fate of a prpsed apart- ment building copmpexnear the Town hall may ultimately b. determined by the Ontario 9Mni- ci alBoard. .th general f:eh,*n of people who attended aPubI c meetingi* the Town council chambers Moday te oppose a revised, development planned for the. southeaat corner of ?ossland Rd. and Brock St.- Many of the approximately 50 area residents in attendance see- med. te agreg that,.no, mat4r what -Town ýcouncil'ddcdes, the %àACt4- 4,* 1% lb, 1 1 * * 4%L.&Il *1 proposai will wind up before the. ferent from the one outlined dur- muiiaboard.ina public meeting asat month. ' Gerand Oak Group is seek- Gramnd oakes original subinis- img a. rezoning of the 16-acre site sien called- for' six buildings of te permit construction of four varying height, consisting of 600 afartment buildings comprised uis o '472 units, plus 128 garden That proposal ran into strong apartinent units.' opposition from nearby home- The development would be owners and the one presented located west of the Town's muni- MondÀy fared ne better. cipal office and the recreation Grand Oak spokesînan Peter centre now under construction. Walker said the proposaI was The four apartment buildings revised in light of commenta will consist of three 12-story expressed at the Octbr meet- structures and one. eight-story ingl building. The- propoýsai is elightly 'dif. EUG3 j il 4 j; iir*.nýînr-iir-i'