Items'from Whitby Counceil agenda(s) Mondýay, February 25, 1991 Recommendations rOM -the Planining and.Development. Committee That an officiai plan amendmqnt application from Whitby Gardons (North) Inc. to permit a commercial developmei nt on the southwest corner of Brook St. N.- and Taunton Rd. be deemed premature and referred to Whftby's offIciai plan review. The developer is seeking the amendment ln orderto buiid a 170,000 sq. ft. complex comprised of retail and office uses. The 13-acre site is now zoned agriculture land and designated for residential development ln both Whftby's and Durham Region's officiai plans. mie That an officiai plan amendment application from Manfredi Leibrand to permit a retail nursery on H-wy. 12, north of Columbus Rd. b. deniod, but a terrporary use bylaw be approved ailowIng the nursery for as long as Leibrand owns the property. Should the 1.08-acre site over be soid, the land would revertto its current agricuitural zonIng. Carrld That Firestone Canada Ltd., 300 Thickson Rd. S., be permittod a variance to. Whtby's sign bylaw to allow one additlonal wail sign and an Increase in the aliowable area for a sign from ila0per cent of building facade to 11.3 per cent. But an application to Increase the requirod height'from six metres to 7.7 metres and to reduce the setback from the entranceway from three' mietres to 2.3 metres for a 'proposed yon be denled. That MoGraw-Hili Ryerson Ltd., 300 Water St., be' permitted a varianceto whlch represents a 22 per cent increase over the January, 1991, total of 39,808 passengers. The.report attributes the Increase to people using Whftby buses ln connection with GO Transit. The latters ridership Increased f rom 12,058 passengers ta 19,983. Student pass use also increased from 7,906 to 9,951. Card MEEDITH CU¶vIING- 'he SingigPoliceman, entertained hospital patients recently with the new- sound system purchased by the Knlghts of Columbus, St. John the Evangelist. Shown with Cutting is Ken Thoms,. Chri. Bovi. photo_ Crime Stoppera and Durham Regional Police are asing for' thegpublic's help in identiling three youths who were involved in thethoft of VHS tapesfrom A &A Recds atthe Oshawa Genre, and thon escaping from officers after being arrested. On Jan. 17 at about 4:30 p.mn., two police offioers saw tbree youths in the A & A record store. One of the youths w"as seen placing two VHS. tapes under his jacket. Ail three youths thon Ieft the store. The thief was apprehended in the mail but started to stru le with the officers. Another suspect was aiso arrested anite third youth came -to bis friend's assistance. As the result of this altercation ' ail three youths managed to escape. One officer suffered injuries'to bhis knee. in, the scuffle. The youths are described as: 1) White 'male, aged 18 to 20, 510%, medium build, dark brown hair. In the struggle this suspect:left behind bis âunice' skci jacket, bluè, white and pink in colour and, bis black and gre~y Raiders' bail cap. 2)Wiemale, aged 17 to 20t, S'1% medium build, dark hair, black coat and black basebali cap 3) White male, aged 17 to 20, 1901bs.,6',"~ light complextion, blonde hair (brush cut), creaxn-coloured bail caýp and si jacket. Have you any idea who these youths were? Have you heard who it niight have been? Do you know anyoowohsls i jacket or hat? If so, you can call Crime- Stoppors. Youll nover have to give your name or appoar in court. A cash roward of up to $1,000 is being offered. The Crimo Stoppera' office is open 24 hours per1 day'and the phono number is 436-8477 that's 436-TIPS). Long distance cail collect. You can also calI through your locai Durham Rgonal Police Service number and ask for Crime Stoppera. Aicitizen board adininisters the Crime Stopperas programs Of wbich there are now over 850 i North Ameica. T he reward money is raised throu h.tax deductible donations wbich mazl hosnt to Durham Regional Crime Stoppera, P.O. Box , Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K8. Canadas war rotecriticized By Mike Kowalmki CanadW lobalilimgeMay have boon irreparablydage by its rol. in the. war againat Iraq, claims a Canadian Muslim Naaoem Mahdi, presidont of Canada's madivva Movemont in Islam., says 'tii Canadian gove rnment made a blunder of Hl-imalayann proportions by ,bidy' following the. American load in the. war. Ho warns that Canada's active p articipation m* tiie conflict ham EPehaps sown the. seeda of hatrod in ail Muslim-states for Canada" for yeare ta como. Mahdi made bis comment during a prosa conferenco laat week at tré Whitby home of Dau Ahmad, pridont of the moent'.Dunham Region .he AhmtdiyyaMovement ilaa 102-year-old1 organization devo- ted ta ipeace and harmony tbrough ie iteachings of the Ila- microligon. It has adiierenta in more tha'n 100 countrios and among ita charitiable projecta are funding of hospitals and acls in Africa. The movoment's- Canadien headquarters is based in Maple, Ont., north of Toronto. There are about 100 followers in Durham Altoug opoedothe war, WVERHTCONROLPLA JUTNO NONCSNSE Tobtn ou HELHAC(se WEIGHT CONTROL PLANn $1 2.95 (choque or money orcier> payable to: Th1e Thera Group, Box 183, Pickein, condemned Iraqi president Sad- dlam Hussein's poicies from 'the outaet. «From day one we have not condoned what Saddam Hussein has done,» said Mahdi. "The invasion of Kuwait waa agast international laws and Islamic laws. The taking of boa- taÇas was wrong.» Mahdi. expressed thoso senti- ments to Iraqi's Canadian ambassador following the in- vasion last Auguat. 1I tolid the ambassador' they s3hould withdi4aw from Kuwait to avoid war. I also tba.nked them when they freed the hoatagea." Mahdi - said western nations «espeially the United' SÃatea are to blame for the current situation. Ho said the U.S. has always employed a double-standard ta Hussem. «Everyone was happy when he was killing another enemy (Iran) and no one spoke out when ho used chemical weapons againat the Kurda.w (The Kurds are a group of pepe scattered -in several mid- de estern -countries who have been fighting ta eatablish their own homeland.) Mahdi iaid fraq's invasion of Kuwa it merely provided an opportunity for thietJ.. ta fulfili ita own "ole for the. Gulf region. H.e d recont media reporta Indicate the. Americana were working on sucii a scenario for *SEE PAGE 4, NOW OE 705 KINGSTON RD., PICKERING We're a great family restaurant out of the 50's. We've got authentic operatfng. jukes in your booth, a heaithy portion of pizzazz you thought was gone. 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