k-Te-rn Convention centre still By MlkeKowali A proposed convention and banquet centre in north Whitby is not yet dead, even though the developer had to sou the mnten- ded site. Mike Vol pe stili wants te build the 100,000-square foot complex on the northeast corner of Taun- ton Road and Hwy. 12 (Brock Street) evon though hie sold the il-acre prorrty te the Durham separate schoolboard earlier this bea to buy back about haîf of the land since the achool board does not need the entire site te accommodate its plans. The board has filed rezoning and officiai plan axnendment applications with the Town of Wiby to allow a French language high school on the cor- ner (see stozy on page 14). ef Volpe is successful ini reac- quiring part of the property, hie intends te go, ahoad with the facility. "We think we could do the proQect on haif (the site),» he '«he hydro easement could be in our way, (but) we've had preliminary talks about it and our architect says we could do Approved by Whitby and Dur- ham Region councils two years ago, «TMe Summit' was te have included throe halls of 14200 seats, 300 seats and 150 seats as well as a restaurant and smaher meeting rooms. There would also have been parking for 1,000 vehicles. But unfavourable economic and «bureaucratic" conditions foroed him te sell the property, Volpe said. "I couldn't afford te keep the land. I lost it ail due te the long process,» he said, noting the time spent. obtaining the necessary rezoning and financig. It tok about two years for.the project to receive municipal approval and a worsening economy made it difficult for Volpe te, secure financial backing for the estimated $10- te $12- million development. Volpe is currently negotiating with the sehool board about pur- chasing the excess land. "So, far the indication we have from them is they would seil me the other half.' hie said. SEE PAGE 2 CHARLOTTE VACHON'S knowledge of CPR saved Peter Donnetly's lite gNÃ"v. 7 during the Whitby Legion's Remnembrance Day service. Donnell collapsed at the Legion Hall while talking to Mayor Tom Edwards after'marching over trom the Salvation Army on Kent Street. She says the CPR techniques, which she leamneda Y ear ago at aWhtby St. John's Ambu- lance course, "'aljust came back." Pholoe Mark Rleesor, Whilby Froo Press Vachon a ife-saver Quick response by an Oshawa woman may have saved the life of a Whitby Legion Branch 112 member on Sunday, Nov.7 Peter Donnelly 69, had just participated.in the LeRiOn's Sund1a ]Remembrance Day service march-from the Sa1vvation Armyon Kent Street to the Legion on Byron Street So uth. WhIle talking with Whitbyr Mayor Tom Edwards, Donnelly said ho suddenly felt dxzzy and thon fou teo the floor, the victim of a heart attack. Donnelly previously had three ope- rations te) replace heart valves. Charlotte Vachon, whose father is a Legion member, was standfing noarby and quackly 'JfÃŽ ddnthav apulse when she got te hlm,» says Donnelly's daughter UÀsa Clark, relating ovents event.. as teld te her by Legion members. Vachon, who learned CPR at a Wbitby St. John Ambulance training course, managed te restere his pulse, says Clark. "I didn't give it a thought, I Just ranup and asked ever-ybody te clear back becauselIknew CPR,» saýys Vachon. Ambulance attendants thon arrived, only minutes after Donnelly suffered the heart attack. His heart again stepped while being trans- ported, and he show: no vital signs when ho arrivod at Whitby General Hospital whore ho was again resuscitated. Clark says she was tcld by a hospital doctor and nurse that Vachon probably saved her father's life. Peter's wife Nora'has been at the hospital since the incident and among those who called te inquire about bonnelly and wish him woll was Edwards. Clark says Vachon monita a civilian citation for her action. 'Tm just relieved that it worked,» says Vachon about the firat time she's applied hor training in a real-life emergency. Two cdie hi accidents lJy Mark Beesor Two Whitby womon, both 18, wore killed in separate car acci- dents ovor the weekend. The firet accident occurred Fi- day around 8:45 pan. Tara Fal- 1er, 18, of Burns Street was headed north on Coronation Road in ber 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit when itwasstr-uck on the driver's aide, by a 1993 Dodge Caravan travelling east on High- wa 7. Both vehicles ended up in the ditcb on the northeast corner of the intersection, says OPP Con- stable Michel Boulay, who's in- vestigatingr the accident and was the first police officer on the scene. Falier who was in Grade 13 at Henry âtreet High School,- was pronounced dead at the sce. Her passenger Michael Win- terfleld, 7, of K!ichael Boule- vard, as a Henry student, was taken te Oshawa General Hospi- tal with a broken leg, broken finger and cuts and bruise. He's listed in stable condition. The driver of the van, Kath- leen MacNamara, 41, and hus- bond Frederick, 42, of Mansfield Park Court in Ashburn, were taken te Whitby General Hospi- tal. Kathleen was treated and released. Her husband was transferred te Sunnybrook Medi- cal Centre but has since been relea.sed. Boulay says road conditions at the time o f the accident were excellent. «It's stili under investigation right now, but the stop sign is on Coronation Road... and traffic on Hiyhwayv7 han the right of way. A this time we're not sure whether it's a case of (Faller) not s3topping or step,% and net seeingbe other ve ic comig... «Thoro's no braking mark whatsoever from either vehicle, so I don't think they saw each other until it was too 1ate-» Faller was in hen OAC year at Henry Street. 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