Items from Whitby Council agenda(s) Mnday brua:y2 Planning and Development Committee That rezoning and officiai plan amendment applications from Invar Industriai Ltd. be approved. The applications are to permit retail warehous- ing uses on a 21 -acre site on the southeast corner of Victoria Street and Thickson Road South, west of the Home Depot warehouse hardware store. Invar originaliy wanted approvai for units of less than 20,000 square feet, but the committee was adamant that 20,000 be the minimum requirement. Six of the nine units to be'bult have tentatively be rented and will include stores selllng sporting goods, bed and linens, electronios, hobbies and crafts, clothlng and office supplies. The property was initially lntended to be the site of a Price Club bulk merchandising outiet, but that proposai fell through when PriceClub merged with Costço Warehouse Club and Company officiais feit a Costco store ln Ajax was sufficientto serve Durham Reglon. Rocommended to council Operations Committee That an off-track pari-mutuel wagerlng teletheatre at The Banker & The Bandit Restaurant at 1600 Champlain Ave. be approved and that the Ontario Racing Commission be notified of council's decision. A teletheatre has been operating successf ully at Golden Spurs Restaurant in downtown Whhby for three months, and the commission has approved the second is stated ln a report by the parks and recreation and =ulcworks departments. eo mmended to coundil That a $1 85,072 tender from Ron Robinson Ltd. of Oshawa be approved, for construction of storm sewers from Paisley Court across Consumers Drive and along the Green Street corridor to Ciemence Street. Recommended to council That a $58964 tender from Whitby Property Maintenance be approved, for main- tenance of roadside. boulevardsln Whitby over a thre-yoarporlod.1 Eecon Ueneocouncil By Mark Resor The United Way f Oshawa, Whitby and Ca *,n n raised a record. amount for he second year in a row but,. despite extending the. cam aign, fell $118 000 short of its al. "Tue goal this year was $3,250,000%» United W ayboard of directors president «Howard Smith told volunteers at a celeb- ration dinner last week in Osh- awa. «We didn't get it, but you know what we did raise -- what ou raised -- $3,132,000; more tdan ever before. 'Mhe board's very happy about it, the agencies are very happy about it... and the people t at are served by our manZ agencies, they too will be happy. .General campaign co-chair Pauline Laing, director of the Durham, Board of Education, congratulated volunteers for thefir hard work and especially commended those who collected donations in local schools., "We, like a lot of other people, $gave a littie more in «94, ' and i'm; pleased to arnounce that we had a growth of almost 20 per cent in the education division this year. My challenge ta the educators of Durham next year will be another 20 per cent -- I hope we cari make it. John Kovacs the other co- chair, said the ùnited Way «lias always been close ta, my heart. "I spend most of my life he1p- ing people. and this lespossibly the best way to helfp geople.» Kayacs applau e the local labour and busmness communities for their "long-standing support» of the United Way campaigri. "These contributions are an important part of makingr this a caring commlunity and helping those in need.» facie Durham Regional Police have charged two Whitby youths with arson in connection with a trailer fire behind a Bonacord Avenue plaza. Police arrested the two boys, a 13-year-old and a 12-year-old who both live in the area, on Feb. 14. They were each charged with two counts of arson. Advertlsement THuE IDEAL. SOLUTION TO... RRSP: IN9VESTrINGi Create the right investment mix. While many investors spend the most time. considering the performance of specifie mautual funds or securities, it is the overail mix of investments that determines long-term resuits. There are hundreds of mutual funds available today. Depending on its investment objectives, a fund may invest in equities (company shares), fixect income (bonds), cash equivalents (T-bils, for example), or a combination -of ail of these. 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