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Whitby Free Press, 21 Jan 1987, p. 1

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The Catholic school community has ex- pressed support for the Town of Whitby's proposed bylaw banning strip parlors in the downtown area. On Monday night the Durham Region Roman Catholie Separate School Board almost unanimously passed a notice of motion to sup- port the bylaw. Whitby trustee Tom Oldman made the motion, noting that he had received many calls from parents indicating their concern about strip parlors. "I'm not a prude, but there is a better location for these establishmen- ts," Oldman told The Free Press. He said the strip parlors are also "part of the education scene," if only because school students . are in proximity to the establishments. He noted, for exam- ple, -that he last year heard compalints from parents that their children attending St. John the Evangelist School had seen strip- SEE PAGE 3 Owner will fight bylaw The co-owner of an third and final reading St. N., told The Free adult entertainmént to a bylawwhich would press that he would parlor in Whitby has in- prohibit parlors in the prefer to await next dicated that he may dQwntown area. Wednesday's public "fight all the way" if the Nick Mikos, of the Town decides to give Royal Hotel, on.Brock SEE PAGE 3 DOUG JOHNS was honored at a din- ner on Friday night at the general W. Sikorski Polish Hall. Johns had been the commissioner of social ser- vices for the region of Durham from 1974 to 1986 before retiring. Oshawa man gets sentence for murder An Oshawa man pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder in Ontario Supreme Court in Whit- by on Monday. Philip John Vince, 29, was sentenced to 25 years on each count. The sentences will be served concurrent. Vince pleased guilty in the murders of Michael Crispin of Etobicoke, and Tiffany Anne Antle, 16, of Scar- borough. Crispin was found SEEPAGE6 Vol. 17 No. 3 Wednesday, January 21,1987 24 Pages Housing project unveiled Plans for a large residential develop- ment, to include ac- commodation for three schools, were unveiled by Graywood Develop- ments Ltd. at Whitby's administrative commit- tee meeting Monday night. The development would take place on a 166-acre parcel between Brock St. N. and Garden St., south of Taunton Rd. E. to a boundary (the proposed east-west Mountbatten Road) nor- th of Rossland Rd. E. Included in the development would be 506 single family detached dwellings, 146 single family link dwellings, 76 street townhouses, a secon- dary school site, public elementary school site and separate elemen- tary school site as well as two blocks for parkland and one for commercial. John Williams, design consultant, and Ron Wojcicki, vice president of land development for Graywood, outlined the project at the public meeting. "This is a major, major development in town. People should be aware of the size of it," commented councillor Gerry Emm. The draft plan for the property, formerly owned by Markborough Properties, is the third SEE PAGE 7 Cadbury union seeks to prevent plant closing By MIKE JOHNSTON The 320 union em- ployees of the Cadbury factory who will lose their jobs if the plant is closed have been urged to take their case to the steps of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. More than 250 em- ployees who attended a rPICKINSunday mornmng meeting at the UAW hall in Oshawa heard the message from Canadian SESSION Auto Worker (CAW) union representatives. The employees were informed that the plant See page 14 on Champlain Ave. would be closed within a ear following its pur- ________________________ Chase by William Neilson Ltd. last Tuesday. ,,1 I ê f 4~ft4ttét 44 4 f4 f.1 J, t èt The closure will also affect 100 salaried em- ployees. The deal, to be closed on Feb. 12, is subject to a review by the Canadian Competitions Tribunal. "Before the 12th we will take you and your families and go to god- damn Ottawa and tell them about this," said CAW secretary- treasurer Bob Nicker- son. When a show of hands was asked for as to who would ride the bus for eight hours, the count was unanimous. MISS CANADA 1987, TinaMay Simpson, is given advice One worker asked if on the fine art of skiing by Whitby resident Tom Clemen- the employees could be ts Simpson from St. Catharines was at Dagmar Ski locked out of the plant resort as part of Ski Week. SEE PAGE 2 4 &l DECOM See page 9 CA THOLIC CHUR CHES GA THER PE TITION Parlor bylaw is endorsed Ul"'; ýfý: eU P Z7

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