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HIÛTBY FRÉEE PRSS, WE±f4àbAY, FEBRUAIiY , 1989 PAGE 1-1l Texaco applies for convenience store uses in Whitby Three applications have now been made toaddca convenience store use to Texaco gas station properties in Whitby. But the latest application, for Brock St. N. at Chestnut St., which also proposes a car wash, was opposedby several residents and a 260-name petition at a public meeting Monday night. An'ong those opposedi were Hee Whan Cho and Yong Soo Cho, owners of Maple Variety convenience store across the street, who said the market area was too small to support a second store. A nearby property owner, Steve McGitchie, also wanted adequate fencing and informa- tion about hours of operation. He described as a «disgrace" the existing Texaco.property. "As far as being a good neigh- bor, they are not," said McGit- chie. Planning committee chair- man Joe Drumm then instructed staff to take steps to clean up the property. Another nearby resident, Peter Etmanskie, o posed the car wash, saying heavy traffic on Brock already was noisy. «We don't need another noise- maker," he said. * Councillor Marcel Brunelle noted that Whitby "has a long history" of convenience store pro- perties with paper waste, chil- dren "hanging out," and the "in- cessant din of a car wash. "I don't think this is the place for it (car wash), so close to a residential neighborhood." Mel Beatty, business develop- mnent admrnistrator for the Ontario central division of Texaco Canada Inc., said he didn't know what Brunelle meant by «hanging out." When Brunelle said children go to the stores for sweets, Pop, etc., he added that they core on bicycles amongst heavy traffic. "You are creating a clear danger," said Brunelle. Pat McCloskey, RR2 Whitby, received applause from residents when he said that convenience stores produce traffic which "hold up people trying to get gas. I"Whr put in a convenience store?' he asked. Beatty, who noted the property had been owned by Texaco since 1955, said the store and car wash use is part of the "modern gas bar" which "offers gas, a car wash and place to nick up a newspaper" for residents of a nearby subdivision. He added that the car wash will be similar to 15 other Texaco operations in the Metro Toronto area. Councillor Lynda Buffett in- dicated she would visit the Metro locations to check noise. John Doistra, a resident who presen- ted the petition of area residents, suggested to Beatty that another location might be found "for what you want." Recently, Texaco made appli- cation to add.a convenience store at the southeast corner of Dun- das St. E. and Kendalwood Rd. The firstapplication was for a store at the Texaco location on Brock St. S. at Dunlop.i "We think we need to give our retaillers another reason (for customers) to come in, perhaps bread and milk," said Beatty, at the public meeting held over the second application on Dundas St. E. The existing building vould be removed and a new, 990.sq. ft. building would be constructed for use as a convenience store. "To compete in that (gas) mar- ket, we need something other than we have there now." But one Kendalwood Rd. resi- dent, Bill Lovelock, noted the Im erial Oil takeover of Texaco andsaid applications should be "held iu abeyance until we are sure what is going to happen." Lovelock said he had no objec- tions to the application but cau- tioned 'aans jumping into sorething before the results of the sale are known.. "It's imnaterial what flag it wil be flying in the next six months," said Beatty. Another Kendalwood Rd. resi- dent had objections to the appli- cation, saying there would be an increase in the ýtraffic that is "already tremendous. "It would make it very noisy all day and all night." Beatty said Texaco bou ht the §property 14 years ago. Shirley lair has operated the station for 13 years. "It was obvious that the little building was outdated," said Beatty.-e said the new bilding would "still small relatively to others." "Why is there such a great interest by Texaco in Whitbyr said Drumm at Monday's meet- a " a business decision we Local faimily produces 'Back Buddy' By Debbie Luchuk From the ashes of a business ailure, a Durham Region family has brought forth a new product that is proving to be very successful. The Mitchell family produces a unique back scrubber, patented uder the name "The Back Buddy." It is a cylinder of foan, covered in terrycloth, and has rope on either end, to allow the bather to draw the c linder back and forth across the back. It cores in blne, pink and white. "The product was born out of necessity. My niece, who is a housewife, and mother of four, has a busy life. She wanted something for herself that she could take in the shower for a good back scrub and massage," said Sue ( Mitchell) Clarke, Whitby-based distributor of the product. Clarke's niece developed the idea and had the Back Buddy patented in the summer of 1988; and with limited family funds, the scrubber was put into pro- duction. "This business rose out of a revious business failure, and we flerned through a lot of mis- takes," Clarke said. The scrubber is assembled by fanily and friends, with no out- side assistance, in Bowmanville, and is distributed from Clarke's apartment in Whitby. Markets for the product range from Bow- manville to Toronto, and businesses in other regions are indicatinginterest, Clarke said. "If people have ideas, pursue them. They pay off. There are a lot of ideas that can mean you don't have to get up at 6 in the morning to work a shift at GM," Clarke said, for others interested in starting their own business venture. 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