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Whilby Free Presa, Wednesday, ApulI 13,1994, Page 3 Drumm, oistra to se re-el ection tiensfromh Planning and Development Committee That a site plan application from Mackie Moving Systems Corp. for a 44,370-square foot warehouse at 2099 Victoria St. E. be approved. The single-storey building will only cover 7.5 per cent of the 7.63-acre site, thereby allowing for future expansion, a planning staff report noted. Cmrried That an application f rom Invar Industrial Mt. to remove a holding designation on the site of the former Price Club property on Victoria Street East be removed. When council approved the bulk merchandising wareho use last year, Rt put a speciai designation on the food component portion of the project until a study determined the Whftby area could support another major grocery store. The study completed, planning staff are satisfiled with f indl ngs. Athough the Price Club plan was abandoned and a new tenant must be found, a Home Depot warehouse plan ned for the other haîf of the proper s golng ahead. arried Recommenda- tionsfrom the Operations Committee That a 'no parking' restriction at ail times be installed on the west side of Hickory Street from Dundas Street East to Dunlop Street East, and on the east sie of Hickory from Dundas to a point 50 metres south, and on the west sie of Hickory from Coîbomne Street East to Dunlop. CaMred That the trafflo bylaw b. amended to indicate that the 'no parking, restriction currently ln place on both sies of Scott Street ftrom $121 ,501 by George H. Harding Construction Co. Ltd. for reconstruction of Westwood Road (off Garrard Road) be approved. C arr id1 By Mike KowaIsId Two down and six to go. Counicillors Jo. Drumm and John Doîstra will seek re-election in November. Drumm and Doîstra both in- formed their colleautes Monday that they intend to b candidates in the Nov. 14 municipal elec- tion. Firot elected to counicil in 1977, Drumm, 64 represente5l the east ward uif hies election as a reegoonal councillor in 1988. H e topped the regional polis in both the 1988 and 1991 elections. By Mike Kowalski McDonald's golden arches will soon b. gracing the gateway te Whitby. Construction of a McDonald's restaurant near the corner of Highway 401 and Brock Street South is expected te be under- way shortly, says a company officiai. "We should be under construc- tion by next (this) week hogefuliy and open in four inonths, John Kazmnierowski said Friday. To be built on the southeast corner of Brock Street and Con- sumers Drive, the restaurant proposai had te overcome several obstacles before WVhitby officiais would issue a buildingp nt. Town council inise that McDonaid's architects incor- porate a Victorian-style design mnte the restaurant s exterior appearance so, that it would b. similar te, other commercial buildings further north on Brock. Concerns about vehicular access te the site and storm Now retired from Dowty Aeio- space in Ajax, Drumm is a 41- year resident of Whitby. An employée of General Motors in Oshawa, Dostra, 39 has represented the centre war4 since first being elected three years ago. The two councillors' announce- mente of their November plans did not prompt anyone else to make a similar declaration. Mayor Tom Edwards and regional councillors Ross Batten and Marcel Brunelle did not rise water management aiso had to be resolved to the municipality's satisfaction. "Everything has been cleaned up, were ready to go," said Kaz- mierowski. Ilie Brock Street restaurant will be the second McDonald's in Whitby. The other is located at the Whitby Mail on Thickson Road. Thie new restaurant will be a franchise operation, but the con- pany has not yet announced who the operator wili be, Kaz- mierowski said. H. did not have an exact figure as to the number of employees expected to be hired. to the challenge, nor did west ward councilor Judi Longfield or east ward incumbent Dennisi Fox. North ward couneillor Don Mitchell was absent. 3-year jail term A Whitby man received a three-year jail term in court in Toronto after pleading guilty te narcotics charges. Edward Joseph Cormmuer, 41, of Brock Street South, was one of five people charged by police Feb. 24 in Toronto. He and two other men were arrested in an ale-a behind a Toronto restaurant. lhe arrests were made after an investigation by the RCMP Bowmanville drug section and Durham, Regtional Police. Police seized five kilograms (Il pounds) of hashish from Cor- mier's vehicle and seven kilo- grams from another vehicle. Police then conducted a search and seized a briefcase containing "47,460 in cash, aise seized 2.75 kilograins (six pounds) of hash- ish. To more persona were then chared A ttal of 32 pounds of hashish was eventually seized. Cormier received a three-year sentence for possession of a nar- cotic for the purpose of traffick- ing, and also received a concur- rent one-year sentence for pos- session of a narcotie and pro- ceeds of crime. A charge of trafficking in a narcotic was withdrawn. Work soon to begin on new McDonald's Dentures so natural,... you'II nover know the, diffrncel * Newv Soft- Tkoufdy muteiafsfor (FREE CONSULTATION) Walter Wimmer, Denture Therapist PICKERING TOWN CENTRE 420. 5020w.800.661«5020