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Port Perry Star, 30 Jun 1987, p. 2

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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 30, 1987 (From page 1) they did so on the grounds that the school. church and seniors apart ments would be too much develop ment on the approximately seven acre total parcel of land Council also felt there may not be adequate parking for church, school and apartment needs However K Ms Lack in her presentation Monday afternoon, said 'there will be suffi cient parking to meet the needs of the church, school and seniors pro- ject She said a Township planning report on parking needs was based on the assumption the church has seating for 500 people, when in fact the seating 1s for 400 people, thus the church requires 99 parking spaces and 12 for the school At Monday's meeting, the council expressed reservations about a pro posal whereby buses would enter the property via Ash and Cedar Streets to pick up students from the school. This bus staging area would be fenced and it would also serve as parking for church services and functions, and a playground area during school hours Following the presentation from Ms Lack, David Finnegan, senior citizens project manager with the Toronto Diocese and Brian Wilcox, the project architect, council agreed to wait one week before deciding to reconsider the decision However, it will be a political decision as planning consultant John McDermott said the project is not good planning as there 1s not enough developable land in the total Tractor rolls, claims life of young man A 19 yeay old Blackstock teenager was killed in a tragic tractor acci- dent near Uxbridge on Tuesday June 23, twenty days before his 20th - birthday Donald Thlling, son of Arthur and shirley Tiling, worked at Prince Lee Acres, a horse farm north of Ux- - bridge on Sandford Side Road, own- _ ed by Norman Clements. + " Durhany Regional Police say he was driving a 995 Case tractor with a manure spreader on the back, up a steep grass-covered hill when the accrdent occurred, sometime bet- ween 11:30 am. and 2 pm Police believe he made it about three-quarters of the way up the em- bankment, couldn't make it any fur- is a chance 'g and to re-ui ther, and attempted to reverse. At that point, police say the tractor and spreader jack-knifed and rolled two and a half times, before the tractor came to rest at the bottom of the hill, and thie spreader; unhitched, a little further up : Donald Tilling was found a' few feet from the scene by a co-worker: Gary Van Dine of Uxbridge. When Donald didn't return at noon for lunch, Mr. Van Dine went looking for him. An ambulance was called, and the victim was taken to Ux- bridge Cottage Hospital Funeral services were held Satur- day at Armstrong Funeral Home in Oshawa. Interment, Groveside Cemetery in Whitby. to re: Ve those great ite with some O Appeal for seniors apts. parcel Regional councillor Lawrente Malcolm suggested that if council does agree to change its earher dec: sion and give the project the green light, the land on which the seniors - apartment is to be built should be completely fenced to separate it from the church and school proper- ties. He said there should be no velu- 'cle access from Cedar Street to the church parking lot, including for school buses. The fencing would allow for pedestrian access to the church Ward 4 councillor Neil McLaughlin said this suggestion may be a good one and deserves consideration, but it would mean the Parish would have to upgrade a por- tion of Cedar Street to full municipal standards for traffic to get to the seniors building Councillor Don Cochrane ' Ward 3) who was opposed to the decision two weeks ago to turn down the pro- ject said at Monday's meeting that the Township might lose an appeal to the OMB. Councillor Yvonne Christie « Ward 1) said at Monday's meeting "I have not changed my mind (in opposi- tion). There is just too much building on the (total) site And Ward 2 councillor Howard Hall also said he still has reserva tions about the project HOSPITAL REPORT Week Ending June 25 ~ Admissiens....-............% "31 Births... ooo. oF Deaths... Co 1 Emergencies... 254 Operations... .° 12- Discharged. 7 3 Remaining............. EE 1 dances of the \d friends CARLO NIGHT 'Same Tent Top! Toast to retirement : Hundreds of friends, former workmates and relatives packed the Sunderiand Arena last Wednesday evening to say good-bye to Ivan Bell, who has been a trusted and amiable representative for the Ministry of Agriculfure in our area for many, many years. Several dignitaries were on hand for the touching tribute, which included an anecdotal history of Mr. Bell's career, delivered by Ivan himself. For the occasion of his retirement, Mr. Bell and his wife Barbara, were presented with a patio set. Free Bahamas trip to winning business Local businesses are being given a chance to win a free rip to the Bahamas as part of the Scugog Chamber of Com- mer ree annual Bahamas Festival Days celebrations. . The tri rip for two will be awarded to the businéss with the best overall | partici pation in the event being held July 9, 10, Frtrants : 11. Entrants will be judged on (a)-exterior and interior ap- . 2 4 3 pearance of their stores: (b) staff enthusiasm: (¢) staff In order to be judged for this contest, anyone wishing to be judged must enter the contest. Entry forms have been distribx uted to local merchants, but if anvone was missed they ma a form from Larry Emmerson at 983-7306. The wip for two to the Bahamas has*beén arranged through the Bahamas Te urist Office. Th 10mson Vacations and avel in Port Perry. Last years winner was the den- and Hardy. and Linda Grills will 1 v won last vear just following Festival t 1 tw) od ov Sl ns -~ + vl Inv I | EY n FN { tn' (J ' i ea AY) vears Ba hamas Festival Days an even; ent than last year by participating. Enter nd take part in this fantastic sum- 0 & 11. 1 'tho ) Bo pe bo y yo " vy 0 t ' + 2 t " (5 ad [i jo + {0 YO (a9) mn UXBRIDGE SAVE ) PORT PERRY GLASSES GAMES TABLES _ CHAIRS PARTY GOODS 852-5538 Zehrs Mall - Uxbridge 985-7771 Hwy. 7A - Port Perry Pa YU AE Rn,

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