P7ag Whlby FmosPMUs, Wedntesday, December Z 1992 w htb- *sies By Elizabeth Hooper ~ There will be diffèrent festive events in down- town Whitby throughout the, m on t h of December. ' >Evenits organ- fred by the Whitby' Downtown Buiness Improvement Area bas alIreadybogun, including Trim a Tre. Day today -(Wednesday), when children fromnrsiead dlaycare. Will be decorating trees atilocal bonks,. credit unions and * rutoempamîes.. BIA manager LAnda Lawson "sYs,. 'During the Trim . a ré«. * Day, childreni will bée i.t otV thingsp such 'as cooièe from tô banks." Thé annual treeý-lighting cere- ,mony at the Whitby Public Libr- ary Will be held on Friday, Dec.- 4,at 7:30 p.m. Santa and his elves will'be >there to greet everyone and the Whitby Brass B andwilh pro- 'viingmuscalentertainment. efrehmentswill be served. .'Toyota 'Care- Drive' begins- Whitby* Toyota in west' Whithy will agam be part of the annual Toyota Christmas Care Drive. Non-perishable food.,and un-., wrapedtoysabe dropped off atthe deal7ehi,1025,Dunas St. W., Monday te Saturday. For the third annual event, 23 Toyota dealers in the Metro area wilI participate. lesyar, Toyota dealership collected "more than,'25 0 trck- loads of food and. unwrapped toys wbhich were distributed by the Salvation Army. 1 The nee d in Whitby alone has risen a shocking 35.prcnoe lâst yeer with miorethan ýý230" famil«,lessek'ghlp' s 1 Paul Pearson, president ofte'so"à ronto Area Toyot4 Dealers. «I9 expected ýthat almoat 300 families Wfil requ*e asitance this Christmias.» T he drive continues until Dec. The Brooklin 4H Club will .be assisting, ,with the ceremony, handing out -cider and candyr canes toi children. The' club wi llý be* sporting the shirts that they mnaewhîch' have ýChristmas After the,,ceremony, four WhtyTansit bus's wll be availe to people for a free tour of decorated'homes i Whitby. Space is, limited., mhe Santa Claus parade winids throuîffithe downtown area on A hisncwlig orwl take place on Thursday, Dec. 10, OÙartingat 7 p.!n Whit ar vist Brian Winter wilIl b. hosting the. tour through time. .Variousseminars to be.offered this winter'. Breakfast sminars on various training, development and managemeént lubjects will be- held1à ÀNAax starting in Decem- >Diamond Triangle hic. offers' the seiasmostly funded by the Drm eion Action Comn- mittee for Trainmng. Côsýis$35perperonfor each Ail sesions from 8 tol11a.m., aeat the, binond, Triangle tianuy v.. , ax. 202, 375 ,,The following are dates of am inarsý, topics (instructor) and a briel'- description of sûbJects te b. covered':, SUPERVISIONAND 991F-DIRECTEDTEAMS - Dec. 7, interviewing e3kilis (Carol Lohnes): recruiting, dis- cipline, performnance, review, ter- nunmation. 1-,Dec-. 9, behavioral selection (Cindy .ýBonnar): ,traditional va. behavrioral selection, investment for a. greater success, base,.for buildingadeindculture, enMphasis on interactive, situa- tional questions. taagmn -- Dec.15j l angeen (MaryLjou Býra'ey).:principles SEE PAGE 15 ONE, SIDE of the 72-item salad bar at- Sizzler, the 'restaiurant in the niorthwest corne ot te Whiby Mal parilo. The. 0 yMak Reosbrdi » r Now open in ýWhtb ISizzleIr,-menu â dapteëd;to, suitCanaian.maret Anew 250-satetuati up and run- ninq in Wbitby. .SBzzler,- in the. northwest corner. of the WihitbylMail, held its grand -opening Monday. The family-sétylereýstaurantbosta7-item salad ber and a dessert, Mexicdan, seafood and. pasta bar. "Vihat weýre about is service' choice and freshness,", says Scottes and izzler's Rob White. <'Ve don't have- MSG or preservatives and we don't use .apy tenderizers *or chemicals. «Our meat is 21-day *aged heef fromn High ]River, Aberta which cornes into the store five day a week and we cut it on'the premises.»- Vi1hite saye Sizzler is trying for a, casual envîronment. "You' can come, here in your workhots, et.businessmen would feel comfor- table in brmnga'client: here -- we have, a whole range of peop1e. 1The restaurant, the third Sizz ler in Canada, usproviding jobs for 78 people from Whithy anderea. Wihite says its a joint venture between the. American-owned Sizzler, which';bas some 700 restaurants in the U.S., and 'Canada'. Scotts Hospitelity, Which has more than 600 res- taurants in Canada. The partnership plans te 'open five more Sizzler Restaurants, in Canada this year, and Iroughly' si teten a yeaýr ster :that. ltplans te eventually, have 100 restaurants, inceluding 20 mn the Greater Toronto Ares. Wihite »,sas the company Ih as spent 10 months and' «lots of moiiey» adaptIng -the Sizzler concept-te the Caiadian market'.. Wihite says a lot, of the fred food, on teU Sizzler menu wsrmvd Te'einto fried, food and, volume.,.. what we focused o a quality of food..». we (also) re-designedaiîl the saladdressinge 'iand..sauces for lii. Canadian market.' Tii. "Canadia'ný Sizzlerputs- a lot more emphasis on service, says Wte, eand spent "thousanda of hours" redesigniing sud adapting the 'U.S. building and design and* decor pack- age. "Ordecor '9ierta teSats"White sy.Now theyr detn ot ofour design- and decrpcae Totten Sims,!Hubicki Firm s 150,-em,,ploye es at one ne w ýlocation TOTTEN SIMS HUBIOKI computer-aided design (CAD) department supervisor Char- lie Tornpsett demonstrates a digitizer. The flrm held a reception Thursday tooelebrateq- its move to, the ýMcGraw-H illI Ryerson building. M00 b ty Lk Reeso, 'M&iltb& Pros Totten Sima Huhbicki Associates held an open bouse on Nov. 26 to, mark the rel oùation of its Whithy, office te, the McGraw Hill-Ryerson budIding at 300 Viater St., Witby. The, move bas ýpermnitted the.' firm to hring together alWhtby staff who, for the lest few yearsý, have been at three separalte locations. The, consolidation of staff wili improve the overall eff liency and cordination, say company officiais. 1Now ýcelebrating its 3Oth',year in business, Totten Sims HubGickId bahm anaie an office in Whitby foi 28 of thoeers The. fret Wbithy oficewas opened in January 1964 in the basoment of -a-, -profiessional built ton Dundas St. W. ThefrmgrW rapicUyoaver the neit two years.sad moved te s- 'Tudor-etyle home at 519 Dundas St. E. I 1970, Totten Sime Hubicid was one of -the firet' WhiVtbyý industries, te moe. inte the. industriel area, where the firmh ,oMgt land .and erected its office at150 okIns St. Over the yeare,,the firm bas leased additional office space in downtewn Wbltby Curtly, ,150 empfloyees work et the, Wbltby o 'fflce,. out of Thtten Simas Hubicki ' rovinceýwide staff complement of 350 ppe in à SEE PAGÉ 18