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Ororso Wo.kly Tlm.s1, Wodnes4ay~ ~eptmbu 21~, 1g94 9 SAjLLY STAPLES associate broker flinkt:ng of seffingj?, Caif me for afree appraisaf - takeç aJvantage of, the est mark et condfitions in years! 623-6000 RE/MAX CORNERSTONE REALTY LTrD., REALTrOR 6360 24 hr. pager Congratulations 1Liz & Dave! Raptors on the move Raptors, the overail name for all the three hawk-types, of Faicons, Accepters and Butlos as well as Eagles and Vultures, and now well on their way south and will continue to be over die next month and a haif. .In past years the active birder tripped off to Hawk Cliff near Port Stanley to witness the fal trip south. If they heid greater interest they would follow this flight south of Raptons to Holiday Beach near Amherstburg and fmally to the tip of Point Peiee. In 1990 a small group of birders took up a Raptor watch south of Whitby at Cranber-y mnarsh south of HalVs Road. The resuits of nrecording Raptors bas been somewhat astonishing. A record of 10 Golden Eagles on one day alone in 1990. In 1991 on September 20th 5,52 1 Broadwing haWks weretallied along with the other sitings. The list includes 860 Turkey Vultures during a single October day of the sarne year. The report watch started in late August and operates daily weather pernmitting. The Cranberry Mai-ch watch operates on Conservation land where a look-out has been constructed. It can get crowded at times but tiiere is always somen to help the voices in hawk ID's. To reach Cranberry Marsh look-out fmom 401 take the Brock Strcet exit at the south of Whitby. Travel south one block to Victoria Road, travel next a couple of miles to Hals Road and drive south. Hawk watching is not an early to rise event. The hawk movement does not start until the land heats and the warm air begins te fise in what are called thermals. It may be mid-morning before the action begins. The Raptors spiral upward within a thermal reaching the top of the- thermal te glide diagonally downward to reach another thermal and another rise. In this way they are able to travel great distances with littie effort. When a number of hawks are being lifted up by a thermal the group is known as a kettle and couid reach over a hundred at a time i an active period of hawk movement. The Raptors that move along the north shore of Lake Ontario may have come from as fan as north-eastern Quebec. It is al downhill for the birds who may finally cross at the mid-south U.S. at Pelec Point and if not then at Windsor. Durham Police cali need for 25 additional officers Chief Trevor McCagherty of Durhamn Regional Police points to the need for 25 more officers. He is making recommendation for the 25 officers in the next year's budget. The chief said the foi-ce bas 43 eower officers than in 1993. He ,,- -id this made 36 less street level officers. It is said -that the number of officers ai-e lower because of the long terma effects of a hiring Stew Low heads GM public relations Stew Low is, the new head of public relations at General Motors of Canada. Low has worked in public freeze, a response to the social co ntract and an aging of the police force. More officers left with the retrement package than expected. A study resulted in several charges in policing in Durham Staffing changes will have to be made within the confines of the 1995 budget. Durham Police are authorized to have 593 employees. relations at GM since 1986. Three years ago, Low Was promnoted to manager of external relations and last year was made manager of public relations. Fined,$20,OOO for mariuana Two executives of an Ajax chemnical company have been fined a total of $20,000 for selling home grown marijuana. They are also to serve five months in jail. Festival looking for new voices The Oshawa Festival Singers are looking for new choir members forthe 1994-95 season. The choir requires boys aged nine to 12 with unchanged voices and girls aged nine to 16. For more information, or to arrange an audition, cali (905) 728-2252. Hilstone wants to seli land British developer Hilstone Developments bas offered for sale their property at the cornier of Mary Street and William Street in Oshawa. The land was to be used for the new Durham Offices ini the City. Regionai council eventually bowed out of the deal. Construction in Durham on the, increase 'Me value of building permits issued in Durham Region for the first six months of 1994 totalled $265.7 million, an increase of 64.0% compared to the sarne timne period in 1993. Accerding to a report prepared for Regional Planning Committee by the Commissioner of Planning, Mr. Georgieff, this inecase in value, is the resuit of increased new hueproduction and the commencement of construction of the new $39.1 million Whithy Psychiatric Hospital. Building permits were issued for a total of 1,449 new residential units in the flst half of 1994, an 80.4% increase compared to the 803 units produced in the sanie tirne period last year. D uring dhe tii-st half of 1994, permits were issued for 987 single-detached units, 271 semi- detached units, 185 townhouse/quadruplex units and 6 apartmnent units. The limited production of new apartment units is attributed to reduced apartment construction activity by the public (assisted housing) sector. Ontario Hiking Day Sunday, October 2 Sunday, October 2nd bas been declared Ontario Hiking Day. This is a day clubs and parks host easy family hikes for al Ontarians. 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