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I f Around the Hydro Worker Displays Gifts Donated to Troops in Gulf The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. January 30.1991 3 OSHAWA -- Durham Regional Police are creating a new squad to deal with the increasing problem of teen crime. The unit goes into effect in April after an intensive intensive training session at police headquarters in Oshawa and after a week of training with Metro Toronto Toronto officers working on gang squads. The officers will concentrate on theft, robberies, assault and extortion. extortion. PICKERING -- A Pickering couple is $2.5 million richer this week after winning the Lotto 649 draw on January 26. Thirty-two-year-old Chris Madden and his wife, Andrea, 34, plan to use their winnings by taking a holiday, paying off their mortgage and investing. investing. They found that they won the money when they read the winning numbers in their newspaper on Sunday morning. They bought the ticket at Island Cqnveniencè in West Hill. They have three children. OSHAWA -- A 63-year-old Oshawa man was found dead in his apartment at 1201 Cedar St. in Oshawa at approximately 5 p.m. on January 28. Durham Regional Regional Police say the body of Kenneth Earl Bowler has been transported to the Centre of Forensic Science in Toronto for a post mortem examination. Members of the Durham Regional Police Service Major Crime Unit are investigating the incident. PORT PERRY - A yellow ribbon campaign, designed to show support for the Canadian troops in the Persian Persian Gulf, has started in Port Perry. One lady with a ribbon on her door has a brother in the navy stationed in Halifax and currently on stand-by to head to the. Gulf. The woman has gone door-to-door in her town- house complex, asking other residents to show their support by tying a yellow ribbon to their property. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS SERVING YOU. sikkEns 1 MÔÏÏreA, Paints We have many wallpaper books to choose from. CENTRAL PAINT & PAPER 295 Ritson Rd. S. Oshawa 434-3939 '"* ? f ! ? • r r - 10%-50% on Plumbing - Heating - Air Conditioning Supplies • Two New Electric Furnaces • Two new 10 Kilowatt Hot Water Boilers • One 25 Kilowatt Hot Water Boiler (used 3 years) • Dehumidifiers • Sewage Pumps and much more... HUGE REDUCTIONS on Maytag Appliances See next week's paper! Harvey Partner Ltd. Main Street, Orono 983-5206 623-2301 : V ■ MM . fS " ■ ' 1 f-m. isV Bruce Wood, a worker at Pickering Nuclear Generating Generating Station, has been helping to organize a collection collection at that facility for gifts and care packages to be sent to Canadian troops in the Persian Gulf. He recently recently addressed Durham Regional Council to enlist the support of its member municipalities in making --ry . ...rf the effort, now called Operation Maple Leaf, regionwide. regionwide. Mr. Wood is pictured here with some of the items that are being sent to the troops to occupy their spare time. Newspapers, periodicals, games, video tapes and audio tapes are among the items being requested. requested. RCMP Seizes Marijauna Lab Oshawa RCMP officials are not saying whether or not the raid on a Manvers Township home on Monday, Jan. 21 is related to a Jan. 12 seizure of hydroponic lab equipment which saw two Bowmanville residents arrested arrested on a variety of charges charges including possession for the purpose of trafficking. From last Monday's raid; two women and three men were jointly charged with cultivating a narcotic and possession of a narcotic. The raid followed an investigation investigation into the recent influx of marijuana into the Durham Region. It was conducted conducted by the RCMP and Durham Region Police Force. "Marijuana is not the drug of choice in this area," said Corporal Jake White with the Oshawa RCMP detachment. detachment. "This could be the number number one supplier, but we really don't know," said Cpl. White. "We do know this crop was not the first crop from this operation." It is estimated that the operation used about $1,000 worth of hydro monthly. It would be through records, calendars and the like, that the two police forces would be able to find out how long the lab has been in operation. operation. The operation 1 discovered by police in the Manvers raid was a hydroponic lab in which 300 seedlings (three to six inches téfll) were being grown. Marijuana grown hy- aroponically can reach maturity maturity in about a month, said Cpl. White. The marijuana most highly-prized by drug users comes from plants that are short, standing between Adventists Offer Health Monitoring Program three to four feet high, and are bushy. THC (terahydro- cannabinol), marijuana's active active ingredient, is at its best, in bushy short plants. The RCMP estimates that the growers were acquiring one- quarter pound off mature plants. Hydroponics is a new way to grow plants without the use of soil. The owners of the operation discovered in Manvers had set up a lab on the tops of tables that "looked like pool tables lined with plastic." A nutrient-enriched solution solution was fed electronically through the tables, passing freely in and around plant roots. The plant's themselves were secured in styrofoam, forms, leaving the roots dan- a in the solution so they feed. The lab was lit by lights on tracks so the lights could sweep the plants "to provide even lighting lighting and to simulate the night-day cycle." Equipment and information information used, said Cpl. White, could be purchased from specialty stores. Attendance Better Than Some Councillors" Citizen Never Misses Meeting that she doesn't think so any longer. While running for council council may be an opportunity for her in the future, the by Andrea Adair Anyone who attends Newcastle Council meetings on a fairly regular basis most likely will have met EvyUn Stroud. The Bowmanville resident resident has attended every meeting of council for the past 18 months and jokes, iny attendance is better than some councillors." Prior to that, other commitments commitments only allowed her to attend night council meetings, meetings, which she did for four years. Frequent attendance of the general public at council is rare. Most appear only when there is an interest in an issue or if they are seeking seeking public office. But Ms Stroud is an exception. exception. Community Interests "I started to go to the meetings when I was a member of the library board," she said. She recalled recalled that she first attended attended because a town councillor on the board "sometimes didn't seem to have the best interest of the board at heart." "I became aware of more of the political process in the town," and its effect on the residents. While on the library board she was also a member member of an environment group and was becoming more aware of the law and issues in the community. "These things interested me. The municipal government government level was the easiest level for people to get involved." involved." She noted that at the federal federal and provincial level, the public doesn't have the opportunity opportunity to stand and speak on issues. But they can speak at the local council council level. "I think it's a great opportunity opportunity because it is the most accessible level of government government that you have. The downside, though, is that councillors are more susceptible susceptible to lobbying." Agendas More people might want to attend, she suggests, if there were more council agendas available for them to follow. Without an agenda, she said, the meetings are "gibberish." "gibberish." "If the town would make it more accessible, it would encourage encourage more people to get involved. I don't want to generate generate excess paper, but I still think it's a valuable tool." "You can't be informed if you don't have an agenda" (Right now, three are put out half an hour before the meeting on a first-come, first- served basis. An agenda is available at the library on the Friday prior to a Monday meeting.) Having attended so many meetings, the Bowmanville resident has formed an opinion opinion on how council works. "What you see on Monday is only the tip of the iceberg. The wheeling and dealing goes on before." "Sometimes I wonder about how much staff is making making things work and how much the politicians are," she said. "Sometimes I wonder what's behind the reports." Not Seeking Office During the past few months, various people have asked her if she had thought about running for office. She admits that the thought had never crossed her mind until the questions were posed. "Like a lot of people, I, always always thought politicians were on a pedestal and I could never be good enough," she said, quickly clarifying time to perform such a job isn't available at present. Ms Stroud is, by profession, profession, a teacher. She is working part-time as an adult literacy teacher at the Centre for Individual Studies. Her record of attendance attendance at council sessions may change in the next few weeks, since she is hoping to start a small daycare centre. And she believes to do the job right, time has to be spent on it. Ms Stroud comes to council well-prepared. Whenever a matter comes up that deals with development on environmentally environmentally protected lands, she makes her objections known to council. "I want it to be a matter of public record," she said. If, in the future ,the council of the day claims "no one objected to it," her name will be on record as being an objector. Citizen Involvement Attending every Monday meeting has given Ms Stroud insight in to the process and the procedure of council. On a number of occasions she had offered assistance to people who had never attended council before. "It's scary when people don't realize what will happen happen ... that decisions could have already been made." "I think more people should be interested. People People should come out and see what they are getting. "It's so important and it is so accessible to you. It's your tax dollar." Town Calls Tenders for New Handi Transit Vehicle The Town of Newcastle is calling for tenders for a 1991 Handi-Transit van. Two weeks ago, instead of approving the purchase of a 1989 van, council decided to look into the costs of a 1991 model.;, At a meeting 'Mondtiy, council approved calling for tenders on a newer van. Marie Marano, town treasurer, explained that the van for Handi Transit Inc. was included in the 1990 budget. The specifications for the van had to be approved by the provincial government because they were providing 50 per cent of the funding for the purchase. The matter came before council in January of 1991, she said, because it took a long time for the van specifications specifications to be approved. • \ Mrs,. Marano said.council felt that since there" wasn't too much of a difference be tween the 1989 and the 1991 models, it was worthwhile worthwhile to re-tender the purchase. purchase. The van is expected to be, purchased this year. "Because the specifica- ' tions have already been written, it is just,.hopefully, a matter of re-submitting," the treasurer said. 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