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Clarington Council Briefs The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, October 27, 1993 3 Spooky Cast Rehearses for Halloween Play this Saturday Clarington Council has granted permission for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 178 to hold its annual annual sale of poppies from November 3 to 11. The Legion has also received permission to hold parades in Bow- manvillc on November 7 and 11. , The November 7 event is a parade ; to the St. Andrew's Church at 10:30 > a.m. On the same day, there will be 'a march to the Cenotaph in Orono for the laying of wreaths and a Remembrance Remembrance Ceremony. On November 11, there will be a parade to the Bowmanville Cenotaph Cenotaph and a remembrance service there. Other Cenotaph services will also be held in Newcastle and New- lonvillc on November 11. The municipality of Clarington has agreed to donate $750 towards the celebration of the Durham Rc- . gion's 20lh anniversary next year. "It is going to be a very special year for Durham," said Clarington Mayor Diane Ham re at a meeting of Clarington Council Monday night. She added dial this municipality will be active in the celebrations, since the Durham Region celebrations celebrations can become part of Claring- lon's many annual special events. In a letter to Clarington Council, Economic • Development Commissioner Commissioner Pat Olive stated that in order to promote the Durham Region celebrations, celebrations, each municipality is being asked to make a donation. The funds will be used for promotional items such as t-shirts, pins, and flags. Enniskillen residents arc concerned concerned about the deteriorating condition condition of the former community centre centre on Old Scugog St. The building is no longer used and was described in a letter to council as unsafe. "Residents of the area would like to see the building demolished and the area used as a children's play area,"said Keith McGill, of the Enniskillen Enniskillen United Church, in correspondence correspondence to Clarington Council. The request has been submitted Consulting Firm to Recruit New CAO A consulting firm will be hired to recruit a new chief administrative officer for the municipality. Clarington Council agreed Monday Monday night to interview two firms for the assignment. Peat, Marwick, Stevenson Stevenson and Kellogg and Von Strau- benzee Consulting Corp. are both being considered for the job. : The new chief administrator will replace the previous administrator, Larry Kotscff, who obtained a new post with a British Columbia city. National Trends Hurt Incumbent From page one marked: "I hope those who voted right of centre see what happens in the future." Then, casting his memory back to the last provincial election in Ontario, Ontario, in September 1990, Stevenson said, "This is nothing new for the party, it's déjà vu." He also recalled the national Liberal Liberal Party being in the Tory predicament predicament during the early 1980s when the Tories swept the Liberals off the map. The rebuilding of the party will take time, he predicted. "It's a long way back. The Liberals Liberals crashed in 1984 and it took them two elections to get back." While the federal election has wiped the party out in the national standing, Stevenson predicts that in the next provincial election,/the party party will come back. When speaking to the volunteers at his campaign headquarters in Courticc, Stevenson told them, he was happy to have had their support and accepted the defeat graciously. Stevenson went to the Liberal Parly election headquarters in Bowmanville Bowmanville to offer his best wishes later later in the evening. If Stevenson had been able to hold his own in the urban polls as well as in the rural polls, he might have been the winner, Dr. Zakarow suited on Monday night. "We ran the campaign on this member being a hard worker for his area," Dr. Zakarow stated. Stevenson worked towards the installation of a new RCMP Headquarters Headquarters in Bowmanville, upgrades at the Oshawa Airport and capital grants to Durham College. In the last four years, workers at Stevenson's constituency office in Oshawa have handled 36,000 inquiries, inquiries, Dr. Zakarow staled. to the municipality's community services director for a review and a report. The Kendal Eagles Baseball Club is seeking permission from die municipality municipality to upgrade the Kendal Park. "We would like to build a new building or add to the existing building, building, which would consist of washrooms, washrooms, running water, canteen, storage storage area, and possibly change rooms," said a representative of the club in a letter to Clarington council. council. The club added that it would require require some funding from the municipality, municipality, but would be willing to contribute contribute most of the costs by means of fund-raising. The group plans to do the work itself, with help of personally-known personally-known contractors. Municipal councillors voted on Monday night to refer the request to Clarington's director of community services for a review and a report at a future meeting of the general purpose purpose and administration committee. The Solina Community Centre has raised almost all of its share of the money needed to install access for the handicapped at the community community centre. The Community Centre volunteers volunteers are responsible for raising $20,000, which is one-third the cost of making the building wheelchair accessible. In a letter to Clarington Council, representatives of the project asked that the municipality help to expedite expedite the remaining provincial funding funding required to launch the project. Council passed a resolution requesting requesting that the provincial minister responsible for issues related to disability disability and seniors be advised that the municipality fully supports the access project in Solina. In addition, the minister will be asked to ensure that the funding request is speedily dealt with. Clarington council will also send a letter of appreciation to the Solina Community Centre congratulating the group on raising 90 per cent of its share of the funds. Shepherd Wins From Page One of job creation and job attraction" for this area of Ontario. As the ' representative for Durham, Durham, Shepherd does not see himself as only representing the Liberal supporters supporters of the riding, but all voters. "I am not,one person going to Ottawa, Ottawa, but someone who is representing representing all of you," he said. Among the supporters who attended attended the celebration party were Mac and Norma Ransbcrry who live in the northern reaches of Clarington. Clarington. "I think the voters wanted some real people in Ottawa," said Mr. Ransbcrry. "The people have decided decided they wanted some honesty back in government." Mr. Ransbcrry told The Statesman Statesman he worked at a polling station at the Kirby School and saw "a heavy turn-out." However, there was "a horse race" between Shepherd and Stevenson Stevenson for a while as the ballots were being counted up. His wife added that the voter turn-out showed "proper results." "I'm not surprised. I just knew it ' had to happen," she noted. Another thrilled Liberal support was Richard Lovekin. "It's almost impossible to believe," believe," said Lovekin as he showed off a collector pin from an earlier election that said 'I'm for a Liberal majority." While Lovekin admitted that Shepherd is "as green as grass," he found him to be "a hard worker." Lovekin liked the fact that Shepherd Shepherd doesn't wait for people to make up his mind for him. Instead, he dives right in and says "follow me." Looking at Shepherd's future as a Member of Parliament for Durham, Durham, Lovekin said, while some folks are a flash, "Shepherd is a wear-well guy. "He listens, he has his own ideas and is a team player." Looking at the national scene, Lovekin wasn't surprised with the Tory showing in the Maritimes or across Canada. He said he had pre dicted during a visit east, that the Tories "wouldn't get five seats past Montreal." The Tories got two, the only two in all of Canada: Jean Charest, retained retained his home riding of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke and Elsie Wayne, former .mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick Brunswick was elected to her first term as a Progressive Conservative MP. Archibald's Orchards are inviting everyone who dares to their Halloween play entitled "Equal Frights". The play will be performed hourly on Saturday, October 30, from 1p.m. to 4 p.m at Archibald's Archibald's on Liberty St., just south of Tyrone. The spooky tale is a light-hearted look at the conflict between between a group of witches and a collection of ghosts and goblins. Rehearsing at the orchard last Sunday were (from left): Kimberly Hamilton, Fred Archibald, Ryan Todd, Johanna Bellman, Jill Cooke, and Rebecca Rebecca Archibald. Newtonville School Needs Sidewalks Approximately 45 Newtonville residents have singed a petition calling calling for the installation of a sidewalk : along the Newtonville road, to the school. In a letter to Clarington council, the petitioners pointed out that the, hamlet received sidewalks, along Highway Two and part way down Newtonville Rd., towards the school, during reconstruction of the highway this summer.- "This was much appreciated, but still leaves approximately 35 students students walking about 240 metres along the shoulder of an increasingly increasingly busy Newtonville Rd.," explained, the Newtonville residents in their, commentsdb the municipality... • ' Wdrd Three School Trustee BqW Willshcr also supported "the sjoelf walk request. In a letter to. Glaring- ton's elected officials, he " said: "Having lived in Newtonville, I can understand the concerns raised by the parents of children attending Newtonville Public School." "With the growth that has occurred, occurred, in the. Newtonville area, there has been an increase in vehicles vehicles on Newtonville Rd. As the hamlet grows even more, there is a greater opportunity for an accident involving a student. A sidewalk would greatly reduce the chances of that happening." Ward Three, Councillor David Scott said he agrees with the concerns concerns outlined by the residents. Clarington Council voted to refer the petition and the letter from Mr. .Willsher to the Director of Public pÿôrks for à^révievr and ' a - report: - That report will,come to the general purpose and administration committee committee at a later date. 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