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HSÜ Til % s ë v ül :ww.ww,v,w: | 1 I ÿ V/.: • SUITS AND TWEED SPORT COATS ENTIRE INVENTORY. C ES VALUES TO Sied- ■ ■ : : ; ■ mêmmm TWO LOCATIONS IN THE OSHAWA CENTRE 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, January 12,1994 Queen's Park Page Learns About Parliamentary Process Week in Review- E.D.O. Gets Down to Work by Lorraine Manfredo Although Heidi Douglas thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed her recent stint as a parliamentary parliamentary page at Queen's Park, she remains remains fairly certain she would never want to work there as a politician. In fact, just imagining such a fate causes her to widen her eyes and cringe. "There was a lot of yelling and screaming and arguing in the House -- - a lot of disagreements," says Heidi, a grade eight student at Bowmanville Senior Public School. "It was a lot less formal than I thought it would be." Heidi was one of the 24 students selected from 385 applicants across Ontario to work the winter session. The positions were open to grade 7 and grade 8 students. The successful candidates spent five weeks working at Queen's Park in Toronto until the winter session wrapped up in December. December. Heidi Douglas of Bowmanville Senior Public School spent five weeks working as a page at Queen's Park in November and December, December, She said she enjoyed the job, but has no political ambitions. She is pictured here with Durham East MPP Gord Mills. All-Way Stop to be Installed At Busy Courtice Intersection The residents of Glenabbey Road should be happy people, due to the willingness of Clarington Council to place a three-way stop at a nearby intersection. The t-intersection where David Adams Drive connects with Glenabbey Glenabbey Drive will • have all-way stop signs "within a month," Public Works Director "Waller Evans told The Statesman on Tuesday afternoon. afternoon. The stop signs in the Courtice subdivision will go up prior to road reconstruction due to take place this year along Prestonvale Road, between between Claret Drive and Glenabbey Drive. On Monday night, Ward One Councillor Larry Hannah went to bat for the residents during a Clarington Clarington council meeting. He drew attention attention to the safety issue. In December 1993, a petition containing almost 200 names was submitted to Clarington Council. The residents were concerned about Glenabbey being used as a route to the 401. They said the added traffic was making the road unsafe. During last week's General Purpose Purpose and Administration Committee meeting, Council Hannah's suggestion suggestion of a three-way slop was turned down by the committee members. Councillor Hannah asked that the signs be installed now, rather than waiting until the completion of nearby nearby construction. To prove his point, Councillor Hannah talked about a set of lights he requested at the intersection of Baseline and Courtice Road. This Economist Speaks To Rotary Members From Page One "We arc heavily dependent on what happens in the United States. If the economy there continues to pick-up, Canada may be looking at a higher growth rate," says O'Neill, who anticipates the recovery in the U.S. will be almost entirely private- sector driven. Likewise in Canada. Government spending is not likely to increase. Neither will consumer spending be a major generator of increased economic activity, O'Neill says. "The key problem is that people arc still unsure of their jobs and their income. "Nothing an economist can say is going to generate hope. It's what's in your pay packet that counts." Ontario will sec a reasonably buoyant manufacturing sector in the future although O'Neill couldn't guarantee it would bounce back by 1994. The decline in the resource sector will continue, he says, as it has shown signs of decline for the past 20 years. The guest was thanked for his speech by Rotation Ken I lock in. Acting President Chuck Cattran added his sincere thanks and offered tills thought at the closing of the meeting: "There arc two times in a person's life when they should not speculate -- when they can't afford it, and when they can." particular intersection was the scene of a "horrific" collision about one month before the lights were put into place. In speaking to the Public Works Director on Tuesday, The Statesman found out the department is working on "fast-tracking" the request for stop signs atThe Glenabbey and David David Adams Drive locations That means over , the next couple of weeks, Evans will be talking to the Durham Regional Works Department Department about the issue.. Evans and his department will also use the time to contact the different different utility offices to locate underground underground wiring. Permanent signs won't go up until the frost leaves the ground. Evans said he is looking at a couple of temporary solutions enabling enabling his staff to put up the signs before before the spring thaw. The works director will be discussing discussing other issues raised by area residents at a meeting tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 12) at Mother Teresa Teresa School at 7 p.m. Each applicant was assessed on the basis of hobbies, extra-curricular activities activities and community accomplishments. accomplishments. Heidi had established an excellent excellent scholastic average and was able to provide personal references from her principal at BSPS and Durham East MPP Gordon Mills. According to Heidi, it wasn't just the loud behavior of the elected officials officials that took her by surprise. Attendance seemed lax too, she pointed out. "A lot of the time, half the seats were empty." Perhaps many of the elected members members were in the building somewhere, she concedes, but they weren't always in their seats. Rules of conduct, however, for the two dozen pages were incredibly strict. Inspection was carried out every day before question period. Pages had to keep their uniforms in impeccable condition. No wrinkles or stains, no jewelry, no stray hair and no make-up allowed. Boys wore the same outfits as girls -- black blazers and slacks with black belts, silver buckle, and white shirts. Pages are called on to do everything everything from pouring water to delivering important messages. Before taking on their duties, pages pages had a month or so to memorize the seating plan at Queen's Park, learning the names of 130 members, their ridings ridings and political parties. Once prepared for their duties, they were advised to keep any political political criticisms to themselves. "Outside the pages' quarters, we were not supposed to discuss our opinions on legislation or say anything anything bad about any politician." During the last session, Heidi heard debates in the House on graduated graduated licensing, gambling casinos, raising raising the age of smoking and photo radar. radar. During training sessions, pages were taught not to slam doors tehind them, to hand papers right-side up to individuals, and never to photocopy a PC document on an NDP photocopier (or visa-versa). Pages were busiest during Question Question Period daily from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Heidi said. "That's when members of the opposition opposition ask questions and argue with the government and different members members stand and state their views. That's usually when the pages were the busiest. We would answer phones, send faxes, or bring papers to t(ie press gallery.". . ^ Page» were tutored every day tc tùaKè'ùpfôr missing sfehool.' "' ;, y" Highlights of the trip for Heidi were a mock parliamentary session where the pages got to emulate the provincial politicians in a debate on gambling casinos. Heidi and her gang were told to come to order a number of times. ; She also enjoyed meeting the leaders leaders of the political parties and getting to know more about the parliamentaiy system. "Whenever I used to hear anything on the news about provincial politics, I never used to listen. Now, I always do," she said. "I enjoyed being a page. It's taught me a lot. It's been a great experience. I got to meet a lot of new people. It was really fun." '• by Laura J. Richards The newly-hired Economic Development Development Officer was publicly introduced introduced at the first 1994 Clarington council meeting on Monday night. Todd Letts began his one-year contract with Clarington on Tuesday, Tuesday, Jan. 4. Mayor Diane Hamre said Letts has already begun acquainting himself himself with the municipality and the region. He has been meeting with Durham Durham Region representatives this past week, Mayor Hamre noted. She said she hopes existing businesses businesses in this area will turn to him for assistance, if needed. Letts will be officially introduced to the business community during the Mayor's Luncheon next week on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Letts thanked those who have ex- Fire Dept. Report Jan. 5 11:37: 154 King St. E., cooking equipment 12:48: 2828 Concession St. E., undetermined undetermined Jan. 6 22:08: 264 King St. E., Bowmanville, Bowmanville, accidental alarm, no fire 22:30:3601 Lakeshore Rd., chimney chimney or flue fire, estimated damage $150,000 Jan. 7 10:16:47 Liberty St., detector activated, activated, no fire 10:34:47 Liberty St., detector activated, activated, no fire 14:13: 2021 Green Rd., open flame tools, lighting equipment 15:08: Waverly Rd. S., mbbish fire, no dollar loss 18:05: Trails Rd. & Prince Rupert, vehicle accident, no fire Jan. 8 00:22: 40 Temperance St., sprinkler sprinkler pressure change 12:06: Taunton Rd., west of Hwy. 115, vehicle accident, no fire 13:33: 5 Craig Ct., assist ambu- 17:36: 264 King St. E., Bowmanville, Bowmanville, assist ambulance Jan. 9 21:12: 4093 Squair Rd., unknown odor investigated, no fire Jan. 10 11:26: 47 Liberty St. S., unknown odor investigated, no fire 15:52:2048 Brownsville Rd., heating heating equipment • v. 7' \7. •?' '■ tended a warm welcome to him so far and he looks forward to "developing "developing an action plan for economic development in Clarington." On Tuesday morning, Jan. 11, Letts told The Statesman he has already already spoken to approximately a dozen business people about Clarington. Clarington. At this time, he said the key components components which people must focus on are the quality of the services and products available in Clarington. So far, he has contacted the executives executives of the Chamber of Commerce, Commerce, DBIAs and other networks. He says: "People arc quite encouraging." encouraging." But, they are also anxious to see results. The town's new economic development development specialist is hoping that by the end of February he will have developed developed a plan of action. . "By then, I will have a list of specific specific services in place." Letts sees himself as a coach -- the person who will help business people make the contacts they need. "I'm there to help the players-- the people who have got their house and life on the line." < Marketing the municipality is an-, other component of his job. > "The municipality is not just competing with other municipalities in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area,)' but with those on a national and in-; temational basis." Letts has one year to prove him-* self. As of Tuesday morning, his eighth day on the job, he had already already fielded a number of requests, and was "helping a client look at space in Clarington." ; When asked for any kind of information information on the client, Letts said, it* was confidential. "I want to get the word out that: the information clients tell me will be kept confidential, and this is the start," he added. ;« Letts did say, that once the business business was ready to roll, The Statesman Statesman would be advised. 4 Trient Uni liversity at Durham College Spring Session: 31 January - 26 April Introductory courses offered two evenings per week (MonAVed or Tues/Thurs): English 105: The modern period and its roots History 100: Canada: selected . problems Psychology 101 : Intro to psychology Sociology 100: Intro to social analysis For a brochure or information call: (905) 723-9747 or (705) 748-1229 Don't Miss a Single Issue Catch all the news, sports and advertising that make up our community. Category 1 Sub. 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