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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 24. 1998 Page 3 Hair-Raising Experience For the Heart and Stroke Foundation, it was the kindest cut of all. For grade seven teacher, Allan Kirby it was a new summer haircut. Mr. Kirby promised students at The Pines Senior Public School that he'd shave his head if his own class raised $50 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and if each class contributed more than $10. The fund-raiser was successful in raising about $150. Therefore, on the last day of school, Mr. Kirby made good on his promise. Vcm Fraser, also a grade seven teacher, is making the first cut during an assembly assembly Tuesday morning, June 23. He arrived on the stage brandishing a lawn trimmer, but was persuaded to switch to the barber's clippers. Group Will Review Issues in Kendal Area Committee Rejects Ban on Hunting Retail Closings on Canada Day Consumers and merchants are reminded that on Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 1998, most retail businesses must be closed under the Retail Business Holidays Act (RBHA). Canada Day is an unusual holiday, in that retail businesses businesses must take the holiday -on July 1, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls'. Canada Day is one of eight days each year when the public may not be admitted to retail businesses and no goods or services may be offered for sale, with a few limited exceptions. The other closing days under RBHA are Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Victoria Day. Examples of exempted retail outlets include: gas stations, stations, stores that sell handicrafts handicrafts and book or magazine stores under 2,400 square feet with a maximum of three employees. As well as businesses exempted by the province, some stores may open for tourism purposes in accordance accordance with specially enacted municipal by-laws. Questions about local hours of retail operation should tid' directed to the municipal clerk's office' in the appropriate-,jurisdiction. appropriate-,jurisdiction. For more information on the RBHA, which is administered administered by the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (MCGR) and enforced by local police services, services, contact MCCR's General Inquiry Unit at (416) 326-8555 or at toll free 1- 800-268-1142. Minimum fines for opening opening oh ' prohibited^ days of retail operation are $500 for a first offence, $2,000 for a sec ond offence and $5,000 for a third or subsequent offence. Retail outlets found guilty may be fined up to $50,000 or the total amount of gross sales for the day, whichever is greater. A committee is going to be set up by the municipality municipality of Clarington to examine examine the issue of hunters in the Kendal area and it will be chaired by a member of the Durham Regional Police Services. On Monday, June 22, members of Clarington General Purpose and Administration Committee asked that the committee be struck. It will include one hunter who lives in Clarington, a member of the Ontario Anglers and Hunters organization who lives here, and two concerned concerned citizens. The issue is pitting neighbour against . neighbour The committee rejected the idea of an outright ban on hunting below the 8th Concession. Also, the committee membership is to include a representative from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Staff Sgt. Ted Dionne of the Clarington Community Policing Office. "This will give both sides the chance to talk," said Ward 4 Councillor Charlie Trim. "There's a solution to this." The idea to strike the committee came before the councillors heard from a number of delegations to the meeting who spoke about the increased number number of wolves and coyotes in the rural area of Clarington. Councillor Troy Young noted, "I am glad this is being brought forward. I am happy to sec us find a solution." One of the local farmers farmers who spoke out against trespassing hunters and their dogs was Stephen Wood from the Orono area. He noted that the Kendal Park was once used a great deal by local residents but now has become a place where no one goes because of their fears of hunters. He stated that "policing needs to be enforced" because "bullets do not stop at boundaries." Wood would have liked to sec hunting banned south of the 8 th Concession. Robert Bouley, of Starkville, asked councillors councillors to look at both sides of an issue that is pitting neighbour against neighbour neighbour in his neck of the woods. He noted that he and other farmers have lost cattle and other livestock to the wolves. Wolves were formerly loners, but with the inter-mixing of the species with coyotes they have begun to hunt in packs. "The population has tripled over the past 10 years," Bouley said. The wolves became a problem after the annual deer hunt when there are no deer for their food. As Councillor Jim Schell put it, "if you have the deer there, they won't chase your animals." Bouley also noted that the hunters allowed on his property and their dogs "chase down the wolves and bring them out of the woods" where the hunters then kill them. He added that one does n't know for sure just where the dogs will chase the wolves, it could be on your farm or somewhere else. However, no matter where it takes place; the culling of wolves is usually usually done after damage has been inflicted on a farmer's livestock. Norm Jung, of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, said he knows of one hunter who took out over 40 coyotes coyotes last fall. All the delegations were speaking about a report from the Clerk's Department which will be sent to the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters and the regional police as a request to increase enforcement in the area of the Kendal Crown Lands and other rural areas in Clarington to control unlawful hunting. Building Permit Activity Last May, 94 building permits were issued by the Municipality of Clarington. The permits were for construction construction valued at $6,877,963. This brings the 1998 total to $31,449,406, which is $10,000,000 lower than last year's figure. Included in the statistics were: $6,584,963 in residential residential construction; none in commercial construction; none in industrial permits and $293,000 for other construction. construction. A couple of the building permits included renovations at Memorial Hospital Bowmanville, a storage building at Archibald Orchards, and interior renovations renovations of the C.I.B.C. Bank in Bowmanville. Wrong Site for Soccer Pitch The northeast corner of Hwy 2 and Ccntcrfield Drive, Courticc, is an undesirable location for a soccer pitch, states a report from the Clarington Public Works Department. The idea for creating creating a soccer pitch on land once used as a motor inn came from Courticc resident Marie Racine who mentioned CDS AND TAPES will be taking résumés Monday and Tuesday, June 29 from noon to 7 p.m. at their new location at the Clarington Centre. 30, the idea in a letter to council. The 0.58 hectare property is irregular in shape and is designated as commercial property. The zoning is Special Purpose Commercial Exception. According to the report, "the on-site terrain is fairly steep in some areas and the site has an overall vertical grade differential of approximately approximately 6.0 metres. A large concrete and asphalt pavement pavement area remains from a demolished motel building." As a site for a park, this is not a preferred area, the report notes. Also, the cost to purchase the site, excavations, excavations, grading and landscaping landscaping will certainly increase the cost to develop it. The members of the General Purpose and Administrative Committee agreed with the report's recommendation recommendation that the project not be pursued. 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