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The Clarington/Courlicc Independent, Bowmanville. Saturday, February 21, 1998 Patte 7&<witice *7ctdefie*tde*tt Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited P.O. Box 190,62 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 P.O. Box 2000,1712 Baseline West, Courtice, Ontario L1C 2S8 905-623-3303 Fax: 905-623-6161 Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. lnternet-statesman@ocna.org For 144 Years, Our First Concern Has Been Our Community Publisher - John M. James Assoc. Publisher - Rick James Plant Manager - Rick Patterson Ad. Manager - Brian G. Purdy Editor - Peter Parrott Production Supervisor - Ralph Rozema, Suzanne Bennett, Tim Bowers, Kevin Britton, Sharon Cole, Laurens Knldeway, Barb Patterson, Tyler Sellick, Jim Snoek, James Stephenson, Vance Sutherland, Jim Tuuramo Advertising Editorial Laverne Morrison, Wanda Partrick Brad Kelly, Lorraine Manfredo, Laura J. Richards Office Supervisor - Angela Luscher, Junia Hodge, Grace McGregor, Nancy Pleasance-Sturmnn, Marilyn Rutherford, Libby Smithson Coin Contest Kicks off Heritage Week Bowmanville High School student Malt Black won a Canadian Hag and $25 for his $5 coin design incorporating such national symbols as a hockey player, logging truck and igloo. Over 70 entries were received in the school contest marking the start of Citizenship and Heritage Week. On hand to congratulate the winner were teacher Jeannette Van Loon (wearing a robe for Pyjama Day) and Durham MP Alex Shepherd who is presenting the flag. 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FRCSC OF THE HERZIG EYE INSTITUTE Did you know... • Laser Vision correction has been performed safely for more than a decade to correct nearsightedness, astigmatism and farsightedness. • LASIK is a painless alternative to corrective lenses that has you driving by the next day and is the preferred alternative provided by experienced doctors. • With an experienced surgeon, the results of LASIK are achieved more rapidly and with minimal post operative management of medications. Take the opportunity to ask the Doctor and see the difference. PATIENT INFORMATION SEMINAR IN BOWMANVILLE Thursday, March 5tli Location: Flying Dutchman - Durham Hall 401 and Liberty Street, Bowmanville Time: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ■ To register, please call 905-623-3252 Space is limited DR. KAREN McPHERSON 45 Liberty Street North Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 2LS o OPTOMETRIST ©j.p. Cutbacks Mean Higher Taxes Provincial cutbacks will mean a bigger Durham tax bill, according to Regional Chairman Roger Anderson. The head of the Durham Region spoke to members of the Bowmanville K-40 club earlier in the week and brought the group up to date on some of the challenges challenges facing Durham. He reported that the provincial downloading means Durham Region will have $ 10.3 million less to work with in the upcoming budget. "Durham Region was hit harder than any other 905 region by provincial downloading," he explained. And, while no councillor councillor wants to increase property property tax, such a move is preferable to alternatives such as closing regional seniors' homes or laying off police. The regional chair also mentioned that the downloading downloading has had its impact on Durham's area municipalities municipalities too. If you include them in the calculations, the provincial cutbacks have meant a reduction of about $15.7 million for both local and regional budgets. To Durham's chair, amalgamation of services may be one answer. He doesn't support mergers of municipalities, but predicts predicts there may be more economical ways to deliver deliver services through amalgamation. amalgamation. For example, lie points out that the average taxpayer taxpayer doesn't care who responds to 911 emergency emergency calls or who picks up the garbage, so long as the work gets done. "I think there arc opportunities opportunities for us in the Region to find better ways of doing business," he observed. Despite the fiscal crunch, Durham's chairman chairman believes the Region of Durham faces a "bright future." And lie assured the Kinsmen Club that his enthusiasm for the job of chairman hasn't diminished. diminished. "It's a great job. I get to meet an awful lot of people," people," he said. As a Kinsmen Club member himself, lie paid tribute to the all-Canadian service organization for starting him out on the "right path" and allowing him to give something back to the community. It's a trait common to Kinsmen, regardless of the town in which they find themselves. "You look around your municipality and you'll see something that was built by Kinsmen," lie observed. Regional Meetings On Rogers Cable? Durham's Regional Chairman predicts regional residents residents may soon be able to see proceedings from Durham council meetings on the cable channel. Roger Anderson told a Bowmanville audience that Rogers Cable TV may be televising the meetings later in the year, although the matter is still subject to budget approvals. The Regional Chair was addressing members of the Bowmanville K-40 Club Tuesday evening, February 17lli, at the Port Darlington Marina. ' Newcastle Ratepayers Meeting February 26 GIF Yourself What You Want: Great Rates Of Return For Your RSP/RIF... And You Can't Lose Your Initial Investment! The Newcastle Ratepayers Association will be holding its regular National Unity From page 1 being of Canada." By a show of hands, seven people said they thought the Calgary framework would take them toward their five- year vision. Eight said 'no' and one-half of the room (15) agreed with 'maybe.' During this part of the discussion one resident noted "Pm pretty rednecked...Pd rednecked...Pd go help chisel chisel Quebec off." Another man suggest that if Canada had a unified unified army, Canada would be unified. One woman suggested "Canada is a work in progress. We wcren't'rcal- ly a country until 1949 when Newfoundland joined. The country has come along slowly and gradually." She further noted that Quebec needs to be part of the discussion. discussion. "We need to talk to each other and need more dialogue," she said. Another member of the forum observed Canada is like a family and struggles do happen in the family. But a strong leader keeps the peace. At the end of the forum, Durham East MPP John O'Toole stated that the country is like a family. family. "Society is redefining what makes up a family unit -- it is an evolving process," O'Toole said. "We have to try to find the positive methods." All comments made during the forum arc to be transcribed and then sent to the . Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs. Thursday, 26th, at 7:30 meeting February p.m. It takes place in, the Lions Room of the Newcastle Community Hall. Everyone is welcome. 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