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Special Report Last of two parts The spiralling cost of nuclear refitting ♦ U.S. imports help OPG ♦ Ontario's electricity mix News/page 7 CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 IN BRIEF Tennis Club registrations begin CLARINGTON - Tennis anyone? The Bowmanville Tennis club will hold registration for the season on May 3 and 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the tennis courts at 26 Beech Ave., the Clarington Adult Centre. Memberships cost $35 for people under 17, $65 for adults, $125 for couples, and $140 for a family. Memberships Memberships include 10 hours of introductory introductory clinics which begin May 13 and run for five consecutive consecutive Tuesdays. A five-day junior tennis camp will also be held from July 7 to 11. The morning sessions sessions are 9 a.m. to noon for ages eight to 10. The afternoon Sessions are 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 11 to 14. Cost is $65. For more information call Ellen at 905-623-4790. Mark calendar for Cadets review in Orono CLARINGTON - The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps #279 will hold its annual annual review on May 25 in Orono. This event will highlight . the .çaçlcts', long, hours of practice practice for the past year. Cadets will perform precision marching, marching, the band will play, individual individual awards will be presented presented and displays will be set up.The review takes place at 1:45 p.m. at Orono Arena located located at 2 Princess St., which runs off Station Street, east of Main Street. For more information information call 905-623-3151. INDEX Editorial Page 4 Classified 9 Sports 14 GIVE US A CALL General 905-579-4400 Distribution 905-579-4407 General FAX 905-579-2238 Newsroom FAX 905-579-1809 durhamrcgiüGfCom • SERVICE • PARTS • NEW & USED SALES & LEASING EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS MON., TUES., THURS., FRI. 7:30 - 6:00 WED.- 7:30-9:00 SAT.-9:00-1:00 ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY ♦An ollivlul murk nr Ihe Vruvlmv of Onhirln used under licence. Whitby - Oshawa fl i 3 n d a 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E. WHITBY. LOCAL (91)5) 666-1772 honda www.liondii1.com J BY STEPHEN SHAW Staff Writer NEWCASTLE - Clarington firefighters battle a blaze Monday at a mobile home park in Newcastle that de- ANDREW IWANOWSKI/Statesman photo stroyed three trailers. Fourteen vehicles responded to the fire, which was under control in about two hours. destroys homes BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer NEWCASTLE - The Ontario Ontario Fire Marshal, Durham Regional Police and Clarington Clarington Emergency Services continue continue to investigate a blaze which gutted.three trailers in a year-round mobile home park in Newcastle Monday afternoon. afternoon. Cause had yet to be determined determined Tuesday afternoon in the blaze, which caused about $180,000 damage. The fire, which broke out over the noon hour, is believed to have started in one trailer, with heavy winds fanning the flames into the two others at the park, located at 1037 Arthur St., near Concession 3. "The one closest to Arthur Street is where we feel initially initially it started, and with the high winds, it pushed it east and damaged the two others," says Divisional Chief Gord Weir of Clarington Emergency Services. Services. . Fourteen fire department Jason Liebregts/Statesman photo Better bikers Margaret Michael, iront, and other motorcycle driving students negotiate a course at Durham College. The school has won a national award lbv ils motorcycle training program. See story page .S'. vehicles, including pumpers, tankers and a rescue van, were dispatched to the scene, says Chief Weir. No one was injured in the blaze, says the chief, noting only one trailer's residents were home at the time. They were safely evacuated. Clarington firefighters remained remained busy after the trailer park blaze, fighting a number of grass fires across the municipality municipality later in the day. Chief Weir confirms there were at least three grass fires in Clarington late Monday. Elsewhere in Durham, firefighters firefighters from Pickering, Ajax and Whitby dealt with a grass fire which spanned along Taunton Road between Pickering's Pickering's borders with Markham and Whitby. That Fire remains under investigation. A barn and a number of cars were damaged in the blaze, and one firefighter was treated for burns and released from hospital. Maple Festival on this Saturday BOWMANVILLE - Hot flapjacks and pure maple syrup will top the menu at historical downtown Bowmanville's Maple Festival and All That Jazz event this Saturday. Maple-flavoured doughnuts, maple candy and fudge, sugar- ing-off demonstrations and home baking will round out the food portion of the day, while kids can take part in contests, duck and fish ponds, pony and other kiddie rides and mini-golf. The day will also include displays of antique outboard motors, woodcarving, quilting, military drumming, and boats. As well, the Soper Valley Creek Railroad Club and Bow- manvillc Horticultural Society will show their wares. Local artisans artisans will have crafts on display. The event is set for Bow- manville's downtown core, on King Street. Parking and admission admission arc free. BOWMANVILLE-A tip from the public led to the quick arrest of a local senior after the sexual assault of a developmental developmental ly-challenged woman. Durham Regional Police said a woman read a news article article about the attack in The Canadian Statesman and contacted contacted investigators on the weekend, passing on key information. information. Based on the tip - the licence licence plate number of the vehicle vehicle driven by the suspect - a man was identified and arrested arrested Sunday. Police said a man lured the vulnerable victim into a car last Wednesday near the Clarington Clarington Resource Centre, near Division and Church streets, between 2 and 3 p.m. The suspect, who gave the name ■Peter,' pulled up beside the woman, 26, and told her to get in, said Durham Regional Police Sergeant Paul Malik. The woman, who did not know the driver, was taken to a secluded area, where she was sexually assaulted, he said. She was then driven home and told her parents, who called police. Sgt. Malik said a woman who was in the area at the time had "noticed something suspicious" suspicious" about a vehicle and recorded the licence plate number. After reading about the sex assault in the Statesman, she recalled the incident and contacted contacted police. The information provided by the woman led officers to a Bowmanville residence, where the suspect was arrested. Police credit the public and press for making the arrest possible. 'The arrest was the direct result of a citizen responding to the police request for information information through a media release. release. The investigators would like to thank the media and public for their response in this investigation," Sgt. Malik said. Gecrt Flonk, 67, of Liberty Street North, is charged with sexual assault. Board, teachers reach interim deal CLARINGTON - The local public school board and its secondary secondary teachers have agreed to a deal which will sec them through until a new contract can be negotiated. negotiated. High school teachers with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board have been working under letters of understanding since their contract expired in August 2001. However, tire two sides have ratified a memorandum memorandum of agreement, which runs until this August. "Since we're already two years behind, we have a band-aid thrown at the collective agreement," agreement," says Norm Tompsett, president of District 14 of the Ontario Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation. Negotiations on a new collective agreement should begin soon, says Mr. Tompsett. The deal includes u pay grid increase that, by June 16, 2003, will bring the maximum salary to just over $73,000. The memorandum memorandum of agreement also includes a promise the board will continue to consult with the union in development development of policies and procedures procedures regarding teacher performances, performances, As well, the memoran dum of agreement dealt with staffing. The deal should help ensure ensure class sizes remain reasonable, reasonable, in spite of situations where smaller classes skew the average, leaving other classes much larger, notes the union president. "Ultimately, what we've done is we've tried to set up a new staffing procedure that will help both sides get to having classes that are reasonably-sized," says Mr. Tompsett. 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