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News/3 Solar car makes a pit stop SfeiW wF », 3 «y ' fb À/y' À» « v. i * CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 Sports/11 Gymnasts show one-two punch Soccer and lacrosse facility gets green light Clarington will also look at improving existing fields BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer BOYVMANVILLE - An in- idoor soccer facility in Bow- jnanville will go ahead, in spite "of suggestions by an owner of a similar nearby building that the ■ money would be better spent improving improving existing outdoor pitches. : John Lay, proprietor of the ; Durham Indoor Soccer Centre in Oshawa, says his facility could ; easily accommodate Claring- ton's indoor soccer needs. Not 'only that, but he feels he repre- tcnb the "silent majority" of soccer players and parents who wish to see lields improved in lieu of a $2.3-million indoor facility, facility, to be built at Baseline and Green roads. "The money you're proposing proposing sending on this facility would pay to resurface 10 to 15 municipal fields in synthetic turf," says Mr. Lay, who also coaches and plays soccer in Clarington. "I'm tired of seeing five- and six-year-olds tlying to kick soccer balls through six- INDEX Editorial Page 4 Classified 8 Sports 11 GIVE US A CALL General 905-579-4400 Distribution 905-579-4407 General FAX 905-579-2238 Newsroom FAX 905-579-1809 durham/c; ion.com f i. rt> 3-1 ONTARIO'S DRIVE CLEAN •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 T EST & REPAIR FACILITY ♦All olllclal murk of llu* Prut Iiut ul Onlurln usi-il imiltT IUttht. Whitby - Oshawa onde 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E. WHITBY, ( I.OCAI. (905) 666-1772 HOTVJDA www.homla1.com inch grass." Still, council approved going ahead with the facility, to be located located at the new Bowmanville Community Park. The park will also include a $400,000 outdoor lacrosse bowl. The Darlington Soccer Club has committed to providing $500,000 toward construction construction of the soccer facility, while the Clarington Minor Lacrosse Association has pledged $50,000 for the lacrosse bowl. An informal survey, returned by 23 parents, showed they would prefer seeing outdoor facilities facilities improved, says Mr. Lay, noting he feels, before going ahead with the indoor facility, the Municipality needs to send a questionnaire to soccer players and parents, to determine their preference. "We need to start now at putting down fields that the kids can play soccer on cnjoyably though the summer," he told council last week, noting weather weather conditions often render fields difficult to play on. "The nature of the weather in this province doesn't allow for grass fields that are as good as artificial turf," he says. But grass fields have served the test of time, says Councillor Don MacArthur. "I'm aghast at your suggestion suggestion that we need artificial turf," he says. "What did the players do for the last century-and-a- half, being forced to play on grass'?" However, Clarington Mayor John Mutton says the Municipality Municipality will do an inventory of existing existing facilities and look into improvement improvement options, possibly including including turf. An indoor facility in Clarington is necessary, lie adds. "Your private sector indoor soccer soccer facility is in Oshawa and I wish you all the success, but 1 want one in Clarington," Mayor Mutton told Mr. Lay. Health A sink where hands were supposed to he washed was rendered unusable at a doughnut bakery. MARCUS TULLY This Week Department turns up the heat Pick of the crop Bowmanville senior killed in traffic accident JASON LIEBREGTS/ Statesman photo Katherine Bouchard and her mom, Sandra, were among some of the visitors to Watson Watson Farms in Bowmanville to take advantage of the first day of strawberry picking. Weather just right for big, bright strawberries DURHAM - A cool spring didn't hurt this year's crop of Durham strawberries. The berries are about one week late, but otherwise "perfect" "perfect" says Jennifer Rynard of Durham Farm Fresh. "Despite the cool spring, the season is good, it's great," Ms. Rynard says. "The berries are big and juicy. Sometimes a cool spring throws people off and they think it's not going to be good, but they're perfect." No black spots have been found on the berries this year, which is a good sign, she adds, and last week's sun gave the berry patches just what they needed to ripen. "Most of the growers in the area say they're doing quite well this year and (berries) seem to be bigger," says Ms. Rynard. Strawberries season lasts three to four weeks and then, Durham farms are into raspberries. raspberries. LINDSAY - A Bowmanville Bowmanville man is dead after a holiday weekend accident on IJwy. 35 near Lindsay. Frank Grof, 73, of Bowmanville Bowmanville was killed Saturday morning after the northbound Ford Expedition he was travelling travelling in with his son Frank Grof Jr., 28, was struck by a southbound Toyota, driven by Jeffery Smith, 23, of Lindsay. Mr. Smith was travelling alone at the time. City of Kawartha Lakes OPP Constable Ted Schen- dera says the crash happened at about 9 a.m. near Golf Course Road in Manvers Township when Mr. Smith's Toyota crossed into the path of three oncoming vehicles. "Mr. Smith's vehicle was southbound on Hwy. 35, it crossed the centre line and sideswiped the Grof vehicle, forcing it to roll onto its roof, " said Const. Schendera. OPP say the younger Mr. Grof, also of Bowmanville, was not wearing his seat-belt and was thrown. He was released released from Ross Memorial Hospital on Sunday after suffering suffering non-life threatening injuries, Const. Schendera says. Mr. Grof senior remained trapped in the vehicle and was later pronounced dead at the scene. "The second vehicle behind behind (Mr. Grof's vehicle) avoided the collision and went into the ditch," said Const. Schendera. The driver of that car, Greg Laird, 34, of North York and a 26-year-old passenger were not injured, OPP say. Const. Schendera says Mr. Smith's car then struck a second second SUV, driven by Anthony Mazza, 42, of Scarborough. "The collision forced the Mazza vehicle into the ditch. Mr. Smith's vehicle came to a rest on the roadway," said Const. Schendera. OPP say Mr. Mazza's Ford Explorer then caught fire after being struck. Const. Schendera says Mr. Mazza's wife and 13-year-old See CRASH page 7 Durham brings arm of the law to food inspection BY JACQUIE McINNES Staff Writer DURHAM - Alex Connor is a good cook. Life as a food inspector will do that to you. "I've seen it all," admits the veteran manager of environmental environmental health for the Region of Durham. His staff of 22 health inspectors devote about 50 per cent of their time to keeping our food safe in restaurants, day cares, other care facilities, food processing processing plants and grocery stores. Mr. Connor says his team works hard to keep the Re gion's food establishments in compliance witli health and safety laws and lie would stack Durham food establishments establishments up against any across the province. When lie does dine out he usually eats here in the region. But, in their travels his staff have seen all the horror stories we wish we knew about before we ordered our meal, but don't want to hear after we've eaten it. There's the story of the Band-Aid found cooked into a crueller and the unkempt baker whose cigarette was dangling from his mouth as he kneaded dough, ashes dropping dropping into his wares. There was the food handler who sneezed into his hand - at least that's where part of it ended up - right in front of the health inspector. inspector. Guess whether he slopped to wash his hands before before continuing. Then there is the ongoing parade of filthy, bacteria- iaden equipment that's confiscated confiscated regularly, the mice and rat infestations and of course, the flies. "A pet peeve of mine is flies. 1 can't abide flies. They get into everything," says Mr. Connor, a fastidious man who keeps a bottle of hand sanitizer at the ready in his orderly office. If you've ever wondered how your favourite food establishment establishment or a day care or nursing facility stacks up, it's easy enough to find out. Just call Mr. Connor at the Durham health department and ask for the last inspection date for the premises and what the health department's findings findings were. Durham diners tend to be apathetic about it, says Mr. Connor; in total over the years, lie's had maybe 30 inquiries. Even during the three-month crackdown in Toronto when horror stories were coming out of the City about conditions in restaurants, restaurants, probably less than 10 people called, he says. But getting that type of information information is about to get even easier. Beginning this July, the Region will begin publishing the names of food premises convicted of offences under the Health Protection and Pro- Sec HEALTH page 7 COWAN I ' "t PONTIAC 1 -- BUICK GMC 166 King St. E. Bowmanville 905-623-3396 Price* are plue taxe*, llcenae, admlnlatratlon fee 2000 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE V-6, A/C, cruise, tilt, power windows & locks, CD player, aluminum wheels, leather Interior. 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