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Giono Weekly Times - 5 O'TOOLE Continued from page 2 ifestyles. Citizen Panels on 407 Next Month Local citizen panels have been tentatively scheduled for early June to provide an opportunity for further public input into the draft 407 East Completion EA Terms of Reference. Four panels will be held in Durham Region. These will take place in Whitby, June 1, Brougham, June 3; Bowmanville, June 8 and the City* of Oshawa, June 9. The Clarington Panel has been tentatively set for 6 p.m: to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 8th, at the Council Chambers in Bowmanville (40 Temperance Temperance St.) Further information is available at www.407east- ea.com. Participants are asked to contact the Consultant Project Manager if they wish to make a presenta tion, provide a written submission, submission, or observe the proceedings. proceedings. Kids' Fishing Day Saturday, May 29 I am pleased to join my colleague, Jerry Ouellette, MPP for Oshawa, to sponsor the annual Kids' Fishing Day at the Heber Down Conservation Area in Whitby. This has become a popular annual event for hundreds of kids and their families. The pond at the Conservation Area will be stocked with fish. Rods, reels and bait are provided to those who heed fishing equipment. Instructors will be available for anyone who wants assistance. Kids' Fishing Day takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you need information or would like to register, please call my Constituency Office at 905-697-1501 or 1-800- 661-2433. I hope to see you May 29th! NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE Between May and October, 2004, the Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham District School Board, and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation • ; will be conducting: larviciding programs under ■. . the authority of Durham Region's Medical Officer of Health to control larval mosquitoes in order to prevent their development into vectors of West Nile virus. The pellet and/or briquet formulation of the larvicide methoprene, (Altosid, Registration No.21809 and No.27694 under the Pest Control Products Act, Canada) will be placed into catch basins of storm drains in areas across the Regional Municipality of Durham. The granular formulation of the larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis, (Aquabac 200g, Registration No.26863 under the Pest Control Products Act, Canada), will be placed in temporary pools of standing water, ditches, and storm water retention ponds in areas throughout the Regional Municipality of Durham. All larvicide will be applied by Ontario Ministry of the Environment licensed applicators or trained technicians. For more information on the locations and dates of treatment, please call for: Regional and municipal property: Durham Region Health Department at. 1-800-841-2729 ext. 2188 or visit www, region.durham.oO'CG Durham District School Board property: 905-666-6408 Ontario Ministry of Transportation property: 1 -416-235-5462 collect calls accepted Butting out! Nick Katsiapia of the New Dutch Oven, just north ofOrono is ready for the new smoking by- law that takes effect next Tuesday. Offence Act, is a summons Smoking Continued from front DURHAM RLGION HEALTH DEPARTMENT cv 'oS»o^ Ontario public places and work places was adopted by Regional Council in December of 2002 after much public consultation. consultation. Over the past six to nine months the Health Department Department has been involved in a vigorous campaign making business owners aware of the requirements of the new bylaw. bylaw. "We estimate 95 per cent of workplaces and public places will be voluntarily compliant, many are looking forward to the ban," said Goreman. "There are a small percentage of businesses that we will have to bring into compliance," he stated. Infractions of the new bylaw bylaw after June first can be called into the Region's Health Department at 1-800- 841-2729 Ext. 2188 or by visiting visiting the Region's web site www.region.durham.on.ca. Names will be kept confidential, confidential, says Goreman. An inspection of the complaint will be carried out by the smoking by-law enforcement officers. "In the protocol we have developed for enforcement enforcement officers, there may be some dispensation, depending on the nature of the offence." stated Goreman. Establishments Establishments that do not come into compliance of the by-law will be chaired under part one of the Provincial Offences Act. A ticket much like a parking or speeding ticket will be issued with a set fine of $200, "You either pay the ticket or got to court and have your say," said Goreman. Part Two of the Provincial and you must go to court, the maximum find under this section section is $5,000 according to Goreman. "We may do that for someone who refuses to be compliant or someone who has a history," he said. Exemptions to the by-law can be found in bingo halls, racetracks and casinos, which are permitted to have a designated designated smoking room which can take up no more than half the occupiable public space. Private clubs such as the Legion, may still allow smoking smoking if it has no employees and if the general public is not allowed in the facility. An effort to exempt homes for the aged from by-law in some parts of the Region is as yet unsuccessful. Because nursing homes are 'home' to their residents there is a feeling feeling that designated smoking rooms should be provided. As nursing homes are also work places and the intention of the ban is to protect workers workers from second hand smoke, Glendene Collins, a spokes person for the Durham Region Health Department, said the by law will not be changed to accommodate seniors. The Region of Durham will use World "No Tobacco Day" an event organized by the World Health Organization to focus on the harmful impact that tobacco has on world health, on May 31st to celebrate the approaching approaching smoke free by-law. 1 -VL SERVING DURHAM REGION SINCE 1841 all funeral services PREARRANGED AND/OR PREPAID BURIAL - CREMATION - TRANSFERS "WHERE PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE IS IMPORTANT' FUNERAL DIRECTORS PAUL R. MORRIS DOUG R. RUTHERFORD GARY M. CONWAY DEBRA D. KELLEHER 905-623-5480 A DIVISION ST.. BOWMANVILLE - AT QUEEN §L