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***BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1.04 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1T7 Orono Town Hall GST Included Wednesday January 21, 2004 Serving Kendal, Kirby; Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Municipality re-tenders printing contract In an effort to keep the printing contract local, Clarington councillors moved to re-tender the contract. York Region Printing from Newmarket came in with the low- est price at $129,000 in the request for proposals issued by the Municipality for their 2004 printing requirements. The second second lowest price came from Bowman- ville's James Publishing, who has had the contract for many years. James Publishing -- quoted a price of $139,000 to print The Clarington Community Guide, Visitors Visitors Guide, Municipal Directory, Annual Report, transit schedules, tickets, post cards, customer serv James' provides employment to Clarington residents, residents, contributes to community charitable organizations, sponsors local sports teams and plays taxes in the municipality. --Rick James James Publishing What's Inside • •• Donations for Lt. Governor's Used Book Program see page 3 ice cards and planning brochures. The staff report which councillors approved at their December 8th, 2003 General Purpose and Administration Committee -- Meeting recommended recommended the contract be awarded to York Region Printing. That report w*as tabled for further review at the December 15th Council meeting, following following a presentation by Rick James of J am e s Publishing. James said that dealing with a company company an. hour and a half away requires travelling to check proofs, artwork, courier costs, etc. These costs can be avoided when dealing with a company a block and a half away from town hall. James also reminded councillors that his company provides employment to several Clarington residents, contributes contributes to community charitable organizations, sponsors local sports teams and pays taxes in this Municipality. A York Region Printing representative when questioned questioned by Councillor Jim Schell at Monday's council meeting about handling problems when they arise, replied that minor things could be handled by faxes and PDF files over the internet. She also stated that she was on the road a lot, and could make per- RE-TENDER continued peat 4 Rudy Rickard spent the first half of this school year on a co-op placement with the Clarington Fire Department. Rickard, who says he's wanted to be a firefighter ever since he was a little kid, thoroughly enjoyed his placement and plans to go to Durham College next year in pursuit of his dream. Clarke High School held their Co-op Fair last Wednesday in which Rickard participated. Head-on collision critically injures two Two Newtonville area residents residents were rushed to hospital last Wednesday afternoon with life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle collision east of Orono. On Wednesday, January 14th at approximately 10:50 a.m., police were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision on the 6th Concession of Clarke, just east of Andrews Road. Fire and ambulance workers were on scene assisting the drivers of the vehicles. The Orono Fire Department assisted assisted ambulance workers with the jaws of life to free the drivers from their vehicles. One vehicle was in the south ditch and the other was in the north ditch. Nineteen year-old Rene Rupert of Newtonville was driving a yellow Chevrolet pickup truck westbound on the 6th Concession when the vehicle collided with an east- bound grey Chevrolet, driven by Brent Divell, 53 years old, also of Newtonville. Divell was rushed by ambulance to Lakeridgc Health Oshawa with life threatening injuries, lie is cur rently listed in stable condition. condition. Rupert was taken to Lakeridgc Health Bowmanville Bowmanville and was later transferred transferred by air ambulance to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto with life threatening injuries. He is still listed in critical condition. Members of the Traffic Services Branch were called in to assist with the investigation. investigation. The road was closed for several hours as collision reconstructionists worked on gathering evidence at the scene. Police arc still analyzing analyzing the data. Anyone who may have witnessed this collision is asked to call Constable Rene Bcrentschot of the Traffic Services Branch, Collision investigation Unit at 905-579- 1520 (toll free at 1-888-579- 1520) ext. 5227.