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1 Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 21,2004 Great Canadian Town Band Festival presents Alain Trudel and the Hannaford Street Youth Band . . I n 1! ■ A loin tlQC hpf.ni World renowned Canadian Trombone Virtuoso Alain Trudel will perform at Bowmanville High School Auditorium on Monday evening February 9th at 8 pm. He will solo with the Hannaford Street Youth Band, a collection of fine young Ontario brass musicians, led by Director of Music, Larry Shields. Alain Trudel is among the very few trombonists pursuing a career as an international soloist. Combining immense talent with great flair and humour, his performances leave audiences filled with awe. Performances as a soloist include engagements with the Ochestre Pilharmonique de Radio France, The National Art Centre Orchestra, Ottawa, the Montreal Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many more. He now performs on average 100 concerts each year. Alain has become a great supporter of the local Great Canadian Town Band Festival (GCTBF) that brings together some of the best brass and woodwind musicians and ensembles in Canada. After his appearance at last Junes GCTBF, Alain offered to appear in this special concert to raise funds so that the Great Canadian Town Band Festival will continue to thrive in future. The Hannaford Street Youth Band (HSYB) is made up of the finest young brass and percussion percussion musicians under the leadership leadership of Larry Shields. This concert will treat you to a stirring evening of the world's greatest marches. From Colonel Bogey to 76 Trombones and some of Sousa's most famous. In keeping with the theme, Alain Trudel will perform some of the Trombone Solos made famous during the Sousa era. Snowmobilers send SOS to Province (Barrie, ON. January 5, 2004): ' Soaring insurance premiums are threatening recreational snowmobiling in Ontario. So the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC), the snowmobile media and the sled manufacturers are sending an urgent SOS to the provincial government. Dubbed "SAVE ONTARIO SNOWMOBILING" SNOWMOBILING" (SOS), the public awareness awareness and lobbying campaign launches this week and runs through March. SOS will mobilize mobilize individual snowmobilers to express their insurance concerns concerns by contacting their MPP and the Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Jim Bradley. "Each winter, $1 billion in snowmobile-related spending provides jobs, revenues and new business opportunities in rural, snowbelt communities and drives the winter tourism season too," said OFSC President Dennis Burns. "These Benefits are in serious jeopardy if insurance premiums continue to escalate or even remain at current levels." Thanks to rising rates on both personal sled insurance and OFSC general liability insurance, snowmobilers are paying more to ride. Because personal snowpiobile insurance is part of the auto insurance sector, sector, this coverage is often considerably considerably more expensive and less available than previously, and some companies are even blacklisting certain models. Consequently, riders are being forced to shop veiy carefully and make tough decisions about how many, if any, sleds to insure. The cost of general liability insurance for OFSC clubs, volunteers volunteers and landowners has increased by 1000% over the past three years. Without this insurance, all OFSC snowmobile snowmobile trails would be closed. Under the OFSC usêr pay system, system, a portion of the liability SOS continued page 8 1J! I,": llji. ill 1 ! 1 : Hligfli . u ! i. Hi' \,'y % 11 ii m 'j ',i iiii ** liijjiiii H fjp If: : 'r /pli 31 id;;!;! :'•!!. M . Mi*:.; : - -o V Hi:: Hi î|i|:i ; iinapip:; j|| 111 ill 1 ,1,1,1.,i . , : : ' il I 6 til = • -.UH! i ill I. 'ii,. 'm ,, ,]„lmnl fl : !jliii w Icy reception from the light beacon attif'Newc»rtleptor' Oanostm Leading the Way ^ CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PUBLIC NOTICE www.municipality.clarington.on.ca BOARDS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTMENTS TERM OF COUNCIL AND WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2006. -- " FREQUENCY OF BOARD/COMMITTEE Clarington Museums Clarington Traffic Management Advisory Committee Game Commission Orono Arena Community Centre Board DESCRIPTION To manage the Clarington Museums and Archives - Bowmanville and Clarke Branches To review existing and future traffic management practices To buy and release pheasants and sell Hunting Licences for designated areas To operate a community centre in Orono on behalf of the Municipality of Clarington VACANCIES 2 positions for Ward 1 1 position for Ward 4 1 position for Ward 4 6 positions 1 position - Applicants from the Township of Clarke FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS Âs required Monthly As required Minimum 4 times per year STSSrSK ,»?».«», «« ,«=. « *.w. »»• Appointments will be made by Council in Februarç, 2004 at which time we w,ll adv,se the successful applica . Patti L. Barrie, Municipal Clerk 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3A6 (905) 623-3379