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4 - "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 Stock loses routes "Under new 7 management Belinda Mazerollo is the new owner and operator of the provin- "cial driver and vehicle licensing bureau in Uxbridge. The office is located in suite 3A at 278 Main St. North. It's open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, Thursday from 9 until 7, and Saturday mornings | from 9 until noon. You can call the MTO bureau at 852-3078. RIK DAVIE/WEEKEND STAR Free pool winterizing seminar. Come to our FREE BioGuard Educational Evening. We'll show you how | to close your pool the : right way so you can relax next spring. # BLANCHARD'S POOLS Invites you to their annual PooL CLOSING SEMINAR AND WINTER SALE Thursday, September 7/00 7:00 PM. Scugog Community Centre (Arena Hall) 1655 Reach Road, Port Perry R.S.V.P. (905) 985-9746 - 1-800-403-2858 BloGuard Seating Limited Refreshments Provided Its in * Keeping your children safe * Planning your retirement * Living a healthy lifestyle e SAMEPLACE « SAME GREAT 90 Vanedward Dr., SERVICE! Port Perry ca... (909) 985-8469 EXCAVATING (former location of Van Camp Contracting Limited) BLEUE ERO TY 0:1 ES (1 Worl = Sand «= Gravel « Top Soil - Triple Mix = Septic Systems the mail. The Government of Canada Service Guide is coming your way. It contains important information on over 130 services, including: ° * Reducing home energy use * Registering a firearm * Filing a complaint about air travel For more information: 1800 O-Canada (1 800 622-6232), TTY/TDD: 1 800 465:7735, www.canada.gc.ca or visit the Service Canada Access Centre nearest you. as board finalizes busing tenders By Rik Davie Weekend Star After calling for tenders on busing contracts for the first time in 15 years, the Durham District School Board has made some changes. One of the board's largest carriers, Stock Transport, has been virtually shut out of school busing in Ajax and Pickering. A first-time bidder for school transport, Northstar Transit, came up the winner, landing a one- year contract worth $57,000. Total cost for transporta- tion in the coming year will top $16 million, with $9 mil- lion going to regular trans- port and special education students transport nearing $7 million. No major changes in transport in Scugog and Uxbridge are due, with pre- vious carriers retaining their routes for the most part. The same is true in Oshawa and Whitby. Oshawa trustee Jane Weist - a former employee of Stock Transport - said she worried about the possibili- ty of layoffs at Stock. "I was quite concemed over. Stock losing drivers, having worked there myself," she said. "I felt myself sorrowing over this." Scugog trustee Bobbie Drew echoed concerns raised by Pickering trustee Ruth Anne Shedlich over whether Northstar, which operates busing services in Peel and the Ottawa- Carleton boards of educa- tion, will be able to handle the job in Durham. "I hope that we have guarantees in place that they can carry out the con- tract as described," Mrs. Drew said to finance and transportation superinten- dent Ron Trbovich. Mr. Trbovich assured trustees that contracts have performance clauses that must be adhered to. Mr. Trbovich also announced that a new call centre for parents with ques- tions or concemns over bus- ing of students is in the works. Bus routes are now avail- able from area schools. 'Health Minister Rock to be guest at Grit gathering Federal Health Minister Alan Rock will join Durham Riding Liberals at their pic- nic in Orono on Saturday, Sept. 16. 'Mr. Rock and Durham MP Alex Shepherd will be the featured speakers as both provincial and feder- al Liberals from the riding gather from 4 to 7 p.m. near the shelter at Orono Fairgrounds for roast beef on a bun and the fixings and some fun. Sponsored by both the Durham federal and provincial riding associa- tions, the picnic is $10 per person. Tickets are available from the following: Garry (905) 576-2183; Marilyn (905) 985-9250; Ford (905) 436-3389 and Rose (905) 983-5140.