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Top winners of Clarington Apple Blossom Awards W.rd Tlxree Tncumbents being challen'ged at polis On Monday,-September 26th Clarington council recognized al those who were nominated to compete in the Apple Blossom, Award progr am, the beautifica- tion of front lawns and gardens in three categories, urban resi- dential, rural residential and Industrial/Commercial. In total there were 65 nominations with 17 from Ward 1, 25 from Ward 2 and 21 from Ward Three. Judging of the gardens was undertaken by members from the three local Horticultural Societiesy, along with Nick VanSegglen representing the Municipality. .Dave Hinton of the Orono Society conducted the program of events calling upon Mayor Hamre to present the winning awards of, the three categories. AIl was quiet in the sky at Whitby Hawk-Watch The attraction for a lot of birders over the past week-end was the hawk-watch lookout at Cranberry Marsh just off Hall's Road. In fact thfe piatform was somewhat crowded at times as birders looked to the east for so aring hawks, eagles and vultures. Bll Bunting and I thought it would bc a good day with hawks on the move. The sun was shining brightIy, clear sky and a slight breeze out of the north to push the hawks south to the lakefront. Just to get one statistic out of the way which comes from the group organizing the maning of the look-out the high one-day record bas been 853 raptors in migration from east to west. .Now as to Sunday, for one and haf hours, there was little action and what action there was was in the distance. There was nlo way that even the most knowledgeable birders in the crowd could make a positive identification of the birds other than the classification of accipter, buteo or falcon. Just before leaving however eighteen Turkey Vultures flew overhead an easy ID _and these eigyý_ i were soon followed by a furthertwelve. It was easy to see that the birds were. soaring off a thermal and when further west were looking for a further thermal to'gain altitude for further travel west. For some reason or another the hawks were just flot on the move in any great numbers. .Frost 'did exist Sunday momning and it is possible that the land had flot warmed enougli to produce definite rising thermals, of warm air. This could have changed later in the day. There was a lot of movement of Monarch Butterfiies' at Cranberry Marsh and a number of times you would pick one up inl your binoculars and have to take a few seconds to determine if it was a hawk or flot. They were waiting Over the past few-,weeks we have flot seen that many birds around the house. That has al changed with the placement of two bird feeders, one with smnall Sunflower seeds and the other with Niger seed. Certainly the Gold Finch have a preference for the Niger seed while the House Finch have been making do with the Sunflower seeds. The word soon spread for there is a host of birds taking advantage of the offerings. Holds approval of development plan Whitby council by a majority vote has heldup final approval of a major residential development in the south of themunicipality next to the boundaries of the Lynde Shores marsh. 'Me move by the majority of council surprised the developer and the province who spoke in support of the plan. The plan will bring .5000 residents to the area. The Region of Durham expects property on the north side of the road will be used in the future for' industry. Pictured above receiving the winning awards, William Jewell, Middle Road, Bowmanville rural award; Andrew and Helen May, Bowmanville, the urban awards and Michel May and Anita Kuipers receiving the Com- mercial Award on behalf of the Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home, Bowmanville. Ail sixty-five nominees received a certificate from the Municipality with councillors taking turns in making the pre- sentations. SA social half-hour was taken when ail nominees were invited to cookies, cake and beverage. This was the first year for the Apple Blossom program which is expected to be repeated again in 1995. The list of candidates for municipal office, school board and Hydro Electrie commis- sioners hias seen some movemnent over the past couple of weeks. Those' wishing to seek election to any of the ttiree bodies have until October 14th at 5 p.m. to file the appropriate papers with the clerk of Clarington. The election is being held on November l4th. The following is the list of candidates who have now filed for election in Clanington, School Board and Hydro Electric. Mayor - Diane Hamre, (incumbent), Ann Cowman. Regional Councillor Ward 1 - Lanry Hannah (incumbent). Regional Councillor Ward 2- Carson Elliott (incumbent), John O'Toole. Regional Councillor Ward 3- Ann Dreslinski (incumbent), Bill Clarke. Local councillor Ward 1- Gary Marjesky, Phil Manning, Catherine McKeever, and Mary Novak (incumbent). Local councillor Ward 2- Patricia Pringle, David Wing and Jim Kondrachuk.* Local councillor Ward 3- David Scott (incumbent), Bonnie Cunningham. Public School Board (two to be elected in each ward). Ward 1 - Rosa Formosa, David Gray, Thorsten Kosek and Milt Dakin. - Ward 2 - Charmaine Dunn and Mike S locombe., Ward 1 - Bob Willsher. Separate School Board (three to be elected in Clarington) Caroline Burke, Ruth Ciraulo, Donna Lucas-Astley and Alan Baylis. Hydro Electric (four to be elected) Susanne Elston, Paul Reesor, Anna Vanderhoven and Pauline Storkes. Sae your life! Wera seat beit. Research shows that seat beits save lives and reduce injuries. That's why itfs important to buckle up and make sure that passengers under 16 are also properly buckled up. You might end up saving a lot more than two demerit points and a fine. 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