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( O .~Oront~ WoekIy Time., W.dnosday~, Octobor ~, 194 ~ Pancakes, Maple Syrup at Co-op The rain Saturday morning waS no obstacle for Joe Kay, his daughter Laura and son Robert, of R.R. 1 Newtonvile, in making their way to the Durham Farmers County Co-op in Orono to take part in their annual Customer Appreciation Day. The trio from Newtonville were enjoying a pancake breakfast with real maple syrup and delicious pork sausage. ,Later la the day it was coni on the cob, an Appreciation Cake and be-verage. Announces intent to run- Newcastle Hydro Bowrnanviîle resideat, Paul Reesor, has announced that he will seek a seat on the Clarington Hydro Commission in the upcoming municipal election. Mr. Reesor is employed by -a large municipal utility. He has been with that utility for the past 10 years, where he works in the areas of community relations and energy management. "It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute to the great municipality of Clarington", he said. The candidate says there are three major issues he would address as a hydro commissioner. These are: rates, reliability and re- engineering of the utility. "I would keep rates at or below inflation, but ultimately malatain a realistie zero per, cent annual increase." tHe also wishes to ensure 100 reliability of power. This is crucial because interruptions in power can harmn customers. For instance, it can result in down time at industries and depending on the type of production, a disruption in power miglit even ruin a product. On the topic of re-engineeriag, Mr. Reesor notes that he will work with all levels of staff to achieve'an "extraordinary" level of good customer relations. Mr. Reesor ran for hydro commission in 'the previous municipal election but was not successful in winning one of the available seats but his enthusiasm stili prevails. Regonto proceed to build new Hillsdale After a number of years of planning Durham Regional council'has given the go-ahead for a new home for the aged at a cost of $31 million, The new home is expected to bc completed in late 1997 or early 1998 and will replace the existing 435 bed facility at Hillsdale Manor in Oshawa. The plan has still yet to be approved by the province but upgrades for Hillsdale has been on the agenda since 1970. The province on approving will provide fifty percent of the funds for construction. The new faciity will have 135 less beds than the present facility which is the largest such facility in ail of Ontario. It has been polated out that the larger facilities are more costly to operate that smaller 150 to 200 bcd facilities. Director of services for seniors in Durham states that Durham. will have to create more day programs for seniors living in their own homes due to the reduction of beds at Hillsdale. Durham may however eventually build another smaller 140, bed facility to make up for the beds lost la the aew Hillsdale' Lodge facility. 1by Helen MacDonald 1 have had a love affair with newspapers since 1 was a child. At fine years of age, 1 took on a paper route with The Oshawa Times, and it wasn't long before I had recruited' a younger brother and sister, to 'work' for me. I loved the job. Raia, shine, sleet. . .we delivered the papers and at the end of the run, found dîner waiting for us lat home. My pleas ure la reading newspapers can also bc traced to around the sarne ime when my grade 5 class was assigned a school project in which we were to track world issues and do a report on them. For over tweaty- five years 1 have read a daily paper. 1But, I have corne to believe that the best kind of aewspapers area't the dailies which report national or global issues, but rather, cornrunity newspapers. The kind you get weekly which keep you in touch with what's happening in your own commuity... like this one. The kind you pick up when visiting a srnall town in Quebec, or the Maritimes, or in one of the New Englaad states, or ia Northera Ontario, to find out a littie bit about who the- people in the community are, andl what their issues are. Often, you discover' that many of their issues are your issues . . . that the world is, indeed, a very srnall place. But, it wasn't until recent weeks that 1 began to see with surprising clarity why aewspapers are so special to me, and, more irnportantly, why they are so important to small communities. Roy Forrester publishes The Orono Weely Times. Like many community newspapers and other small-town businesses, this paper is a farnily business. A family commuaity n ewspaper happens not because there is news, although news helps, but because there is a community which is somehow connected by events, and, because there is a publisher comrnitted to keeping, the community informed. During Roy's hospital stay through August and September, the Forrester farnily asked if 1 could help f111 in space ia the newspaper, covering some events and fiading news. No problem. There are so many iateresting things goiag on la our community that one doesn't have to 'find' aews . . . it's out there. So, off I trod, chasing down events, stories, and pictures, feeling slightly nervous... worried about getting facts correct, checking my camera a thousand imes to ensure that film was in and batteries functioned. The pressure was on. People are fickle about their newspapers. If the news isn't interesting, they won't read thern . .. they won't even buy them. I took this responsibiity seriously. I would arrive at an appointed place at an appointed ime to take a picture and get the scoop.. "Who are you?", sornebody would ask . . . people do that whe n you take their picture without anaouncing yourý intentions. "I'rn Roy Forrester . . . in a skirt," I would tell them. Then, I would try to get their names for the photo and ask thern a few questions.* But, they would invariably get the newsperson/interviewee roles reversed. They'd be askîng me questions. "How is Roy? When will he be back? We really miss him." People really missed Roy. After a gazillion people told me, this, I began to wonder how many people Roy really knew. Did he know everybody? Did everybody know him? This is the way it is with the community newspaper. Roy 'J'o MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 14, 1994 NOTICE 0F FILING FOR NOMINATION, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that candidates for the following offices may file nomination papers at the Clerks Office, 40 Temperance Street on Tuesday, October 11, Wednesday, October 12, and Thursday, October 13, 1994 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Nomination Day, Friday, October 14, 1994 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mayor (Also serves on Regional Council) Regional Councillor' (Also serves on Local Council) Member, Northumberland and Clarington Board of Education Member, Peterborough-V ictoria Northumberland and Clarington Roman Catholic Separate School Board Clarington Hydro-Electric Commission One to be, elected by general vote One to be elected for each of the three wards Two to be elected for each of the three wards by Public School Electors Three to be elected by general vote of Separate School Electors Four to be elected by general vote Ail candidates are to be elected for a three-year term, Prior to submitting a nomination paper, a notice of registration must be filed with the Clerk. Each nomination paper must'be signed by at least 10 electors, whose names are entered on the Preliminary List of Electors or who have made application, to have their names inciuded on the ist and who are entitled to vote in an election to such office, ' Notices of registration and nomination papers are available f rom the. Clerk's Office. For further information, please cali 623-3379. IaI MNICIPALFTY OF ON TARIO0 Date of Publication: Wednesday, October 5,1994 Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. ClerklReturning Officer Municipaiity of Clarington 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario Li C 3A6 P.O. 5033 m kno ws almost everybody because he has been reporting on their lives, on thieir community, for nearly 60 years. Few people stay in one place that long. The otiier side of this coin is that people feel as if they know Roy as a fniend and neighbour because he reaches out to themi every week with his newspaper. Roy has taken pictures of more than one generation of hockey players, basebail players, brownies, scouts, figure skaters and other young people who'have made their famillies proud. Roy. . The Orono Times ... reports on community events. Roy comments on cornmunity issues la his editorials. Roy also shares a piece of himself iwihis tales of eve nts from around home. And, he does ail this with humility and devotion. Roy Forrester epitomnizes what I believe to be the community newspaper, and I, like many others, arn delighted that he is back in the saddle. 1 And, Roy, that Press Pass Ive been using . . I'm happy to turn it in, but you'1l have to find your own diaper pin to stick it on.