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Oron Wekly ime, WenesayOctober 2,', 199c-6-9 Local SChools Compete In Soccer Tournament Teams from Kirby, Orono, and Newtonville took part in an intra- school soccer tournament held at Orono Public School last Wednesday. Teams made up of students from grades 4-6 took part in the event. Newtonville and Orono sent two teams each to the tournament, which ended up in a tie between Kirby and Orono 2. Here is a picture from some of the action as both teams from Orono competed against one another. Clarington Council Against Large-Scale Retail Centres Large retail complexes are no friend of Clarington and its Council. Whitby has recently allowed a number of such complexes to open up off of Thickson Road south of the 401. 10 stores, including a massive Home Depot opened at this location in the last year, with even more outlets proposed at the same site. The site is collectively known as the Thickson Ridge Power Centre. Two separate plans for the construction of retail ware- houses is before the Region. Because the applicants require an amendment to the Durham Region Official plan to locate these warehouses in the area, all municipalities in the Region are being approached for input. Presently the Whitby Official Plan has designated this area and the area directly north on the other side of the 401 as a Special Activity Node. Clarington Council opposes the introduction of retail ware- houses. The two proposals, if allowed, would raise the total floorspace used for retail pur- poses at these locations from 600,000 square feet to almost one million. The Municipality worries about what impact the intro- duction of these facilities will have on the local business in Clarington. In a license plate survey done for the existing - Home Depot by a consultant, it was noted that 12 per cent of the customers there came from Clarington. Whitby residents only accounted for 19.4 per cent of its customers. This would indicate that Clarington residents are making significant contributions to the customer base of the Power Centre. The Municipality has strug- gled with the placement of large-scale retail operations in the area and the effect it would have on the existing local busi- ness in Clarington. The new strip mall scheduled to be opened at Clarington Corners has drawn mixed reviews. The Municipality of Clarington is opposed to the proposed developments and urges that an independent study be undertaken to ade- quately assess the impact of the development on other areas of the Region. "We have to get the Region to understand that stores like this draw business from all over the Region," said Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre. Both the Region of Durham and the Town of Whitby will be notified of Clarington's position on the matter. In-House Apartments Will Need To Be'Registered Putting an apartment in your house is no simple task. A recent Bill (Bill 20) has made it possible for municipal- ities to have the authority to regulate the creation on new apartments in houses. New apartments will have to meet certain criteria laid out by the municipality, and all apart- ments will have to be registered with the Municipality, new or otherwise. The Municipality's policies regarding apartments in hous- es have been laid out in the Clarington Official Plan. Apartments are only permitted in a detached or semi-detached house in urban residential areas as long as (a) there is one parking space provided for the apartment, (b) the structure is suitable for alterations to per- mit an additional unit, and (c) the building complies with building and fire regulations and other municipal regula- tions, including registration. A proposed amendment to the Zoning by-law would per- mit the creation of one self-con- tained apartment per single and semi-detached units pro- vided that they are on full municipal services and are located in a residential zone. This will exclude the rural area and Orono which are on private waste disposal systems. As for existing apartments in houses, the proposed amend- ment would "gandfather" these apartments as legal apartments provided (a) the property own- ers have their apartments inspected and have upgraded their units to comply with the Fire Code and the Property Standards By-law, (b) the prop- erty is zoned residential and is on full municipal services, and (c) the property is duly regis- tered with the municipality. This issue was the subject of debate in Council. Councillor Mary Novak was particularly worried about apartments that presently exist in rural-area homes. "Many families had apartments in their homes." Mayor Hamre also pointed out that often people made apart- ments in their homes for their kids to live in when first start- ing out. "I don't see how we can now say (existing apart- ments) are illegal," said Mayor Hamre. "If (property owners) come forward now, we've got to recognize them as legal non- conforming (apartments)." Director of Planning Frank Wu assured Council that the proposal was not meant to crack down on what would amount to an illegal apartment that already exists, but as a means to reduce the Municipality's liability in the case of a death or injury occur- ring in a non-registered apart- ment. "There is no way for us to know if there are any illegal apartments out there." The report is merely a require technicality for the Municipality to comply with provincial legis- lation. CELEBRATE UNITED NATIONS DAY On Saturday, October 26, the Multicultural Council of Oshawa Durham (MCOD), is planning to celebrate United Nations Day at the Pickering Town Centre, 1355 Kingstson Road, in Pickering, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with opening ceremonies at 11:00 a.m. We are inviting our group member organizations to show- case their cultural backgrounds at this event. Participating members will have an opportu- nity to celebrate their cultural heritage through exhibits of Arts and Crafts, Music, Dances and Fashion Shows, through- out the day. We think United Nations Day unites our cultural groups, and in our opinion, this is the best way all of us can participate in the celebrations of this impor- tant day. We are pleased to invite you and hope that you will be able to join us on this very special day. forn b Let Us Give It A Try Sonbon Publishing i 983-5301 Help UNICEF reach their goal This is the 50th Anniversary of UNICEF's remarkable achievements in improving the lives of children around the world. With Halloween approaching, children make their contribution by partici- pating in a great Canadian tra- dition - the UNICEF orange box campaign. Many children who have par- ticipated in the UNICEF orange box campaign are now your readers: parents, teachers, or homeowners shelling out at their doors. We want to help them recall the excitement of their childhood Halloween and take pride in accompanying their own children on Halloween night, to fill their UNICEF boxes with jangling coins. Who among us who car- ried a box doesn't remember that sound!? Kim Mitchell and Andrea Martin remember it. And this year they donated their time to UNICEF, posing for our fantas- tic display ads. Proudly declar- ing that "I used to do it.", they urge your readers to continue their support of this great Canadian tradition. When children in developing countries hear of the UNICEF Orange Box, and that Canadian kids collect coins for them, they are awed that children so far away care enough to share one of their favourite celebrations. In fact, Canadian kids have shared over $59 million dollars since 1955. We hope to increase that figure to $65 mil- lion by midnight this October 31st. Thanks to contributions like these, crippling diseases like yaws, which tormented Asian children in the 1950s, have been eradicated, and the west ern hemisphere is now polio- free. The number of children under five who die each year has been cut in half since 1960. Improvements in water supply have reduced the rate of the deforming guinea worm disease by 90% since the 1980's alone. And the number of children completing primary school has doubled in just the last ten years. 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