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Volume 62, Number 3 RONO WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday, January 21., 1998 e à.f -- e - were Pine lnd, ency d for n by using 8:15 hters from ional fying asing rning e ice large in the Death toil on Scugog rises to four At approximately 10:00 Island, but were unable to Thisnman's cals forhlelp' p.m. Wednesday January locate the second snowmobil- heard by a resident onP 1 tb, two snowmobilers er, 31 year old Shane Cobb of Point Rd., Scugog Isla went into a large open body 131 King St. in Woodville. who contacted emergei of water while on Lake At noon on Friday, police services. Scugog near Caesarea. One divers worked to free what A search commenced of the maies, 20 year oid they believed was the body of the two missing men Mark Ward of 1625 Craigg a maie trapped under the ice. police and fire fighters ut Rd., Greenbank managed to However, after approximately a boat. swim to safety. Ward made and hour and a baif it was At approximately8 bis way to Caesarea, where discovered that it was only a.m., Scugog fire fighl be contacted emergency ser- the discarded snowsuit and retrieved both bodies fi vices and a search comn- helmet of Mark Ward, the the lake. menced for the mnissing maie, first maie to escape the water. The Durham Regie 20 year old Christopher On Sunday afternoon Police are presently notil Raines, of 4236 Reg. Rd. 55, police divers recovered the next-of-kin before releac View Lake, Ontario. body of Christopher Raines, the namnes of the victims., At 12:33 a.m., Friday and on Monday aftemnoon the Police are again wari January l6tb, while police, body of Shane Cobb was people to remain off the fire and ambulance were on retrieved from the icy waters. as there are several la scene they observed two 7Two more die open bodies of water on more snowmobiles crossing At approximately 6:00 lake at this time. the ice from Wasbburn a.m. Tuesday., January 2th, Island. Tbese two snowmo- three snoewmobiles bit an biles also sank in the open open body of water while on water. The Fire department Lake Scugog 1 kmn. south of launched a boat and were Caesarea. Ail three machines M ayorse able to rescue one of the rid- and riders went into the open o ers, 35 year old James Riley water witb only one maie 4i of 28 Shelly Drive, Washburn managing to swim to safety. filCil ai Mayor Hamire was asked to appear at tbe January Business Improvement Association (BIA) meeting to inform the members about the facts per- taining to the Lisbman rezon- ing proposaI. Many BIA mem- bers were confused about what is actually in tbe proposai. Chairm-an Dan Banting stated that be beard rumnours about a fly-in community and an air- plane manufacturing plant iinked witb the fur m-anuifactu.r- ing plant. Mayor Hamle stated that the application before council now is only for the fur manufacturing plant. As far as the residential commiunity is concerned, the Mayor stated that, that type of development would neyer get Regional approval. The region is no longer allowving estate develop- ments. Mayor Hamre went on to say that anyone taking a posi- tion 'for or against' now, is doing so without knowing all the facts. Municipal staff are the only ones who have seen the facts, and their report is not yet completed. The next public meeting for this application is schedulded for Februar 2nd. Orono resident donates wood pile to storm victims A few armloads of wood is ail that's left of Ted Borîcic's wood pile. Wben Ted heard the call for help on KX 96, a country music station in Ajax, he decided to donate bis fire wood supply to tbe ice storm victims. Ted put in the cali to Tim Powers at tbe Fiftb Wbeel Truck Stop in Bowmanville Monday morning. On Tuesday, a transport truck donated by Mackies arrived in bis yard. Wednesday morning, 5 volunteers took two hours to load what Ted figures was 4-5 cords of wood, into the trailer. Truck loads of supplies are leaving daily for Cornwall from tbe th Wbeel Truck Stop. Donations of candies, blankets, batteries, etc, are being dropped off into an apple parates tact f rom BIA meeting Legislation not favourable to BIA The next item the Mayor addressed is the new legislation which could spell the end of BIA's within the province. Currently, business owners in the downtown core pay a tax Ievee that is turned over to their BIA. The new legislation bas this levee put on the landiords tax bill. Mayor Hamnre stated that large property owners in the big cities asked for this legisla- tion. She added that this is another case where Queen's Park does not know how the system works at the local level. Now only property owners can serve on their BIA's board of directors. Since 75% of' business owners do flot own their buildings, this could con- ceivably be the end of BIA's. Though the legisiation is passed, there is still time to get regulations put on the bill. The mnayor urged. business owners to get in touch w,%ith John O'Toole and let hiiim know you're against this legislation. -Th e more people John O'Toole becars frornt the more cloutlhe lbas at Q le' ark." said the mnayor. ln thee meantime the rmunnici- paliix is taking Irhsies-s bin at the truck stop. Tbe emergency response team in Cornwall distributes tbe sup- plies as they come in. As bydro is being restored, needs are cbanging. Relief workers are now asking for food donations as local food baniks have been wiped out. Also people able and willing to donate cash are asked to cal the Red Cross at 1-800-850- 5090. Food bantk's shelves we-ll stocked The Clarington East food banik met ail of tbeir needs dur-. ing the Christmas Season. The Food Bank serves about 30 recipients a montb at tbeir new location at 87 Mill St. N. in Newcastle. Tbe bulk of tbeir donations contes in during Thanksgiving and Christ-mas," said coordina- tor Liz Murray. This puts them in good shape for the montbs of January, February and March, whicb are the tougbest for their clients. 'The purpose of tbe food bank is to supplement the nieeds of tbeir clients. A client cati access the food bank once a mnontb. Once a need bas been establisbed, Murray runs down a list of basic foods witb tbe client, and determines their preference. A client will receive a supply of food that should last three days. Tbe Food Bank feels they bave good support fromi the community. Service Clubs, churches, businesses and mndi- viduals bave ail been very sup- portive. "The community is very generous," says Murray. Other than tbe $150 received from tbe Municipality of Clarington last year, the food batik gets no governmnent sup- port. they rely totally on dona- tions. Casb donations are used Io purchase freshi food such as -milk, meat and eggs. Itemis that always seem in short supply are sugar, canned fruits, coffee, shamipoo and items for childreni's schiool lunches. WVhat the food batik doesn't (con qt in L ed (Jp ,- l' ,l2)' i(contînuýed page 2) Happenngs.. KIRBY UNITED CMURCH Monthly Evening Service, Sunday, January 25th, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Wendell White, Camp Director, Camp Quinmolac. Slide presentation on Church Camping. Special Music: Country Four. Refreshments. Free Will Offering. TEEN DANCE Teen dance, Saturday, February l4th, Orono Town Hall, 7 - 10 p.m., ages 12-18, tickets $4.00 at the door. Put on by the lst Orono Scouts and the Orono Town Hall Board. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY Multiple Scierosis Society, Durham Chapter needs vo[unteers.The Durham Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society needs volun- teers to help out with their annual fundraising events. Two events are planned: The MS Super Cities Walk for MS in April and the Carnation Campaign in May. If you have some time available and want to make a difference in someone's life, please give them a cail. (905) 686-2581. CLARINGTON OLDER ADULT CENTRE COMMITTEE The program for Clarington older adults on Tuesday, January 27, 1998, will be held from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the temporary location: Memorial Park Community Hall, 120 Liberty Street South in Bowmanville. Games, Bingo or discussions at 10:30. Bridge and euchre at 10:00 a.m. Square dancing from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Low cost lunch at noon and transportation for a nominal fee can be arranged when, ordered in advance by Monday noon. Phone Community Care at 623-2261. HEARTH PLACE CANCER SUPPORT CENTRES Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre's Info Series presents 'Treatment is Over ... Now WNhat? By Dr. Jose Chang, Oncologist, 86 oîbrneSt.W. t 730 .m.Cati 579-4833 to register.