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4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, August 18, 2010 CANDIDATES Continued from front the issues in this election are maintaining an acceptable level of property tax increases, the proposed local wind farm projects, and the reduction of municipal waste through enhanced recycling programs. Partner says she is a longtime resident and property owner in Ward 4, and owns and operates a successful pet sitting business. She is seeking election because she loves the uniqueness of where she lives. The seven candidates are vying for the seat to be vacated by Gord Robinson who has been the Ward 4 Local Councillor since 2000. In 2000, his first election, Robinson defeated Mark Hendrikx, also a first time candidate, for the seat. In the 2003 election, Robinson was unchallenged, so he was acclaimed to the position. In 2006, Robinsons defeated challengers Wendy Partner and Paul Jones to hang on to his seat. In January of this year, Robinson filed his nomination papers for the Ward 3 and 4 Regional Council seat, currently held by Charlie Trim who is not seeking reelection. Robinson is being challenged for the Regional seat by Willie Woo who cur- rently holds the Ward 3 Local Councillor position. Potential candidates have until September 10 to file their nomination papers with the Municipal Clerk's Department at 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville. Tufts and Partner join Cecil Mackesy, Robert Jackson, Robert Willett, Christopher Brown and Dean Perrin as candidates for Local Councillor, Ward 4. Clarington residents will go to the polls on Monday, October 25 to elect a new council to a four year term. Places I've Done Time by Clifford Francis Blame the heat It has to be the summer heat. Lots of strange things happen on the hazy days. I saw a guy that wouldn't take a wash in a week down at the "crick" taking a bath two days in a row. Not like him to do that. Another chap I know was down swimming in the lake at Newcastle. It was the first time in two years that he had taken off his long underwear. It was the heat for sure. Speaking of water, how about the water man from down Kendal way that fell out of the cherry tree head first. Each story is different but this is how it came to be. The young fellow had been picking cherries a few days previous and made a little cherry wine out of the crop. Now whether or not he had been sampling the syrup is unclear, but his wife looked out the window and he was hanging upside down some fifteen feet up. She rushed out and it was to late. He fell head first but landed on his wallet which had fallen first. Lucky for him, it was thick with money and broke the fall. His wife said he had not been up that early for years or been that high, or fell that hard. He went to the hospital where they found him all fit and good. The neighbours drew in the hay and I wonder if it was a ploy to get the hay in with it being hot and all. A local gentleman took a load of home-grown organic tobacco to Montreal a few weeks ago to help stimulate our local economy and I guess he took to smoking some along the route. While he was there he somehow got hooked up and married to a French-speaking girl. They seem to be getting along well. They can't argue; he knows no French and her no English. It works well I guess. Maybe the heat caused this. Another fellow I know took a load of cabbages and cauliflower to North Bay to sell at the farmers market but somehow stopped at Rama were he spent the day playing cards. He ended up heading up highway 69 where he got pulled over by the police and charged with being impaired. They took him in for a breathalizer but he had no alcohol in his system. Next, to the hospital for drug tests. Nothing. Next morning off he went. I believe the heat caused the cabbages and cauliflower to start fermenting and it made him more light headed than he already was. Blame it on the heat. I know the heat is hard on one's system. I'm having trouble thinking myself. KENDAL Continued from front approximately 20 residents of the community. Once the residents realized storm sewers were not on the table, they indicated they preferred Option 4, which involved ditching on the north side of Regional Road 9 rather than on the south side. While this is a viable option, according to Cannella, it doesn't deal with the surface run-off from the road. Larry Jackson, one of the three residents who asked council for storm sewers at the July 12 meeting, told the Orono Times he was disappointed with the public meeting. When Mayor Abernethy asked for a show of hands of those in favour of storm sewers, only three hands went up Jackson said. "I did not know it was going to be that kind of a meeting," he stated. According to Jackson, most of the people at the meeting were opposed to storm sewers for fear they would interfere with their wells. As council is nearing the end of its term, it will not be allowed to authorize expenditures greater than $50,000 when it resumes meetings this fall. For this reason, Mayor Abernethy is looking to call a Special Council Meeting sometime before September 10, to get council approval for Cannella's Option 4, the one preferred by the Kendal residents, which has an estimated cost of $90,000. Cannella told the Times, he still hopes to have the work completed this season. If you want to drink, that's your business. If you want to stop... that's ours. Call ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Lakeshore District - 905-728-1020