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Vol. 75 · # 22 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 GST Included $1.35 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Locals fear ghost of Edenfest Mosport area residents are not waiting for a repeat of the three-day rock festival held at the motor sport park in 1996. Residents met with Jennifer Cooke, Clarington's Director of Tourism and Marketing on Friday morning to outline some of the concerns they have with the upcoming Boots and Hearts concert billed as "the largest international country music festival ever hosted on Canadian soil," scheduled for the weekend of August 10 ­ 12 at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. "The residents are concerned about things that didn't happen," Cooke told the Orono Times on Monday. "Their biggest concern was not really with what was going on in the park, but goings on off the park with the unpaid attendees," she stated. Bill Link of Concession Road 10 told the Orono Times that the residents had a good meeting with Cooke and they are looking forward to working cooperatively with the municipality. In a letter addressed to Mayor Adrian Foster dated May 22nd, Link spells out what the residents are looking Grade 4 student Jake Reid, made his mark in the running long jump at the Orono Public School field day trials on Monday morning. for from the municipality. As trespassing onto private property was a big issue 16 years ago, Link has asked that there be a police and fire fighter presence inside and outside the park. He is also looking for noise abatement, defined hours of operation and cleanup of the garbage dumped on private property around the park and on the roadways. Cooke said she recorded the concerns and has been in touch with all parties involved to let them know what the res- idents are looking for. "The promoters of the concert are aware of the concerns," Cooke stated, "And will be going to speak to all the residents on the neighbouring properties." The promoter of this festi- val ­ Republic Live is a lot different than the group that promoted Edenfest, Cooke told The Times. "We have definitely learned from Edenfest," Cooke stated, "Good and bad things." MOSPORT see page 3 Region to settle in class action lawsuit By: Christopher W. Brown An agreement has been reached in the class action lawsuit, resulting from loss of a Durham Region USB key in 2009. The unknown agreement, agreed upon by both sides of the lawsuit, will have to be approved by the judge in the case before finalizing. The court date is July 3rd. Lawyers from both the defence and plaintiff will ask the Superior Court Judge to approve the agreement. Information on the USB key pertains to the 83,524 people who attended any Durham Region Health Department H1N1 flu vaccination clinic during the period from Oct. 23 to Dec. 15, 2009. Information on the key included client name, address, phone number, date of birth, health card number, name of primary physician, and personal health information provided at time of vaccination. The final agreement, states that the region will pay out a lump sum of $500,000. All claimants who did not opt out of the class action lawsuit by last August, will receive a payment of $5.99 minus the 25% to cover lawyer fees (roughly $4.50). The initial lawsuit asked for a total of $40 million dollar in pecuniary damages. Region Authorities have stated that anyone trying to access the USB key would find the majority of the drive encrypted. Of those more than 83,000 people whose information was lost, can file to make a claim. It becomes the responsibility of the claimant to prove that the loss of the USB key has caused economic harm. According to the letter that was sent to claimants on the 24th of May 2012, the Region of Durham has taken steps to mitigate any economic harm the claimant has suffered because of the loss of the USB Key. The initial lawsuit claimed the Region was negligent and violated privacy and breeched the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when an employee lost the USB key. The key was dropped somewhere between the regional headquarters parking garage and the building. The key was never found, sparking major USB see page 3