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mmmm . IISIil Serving More Than 18,000 Homes in The Town of Newcastle ■ -c'4 S#- ^ WÆmmWÊËÊ- ■ : Saturday, Mi V w 7 - m : ■ *1*. Volume Thr« mmirnii list -- : i'AVSVi'.V.V.'.Vi'iW.Vi'iV.W.VéViVi. • ■ j.* l 4 * w •:•.■:•■ v:v:y.x.:. ■» liliil! |lgB; with something for everyone! ■ Durham "Short Changed" by Laidlaw Officials on Hand for Opening of Information Centre by Laura J. Richards Durham Regional Councillors are angry over the provincial government's government's proposed cutbacks in the GO Transit service to the region. "We're being short-changed," Regional Chairman Gary Herrema told the councillors on Wednesday morning, May 12. He was referring to the fact that GO Transit is cutting costs of operating operating its trains by providing service from the Whitby station during rush hour only. One of the items the councillors and chairman noted is that municipalities municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area Young Offenders Arrested Following Robbery, Assault Two young offenders have been charged with robbery, assault with bodily harm and obstructing the police police after a mugging in Bowmanville late Wednesday night. The incident involved a 47-year old Losctimbe Drive, Bowmanville man who was injured on Wednesday Wednesday evening as he was walking along Roenigk St., near Waverley Road. Two officers with the 16th Division Division of the Durham Regional Police happened to be patrolling the area when they saw two youths fleeing on foot and a man on the ground. The victim sustained two broken facial bones and a swollen eye. He received 10 stitches on the top of his head. The victim had been on his way home after a Masonic Lodge meeting, meeting, carrying a bag with the lodge logo on it. A representative of the police said the man had apparently been followed while he was walking through downtown Bowmanville. The culprits struck him over the head with an unknown object and knocked him unconscious. '(GTA) pay a concentration tax, while municipalities outside the GTA do not. Councillors discussed among themselves the wisdom of the GO Transit Board of Directors looking at expanding outside the GTA to areas areas that do not pay the concentration tax. v' 'Thope the treasurer listens when we tell him "If they're not paying- then NO GO," Chairman Herrema said. "Instead of expanding, they should be cutting back in those areas areas not paying the tax," he added. Whitby Councillor Marcel Bru- nelle told those in the council chamber chamber it isn't fair that "some areas are getting Cadillac service while others are getting skateboard service." Looking at the GO Transit service service in the whole Durham Region, Oshawa Councillor John Aker said: "Our Achilles heel is the transportation transportation network." From a "substandard 401" to the cutbacks in GO service, the transportation transportation network into and out of Durham Region is going to suffer. "This is a very serious matter," Pickering Councillor Kip Van Kempen said. "We have parking problems now at the Pickering GO Station." He said the parking problems are not going to go away. If anything, they will get worse. "I don't know what the solution is," Mr. Van Kempen said. Town of Newcastle Mayor Diane Hamre told councillors that if they don't like the way they are being treated then they should initiate a meeting. "Set up a meeting with the five MPPs in the southern municipalities of Durham Region and talk with them about this," Mayor Hamre suggested. suggested. "The province seems to be under the impression that a bus is cheaper Officials with Laidlaw Waste Management Systems Ltd. were at the official opening of the company's company's Durham Only Landfill Information Centre in Newcastle Village last week. Frank Paznar, Vice President; President; John Corley, the Vice-President and General Manager; George Field, the company's Division Manager; and Kenneth Lyons, President and Chief Operating Officer are seen here with a mock-up of a cross-section of what the proposed landfill site would look like. Continued on Page 2 Graham's IGA* Maxi Drug (Indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in 1U TfatoUct, please contact our office at 623-3303 The new RCMP detachment headquarters in Bowmanville is scheduled to open July 12. Inspector Bob Watson, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, added that the official opening of the building on Baseline Rd., just west of Martin Rd., is slated for some time later in the fall. Inspector Watson was a speaker at the Bowmanville Optimist Club's Respect for Law banquet held on Wednesday evening, May 12, at the Lions Centre. He told his audience, which included included Optimist Club guests from Whitby and Newcastle, that five sections of the RCMP will be headquartered headquartered in Bowmanville. The staff of 65 will cover an area between Victoria Park Avc, in Scarborough Scarborough to the eastern boundary of the Durham Region. The five sections of RCMP operations operations based in Bowmanville include: include: the drug squad, the commer cial crime section, immigration and passport section, customs and excise and federal enforcement. Twenty-five people will be working working in the drug squad, Inspector Watson said. He noted that the role of die federal policing agency is to concentrate on the distributors and upper echelons of the illicit drug trade. The RCMP also works closely closely with the Durham Regional Police on drug-related enforcement. 'The commercial crime section deals with what is commonly known as white collar crime. This includes, for example: fraud, lax evasion and counterfeiting. The immigration and passport office office works on cases in which passports passports arc forged or illegal aliens are being smuggled into Canada. Combatting illegal tobacco and alcohol distribution is one of the jobs of the customs and excise department. department. "That is a pretty big business business right now, I can tell you," In âsæi spector Watson said. Finally, the federal enforcement section deals with the enforcement of about 180 federal statutes. This includes, for example, laws concerning concerning copyright infringement. Newcastle Mayor Diane Hamre was also on hand at the Optimist Club banquet to welcome the RCMP to the municipality. "All members of council were ecstatic to find out the RCMP detachment was coming to the Town of Newcastle and to Bowmanville," she said. "They are going to be a real asset to us in every way." • Staff Sergeant Ed Forgctte, of the Durham Regional Police, also addressed addressed the group. He welcomed his RCMP colleagues to the area and also spoke of the importance of crime prevention as a community activity which includes partnership between police and citizens. "You don't need a uniform to join our team," he said.