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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, February 2,1994 --Week in Review-- More Than 16 Hours Needed to Retrieve Helium Truck After Ice Storm Builders Upset by Fire Hall Bid From page one "I can almost assure anyone there won't be many dollars left in this community," he predicted. Although the municipality is encouraging encouraging local sub-trades to work with the successful bidders, Mr. Gerrits suggests that builders generally generally work with sub-contractors they already know. This means subcontractors subcontractors from out-of-town are most likely to be hired by out-of- town contractors. "Most of the sub-trades will not work with somebody they don't know," Mr. Gerrits added. 0MB Hearing Starts From page one ber were to read particular articles, those pieces would have to be given to them the night before the information information would be discussed. "This will be our bed-time reading," reading," he told the lawyers. This would also allow for a speedier hearing, Mills noted. The days the board will not be sitting due to other obligations, council meetings in the chambers, Rae Days, and already planned holidays holidays will shorten the 10-week period. period. \ As of Monday afternoon the days away from the hearing were to be: Feb. 7,14,18,21, and 28; March 7, 21, and 28; and April 1 and 4 for Easter. There will not be any board meetings during the spring break which is March 14 to 18. On April 15 the group is to be - out of the chambers by 3 p.m. This Friday, Feb. 4, the hearing is to go from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. On Feb. 24 and 25, the board members will be off due to Rae Days. The board chair said there will probably be another Rae Day within the length of the hearing. The OMB chairman's previously arranged holiday from Feb. 16 to 28 will mean that the hearing will actually actually go an extra week to April 20. Now that the housekeeping has been taken care of by the lawyers and chairman, the actual hearing will begin today. He said his own company put together together a proposed team to design and build the fire station, using architects architects and engineers from the Durham Durham Region. Given the way the selection selection process has operated, he now feels he may have had a better chance at clearing the preliminary selection process if he had included in his team engineers or architects from larger, out-of-town firms with more experience. Mr. Gerrits believes three or four other Durham Region firms were also interested in the Bowmanville fire hall contract He notes that the unemployment rate among construction workers in the Toronto area is around 50 per cent and he expects a similar number number are unemployed locally. He sees the Bowmanville fire hall project as something that would help boost the local economy -- something which town council says it is committed to' doing. The spin-offs from the Bowmanville Bowmanville project, if the work went to local local firms, would be widespread. Local Local trades persons would be hired, materials would be purchased locally locally and local banks and insurance companies would be utilized. "There are a lot of unemployed construction workers in this area who are going to-be disappointed," Mr. Gerrits said. In response to the concerns raised by local builders, Joe Carua- na, the Director of Community Services Services for the Municipality of Clar- ington, said local companies had equal opportunities to pre-qualify for the project "We can't say just local firms can apply," he added. He said the municipality decided to go with a process of pre- qualification for a number of reasons. reasons. For one thing, the municipality wanted to ensure that it had the best- qualified firms to do the job. And, in addition, the municipality is working working under time constraints to ensure that the fire station is built by 1995. He said local firms are being encouraged encouraged by the municipality to contact contact any of the successful bidders if they wish to be considered for work on the project. ' ^ ' il ||L. " - Jt'X : , ; jf\ Kv- . .. .. ".«'Via . .MM--, ' ■' . . ' - * 'iff** ' its I uJ ' ' 'A/t ■ 'AT tTi ..-l*»» Inflatable airbags came to the rescue of this helium track which . . ,,, , , , , ,, , , . _ „ ■- overturned on Friday, January 28, on die South Service Road, just S n r f^' red ^ ^ about 16 hours t0 com P lete - The ac " west of Waverley Rd„ in Bowmanville. Three large tow trucks were c urrcb arounb ^ a,m - Lioness Book Targets Drug Awareness Ï7 Happy 40th Anniversary The children of Joe and Ann Visser would like to invite friends, relatives and neighbours to an Open House, Saturday, February 12 from 2-4 p.m. at Maranalha Christian Reformed Church, ' Bowmanville, Ont. Please come and help us celebrate this joyous occasion. Best Wishes Only. by Lorraine Manfredo The Lioness Club of Bowmanville is encouraging teens to say "no" to drugs and "yes" to an addiction-free future. Local Lionesses have begun distributing distributing copies of a drug awareness handbook which urges kids to reject drugs and choose, instead, a life of fun, freedom, happiness, and success. Of the 163 coil-bound copies printed, printed, many will be sent on request and free of charge to doctor's offices, school guidance departments, and churches throughout the community. The Gateway Publishing Company of Winnipeg provided complete research research and data for the handbook and approached the Bowmanville Lionesses, Lionesses, requesting they find enough advertisers advertisers to sponsor the project and handle handle distribution. Carol Anderson, a member of the special committee set up to launch the book in Clarington, said finding enough business people who believed in the anti-drug message was no problem. problem. "And it's such a terrific book," she says. "I'm afraid the children we want to reach, kind of turn off when this subject subject is discussed in class. The book is something they can go through on their own and not feel they are being lectured at." The book is brimming with plain- spoken facts about the psychological, social and physical dangers associated with drugs. One of its strongest points is that it is easy to read, Ms. Anderson says. The book begins with three chapters chapters describing the waste, in both human human and dollar terms, that drugs wring out of society. "Money spent on illegal drugs often often is obtained from robberies and burglaries," states an early chapter in the handbook. "The drag user must steal the money he needs for drags. So, of the estimated $125 billion dollars dollars a year spent directly for illegal drugs, most of that is also money or property stolen from someone else. " According to statistics in the book: - The death toll from smoking and alcohol-related diseases in the United States is well over half a million people people every year. - Someone is killed by a drunk driver every 24 minutes in the United States - Cocaine, crack and heroin claim about 8,500 lives yearly in North America. - One very real and tragic byproduct byproduct of illicit intravenous drug use is the possibility of contracting AIDS. Ten chapters follow, spelling out clearly the affects from such drugs as V ; V cigarettes and alcohol, steroids, marijuana, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, hallucinogens, hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants, and heroin. heroin. Drugs are not just an inner city crisis, crisis, Ms Anderson insists. "Many of our own kids have easy access to quite a range besides just marijuana, cigarettes cigarettes and alcohol." Plenty of true-to-life stories included included throughout tell of young addicts who sabotage their educations, lose good friends and sometimes even die because of a dependence on harmful drags. "This book is not like a research book," says Ms Anderson. "The personal personal stories pertain to the kids and give them someone like themselves to relate to." The book offers kids excellent tips on ways to resist even the most dogged peer pressure. Behavioral changes stemming from drug use are explained, enabling caring classmates to reach out to friends who can still stop before it's too late. The Drag Safety book also suggests suggests numerous ways parents can be good role models, and outlines plenty of ways to help their children stay off cigarettes, alcohol and illegal narcotics. narcotics. 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