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mmmm Delivered j Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of Sfit Caita&iatt Statesman i Wmm lilllilli Wm m mÊMmÈm ||||| wl ill 6:-S : SS'S ptpi J Residents Stand Firm In Opposition to Plans For Mosport Concerts by Laura J. Richards Residents living near Mosport want Clarington's councillors to vote against plans to have concerts at the race track. During a public meeting on Tuesday Tuesday night, March 29, more than 60 residents were packed into the tiny Haydon Community Centre to tell Councillors David Scott, Larry Hannah Hannah and Mary Novak how they felt. The majority of the area residents don't want Mosport Park Inc. to get a temporary rezoning of their property property to allow music concerts. The proposed concerts would accommodate accommodate up to 50,000 people, states a report from the Clarington Planning Department. v> v Many of the residents referred to the concerts at the Mosport Park 20 years or so ago when a number of disturbing incidents occurred. However, not everyone at the' meeting was against the concept of outdoor music concerts at the park. One couple did not sign the petition against die Mosport proposal when it was circulated around the room. One woman against the proposed temporary rezotiing told the councillors councillors attending, the residents do not want compromises or options. "Under no conditions, we oppose their plans," she said. A man who was behind her in the crowd discussed the absence of benefits benefits for the municipality. "The people going to these concerts concerts will get everything they need in Toronto, including the drugs," said Alex Krebelj. : He also noted, "no one does Continued on Page 27 in. i by Brad Kelly A group of area residents is dissatisfied dissatisfied over the recent announcement announcement of a project designed to inject $750,000 worth of upgrades into the Bowmanville Recreation Complex. Close to 20 people representing various sports associations and local businesses in the municipality gathered gathered at the Darlington Sports Centre on Tuesday evening to express their opposition to the expenditure. As published in The Independent on March 19,. the Community Services Services Department has received permission permission from the Municipality to pursue a $750,000 grant from a federally-sponsored federally-sponsored infrastructure program. program. If final approvals are received, the funds would be used to upgrade the Recreation Complex site into a showplace for the community. A proposal calls for the building of an elevated terrace or patio overlooking overlooking a naturalized pond. The pond is to include a rock garden and waterfall in the summer, and artificial artificial outdoor ice for pleasure skating in the winter. The costs of the upgrades are to be shared equally among the federal, federal, provincial and local governments under the "infrastructure" program. The purpose of Tuesday's meeting meeting was to form a committee that would express the group's desire to see the available funds channelled into other areas. The group would prefer to see the money put to better use, namely, improving the existing conditions of soccer fields and baseball diamonds throughout the municipality. Members Members also cited the frustrations that are beginning to mount with the lack of ice time that is available in the municipality. The group's intention is to "act now before construction begins." All projects applied for under the federal program must be completed by 1996. Another meeting has tentatively been scheduled for April 7. Aleisha Puk, age seven, and her mother, Marie, try their hand at decorating Easter eggs Ukraini- an-style during a recent workshop at the Visual Arts Centre. Several stages of waxing and dyeing are required to achieve the traditional multi-colored designs. For more decorated Easter egg photos, photos, see page 27. m m -J? V/ The Clarington Youth Committee Committee needs dedicated, youth-oriented volunteers to help organize and supervise supervise events for teens within the municipality. One of those events is an upcom- Councillor Dies Ward Two, Bowmanville, Regional Regional Councillor Ken Hooper died on Wednesday evening, March 30, 1994. A & P Canadian Tire* Graham's IGA* Maxi Drug Miracle Food Mart The Arthritis Society* ('Indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 Ken Hooper Councillor Hooper was a former Bowmanville councillor before the formation of the Municipality of Durham in 1974. He was known for his hardhitting hardhitting questions regarding local council expenditures. No further details were available at press time. ing roller-blade night during Fitness Week. It is being co-sponsored by the Clarington Community Services Department Department and the Youth Committee. From 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, May 30, everyone into rollerblading will be invited to attend the event at no cost, said spokesperson Pat Street. Street is also one of the representatives representatives of the YWCA on the committee. committee. Other groups represented include include the Community Services Department, the John Howard Society, Society, the Clarington Public Library, the Courtice Community Association, Association, the Department of Health and the Optimist Club of Newcastle. Recently, the Clarington Youth Committee completed a survey on what area youth would like to see happening for them. Now, the committee is compiling the information for its use, said Street. One of the items on the organization's organization's wish list is a location where teenagers can go to hang-out Similar to a drop-in centre in nature, nature, the location would have to permit permit a certain level of noise which would likely accompany such a facility. facility. The group had been eyeing the fire hall in Bowmanville which is due to be retro-fitted once the new station is built on Highway Two, west of Bowmanville. However, those hopes were dashed when the municipality announced plans to turn the lower section into a seniors' centre. Street, a parent of a teenager herself, herself, knows that once your teen has graduated from many of the locally- Continued on Page 4 The Bowmanville Goodyear Eagles lost game five of their quarter-final quarter-final series with Napanee on Wednesday night by a 3-2 score. Napanee now leads the best-of- seven series three games to. two. Game six was played Friday afternoon afternoon in Bowmanville. If game seven is necessary, it will be played in Napanee on Sunday afternoon afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Todd Cannings and Gary Armstrong Armstrong had the Bowmanville goals.