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•••• ^ / " by Laura J. Richards Durham Regional Councillors voted in favor of supporting citizens lobbying for a cancer treatment Centre Centre at Oshawa General Hospital. Oshawa Councillor Dave Conway Conway presented a motion supporting the Citizens for a Cancer Centre after after Maryanne Sholdra made a presentation presentation to councillors on Wednesday, Wednesday, April 13. "Last year, at the end of our campaign, campaign, we had 15,676 signatures on our petition," Sholdra stated. . "This year, we are stepping up our campaign. We would like people people to write to the Health Minister, Ruth Grier, and to send a post card to follow up the letter." : Sholdra told the councillors there have been "many positive signs" regarding regarding the provincial government's deliberations over placing a radiation radiation treatment centre in Durham Region, Region, e . . . She also said the Ontario Health Ministry is looking'to increase the number of radiation machines over the next few years. Therefore, Durham Durham Region should be on the list of places to receive a machine. This would help to complete the care already available to Durham Region and area cancer patients at the regional hospital. However, during debate on the motion brought forward by Councillor Councillor Conway, Whitby Councillor Marcel Brunnelle told colleagues not to get their hopes up. Brunnelle warned: "One of the things that might happen is that the centre might not be at one location. "It could be divided up among the hospitals in the Durham Region," Region," he explained. "Last year, we had 15,676 signatures on our petition." Clarington Mayor Diane Harare said she was surprised that a discussion discussion would take place regarding where a centre would be located. : "Each municipality has endorsed the motion. We should get on with itr she said. Councillors voted unanimously in favor of endorsing the locating of a cancer treatment centre at the Oshawa General Hospital. by Lorraine Manfredo Some of the sharpest young minds in the country will be gathering gathering in Clarington this weekend to participate in an academic decathlon. decathlon. Clarke High School is hosting the Canadian Academic Decathlon Championships on Saturday, April 16th. Teams from high schools across Canada are participating in this year's event. Clarke's decathlon coach, Jon Gale, expects nearly a dozen teams. "Academic Decathlon is a fairly new scholastic competition that involves involves students in a total of ten events," he explains. "Each student is rigorously tested in six academic areas: economics, fine arts, science, literature, mathematics mathematics arid social science." Decathlon contestants are examined examined through interviews, essays and a quiz. And, in a final round, students are tested as a team in a "Jeopardy- style" format. It's called the Super- Quiz. Clarke's nine-member team has spent months preparing for this competition. And, while the members members may be humble when it comes to predicting how they'll finish, coach Jon Gale expresses every confidence confidence that they will at least make the top five. Studying and researching for the decathlon event challenges and motivates motivates them, he says. Team members are tops, not only in academic excellence, but also in Continued on Page 2 A &P Canadian Tire Catalogue* Canadian Tire Flyer* Graham's IGA* Maxi Drug Miracle Food Mart Sleeve's Auto Parts ('indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 Woman Dies After Being Struck by CPR Train A 29-year-old Bowmanville woman died Wednesday, April 13th, near the railway underpass at Hwy. 57, just south of Hwy. 2. The woman was struck by an eastbound train at approximately 1:15 p.m. "Our investigation has determined it was suicide," says Staff Sergeant Ryrie of the Durham Durham Regiônal Police. The coroner pronounced the woman dead at the scene. Lap dancing is not an activity the Clarington Council wants residents to become familiar with. Neither does the City of Chatham. Chatham. Clarington Council has voted to support a resolution from Chatham expressing "displeasure and opposition opposition with such forms of entertain ment." The resolution endorsed by Clarington Clarington also calls for the federal government government to amend the Criminal Code "to clearly establish and define define conduct which is criminal and clarify acceptable community standards standards so as to prohibit lap (lancing and related activities." During discussion on this issue at Monday night's council meeting, Councillor Dreslinski asked: "How can you endorse something when you do not care enough to have a by-law regarding it here?" Councillor Dreslinski did not vote in favor of endorsing the request. request. i . \\