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Delivered j Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of %\fir Canadian & ta Usman i w'ssl'A t-yy-v '.y WÈmW$M- üill* ÊH ®ÜE 1 llilllll'lllill i 5 ' | i mmmrn. Pfflk Groups Invited to Become Involved In Heritage Week by Laura J. Richards taining the services of a town crier Heritage Week in Clarington has to announce the beginning of the pa- moved this year from the end of rade throughout the streets. May to incorporate the July 1st holi- The Heritage Week Parade will day weekend. form at Central Public School and Plenty of activities have been begin winding its way through Bow- planned to keep you hopping with manville at 10:30, Friday morning, excitement However, the organiz- The route will take floats, bands, ing committee is always looking for clowns and other participants along more groups to become involved. Silver Street, to Church, west to Scugog, south to King, then east to Liberty Street and south to Victoria St., and then to Ontario Street. Once on Ontario Street, the parade will wrap up at Ontario Street School. To register floats, bands, and To start off the weekend of activ- yourselves in the parade, call Pat iti.es, a baseball game is being Woolner at 623-7417. Deadline for planned for Thursday night, June entrants is June 1. 30, between the members of the Next on the agenda are the hoh- Durham Northumberland Breakers day activities taking place at the and the Durham Regional Police. Bowmanville Museum beginning The game's location is to be an- around noon. t nounced later Curator Charles Taws told The On Friday! July 1st, a number of Independent on Thursday afternoon, h activities will be happening, includ- the Museum will be continuing its T ing a Pancake Breakfast. July 1st celebration in fine style, The committee is still ironing out again this year, the pertinent details on this event. "There will be a magician for the The next event of the day is the children, face painting, and apple Heritage Week (June 26 to July 3) bobbing," said Taws. Parade. A reading tent featuring only Ca- The committee is working on ob- To page 3 Court Date Set in June Against Animal Sanctuary Charges against a Newtonville area exotic animal sanctuary will be heard in court early next month. The - Missionary Church of St Francis of Assisi has been charged by the Municipality of Clarington with operating its sanctuary in violation violation of the Clarington zoning bylaw. bylaw. A court date of June 3rd and June 6th has been set for those charges. However, in proceedings before a justice of the peace on Tuesday, May 10, the sanctuary was successful successful in having charges under the municipality's municipality's exotic animal by-law stayed. The animal sanctuary was also awarded costs of $2,000 in connection connection with those charges. The Missionary Church of St. Francis of Assisi had asked to have all charges stayed, arguing that the charges were the result of an abuse of process. While the charges laid under the exotic animal by-law were stayed, the remaining charges will proceed to the June court date. Almost one year ago, the Missionary Missionary Church of St. Francis of Assisi Assisi moved its collection of exotic animals to a farm on Lakeshore Rd. The church stated that the animals, which include lions and tigers, were rescued from private owners. The church is not associated with the St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic parish in Newcastle Village. Village. A St ' P Canadian Tire* Graham's IGA* Miracle Food Mart ('indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 Students at Kirby Centennial School form an impatient line behind a pinhole camera, waiting their turn at a reflected glimpse of Tuesday's annular eclipse. Students were also able to safely witness witness the rare solar phenomenon bounced onto the gymnasium ceiling via a foil reflector. by Laura J. Richards The number of persons receiving welfare in the Durham Region is declining. declining. A reduction in the general welfare welfare numbers was noted by the Chairman of the Durham Region Health and Social Services Committee Committee on Wednesday, May 11. "In April, 1994, we experienced a 1.1 per cent decline from March 1994," explained Whitby Mayor Tom Edwards on Wednesday morning, morning, May 11. The April figures are "2.5 per cent lower than April 1993," Mayor Edwards told reporters after a meeting meeting of Durham's regional council. Mayor Edwards noted October 1993 marked "the first time in the past four years that the curve crossed below previous numbers." Presently, the caseload of social workers is at 19,000 across the Durham Durham Region. However, Mayor Edwards predicts- predicts- that as the recession declines, so will the welfare rolls. He cited the $52 million worth of building permits the Town of Whitby Whitby has had reported as evidence of a recovery. While about $30 million worth of that figure is for Whitby Psychiatric Hospital renovations, the rest of the permits were for other projects. "The recession is beginning to lift. Canada is getting back on track," he said. "I see a trend into May. The recession recession took a long time getting here, and it is diminishing at about the same rate," Mayor Edwards noted. noted.