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; f ; 1 W Oshawa Child Thrown Through Glass After Two Vehicle Collision A two and one-half-year-old girl is in serious condition at Toronto Sick Children's Hospital following a motor vehicle crash on Wednesday Wednesday morning, June 8, an official with the Durham Regional Police said on Thursday morning. She was a passenger in a GMC van driven by her mother, Diane Werry, of Ritson Road, North, Oshawa. The van was eastbound on Concession Seven. The second vehicle vehicle involved in the collision was a Ford LTD which was southbound on Enfield Rd., said Staff Sgt. SandyRyrie. On impact, the girl was ejected from her booster seat and thrown through the side window. She was taken to Oshawa General General Hospital, then to Toronto, with serious injuries. Another child in the van sustained sustained minor injuries, Staff Sgt. Ry- rie noted. No Contest! Despite putting up a valiant effort, these students at Courtice Secondary School were just no match for Angus, one of the Bowmanville Zoo's elephants. The grade nines challenged the elephant to a tug-of-war Tuesday, June 7th, and the outcome wasn't even close. Elephants from the Bowmanville Zoo were visiting dozens of Durham Region schools last week in an effort effort to raise funds for wildlife conservation and help raise students' students' awareness of endangered species. b For a few moments on Monday, it looked as if Clarington's Apple Blossom Award program was going to turn sour. Councillor Mary Novak said she was disturbed that she and other councillors had-' not been made aware of the proposed award prior to a breakfast meeting last month. At the meeting with local business business persons, Mayor Diane Hamre announced the proposed awards. They will go to businesses and home-owners who have made an exceptional exceptional effort to beautify their property. "We didn't have any input When it was announced, someone asked me for more details and I couldn't give any," said Councillor Novak. Mayor Hamre replied: "When I made the announcement, I told people people that the details still had to be worked out." Backing up the mayor was Councillor Councillor Ann Dreslinski, who told Councillor Novak her input into the awards was being looked for now that a report had come to the committee. committee. The Ward Three Councillor also said, "we all received notification on the announcements before the Mayor's Breakfast" Mayor Hamre mentioned that "this (the Apple Blossom Awards) will heighten the profile" of the community. Getting into the details of the award was Community Services Director Director Joe Caruana, who asked the councillors for direction. He said it was an idea that came from the administrative staff. Then, his staff took the idea and "ran with it." A report from the Community Services Department states: the award "is intended to encourage and recognize efforts toward the beautification beautification of front yard gardens of our residential and industrial/ commercial communities." Meetings have been held between between the department and representatives representatives of the Newcastle, Bowmanville Bowmanville and Orono Horticultural Societies. The report says the societies have "endorsed the program and expressed expressed eagerness to participate in the process." 1 The logo for the award will be an apple blossom, as the name suggests. suggests. This symbol will be used in the promotion of the program. The awards consist of six-inch bronze plaques with a space cm them for inscriptions. Award winners in each category will be further recognized on a large plaque to be displayed at the Municipal Municipal Administrative Centre. It is estimated the cost will be $4,720 to start the program, with $1,000 for the art work and casting. Continued on Page 19 Driver Killed in 401 Accident A single-car accident Wednesday morning on westbound Highway 401 at Holt Road has claimed the life of the driver. The accident occurred at 11:43 a.m. on June 8th. According to the Newcastle detachment detachment of the OPP, the car left the westbound lanes, striking the guard rails and bridge support. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger was taken to Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville and then transferred to St Michael's Hospital in Toronto. The passenger is identified as Liv Kim Chun, age 31, of Toronto. ; . The name of the driver is not being being released, pending positive identification identification from next of kin. , A & 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 623-330J by Laura J. Richards The Oak Ridges Moraine, which runs almost 100 miles from Orangeville Orangeville to Trenton, is the topic of a study paper called 'The Oak Ridges Moraine Areas Strategy for the greater Toronto Area." Fred Johnson, of the Ministry of Natural Resources, gave Clarington councillors an overview of the study on Monday morning. Johnson noted the study area covers land in the Peel, York and Durham regions of the Greater Toronto Toronto Area (GTA). That is about 60 per cent coverage of the moraine. After giving a short geography lesson on how the ridges were formed between the Simcoe and On tario ice lobes 14,000 years ago, Johnson started to get to the nuts and bolts of the presentation. The moraine performs several unique functions that the study sees as needing long term protection. The Oak Ridge Moraine is what Johnson called "an oasis of green" where many plant and animal species species take refuge in one of the few remaining remaining places they have to live. He noted that the moraine has the greatest number of headwater streams of any other areas within the GTA. The moraine is the "recharge area that collects and stores rain in aquifer systems. Within the moraine there are two key areas, the corridors and the cores. The corridors link the natural core areas like environmentally sensitive sensitive areas, cold water streams and habitats of endangered species. This is important, since the Oak Ridges Moraine will become a people people catch-basin in the future as more people want to move to a more rural setting. He noted that with an increasing population there would be more pressures placed on the moraine for the resources contained within it, including including water, aggregates and land. Johnson noted the development that has gone on in the past "pre- Continued on Page 19