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Up jjggj iiiiai !wmSBk wwmmm w^WmÊÊm ' WWm Delivered , Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of Œfit Canadian i5tatmtau i Bowmanvif^^terio lÉlBÉF e ^ r ' IssmIw •.vav.vXv.vv/Av'.v .v^vv.v/a;.v.v. •pWÿ§?S®S: W////////yÿ^\y/yy^ |P* SlâllllÉÉ sM* wmmA, I n ■s«p piUI msSmM. mmm Construction activity in Clarington Clarington is more than double what it was during the first half of 1993, according according to a report from municipal staff. As of June 30, building permits had been issued to projects valued at $44.8 million. At the same time last year, projects worth $21.5 million had received permits. . The number of permits issued in the month of June was 176. There have been 619 permits issued this year so far from the Planning Department. Department. This is almost double last year's figure of 332 at the end of June. Barmond Builders, which is expanding expanding and renovating the Bow- manville Mall, received a permit for work valued at $104,000 in June, while local development company, Syvan Development, received permits permits valued to $87,000 for various projects. Another permit went to the Municipality Municipality of Clarington for the $1,190,000 Fire Station on Highway Two. Permits also went to a numbered numbered company for a gas bar and restaurant on the 115/35 and to Trin-, ity United Church for an office and kitchen alterations. The residential building permits were valued at $10,016,400 last month. Commercial permits were valued at $316,800, industrial at $28,000. Durham Region Supports Health Care Agencies' Telecommunication Study by Laura J. Richards Durham Regional councillors have voted in favor of supporting a feasibility study on how hooking up to the "Information Highway" could benefit consumers of the region's health care systems: In its last day before summer recess, recess, Regional Council contributed $1,500 to the Durham Region Area Health Care Telecommunications Project The funds, which were approved approved in an 18-11 vote, will go towards towards study. Study Will Look into Information Highway's Impact on Health Care Eric Hanna, of Memorial Hospital Hospital Bowmanville, a representative of the Durham Region Area Health Care Telecommunications Project, made the presentation to regional council. Included in the project are representatives representatives from four other regional hospitals: Oshawa, Port Perry, Ajax- Pickering and Whitby. Also included included are representatives from homes for the aged, Community Care, Victorian Victorian Order of Nurses, St. Elizabeth Visiting Nurses Association of On tario, Durham Placement Coordination, Coordination, Durham College and Durham Region's Health and Social Services Department. One of the main opponents to the request for $1,500 was Clarington's Mayor Diane Harare. She said the money requested could be considered a grant and she reminded councillors of Durham Region's previous position in opposition opposition to awarding grants. "We refused the AIDS Committee Committee request for a grant," she noted. The funding requested covers a small part of the total project estimated estimated to cost $84,000. "This request should not be fulfilled, fulfilled, especially since only institutions institutions funded by taxes were being asked to contribute to the funding of the study," Mayor Hamre told councillors. councillors. "Doctors are going to be the ones to benefit from the increased knowledge," knowledge," she noted. In getting information information quicker, they will be able to treat more patients, which will increase increase their profits, she claimed. With that in mind, Mayor Hamre added: "Since doctors will be profiting, profiting, they should be the ones to assist the committee with funding." See page 3 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 623-3303 Work Begins on Bowmanville's Downtown Park Lorraine Manfredo Work crews have been busy in downtown Bowmanville Bowmanville this month, laying the groundwork for a park many say has been long overdue. "Rotary Park will be a badly- badly- needed showplace," says Jim Cameron, Clarington Parks Superintendent. "It's meant to be a main meeting area." Located at the foot of Temperance Temperance Street, on the old arena arena site, the new park will be with in . easy walking distance of the central shopping district and administrative buildings. A boardwalk, bridge and staircase built this year across the Bowmanville Creek ravine links the residents in the south of town with the park. The park gets its name from the Rotary Club of Bowmanville Bowmanville which donated the land to the municipality for recreational use. This month, the storm and sanitary sewers are being installed installed as are stone foundations foundations for buildings and walkways. walkways. Plans include public washrooms, washrooms, a clock tower with a 60 foot wide pad around it for a natural skating rink in winter, winter, a park pavilion, and a tree- top walkway along the edge of the valley. Landscaping is being contracted contracted out by the Town and should include a number of gardens. The final phase of construction construction should proceed well into the fall of 1995. For those who mourn the loss of the empty field for parking, Cameron points out that there is ample parking in the downtown core mere blocks away. UNDER CONSTRUCTION- A welcome rain shower Wednesday afternoon cooled off the construction construction crew putting in the groundwork for Rotary Park on Queen Street in Bowmanville. Plans for the park, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 1995, include public washrooms, a skating pad, open-air pavilion and a clock tower. by Lorraine Manfredo All those hours you put in this summer planting and pruning, weeding weeding and watering, mowing and mulching to get your garden growing, growing, shouldn't go unrewarded. That's why the Municipality of Clarington has introduced the Apple Blossom Awards this year. The awards recognize the efforts of dedicated dedicated greenthumbs who help keep the Town beautiful. "We already have a good-looking community, but this helps to focus attention on its beautification," says Jim Cameron, Superintendent of Parks. "It also helps the economic development of the area and makes the whole community more vibrant." vibrant." Bronze plaques and certificates will be presented to the best front gardens nominated in three categories: categories: urban, rural, and industrial/ commercial. Nomination forms arc still available available free of charge from the Community Community Services Department at the Town Hall. "We sure need a lot more entries," entries," Mr. Cameron admits. Deadline Deadline for nominations is August 10th. "We depend on the community for nominations. We're not as familiar familiar with the neighborhoods as local residents are - they've got the best pairs of eyes." Residents are welcome to nominate nominate neighbors, best friends, relatives, relatives, or even themselves. A panel of judges will view each garden from the street during late August, after checking with the home-owner, merchant or business- owner. Winners will be announced sometime in September. All entrants arc reminded that this competition is for front gardens only.