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i /V ZV ? School Bus Rescues Hit and Run Victim A Clarke High School student is lucky his school bus was right on time on Tuesday morning. The driver and passengers came to his assistance after he was struck by a vehicle and left lying on the road. Durham Regional Police Sgt. Mike Gloss told The Statesman the 18-year-old student was the victim of an early morning hit and run collision at Best Road and Regional Regional Road 20.. "The call came in about 8:12 to 8:15 this morning," Sgt. Closs said yesterday. "The school bus driver found him on the road." He said the bus was "pretty well loaded up at the time." The passengers donated their coats and gloves to keep the victim warm. The Best Road resident received received a concussion, lots of bruises bruises and a broken nose. A description of the vehicle which hit the student is not known at this time. However, investigators investigators hope the police lab in Toronto Toronto can obtain some clues from the clothing which was worn by the young man. 1 Bowmanville RCMP Seize Heroin Worth $1.5 Million "Largest Heroin Seizure in Durham" Heroin worth an estimated SI.5 million has been seized by the Bowmanvillc-bascd RCMP drug section at a Pickering apartment. The investigation was conducted in co-operation with United States Customs Service and resulted in the seizure of eight pounds of high- grade Asian heroin and the arrest of two New York residents: Patrick Chung, age 21, and Gary W. Scto, age 25. This is the largest heroin seizure in Durham Region to date. No local persons were charged. According to Sergeant Vcrn Sc- cord, of the RCMP Bowmanville detachment, the drugs were shipped to a basement apartment in Pickering Pickering via a commercial courier service service from Hong Kong. Bags of the illegal drug were hidden inside hollowed hollowed out stacks of placcmats. It was a routine inspection by United Stales customs agents that uncovered the secret slash while in transit trough San Francisco, California. California. During the morning of January 18th, a search warrant was executed executed at a basement apartment in Pick- Turn to page Two Advertising / Printing Savings Combo! Advertise in the Statesman/Independent during February, and 25% of the value can be used toward the cost of printing and services. See page 2 for details. Internet - canadianstalcsmaimyuv LA 523-3303 18 Pages Wednesday, January 24,1996 Bowmanville, Ontario 142nd Year 70d + 5d G.S.T. = 750 Issue 4 Citizens Offer Suggestions on How Municipality Can Save Money Pinching Pennies by Laura J. Richards Seven citizens brought their cost-saving ideas to Clarington councillors in a . special public meeting held Monday. Their suggestions ranged from increased user fees to big salary cuts for senior municipal staff. Other Other ideas included more partnerships between the private and public sector sector and the soliciting of moneysaving moneysaving ideas from town employees. Local residents proposed these ideas and others to Clarington Councillors during Monday's General General Purpose & Administration Committee. Some of the ideas included: • renegotiating union agreements agreements (Mel Garland, Orono); • cutting the salaries of municipal municipal employees making over $60,000 per year by 20 per cent (Lloyd Stephenson, Newcastle); ■ examining Ajax's STARS (Save the Town of Ajax Real Dollars) Dollars) and make use of it in Clarington Clarington (Lorna Miller, Bowmanville); and, • create partnerships between the municipality and business in delivering delivering services especially in regards to the Courtice Community Complex Complex (Paul Recsor, Bowmanville). PUBLIC INVITED - On Monday, several non-elected citizens spoke at Council, making suggestions on how to cut costs. This coming Monday, there will be further opportunities opportunities for ordinary folks to participate in council dis- ! eussions about the Official Plan. But, they'll have to act I fast to register.as,a delegation at Monday's meeting at the! Administration Building by noon today (Wednesday, Jan ; 24th). Monday's meeting gets under way at 6 p.m. Frankly, j it sounds like they are contemplating a lengthy session; -: there's much to be dealt with. , ;1 NEW CONTEST - This week, a new contest is being j launched with five winners enjoying "Dinners For Two."j On the back page of both The Canadian Statesman and; Clarington Independent of January 24th and January 31st, j there's a ballot. Also through both papers, there are four; advertisments each week featuring specific letters of the ! alphabet. These are to be cut out and assembled on the bal- j lot's 16 squares to make a mega word for a place. When you've done all that, just drop the completed, correct ballot off at The Statesman office, King West and we'll let you know if you've won. Have fun. VARIETY NIGHT - Information has just been received that the Auxiliary to Memorial Hospital is planning an-j other Variety Night for Wednesday, February 14th, 8 p.m. at the Bowmanville High School Auditorium. Tickets at $5 each are available at the Hospital Gift Shop, the New- to-You Shoppe or call 697-3284. The program will feature The Happy Trail Singers, fiddler Mark Sullivan, the Dur- ham East Jr. Farmers Steppers, the B.H.S. 20-piece jazz orchestra, and singer Mike Prescott. ****** STILL GOING - For the past 15 years, Mac and Norma; Ransberry have held a dance at Newcastle Community Hall every year to raise funds for the Kidney Foundation - ; and they've raised many thousands through their efforts. This is just a brief announcement that this year's dance is expected to take place on Saturday, March 2nd. More details details will be published later about this year's program.!) Please mark the date on your calendar. ****** MET-MART FOOD DRIVE - All this week, Jan. 21 to Jan. 27, the Met-Mart store at Bowmanville Mall is holding holding a Food Drive to help the less fortunate counteract the; current tough economic conditions. They are encouraging; customers to bring one or more non-perishable grocery items to their store and deposit them in a special bin already already set up. At the end of the drive, the donations will be handed over to the local community food bank for distribution. distribution. Please help! Local resident Evylin Stroud told councillors she is a user of municipal municipal services who doesn't mind the extra cost of the proposed hike in user fees. She added: "Increased user fees are okay. They're fair, and I have no problem with them." During her remarks to the committee, committee, Lorna Miller told the group she paid $20 to obtain a copy of a 17-minulc video from Ajax on their STAR$ program. "The C.A.O. of Ajax, Barry Malmstcn, developed the program aimed at running the municipality like a business," Miller said. Suggestions Include User Fees, Salary Cuts And Employee Suggestion Programs. She explained Malmstcn asked ' the town staff for suggestions to"' save money and improve their jobs. Miller said, "with this program you do not have to make cuts." Noting that she would gladly offer offer the video to the councillors to watch she said, "I hope you'll have the chance to take a look at it." "This municipality is way ahead of you," Councillor David Scott told Miller. He said since December, "hundreds "hundreds of suggestions have been made by staff. "There's all kinds of opportunities opportunities within the suggestions," he said. From the business community, was Michael Patrick, the chair of the Mayor's Economic Development Development Liaison Team. Patrick recommended the municipality municipality fill the position of the Economic Economic Development Officer as Turn to page Two 'ft, : v./v> Have a Heart Tin Man and Mr. Heart arc hoping Clarington will show a lot of heart when canvassers from the Heart and Stroke Foundation come through town in February with their annual door-to-door fundraising fundraising campaign. Area co-ordinator Ann Capon (tin man) says volunteers arc still needed to help bring in the $124,000 Durham East target for 1996. Call 623-4125 if you can spare some time for a good cause. -photo by Lorraine Manfrcdo !! fA » iX \ 1,1 AAfQ vf I in y s ncic ni yyid ulUUv wUulu U» See Page 11 I10Y1) - It's a Hoy! ♦it**» HARRIS-It's a Girl! *V * A A A A HF.RSCO - It's a Girl! f A A A A A. * * * V * * SMITH-It's alloy! Total This Year Boys 13 Girls 9 J KNOWLTON - It's a lloyl | ****** MANN - It's a Hoy! PARIS-It's a Boy! J by Laura J. Richards The proponents of the proposed Older Adult Centre have no idea where the money for the operational operational costs will come from. Don Welsh, the co-chair of the committee, told members of the General Purpose & Administration Committee a funding request from New Horizons was denied. "Attempts have been made to find out if $30,(XX) or any amount is still available from the provincial government under the Elderly Persons Persons Centre Act. So far, we've been unable to get a response if any is available," Welsh stated. He explained when the centre was to be a part of the old fire hall renovations, "we did indicate that we felt we could cover the operating operating costs without assistance from the municipality." However, conditions have changed. Welsh pointed out: "Since that time, many changes have devel oped. We arc now looking at a building twice as large as the fire hall. Funding from senior levels of government has been reduced considerably considerably and in some cases discontinued." discontinued." He said members of the seniors' centre committee have been mcct- mmm i HP I I y il U y y U U y I ing with municipal staff on a variety variety of issues. Now "it will be necessary necessary to focus our attention on other areas to find money to cover the costs of operation." Welsh announced there will be a public meeting, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 20 at one o'clock, to further 3 A 5 nr n LiMTiLi M Uvl III y Vi' discuss issues related to the seniors' seniors' centre. The meeting is to take place at the Lions Centre in Bow- manvillc during the regular activities activities run by the OAC members. At the meeting, there will be a discussion of the costs associated with running the facility. United Way Stops at $3 Million The United Way campaign of Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington has surpassed the three million dollar dollar mark for a third year in a row. However, this year's fundraising fundraising effort fell slightly short of the $3.2 million target. "At this point, we arc reporting $3,010,000 raised -- a number which includes many activities in coming months that we hope will be successful," said Cindy Murray, Executive Director. "Because of the dedication of our over 2,000 volunteers and the generosity of thousands of donors, wc can be proud of this accomplishment, accomplishment, especially in such uncertain uncertain times," commented Murray. Marianne Zakarow, President of the United Way Board of Directors, said although the organization is cncomugcd by the total amount raised, "there is concern about the ramifications of not reaching the figure we had deemed necessary. "The United Way Board of Directors Directors has been meeting to discuss the effects of this discrepancy and an announcement is expected in the coming days," she said. The annual United Way campaign campaign is conducted in workplaces across Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington. Clarington. A portion of the total raised is derived from successful perennial events such as the upcoming "Home Free House Raffle." 1 Donations received through the United Way campaign benefit more than 80,000 people through supporting supporting over 40 local agencies which provide over 200 programs. PRESTON & kill : lf& Mov 623-4433 Bowmanville Shop the Rest (S) Buy from the Best! TiXVZLW / ,,V Your local General Motors dealer for the /Hist 2, r > yearn. _5itT3 166 King St, E. fT.Slh' IAiuiwtoitJ Tolophono 623 3606 James Publishing CO. P .TO. 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