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- v; 'V t® @ MjSfi | er. % /mm 1 '|H|i||HHPiP «gB181illig»»l ,mmm- ■Vm. JF- S I < * •• i-- •' ^ ' Jggll ■IS Delivered Free of Charge to 18,700 Homes serving Clarington and Courtice. from The Publishers of S&t Canadian i fa Usman f a. AT j _ - • - • ; :vvX-vx-:-l ■éSSyv' i Xm v v ■: iiiliip Bowmanville, Ontario WÈÈi wâmmi wmm , Si; Saturday, February 3,1996 jpæaiste:,--:L'.ïv • ■ : :v^ïs#ss «é- ■ / 1Qth Vpar cci ip R . -, »ÏSS : : ; .xWA¥: * * ■ lt:A/&!ü; MilS IfSfBi * l»A- 1 .-.ü during February, and 25 % of the value can be used toward the cost of printing and services. See page 7 for details. Business Leaders ToidAnMigamalm WoujdLeadjQ HigheLQoimMM Taxes 1 r-x I M „ I O f A if if tl r™ I I £ N U by.Lorraine Manfredo If Clarington is going to survive as a community it will need the voices of its residents. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre issued this appeal to Durham's business leaders gathered at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex on January 30th. The mayor asked the business community to speak out against recommendations contained in two key documents on urban reform. She criticized both the Golden Report on the GTA, and a subsequent subsequent report by four city mayors, as "blatant tax grabs." Allowing Bowmanville and Courtice to be claimed by the GTA would rob the municipality of its major industrial and commercial assessment assessment revenue - namely St. Marys Cement, Goodyear, and Darlington Darlington Generating Station, she charged. The plan is just downloading Metro's problems onto the backs of surrounding regions, she said. The Golden Report projects commercial property taxes would increase as much as 40% in some municipalities, she pointed out. "It shows Clarington with an increase increase of 15.7%. But, the. businesses businesses in this community couldn't survive survive a tax increase of 5%!" she argues. Clarington council is already struggling with close to one million dollars in provincial budget cutbacks. cutbacks. Hamre said "council has tak- Turn to page three y $1Q95* ■ w/month Prepay and Save up to $130.00 * O.A.C. Limited Time Offer * CALL FOR DETAILS NORCOM NORCOM CELLULAR CELLULAR Bell Mobility Centre Bell Mobility Centre 595 King St. East, Oshawa Oshawa Centre (905)432-0088 (905) 571-0088 NORCOM NORCOM CELLULAR CELLULAR 50 Taunton Rd. E. Approved Agent Oshawa, 8 Strathy Road, Unit H2 (905) 438-0088 Cobourg (905) 373-4475 Beil Mobility® Trustees Wag More Infomtion More Making Æ. Decjm by Laura J. Richards The fate of the Junior Kindergarten Kindergarten (JK) program and five Centres Centres for Individual Studies (CIS) is still up in the air. On Wednesday night, Jan. 31, a committee of the Northumberland Clarington Board of Education decided decided to delay any decision until the Minister of Education figures out what "tools" he'll give local boards coping with reduced provincial provincial funds. Board Chairman Bob Willsher noted the tools "from the minister's tool box" could be anything the government deems is necessary for school boards to continue their programs. programs. The idea of user fees was mentioned by one trustee as a possibility. possibility. Willsher added that, at a recent conference at which the minister spoke, "the only tools I saw were a saw and a hammer to use on us." The; decision to wait came after Gord Savage, the Assistant Superintendent Superintendent of Business, discussed the dollar figures associated with the programs for adult students and for junior kindergarten. The bottom line is that it will actually actually cost the school board money even if they decide to discontinue the programs. The current cost of the JK program program is $3.3 million. If the board continues to maintain the program at the current level, with the expected expected reduction of 50 per cent in education education grants, the shortfall will be $1.168 million. Cancelling JK would also cost the board money, since teachers with the lowest seniority seniority would lose their jobs, but JK teachers with seniority will still be employed by the board. However, it will also mean trying trying to find money within this year's budget if the decision to continue the programs is made. The situation is basically the same for the Centre for Individual Studies, but the figures are different. different. The board would have to find $1.336 million in the budget to Turn to page two Orono Resident Wins $250,000 Lottery luck has struck Orono for the third time in less than a month. Gary Higgins, a 52-year-old Orono man, won $250,000 playing Encore on Wednesday night. Higgins, who is married, with four children, said he'll invest some of the money. But, he had no further further plans for his windfall when he picked up his cheque on Thursday. Higgins bought his ticket at the Becker's Store on Main St. Lina Shetler purchased a Winta- rio ticket at the same store and won the top $100,000 Wintario prize January 18. Earlier last month, Orono resident resident Sparky White won $50,000 playing instant Keno. etcCefee#tcCett£ A & P Canadian Tire* Graham's IGA* Miracle Food Mart Once Again Shop* (*indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 Artist at Work This young artist spent some of her time drawing and painting with the Family Studies Class at Clarke High School recently. The class finished their term with a morning play time for a number of little ones. Painting, music, and reading were among the activities the students lined up for several youngsters brought in for the event.