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i Under Construction Work Begins on Major Overhaul Of Bowmanville Intersection Have you been wondering what's happening along King Street east, just past the Liberty Street intersection, in Bowmanville? A $800,000 projçct jointly funded by the fcdcral-provincial-rcgional infrastructure program will be replacing the sanitary sewers from Frank Street to Ontario Street. The streets will be widened at the Liberty Strcct/King Street intersection too. Steven Yokes, the Director of Public Works for Clarington, says the project which started "in mid-May will last until the fall." During this time, a scries of detours will be in place to help keep the flow of traffic running smoothly. "We're making every effort to sign the detours and to move construction construction along quickly," Yokes said on Tuesday night, May 21. Once finished, the construction will have created "a combination of left and right turn-lanes in a wider intersection," Yokes noted. ('M Mayors CmdeilMM §MM Gmes o[M U f? E-S y r Mayors of the Greater Toronto Area have their sights set on the Olympics. At a meeting in Bowmanville last Friday, they agreed to look into the possibility of bringing the games to the GTA in the summer of 2008. The mayors of the Greater Toronto Area arc sending a letter of intent to the Canadian Olympic Association to find out details and express an interest. |A Jja Mayor William Bell, of Richmond Hill, states in the letter it would be difficult for Ontario to put together a venue for a Winter Games, due to the lack of mountains. mountains. However, the Summer Games could take place in the GTA. "There arc a number of existing facilities throughout the GTA which could be used in Summer Games and a number of places which would be suitable for the construction of facilities which don't already exist," Mayor Bell wrote. "Planning for the 2008 summer Olympiad would show our ability to work together as communities within within the GTA, and would be absolutely absolutely awesome if we pulled it off," he added. The letter is to be sent to the Canadian Olympic Association in Montreal before a May 31 deadline. 7 BONUS OFFER! To introduce the new Mitsubishi AH-129 CELLULAR PHONE 149 95 un $29.95 Package anil higher Vhtn \im m ni utr un thi \ p'un O A C S/w:r rrmi unJ nJtlwnt apply Cull fur Jrtath hmtrJ lur.r offer • FREE Hands-Free Headset NORCOM CELLULAR Bell Mobility Centre 595 King St East. 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Municipal Clerk Patti Barrie said, "John Swallow, a sound monitor, monitor, had his equipment at the park and at four homes in the area." She noted that she was at the park when the noise readings were being taken there. Swallow took readings between 6:20 and 10:30 on Saturday night, m §o once every minute, she recalled. The readings are to help find out how loud the concerts are and if the decibel standards set down by the Ministry of the Environment have been surpassed by the noise. Barrie noted this is the second time Swallow has monitored the noise levels at Mosport Park for the municipality. Talking about the weekend's noise from the park, she said, "It's my understanding that the concert was fine, but residents noted that the stock cars were loud." The measurements were taken in preparation of the Eden Musicfcst to take place at Mosport Park in mid-July 1996. Looking towards that major modem rock concert will be the Turn to page two Î s ta# ja ISlMgfe liSIil THAT'S MORE LIKE IT - It took quite a while to get here, but Mother Nature picked a perfect weekend to drop her version of Springtime heat on us, accompanied by some noisy and extremely extremely wet sound effects. We in this area were again most fortunate, so far as storm damage was concerned. In fact, with everything from grass to dandelions deciding to take advantage of the sudden sudden change, the community was covered with out of shape gardeners gardeners determined to make up for the several weeks of unexplained unexplained delay there's been in putting their green thumbs into the garden dirt. But we must thank the late Queen Victoria for the glorious holiday. The roads and tire few spots open appeared to be jammed with people looking for action and stores must have found it worthwile to be open for business. ****** OVERFLOWING - All that extra time due to the holiday must have inspired our rural correspondents. As a result, their news budgets were much larger than usual and packed with items of interest. Unfortunately, some of them may not get set in time to be included in this week's one section edition. MILITARY RETURNS - The last world war ended way back in 1945, but there are still some veterans around who took part. They'll be honored by Branch 178 Royal Canadian Legion this Sunday at a banquet. There's also a Sea Cadet Inspection at Orono Arena earlier that day at 2 p.m. Also, Midland Regiment vets who didn't make it to their recent reunion, will be happy to hear that it was a most successful event in Lindsay, according to Regimental Secretary Elmer E. Lewis. - ****** REUNION TIME - The hills of Enniskillen, Solina, et al area schools will be alive with the sounds of former students and teachers this weekend if all goes well. Local folks have been having having a great time preparing for'the occasion and we have put in a word with the weather controller to send along some good stuff. We warn all of litem that there will be changes in appearance from school days. Time seems to do that. | YARD & CRAFT SALE- Be sure to drop by Knox Christian School on Scugog St., litis Saturday from 9 to 4 for a giant Yard I and Craft Sale. There will be lots of good food for the whole family family and plenty of activities for the kids. All proceeds go towards Christian education. The Stork Market Report N 'h \ See Page 10 GRUYTERS - It's a Boy! * * * * * * , Total This Year Boys 38 Girls 30 , '"X Vj \'V"//■' ■ V ' ; GetYour Motor Runnin ' Spring officially arrived for fans bi car /md motorbike racing this help entertain campers from all over North America. The entire past weekend, as Mosport Park fad the Mosport International weekend closed out on Monday with some exciting motorcycle Speedway opened their doors for another year. In addition to the races. action on tire track, there were also music concerts each night to --photo by Brad Kelly i ■ « ><2-3tk CL£3 M l4 ^SEïv wSORk a The members of the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association have rejected the final offer of the PVNC Roman Catholic Separate School Board by a massive 97.9% margin. Out of 660 ballots cast following the offer presented on May 10th, a total of 645 were against, with only fourteen in favor, and one spoiled. Paul Sullivan, president of the PVNC teachers said: "This result sends a clear message to the board." eS# He charged that the Board's offer would have had a serious impact on the quality of education in this system. "The Board cannot be allowed to take 33 more teachers out of the schools when we already have one of the worst pupil-teacher ratios in the province." The teachers maintain they should be paid at rates similar to those of their public system colleagues colleagues and refuse to accept up to 27% less than teachers with similar experience and qualifications. According to information sup- kb plied by the. PVNC school Board, the teachers working at 33 elementary elementary and secondary schools were offered a one year collective agreement agreement for the period September 1, 1995 to August 31,1996 in order to allow the board to assess the financial financial impact of further provincial cuts and modify collective agreements agreements to reflect reduced funding. The Board's offer outlined a plan to adjust pupil teacher ration effective effective September 1996 from 17.4:1 to 17.7:1 Increasing the staffing ratio would result in 11 fewer teaching positions in September 1996 and reduce the Board's costs by $200,000. In addition, preparation and planning time for most secondary school teachers would have been reduced to one period each day for one semester, effective September 1996. Reducing the preparation time would have saved the board approximately $440,000 to the end of December 96. The Board expected its offer Turn to page sixteen Waterfront Trail Celebration This Saturday by Laura J. Richards The first anniversary of the Waterfront Trail will be celebrated in Clarington this weekend. On Saturday, May 25, people will walk, run, cycle, skate, canoe and/or sail the 300 kilometre Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail during the Waterfront Trail Relay Challenge. Over 20 communities on the shore of Lake Ontario will participate participate in the day's activities. In Clarington, families arc invited invited to gather at the Port of Newcastle Marina on Saturday afternoon, May 25lh, to mark the occasion. Co-sponsored by the Kaitlin Group and the Municipality of Clarington, the event is sure to not only celebrate the waterfront trail's first year, but also help kick off the summer. Clarington's Tourism Officer, Jennifer Cooke, says the organizers of die event arc "anticipating a couple couple of hundred people." At the free community family picnic, there should be plenty of things for the entire family to do, from games to admiring the animals which will be displayed by Clarington's own zoos. Cooke also noted dial the families who gather at the marina will be greeting two cyclists who have hiked from the end of die trail in Trenton and arc going westwards to the centre of the trail in Ajax. The cyclists and members of the Waterfront Trail Trust should be arriving at the Port of Newcastle Marina between 2 to 2:30 on May 25th. "Once here, all the people gathered gathered will be asked to sign a scroll which will be given to the Canadian Olympic Team in Atlanta," Cooke said. She noted it would be nice to have "as many names from Clarington as we could." Everyone Waterfront Trail Facts The Waterfront Trail stretches 300 kilometres, from Stoncy Creek to Trenton, along the nordicrn shore of Lake Ontario. Opened last year to pedestrian and bicycle traffic, the Waterfront Trail incorporated over 20 communities. Last year, David Crombic, the Commissioner of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust, walked the trail to signal its opening to die public. This year's celebration, is die first anniversary of the Waterfront Trail. The future of the trail looks bright with a proposed extension of the pathway to the Niagara Peninsula. who is participating in events along the trail on Saturday will be signing the scrolls too. There will also be a fund-raising barbecue manned by a local organization. organization. They will be serving up hamburgers and hotdogs, Cooke said. Of course, no birdiday celebration celebration would be complete without a cake. Everyone is invited to enjoy a piece of anniversary cake during the celebration. There will be plenty plenty for everyone! So, come one come all to die first anniversary of die Waterfront Trail dial stretches from Burlington Bay to Trenton at the Port of Newcastle Marina on the shores of beautiful Lake Ontario. The party starts at noon, and continues until the athletes leave around 3 o'clock. 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