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w vWS®:S Liz Fairs, Darlene Jones and Stacey Rout, who know that for every paper sneaker purchased, the community community is one step closer to a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. A dollar donation buys one sneaker to hang in the in the mall. The friendly folks at Shoppers hope AJames Publishing Community Newspaper Saturday, September 21, 1996 142nd Year Issue 38 Circulation: 20,550 Alex Shepherd Reassures Local Business Owners by Lorraine Manfredo Durham MP Alex Shepherd shared his optimism about the national economy at a breakfast meeting hosted by Clarington Business Group last Tuesday in Bowmanville. Shepherd told the group of small business owners that federal attention to deficit reduction is in the long-term interest of the country country and that Canadians recognize this. "I think the mood of cynicism has been curtailed," he told the group gathered at Silk's Cafe. "People believe the government is on the right course and that this course is sustainable." Since the Liberals took office, they have more than followed through on deficit reduction targets, targets, Shepherd stated, having trimmed the annual deficit from $45 billion down to $17 billion. A total, of 600,000 new jobs have been created, he said. Of these, 11,000 were in Durham alone, although he added: "People don't believe it." People no longer see the physical physical evidence of new job creation as they would in the past, he said, We aren't observing evidence of growth such as factories and plants being built. Nevertheless, opportunities are out there and Shepherd urged local Clarington Council was urged Monday to say 'no' to workfare.. Mervyn Russell of the Durham Coalition for Social Justice told coun- ! cillors on Monday night, Sept. 16, he disagrees with workfare on moral grounds. The Orono United Church minister said the golden rule is that "you should love your neighbour as yourself." This means everyone should have equal access to dollars Tunneled into the social programs. A single mother from Oshawa who addressed Clarington Council described her situation as being one where she is trapped by the system. She lost everything when she suffered a break-down and could not work. She noted while working at a decent paying job, she, like the politicians politicians calling the shots, was a tax payer. Even on welfare, "we are (still) taxpayers, as others, since we are consumers," consumers," she added. Councillors were told welfare recipients are "stigmatized" and are seen as being alcoholics, drug addicts, or child abusers or worse by those outside of the system. After the presentation, Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre noted that during during last week's Durham Region council meeting it was decided to hold public meetings on the topic of workfare. Alex Shepherd, M.P. entrepreneurs to jump for them. The time is ripe for small business business to take advantage of capital flowing from an aging generation into the bank accounts of their baby boomer children, he said. And Boomers will have even more disposable income as they begin to pay off their home mortgages. mortgages. This is a generation with money but very little time, Shepherd observed. Small outfits are already starting starting to capitalize on this emerging domestic market by creating niche markets - everything from eus-, tom used-car shopping to gourmet take-out. "It bodes well for a small town like Bowmanville. The shopping mall is going to be a less attractive place to be," he said. "Small businesses are going to have to concentrate on quality products and quality service." Shepherd didn't escape the meeting without being quizzed about the GST. A number of those in attendance wanted to know what the govern- Continued on Page 3 Near Tragedy Prompts Action On Footbridge by Laura J. Richards The installation of a footbridge is expected to ease worries over flooding flooding at a creek near the Dr. Ross Tilley School in Bowmanville. Concerns arose when a grade one student fell into the Westside Creek oh Friday, Sept. 13, during the recent heavy rains. The downpour raised the height of the creek and washed away a path the students had previously previously used. Bob Willsher, Chairman of the Northumberland and Clarington Board of Education and a Ward Three trustee, visited the new school on Friday afternoon. "I was shocked at the amount of water flowing. It was a mini Mississippi," he said. When the project was first discussed "we were advised that there would be a trickle," he added. That, however, was not the case on Friday after a deluge of rain hit this area of Ontario. "The run-off is much greater than anticipated," Willsher admitted. admitted. The walkway had been flooded, and a lower walkway had been swept away by erosion. Willsher stated that a bridge needs to be installed along a lower A 73-year-old Newcastle walkway which brings in students Village man was killed after a two-- from the Penfound Drive area. car collision on Wednesday after- Stephen Yokes, of Clarington's noon, Sept. 18, Public Works Department, says a bridge is on its way. He explained he has been talking talking with Kelvin Whalen of the Kaitlin Group (builders of Aspen Springs) and has been assured a bridge has been ordered for the crossing. Yokes said after the path was washed out, Whalen called the manufacturers of the bridge to ask for an earlier delivery date. As a result, the structure is expected to be delivered in one and one-half weeks. The accident took place at the intersection of Lamb's Road and the 3rd Concession. Pentti Kaukonen was pronounced pronounced dead at St. Michael's Hospital as a result of injuries sustained sustained in the collision. The driver of the other vehicle, James Bush, 48, of Bowmanville, was treated and released from Memorial Hospital. Kaukonen was southbound on Lamb's Road in a red Hyundai, The second vehicle involved in the crash was a Volkswagen Jetta trav- However, he thinks prior to the clling westbound on the 3rd bridge being put in, the pathway Concession, could be reopened for the students Newtonville resident Frank to use. Luscher, an employee with "Logically, they could throw Clarington Hydro, told The more gravel onto the area and use Clarington Independent that a it until the bridge is put into nurse was on the scene fi rst > since place," the Public Works Director said. As for the busing issue, Yokes noted that "the Aspen Springs subdivision subdivision is still under construction and there are no sidewalks for the children to walk to school on." As of Monday, Sept. 16, at her car was following the Kaukonen vehicle. 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