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Clocks Fall Back This Weekend 11 42 Don't forget to put back the clocks this weekend, weekend, since Daylight Saving Time comes to an end in the wee hours of Sunday morning. If you turn the clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday evening, you'll be in sync with the rest of the population when you wake up Sunday morning. Yes, you may have to hunt for the instruction booklet if you can't recall exactly exactly how to re-set the timepiece on the VCR. Tasty Apple P £i .< ■ ' Ô' Av :■/ f.okl : b --/••• • ty lames Publishing Community Newspaper aa Clarington's Community Newspaper Since 1854 Wednesday, October 23, 1996 142nd Year Issue 43 70? + 5? G.S.T. = 75? Tentative Deal for G.M. and C.A.W. A tentative agreement has been reached between General Motors of Canada and its 26,000 striking autoworkers. The deal was finalized Tuesday afternoon after five days of intensive intensive negotiations. Members of the union will be voting on the contract today (Wednesday, October 23) and operations at GM plants could resume by the end of the week. The tentative pact is a three- year contract which was described by the company as providing "significant "significant wage increases and special special protection for employees while ensuring flexibility to address the unique competitive needs of the company." General Motors has agreed to provide greater outsourcing protection protection for its employees. "We will proceed with the sale of the Windsor Trim and Oshawa Fabrication Plants, with the purchaser purchaser assuming the CAW contract contract and with General Motors of Canada Limited providing a number number of special protections to employees affected by the transition," transition," said Dean Munger, GM's vice president and general director of personnel. The strike at GM plants began October 2nd. ,¥Æ •: .A' 1 ! Nose to Nose Dan Ross reassures Sam, the dromedary camel, at an awards presentation presentation held at the Bowmanville Zoo on Friday, October 18th. The local zoo picked up the highest honor from the Canadian Association of,Zoological Parks ;an<l Aquariums this year for its'": unique animal handler program. Ross is one of l2 animal trainers' in-training at the federally-supported Canadian Animal Training Academy. -photo by Lorraine Manfredo Zoo Honored for Training Program by Lorraine Manfredo Don't be surprised if the next big Hollywood talent comes from the Bowmanville Zoo. The zoo has already established its place in the North American film industry, most notably as the home of lions Bongo and Caesar, who star in one of October's top grossing films, The Ghost and the Darkness. Now, the local zoo is in the spotlight again for its unique animal animal handler program. The first students are due to graduate in November and are expected to shine in their new professions professions at zoos, in the film industry, industry, or behind the scenes in live animal theatre. On Friday, October 18, the Canadian Association of Zoological Parks & Aquariums (CAZPA) presented its highest honor, the Thomas R. Baines Award, to the Bowmanville Zoo for its role in co-founding the Canadian Animal Training Academy (CATA) with Human Resources Development Canada Named after the one-time curator curator of the Calgary Zoo, the Baines award is given annually to institutions institutions that demonstrate excellence in education, animal husbandry or exhibit design. ! Bowmanville Zoo Director Michael Hackenberger said the award was a great honor. Although federal funding for Beautiful Gardens Win Awards The Municipality of Clarington saluted close to 100 of the community's top gardeners in a reception at the Town Hall Monday night. This year, 91 residents agreed to allow their properties to be nominated for Apple Blossom Awards. The awards pay -tribute to rural and urban home-owners and commercial businesses who make an extra effort to beautify their front yards. From those nominated, awards are given to the top urban residential, rural residential and commercial or industrial property. This year's winners in Ward One are: Mr. and Mrs. Roger and Denise Nesbitt, of Foxhunt Trail (urban residential); Mr. and Mrs. John Roth, Grasshopper fyrk.-Rd (rural residential); and PaiTvydodjX Villagei/onANash Rd. (Commercial/Industrial). * * >p \ //l v ■"/ In Ward,Two,' the /Winners are: Mr'and Mrs. Henry and/Jean Sèmpjôniüs-rof. Wâyerley Rd. (urban residential);<Mr.'a'nd jMfs) William and Ruth Cabals of Concession Rd/ #3 (rural residential)^ residential)^ and Trini^Unitedx) Churchf which rcceivedX'A the the u,v \y; r (awa'rdx xihf Commercial/Industrial 'category. Af/ VAv v A'/ Ward Three's/.\yipnei;s', ; are: Mr. and Mrs. Terrance and Nonna Graham, of Remi Court (urban residential); Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Bev. Milford, of Concession Rd. #1 (rural residential) residential) and Long John's Antiques (industrial/commercial (industrial/commercial category.) Winners of the Apple Blossom plaques are decided by a committee which includes the Horticultural Societies of Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono and a representative of the Municipality of Clarington. Clarington Mayor Diane Harare thanked all of the gardeners for their efforts. "We appreciate appreciate the pleasure you bring to all of us in this municipality," she said. All nominees received a certificate and Apple Blossom pin. Trash Transfer Station In Former M.T.C. Yard Clarington councillors have tentatively approved a trash transfer station to be established by Laidlaw Waste Systems Ltd. near Highway 401 and 115/35. The station will be located in the former Ministry of Transportation works yard. On Monday morning, members of Clarington's General Purpose and Administration Committee voted in favour of the Public Works Department report WD-35-96 which lays the ground-work to establish a transfer station. The report recommends that the contract which currently exists with Laidlaw to pick-up garbage be negotiated to include a rate per stop instead of a kilometer rate, "Under the negotiated 'per stop' rate reduction, it is estimated that the annual savings would be approximately $21,000, and these values are much more certain as they are based on a known number of stops. As the municipality grows, the annual savings savings will increase," says the report. A royalty of $55,000 would also be paid to the municipality in 1997 from charges on all industrial/commercial industrial/commercial and institutional waste passing through the waste transfer station. This money would be deposited in a reserve for municipal use, Also, the municipal contract with Laidlaw for garbage pick-up would be extended for two years. A report from Stephen Yokes the Director of Public Works, notes "if council approves the transfer transfer station site within Clarington, it is not approving a landfill site." The transfer site would mean a reduced haulage distance for Laidlaw to its Napanee landfill site. Elected officials were told the site could bring potential monetary benefits to the municipality, and residents would, have a place to take waste rather than heading to Oshawa or Blackstock transfer sites. Speaking out at the GP&A meetings was Councillor David Scott who wanted to know some of the finer details of the deal. He wanted to know the number of trucks that would be in and out of the transfer site. Yokes noted approximately 10 to 15 trips would be made on a daily basis. Councillor Scott told his fellow councillors, staff, and representatives from Laidlaw at the meeting, he did not like what was taking place at all. "We're being asked to give our approval of a proposal proposal we know little of," Councillor Scott said. "There is not sufficient information in this report. We need a formal proposal," he added. Family Says Thanks to Community For Helping Find Child The family of the four-year- old abducted from her home in Bowmanville earlier this month has sent us the following following note for publication in The Statesman. We feel their message deserves page one treatment. It reads as follows: "Words can never express our thanks to everyone for all their help, prayers, support, food and gifts sent in our time of crisis. Special thanks to our Durham Regional Police, OVERT and any and all who volunteered their time. Our heartfelt thanks to all." future intern training is uncertain, Hackenberger is hopeful the zoo will be able to welcome a new crop of students for subsequent CATA courses. Anyone interested may call the zoo at 623-5655. The CATA program was made possible thanks to a $291,000 seed capital grant from the federal government. government. With this, the zoo developed developed and set up an internship program program for Durham residents aged 18 to 25 to learn animal husbandry and behavior management. Students were required to master master basic care and feeding, how to determine if an animal is ill or injured, as well as train the animals animals to respond to commands. Hackenberger said the course was demanding. "We started with 15 interns from all across Durham, and there are 12 left because some didn't make the grade." Durham MP Alex Shepherd said the Bowmanville Zoo deserved credit for carving out a niche market in the very important film industry. "We can see how successful the Bowmanville Zoo has been on the world stage," Shepherd said. The Bowmanville Zoo has also tried other innovative ventures, such as hosting exotic holiday getaways getaways where participants can get up close with lions and elephants. Continued on Page 10 Consultant Examines Hydro Amalgamation In Durham Region The Clarington Hydro-Electric Commission is contributing $6,500 towards a $50,000 consultant's study looking at the possibility of amalgamating amalgamating electric utilities within Durham Region. There are eight municipal utilities within the Region. Ontario Hydro serves some of the customers in four of the municipalities. The amalgamation study will also look at a number of re-organization alternatives. Recommendations are expected in February of 1997. SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN ORONO -- Trustees with the Northumberland-Clarington Board of Education will hold their next regular board meeting at the Orono Public School. It's tomorrow night (Thursday, October 24th.) The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a reception and an opportunity to meet your trustee. Then, at eight p.m., the board meeting is slated to begin. The school is planning a special classroom computer demonstration and also a choral presentation. WHAT'S COOKIN' -- Statesman readers won't want to miss the recipe booklet which appears in this Saturday's edition of our sister publication, The Clarington Independent. The booklet contains contains 40 pages of favorite recipes contributed by our readers. It also includes advertising related to products and services for the home and kitchen. Be sure to look, for your copy. And bon apetit! FLYING SAUCER -- No, we are not making this up. A flying saucer was seen near Nash Rd. and Solina Rd. last week. But, it was only a prop for a music video being filmed on a property in the area. At least, that's what we've been told by the crew on the scene. But, could this be a cover-up for a real flying saucer landing? landing? Is that why the film crew didn't want our photographer to take detailed pictures of the location? Do we have an over-active imagination, or what? Perhaps this is how all those tabloid-style flying saucer stories get started. An article on the video appears elsewhere in this edition. It's just another example of Clarington's starring role as a location for the film industry. OF INTEREST TO SENIORS -- We received two recent messages messages of particular interest to seniors -- one from our federal MP and the other from our provincial MPP. Durham MP Alex Shepherd's office advises us that up to $2,500 may be made available to qualified seniors for health and safety upgrades to | their homes. It's part of a federal program run by Canada Mortgage and Housing. You can find out details by calling the federal riding office at 721-7570. 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