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Page 14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, September 17,1997 Durham Countryside Adventure Already Looking to Next Year by Lorraine Manfredo Stall Writer The Durham Countryside Adventure last weekend was such a tremendous success that it's sure to go ahead next year, says Tour Committee chair, Sandy Archibald. Archibald estimates Iter staff sold at least 100 tickets tickets on Saturday alone at her Liberty Street North apple orchard and winery, one of 38 slops on the tour. Comments from ticket holders were very enthusiastic, enthusiastic, she adds, proving the event delivered on its goal to increase appreciation for agriculture in the local area. The lour drew most of its ticket-buyers from the Claringlon area, although there was a fair number of people who came from Scarborough and Toronto. Durham Countryside Adventure was dreamed up back in April as a cooperative cooperative venture between the Durham Farm Fresh Marketing Association and the Tourism Association of Durham Region. Organizers figured they shouldn't waste any time if they wanted to ride the momentum from the very popular Ganaraska Countryside Adventure which hadn't been offered last year. "People still remembered remembered it," notes Archibald. "It was a really good example of a agri-tourism and cco-tourism -- a soft adventure." Darlene Brown, Durham Countryside lour coordinator, was still tallying tallying up the overall attendance attendance figures on Monday but was pretty confident the event turned a profit. "We won't know exactly exactly how profitable for another week," she said. Any profits will likely be re-invested into the cost of promoting and staging next year's tour, but that will be a decision for the committee, Brown notes. Organizers received start-up support from the Durham Region, the Municipality of Claringlon, the Ontario Farmers' Association and the Lions Centre for this year's tour. However, that funding can't be counted on for future tours. Sandy Archibald notes that the scope of next year's tour would go beyond the municipality of Claringlon. "We arc the Durham Countryside Adventure and our vision is to include all of Durham." Next year, Port Perry and its many nearby attractions attractions will share the focus. As the tour broadens to cover a wider area, it may evolve into a two-weekend adventure. And Sandy points out there arc a wealth of things to see right here in our rural backyard. "There arc so many neat little treasures all around Durham that most of us don't know about, but with the Countryside Tour hopefully people will get to know them," she said. WINE TASTING -- Guests who dropped into Archibald's Estate Winery for the Durham Countryside Adventure on the weekend had a chance to sample a wide variety variety of apple wines - some being the perfect complement for pasta, while others would go great with chocolate desserts or after a day of cross-country-skiing. Tours of the winery as well as pic-making and tree pruning demonstrations were other highlights. /T\. MUNICIPALITY OF ( * la ring ton ONTAfllO Registration for aquatics programs in Courlice will be held Saturday, September 20th from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Courtice Community Complex. Also, a reminder that Adult Fitness (aerobics) classes begin on September 22nd, Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Garnet B. Rickard Complex. Classes begin at the Courlice Community Complex on October 7th, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m, *■ i. -fvCuv,. ., For further information, please call the Community Services Department at 623-3379 extension 272. CS-6758 Santa Parade Will Form on Church St. Due to construction, the Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade organizers have asked to line up along Church Street this year, instead of Wellington. Don Welsh, one of the organizers of the annual event, asked Claringlon Council to change the location, and asked if the parade participants could use the former former court/fire building for washroom facilities and make-up application prior to the parade, "When we used Wellington Street, we used Central Public School for the washrooms," he said. Councillors voted to allow the change, but asked the committee members to work with the staff, the Chief Administrative Officer and the Facilities Manager in ensuring that a location for washrooms is available for parade participants. MAKING HORSESHOES -- Local farrier Anne Negri uses hammer and anvil to fashion horseshoes at the Tyrone Blacksmith shop. This mini-museum, with its displays displays of tools from the early 1900's, was a popular stop on the Durham Countryside Adventure on the weekend. After cooling the hot horseshoe in a water bucket, Negri gave it away to a little boy and told him to make sure he hung it with the open side up "so the luck doesn't run out." Inquest Examines Deaths Of Child and Grandmother The deaths of a six-year-old Bowmanville girl and her grandmother are being examined examined by an inquest which opened on Monday, September 15th. The inquiry, which is expected to take up to three months, is being held in Whitby. Six-year-old Jennifer Kovalskyj-England was stabbed at least 89 times by the man who fought to have custody of her, Ronald England. The 45-ycar-old Vietnam War veteran veteran had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia for more than 20 years . He was the same man who also stabbed his mother -- Jennifer's adopted grandmother grandmother -- on the same morning in April of 1996. England was incarcerated at Penetanguishene's Mental Health Centre after he was found not criminally responsible for the killings by reason of a mental disorder. Coroner Dr, Peter Clark said in his opening remarks that the purpose of the inquest is not to lay blame, but to assess whether such tragedies can be averted in the future by making changes. _ DURHAM REGION THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT REGIONAL FILE NO.: OPA 97-017 The Regional Municipality of Durham is considering an amendment to the Durham Regional Official Plan to permit a private executive length nine hole golf course for the use of the residents of Wilmot Creek Community. The proposed golf course is situated on the south side of Hwy. 401, between the Flwy. 35/115 interchange and Wilmot Creek Drive, in the Municipality of Claringlon. MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PUBLIC MEETING The Durham Region Planning Committee will hold a public meeting to provide interested parties the opportunity to make comments, Identify issues and provide additional information relative to the proposed Amendment. The public meeting will be held on: Tuesday, October 14,1997 at 10:00 a.m. Durham Region Planning Department, Main Boardroom Whitby Mall, Fourth Floor, Lang Tower COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? An information report outlining the details of the proposed Amendment may be obtained from the Durham Region Planning Department. If you have any questions or comments regarding the proposed Amendment, please contact: Richard Szarek Tel: (905) 728-7731 (Whitby) Planner Tel: (905) 686-1651 (Toronto) Fax: (905)436-6612 If you wish to make a written submission or If you wish to be notified of subsequent meetings or the adoption of the proposed Amendment, please write to the Commissioner of Planning, Box 623, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3. Please Include your address, telephone number and the Regional file number In your submission. APPEAL If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision for the proposed officii plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal, Gerrl-Lynn O'Connor Chair, Planning Committee A.L. Georgleff, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Commissioner of Planning