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I ajitfc-sjrj t -.-wArctia gimiGBttSB.'Utiii .. . ;j • Total Market Coverage of Clarington from the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Saturday, September 19, 1998 144th Year Circulation: 21,265 Independent Flyers Fun at the Fair The Campbell family, from Oshawa, spent Sunday at the Durham Central Fair in Orono and their visit included a slop at the "Super-Slide," Shown arc Don, holding two-year-old Shan Icy and Kris, holding one-year-old Jacob, Organizers estimate that over 12,000 attended the 1998 edition of the Orono Fair. That number number sets a new record for the event, -Photo by 'tyson Thorne A Waverlcy Gardens resident thinks it's time for traffic lights at the corner corner of Rocnigk Dr. and Hwy. 2 in Bowmanville. Olive Simpson writes in a letter to Municipal Council that she has seen traffic increase dramatically dramatically over the 26 years she's lived in the neighbourhood, neighbourhood, "It is extremely difficult difficult to make a left hand turn onto Hwy, #2 from Rocnigk Drive at almost any time of day, but particularly particularly at rush hour," Simpson observes in her letter. Crossing the street can be nerve-wracking for pedestrians, she adds. Council agreed to have the Public Works Department review the matter and prepare a report for a future General Purpose and Administrative Committee meeting, Priest Found Not Guilty Of Assault With Weapon Rev. William Moloney, a St. Stephen's Secondary School teacher and coach of the school hockey team, has been found not guilty of assault with a weapon. The 42-year-old priest had been charged last October following an incident in a dressing room at the Orono Arena. A 17-year-old member of the team said he had been struck 15 to 20 times with the butt end of a hockey stick after he had snapped a rolled-up towel at the coach while he was picking up the players' jerseys after a game, "Father Bill," as he is known to his students, testified in an Oshawa court that his actions were a playful response to being snapped with the towel. He told the court he had later called the student to say he was just playing and was sorry. Teammates testified that the student had been whacked or butt-ended from five to 30 times. One of the players said he noticed several red marks on the student's Continued on page 2 Police Take The Bus They're Cracking Down on Drivers : Who ignore School Bus Signals And it Grew and it Grew.,, When Leah Mirowski (left) brought home a small castor bean plant for her Mom last Mother's Day, she had no idea it would keep growing the way it has. The plant, now almost 15 feet tall, has leaves almost three feet across. And it's still growing! Peeking out from the foliage with Leah is her sister Alexandra, 8. -Photo by Jennifer Stone by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer Students from Ontario Street Public School in Bowmanville were greeted on the bus Thursday morning morning by an officer from Durham Regional Police. In an effort to crack down on drivers who don't follow the rules of the road around school buses, Const. Doug McFeeters rode the bus to school. He was followed by Const. Jim Rutherford on a police motorcycle and Clarington's new Community Services Officer, Const. Paul Hawrychuk, in an unmarked police car. Bus driver Ted Boricic says getting the police involved in school bus safety is important. Highway Two a Problem Area "Most drivers just don't pay attention (to school buses) and forget the school buses are on the road. They're busy doing other things, other than driving," says Boricic, a veteran bus driver who adds people are especially forgetful on Highway 2. "On Highway 2, some of those kids have five lanes of traffic to cross. Everyone's in too big a hurry to get to where they're going. If they left a little earlier, there'd be no problem," he says. Having police officers on and near school buses is something Const. Hawrychuk says he'd like to see become an ongoing program. He says he can't understand why people ignore laws around buses. "They're out there and they're bright," he says of the buses. New to the job of community services officer, Const. Hawrychuk says he didn't have time this year to implement the type of community awareness awareness program he'd like in terms of school bus safety. "Next year, I'll approach it early. We really really need public awareness before the school buses start up," he says. $2,000 Fine Peggy Carroll, the safety safety officer from Laidaw Bus Lines in Bowmanville, says people who are caught breaking the law around school buses are in for major punishment punishment if caught. The laws recently changed, doubling the fines. Now, passing a school bus with its stop arm out and overhead overhead lights flashing carries a fine of between $400 and $2,000 for the first offence. Repeat offenders can expect fines of between $1,000 and $4,000, along with a possible possible six months in jail and six demerit points on the driver's license. Carroll says the public can help if they see a driver driver passing a bus. If the bus company receives a description of the car and Continued on page 3 Working Together to Attract Visitors by Lorraine Màrifredo Staff Writer If Clarington wants to stand out as a hot new. tourist destination, it can begin by tooting its own horn at the traditional country fair.' That's a suggestion from Harry Danford, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, ' Food and Rural Affairs and MPP for Peterborough-Hastings. He was guest speaker at the municipality's first- ever luncheon to bring together both private and public-sector players in the tourism business. About 150 attended the catered affair held on opening day of the 146th Durham Central Agricultural Fair, Fall fairs can be much more than a time for locals to compete and show the results of good growing season, says Danford. "They also provide a great opportunity to bring in a variety of people with different interests and present present your community to them." The fall fair is a chance for rural residents to show their urban neighbours that quality produce is available available here locally every day, he adds. The economic impact of fairs is considerable, generating $127 million in employment across Ontario annually. There are 235 agricultural agricultural societies which organize organize fairs across the province and the Ontario government provides $800,000 in grants for fall fairs. "The strength of fairs, agriculture and rural Ontario go hand in hand," he said. Danford told his audience audience that the Ontario government government continues to bring in legislation intended to make rural Ontario more of an attraction to tourists. Danford cited fish and game conservation lcgisla- Traffic Lights Requested at Roenigk Dr. lion and the Farm and Food Production Act which have been passed in last session as examples. Also, he said, the government government is working on a Lands for Life Bill which, he says, would establish a balance between development development in rural areas and maintenance of natural recreation areas. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre also spoke at the luncheon. She said: "Tourism is becoming more and more a major part of economic wellbeing, wellbeing, not only for communities communities like Clarington but for the whole province." She credited the participants participants at the luncheon, saying saying they are the people who come up with the ideas that make businesses and local attractions places people want to visit. Mr. Danford said the government will continue to work as a partner with local communities to promote promote all rural Ontario has to offer. 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