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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, November IS, IVV8 Page 3 Bits & Pieces BUY A BUTTON -- Don't forget to purchase your Santa Claus Parade Button from the volunteers in Bowmanvillc this Saturday morning. The button sales on the day of the parade, along with generous donations donations from sponsoring businesses and individuals, enable the Santa Claus Parade to continue. HERE COMES SANTA -- All roads lead to downtown downtown Bowmanvillc this weekend for the annual Bowmanvillc Santa Claus Parade. The parade will line up along Church St. It ends at Memorial Park. The procession procession begins around 10:30 a.m. although it takes a while for Santa and friends to reach the eastern end of town. This is the 37th edition of the parade. Its theme this year is "Letters to Santa." LOOKING A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS -- In addition addition to the Santa Claus Parade, don't forget to enjoy the many other pre-Christmas festivities in Bowmanvillc this weekend. The big Yuletidc at the Mill exhibition which runs Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday is but one example of the special events taking place. CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING -- Santa will be making his first appearance of the year in Newcastle this Friday evening, commencing at six p.m. with the lighting of the BIA Christmas tree and the singing of carols. Moonlight madness activities will continue throughout the. stores until late in the evening. We understand that there will also be a lighting of the tree in Orono on Friday evening, November 20th, WOMEN'S CLUB HEARS FROM YOUTH AND SENIORS' GROUP -- The Bowmanvillc Business and Professional Women's Club will welcome a speaker from the Youth Centre and the Older Adults' Centre this Thursday evening, November 19th. June Clarke will be speaking about the older adults' program program and Chris Wood will speak for the youth centre, The meeting is at Silk's Café in downtown Bowmanvillc, with a social time at 6:00 p.m. and dinner dinner at 6:30. Guests are welcome. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC TODAY -- There's a Red Cross blood donor clinic taking place all day' today (Wednesday, November 18th) at the Bowmanvillc Beech Centre. (Formerly the Lions Centre), Hours arc from 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Extended Gas Franchise Agreement The Municipality of Clarington is extending its franchise franchise agreement with Consumers' Gas. The original agreement was signed in 1978 and expires on December 13 of this year. The agreement allows Consumers' Gas to use rights-of-way for the supply, supply, distribution and transmission of natural gas. Under new terms, the relocation costs incurred during the construction of roads will be shared with the municipality municipality paying 35 per cent and Consumers' Gas paying 65 per cent. Under the current agreement, costs are shared equally. According to town staff, the new arrangement will generally result in minor cost savings to the Municipality. 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The town is purchasing a new recreation software system, to be put in place in time for early 1999 registration registration Currently, the community community services department has several computer and paper-based systems in place to handle the booking, booking, registration and membership membership management needs. But, Joseph Caruana, director of community community services, says these systems arc no longer operating efficiently. "The current system was made specifically for use by our department and docs not allow us to interface interface with other areas," he said. "Our intent is to get a new program up and running running to provide an efficient and effective service to the public." The problem, said Mayor Diane Hamre, is that the municipality is growing so fast that the demand for services has increased dramatically. "This municipality has gone through phenomenal growth in the last six to eight years and we haven't increased our staff. In fact, we've down sized our staff," she said. "Sometimes I think we take our staff for granted. This new program will allow us to increase efficiency efficiency and take some of the pressure off our staff." The new software, at a cost of about $30,000, is an investment for the municipality. But the money has already been set aside in the capital budget. "All the bells and whistles whistles arc available, but we're not interested in that right now," said Caruana. "We just want to get it up and running." The new program could eventually cover everything everything from program registration registration and facility booking booking to touch-tone registrar tion and scheduling. Once the basic system is set up,- additional modules can bp purchased as funds are available through the annual budget process. The municipality is arowinq so fast the j demand for services : has increased dramatically "Eventually we would like to see people register for programs from the library or mall," said Caruana. The program will be purchased from Escom Software Services. Currently, Escom Software Services has about 45 Ontario municipalities municipalities using their recreation recreation software program. "Most of the Region is using this system and it has proven to be an exceptional exceptional piece of software," Caruana said. "The package package provides us with a variety of different models that will take us into the next century." Playin' the Blues Gord Barnes takes a harmonica solo, backed by guitarist Gary Adams during a benefit concert for Bethesda House last Friday night. Local realtors sponsored the show at the Port Darlington Marina, featuring talents donated by the Barney- Adams Blues Band. A large crowd was on hand to listen and dance the night away for a good cause. 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