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r • Total Market Coverage ofClaringtonfrom the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A ,hi mes Publishing Community Newspaper Salurdax, December IV, IVVS 144th Year Circulation: 21,265 Committee to Pen Report on Durham University No Trespassing Province Helps : Hospitals : Cure Year 12000 "Bug" :• Durham's hospitals, including the (Bowmanville site, will receive help from the (province to deal with Year ;2000 computer problems (and restructuring. ' The funding, which •amounts to $8.7 million, (region-wide, was •announced last week. The 'Bowmanville site of the (Lakeridge Health (Corporation (formerly (Memorial Hospital) will (receive more than $1.2 •million as a result of the (announcement. ( "I'm pleased that the •transition funding for Year (2000 issues is just part of i;our health care plan for i-Durham. This announcement announcement shows that your (Ontario government is (committed to working in (partnership with Ontario's (hospitals during these (challenging times of "health reform," said •Durham East MPP John (O'Toole. The announcement on •transitional funding is, an (additional response to the •ongoing work of the (Hospital Financial Issues (Advisory Group, made up ■of individuals with health (expertise from both the (public and private sectors. ;In May, the government (announced $300 million (in funding for the Year (2000 computer problem (for the health sector. : The funding will be •provided to the hospitals ■before Christmas. by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer A long-term plan for local university programming programming crossed its first hur dle last Wednesday. Durham College President Gary Polonsky and Board of Governors Chair. Sharon Young asked for; ail'd received, Durham Regional Council support to put together a group of area residents who will pen a report with recommendations recommendations about the long-term presence of university university programming in Durham. Polonsky will head up the committee. The committee comes on the heals of a four-year funding announcement made by the province last September. The announcement announcement allowed for $5.5 million million in operating funds for the Durham University Centre, located on the current current site of Durham College. Polonsky hopes the committee will be able to create a vision for a new type of higher education. "Maybe Ontario doesn't doesn't heed another University the : same as it has now," said Polonsky, adding the availability of nearby higher education is critical in preserving the way of life Durham has long known. Solution "The salvation of the region is to have a strong middle class, as we do now. Everybody in this room knows that the solution solution to get those $70,000 a year jobs staying in the region is knowledge creation," creation," he said. "It's no secret that the jobs being created around places like the University of Waterloo and the University of Guelph are the well-paying jobs," he added, stating a concern that many jobs currently being created in Durham are not necessarily of the high-paying variety. The University Centre, which offers courses through various Ontario universities, is currently home to 2,400 students. And, with Durham Region's growing population, population, Polonsky said he hopes to see an integrated and applied university-college university-college in the region soon. "None of us is getting any younger. So, in the next decade is good by me," he said. by Michelle Wyton Staff Writer Clarington's hunting committee is calling for a public education campaign to make sure people are of aware of hunting and trespassing trespassing bylaws. Durham Regional Police Staff Sergeant Ted Dionne chairs the hunting committee that was set up in June. They are recommending recommending that an education campaign be started to remind citizens of the various various hunting seasons, the meaning of hunting-related hunting-related signs and the trespassing trespassing laws. "It was determined that the hunting problems in Clarington are caused by trespassers who hunt on lands without permission and without regard for the rights of the property owner," he said. "Further, it was determined that the lack of enforcement is a cause for concern." "Durham Regional Police officers should be instructed to lay charges for trespassing whenever possible," he added "If there is a violation of the municipal bylaw, an incident incident report will be submitted submitted for the bylaw department department to issue a summons." The committee has already taken steps to ensure a speedy response to complaints from the public. Mitch Phinney, a conservation officer from the Ministry of Natural Resources, is to be contacted contacted on all hunting-related hunting-related incidents and will let the police know when he is patrolling in the area. As well, any calls involving trespassers in Clarington are to be dispatched through the mobile display terminals of the patrol officer officer so that immediate attention can be given to trespassers. "We are also encouraging encouraging a sharing of information information between the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Durham Regional Police Services in Clarington so that complaints complaints by landowners are best being served," Sgt. Dionne said. He addressed members of Clarington Council Monday night. Recently, Newtonville resident Sharon Steele approached council with a number of concerns about hunting on land beside the Newtonville school. The issue was referred to the committee which, in turn, toured the area. If there is a violation of the municipal bylaw, an incident report will be. submitted hr the bylaw ; department to issue a summons■ ■Durham Regional Police Staff Sergeant Ted Dionne "I empathize with the parents on this issue and I empathize with the hunters who have a perfect spot to hunt if only it was not so close to the school and if only they had permission to hunt on the property," he said. "The setback around the schools must be re-examined and the committee is prepared to do this." "Clarington is 604 square kilometres of mostly mostly agricultural and open land. The urban areas are dotted throughout by hamlets hamlets and the municipalities along the lakeshore. The bylaw does have to address urban areas, without without restricting the lands considered prime hunting grounds," he added. Although there have been a number of complaints complaints about hunting recently, Sgt. Dionne said there are few people who Continued on page 2 Mayor Praises New Traffic Lights New traffic lights at the corner of Highway 2 and Varcoe Road in Courtice have drawn high praise from Mayor Diane Hamre. "The citizens of Clarington are ecstatic the stop lights are up," said the Mayor during last Wednesday's meeting of Durham Regional Council. The lights became operational operational earlier this month, Hamre said Town staff are working with staff from the Durham Region to try to find solutions to current traffic problems on Highway 2 through Courtice. "With all the commercial development in Courtice, wé've got to find some solutions," she said. "There are just accidents daily." A Festive Touch Children at Lord Elgin Public School worked on crafts from around the world during an open house last TUesday evening, Courtney Crossey (left), age five, joined Kimberley Conroy and Colette Crosscy, both seven, to make Orange Pomanders, a spicy-smelling, traditional English decoration. 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