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The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, January 23. 1VVV Pane 3 W je Clarington 3htbepenbent Couritce 3nbepenbent Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited Publishers of The Canadian Statesman P.O. Box 190,62 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 For 145 Years, Our First Concern Has Been Our Community Publisher - John M. James Plant Manager - Rick Patterson Ad. Manager - Brian G. Purdy Production Assoc. Publisher - Rick James Editor - Peter Parrott Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited Publishers of The Canadian Statesman P.O. Box 190,62 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 P.O. Box 2000,1712 Baseline West, Courtice, Ontario L1C 2S8 905-623-3303 Fax: 905-623-6161 Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Internet - statesman@ocna.org C </LkV CONTROUEO Supervisor - Ralph Rozema, Tim Bowers, Kevin Britton, Suzanne Christie, Sharon Cole, Laurens kaldeu a\, Barb Patterson, Sean Pickard, Tyler Sellick, Jim Snoek, James Stephenson, Vance Sutherland, Jim Tuuramo Editorial Brad Kelly, Jennifer Stone, Michelle Wyton Advertising Laverne Morrison Office Supervisor - Angela Luscher, Junia Hodge, Grace McGregor, Nancy Pleasance-Sturman, Marilyn Rutherford, Libby Smithson Maranatha Church Opens New Addition Ricnk Fcddcma, Chairman of the Building Committee (left), presents Maranatha Church Council Chairman John Sikma with the ceremonial key for a new addition. The congregation and friends of Maranatha Christian Reformed Church celebrated the official opening of the addition on Saturday evening, January 16th. Among the features of the new wing are an office and Church Council meeting room, additional classrooms, a kitchen, nursery, and expanded Fellowship Hall. Woman Sustains Serious Injuries In Snowmobile Accident An 18-year-old Newcastle woman sustained serious injuries last week, after being thrown from a snowmobile and run over by another machine. Durham Regional Police (DRP) reports say the snowmobile on which Lacey Piels was a passenger hit a snow bank, throwing the woman. She was then run over by another snowmobile. She was taken to Lakeridgc Health Bowmanville, then transported to a hospital in Toronto, suffering from internal injuries. The driver of the first snowmobile was charged under the Motorized Snow Vehicle Act with driving without a permit. The driver of the second snowmobile was charged with having no insurance. DRP Sgl. Ted Dionne says blowing snow may have played a role in the incident. St. Stephen's Secondary School Grade Eight Parents' OPEN HOUSE on Tuesday, February 2nd at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium St. Stephen's Secondary School 30 Middle Road Bowmanville L1C 3K2 «-1Ü Hurry in for Best Selection BEAT THE ^sYrAG FEBRUARY price increase CLEARANCE MflMAG Every is On SALE' ®.® MAYTAG! «MONTHS, NO PAYMENTS mumsl: J.R. MILLS APPLIANCES ■BuwJenVi/'dp'tU'Krt In U 8.1 125 King St. E., Bowmanville 697-1240 Mon.-Thurs. 10-6 Fri. 10-8 Sat. 10-5 6 MONTHS NO PAYMENTS NO INTEREST o.A.C. Clarington Will Support Higher Conservation Levy by Michelle Wyton Staff Writer Hope Township is looking looking for support for a motion opposing the five per cent levy increase from the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority. But, the township township won't get the backing of Clarington Council. That's the word from Councillor John Mutton who is one of council's representative on the GRCA. He says a letter came to the municipality municipality last week asking asking the eight member municipalities municipalities to not support the levy increase. "It's kind of an insult to us that they .would want to pull their funding funding when the rest of us have managed," managed," he said. "They have not had a representative representative at the table and have not been involved in the process, so I feel that it is absurd for them to do this." Hope Township has not had a representative representative at the meetings meetings and has not been involved in the budget process since their representative, representative, who was not a council member, stepped down. For that reason, Mutton feels the township should not be so quick to oppose the increase. "In my mind, it's inexplicable for them to do this when they have not been involved in the budget process," he said. The way the system is set up, each representative's representative's vote carries a different weight that is determined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Clarington's two representatives, John Mutton and Charlie Trim, each carry 18 per cent of the vote for a total of 36 per cent. Hope Township, with one representative at the table, carries carries just 6 per cent of the vote. For the motion to pass it must be supported supported by 51 per cent of the vote. "With Clarington holding holding 36 per cent of the vote, we just need one or two other members to support the increase and they (Hope Township) will have no option available," said Mutton. Linda Lalibcrtc, general managcr/secrctary treasurer of the GRCA says that even with the five per cent increase, the authority is forecasting a deficit budget. "The budget is not finalized finalized until around May when we get our funding down from the province," she said. "With the five per cent increase we are deficit budgeting for $11,000. If we don't get the increase we will be looking at a deficit of over $26,000." The deficit, she predicted, predicted, will not affect programming programming for this year. "What we will have to do is look at how wc promote ourselves and how we do business," she said. FREE WEALTH PRESERVATION WORKSHOP A whole new way to protect the value of your investments Presented by: Neil McGregor Investment Advisor Fortune Financial Corporation 19 Satgog Street Boumanri/le Member: CIPF & Montreal Hxcbaùge Ijrel I1 Jft license sponsored ly Imperial l Jfe Assurance Co. of Canada 4 FORTUNE FINANCIAL Segregated Funds - an investment vehicle designed specifically to help investors seek rewards from the stock markets with greater peace of mind. Who needs this tool and why? . BUSINESS OWNERS, PROFESSIONALS, COMPANY OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS. Benefit: Creditor Protection. • PEOPLE PLANNING THEIR ESTATES. 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