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The Clarington/Courticc Independent. Bowmanville, Saturday. February 13. 1999 Page 3 ®fje Clarington 2htbepenbent Wqz Couritte 3fnbepenbent ^4 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 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 °OL* S CONTROLLED Supervisor - Ralph Rozema, Tim Bovvers, Kevin Britton, Suzanne Christie, Sharon Cole, Laurens Kaldeway, Barb Patterson, Sean Pickard, Tyler Sellick, Jim Snoek, James Stephenson, Vance Sutherland, Jim Tuuramo Advertising Editorial Laverne Morrison Office Brad Kelly, Jennifer Stone, Michelle Wyton Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Internet - statesman@ocna.org Supervisor - Angela Luscher, Junia Hodge, Grace McGregor, Nancy Pleasance-Sturman, Marilyn Rutherford, Libby Smithson Local Students Twin With Native Class by Michelle Wyton Staff Writer A Circle of Friends, the popular popular candle holder that Lydia Trull Public School has adopted as its logo, will be among the gifts presented to a class of Crée students students in Moose Factory, Ontario. A grade six class at the Courtice school has been studying native culture for the last couple of months. On Wednesday, they began an exchange of information with a Crce class in northern Ontario. make your Valentine Give the Cupid's Flame Bouquet by Teleflora sugg. $40.00 and up fresh flowers and the soft glow of candlelight from a candle featuring Cupid. What Valentine could resist? To send this outrageously romantic gift almost anywhere in Canada or the U.S., call or visit our shop. Valentine's Day is Sunday, February 14 Arrangements starting at $ 30.00 ! orist 33 King St. W., Bowmanville Tel. 623-8855 The exchange is being made possible with the help of Courtice resident Kevin Girling and his friends in Land Rover Owner International. The group of seven Land Rovers and 14 owners will be going off the beaten path to get up to James Bay and will carry with them a package package from the school. "This trip brings in every aspect of off- roading," said Girling. "We've got a lot of survival survival gear on us because, if we have to stop, we will have to be able to survive in the vehicles." The is the second second Border to Border trek the group has made. Last year, the group travelled off-road from the Canadian border into Mexico. "This is what our group, Border to Border, is all about," Girling told the students. "The Land Rover was one of the earliest 4x4 vehicles vehicles and it was always primarily an expedition vehicle." The students h'aVe worked, hard to put together a package of drawings, drawings, photographs and writing for the Crce students in Ministik Public School. They also included a video of the school's Christmas assembly. assembly. "We've been working on the Grade six students at Lydia Trull Public School are expanding their native studies class to include an information information exchange with a Crce class in Moose Factory. Pictured above with some of their work is (left to right) Chantcl Ings, Ashley Walton, Amanda Kent and Natalie Hercia. Also pictured pictured are Michel Findlay and Kevin Girling, members of the Land Rover Border to Border Team who will be making the delivery. Public Information Meetings Long Term Waste Management IDU ... Strategy Plan mono m 10 7 4.. I O O O As part of the Region's Long Term Waste Management Strategy Plan a series of four Public Information Meetings are scheduled. The meetings will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. as follows: Feb. 16th - Clarington Council Chambers 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville Feb. 17th-Scugog Council Chambers 181 Perry St., Port Perry Feb. 18th-Ajax Community Centre Centennial Dr., Ajax Feb. 23rd-Oshawa Mun. Airport Terminal Oshawa The purpose of these meetings is to inform residents about the existing waste systems in the Region and to provide an opportunity for residents to comment on a preliminary short list of future waste management system options being considered for 2002 and beyond. Members of the Region's Waste Management Advisory Committee will be in attendance to answer questions. Residents are encouraged to attend. For more information, call the Region of Durham Works Department at (905) 668-7721 or 1-800-372-1103. V.A. SILGAILIS, P. ENG. COMMISSIONER OF WORKS project for a month-and-a- half," said Michelle Smith, whose grade six class is participating participating in the exchange. "This is something they (the students) have never done before and they arc very excited about it. What we are sending are gifts the students have made. They have had.a great, attitude." Before heading heading out, the expedition expedition team took time to talk to the students ' about their trip, present the school with a few gifts and give each student in the class their own mini Land Rover. Simon Burn, a team member from DUCA CREDIT UNION 0 Personal Service 0 Guaranteed Rates 0 Instant Tax Receipts 0 RRSP Loans at Prime 0 Full Line of Mutual Funds "'Current Prime Rate: 6.75% All interest rates, subject to change without notice Oshawa & Bowmanville Branches, Manager Paul Muller 15 Charles Street 136 King Street East Phone: 905-728-4658 Phone: 905-623-6343 E-mail: osliawa@tluca.com E-mail: bovvmanville@duca.com Internet: www.duca.com Toronto, told the students about the origins of the group. "Land Rovers arc expedition vehicles First and foremost and they have really opened the world up to us," he said. "The Border to Border Expedition Society was formed about a year ago because we . wanted , to have fun and do the things thé Land Rovers used to do in the 50s and 60s." "It's not just about geographic borders," he added, "It's about physical and mental borders as well. Having an understanding of how other people live and work is Flood Warning The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority has issued a flood safety safety advisory. Mild weather and rain is predicted predicted over the next few days. With frozen ground conditions, conditions, milder temperatures, and predicted rainfall, there could be a moderate runoff to watershed rivers and steams. As a result, creek levels are expected to rise over the next few days, and remain above normal for the weekend. No Hooding is anticipated, anticipated, says a release from the GRCA. The GRCA also expects, with the snowmelt and higher Hows in creeks and streams, along with slippery and unstable stream banks, all waterways could be dangerous over the next few days. The Authority advises parents to tell children of the dangers and supervise supervise their activities. very important because 'if we understand how everybody lives and works it will keep the world a more peaceful place." The group left Lydia Trull School on February 10 and will return in a week. When they return, Girling plans to sit down with the grade six .class to talk about .. their trip and what they learned about the native culture. For students students who are too curious to wait, the group is video taping the trip and will make some of the footage available each day on their web site, www.borderto- bordcr.com. 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