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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. Wednesday, February 17, 1999 Page 7 1st Birthda X le en Wishing our precious little girl Brianna Louise Martin a very happy 1st birthday on February 22, 1999. You have brought so much happiness to our lives. We love you very much. Love: Mommy, Daddy, Grammic and Grampic Donoghuc, Grandma Martin, Grandma and Grandpa Marlin, Auntie Amy and Mike, Uncle Evan and Aunt Shelly, Auntie Angela and Great-grandparents Marriage Thomas-Moffett Jane and John Thomas of Hampton arc very pleased to announce the marriage of their son Matthew James Thomas to Melanie Noel Moffett, daughter of Janice and Frank Moffett of Warrenton, Virginia. The wedding ceremony was performed by Reverend R. Munro on Sunday, December 27th at the Hampton Community Centre, where family and friends wished them well in their future together. Conservation Authority Survives Death Threat by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer The Kawartha Conservation Authority has survived survived a major threat to its existence. existence. A request by the Villages of Omcmcc and Bobcaygeon, as well as the township township of Manvers, to dissolve the body was almost unanimously rejected last week. The three municipalities municipalities making the request felt the cost of running the Authority was prohibitive. prohibitive. In Durham Region, the Authority is responsible for a small corner of THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 TEMPERANCE STREET BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C3A6 1999 INTERIM TAX NOTICE FIRST INSTALMENT of the 1999 INTERIM PROPERTY TAX NOTICE is due for REALTY TAX (Residential, Farm and Managed Forest Only) FIRST INSTALMENT PAYABLE MARCH 26,1999 SECOND INSTALMENT PAYABLE APRIL 23,1999 If you have not received your Tax Notice by Mid-March, please telephone the Municipal Office at (905) 623-3379. 1999 Realty Taxes are PAYABLE at the locations detailed on the front of the Tax Notice. Interim tax bills for multi-residential, commercial, industrial classes and subclasses subclasses are delayed pursuant to implementation of Bill 79 - Capping Provisions. Failure to receive a Tax Notice does not eliminate the responsibility for the payment of taxes and penalty. /7j. municipality of Nancy Taylor | \latinciton Deputy Treasurer ONTARIO Assessment Information: Note: Please be advised of the following (applications are available at the Assessment Office (905) 432-8444): • The deadline for filing a request for reconsideration to the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation for the 1999 tax year is March 31,1999 • The deadline for filing an appeal to the Assessment Review Board is March 31, 1999 • Owners of properties in the Commercial, Industrial, Shopping Centre, Office Building and Large Industrial property classes must apply to the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation, to receive the lower tax rate for property containing vacant units or excess land. The deadline for the 1999 taxation year is February 28,1999. ej . R Forthcoming Marriage Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Cates of North Carolina are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage marriage of her daughter Jill McDougall to William Paroschy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Paroschy of Welland. Wedding will take place on May 8, 1999 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Bowmanville. north Clarington, as well as Scugog and Brock Townships. Clarington's share of the costs annually annually is less than $4,000. The KCA was formed 20 years ago by the 20 municipalities in the watershed. The Authority has a watershed area of more than 2,500 square kilometres, covering the drainage basins of Lake Scugog, Sturgeon Lake, Cameron Lake, Balsam Lake, and Pigeon Lake. "I think the Conservation Authority is a little stronger now, because they've been given a real vote of confidence," confidence," says Clarington's representative representative to the Authority, Councillor Troy Young. Only the Omemee representative representative wound up voting to dissolve dissolve the authority, authority, says Young, adding the representative representative was only acting on the suggestion suggestion of his council. "He tried to get them to rescind the motion" before the fir Five Generations Resident of Marnwood Nursing Home has lived in Bowmanville since 1948. Now in his 93rd year, he is celebrating 5 generations with his daughter Janet, granddaughter Denise, great granddaughter Stephanie and identical twins great, great granddaughters Erica and Amanda. mm NTRILL VANS (Regular & Extended) ASTRO/SAFARI AST END OF I HOPE 29734876 wtrill@eagle.ca 1996 APV White, 3.4 V6, power locks & windows, tilt & cruise, 66,000 km. VENTURE VAN 1998 Safari Ext. Tan, loaded, Dutch ^ doors, aluminum wheels, rear heat, 38,000 km. 1997 Safari Ext. Blue, auto, air, ^ 8 passenger, 37,800 km. 1999 Venture LS AAB Tan, modular seats MSRP *30,335 21,995 child seat, 4 door, CD, w%W! ÊUké^ loaded, DEALER DEMO, - io,9ookm. $ 27,937 17,425 1996 Safari SIT All Wheel Drive Blue/Silver, loaded, * _ _ -- -- -- front and rear air, 3» 1 power seal, 59,500 km. APV VAN *15,995 1998 Venture LS While, 4 door,CD, child 005 seal, loaded, 30,000 km. * 1997 Venture LS Ext. Tan, i door, loaded, power (a* 595 seal, aluminum wheels, *■ keyless entry, modular seals, 22,300 km. SPECIAL 1997 Venture LS Green, loaded, keyless entry, CD, modular seals, 31,800 km. WAS >21,995 NOW «9A.425 ONLY *' , I** 9 COMPACT CARS CAVALIER 4 DOOR 1998 Cavalier While, auto,air, power m MAM locks, till, cruise, CD, • 31,200 km. 1997 Cavalier Tan, aula, air, $ ■ a AAB 57,500 km. CAVALIER 2 DOOR 1998 Cavalier *14,995 Green, aula, air, 23,000 km. 1998 Cavalier Red, aula, air, $ fl <■» «4K 33,500 km. 1993 LeSabre Tun, doth, loaded, $ m 0% bae 100,000 km. 1 *l ayB 1993 LeSabre Limited W6ti|,3'8 V6,loaded, $ * CAE 2 power seals, maroon * »ïy JT* doth, 99,900 km, B m m« l'ttw IIIlIsbîTSïïII" AS IS SPECIAL 1991 Firefly ■ 4 Door Rod, 5-speod, 132,000 km. *2,500 as is meeting, says Young. Twenty- one representatives representatives voted in support support of keeping the Conservation Authority. Clarington Regional Councillor and former KCA board member, Mary Novak, also attended last Thursday's meeting. meeting. She was one of 31 delegations to speak in favour of maintaining the KCA. "The support was overwhelming," overwhelming," she says, adding there were about 150 people in attendance at the meeting. "I think we're far better off to keep the Conservation Authority in place and monitor it," says Young. "It's a valuable resource." Waste Awards The Recycling Council of Ontario is looking for nominations for the 1998 Ontario Waste Minimization Awards. If you know of an individual, individual, school, business, institution, institution, municipality or educational initiative initiative that is deserving of recognition for efforts to protect the environment, now is the time to submit a nomination. nomination. Nominations and supporting data must be postmarked postmarked no later than Feb. 26. Send it to the Awards Committee, Recycling Council of Ontario, 489 College Street, Suite 504, Toronto M6G 1A5. For more information call 416-960- 1025. Congratulations Pearl Clarke our oldest resident of Kendal celebrated her 95th birthday on February 6, 1999 at home. Mrs. Clarke was born and raised in Kendal and is well known and liked in the community. community. Wedding Announcement David and Penny Anne Davidson are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Heather Lucy Noelle to Karl Dietrich Wunderlich, son of Dieter and April Wunderlich. The wedding wedding took place on July 11, 1998 at Hampton United Church. The bride was attended by Meredith Seabrook as the maid of honour, Nicole Handrahan and Amy Davidson as bridesmaids. Karl's bestman was Jeff Laird, with Geoff Noyes and Rob Davidson as ushers. ushers. The bride and groom departed on an elegant Victorian carriage for photographs at Willowbrook Farm followed by a fabulous dinner enjoyed by many friends and family family at Club Loreley in Oshawa. The happy couple presently resides in Newcastle. School Board Briefs New Deal Reached The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has reached a two-year collective agreement with secondary occasional teachers. The agreement, effective Sept. 1, 1998 to Aug. 31,2000, provides a .5 per cent increase in daily pay rates Feb. 1, 1999 and a further .5 per cent increase Sept. 1, 1999. It also includes provisions on the maximum number of teachers who can be placed on the secondary occasional list, access to extended health coverage, sick leave for long-term assignment teachers and evaluation. Revised Policy on Head Lice A new system-wide policy and guidebook on pediculosis pediculosis (head lice) education, prevention and treatment will be available to schools in June 1999. A committee of parents and principals has been meeting to review the issue and the guidebook will be put together once the board gets feedback from eight pilot sites. Board Approves New Objectives The public school board has approved more than 100 objectives that will set the board's course for the next three years. Its six prime goals include encouraging program delivery delivery that focuses on the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes that prepare students to function as effective members of the changing world community. The goals also encourage harmonization, co-operation and partnerships with other organizations and agencies to help foster the positive, positive, caring environments necessary for social and emotional emotional supports in a society with changing values and a restrictive economic climate. "Everything we do will focus on one overriding priority providing the highest quality education programs and services services to students," said Dick Malowney, director of education, education, in a press release. Snowmobile Collision In Scugog A snowmobile collision in Scugog has sent a Downsview man to hospital with serious injuries. At about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Giuseppe Pizzorusso, 34, of Downsview, was operating a 1989 Formula Mach I Ski-Doo snowmobile and travelling southbound on Lake Scugog when his snowmobile lost control, struck an embankment bordering the north edge of Scugog Island and then hit a tree. Pizzorusso was transported to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto for treatment of serious injuries sustained in the collision. The snowmobile was destroyed. Damage is estimated at $4,000. Anyone witli information on the collision is asked to call Durham Regional Police at 579-1520, extension 5256. MY BOOKKEEPING SERVICE PERSONAL AND BUSINESS TAX PREPARATION BASIC RETURN $25.00 CALL LINDA 13RIEM 623-0775 OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE SENIORS DISCOUNT AVAILABLE