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Page 2 The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Friday, July 30, 1999 Musical Reflections Ten-year-old James Jennings performs at a recent recital by The Neighbourhood Music Studio. He has been playing since age four. His parents are Helen and Peter Jennings, ol Courticc, Bethesda House Holds Concert in the Park Sunday, August 1, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Oak Ridges Trail Nearing Completion by Michelle Wyton Stair'Writer Avid hikers will soon be celebrating celebrating the opening opening of the Oak Ridges Trail in Clarington. In a presentation presentation to council on July 19, Roy Forrester, chair of the Clarington Chapter of the Oak Ridges Trail Association, said that one section of the trail is almost ready to go. "I'm asking today that the Municipality of Clarington give final approval of a portion of the planned trail -which would allow us to bring this section into use while planning planning out the remaining eastern sector, mainly through the Ganaraska Forest," said Forrester. The trail utilizes utilizes a number of unopened road allowances to run across the northern northern half of the Municipality. The Clarington section section joins up with the Scugog section section at Avery Road on the west and continues for about 32 k, to the Ganaraska Forest Centre in the east, where the Hope Township section of the trail begins. "This municipality municipality has set the stage for the process of bringing bringing the Oak Ridges Trail to fruition," Forrester told council. The municipality, municipality, which owns the road allowances, has given-its approval to use the allowances as long as certain conditions were met. One of those conditions was that Forrester notify residents whose property abuts the allowances of the project. About 130 letters were sent out to property property owners and Forrester told council the responses were positive, with the exception of two replies. Although Forrester has been unable to resolve the concerns concerns of the two property owners, he stressed that the allowance was "indeed public public property and already. being used by the public." public." The portion of the trail running through the Ganaraska Forest is still under consideration. consideration. The trail association will seek approval for that portion later in the year, so the trail can be completed completed across the whole of the municipality sometime in early 2000. Forrester also told council that he was in the process of setting up an agreement with the Central Lake Ontario. Conservation Authority to offer a looped trail in the northern portion portion of the Long S a u 1 t Conservation Area. When completed, completed, the Oak Ridges Trail will extend from the Niagara Escarpment near Caledon to the Trent River watershed, east of Peterborough. The Moraine passes through some of the most beautiful countryside countryside in southern Ontario, as well as some built-up areas. It will link 'with the Tans Canada Trail, the Bruce Trail and the Ganaraska Trail. Following a two-year hiatus, Bethesda House, is once again sponsoring a Concert in the Park on Sunday, Aug. 1 at Rotary Park, Bowmanvillc. The event will go from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the park located on Queen Street, at the foot of Temperance Street. Event organizer and founding committee member member Karen McLean is enthusiastic about thé response her committee has received in the planning planning stages of the all-day concert. "We're getting really excited about the Concert in the Park," McLean said. "Everything is falling into place." This year, as in previous years, there will be live entertainment including Bowmanville's own Deanna Knight 'and Eric Lambicr with Mirror Mirror. Other groups are Grace from Osliawa sporting a Sarah McLaughlin type of sound, Martin Barret and Nancy Douglas from Pickering with a cool contemporary pop sound. Other entertainment will include Bowmanville's own Theatre Dance Academy. The event will also feature craft tables for browsing and buying, balloon art by Scott Weeks, and other fun stuff. "The concert is to be a yearly fundraising event for Bethesda House," McLean stated. The organizing committee has been working hard since early this year, McLean added. "We've been organizing since .January and we have seven committee members and we have lots of volunteers for the day," she said. Local residents are being encouraged to attend the event which will cost $3 for adults, with seniors and students 5 to 15 paying $1.50 and preschoolers will be allowed in frcc-of-chargc. McLean also noted, there will be door prizes drawn hourly during the event, and a special events food trailer will also be set up. In the two previous years, the Concert in the Park raised a total of $5,000. This year, McLean would like to double that amount. For more information, or to book a table for your crafts, call 623-6045 ext. 61. JAMES R, YAMtH TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY DIANE E. COUTURE • ESTATE ADMINISTRATOR Personal and Business Bankruptcy Including all other Insolvency Services OSHAWA 122 Albert St. Z2I-Z506 AJAX 50 Commercial Ave. 619-1473 COBOURG 72 King St. W. 371-4744 OJ.P. SATURDAY AM) HI MM. 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As per the bylaws of the Board, the officers are elected annually at the first meeting meeting of the Board held after the annual general meeting. Adrian Foster of Foster Financial will be the Vice President. He will also serve as the secretary/treasurer for the board. Michael Patrick will continue to serve the benefits of the business community community as Past President on the Board of Directors. Patrick has been instrumental instrumental in laying the foundation for the Board of Trade. Outgoing directors also include Rick James of James Publishing and Valeric Gardiner of the Royal Bank. The Clarington Board of Trade is the voice of the Clarington business community on general issues and events that have an impact on them. The Board also provides a forum for the business community to develop programs, policies and opportunities that are intended to maintain and improve trade and commerce within the Municipality. Khouri's first mandate was to continue continue the crusade against Development Charges in the Municipality for industrial industrial and commercial development. "Any development charge is detrimental detrimental to new economic growth. The only way we can catch up to our neighbours neighbours to the west is to be proactive and have no development charges to lure new business and encourage expansion expansion of existing businesses," says Khouri. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT THE SPINAL COLUMN OPTIMAL SPINE = OPTIMAL HEALTH By the aye of two, approximately 66% of children have had at least one episode of ear infection. This common childhood complaint costs North America almost $2 billion per year. And even more disturbing, frequent earache may interfere with a child's language in speech development or cause permanent hearing loss. Antibiotic drugs are the medical treatment of choice for most cases of ear infections. But are these drugs safe and effective! Side effects of antibiotic include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and yeast infections. And, many scientists believe that long term antibiotic use forces drug resistant bacteria to evolve, increasing a child's chance of recurrent, serious ear infections. Not only can antibiotics be dangerous, but they may be ineffective in preventing ear infections. Some cases of ear infections are caused by sterile bactcria-frec effusion, which will not respond to antibiotics. One recent report looked at 158 patients, aged three months to six years. All participants experienced at least three episodes of acute ear .infections during the six months before the onset of the study. The children were divided into three treatment groups. One group took the antibiotic, amoxicillan, once per day. A second group took amoxicillan twice per day. Tire third group took a placebo pill. The study found no significant difference in recurrence of ear infections among the three groups. In other words, antibiotics didn't prevent ear infections. The study concluded that, "routine use of amoxicillan prophylaxis should be discouraged." (Pediatr Infect Dis J 1997; 16(41:376-81). When antibiotics fail to halt chronic ear infection, surgery to insert ear tubes is considered. However, research indicates that the surgery is often futile. (JAMA 1994; ! 271(161:1250-5). If medical treatment isn't the solution to this, familiar childhood affliction, what is! Doctors of chiropractic have uncovered tremendously successful methods that work to restore nerve flow and healing to the body. As a result, many parents are asking chiropractors to co-manage their children's ear infections and are choosing chiropractic as the first line of defense for preventing future episodes. The chiropractic approach to ending ear pain is multifaceted and based on the chiropractic philosophy of focusing on cause rather than symptoms. Chiropractors know your nervous system controls every cell of your body. If the nervous system can't communicate with the body then there's no way for the body to regulate and heal. Dysfunctional areas in the spine called subluxations interfere with nerve flow throughout the body. If subluxations arc affecting the upper part of the spine then the nerves that supply the ears will be affected. Chiropractic goes to the root of the problem by removing subluxations with chiropractic adjustments. Chiropractors take specialized courses on pediatric adjusting techniques and use extremely safe, gentle and low force adjusting methods for children. By correcting this dysfunction in the spine, proper nerve flow to the ear is restored and this allows the ear to function as it was meant to. With proper drainage through the eustachian tube, bacteria can't build up and cause infection. When the cars function properly future episodes of infections are avoided. Pediatric adjustments are not only safe, the experts agree that they are also effective in ending ear infections. Where's the proof! One study enrolled 46 children under the age of five with ear infections. A full 93% of patients recovered within ten days. (JMPT 1996; 19(3): 169-177). Another study looked to five children with chronic recurrent middle ear infections. The children had been under medical care for at least six months, but had failed to recover. All the children improved with visits to the chiropractor (] Clin Chir Ped 1996; 1(2):66). It's as simple as that, don't wait for another bout of infected ears, get your kids checked today! To leani more about chiropractic, health and tvellncss, Dr. Herron provides a health talk every Tuesday night at Herron Family Chiropractic, Boumumvillc. Seating is often limited so RSVP can be made by phoning (905) 623-5509. The .workshop runs Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Woman Charged Vt^ jjj JJ From page 1 Sr Hr iSiÉÉxié reported. 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