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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, FEBRUARY 7,2001 PAGE 5 Clarington capital budget Students On lee gives youths unveiled Feb. 16 hands-on experience and adventure CLARINGTON from peine I on road «instruction and maintenance vehicles will cost the municipality about $500,000 a year, says Ms. Mara- no. Over the past four to five years the municipality has already absorbed about $1.5 million in costs related to capital road projects previously funded by the Province, she says. Mayor Mutton says lie's concerned about a recent move by the Province to increase the borrowing power of municipalities. municipalities. "I believe they're expecting us to pay education taxes before they're collected collected (with borrowed money)," he says, noting that would mean taxpayers paying the interest costs. "Why should we be playing banker for anybody?" he asks. Claringlon's capital budget will be presented on Feb. 16, says Ms. Mara- no; early enough for the municipality to take advantage of early tender prices. The current budget will come forward in the spring, she says. Taxes are higher here Last year Clarington residents (and their Durham neighbours) paid property taxes higher than those of their Toronto counterparts. Here's how we stack up to the city: • Clarington tax rate (including Regional Regional and education taxes): 1.53 Toronto tax rate (including education taxes): 1.21 • House value $150,000 Clarington property tax: $2,295 Toronto property tax: $1,815 • House value $200,000 Clarington property tax: $3,060 Toronto property tax: $2,420 STUDENTS from pone 1 of animal-life to humans also struck Ms. Pomeroy as funny. "For the humans, the penguins had no fear. It was almost as if we were hardly acknowledged," she says. "We were quite close to a huddle of elephant elephant seals and again, they could care less that we were there." The weather, says Justin, "wasn't that cold, pretty much like a Canadian winter." Because the Antarctic is in the southern hemisphere, the Austral summer summer was under way when the Canadian Canadian contingent arrived. The group experienced experienced only one blizzard, "which happened happened to be the day when we took our Antarctic dip," says Justin. The swim isn't something the Orono teen will ever forget. "You could feel your body numb right away." During the trip, students and leaders leaders used a fleet of Zodiac boats to make landings along the coast of the continent, hearing seminars and lectures, lectures, and conducting hands-on research. research. They also participated in a student forum, looking at political, environmental environmental and ocean management issues facing the area. "The journey was a great success," says Mr. Green, who will present results results of the student forum held on the trip at the 2001 Antarctic Treaty Meetings Meetings set for St. Petersburg, Russia. Justin says the only problem with the trip was the seasickness, especially as the ship crossed Drake Passage en route to the Antarctic. The trip across the passage took two days, during which Justin says he mainly "hid in my cabin, lying down." But lie says it led to additional camaraderie among participants in the expedition. "One person said, 'what better way to get to know people than to throw up with them around a ship' -- I bet you haven't even done that with your family," family," notes the local student. Justin says he's still trying to sort through all he learned and experienced on the trip. But the student, who hopes to study outdoor recreation and biology biology at Lakehead University, says he's now more certain than ever about his career path, especially given the work he did with a biologist on the expedition. expedition. "It sort of firmed up my career goals, and opened my eyes to other programs that I could take," he says. Awards for Statesman and its Oshawa sister paper AWARDS from pane 1 ments before the truck was struck by the westbound freight train, just west of Blue Circle Cement and east of the Darlington nuclear plant. The freight train, with several several tankers carrying a form of butane gas, carried the tractor and trailer west along the tracks for about a half-kilometre until it was then sideswiped by an eastbound VIA passenger train carrying 101 passengers passengers and six crew members. Dazed passengers were taken from the scene but happily no one was seriously injured. Reporters Stephen Shaw and Susan O'Neill responded to the scene along with Chief Photographer Photographer Walter Passarella and photographer photographer Andrew lwanowski. Reporter Reporter Cindy Upshall made her way to Oshawa's VIA station where she did exclusive interviews with passengers passengers of the derailed train who were being rerouted through the Oshawa station. Brad Kelly, sports editor at The Canadian Statesman, made his way to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital where the medical medical team was in 'Code Orange' - prepared for the worst. Managing editors Steve Houston and Chris Bovie directed coverage from the office. , Within four hours the newspaper had been remade with thorough coverage of the wreck and by .morning the news was being delivered delivered to homes and businesses across Durham Region thanks to the team at This Week. Second place for 'Best Editorial Page Cartoon' went to This Week cartoonist Tim Dolighan for his Aug. 18, 2000 cartoon commenting on Prime Minister Chretien's 'pie- •in-the-face' incident. This is another in a string of awards for Mr. Dolighan, a local high school teacher, whose cartoons cartoons can be seen in all editions of . This Week and many other Metroland newspapers, including The Canadian Statesman. He is also a frequent contributor to the Toronto Toronto Sun. 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