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tyt ûnabian Statesman Election/7 Trim says 407 expansion critical j Sports/13 Bodybuilder proves bigger is better CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 Council likes the plan, residents hate it Development proposal will cause traffic trouble and ruin greenspace they say BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - A group of residents in a south Bowmanville neighbourhood say theyYe opposed to a proposed proposed subdivision they say will cause traffic problems and ruin a greenspace. But, Clarington council says the latest proposal for the area south of Goodyear and north of Bowmanville Creek is actually an improvement, since it's a smaller version of what was already approved years ago. Four residents of the area approached council last week, asking for reconsideration of the latest version of the proposal, proposal, which would see 114 units built. Originally, the plan had called for 154 units. "It's a very beautiful area. I'd hate to see it ruined with houses," says longtime Duke Street resident Bob Turner, who says the area "is like a See APPROVAL page 8 INDEX Editorial Page 6 Classified . .9 Sports 13 GIVE US A CALL General 905-579-4400 Distribution 905-579-4407 General FAX 905-579-2238 Newsroom FAX 905-579-1809 durhamvegion .com •SERVICE • PARTS •NEWS USED SALES & LEASING il EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS MON., TUES., THURS., FRI. 11 7:30 - 6:00 WED.- 7:30-9:00 . jj SAT.-9:00-1:00 ACCREDITED TEST ! & REPAIR FACILITY f ♦An offidul murk nf the hm I hit uV Oulurlu list'll uiuli-r licence. Whitby - Oshawa 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E. WHITBY , LOCAL 0115) 666-1772 www.honda1.com Lakeridge Health Corporation grapples with $27.7-million deficit Hospital looking for ways to save BY CARLY FOSTER Staff Writer DURHAM - Facing "critical" "critical" challenges like funding shortages, a $27.7-million deficit this coming year and increased increased costs, ' Lakeridge Health Corporation is undergo ing a massive planning process to save cash. "We're living hand-to- mouth," said Brian Lemon, Lakeridge's chief executive officer. officer. "When tire cheque comes from the government, it's already already spent." Lakeridge, with hospitals in Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Uxbridge and Port Perry, is struggling like every health centre in Canada, Mr. Lemon said. There are doctor and nurse shortages, increased costs of drugs, equipment, services services and wages, an aging population population and funding that has neither increased with inflation nor enough to meet demands.. "These are fairly significant challenges," Mr. Lemon said. "It's getting increasingly difficult difficult to find ways to stretch the dollars." While Lakeridge did manage manage to pass a balanced, $240 million operating budget for 2002/03 - the only 905-area hospital to do so - it only came after $13.5 million in savings. Those savings included $2.5 million in clinical service reductions reductions and 160 layoffs, early retirement packages and staff redeployment. Called 'Lakeridge Health Planning 2003: The need to plan for the future,' the plan asks all departments to join in the task of cutting $10.8 million million across the entire hospital system. That includes everyone everyone from nurses to maintenance maintenance to food to medical services. services. See LIBERAL page 4 Jenn Forest/ Statesman photo Run for the Cure close to $300,000 DURHAM - They came in droves to Run for the Cure $300,000 mark with more pledges yet to be collected by Sunday morning. And while some walked'and others participants. Durham Region runners were pait ot strolled, the 4th annual Durham run to help fight breast 160,000 participants of all ages in 39 communities cancer was a resounding success. More than 3,300 run- across Canada who raised a record amount ot money ners from across Durham Region filled Memorial Park for breast cancer research. With figures in from most of in Oshawa, raising a phenomenal $297,000 - so far - the run sites, the national total is expected to top $17 with organizers hoping the final amount hits the million. Oshawa trio charged in Bowmanville home invasion and attack Police suspect intruders were after 'payback' BOWMANVILLE- Three Oshawa men have been charged in connection with a home-invasion 'payback' beating beating in Bowmanville in Mardi. The 18-year-old victim was attacked by several intruders who burst into his Elgin Street home before midnight March 2 and also assaulted his girlfriend, girlfriend, Durham Regional Police Police said. The man, who ran out of the residence, was chased down by his assailants, beaten on the street and thrown through a glass window. Neighbours seared off the attackers, who took off in ears, and the victim was treated for minor injuries after the incident, incident, police said. "The indication was that this was payback for something something that had occurred previously," previously," said Sergeant Paul Malik, who didn't know what that original incident may have been. Three suspects identified during an eight-month investigation investigation by 16 Division detectives detectives were charged in recent days, the police spokesman said. He added the investigation is ongoing and more arrests are anticipated in coming days, Jcrretl Loft, 23, of Ritson Road South, Robert William Yeo, 20, of King Street West, and Matthew McCormack. 21, of Rideau Street, are jointly charged with hreak- and-enter with intent to commit commit an indictable offence, assault, assault, assault causing bodily harm and mischief under $5,000. New plan will make Clarington open to everyone Accessibility plan 'should have been done 20 years ago,' says chairman BY DANIELLE MILLEY Staff Writer Jane Rowe CLARINGTON - The Municipality's accessibility plan is long overdue, says David Kelly, chairman of Clarington's accessibility advisory advisory committee. "It should have been done 20 years ago because accessibility accessibility is a basic human right," says Mr. Kelly. The Bowmanville Bowmanville resident resident applied to be on the committee as soon as he learned of it. Although he has a disability disability that causes him to walk with a limp, he says Ire wanted to be a part of tire committee to make the community accessible to all residents. "If one person in a community community is not able to make full use of the community (then) shame on the community," community," Mr. Kelly says. "It just takes a broken ankle and one quickly realizes how difficult it is to get around." He presented the committee's committee's plan to council last week which showed Clarington has already taken steps to make buildings accessible to people with disabilities. These steps include the installation installation of barrier-free washrooms in several halls and at the Tourist Information Centre. "Pretty well all of the buildings are accessible except except for a few minor flaws due to engineering or architectural architectural details," Mr. Kelly explains. The accessibility commit- See TRANSPORTATION page 4 COWAN PONTIAC BUICK GMC 166 King St. E. 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