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J Clarington Communities/A? A doggone great show Sports/B1 Gaels eliminated from playoffs durhamregion.com ♦ Pressrun 24,150 ♦ Founded 1854 ♦ JULY 12, 2006 ♦ 52 Pages ♦ Optional 3 Week Delivery $6/$1 Newsstand Durham switches positions on new Council now supports building for recyclables in Whitby BY ERIN HATFIELD Staff Writer , DURHAM - Reversing Reversing an earlier decision, Durham on Wednesday Wednesday voted to go forward forward with a proposed $15-million material recovery facility. "There are two or three very good reasons reasons to follow the (staff) recommendation," recommendation," Ajax Mayor Steve Parish said at the July 5 meeting of Durham Durham council. "We need this facility." . The facility is required to handle handle Durham's recyclables, which are expected to increase by 20 per cent with the implementation ■ of the green bin program. Steve Parish dering process in June, council approval, questions were raised about the winning bid for the • design, build and operation. of . a new Durham Region material recovery facility and the tendering-process. tendering-process. "It was apparent to me three weeks ago that by not following following the recommendation we were exposing ourselves to major liabilities," liabilities," Mayor Parish said. "It is the right thing to do." The request for proposals for the ; facility, to be located on Garrard Road in Whitby, went out two years ago and closed in fall 2005. There were three bids submitted. However the bids by ; Waste Management of Canada Corp. and Miller Group were reported to have failed the technical portion. The third bid, which staff recommended recommended council accept, was from Metro Municipal Recycling. , The staff recommendation was But at the final stage of the ten- See VOTE, page A10 Police lay charges against suspected Bowmanvi lie flasher Children, .seniors approached BY JEFF MITCHELL Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE ~ An 18- year-old Bowmanville resident is facing several charges after police investigated several reports of a man exposing himself to children and seniors. An investigation was launched after an' incident in mid-June, in which two reports were received on the same day, said Sergeant Paul McCurbin. Durham police made an arrest Thursday after looking into a number of incidents incidents in which victims aged six to 70 were approached by the flasher over a six-month period. "We're very happy this was reported to parents, who in turn contacted us," Sgt. McCurbin' said. "We were able to lay several charges and the investigation led to other incidents." On June ,10 two 12-year-old girls cycling on a path near Bow- ' manville Creek north of Baseline Baseline Road heard someone calling out to them and turned to see a suspect with his pants around his ankles, police said. The girls went to a nearby store to seek help. About an hour later a man approached several youngsters playing in the woods near Bon- nycastle Drive in Bowmanville and pulled his pants down. The children fled and as they did the man reached out and touched one 10-year-old, Sgt. McCurbin said. The children reported the incident incident and police were called. Cops looked into a number of incidents and on Thursday arrested arrested Michael Ryan McLaughlin, 18, of Hetherington Drive in Bowmanville. He is charged with nine counts of indecent exposure and one count of assault. Police continue to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call 905-579-1520, extension 1687 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-8477. •SERVICE PARTS MON., WED., FRI. 7:30 am - 6:00 pm TUES. ATOURS. 7:30 am - 8:00 pm SAT. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ACCREDITED TEST A REPAIR FACILITY WHITBY OSHAWA Honda 300 THICKSON RD. S. WHITBY newscast wins American award 1-866 240-6192 irowna www.hondal .com Durham Daily News, Daytripper, durhamregion, com videos are the best DURHAM - Launched just two months ago, our Durham Daily News newscast and videos have been named 'Best Multi- Media Initiative' by the Suburban Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA). Durham Daily News is a weekday video newscast produced by the editorial staff of the Metroland Durham Region Media Group. Anchored by reporter Stclanie Swinson and updated every weekday by noon at durhamre- gion.com, the newscast features breaking news, sports and spe- For more on this story, view the July 12 webcast of Durtiam Daily News durhamrogion.odm cial features from across Durham Region. "Our award-winning team of reporters, photographers photographers and editors are proven leaders in the newspaper industry and they have used that skill to excel in the production of video and online news," says Edi- tor-in-Chicf Joanne Burghardt. "All of our print photographers photographers and reporters have embraced the ability to produce breaking news online, 24 hours a day seven days a week, and they have done an outstanding job in mastering video news production." production." In addition to daily production production of Durham Daily News, the group also produces the bi-week- ly "Daytripper" scries. Anchored by Whitby's own Chris Glover, a first-year broadcast student at Ryerson University, new edi- See JUDGES, page A8 John Mutton - : . Ron Pietroniro/Metroland Durham Region Media Group Visual Arts on display BOWMANVILLE -- Artists Madelaine Alter and Sharon Bulmer survey some of the pieces of art available at the Clarington Visual Arts Centre over the weekend. The Centre was hosting its inaugural Festival of Arts sale. IN BRIEF Mutton's case back in court next month CLARINGTON - A case involving assault charges against Clarington's : mayor will be back in court next month. The case was in Oshawa court Tues- . day morning, morning, though Mayor John Mutton was not in attendance, attendance, opting opting instead to be represented represented in the very brief appearance by an agent. Mayor Mutton was charged with two counts of assault in June. Durham Regional Police have refused to provide any information on the matter, citing concern concern for identifying alleged victims. Details of his initial court appearance cannot be released due to a publication ban. The matter will be back in court Tuesday, Aug. 8. Arbitrator decides on college deal DURHAM -- Months after college faculty returned from the picket lines, an arbitrator has released the four-year con- ■ tract they'll be working under. The agreement made by arbitrator William Kaplan provides provides faculty with a 15.3-per cent salary increase over four years, retroactive to 2005; no change to workload; the establishment establishment of pilot projects and a task force to study workload; no change to the 28-student-per- class maximum; and an extra hour of out-of-class assistance that both parties had previously agreed upon. An arbitrator was appointed after a three-week strike by Ontario college faculty staff, which began in March. "The Ontario Public Service Service Employees' Union ended its strike on the agreement that a third party would look independently at workload in the colleges as an issue of ■ quality," said Ted Montgomery, chairman of OPSEU's faculty ' bargaining team. "Management had consistently opposed any third-party study of workload." Through the decision, OPSEU gained a task force on workload, with an independent., chair to settle disputes, and competitive wage increases. Representing Ontario's colleges, the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario was also pleased by the arbitrator's decision. decision. 'The arbitrator's decision is consistent with the offer colleges colleges had made to faculty and it provides a good package for our faculty," said Dr. Rick Miner, chairman of the colleges' com- ' mittee of presidents. Colleges had been offering offering a 12.6-per cent salary increase. Dr. Miner said it is essential for governments to support college college education and training in the years ahead and even with new funding, Ontario colleges receive Ihe lowest per-capila investment 1 of the country's provinces.