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bowmanville library 62 Temperance St- 1.1 -03 Bowmanville, OnL L1C 3A8 ^hlRAV 150 Volume 66, Number22 RONO Weekly Times Wednesday $1.00 GST Included June 5,2002 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newton ville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 - . fjÇWi.is bit;;. ^ ~~Wiwii-i Pgp:; tir- } Lfcjj r t , r < pPl|ijF* r1 ; / v l! r,, ^ i ,. , I'" ,t* * "•! ' "t! u ,, , » ' : : „ j ,rii, ", !§ " „ lr*, at the Orono Crown Lands. The Orono Crown Lands sausage at a cost of $3 per plate bers will be on hand to sell the Trust will be hosting a break- with coffee and juice will be $10 annual Trust Stewardships, fast this Saturday, June 8th, at served beginning at 7:30 a.m. which go towards maintaining the site, accessed through the followed by guided hikes and the 1,055 acre property which Ochonski Road gate. wagon rides. is in public hands. A breakfast of pancakes and Crown Lands Trust mem- Band festival ready to blast off Organizers for the Great Canadian Town Band Festival have been working overtime putting the final touches on this year's edition of the Festival. Friday night, June 14, the Military Tattoo will be one of the most spectacular events in Ontario this year, says organizer organizer Jeanne Burnside. Ticket sales to date are well ahead of last year which organ izers attribute to the high calibre calibre of talent lined up for this the 3rd annual Festival. World renowned trombone virtuoso Alain Trudel will be making several guest appearances appearances on Saturday and Sunday. Also appearing for the first time at the Festival is the 19 piece Orchestra - Spitfire who will be performing in the Big Band Saturday Night featuring Rural Constable looking for place to hang his hat dancing under the stars. Sunday's activities will begin with a community church service at the Orono Band Stand and will be followed followed by a number of concerts by community bands. Sunday's concerts will be free to the public. For more information and a full list of performers, visit www.townbandfestival.com There will be a new style of policing in Clarington come this fall. Clarington's police force is shifting its focus to a more community based service model. Through the new Police Office Patrol Plan, three more community police officers will be added to the police roster this fall. Newcastle has had a village constable for the past few years to address the high incidence of vandalism within that village. Constable Tom Martin's presence in that community community has reduced the incidence incidence of crime especially in the downtown core, and his work has met with much praise from business leaders in the village. Clarington's police inspector inspector Tom Cameron, in introducing introducing the new patrol plan to councillors Monday morning, stated that two additional village village constable positions will be established - one each in Bowmanville and Courtice. The village of Orono will likely be home to a new 'rural beat constable' this fall. This position evolved as a result of input from the residents of the Village of Orono over a lack of police presence in the village, stated Inspector Cameron to the Orono Times reporter following following Monday's meeting. "It's a version of the 'village constable' program extended to include a much larger area," stated Cameron, adding he was not aware of this type of officer officer anywhere else. The rural constable will service all of Clarington's villages villages and hamlets, but hopefully hopefully will find a place in Orono to hang his hat, said Cameron. "The Newcastle Community Hall Board kindly donates space in Newcastle for their village constable," said Cameron, adding that the Newcastle constable did however however prefer to work from his cruiser, which was equipped with a cell phone and computer. computer. Problem number one the rural constable will be addressing addressing is the high number of incidents incidents of 'break and enter' in the county. "There the function would be more preventative than investigative," stated Cameron. He talked about implementing some kind of rural 'Neighbourhood Watch' program. The rural constable will also have to deal with the issue of snow machines, ATV's and dirt bikes on private property and on public roads said Cameron. "We've got a real problem with them on Wilcox Road, at Mosport and the Pits area," stated Cameron. Apart from the Village Constable initiative, the force will also be introducing a 'high visibility' policy within the division to provide an increase in police presence in communities communities and contribute to positive positive public perceptions about safety, security and the police. Clarington's division of the Durham Regional Police force currently employs 55 officers which represents 7.5% of the total Durham Regional Police Force. In 2001 there were 15,924 calls for service made to the police station in Clarington, representing about 10% of the total number received by the Durham Region Police Force. About 46% of the Clarington calls came from the Courtice area, 34% from Bowmanville and about 20% from the Newcastle/Orono area. While the rural constable position addresses requests made by residents of Orono, there were actually too few calls for service from the village village to justify the expense of a full time officer, said Cameron. The new initiatives are part of the police force's three year plan to increase the quality of service they provide.