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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 62 Temperance St. 1.1.03 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 3A8 I Orono Town Hall Volume 66, Number 40 $1.00 GST Included Weekly Times Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Moonlighting wan of smoke Two hats is one too many according to the firefighters' union. Full-time firefighers who choose to volunteer for their local community fire departments departments are referred to in the industry as 'two-hatters', a practice their union is attempting to ban/ The con firefighters who since they work shifts at their full time job, are available during the day, When the majority of volunteer volunteer firefighters are at their day job, said one local firefighter. firefighter. The fear is that there will come a time when the station station in Orono will not have enough volun- uan. mV WH- ,« > teers available stitution of the forced to auit their during the day | to respond to states that as a member of the union, firefighters firefighters may not be teen'- elsewhere. The Times spoke with a number of Clarington firefighters, firefighters, part-time and fulltime; fulltime; who all wished to remain nameless and agreed that firefighting in Clarington would suffer due to the loss of the full time firefighters who serve on the local brigades. Of Clarington's five fire stations, only Bowmanville and Courtice are staffed with full time firefighters. The Enniskillen, Newcastle and Orono stations are staffed by people who volunteer to make themselves available when needed. Bowmanville and Courtice stations will call in part-timers for backup when they get a major call. With the two-hatter issue Clarington will lose 19 firefighters firefighters who have full time jobs elsewhere and respond on a volunteer basis in their local communities. Their union has given these firefighters till the end of this year to resign from their part time jobs at other stations or lose their full time job. To date all but three have submitted resignations with the majority being effective December 31, 2002. The Orono station with a full complement of 25 firefighters firefighters will lose five very experienced volunteers by the end of the year. These are the calls; The minimum minimum staff- requirement, 20% of responding to a / V-'\ , vt ; \A : -X'fv 'V Vî 11 > >■ y< > ' firp f*Q 11 !q ftvp 111v Ud.ll 15 11 Vv m i -, -, < ( W> sû . M • ' v. j ,•< • i * !• and three on the tanker. Clarington's General Purpose and Administration Committee approved a $71,000 expenditure at their Monday meeting to cover the cost of training and outfitting 29 new volunteer firefighters. "Anytime we lose people who've got several years of experience, and replace them with new inexperienced people, people, it's a loss to the Department," stated Clarington's Fire Chief, Mike Creighton in a phone interview interview Monday. The resignation resignation of firefighters forced to quit their part-time jobs represents represents 20% of Clarington's force. The no two-hatter rule has been in the International Firefighters Association constitution constitution for a long time said Chief Creighton, "and it rears it's head from time to time." When the numbers of full timers working part time elsewhere elsewhere gets too high, they try and correct the situation, he said. "We are trying to separate the full time force from the part time force," said Grant Bradley, President of theClarington Firefighters' Association Local 3139. Though he said he was not Continued page 3 Kendal United Church's 132 nd Anniversary Service Sunday featured the baptism of triplets, left to right Kevin, Julie and Daniel Milburn. The babies are held by their father Christopher Milburn, Rev. Frank Lockhart and mother Nicole Milburn (nee Falls) Firefighters go door-to-door While the Clarington East Food Bank is not in a crisis situation, Charles Grey admits the shelves are rather bare. Grey, Chair of the Board for the food bank says they did quite well with good food drives from the IGA and the Pines Senior Public School for Thanksgiving, "but all of a sudden it's gone," he stated. Local Orono residents will be given the added opportunity opportunity to help fill the shelves at the food bank through the Orono Fire Fighters' Association food drive this weekend. "It's the staples we need," said Grey. "Things like peanut butter, butter, rice, soups. We're getting to the time where people who don't have a lot to cat like a bowl of soup to warm them up." People also often need things like soap and shampoo, savs Grey. They are not essentials, but they help out a lot. We never get into a crisis situation out here, says Grey, unlike the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto. "Whenever we run into trouble," says Grey, "we call the churches." Public Information Session for 'terms of reference 5 on Highway 407 east The Ministry of Transportation, in partnership with Ontario SuperBuild Corporation and in consultation consultation with municipalities, is hosting public meetings on the terms of reference for the Highway 407 East Completion Environmental Assessment. The first series of Public Information Sessions takes place this month. The Clarington meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 30 at the Solina Community Hall, 1964 Darlington Concession 6. The Centre will be open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Presentation at 6:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to seek further information and have your say. More sessions will take place as the EA process continues.