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Clarington Museum 1.1.05 and Archives 62 Temperance St. Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A8 GST Included Wednesday July 21, 2004 jig gilHlI _ ' ' " Orono Town Hall Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard. Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville arvd Tyrone since 1937 Regional chair issue Cameron Lowery (L) and Katlyn Polley (R) portraying King William III, Prince of Orange and his wife Queen Mary, circa 1690 in Orono's Orange Parade Saturday afternoon. Fatal weekend collision Durham Region has put their governance governance issues behind them for now. Clarington councillor Jim Schell made a motion at the last meeting of the Durham Region council, on July 7th, to refer the matter of how the region elects it's chair to the next strategic planning session. That session is scheduled for the spring of 2005. : Following the meeting, Councillor Schell told the Orono Times, he felt it was time Regional Council put this issue behind them and moved on to more important matters. This latest round of debate on how the Region elects its chair was instigated by Mayor John Mutton at the March 26th Regional Council meeting. At that meeting meeting Mutton put forth a resolution calling for future Regional Chairs to be elected at large by the electorate, rather than the current current practice of having the 28 Regional councillors elect their leader. At the March 26th Regional Council meeting it was decided the motion be tabled for six weeks to allow local area municipalities the opportunity to comment comment before the matter was dealt with. Four of the eight municipalities, Scugog, Brock, Uxbridge and Whitby expressed they were not in favour of electing electing the next regional chair at large. Clarington council voted unanimously at their April 26th council meeting to support support the resolution to elect future Regional Chairs at large. A triple majority is required before the Region could change the current system. The triple majority would mean the sup : port of over half of the regional councillors, councillors, over half the lower tier municipalities, municipalities, and over half of the Region s REGION see page 5 Cindy Piney, of Highway 2 Courtice, succumbed to her injuries Tuesday night after her motorcycle was involved in a head on collision Sunday evening with a passenger vehicle on Highway 2, near Newcastle. At approximately 6:25 p.m. on Sunday, July 18, 2004, Durham Regional Police were notified of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 2 near the Highway 35/115 overpass. The collision involved a westbound 2002 black Chevrolet Cavalier, driven by a 20-year-old Bowmanville woman and a 1998 red Harley Davidson motorcycle, operated operated by a 44-year-old Cindy Piney Piney was transported by ambulance ambulance to Lakeridge Health Bowmanville, however, she did not survive her injuries. An autopsy revealed the cause ol death as consistent consistent with trauma suffered from a head on collision. The investigation is continuing. continuing. Collision investigators from the Traffic Services Branch attended the scene and traffic was rerouted for several hours while evidence - was gathered. Anyone with information about this collision is asked to contact the DRPS Collision Investigations Unit, PC Bcrentschot at (905) 579-1520 ext. 5227 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. What's Inside Loyal Orange Parade seepage 7 The Orono Weekly Times is closed for holidays the weeks of July 28 and August 4. Publication will resume August 11, 2004.