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Orono Town Hall bowmanville library o5 163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday January 19, 2005 ewcastle, Ne , Sta ■■ ""iW'^fhr 1 iktoOti, i ■ ■ . ill |i|UaàÜliiiii„:lj|! rjj,V: . , Jj; .. j * ; .V i^r'rafjiîâ'y. /■■■?" ... iii'jij SpiMi lljpl;:. : illi ill i 1 1 l| J' 1 j t ~' 1 ( ^ "* ' , m; ' 1 1 ' 1 t 1 r J , ' <" Clarington appoints new fire chief The Municipality of November 1998 he became Clarington has appointed the Deputy Fire Chief. Gord Weir as their new During his time with the Director of Emergency and Clarington Fire Department -i-i* n • Wit* Î r \\rc\ c HÎ- . " i! Fire Services. Weir had been serving as Acting Director since the retirement retirement of former Director Mike Creighton on August 3,2004. Weir took up his new post on January 1st. Weir joined the Fire Department Department as a part time firefighter in June of 1982. He was hired as Director of Emergency and Fire Services, Gord Weir. Weir was directly directly responsible responsible for getting defibrillators on pumper trucks and was the driving force behind the part- nerships formed with business leaders leaders who worked to raise funds for this project. Gord and his wife Sandra, along with their two children, HC VYdo nil vu cio y a full time firefighter in 1988 Robert and Ashley live in and was promoted to the level Bowmanville. of Fire Captain in 1994. In Port of Newcastle resident objects to disappearing Mayor gives New Year's address I .. I J mil- Innf x/not* O O \ 1 I Mayor John Mutton summed up this coming year • r* 1 _ !it. « 6 Construction is underway for the Courtice Fire Station and in a few words in the 'State of Community Policing Centre the Municipality' address he gave Monday night. Those few words were "more recreation wave, more bricks and mortar, more transportation transportation infrastructure, water front reclamation and jobs, jobs, jobs." The address, customarily given by the Mayor at the first council meeting of the new year was a summary of what he called, "some of the great things to happen in 2005." Entering the fifth year of the recreation wave, the Mayor listed some of the projects projects under the Community Services Division. The official opening this Saturday ol the Indoor Soccer? Lacrosse Bowl topped the Mayor's list. Municipality of Clarington Mayor John Mutton Recreational programs reached an all time high in 2004 and the Clarington Sports Hail of Fame dinner sold out last year as well Under the Engineering Services he listed a number of improvements to be made to the road systems, bridges, community community and waterfront park. The Planning Services division division are the unsung heroes of economic development in Clarington, according the the Mayor. The Planning Services Department are going to continue continue the commercial development development which began in 2004 with four plazas in Newcastle, Courtice and two in Bowmanville. "Residential growth will continue in Clarington as builders arc providing a wide array of housing from executive executive homes to new condominium condominium developments," stated the Mayor. MAYOR see page 3 golf course A Port of Newcastle resident resident appeared before council again this week in an attempt to salvage a nine hole golf course. Maxine I-Ioos of Carveth Cresent spoke at a public meeting last week, objecting to a development at the Port of Newcastle to be built on land previously identified by the Kaitlin Group as a nine hole executive golf course. "1 don't think it is fair for the municipality to let these builders come in and spin any stoiy they want to get people to buy, and not be accountable for what they say," Moos told councillors at Monday evening's council meeting. Moos said she and everyone everyone else in the development paid a premium for their homes based on the additional amenities promised them by the developer such as the go 11 course and a club house. 1 loos took exception to the Mayor's comments last week that residents hire a lawyer and take legal action against the developer. "We would never have the lawyers and money at our disposal that Kaitlin has," said Hoos this week. RESIDENTS see page 3 feee Local girl receives nomination for Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year See page 4