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Daylight Savings Saturday Night "FALL BACK!" BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY p163 Church Street 1.1.06 i Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 GST Included Wednesday October 26,2005 lwwa -• l:I Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle. Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 7937 " 'i-'i J / « ^ ! " Memorial Park Council approves library site Clarington council, on Memorial Park as their pre- Monday night, endorsed the ferred location for the prodecision prodecision made last week to . -posed new Newcastle Library agree in principle to build the Branch. The library now oper- new Newcastle Library at the ates out of rental space m the . . ^lorrn hr* h 1 nn X V: ' ' V: • V- ■■■' ; i. \ •. -v . X ? • ■ ■ Hn Memorial Park site. This despite despite a presentation presentation made by Mr. Valentine Lovekin, Chair of ' the - Newcastle Newcastle Business Improvement Association, asking council to build the new branch in ---- the downtown core. "I am pleased to have had the opportunity to make these remarks in this building which is an architectural gem in the downtown core of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, and the location of the " The should be protecting green space." --Valentine Lovekin Chair, Newcastle BIA plaza behind the Newcastle Community Centre. The Board recommended recommended the new community community centre site on Rudell Rd. as their second option, and the lands immediately immediately west of Harriet Conrad Spares her pumpkin for carving at Clarke Museum's 'Historic Pumpkin Bee' held last Saturday in Kirby. the CIBC as their third option. At the first public, meeting in Newcastle dealing with the new library building on June 6th of this year, the park was not the favoured location, vme ana me luuauun vi mv according to Lovekin. Rest- Bowmanville library." stated dents value the park and green Lovekin at Monday's council space in the village of Ontario Government honours local volunteers -x- frv a omiin vest un to 20 awards are giv< Four hundred Durham Region residents will be recognized recognized for volunteerism by the Province this week in two separate ceremonies. The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration issue the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards to volunteers who contribute consecutive years of services to a group within Ontario. Adults are recognized for five, 10,15,20,25,30,40 and 50 or more years of continuous continuous service. According to the Ministry, all Ontarians benefit from the millions of volunteers who year up to 20 awards are given ; to a select group of individuals, individuals, organizations and businesses businesses that have made superlative contributions to their communities, and the province, through voluntary actions. Recipients of the Volunteer meeting, "Keeping the Bowmanville Bowmanville library in. the down town core has been a valuable precedent to us in Newcastle, he stated. Lovekin said he was expressing his personal views and that of the Urban Planning Committee of the BIA, and the BIA itself. The Newcastle Library Board have put forward Newcastle, he told councillors. councillors. Of the three proposed sites on the short list, the BIA's preferred site is the lands next to the CIBC. "Though I do not represent the owner [Ed Vanhaverbeek]," stated Lovekin, "I do know he is willing to sell the property for use of the library." LIBRARY see page 5 ! i ....... •.««ry.gss Mayor and Schell off to China 1 fn eh rvVX/n A <2P millions U1 VUiumvvio VT..X, - ---- r help make our communities Service Awards are presented safe, caring and prosperous. with stylized trillium pins^and By submitting a nomination, individuals and organizations can help ensure that Ontario's volunteers receive the recognition recognition they deserve. In addition to the Volunteer Service Awards, the Province also issues Outstanding Achievement Awards tor Voluntarism in Ontario. Jim Richards of Orono was nominated nominated by the Friends of the Second Marsh for this prestigious prestigious award, which he will receive on Wednesday night. The Outstanding Achievement Achievement Award recognizes extraordinary leadership, innovation innovation and creativity. Each personalized certificates at the awards ceremony. Awards Ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, October 26, at Tosca Banquet Hall at 800 Champlain Avc. in Oshawa. Thursday night's ceremony takes places at the General Sikorski Polish Veterans Association Hall, 1551 Stevenson Rd. N., Oshawa. Thirteen individuals will receive Volunteer Service Awards for 50 years of service with one organization and 16 will receive Volunteer Service Awards for 40 years of service with one organization. LOCAL VOLUNTEERS sh ptg# 4 Council approved a resolution resolution at Monday nights Council meeting to fund Mayor John Mutton's and Councillor Jim Schell's upcoming trip to China. Expenses pertaining to the trip will be funded from the Industrial/Economic Development Development Reserve Fund. No dollar amount was included in the resolution, and according to the Municipal Treasurer, no budget has been set for this trip. Mayor John Mutton and Councillor Jim Schell will be in China from November 5th to the 12th. Part of their trip will coincide with the Premier Dalton McGuinty's trade and investment mission. The Premier and the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, the Honourable Joseph Cordiano, have spearheaded an initiative to showcase Ontario's manufacturers and service providers, and the province's investment potential potential to the Chinese people. The Clarington delegation also plan to go to Qinshan, located 125 kilometers south of Shanghai, where Atomic Energy Canada Limited have delivered two CAN DU 6 units. The resolution unanimously unanimously approved by council at Monday's meeting stated, "Whereas Council considers it advantageous to send a delegation delegation to China in conjunction with the Office of the Premier of Ontario to support and promote promote Atomic Energy Canada Limited and the future possibility possibility of an advanced CAN DU reactor in Clarington."