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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 1.1.07 163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 • -- 9 »-- »»»wr v> • 99 $1.00 GSF Included Wednesday April 19,2006 Orono Town Hall Sery/ng Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtotiville, Orôno, Starkvilte and tyrone since 1937 ~™ S' J : ÿÿvBs:[ Twins,, Kay Ley and Aleah Hartwell on a hunt for Easter eggs at the Newcastle Community Centre last week Saturday following their Sesqui Pancake Breakfast. - Canadian Cancer Society On June 23, the Canadian Cancer. Society Relay For Life takes place in Bowmanville at Clarington Central Secondaiy for its 1 st year. More than 500 people are expected to participate participate in the overnight fundraiser. fundraiser. "We hope to raise $50,000 this year," says Margaret t -- f|||| e :_jj -n: t e • • 'M i ' f Orono BIA Easter Egg Hunt ||S See ^gé..5 BWW J llfll Tweedle, Unit Chair. "While the money raised is important for cancer research and support support services, Relay For Life is also a great opportunity to get together to remember loved ones and celebrate our survivors/ 1 ' The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is a 12- houq overnight, non-competitive non-competitive event that involves teams whd take turns running or walking around a track. Cancer survivors in the community community are invited to walk the first lap--the Survivors' Victory Victory Lap. At dusk,, the Luminary Ceremony takes place, where candles are placed around the track and lit to honour those touched by cancer. "You don't have to look very far before finding someone someone who has been touched by cancer," says Margaret Tweedle. "Relay For Life is a way for the community to join together in the fight against cancer." The Canadian Cancer Society Relay. For Life raises funds to provide information and support services for people people living with cancer in Durham and for promising cancer research that will benefit benefit all Canadians. "We appreciate the support of our generous donors, volunteers volunteers and supporters," adds Tweedle. "We can't do it with- - out you." The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life will take place in over 81 communities communities across Ontario this year. For more information, visit www.cancer.ca or call 1-888 939-3333. The Canadian Cancer Society is a national community-based community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is to eradicate cancer and to enhance the quality of life of •people living with cancer. When you want to know more about cancer, visit our website www.cancer.ca or call our toll-free, bilingual Cancer Information Service at 1.-888 939-3333. Clarington to make a clean sweep Clarington will be cleaning up this part of the world next week. "Pitch-In Day" activities in Clarington will take place on Saturday, April 29th. Pitch-In Week in Clarington begins on the 24th of April, but if people want to get together some time later, the Operations Department is open to that, according to the Department's head, Mr. Fred Horvath. The Municipalities Operation Operation Clean Sweep will take place on Concession Road 3, east of Liberty Street, the Bowmanville Valley and Green Park. If groups, neighbourhoods, streets, or whatever, want to get together and -clean up another area, we'll provide the ' garbage bags arid pick-up," Horvath said in a phone interview interview with the Times Tuesday afternoon. Clarington's Operations Department staff hope to raise awareness of littering through participation in this campaign. Staff continue to struggle with the amount of materials that are dumped along roadsides and unopened road allowanced. allowanced. Most of these materials are dumped to avoid paying disposal fees, or the time and effort required for proper disposal. disposal. Dumped wastes most often include abandoned vehicles and parts, furniture, yard waste, household waste and construction waste. "A lot of what we're finding finding in ditches is stuff that's blown out of blue boxes," said Horvath. "People are getting the message to put their stuff into the blue boxes," Horvath states, now they have to keep them from blowing out. He suggests stacking blue boxes when they are out on pick-up days, with the heavier one on top. The Region of Durham - the level of government responsible for waste in this municipality, receive reports of five to seven illegal dumps per month. This calculates to an average cost of $3,500 and $5,000 a month for equipment and labour. - Illegal dumping occurs mostly at night or in the early morning with the preferred sites being ones that are usually usually accessible by vehicle and poorly lit. Staff have found in the past that Pitch-In provides an excellent locally based program program that encourages community community involvement, promotes volunteerism instilling community community pride. Initiatives included in this year's local Pitch-In campaign include: removal of advertising PITCH-IN see page 4 Garbage disposed of along an unopened road allowance off Concession Road 6. ' * ■ > k 1 * ' • » ' ' \ \ *• V I i * v » '■ ^ry;: ;> v,"' • ;.t V T. i' 1 v.. t..fi .* ■