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Orono Town Hall RONO BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 1.1.07 163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 Volume 69, Number 18 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday May 3, 2006 Newtohville. »V * ■ - 'ÏV.- jv ' ...V /•: ■ \ 'l A- ■ • ■ Wv -j Mr. Arbor Berardome of Toronto, landed this rainbow trout in the Wilmot Creek on Saturday, opening day of fishing season. i ■ l Clarington Council turned down a request from the Orono Grown Lands Trust (OCLT) for a $5,000 grant. Councillor Gord Robinson presented a resolution at Monday night's council meeting meeting asking for a $5,000 grant for the OCLT for the purchase of a chipper. The OCLT deems it necessary necessary to purchase a chipper to assist with the control of dog strangling vine on the former forestry property, according to Robinson's resolution. As the OCLT does not meet the Municipal Grant criteria, criteria, in that the lands are provincially owned, Robinson asked in his resolution that the grant criteria be waived in this ' instance. Mayor John Mutton said he : would support Robinson's motion because if it weren't for the Crown,,Lands Trust;, that property wouldn't be as pristine as it is," and because not all the grant money had been spent this year. Through The municipal Mis is still a provincial matter and the Ministry of Natural Resources is responsible for this property" -- Jim Schell Clarington Councillor grant process, the municipality municipality provides $ 1 per capital, ($80,000 this year) to local volunteer organizations on a request basis. The municipality municipality has set some guidelines to the grant process over the years, one of them capping the grants at $5,000, and the other disqualifying areas where the provincial or federal government government is responsible through . ownership of property or through school board budgets. There was approximately $17,000 left in the Municipal Grant fund this year, after council approved submitted requests on February 27, 2006. Councillor Schell stood up and said he could not support the grant request. "This is still a provincial matter and the Ministry of Natural Resources is responsible for this property," property," stated Schell. He urged council not to go down the road of voluntarily accepting provincial downloading. "There is something wrong with going to our taxpayers and voluntarily asking them to FUNDING see page 3 Town Jim Abernethy's election lion of the Act," Creamer told campaign at the Kinsmen's, an Orono Times reporter on Club Home Show was sidelined sidelined by munici pal policy. At 6:30 Saturday Saturday evening, April 22nd, Clar- ington's By-law Officer, Mr. Len Creamer, told Mayoralty candidate, candidate, Jim Aber- nethy, to cease and desist. While nowhere in his booth did it say that Jim Aber- nethy was running running for Mayor, Creamer received a complaint complaint about the booth late Saturday Saturday afternoon. He attended the Abemethy had Jim Abernethy, Clarington Home Show and rented a booth Mayoralty Candidate told Abemethy to from the Kins- remove the water men Club at the Home Show bottles with the "Join the Jim held at the Garnet Rickard Abemethy Team" label and Recreation Complex in not distribute them for the Bowmanville, on the weekend remainder of the Home Show, of Aprif21,22 and 23. Abemethy was also told to From his booth, Abemethy. remove the "Democracy is was handing out bottled water, needed in - Council" and "Take with a label affixed to the bot- Part and Get Involved" sheets, tie which stated, "Join the Jim and any other election related Abemethy Team!" and includ- materials for the remainder of ed his e-mail address and the Show, phone number. He also had Abemethy complied with two sign-up sheets available, the Order. Failure to do so one asking people if they could have led to a request to wanted to get involved in his leave the premises, and failing campaign, the other asking for that, charges could have been ideas of what change is need- laid pursuant to the Act, ed, or problems encountered according to Creamer, in dealing with council. Creamer says when he first The Kinsmen were made attended the Home Show late aware of the policy dealing Friday afternoon, Abernethy's with political activity in booth was in compliance with municipal buildings, on the policy, as the sign-up Wednesday, April 19, when sheets were not out, and the Municipal Clerk Ms. Patti 'Abemethy' stickers were not Barrie contacted them and sent them a copy of the policy. Mr. Randy Cruickshank, Chair of the Kinsmen's Home Show Committee, told the Orono Times that he was told by Ms. Barrie at the time, that Abemethy could not hand out any flyers or hang up a sign stating that he was running for Mayor. According to Creamer, Abernethy's violation of the policy banning political activity activity in municipally owned and operated buildings, also put him in violation of the Trespass to Property Act. "The Trespass to Property Act allows owners to set up activities they will permit on their property. When you go into the realm of things they don't allow, you are in viola- on the water bottles. Abernethy Abernethy disputes that claim, stating stating his booth was set up by ABERNETHY see page 3 • •• House fire in Newcastle See Page 5