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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 1.1.07 163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 Volume 69, Number 29 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday July 19, 2006 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone Candidates line up for Regional seat Two new candidates are has what it takes to be vying for Charlie Trim's Regional Councillor for Ward Regional seat in November's 3 and 4. election. Both Orono residents, residents, John Buddo filed his ; nomination papers on June 28th and Linda Gasser filed hers last Friday, July 13th. With strong economic growth in Clarington and a new r slate of councillors, Buddo 'says he feels optimistic that the current debt load can abe reduced and reserves rebuilt, Buddo says he is John Buddo of Orono without overburdening motivated to correct =- taxpayers. the excessive spending at town hall that has resulted in large property tax incrbased. He is also concerned about what, her calls, "Clarington's mushrooming debt," In 2003 Buddo was voted "Business Person Person of the Year," by the Linda Gasser, with her farming and banking background, background, .has been active in local and regional political affairs for over a decade. Her focus has been on encouraging local and regional . councils to develop Clarington Board of UndaGlsse[0(Or(1Ilo and implement sus- Trade, for which he ---- tamable land use plans. was a director. He has also Gasser's lobbying efforts, served the community as pres- ; 7 were instrumental in the cre- ident of Big Brothers and Big ation of Clarington's Animal Sisters of Clarington, ' and Advisory Committee, and the Chair of the Orono Medical, . Highway 407 Community Foundation. Advisory Committee. Gasser "Clarington Council and was also on the steering com- the Durham Region Council mittee that resulted in the for- necd to be upgraded with mation of the Durham capable councillors with . Region's Environmental Ad- greater accountability and visory Committee, strong financial back- According to her press grounds," Buddo states in his release, issued on Friday, news release. As a former . Gasser will not be accepting banker with many years of corporate. campaign contribu- commercial real estate broker tions, to "avoid, conflicts or a experience, Buddo feels he CANDIDATES see page 4 Arran Golias (L) and Brandon Fitze catching spiders in the creek at Orono Park Tuesday morning. «ïtf* é-âV Bi-plane crash lands north of Orono Two Toronto area men moments after taking off north responded to a call advising escaped serious injury after of Orono, Sunday morning. . that a small aircraft had their vintage plane crash land- At approximately 10:30 crashed into a wheat field on 'ed in a wheat field just a.m. emergency personnel the north side of Concession Road 7. Witnesses reported that they saw the plane crash land in the field and flip over. A 1942 Tiger Moth airplane airplane 2-seater bi-plane had just taken off from the private airstrip, Hawkfield heading north. Shortly after taking off, the pilot experienced engine trouble and attempted an emergency landing in the wheat field. It's believed that the wings became entangled in the wheat and caused it to flip upside down. According to eye witness, Mr. Terry Carr, who lives beside-the air strip, "The plane landed oddly, and when it went to take off again, it had no power." CRASH see page 4 Robbery attempt at Orono CIRC In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 16, two individuals entered the Orono branch of the CIBC. These individuals were unsuccessful in their attempt attempt to break into the automatic automatic teller machine vault and left the building. Nothing was taken from the bank. The police are asking asking anyone who saw something something suspicious around the bank Sunday morning, to give them a call at 905-579- 1520, ext. 1687.