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BOWMAN VILLE LIBRARY 1.1.07 163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 Volume 69, Number 36 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday September 20,2006 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Hamre bows out of Mayor's rate A week after filing- her nomination papers to run. in this fall's election, former Clarington May or D i a n e "Hamre is pulling out of the race. Hamre who served served Clar- Diane Hamre withdraws in ton ag from mayoralty race, ■ : ; --... Mayor from 1991 to 2000 stated in a news release , issued on, Tuesday, September 19th, , "The overwhelming message. I heard from the people was then fear that by my coming in as a 6th candidate the vote would be split, and that's something something that everyone I talked to is strongly opposed to." On Monday September 11, Harare announced her attemp- ted come-back to municipal politics after a six year retire- ment. At that time she stated, . "People want to be proud of where they live and they want change. I am committed to getting them both!" Not wanting to be a party to vote splitting, Hamre stated this week, "I hope by'withdrawing, by'withdrawing, there will be a clearer clearer mandate for whomever the voters select." Harare's withdrawal leaves five candidates for the Mayor's seat this November including incumbent John Mutton .who succeeded Hamre in the 2000 election when she retired, Mutton is currently facing two counts of assault, for which he will go on trial January 29, and 31, 2007. Also running for the Mayor's seat is current Regional Councillor for Ward 1 and 2; Jim Schell. Richard Ward of Kirby is making his second attempt at the Mayor's . seat, after an unsucessful HAMRE seepages Joan Tax's garden at her home on the Darlington/Clarke Townline won second place in the Clarington's 2006 Apple Blossom Award in Ward Three. results improve Orono Public School has made a marked improvement in their latest scores on the provincial standardized tests. In the results for the 2005/2006 school year, which were published by the Province last week, Orono had earned their best scores ever since the Province began publishing publishing results in 2003. "These results are exciting and rewarding," school princi- • pal Mrs. Pat Moffat told the Orono Times reporter on Tuesday morning. "Our students students are being sucessful and our practices are solid," she stated. The school ranked one out of ten Provincially, ill last summer's Fraser Institute report, which ranks all Ontario elementary scores using the EQAO test results. Board wide, Kawartha Pine Ridge (KPR) students have made progress in every subject subject area in the latest round of Provincial testing. For the 2005-06 results, KPR remains near the Provincial average in all testing areas. In Orono, grade three reading reading scores increased from 32 percent to 76 percent last year, above the Board average of 63 percent and the Provincial average of 62 per cent. Grade three writing was also at 76 percent, which is higher than the Board and the Provincial average. Grade three math results were up 24 percent from the previous year, and were just below the Board and Provincial averages. Kirby Centennial School realized marginal improve- Library seeks 10 yeai vision • If attendance at local public public meetings on local library service is any indication, The delivery of library service is not front and centre in the minds of local residents, if attendance at Monday's public meetings is any indication. indication. Residents'were invited to public meetings to give their views and help plan the future of the Clarington Public Library, over the .next ten years. The first public meeting,' which was held at the Clarke Branch on Monday afternoon, was attended by four residents and a number, of Library staff and Board Members, as was the meeting held at the Newcastle Branch that LIBRARY see page 4 ments in their scores, which for the most part have always been above Board and Provincial averages. Grade RESULTS see page 4 What's inside... 5t. Saviour's sign dedication see page 4