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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 1.1.07 163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 $'J.VU GST Included Wednesday September 27,2006 Chili taster's delight Hot stuff in Orono... lookers don't disappoint Main street Orono was a sea of aromas Saturday as a record number of Chili cookers cookers competed in the 8th annual annual "Hot Stuff in Orono Chili Cook-off' •The 24 contestants contestants were required required to make their chili on the street, according to Health Départ- ment guidelines. While the chili was brewing, contestants and eager chili tasters were entertained by the Mike Pollard Pollard Band, and the a n a r a s k a Chili taster, rrii , n Bowmanville The team or. test to the days events. Prizes were awarded for apple and. pumpkin pies. The first place award in the apple pie category category went to Donna Morrison, with the second place going to Jane Ann Tillson, who also won first place with her pumpkin pie. The second place in the pumpkin pie contest went to Irene Matchett. A prize was also awarded for the best looking pie, which was won by Georg Krone with his apple pie entry. - Pies were auctioned off fol James Jack of chows down. judges selected Shelly Rivers' entry as the first place winner, and that of Paul Jones as the second place winner. The People's Choice went to the team of George Gauthier and Ian Mohammed, an award they have now won three years in a row. Second place in the "People's Choice" category went to Dana Sellers. ' Prize for the best booth went to Georg Krone with his chili pepper theme. For the first time, the Orono Business Improvement Association added a pie con- lowing the judging by master of ceremonies for the day,_ John Witheridge. Liz Fane of Orono purchased the prize winning apple pie for $3.6,. while the prize winning pumpkin pie went to Bev Oda who bid $70 for it. Proceeds from thé pie auction--$481, went to "Run for the Cure" cancer research charity. Over 300 people participated participated in the chili tasting, which by all accounts, according according to the BIA organizing committee made this event a very successful one. Jon Story of Orono holds up bis nephew Trevor as niece Adriana looks into the bubbling cauldron of hot chili.. Rural rezoning application Horses on a country property property have caused a rift among neighbours on Langstaff Road, north east of Kendal. What's inside... Ganaraska Clogger... see page 7 up county . Mr. James Tosswill and Emily Wilson have made an application to the Municipality Municipality to .reztine their 6.7 acre property at 7254 Langstaff Road from. Rural Cluster to an Agricultural zone to permit, the. keeping of horses on'their land. Tosswill currently has seven horses on his property, for summer grazing, though it is not permitted under Rural Cluster zoning. . Neighbour Paul Fitze, who owns property abutting the Tosswill land to the south and west, appeared at last week's public meeting on the rezoning, rezoning, and spoke against the application. ■ • "The horses have been a nuisance since they arrived," Fitze told committee of council. council. , "The fly population in our house has increased approximately approximately 400 percent. There is a smell issue when the wind is blowing from the north east, from the farm," he said. Fitze said he didn't appreciate appreciate the horse manure in his driveway, which is a shared right of way. "You have to dodge the manure when going to the mailbox," he stated. Fie also stated his concern for the horse's well being, telling committee there was not enough food in the pad- dock to support seven horses. Ciaringlbn's By-law office called the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCÀ), on August 9th, as part of their investigation investigation into the rezoning applica- REZONING see page 4 0PG begins application process lor new nukes at Darlington ■ Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced Friday they will begin the approvals process for new nuclear units at its Darlington Nuclear site. "Friday was a great day for -Clarington" stated Mayor John Mutton at Monday's council meeting. "The buzz in the community is about new build," he stated." In last Friday news release, OPG's President and CEO Jim Hankinson, stated, "We believe Darlington is best suited suited for new nuclear develop ment because there is room to build on the site, [and] the site is adjacent to a major transmission transmission corridor. Based on over 15 years of operating experience at the site, we understand the environmental impacts of operating units at Darlingtop, and those impacts are well within Canadian standards." standards." Friday's application for a . Site Preparation License follows follows direction given by' the Ontario Minister of Energy to OPG see page 4