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Orono Weekly Times, 10 Mar 2004, p. 1

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-Mv ÆHhHf ÆmÊP^ : '%^p&; ji|F ' 1%à iœ? illl E is *ü;i Hal HHtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiii Orono Town Hall jp SHSt. ■ W&v \ggy. fi {ng tmü: jgBjh; MW*.--- - B: ; BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1.05 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1T7 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday March 10, 2004 Lang wins Liberal nomination Tim Lang was elected- Friday night by a very thin margin, to succeed Alex Shepherd as this riding's Federal Liberal candidate. candidate. Lang defeated the only other candidate, candidate, Doug Moffatt former Mayor of Scugog by 10 votes, (239 to 229) for the privilege of representing representing Liberals in the newly formed riding of Clarington, _ Scugog and Ux- Tim Lang is the Liberal business going on bridge in the next representative in the during the cam- Federal election newly formed riding of paign ." Ms. Mof- t edei al election clarington , Scugog and £ n went on to sav expected to be Uxbridge. tatt went on to say Alex Shepherd hoods," he stated. "In our region it effects us all in terms of spin off effects." While Doug Moffatt's camp said they will not challenge the vote and ask for a recount, Saundra Reiner- Moffatt speaking for her husband Doug, said Monday Monday in a phone interview with the Times that 'there was so much nasty called late this spring or early summer. Lang says he has a new vision for the country and the Region- which include improvements to health care as we know it, education and agriculture. As the grandson of former Saskatchewan M.P. Otto Lang, who served as cabinet minister in the Trudeau government government and as the minister in charge of the Canadian Wheat Board, Lang says that farmers should be provided with an income stabilization fund, to suppliment their income when it falls below a certain point. "It's unfair how outside factors factors can so effect their liveli- What's Inside • •• liiu'i Senior girls' volleyball team win COSSA gold see page 6 worked harder to defeat Doug, "than he ever did in the past ten years in the House of Commons." Lang said that Moffatt was very kind and generous throughout the campaign. Doug Moffatt came out after the vote count was announced said Lang, "and moved to make the vote unanimous. That was a class act," he stated. stated. With this hurdle behind him Lang says he is now in pre-campaign mode, door knocking and meeting people, "To make sure they know me," going out and meeting as many people as he can. Lions start new club in Kendal Submitted by Jack McOustra Since January, a number of people have been meeting to organize a Lions club in Kendal. Twenty people have ' now decided to join the new club and it is expected the application for the club will be forwarded to Lions International later this month, with the club being formally chartered in late May. Anyone interested in finding out more information or attending one LIONS SCO page 4 lp!J*4 K!;L I'm- -- - feipi MWIilil II II 1 i I Ml ■■ Rebecca Lang shaves her mother's School Friday morning. Close shave for cancer research While bald may be beautiful, beautiful, at this time of the year it's, cold, according to Kate Lang. Durham Regional Police Officer Kate Lang joined 16 fellow officers in this year's Cops for Cancer campaign. Officers raise funds for cancer research through this campaign campaign by shaving their heads. While her cohorts shaved their heads at the Pickering Town Centre last Saturday, Lang chose to have her head shaved at Orono Public School in support of a mother of one of that school's students who is battling cancer. Lang also says she chose to bare her head because three of her colleagues colleagues at work are also fighting fighting cancer. The campaign Regionally thus far has raised $18,000. Clarington councillors dealt with the 2004 municipal grant process in record time at Monday's General Purpose and Administration Committee Committee meeting. Councillors handed out $64,900 to community volunteer volunteer organizations who had applied for the $ per capita Clarington offers in their annual municipal grant process. A total of 47 applications were received this years requesting a total $175,240. Council had previously put a cap of $5,000 on grants allowed for through this process. Councillors went through all 47 items on the list, one by one, without any debate. Separate motions were made for each item line by line to grant a specified amount, it was seconded by another councillor, then unanimously adopted by the entire committee committee which for this portion ol the meeting was chaired by councillor Gord Robinson. The largest grants at $5,000 went to the Newcastle Community Hall, Durham Region Community Care, and OVERT rescue organization. A request from the Kendal Loyal Orange Lodge for $2,500 to improve the facilities facilities at the hall to allow for more of their fundraising to go to local charities was turned down. The municipal grant GRANTS soo page 5

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