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Clarington's General Purpose and Administration Committee moved to implement implement a fee schedule for the 2004-2005 winter season. Currently 662 residents are taking advantage of the program that began in 1992 as a pilot project. Sidewalk and driveway windrow snow clearing is offered to those Clarington's senior and physically physically disabled residents who applied for the program free of charge. An attempt to offer the service .on a cost recovery basis for the 2001-2002 was squashed at that time by council in order to provide municipal services to the seniors. seniors. Given the option of maintaining maintaining the existing level of service or implementing a cost recovery fee for the next winter season, Committee opted to implement a fee schedule. If approved by council next Monday, seniors and physically challenged residents who wish to take advantage of the Municipal snow clearing program will be charged, $50 per season to have snow removed from a New medical centre seeks support Orono Medical Foundation to hold public meeting A desirable site for a new medical clinic has recently been selected by the newly formed Orono Medical Foundation. The Foundation began holding regular meetings in January 2003 in an effort to bring doctors to this community. Orono lost its last two doctors in July 2002, when Dr. Marlene Spryuit and Dr. Kassiser moved to Newcastle. The Orono Clinic has since been sold and is now • the Orono Veteri- nary Clinic. According to a press release issued by the Foundation on March 29, several several doctors have indicated their interest in expanding their practices to Orono, in fact the Committee has two doctors and potentially a third contemplating relocating to Orono. These doctors have also said they will accommodate accommodate a nurse practitioner opening up the opportunity for a r, Wë need to walk in clinic in 7 , Orono. This is a know what tremendous kind of public SSL,: support is out the community as rr well as offer an there..." opportunity for some re-invest- --Bill Tomlinson ment ^ 0r °^ n . Orono Medical dation has sched- Foundation uled a public meeting for Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 p.m. at the Orono Town Flail. "We need to know what kind of public support is out there for the Medical Clinic," stated- Bill Tomlinson Tomlinson in a phone interview SUPPORT see page 3 r m - 1 HI ----" «II.IVI.IIMI.WMWIMMMWW-.»».» Report states "No firearms safety issue in Clarington" windrow, $100 for the sidewalk sidewalk and $150 for a sidewalk on a comer lot. The program cost the municipality $97,201 in 2003, and $65,000 thus far in 2004. With the recommended recommended fees in place, the cost recovery of 662 clients in 2003-2004 would have been $86,500. The fee schedule was recommended recommended by staff in a report which states, "As the municipality municipality is facing a difficult budget challenge in 2004, ongoing increased costs of the program due to participation participation is a concern." Councillor Jim Schell was SENIORS s««p«0ff 4 The recently issued report from Clarington's Firearms Safety Committee has determined determined "there are currently no public safety issues with respect to discharge of firearms used in hunting or for any other legal purpose within the municipality." The Firearms safety committee committee was established in May of 2003 to deal with firearm safety concerns from some residents along the 6th Concession, who own property property along the Kendal Crown Lands. A delegation appeared before Council a year ago expressing safety concerns resulting from a group of coyote coyote hunters that, while in pursuit pursuit of their quarry discharging discharging high powered rifles. The group were opposed to the use of high powered rifles as opposed to shotguns in the Kendal Crown Lands. The group has sought a ban on the use of highpowered rifles in FIREARMS see page 3 What's Inside Sugar time in the bushl page 10 v' ; "jPA.,, ViA.vrtJ ■ \ -I r > :■ ■ > ,1 r ' A II f; ■ I ill r ,-S| ni v\i : I $ M I IwêÆ Ü j » » 111 I i v| III in II si t " ,'| I :vi> il p I F7;? I mwm\ * V. 1 ' ■:* .-V-JI t ; \i.m f .XV --.it I ' 'I I'.'/it % £fv:2& • « , mill if ni H f '>Hn « !» mm Sp âé?j ms ■ MM