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4a - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 9,1994 EE "Scugeg's Community Newspaper of Choice" Bowmanville resident enters race for Liberal nomination By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star The "basic needs" of Ontario residents need to be the priority of the next provincial - government, Bowmanville man who has entered the race for the Liberal Durham East. Douglas Bird, 35, announced his intention to seek the ) nomination last week. He is the second declared candidate int the race, which insiders say could attract more hopefuls as the date for a nomination meeting nears. Mr. Bird, a lifelong resident of Bowmanville and a supervisor with an area ambulance service, said the present New Democratic Party government at Queen's Park has a skewed vision of provincial management, and hopes a Liberal government will bring about necessary changes. "The problem with the present government is that it's trying to do everything for AX ZO nomination in says a = DOUGLAS BIRD everyone," he said during an interview last week. "It's not working." He said he's entering politics now because he's observed for long enough, and wants to make changes. "It's got to the point where I don't like the way things are being run, and you can't change the play from the sidelines... there's a few things I want to see worked on." CENTRAL PAINT sikkens & WALLPAPER Authorized Dealer 295 Ritson Rd. S.. Oshawa 434-3939 EE tC CETOL UV Interior i (UTS SETI LTT * UV specially formulated to protect your pine from yellowing, * Lxtra clear matte finish * If you've got pine, make it UV Pine by Sikkens . Durham Board of Education | Public Meeting on Proposed Education : Development Charges TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1994 AT 7:00 PM . 400 TAUNTON ROAD EAST, WHITBY "It's time to say, stop: Let's look at what we're doing. It's time to take care of the basic needs of our citizens first." Those basic needs include available quality health care, Jobs, and personal security, he said. Mr. Bird's previous exposure to politics has been as a Progressive Conservative supporter, but he's aligned himself with the Liberals now because he finds their philosephies more in keeping with his own. "I have found my leanings and my attitudes have changed over the years in the way I think about things," he said. Mr. Bird is challenging George Khouri, a Newcastle resident with a business in Whitby, who announced his candidacy for the nomination a couple of weeks ago. Insiders say more candidates nay come forward before the nomination meeting, which could take place as early as the fall or next spring. ZIPP TIRE TEI WA er on 117 m-------- CHINESE BUFFET Fully Licensed by LLBO ALL YOU CAN EAT 80 ITEM CHINESE BUFFET FREE Birthday Cake for Birthday Parties Kids 9 and under 1/2 price! DINNER BUFFET 7 days a week GOLDEN GATE 2 varieties of shrimp, mussels & crab meat LUNCH (Mon. to Fri) - $5.95 (Sat/Sun. & Hol) - $6.95 DINNER (everyday) - $9.95 ONLY 2 LOCATIONS - OSHAWA - 5 POINTS MALL 285 Taunton Rd. E., Oshawa (5 Points Mall beside Zellers) Whitby - South of 4 comers Forenatins 434-6600 | The Durham Board of Education will hold a public meeting é pursuant to Section 31 of the Development Charges Act to consider 8] L AN N ; N G proposed education development charges which may be imposed against the development of land in the Regional Municipality of TO MOVE? Durham pursuant to an education development charge by-law. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide information about the BE SURE TO CALL education development charge proposal and to permit any person who attends the meeting to make representation to the Durham Board of LCOME Education in respect of the proposed charges. Everyone is welcome to ON attend. AGOD Written submissions received at least one week before the public meeting will be distributed to trustees prior to the meeting. Following (905) the meeting, written submissions will be received up to Monday, 8. October 3, 1994. All submissions received in writing and those .. 985-0092 : opinions expressed at the public meeting will be considered prior to the || we will arrange a "{ Board's decision at its regular Board meeting of Tuesday, October 11, : 1 1994 regarding enactment of an education development charge by-law. | welcome to your = Copies of the Board's Education Development Charge Report and new community + the submission approved by the Ministry of Education and Training ; will be available upon request beginning about August 24, 1994 at the #] Durham Board Education Centre, 400 Taunton Road East, Whitby. For further information, please contact Gerry Rogalski, Planner, | Durham Board of Education, at (905) 666-5500, or FAX (905) 666-6439. Mike Graham, Superintendent of Education/Plant SEE \L Scugog Couples Celebrate o0th Anniversaries So Joe and Clara Dowson were guests of honor at an Open House at the Scugog Island Hall last Saturday afternoon. The popular couple were married in the parsonage of Port Perry United Church on Aug. 5, 1944 and have resided their entire life on Scugog Island and a brief period in Port Perry. They have one son, Jim of Oshawa and a grandson Jonathan. Friends came from as far away as Cleveland, Ohio to take part in the celebration and dinner in their honor. Biil and Eileen Dalby of Port Perry enjoyed visits from friends and family during an Open House in honor of their 50th Anniversary last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dalby were married on Aug. 5, 1944 in Whitby and have made Port Perry their home for the past four years. They have two children, Richard of Oshawa and Bob of Port Perry, and are proud grand-par PHOTOS BY J. PETER HVIDSTEN EY I Sa Tom and Alma Manns of Scugog Island celebrated 50 years of marriage at an Open House for friends and relatives at Scugog Island Hall last Sunday afternoon. The couple has lived all but 4 years on the Island and have two children, Gary of Port Perry and Carol Armstrong of Oshawa and four grandsons. They were married in the Columbus United Church parsonage on August 5, 1944.