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BY JACQUIE McINNES Staff Writer proposed DURHAM –– A Hwy. 407 ex- tension through Durham could be here sooner than expected but it may not go right across the region. An environmental assessment for construction of the highway new rules from Brock Road in Pickering where it now concludes, to Hwy. 35/115 at the east end of Claring- Residents want tighter controls for ton is currently under way. The off-roading; riders defend rights highway would include two links to Hwy. 401, one in Whitby and BY LESLEY BOVIE the other in Courtice (in Claring- Staff Writer ton). The expectation was the PICKERING –– When and where you can rev up highway would be completed your off-road vehicle is coming under review. within a decade. Sparked by noise and dust complaints and a fatal But recently, representatives ATV accident in August, a proposed new City bylaw is from the Ministry of Transporta- expected to spell out circumstances in which dirt bikes, tion have been visiting local may- snowmobiles, and ATVs will be permitted in Pickering, and include fines for violation. See EXTENSION page 2 That could mean big changes for Gordon Hull, who has a dirt bike trail running through his property on Side- line 6, between Concession 8 and 9. Blaisdale It’s the same track where family friend Andrew MONTESSORI Mason, age eight, died last summer in an ATV accident. School “I thought of mowing the track down after that,” ad- Best Private School mitted Mr. Hull. “But the family said Andrew would As voted by Ajax/Pickering Readers’ Choice Awards have wanted us to still ride.” His 22-year-old son built the track with his friends, Toddler Spaces Available renting a bulldozer by pooling their money, Mr. Hull at Westney Campus call now for a tour said. The track is free and meant as an outlet for his son, Call Head Office 905-509-5005 who spends the rest of his week working at a motorcy- 16 mths - grade 8 www.blaisdale.com cle shop, and just wants to ride with a few of his friends 6 Campuses in Durham on the odd Sunday. A.J. GROEN/ News Advertiser photo “It keeps the kids out of trouble. Where else can we STOP let them ride?” he said. “It is on my property.” DON’T THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY But the new bylaw can’t come fast enough for Kari All I want for Christmas Roofing Eskelinen and his neighbours, who say they’ve spent the Windows last three years trying to live with the noise and dust Doors coming from the track. PICKERING –– More than 1,000 visitors turned out at the Pickering Recreation “On a Sunday it’s like standing at the end of a run- Complex for seniors’day Friday as part of the CIBC Wood Gundy Festival of Trees. way. If I wanted to live like that I would have moved Among those on hand to support the fund-raiser for Rouge Valley Ajax and Pick- near Pearson (airport),” Mr. Eskelinen said. ering hospital was Shirley Hart, a volunteer with the hospital auxiliary. Ms. Hart SAVE TODAY AT let Santa’s sleigh mate in on her Christmas wishes. The festival wraps up today. Carroll Home Improvements See MINISTRY page 4 905-686-2445 A/P PAGE 2 NEWS ADVERTISER, SUNDAY EDITION, November 24, 2002 www.durhamregion.com Extension only to Whitby ‘not an acceptable solution’: Anderson EXTENSION from page 1 Fifteen years to reach Courtice and Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt motorists try to link up with other position to be forwarded to the would be “unacceptable,” says both say they have great concerns routes. municipalities. ors for private meetings to discuss Clarington Mayor John Mutton with ending the highway at Whit- Mr. Anderson is suggesting a Mayor Mutton says he would potential scenarios for phasing-in who says the highway is needed by due to the certainty it would joint regional works and planning like to see the area municipalities the construction of the highway, there in five years. create serious traffic congestion committee meeting be held early form a position to be endorsed by says Durham Chairman Roger An- Whitby Mayor Marcel Brunelle running both south and north as in the new year to craft a regional regional council. derson. Politi- cians are being asked to consider a phase-one end- ing at a proposed Whitby link in the area of (Lak- eridge Road) or at Thursday, November 28th the proposed Rodney’s Oyster Bar Courtice link. Reservations The phase-in Live Jazz Featuring recommended would fast-track Ragweed Jazz Band the first part of Watch our website for weekly specials & upcoming events the project while www.knightscorner.ca P4 1.7 GHz POWER PACKAGE P4 1.7 GHz ADVENTURE PACK possibly delaying 605 Kingston Rd. (West of Whites) 905-831-2629 Pentium 4 1.8 GHz + $49 the remainder, the Windows 98SE + $139 chairman said. Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz 19 inch Monitor + $119 MSI Ultra 645 Motherboard A phase-in 256 MB DDRam PC2100 266 MHz could work but OPENING NOV 25TH 40 GB Hard Drive UDMA 100 7200 rpm the Region and its 1.44 Floppy Drive Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz 16X DVD-Rom MSI 645 Ultra Motherboard municipalities 24x10x40 CD-rewriter 256 MB DDR Ram PC2100 266 MHz must ensure it GRAND OPENING DECEMBER 7TH Nvidia Geforce2 64 MB tv-out AGP 40 GB Hard Drive Ultra DMA 100 17” Monitor SVGA .27 dpi 1.44 Floppy Drive eventually runs at 3D Integrated Sound No Payment ATI Expert 2000 32 MB Pro AGP least to the Cour- 56K V.92 Fax Modem or NIC Card No Interest 17” Monitor SVGA .27 dpi 104 Internet Keyboard til March 2003 52X CD-Rom tice link, says Mr. Logitech Scroll Mouse 3D 16 Bit Integrated Sound Anderson. Subwoofer Speakers 56K V.92 Fax Modem “To extend it CSA 300 Watt ATX Chassis 104 Internet Keyboard Front USB Inputs Logitech Scroll Mouse just to the first CSA 300 Watt ATX Chassis $ Front USB Inputs link in Whitby is $ 95 just not an ac- 13991399P4 2.0 GHz ceptable solution $ $1479.99 95 in my mind,” the FREE Printer or Scanner 999 999P4 2.0 GHz chairman told the * SOFTWARE BUNDLE INCLUDES regional works • Windows 98 or XP • Paradox 10 • Corel WordPerfect 10 $1079.99 • Quattro Pro 10 • CorelCentral 10 • Corel Presentation 10 committee • PLUS various CD Titles Wednesday. “It UPGRADE YOUR SYSTEM doesn’t alleviate the needs of the Region nor does $$ 9999 it alleviate the 299299 needs of our Boost your computer to 1000 MHz biggest corpora- • P3 MSI Mainboard upgradeable tion, General Mo- to 1.3 GIG capacity WHERE ALL THE KIDS ARE GROWING! • P3 ATX Case w/Power Supply tors. 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Plummer St. Brock Rd. says with the Bayly • P2 - 300 MHz • 8 GB Hard Drive • 128 MB Ram •CD ROM • Fax Modem 52X CD-ROM “pressing demand 56K Modem/Nic from the Region PREVIOUSLY OWNED 1.44 Floppy Drive to get it in sooner 1064 Salk Road, unit 19 Pickering, Ontario PREVIOUSLY OWNED 104 Keyboard than later the way COMPUTERS 2 Button Mouse CSA Approved Case to do it is to build 905-839-8329 IBM/DELL/COMPAQ it to Lakeridge Pentium 4 Systems Road and start www.kidscanimaginarium.com $ 99 immediately as $ 99 449449 soon as the EA is done.” By doing From249249 this, the highway www.drps.ca could reach Whit- MOST REQUIRED COMPONENTS by in “three to MOST REQUIRED COMPONENTS 256 MB SDRAM ...... $ 49.99 Mouse ...... $ 4.99 GeForce 64 MB 400 MX five years instead The 17” Monitor ...... $199.99 50 Spindle CD-R’s ...... $ 19.99 with TV Out ...... $ 89.99 of 10.” The next Wireless Router ...... $264.99 ATI Radeon 8500 128 MB ...... $209.99 ATX Case ...... $ 34.99 Mouse P4 - 1.7 cpu ...... $229.95 40 GB Hard Drive ...... $129.99 High Resolution phase, he says, USB Hub ...... $ 24.99 80 GB Hard Drive ...... $174.95 Logitec Webcam ...... $ 49.99 could then be to Keyboard ...... $ 9.99 15” Flat Panel Monitor ...... $449.99 GeForce 3 128 MB ...... $199.99 the Courtice link Lowest prices on installation eg. CD-ROM, Hard Drive $25 within “five to a that Fights maximum of 15 SPECIALS ARE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY AND WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. PRICES MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. years.” **OUR SYSTEMS COME 1050 Brock Rd. PICKERING PROTECTED WITH The remainder JUST SOUTH OF NORTON ANTI-VIRUS of the plan to Crime HIGHWAY 401 (905) 831-9555 SOFTWARE build Hwy. 407 to Mon.-Fri. 10-7, Sat.10-5, NOW OPEN Sun. 12-4 Hwy. 35/115 • Crime Trends ALL PRICES ARE s r r TM could then be • Media Releases 3% DISCOUNTED FOR CASH built within 20 Gov’t P.O’s Accepted years, the MPP • Events Calendar says. Leaders in Community Safety www.unitedcomputers.ca www.durhamregion.com NEWS ADVERTISER, SUNDAY EDITION, November 24, 2002 PAGE 3 A/P Grant Yeo Award to be given to deserving students BY MIKE RUTA shown personal growth throughout amounts, even forming a committee taking the award money out of the Staff Writer their high school career. to set up awards that better reflect director’s budget.” DURHAM –– Public school The money will come out of the the higher cost of post-secondary “Do we not hamper the director board trustees approved a new education director’s budget. education. and the director’s effectiveness by scholarship Monday, the Grant Yeo Brock-Uxbridge Trustee Nancy Pickering Trustee Paul Crawford taking out the award money?” he Award, and speculated it might be Loraine, who sat on a committee agreed it was probably a good idea, asked. time to increase the dollar amount that worked out the scholarship de- noting, “$1,000 - what does it get Operations superintendent Craig of its annual student awards. tails, said it was decided to award you now?” Burch, the board’s incoming direc- Mr. Yeo, the Durham District the scholarship to as many as two Trustees unanimously approved tor of education, joked that he hopes School Board’s director of educa- students in case “two equally out- the new scholarship. In the spring, trustees at budget time “increase the tion, is retiring in two months. At a standing students” were in the run- high schools will be asked for nom- director’s budget by at least September meeting, the board’s ning. If two students win, they inations, to be received in May and $2,000.” special education advisory commit- would receive $1,000 each. considered by a selection commit- Trustee Loraine said the commit- tee (SEAC) recommended the She noted some of the board’s tee made up of two trustees, the tee was well aware the money was scholarship to recognize his six student awards were established SEAC chairman or a designate and coming from the director’s budget. years of service to the board. two decades ago and may need a the board’s special education super- She said it was “fitting” since the The $2,000 scholarship will be cash infusion. intendent. award honours the director and the awarded annually to up to two “Twenty years ago, $1,000 The winner or winners will re- other board scholarships named for board students who are identified as would have been significantly more ceive the award at a June board directors are funded from the same learning disabled, continuing their money (than it is today),” said meeting. source. Trustees did not support GRANT YEO education after high school, active Trustee Loraine. Scugog Trustee Martin Dem- Trustee Demmers’s idea to approve Public board approves new in school life, provide service to She said trustees at budget time mers said he supported the award, the award but reconsider where the their school or community, and have might want to revisit the scholarship but he was “a little concerned about money comes from. scholarship in director’s name.
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