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The newspaper, along with class grade sheets, graduation exercises booklet, a report card, a ceremony of laying of the cornerstone and the invitation to attend, were tucked inside a copper time In the capsule hidden behind the 1961 dedication cornerstone. The time capsule was opened on May 28 to mark the school’s 50th anniversary. octagon Pro careers on the horizon for Pickering school steps back in time young fighters SPECIAL COPPER TIME CAPSULE OPENED AFTER 50 YEARS KRISTEN CALIS view Heights Public School opened its doors in Tracy Marek. facebook.com/newsdurham [email protected] Pickering. Various displays from each decade adorned The above-mentioned tidbits were featured the walls of the school and old friends caught up twitter.com/newsdurham PICKERING -- It was the year Travelin’ Man by at the school’s 50th anniversary, which invited after years of living their own lives. Ricky Nelson was the most popular song, Gun- alumni of the past five decades to visit their old “We had a number of students from 1961, Pressrun 51,400 • 24 pages smoke was the No. 1 television show, and the stomping grounds, reunite and share memories. which was neat,” said principal Jamie Bricker. • Optional 3-week delivery Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. “That was a neat aspect of it, to see people get- $6/$1 newsstand The year 1961 also marked the first time Bay- ting that pleasure out of it,” said vice principal See PICKERING page 9 FRESHENING UP FOR YOUR DINING PLEASURE! ENJOY A 3 COURSE A 3 COURSE LUNCH OR DINNER FOR $17 FOR $35 PROUDLY SUPPORTING LOCAL GROWERS 1900 DIXIE RD. (AT FINCH) IN PICKERING • T: 905 839 2506 • WWW.BURBSBISTRO.COM 2 PAID ADVERTISEMENT AP HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CASH IN ON June 9, 2011 MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH! News Advertiser • By Jason Delong Got gold? Next week, visitors can cash in on antiques, collectibles, gold, silver, coins STAFF WRITER Yesterday at the Holiday Inn Express, hun- WE BUY SCRAP dreds lined up to cash in antiques, collectibles, gold and jewelry at the Treasure Hunters Road- GOLD & GOLD show. The free event is in Bowmanville all week, buying gold, silver, antiques and collect- JEWELRY ibles. One visitor I spoke with yesterday said, “It’s unbelievable, I brought in some old coins that had items at the event. been in a little cigar box for years and some old Antiques and collectibles are not the only herringbone necklaces—in less than fifteen minutes items the Roadshow is buying. “Gold and silver I left with a check for $700. That stuff has been in markets are soaring,” says Archie Davis, a Road- Above—Roadshow specialist, Tony Enright, my jewelry box and dresser for at least 20 years.” show representative. “Broken jewelry and gold talks with a family about the gold jewelry Another gentleman brought in an old Fender guitar and silver coins add up very quickly. I just finished his father had bought years ago. The man said, that they brought in. “U.S. & CANADIAN COINS MADE BEFORE 1964 “Dad had less than fifty bucks in that guitar.” The ARE THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS. Roadshow specialist that assisted him made a few COINS MADE BEFORE 1964 ARE 90% SILVER, NOW HIRING phone calls and a veterinarian in Seattle, Wash- AND VALUABLE BECAUSE OF EITHER THE SILVER WE ARE A MULTI-NATIONAL ington bought the guitar for $5,700.00. The seller CONTENT OR EVEN MORE VALUABLE IF ONE COMPANY WITH HUNDREDS OF continued, “I got another $150.00 for a broken necklace and an old class ring. 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The older the swords, the better. durhamregion.com FUNDRAISER 3 AP Ajax resident recounts experience with Crohn’s and colitis June 9, 2011 Annual Heel ‘n’ Wheel pening,” she said. “Some people get joint Ajax-Pickering Heel ’n’ Wheel-a-thon, which pain, some get really skinny, other people will be held on Sunday, June 12 at 9:30 a.m. at event to raise money get bloated, but you’d really never know. You Rotary Park in Ajax. can’t see my intestines, so it’s like it’s not hap- “I think it’s an awesome opportunity to for disease research News Advertiser • pening.” help raise money for a cause that currently MOYA DILLON More than 200,000 Canadian men, women has no cure,” Ms. Callahan said of her chair [email protected] and children suffer from inflammatory bowel duties. diseases; just over half of them suffer from “I think people should know more about Crohn’s, and the rest have ulcerative colitis. it, it’s something that affects me every day. AJAX/PICKERING -- Since being diag- Most people are diagnosed before the age of The more people know about it and the more nosed with Crohn’s and colitis just over 30 and 9,200 new cases are diagnosed every help we get, the closer we are to figuring out a one year ago, Ajax resident Jorden Callahan year. cure or a better treatment.” describes her life as “not smooth sailing.” This year, the foundation’s goal is to raise The 20-year-old Sheridan College stu- $30,000 at the Ajax-Pickering event, and dent was forced to miss an entire semester The average teen $2.2 million nationally. “Our mission at the of school while she was hospitalized for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada is condition and says that although she is now can pick up and go out with to find the cure,” said Tyler Marche, chairman managing the disease, it’s still difficult to their friends, I can’t do that. Jorden of the foundation’s Ajax-Pickering chapter. make plans or commit to anything because “Through events like the Heel ’n’ Wheel-a- she never knows when it will flare up again. Callahan, Crohn’s and colitis Thon, we’re raising money that funds cure- “The average teen can pick up and go sufferer directed research. It’s our hope that a cure out with their friends, I can’t do that,” she will be found in our lifetime that will end the explains.