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News AdvertiserSERVING PICKERING SINCE 1965 PRESSRUN 47,600 ✦ 56 PAGES ✦ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2004 ✦ durhamregion.com ✦ OPTIONAL DELIVERY $6/$1 NEWSSTAND MIGHTY MINI ATTRACTING ATTENTION The Mini convertible is Local ball player returns from set to make a big splash Florida with scholarship offers Wheels, pullout Sports, B1 Briefly... Recreation guide Get your copy Trying of the City of Pickering’s Spring and Summer Services, Programs, and Events brochure in today’s News ‘to get Advertiser. Pickering: Paper Easter eggs are a great way to help a good cause while not gaining the weight of the traditional it right’ chocolate treats. The Easter Seals Kids begins its annual paper egg campaign this month Feds answer earned tax dollars,” Finance to support children with physical dis- Minister Ralph Goodale said abilities. Patrons are encouraged to critics with Tuesday in his first budget donate $2 to local participating stores budget spending speech. in order to raise money for Easter “That is why we are an- Seals. controls nouncing today a compre- Among the local stores participat- hensive plan...aimed at pre- ing are: Tom’s No Frills - Ajax, Canadi- By David Blumenfeld venting the kinds of financial an Tire - Pickering and Ajax, Giant Staff Writer abuses that have so under- Tiger - Ajax, South Ajax IGA, Sobey’s - DURHAM – Faced with na- standably angered Canadi- Pickering and Ajax, Constantine’s Inde- tional outrage over the spon- ans. As a government, we not pendent Grocer - Pickering, and P.J’s sorship scandal, the federal only accept our responsibility Pet, Pickering Town Centre. government introduced an for what went wrong, we also Last year the campaign raised over $460,000 for kids with physical annual budget yesterday accept our responsibility to disabilities. with a rash of new measures get it right.” “Many thanks go to participating designed to control and track To that end, Mr. Goodale’s retailers and patrons for supporting Liberal spending. first item was a call to re-es- Easter Seals,” says Janis Steele, dis- “Canadians deserve the ut- tablish the Office of the trict manager of the Easter Seals So- Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo most in accountability, trans- ciety of Ontario. “Every paper egg is a parency and value for hard- ✦ See Liberals page A2 great show of support for kids with physical disabilities.” All proceeds go towards the fund- Giving it her all ing of essential communications and PICKERING –– Nikki Shaffeeullah belts out her rendition of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ Saturday as mobility equipment such as wheel- Pickering part of the Multicultural Performing Arts Concert held at the Pickering Town Centre. The event was part of chairs, walkers, braces and communi- a year-long public education campaign to raise awareness for race relations. cation aids; Easter Seals camps; and funding of recreational activities such as s day camps, swimming and art tosses trash classes. The campaign runs until April 11. For more information, call Ms. Board nails down plan Steele at 905-720-0352. But chairman ed by staff, the $27.7-million to Durham What’s On... plan means three new ele- hopes to have mentary schools, one each Responsibility said Ward 1 Regional Coun- in Oshawa, Ajax and Whitby, cillor Rick Johnson, adding Claremont: Claremont United Church one more school and an addition to in the hands of he’s been working to make it is serving up the beef. added to building The church’s annual beef supper Cadarackque Public School Region as of today happen for more than 10 is Sunday, March 28, with sittings at 5 schedule in Ajax, all to be ready for years. “The political will has and 6:15 p.m. September 2005. By Danielle Milley been there but it (was) Admission is $12 for adults, $6 for By Mike Ruta However chairman Eliza- Staff Writer putting all the contracts to- children six to 12 years old, and free Staff Writer beth Roy called for a fourth PICKERING – The City’s trash gether.” for children five and under. DURHAM – The public school in Phase 1 of the is now the Region’s responsi- The bylaw, if passed, is The church is at 5052 Old Brock school board’s building plan plan, arguing the board bility. retroactive to Jan. 1. Rd. is in the books, but there should use up all $15 million A bylaw providing for the “To the actual taxpayers it For more information or tickets, might be an addendum. of its capital reserves, bor- transfer of waste collection doesn’t mean anything,” said call 905-649-2438. Durham District School row an extra $5 million, and from Pickering to Durham, Coun. Johnson. Board trustees on Monday pay off the debt over 25 has been approved in princi- He added waste collection Index... night approved their third, years instead of 15. ple by the Region, and is ex- will be charged on the region- system-wide accommoda- She fears the board’s cap- pected to be adopted at al tax bill in Pickering, in- tion and school improve- today’s council meeting. Editorial Page, A6 ELIZABETH ROY ment plan. As recommend- ✦ See Chairman page A5 “It’s been a long process,” ✦ See Transfer page A2 Sports, B1 Calls for one more new school. Entertainment, B5 Classified, B6 BOOM TOWN, PART III Give us a call... General 905-683-5110 Where once there were fields Distribution 905-683-5117 General FAX 905-683-7363 Dorothy Westney mer kitchen looking at her Newsroom FAX 905-683-0386 uncle’s log cabin and grand has watched her barn at the top of the hill. family farm “It really bothered me to see it taken down, more so than in Ajax change our field,” the 90-year-old said, before her eyes gazing west out the window SERVICE HOURS across Westney Road, just MON., WED., THURS., FRI. south of Taunton Road in 7:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. With urban sprawl making Ajax. The two buildings had TUES. 7:30 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. inroads in Durham, the popu- come down just the day be- lation is growing at a dizzying fore. SAT. 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. rate: It’s expected to hit “Sitting here all the time, (905) 831-5400 850,000 by 2021. Will the Re- you watch the progression,” Email: [email protected] gion be able to keep pace with she said. “It’ll be even worse 575 KINGSTON RD. the needs of its residents? once they start building.” www.pickeringhonda.com Boom town is a 12-part series Mrs. Westney married her examining the issues we will husband Henry (now de- confront now and in the near ceased) in 1941, and has lived future. In this, Part 3, we look on these now barren acres for INCOME TAX at urban sprawl and smart more than 60 years. The PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS growth. rolling fields used to be filled $ with cows, barley and corn. only 39.95* By Carly Foster Now they’ve been in-filled •most returns *GST INCLUDED Staff Writer with dirt. A yellow bulldozer ALL-CANADIAN TAX SERVICE DURHAM – Until recently, crawls in the distance like an offices open year round 100 Westney Rd. S. ( @ 401) when Dorothy Westney had ant, preparing the 298 acres Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo at Ajax Station trouble sleeping, she loved Dorothy Westney’s once spacious homestead on Westney Road will soon be surrounded by a massive resi- (905) 426-4860 walking around her cosy sum- ✦ See Growth page A4 dential development. Sony Ericsson T226 FREE Pickering Headset * Headset Picture This... Town Centre $ phone of the month (2nd Floor, beside Sears) *after $50 ™ mail-in BUY ONE, GET ONE FAMILY PLAN (905) 420-0744 rebate Buy one of these colour screen 2 phones can share Unlimited Weekends for only WIRELESS 0 FREE KINGSTON RD phones and get one for $0.* A UTHORIZED AGENT PICKERING • Full-colour display $35 per month!** TOWN Sony Ericsson T226 CENTRE PHONES STARTING AT No term- • Polyphonic ringtones *on 2-year term- $ 99 99 WE ARE $249 RIGHT NOW GET MONTHS OF UNLIMITED TALK AND TEXT** HERE! 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P PAGE A2 NEWS ADVERTISER, WEDNESDAY EDITION, March 24, 2004 www.durhamregion.com FEDERAL BUDGET 2004 HERITAGE FORD’S PICK YOUR PAYMENT EVENT Liberals go for control BRAND NEW 2005 ✦ Liberals from page A1 five-year special audits conducted day’s budget, included $2 billion in ESCAPE XLT FWD by the auditor general and tabled heath care transfer payments to the Comptroller General of Canada in with Parliament and posted online. provinces and $1 billion for cattle an effort to “rigorously oversee” all “Taken together, these measures farmers and the beef industry hit government spending.