The Pickering 56 PAGES ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 HE CAN SKATE TOP TEACHER FREESTYLING Local boy wins Tell us why Ford does top honour yours is great triple duty Page B1 Page A8 Wheels pullout [ Briefly ] Provincial millions boost city school Our Lady has fair bit of fun in store Glengrove getting new ✦ School and Port Perry High School are more money. “I’ve been part of a com- PICKERING — Our Lady of the High school teachers ramp up in line for partial roof replacements. mittee for three or four years saying Bay is getting active tomorrow. roof this summer job action, but promise students At the elementary level, Village Union what has to happen.” The Catholic elementary won’t notice... Page A3 Public School in Oshawa is receiv- Mr. Massie often pulled no punches school’s annual fun fair is Thursday, By Mike Ruta ing roof work, while Glengrove Public in criticizing the previous government May 26 from 4:30 to 8 p.m., featur- Staff Writer School in Pickering is getting a new for not providing the board with enough ing a roving magician, cake walk, games for kids, face painting and a DURHAM — Durham’s public Places to Learn, Stage 1 grant, esti- roof and Ajax’s Lincoln Avenue Public cash to maintain its aging schools. He critter show. There will also be dis- school board approved $12.4 million mated at up to $34 million per year. School will see brick repairs and a generally has had $4 million or less for plays from both the fire and police in urgent or high-priority repairs to The biggest beneficiary is Anderson drainage problem addressed. maintenance and repairs every year, a departments, a silent auction, and a local schools at an in-camera meeting CVI in Whitby, where some of the $2.1 “(The government) has been listen- paltry sum when replacing a roof at a raffle draw. Our Lady of the Bay is at Monday night. million to be spent there is already ing to school boards,” Jack Massie, the high school can cost more than $1.5 818 Eyer Dr. It’s the first expenditure of the Dur- being used to replace the roof. O’Neill board’s facilities services superinten- ham District School Board’s Good CVI In Oshawa, Uxbridge Secondary dent, said in an interview of pleas for ✦ See Board, Page A4 Whitevale offers family activities PICKERING — Whitevale’s in a festive mood this week. Developer IT’LL ONLY HURT A BIT — BUT IT’LL HELP A LOT The community is holding its annual Whitevale Spring Festival in Whitevale Park on Saturday, May 28, offering kids’ games, face-painting, dealt legal sheep-shearing demonstrations, an antique car exhibit, beer and wine tent, blue grass, folk and roots rock music, and other family activities. road block “There’s tons of fun for children, with great live entertainment for adults,” says Deanne Puder, media Court rules De Gasperis co-ordinator for the festival. The volunteer-run festival also premature in attempt holds a yard sale, used book sale, to build on land and a bake sale beginning at 9 a.m. As well, there is a tea garden at Whitevale Church from 11:30 a.m. By Danielle Milley to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the day go towards restoring the ‘Christian Staff Writer House.’ For information call Jan PICKERING — Woodbridge devel- Lock at 905-471-8629. oper Silvio De Gasperis lost his first legal challenge in his attempt to devel- op land in Pickering’s Duffins-Rouge Christian Centre Agricultural Preserve. has golden plans A three-judge panel of the Ontario Superior Court ruled May 19 that it AJAX — Celebrate a party 50 is “premature” for Mr. De Gasperis to years in the making. force the Province to consider build- The Christian Life Centre is ing in the preserve while a provincial celebrating its 50th anniversary with consultant is preparing a development live music, airborne attractions, and plan for the area. more. The free event is Saturday, “You will have an opportunity to June 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. and there will also be hamburgers, hotdogs, and seek a modification when the plan is pop for $1 each. approved,” said Justice James Carn- The celebration does not end wath in the panel’s brief oral decision. there. On Sunday, June 5 at 10 Mr. De Gasperis wants to develop a.m. the centre dedicates its new about 600 hectares of land he owns in sanctuary in the presence of former the preserve. He attended the hearing. pastors. The centre is at 1030 Raven- “We are a little surprised but I un- A.J. Groen / News Advertiser photo scroft Rd. derstand where they are coming from,” PICKERING — Nannette O’Quinn rolled into Pickering’s St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church for the Canadian Blood Ser- he said of the panel’s decision. vices’ Roll up Your Sleeves Canada campaign. Ms. O’Quinn was given a hand by phlebotomist Rosario Pamayo. [ Index ] Mr. De Gasperis filed the applica- tion in November. It asked for an order Editorial Page, A6 prohibiting the minister of municipal Sports, B1 affairs from submitting the develop- Entertainment, B3 ment plan being prepared for north Classified, B6 Pickering under the Ontario Planning Rural halls to be saved by new water regulations and Development Act until the plan is [ Call us] able to be conducted “without limita- But they come with “The changes are going to be a good said, but there is also staff time to take tion and with the participation of the response,” said Ingrid Svelnis, director the sample, plus the drive to the lab General: 905 683 5110 public.” The terms of reference for the changes and costs of parks, recreation and culture for in Pickering, and engineering costs to Distribution: 905 683 5117 plan designate the preserve as agricul- the Township of Uxbridge. “I think it’s upgrade systems. General Fax: 905 683 7363 tural and countryside. By Carly Foster the kind of thing people were hoping The increased and sometimes un- Newsroom Fax: 905 683 0386 Mr. De Gasperis said he has not Staff Writer would change.” necessary testing led to the closing of been able to give any input on that DURHAM — The “fabric of the For the past few years, small com- small centres across Ontario, including Pressrun 47,600 development plan. Other stakeholders community,” the local hall or church, munity centres, halls and churches the Siloam community hall just out- infodurhamregion.com and landowners on the Seaton side will no longer face closure and costly have had to undergo stringent weekly side Uxbridge to the west, Ms. Svelnis have been involved in planning meet- testing after the Province announced and sometimes two- or three-times- said. It’s not known whether the hall changes to strict water-testing regula- a-week testing of their water systems. ✦ See De Gasperis, Page A5 tions. 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