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Pickering teens
can play all day
PICKERING — Pickering is
offering basketball, break danc-
ing, movies, pool, video games, air
hockey, and band music for teens
next week.
The City is hosting the What’s
4 Teens event 13- to 19-year-olds on
Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. The event is in the centre court
at the Pickering Town Centre and
teens receive a free photo member-
ship ID card that gets them into all
the City’s free teen programs and
events.
To r egister, call 905-420-4660
ext. 2185, or sign up the day of the
event. For more information, visit
www.cityofpickering.com/teen.
Nominate a super
Pickering senior
PICKERING — Only a few days
remain to nominate a top city senior.
Pickering is asking residents for
nominations for this year’s Senior of
the Year Award. The award goes to
an individual 65 or older who has sig-
nificantly enriched the social, cultural
or civic life of their community.
The selected senior will be invit-
ed to and recognized at a ceremony
June 5 for the Senior of the Year
Award, as part of Pickering’s annual
Seniors’ Month celebrations.
Nominations are due April 1,
either by mail or drop-off, to: City of
Pickering, Supervisor, culture and
recreation, 1 The Esplanade, Picker-
ing, ON, L1V 6K7. For information, call
905-420-4660 ext. 2099.
Icky and sticky
in Claremont
CLAREMONT — Explore the
weird, sticky, and wacky world of sci-
ence.
The Claremont branch of the
Pickering Public Library invites
seven- to 11-year-olds to get messy
and discover the blast they can have
with science. The event is Saturday,
April 2 at 2 p.m.
Kids are encouraged to wear
old clothes since they could get
messy. No registration is required,
but for more information call 905-
649-3341.
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Sports, B1
Entertainment, B3
Classified, B5
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Broadway show on
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Page B4
Brittany Beharry,
Tiera Dookhie and
Melissa Brown earn
top honours for ‘In Your
Wo r ds’ essay contest
By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
PICKERING — The youth of Dur-
ham shared their thoughts of a posi-
tive future at the 2005 Race Relations
Forum in the Pickering Civic Complex
last week.
The Pickering Advisory Committee
on Race Relations and Equity, which
hosted the event, invited the winners
of the first student writing contest pre-
sented by the committee and the two
school boards to share their entries at
the forum.
More than 330 students from Grade
2 to 12 submitted their entries on why it
is important they help stop discrimina-
tion; a panel of judges determined the
top three in each category.
Melissa Brown was glad the contest
was held.
“I feel that children or people my
age have the most to say, but we
Pe n is mightier than sword against discrimination
✦ See Ajax, Page A2
In category 3, essay winners were, from left, Nala Balarajan of Notre Dame, second,
Melissa Brown of Dunbarton, first and Matthew D’Souza, of Notre Dame, third.
Survey indicates low
respect levels in schools
By Mike Ruta
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Two public school
board trustees expressed shock and
disappointment at this year’s student
survey results.
For more than a decade, the Dur-
ham District School Board has sur-
veyed students in Grade 3 to 12, asking
them a number of questions related to
their educational experience. In 2004,
more than 31,000 students in Grade 7
to 12 had an opportunity to participate
by responding to 45 statements.
Oshawa Trustee Susan Shetler, at
the March 21 board meeting, noted
that just 64 per cent of students felt
safe in their schools. She also high-
lighted responses related to respect
in the school environment. Twenty-
nine per cent of respondents agreed
or strongly agreed that students show
respect for each other, and 34 per cent
that students treat teachers with re-
spect. Fifty-seven per cent agreed with
the statement, “teachers treat students
with respect.
“I’m really concerned with this
trend of lack of respect from students
to teachers, teachers to students and
authority figures,” she said, asking pro-
grams superintendent Luigia Ayotte to
comment.
Ms. Ayotte said in some cases the
percentage of students who were un-
decided was high, adding that the
actual work of addressing the survey
results is done at the individual school
level.
“These are all the students’ percep-
tions, and they’re actually reporting on
what they think they see,” she said.
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A FRIEND
Jeff Hayward / News Advertiser photo
PICKERING — Two mourners pay respects at a memorial for Derek Cam-
eron at his family home in Pickering Friday evening. Derek’s brother Danny
set up the memorial and hundreds attended a candlelight vigil there to share
memories of the 15-year-old, who was killed inline skating while in contact
with a car last Wednesday on Rawlings Drive near his home. For more on
the vigil, turn to page 3.
Basement apartment
registration over this week
PICKERING — Complying with a cer-
tain City bylaw is going to cost twice as
much starting Friday.
As of April 1 it is going to cost $500
to register an accessory dwelling unit.
Council passed the bylaw in November
requiring all ADUs, generally basement
apartments, be registered with the City.
The bylaw came into effect Dec. 1.
Until March 31 the City is offering
residents the chance to register their
units for $250.
Rex Heath, fire prevention officer
with the City, said there has been a lot
of interest in the bylaw.
“People are coming in here all the
time,” he said. “My feeling is it is work-
ing well.”
There’s no exact numbers, but he
said about half a dozen units have reg-
istered, while another 50 to 60 people
have inquired about the bylaw.
Once a unit is registered the City
inspects it for building and fire code re-
quirements. If it meets all requirements
the owners receive a registration certifi-
cate officially recognizing the property
as having two legal units. There are also
follow-up inspections. If a unit is not
registered it will be considered illegal.
Some of the minimum safety stan-
dards that have to be met are adequate
exits from each unit, fire separations,
smoke alarms, and electrical safety.
“The whole objective is to make it
safe for people,” Mr. Heath said.
For more information, call the fire
prevention division at 905-420-4628
or visit www.cityofpickering.com and
click on news and announcements.
Students’ responses a concern to trustees
Time’s up for ADU discount
✦ See Trustees, Page A4
✦ Read the winning entries for
yourself, Arts, B3
More than 80 new staf f
on regional payroll
Health department asked
to cut seven positions
By Carly Foster
Staff Writer
DURHAM — More than 80 new staff
are proposed for the Region’s payroll,
at an eventual cost to taxpayers of $5
million.
Twelve new paramedics starting in
December will cost $127,500 in 2005
and $1.5 million in 2006. They’re being
hired to staff a new station in Clar-
ington and meet provincial standards
based on increasing call volumes.
Most new staff members are not
being hired until July 2005, so the half-
year cost and full cost in 2006 are listed
to reflect the full cost to taxpayers.
The health department is also add-
ing staff: more than 24 full- and part-
time. Those include eight public health
nurses ($250,700 in 2005, $501,400 in
2006) to administer programs such as
chronic disease and injury prevention,
infectious disease control and breast
feeding consultations.
Two of the nurses are part of the
General Motors wellness program, for
which costs will be recovered.
Other positions include a nurse who
will staff expanded hours at the Os-
hawa sexual health clinic ($38,500 in
2005 and $77,000 in 2006) and two
public health inspectors for food-han-
dler training and safe-water legisla-
tion ($79,000 in 2005 and $158,000 in
2006). More than eight of the new staff
members, including tobacco control
officers, are paid for by the Province.
A second associate medical offi-
cer of health, which would have cost
$204,800 in 2006, was cut during bud-
✦ See Several, Page A4
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Aj ax and Pickering students
among essay contest’s winners
don’t get the chance,” she said. “It was a
very good idea that we got to say what’s
on our mind.”
The Grade 12 Notre Dame Catholic
Secondary School student couldn’t be-
lieve she won first place in the Grade 9
to 12 category. She was impressed by all
of the winners.
Tiera Dookhie’s interview style entry
took first place in Grades 6 to 8.
“A t first I didn’t know what I was
going to write about so I did some re-
search and I found so many stories,”
she said. “I thought I could go up to
anybody and they’d have a story.”
So the Grade 8 Dr. Roberta Bondar
Public School student found someone
close to her and told his story.
First place in the Grades 2 to 5 cat-
egory went to Brittany Beharry. The
Grade 5 Lester B. Pearson Public School
student wrote about her wish for dis-
crimination to disappear.
“I believe in (fighting) discrimina-
tion. I would like to put my thoughts
down on paper,” she explained about
her entry.
Ward 3 City Councillor David Pickles,
the chairman of the committee, was the
emcee for the evening.
“Since much can be learned from
listening to others, the Pickering Ad-
visory Committee on Race Relations
and Equity was committed to sharing
these entries with our community so we
can all listen and learn from our young
people,” he said.
The young people also got an oppor-
tunity to hear from someone who has
been involved in this issue for a long
time. Zanana Akande, president of the
Urban Alliance on Race Relations, was
the guest speaker. Ms. Akande spoke
about her own experiences and spoke
to the students as well.
“I hear in your essays and poetry a
sincerity, a determination that is hope-
ful for this country,” she said. “Hold on
to it.”
She ended with a piece of advice for
everyone.
“We’re sitting on a gold mine in
Pickering, look around you,” she said.
“There are people who come from plac-
es around the world and have had ex-
periences you’ve never had, ask them...
Ta lk to them, you can be nothing but
enriched.”
✦ Ajax, From Page 1
Jeff Hayward
Special to the News Advertiser
PICKERING — A local fam-
ily mourning the loss of their 15-
year-old son, gained the support
of the community Friday evening.
Hundreds turned out to a can-
dlelight vigil to share memories
of Derek Cameron, 15, who was
killed inline skating while in con-
tact with a car last Wednesday on
Rawlings Drive in Pickering, near
his family’s home.
His brother, Danny, had already
set up a memorial display out-
side their home to commemorate
some of Derek’s past, including
his love for hockey.
Some who turned out were
close friends, however some only
knew Derek through others and
were there they said because he
made an impact on them.
“He was a good guy,” said Matt
King, 15, a Dunbarton High stu-
dent. “He was really an outstand-
ing person — look at the following
he has here.”
Matt said he had known Derek
well, and that the incident would
give people something to think
about.
“Life’s so fragile,” he said.
Scott Cameron, Derek’s father,
addressed the gathering with a few
words about his son, maintaining
a light-hearted tone throughout
his words.
“Derek always wanted to be the
centre of attention,” Mr. Cameron
told everyone there.
He also offered praise for those
on hand, who banded together for
a moment of silence.
“I live in a great community,
I’ve met so many fabulous people
here,” he added. “I’ll just pray he
(Derek) is in a better place than
we are right now.”
No charges have been laid in
relation to the accident, according
to Durham Regional Police. Police
said Derek was struck by a car
driven by a 20-year-old woman
who was towing him on his inline
skates. The teen sustained fatal
injuries when he fell under the
wheels of the vehicle. The driver’s
name has not been released.
Police are asking anyone with
information about the incident to
call 905-683-9100, ext. 5255.
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