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By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
PICKERING — Harinder Takhar
went straight to the experts for advice
to help him in his new job as minister
of small business and entrepreneur-
ship.
Mr. Takhar was in Durham Wednes-
day, with stops at Eco-Tec and the OPG
nuclear generating station in Pickering.
He is still getting acquainted with his
portfolio and was looking for advice
from those who have been successful
with their small business. The ministry
was created at the end of May.
“I wanted to come and see the com-
pany myself and learn from their suc-
cess,” he said, adding he’ll take what
he’s learned and share it with other
companies so they can learn too.
Mr. Takhar said the government
needs assistance to make the ministry
work for small businesses in Ontario.
“If we don’t meet people we may
come up with ideas that don’t work,
but if we meet with people and entre-
preneurs we may come up with ideas
that work,” he said.
Rocky Simmons, Eco-Tec’s found-
er, took Mr. Takhar on a tour of the
Pickering business, which has been
around since 1970. He talked about
the company’s success in manufac-
turing equipment for water treatment
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Tr ucker’s widow appeals
for community’s help
Nicole Woods wants
answers; trucker was
found dead in Pickering
By Izabela Jaroszynski
Staff Writer
DURHAM — The widow of a truck
driver slain in Pickering is getting “over-
whelming” support in her quest for in-
formation on her husband’s killer.
Nicole Woods, a 31-year-old Brockville
area resident, says she is sending flyers
with her husband’s picture to truckers’
groups and industry magazines in hopes
that someone will come forward with
information leading to the capture of
the person responsible for the death of
Donald James Woods.
The 35-year-old man was found mur-
dered inside his truck in the parking lot
behind the Brock Road Wal-Mart store
on June 23. An autopsy revealed the
cause of death was gun fire. Police say
his truck was seen parked in the same
Avid sailor died doing what he loved
Family pleased to
have closure in death
of Pickering man missing
since trip in May
By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
PICKERING — Wayne Osborne’s
family takes comfort in knowing he
left this life doing what he loved most
-- sailing.
Mr. Osborne’s body was found July
13 a mile offshore near the St. Mary’s
Cement plant in Bowmanville. He’d
been missing since May 22.
While she is sad to know her big
brother is gone, Allison Laing said
her family now has some closure.
“A t first it was almost horrible be-
cause it just made it true -- we knew
it was true, I knew from the second
they found his boat -- now we’re
grateful that we know and we know
he was close to home,” she said.
On May 20, Mr. Osborne left
Pickering with his dog Spoons to
meet friends near Port Newcastle,
but the conditions were rough that
day and he never arrived.
His 28-foot Corronado sailboat was
found two days later by the United
States Coast Guard, drifting in the
waters off Oak Orchard in New York
State.
There was damage to the masts and
sails, consistent with rough weather.
A Canadian flag was found flying
upside down, which is a signal for a
boater seeking assistance.
Shortly after he went missing, more
than 200 hundred of Mr. Osborne’s
family and friends gathered in Scar-
borough on June 4 to celebrate his
life in a ceremony that included Ms.
Laing reading a piece she had written
about her brother.
Ms. Laing said one of his favourite
places as a child was their cottage
on Little Whitefish Lake, near Parry
Sound.
“It was at the cottage as a young
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PICKERING — Cathy Gadd takes Samba, a Portuguese water dog, for a
wet training session in Frenchman’s Bay last week. Ms. Gadd and Samba,
along with other water dog enthusiasts, were training for an upcoming na-
tional trial in Guelph.
Centre’s a ‘Wonderful
reflection of diversity
and equality of Durham’
By Fariha Naqvi Mohamed
Special to the News Advertiser
DURHAM — It started with a small
house, big dreams and the prayers of
an entire community. Nine years later,
those dreams have become reality.
June 24 marked the grand opening
of the Pickering Islamic Centre, other-
wise known as Masjid-e-Usman. The
grand opening was celebrated with a
barbecue that attracted people from all
over Durham Region, Scarborough and
Markham. Dignitaries, good times and
a touching speech by Halifax speaker
Ja mal Badawi, who spoke of the impor-
tance of good citizenry in Islam, marked
the momentous day.
“It’s a wonderful reflection of the di-
versity and equality of Durham,” says 32-
year-old Mohamed Shehata of Pickering,
describing the building as “a wonderful
piece of architecture.”
Located at the northeast corner of
Brock Road and Finch Avenue, the stun-
ning, large, white building is similar to
the Islamic Foundation mosque in Scar-
borough.
“It’s been a long time coming,” says Mr.
Shehata of the atmosphere at the grand
opening. “People were really happy to
Minister makes small talk
during tour in Pickering
Muslim community celebrates new home
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Muslims gather for their weekly prayer service at the newly opened Pickering Islamic
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boy he found his true love –- sail-
ing,” she read.
Mr. Osborne was a man who
lived life to the fullest in between
working as a taxi and limo driver.
“We talked millions of times
about his lifestyle and he always
felt we are here for a good time,
not a long time -- like the song
goes,” Ms. Laing said. “He thought
he was invincible, he really did,
but that’s what made his life so
full.”
Two weeks before he died, she
said they were sitting and talking
about how cats have nine lives,
and joked about how he’d already
gone through eight of his from
being born with the umbilical cord
around his neck and his motor-
cycle accidents.
“It was his time, even though he
was so young,” she said.
“He packed a lot in those 43
years.”
As a tribute, Ms. Laing got a
tattoo of a cross with paw prints
and the words “carpe diem” (seize
the day) last week after the police
notified her family her brother had
been found.
Before moving onto his boat in
Frenchman’s Bay a year ago, Mr.
Osborne lived with his sister and
her family just up the street.
He was a member of the
Pickering Yacht Club.
“He loved it, absolutely loved it,”
Ms. Laing said. “It’s a whole family
down there.”
At his Celebration of Life, Ms.
Laing read, “When you feel the
wind on your face and the sun
shining in your eyes, remember
Wayne left this world doing what
he loved most -- sailing.”
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DURHAM — The cap-
tion under the front-page
photo in the News Adver-
tiser’s Friday, July 14 edi-
tion contained errors.
The Ajax Gunners de-
feated the Pickering Ex-
treme 1-0 in recent Cen-
tral Soccer League under-
13 regional soccer play.
As well, the Ajax Gun-
ners are the No. 1-ranked
soccer club in their age
group in the province, ac-
cording to the Terra Power
Rankings.
The News Advertiser re-
grets the errors. Union won’t
vote on Region’s
‘final’ offer
By Erin Hatfield
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Contract
talks have stalled, but re-
gional transit service is ex-
pected to continue for the
time being.
Durham Region Transit
(DRT) tabled a final offer
Friday, halting negotia-
tions with the Canadian
Auto Workers (CAW) union
local 222.
The chairman of the
DRT branch of CAW local
222, John Johnson, said
CAW will hold an informa-
tion meeting this Sunday
and will not vote on the
tabled offer at that time.
“We are not voting on it
because it is too far apart
from where we want it to
be,” Mr. Johnson said.
He said the union wants
to set more dates for bar-
gaining but right now all
talks have stalled.
Garth Johns, Durham
Region’s commissioner
of human resources, con-
firmed the Region had laid
down what he said will be
its final offer.
“We are not going to
spend any more time
bargaining,” he said. “We
think we have made, what
most people would con-
sider, a more than gener-
ous offer.”
However Mr. Johns said
there are areas of the ne-
gotiations on which the
two sides remain miles
apart.
“We have been more
than reasonable,” he said.
Officially, Mr. Johns said
DRT will wait to hear back
from CAW before there will
be an indication of what
will happen next.
“I don’t envision any
disruption in service,” Mr.
Johns said.
“It should be business
as usual for the next little
while.”
Negotiations to hammer
out a collective agreement
for most DRT workers, ex-
cluding those in Whitby,
began on May 23.
Both parties came to
the bargaining table with
extensive proposals after
local transit systems
merged to create DRT on
Jan. 1.
A government-appoint-
ed conciliator was called
in and a no-board report
was requested on June 7. It
meant workers could have
been locked out on July 17,
however that did not occur.
Services in Pickering, Ajax,
Oshawa and Clarington
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event of a work disrup-
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Buses still running,
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A spring in her step
AJAX — It may have been the charitable Run for the Arthritis Society’s Kids’ Run
on Sunday, but Sophia Sutcliffe had only one thing on her mind, and it wasn’t run-
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spot at least 24 hours before a concerned
citizen called to report the suspicious
vehicle.
“I have gotten a large and overwhelm-
ing response back from people saying
they will put up the flyers and give them
to the drivers,” Ms. Woods said.
She says detectives from Durham Re-
gional Police have been “wonderful and
they are telling me that they are moving
forward, but of course it’s an active in-
vestigation so they can’t tell me details.”
The distraught widow says she just
wants to find out what happened to her
husband.
“That’s the worst part right now,” she
said.
“The not knowing what happened
and why it happened. It’s hard to move
on and it’s hard to start to grieve and try
to start to heal while not knowing any-
thing at all.”
Ms. Woods last saw her husband June
21 when they met up in Brockville before
he continued towards Toronto with his
load of meat. Mr. Woods was expected
to pull over at the Truck Stop before con-
tinuing his run to the Toronto area. The
load of meat, destined for delivery north
of Toronto, was missing from the trailer.
The investigation continues and po-
lice say they have not ruled out truck-
jacking as a motive.
Although Ms. Woods’s first concern is
to gain closure, she also wants to send a
message to trucking companies and to
the government that driver safety needs
to be addressed.
“Right now with the price of fuel and
cost of insurance, companies don’t want
to do too much that’s expensive,” she
said. “But someone out there, like the
government, has to start doing some-
thing more to ensure driver’s safety.”
Anyone with information can call Det.
Dave Henderson or Det. Mitch Martin at
905-579-1520, extension 7810, or Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
around the world.
“How can we have more Eco-Tecs in
Ontario?” Mr. Takhar asked.
“One of the things we need from
government is not money; we think
that’s a bad idea. We don’t believe in
handouts... We need support... basi-
cally we need help with contacts,” said
Mr. Simmons, adding they need help
getting to the high-level decision mak-
ers in companies worldwide.
He appreciated the minister com-
ing to tour the facility and said he was
impressed with Mr. Takhar.
“It’s very important to be able to
talk to the minister about some of the
needs in the marketplace of a company
of our size,” he said. “It’s nice to see a
minister who is a business person, and
who asks questions and is interested.
“We believe Ontario manufacturing
and small businesses like ourselves
are vital. We believe Canada can be a
manufacturing country and you don’t
have to move offshore,” Mr. Simmons
said.
Before the tour, Mr. Takhar pointed
out that most businesses in Canada
are small businesses so that is where
government needs to focus its help for
businesses.
“It’s really important to realize this
is where the business is, this is what
makes the economy run,” he said.
After the tour of Eco-Tec, Mr. Takhar
also commented on the importance of
Durham for growth in the province.
“The Durham Region is the key re-
gion in the GTA; it is a fast-growing
area,” he said. “It’s very close to several
major urban centres and provides an
ideal location for a business to start.”
Mr. Takhar spent the afternoon in
Oshawa meeting with youth entrepre-
neurs.
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see the mosque finally go up and it’s
nice to have the building be partially oc-
cupied.”
Although the wait for the construction
to be completed was a long one, a house
had been made available in the vicinity
for mosque-goers to make their prayers.
The opening was free of charge, but
organizers still managed to raise $83,000
towards the next phase in construction.
“Currently the basement and outer
shell have been completed,” explains
Mohammad Rahim, president of the
centre. “The basement has a capacity to
accommodate 550 people,” which is ap-
proximately the number of people who
frequent the mosque on the first of the
two Friday prayers.
Unlike certain other places of wor-
ship, the centre is home to Muslims from
many nations and corners of the world,
including “Trinidad and Tobago, Africa,
the Arab world, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and
India, to name a few,” explains Rahim.
The mosque started as a small house
purchased in 1997, then demolished in
2002 to make way for the larger model.
The building is slated to be complete
by 2007, assuming enough funds can
be raised. Construction does not begin
until enough money have been raised.
An estimated $800,000 is still needed to
complete the next phase of construction,
which includes the main floor and upper
level for the women to worship.
Despite a mandate of raising funds for
the mosque, the Muslim community of
Pickering has still managed to make a
donation to the Rouge Valley Ajax and
Pickering hospital every year since the
mosque’s inception.
The Pickering Islamic Centre offers
a multitude of services. In addition to
the compulsory prayers, it also offers
Quranic studies, Arabic studies, and
counselling services as well as complete
mortuary services, summer school, and
plans to have a recreation room and
outdoor basketball court.
Mosque volunteers are currently or-
ganizing their third annual carnival, to
be held Aug. 6 at Paulynn Park in Ajax.
“It’s all about fun for the kids, rides,
jumping castles, clowns, face-painting
and a barbecue,” says the enthusiastic
president.
“The idea is to bring the community
together.”
Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo
Harinder Takhar, minister of small business and entrepreneurship, was in Pickering
last week touring the Eco Tech Limited plant on Squires Beach Road. The minister was
here to discuss investment opportunities with small business owners.
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past five to eight years.
Through funding from
the Ontario Ministry of
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women in Durham Re-
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The data collected will
assist in the development
of a community action
plan to reduce barriers
to healthy living and cre-
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migrant women to take
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the community.
Those participating in
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All information gathered
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W ell, the World Cup
of Soccer is final-
ly over. And you
know, I have to admit the
whole thing has grown on
me.
It was a rocky relationship
though.
At first it was making me
crazy.
I often drive to work
through downtown Toronto
and the mayhem and traf-
fic created by near-hysterical
soccer fans was unbeliev-
able. From the get-go it was
like that. These people take
a day off work if their team
wins the coin toss. Statues
are erected to footballers
who hit the goal post.
But this kind of unbridled
enthusiasm, while a bit of a
shock to your average, emo-
tionally reserved Canadian
sports fan, is undeniably
contagious.
After the first couple of
weeks I found myself join-
ing in on the horn-honking
and waving. Stuck in soccer
gridlock in Little Italy one
night, I began happily shout-
ing out any snatches of Ital-
ian I could muster to passing
carloads of beautiful Medi-
terranean women.
“Hey! Tre Stella! Tutti-frut-
ti!
“Linguini Ferrari!
“Chef Boyardee Don Cor-
leone!”
It seemed to work too. All
I got back were smiles and
blown kisses.
Not only that, but I discov-
ered I made way better time.
A stone-faced fellow could
sit idling for hours without
moving an inch, but show a
little national spirit and foot-
ballers are more than happy
to pull over and let a fellow
supporter through.
At one point, during the
mania of the quarterfinals, I
seriously thought about in-
vesting in some of those little
flags for my car.
Slap one of those pup-
pies on your vehicle and you
might as well have diplomat-
ic plates. You can drive on
the curbs and the cops won’t
touch you, not to mention
the aphrodisiac affect these
things have. With the right
flag on your car, on the right
night, a single man could be
yelling “Goaaaalllll!” all over
this city.
I also began watching the
matches carefully. Not so
much because I was becom-
ing passionate about the
sport, but because in order
to plan the most expedi-
ent route to work I needed
to know who won and who
lost.
Even then, however, the
equation was never simple.
I drove through the Por-
tuguese district the morning
after their heartbreaking loss
to the Germans, thinking the
streets would be deserted
only to add an extra hour
to my drive trying to avoid
the dozens of disconsolate
Portuguese attempting to
hurl themselves under my
wheels.
Finally, I’ve realized most
of my interest in the out-
come of the tournament was
purely culinary.
While initially, my ances-
tral lines had me rooting for
Mother England, I was not
too put out when they were
beaten. The thought of the
streets of Toronto overflow-
ing with warm beer, boiled
beef and blood pudding is,
after all, not a pretty one.
A German victory too
would’ve been hard to swal-
low.
I like sausage and beer as
much as the next fella, but
not when it’s being served by
some guy in leather shorts.
However, with Italy com-
ing out on top our tummies
will all be a lot better off.
Like they say in the mov-
ies... “Take the canolli.”
Fo llow Neil’s BLOG
drinfo.ca/croneblog.html
EDITORIAL
World Cup - bellisimo! To the victor
goes the big street party and canolli
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Nice fish!
Don’t let anyone tell you that to catch a big fish you need a lot of
expensive gear. For Emily Olesinski, age 3, of Ajax, all it took was her
three-foot-long, plastic Scooby Doo rod and reel, featuring one-pound
test line, a worm and a hook. Fishing off a dock on Crystal Lake, this
four-pound largemouth bass took Emily’s fishing line right off the reel.
For tunately, it swam back to shore so her dad could grab it. Emily’s
comment? “Big, big fishy.”
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Use water wisely
this summer
Conserve, water lawns only when permitted
W e’ve been blessed with relatively frequent rainfall so far
this late spring and early summer, but the inevitable hot,
dry stretch is upon us.
While no homeowner has needed to heavily water his lawn of
late, the urge to turn on those sprinklers on a constant basis could
hit anytime soon.
That’s why it’s so important to remember the Region bylaw with
regard to lawn watering from May to September. If you have an
even-numbered address, you can water on even-numbered days;
if your address is odd numbered, you can water on odd-numbered
days.
That’s straightforward enough, but you can take it even further
by being careful about not overwatering. It’s best to water early in
the morning for a short period of time to let your lawn get the best
possible effect from watering.
Yo u can also help the environment and help prevent a Region-
wide water ban, by taking care to limit car washing, pool mainte-
nance or by putting in a low-flow shower head or toilet dam. Not
only will your actions keep the water flowing but it can also help
lower your water bills.
Water usage increases from 50 to 80 per cent during the hottest
months of the year and demand for water can push the break-
ing point. You can use a free water gauge to keep track of your
own water usage. There are three distribution centres in Ajax and
Pickering where you can go: the Pickering Civic Complex, 1 The
Esplanade, 905-420-4620; Pine Ridge Garden Gallery, 2215 Brock
Rd. N., Pickering, 905-683-5952; and Vandermeer Nursery, 588
Lakeridge Rd. N., Ajax, 905-427-2525.
If you want to learn more about water conservation, you can pick
up The Household Guide to Water Efficiency, free of charge. Call
905-668-7711, ext. 3511 to obtain a copy or fill out an online form
at www.region.on.ca under services, “water, water efficiency, and
household guide to water efficiency.”
There’s plenty of water to go around, if we all use common sense
and only take as much as we need from our taps.
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Rights of guide dog
owners need to be
known
To the editor:
It’s too bad not enough peo-
ple are informed about the
rights of people with guide
dogs.
My mother is deaf and
travels with her trusted and
much-loved hearing ear dog
wherever she goes.
She went with my father,
who is also deaf, to grab a
few groceries at a store. My
mother was shopping when
an irate woman started yell-
ing at her.
My mother, confused and
having no clue what this
woman was saying, went on
with her shopping and if it
had been an emergency, the
dog would have alerted her.
A few moments
later a person who appeared
to be the store manager ap-
proached her with the irate
woman standing behind, and
pointed to the dog at which
time my mother pointed to
the dog’s coat and card which
clearly states it is a ‘Hearing
Ear Guide Dog.’
He apologized and turned
around and explained to the
woman (my mother was as-
suming) that it is a guide dog.
The woman apparently
yelled something at the man,
dropped her unfinished gro-
cery shopping and left.
I should add this dog, not
that it should matter, is a non-
shedding breed.
One has to wonder about
the selfishness of someone
such as this.
Eve Osten
Whitby
Compost bags
don’t work
To the editor:
I was a huge proponent of
the green bin program until I
had to empty the under-sink
container for the first time.
The container was approxi-
mately half full but I didn’t
trust the flimsy biodegrade-
able bags that were kindly left
with us.
I lifted it out only to find the
bottom and most of one side
of the bag had completely
decomposed in under three
days!
Needless to say, I was not
impressed I had a soggy mess
that was now stinking up my
entire kitchen.
There are three people
in our house, hence we do
not produce a lot of organic
waste so I am very reluctant to
change the bag every day es-
pecially after I found out the
astronomical price of those
biodegradeable bags.
Rather than watch my taxes
continue to rise and be forced
to pay $240 per year for the
green bin bags, I’m consider-
ing the one-time cost for a
garburator.
Unless the Region can in-
form me of another cheaper,
tougher and more impervious
bag, in the future they may
just see my neatly stacked
and sorted blue bins and one
bag of residual garbage every
other week sitting at my curb.
Andrew McKinnon
Whitby
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Waterfront Concert:
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Thurs., July 20 @ 7 pm
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Liverpool Rd. S.
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DATE MEETING TIME
July 19 Committee of Adjustment 7:00 pm
July 24 Executive/Council Meeting 7:30 pm
Aug 03 Statutory Public Information Meeting 7:00 pm
Aug 09 Committee of Adjustment 7:00 pm
Aug 30 Committee of Adjustment 7:00 pm
July 20 The Benders
A collection of contemporary classics & originals.
July 27 The Brian Rose Little Big Band
Favourites from the 30's & 40's all the way to the hits of today!
FREE Teen
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Thurs., July 20
4 pm – 8 pm
behind Rec Complex
Call 905.420.6588
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For Pickering Residents 13 - 19 years of age
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
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Call 905.420.6588 for more information.
Customer service is a key priority for the City. At the City of
Pickering we are committed to providing a citizen-centred
approach to our service delivery that is accessible, timely,
knowledgeable, competent, courteous and fair. The
Customer Care Centre provides a link between municipal
departments and you our customer, and continually strives to
enhance our service delivery.
If we can answer a question or resolve a municipal concern,
please visit us in person, or contact our friendly staff.
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Sunday, August 6
The Brian Rose Little Big Band
A 10-piece band playing favourites from the 30’s
& 40’s all the way to the hits of today!
Sunday, August 13
Mary Chamberlain
Mary brings her unique blend of country and Celtic music to the Gazebo
for a wonderful afternoon of Gaelic proportion.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 at 7:30 pm
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
MEETING
Taxicab Licensing By-law
TAKE NOTICE that the Executive Committee of Council
of the Corporation of the City of Pickering will hold a
public meeting on Monday, July 24, 2006 at 7:30 pm in the
Council Chambers, Pickering Civic Complex, One The
Esplanade, Pickering, Ontario, pursuant to the Municipal Act,
to consider a Taxicab Licensing by-law.
The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public generally
about the proposed Taxicab Licensing by-law and to solicit
public input. Any person wishing to address Council with
respect to this matter must contact the undersigned on
or before noon of Friday, July 21, 2006 to register as a
delegation. The Council will also consider any written
submissions.
Copies of the report and proposed by-law will be available
on or after July 19, 2006 during regular business hours.
Any comments or requests for further information
regarding the proposed Taxicab Licensing by-law may be
directed to the Manager, By-law Enforcement Services at
905.420.4660, ext. 2187.
Dated at the City of Pickering this 5th day of July, 2006.
Debi A. Bentley, CMO, CMM III
City Clerk
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Pickering has become aware of an outbreak
of a disease called pine wilt that affects Scots pine in
our urban forest. It is a disease that has caused quite
a problem in the mid-western U.S. and Canada, and is
fatal to Scots pine. At this time there does not seem
to be an effective chemical control for this problem. It
is recommended that affected trees should be removed
and not replaced with Scots pine. The wood should not
be used for firewood but chipped and disposed of away
from any Scots pine location.
If you have any questions, please contact Scott McKay at
905.420.4660, ext. 5235.
PUBLIC NOTICE
A by-law will be considered by the Executive Committee on July
24, 2006 and if approved at that time, by Council at that same
meeting, to stop-up, close and sell to the adjacent owner, part of
the untravelled portion of Commerce Street legally described as
Part of Commerce Street, Plan 65, being Part 1, Plan 40R-XXXX.
This notice is being given pursuant to the Municipal Act. The plan
showing the lands affected may be viewed in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Pickering.
Any person who claims his or her lands will be prejudicially af-
fected by the by-law and who wishes to be heard, in person, or by
his or her counsel, should contact the undersigned on or before
noon on July 21, 2006.
Debi A. Bentley
City Clerk
Pickering Civic Complex
One The Esplanade
Pickering, ON L1V 6K7
905.420.4611
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The Ajax Soccer Club’s 2006 Canadian Cup
tournament for boys’ teams is being held
at various soccer fields in town this weekend.
Sports briefs
JULY 19, 2006
[ Auto racing ]
Pickering driver
pulls off rare triple
at Shannonville
PICKERING — A Pickering car
racer hopped back into top spot in the
Formula 1200 series drivers’ standings
after a three-win weekend at Shannon-
ville Motorsport Park, near Belleville.
Frank Steinhausen completed the
rare trifecta, with all three races being
tight affairs in the racing series. In fact
five cars were in contention in all races,
with Steinhausen holding on for the wins.
“It was the first time in my driving
career to win all
three races in a
weekend,” says
the 48-year-old.
More im-
portantly, the
victories allowed
Steinhausen to
move up to first
place in the driv-
ers’ standings.
He had slipped
down to third
after finishing first
and second in the first two races at the
Grand Prix of Ontario at Mosport dur-
ing the Canada Day long weekend. In the
third race, however, Steinhausen crashed
just prior to the start of the race.
Steinhausen and the Formula 1200
racing series moves to Mosport for
three races Aug. 12 and 13. Including the
Mosport stop, there are three racing
weekends (nine races) remaining.
[ Swimming ]
Six gold, record
for Greenley
AJAX — Second best wasn’t good
enough for Connor Greenley at the 2006
Aquatrainer Long Course Junior Provincial
Championships in Nepean that attracted
more than 800 swimmers.
The Ajax Aquatic Club member may
have had the best
meet of his young
career, returning
home with six gold
medals draped
around his neck,
and a new pro-
vincial record to
boast about.
Greenley
reached the end
of the wall ahead
of the rest of the
field in the Boys
12 age group in the 50m, 100m and 200m
freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly, and
the 200m individual medley. His time of
1:05.30 also set a new provincial mark in
the 200m butterfly.
There was little time to rest from one
meet to the next, as Greenley left earlier
this week for Calgary, where he will com-
pete in the National Championships.
[ Field Lacrosse ]
Area players
hope to sport
Canadian colours
DURHAM — Tw o years of training,
13 Lady Blue Knights and they all have one
dream team.
Tr ent University in Peterborough will
host the U19 Women’s Field Lacrosse
World Championships in August 2007 and
after winning bronze in 1999 and 2003,
Team Canada coaches have their sights
set on their best finish yet.
To this end, the coaching staff has a
difficult job ahead of them. They must put
together a team with enough talent, endur-
ance, chemistry, grit, determination and
spirit to battle Teams USA, Australia, and
Japan, as their
main competitors.
Among the 13
Canadian team
hopefuls from the
Oshawa Lady Blue
Knights is Ajax’s
Melissa Nakasuji.
Currently, there
is pool of 34 tal-
ented players hop-
ing for a chance
to play for their
country and the 18
who eventually take the field for Canada.
Yesterday, the girls continued their quest
to pull on the Canadian colours, in their
own back yard, so to speak. The team
began training camp at the Victoria Park
fields (across from Iroquois Park Sports
Complex), in Whitby, which will continue
until Thursday. Civic Fields will play host to
the girls on Friday when they’ll begin play
in the OWL Tournament hosted by Ontario
Women’s Lacrosse.
By the end of summer, the squad of
hopefuls will be reduced to 25 to 30 play-
ers.
Frank Steinhausen
Ajax teen shoots for Japan
Rob Mitchell/ News Advertiser photo
Thundering down the home stretch
AJAX — Greatfully Modest, on the rail, wins the fourth race at Ajax Downs Sunday in a spectacular photo finish. Quarter-horse racing continues each Sunday throughout the
summer, with post time at 1:15 p.m.
Brendan Hann
earns spot on Nikkei
midget hockey team
By Al Rivett
Sports Editor
AJAX — Hockey and Japan.
The sport is not exactly what pops
into your mind while reviewing Japa-
nese culture.
But, the cold-weather game has
indeed taken root in the Land of the
Rising Sun and an Ajax teen, one of
five from Ontario, is part of a group
of 21 midget-age players that will dis-
cover not only how hockey is played
there, but also uncover a little about
their Japanese heritage in the pro-
cess.
Brendan Hann will spend 12 days
in Japan as part of the Nikkei midget
hockey team, made up of Canadian
players of Japanese heritage. The
17-year-old and teammates leave for
To kyo Aug. 1, playing eight games in
Kushiro, Japan, where they will be
the guests of the Japanese Ice Hockey
Federation’s national midget team.
The Canadian entourage will also
enjoy sightseeing before returning to
Canada on Aug. 13.
Prior to heading for Japan, Hann
will fly first to Richmond, B.C., where
he’ll join the Nikkei midgets for a
four-day training camp at the Rich-
mond Ice Centre.
Hann says his primary interest in
becoming part of the Canadian en-
tourage is playing against the best
midget-age Japanese players in that
country. He concedes that he’s also
keen on finding out about the Japa-
nese culture and his own heritage.
“Just playing and seeing how the
hockey is there. I’m looking for-
ward to the food, too,” says Hann,
whose mother, Leslie, is of Japanese
descent. “I’ve never been to Japan
and I’ve always wanted to find out
about my family tree when I go down
there.”
The centreman learned about the
hockey program through Chris Nott-
beck, manager of his Ajax-Pickering
Raiders midget ‘AAA’ hockey team,
who had received an e-mail from the
Nikkei midgets, searching for play-
ers in southern Ontario with Japa-
nese heritage. The Nikkei team took
mainly players from B.C. in its first
trip to Japan in July 2000. The Nik-
kei midgets have returned to Japan
biennially since then, with this year’s
team involving players from other
provinces.
In May, Hann flew to Richmond
where he took to the ice for tryouts
with approximately 40 players over
two days. Administered by Nikkei
head coach Mike Ikeda, who also
serves as the head men’s hockey
coach at the University of British Co-
lumbia Thunderbirds, the camp was
extremely competitive. During that
time, the Nikkei midgets also shared
arena space with the Western Hockey
League’s Vancouver Giants, who were
preparing for the Memorial Cup.
Hann notes he was summoned
after the final tryout session and told
he had earned a spot on the 21-mem-
ber team.
“I was very happy. He told me I was
going to be a leader on the team,”
Hann recalls.
Hann is unsure of what to expect
when he faces off in the Nikkei midg-
ets’ first game against KoGyo High
School on Aug. 5. But, he’s fairly cer-
tain that the physical play that’s the
hallmark of the Canadian game will
likely be missing from the brand of
hockey employed in Japan.
“I don’t know how good the hockey
is there,” says Hann. “I just know that
it won’t be a big contact game. They
have smaller guys in Japan, so I don’t
think the game’s the same as it is in
Canada.”
Upon returning to Canada, Hann
will likely begin training camp with
the Pickering Panthers Ontario Pro-
vincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League
team, where he hopes to earn a spot
as a rookie.
Following junior hockey, Hann
hopes to land a full athletic scholar-
ship to a U.S. university.
Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo
Brendan Hann, 17, will travel to Japan next month with the Nikkei midget hockey team,
one of 21 players of Japanese heritage chosen for the squad.
Melissa Nakasuji
Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo
Bryanna McCarthy, left, and Katherine Lawrence will play at the National All-Soccer
event in Saskatoon this week.
Aj ax girls go for gold
at national showcase
McCarthy, Lawrence
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at all-star championships
in Saskatoon
By Al Rivett
Sports Editor
AJAX — Two Ajax teens have their
sights set on gold at a national soccer
showcase tournament in Saskatoon
this week.
Bryanna McCarthy, 14, will play
up an age group for Ontario’s under-
16 squad, while Katherine Lawrence,
13, will play on the province’s under-
14 team at the 2006 National All-
Star Championship Tournament.
The event started yesterday (Tues-
day) and continues until July 23. All
10 provinces are sending under-14-
under-16 representative teams to the
championships. Ontario is the top
seed in both groups.
For McCarthy, the championship
represents a chance to earn another
gold medal for Ontario this sum-
mer. The striker-left back returned
earlier this month from being part of
the under-15 girls’ provincial team
that captured top spot at the Rocky
Mountain Cup in Edmonton.
Last year, McCarthy was also part
of the Ontario under-14 squad that
won the gold medal at the all-star
championships against other provin-
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Dawn O’Neil from the Ajax Pony Club puts After Finals through the paces at the Central Ontario Show Jumping Qualifiers at Audley
Road Stables on Sunday.
Aj ax riders soar at qualifier
AJAX — Ajax Pony Club members
fared well at the second Central On-
tario region qualifier for the regional
show jumping finals at Audley Road
Stables in Ajax on Sunday.
In the pre-entry division ‘A2’, Ajax
Pony Club’s Liz Levin, aboard Silvera-
do, finished second in the medal class.
Meanwhile, club riders dominated
class 1 of pre-entry division ‘B’. Jes-
sica Clarke was first on Natasha, Angie
Moorcroft second on Action Jackson
and Sarah McDonnell was third on
Jalapeno. In Class 2, another Ajax rider,
Kady Paterson, placed first on Trigger
Appy, with Clarke second. Clarke fin-
ished as the division champion, while
Paterson was the reserve champ.
In the pre-entry schooling division,
the Ajax club’s Dawn O’Neill, aboard
After Finals, finished second in the
medal class. O’Neill finished as the
reserve champion.
In the entry division, Emma Lemay-
Nedjelski of the Ajax club, on Cadbury,
finished third in class 2.
In the starter division, Emily Gillies
of Ajax on Rambling Rose won the
medal class. Gillies also finished sec-
ond in the single-round-with-jump-off
class. Overall, Gillies finished as the
division champ.
14-year-old on the under-16 provin-
cial squad, noting that it’s an honour
to be chosen as an underage player.
“It’s very special. I’m the only one
going of my age group, so it’s a big
thing,” she notes. “Two other girls
in my age group were invited but
both had prior commitments, so they
couldn’t go.”
McCarthy was referred to under-16
head coach Dave Peak by her under-
15 provincial head coach Brian
Rosenfeld. Following a training camp
at St. Catharines’ Ridley College, she
was picked to play.
“I went to the camp two days after
I came back from Edmonton,” says
McCarthy. “(Peak) liked what he saw
and invited me to go with them.”
McCarthy notes she hopes to build
on her performances at the under-
15 tournament in Edmonton at this
week’s championships. She adds the
Ontario under-15s won all four games
in Edmonton, including a 4-0 victory
over B.C. in the final. Pickering’s Arin
King and Jessica Vella were also part
of the squad.
McCarthy is also having a solid
season as part of the Oshawa Kicks’
Ontario Youth Soccer League (OYSL)
squad. The team is currently 7-0 in
league play and has won the first
round of the Ontario Cup playdowns.
McCarthy’s the leading scorer in her
division with seven goals in eight
games.
Meanwhile, Lawrence, a centre-
back, has trained with the provincial
under-14 team in Vaughan at the
Vaughan Soccer Centre throughout
the winter months after being pre-
selected from the regional program a
year ago. The provincial players com-
peted in exhibition games, in Buffalo
in January and in Florida in March,
where the team also suited up for a
series of friendlies.
Earlier this month, she completed
a provincial training camp at Rid-
ley College where 21 hopefuls were
whittled down to 18 for the trip to
Saskatchewan.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
durhamregion.com
Claremont resident, journalist
is a four-time award winner
Josie Newman
says writing is
more than a job
By Marva Palmer
Special to the News Advertiser
PICKERING — Josie
Newman, a veteran free-
lance journalist and char-
ismatic Christian, recently
won her fourth Word Guild
award for an article that ex-
plains faith to mainstream
readers.
The Claremont resident
says it is always a joy to
win an award. Her previous
Wo rd Guild honours were
for articles dealing with the
legalization of gay marriage
in Canada, Sharia Law, on-
line pornography and cy-
bersex, and a Native Cana-
dian evangelist. The guild
is a national association of
Christian writers and edi-
tors.
Newman says journalism
is more than a profession,
it is a ministry, an opportu-
nity to share her faith with
the world.
“My faith informs my en-
tire life and that includes
my work... but I have to be
careful that my faith doesn’t
make my world view blight-
ed -- and it doesn’t because
I’m very open-minded,” she
says.
During her 22-year ca-
reer, Newman has written
for numerous national and
international publications,
including The Toronto Star,
The Globe and Mail, The
National Post, and The
Christian Science Monitor.
She is a graduate of Ryerson
University’s school of jour-
nalism and has a degree in
English literature from the
University of Toronto. New-
man also teaches journal-
ism at a Christian college in
Toronto.
She is currently working
on a documentary series as
a field producer, researcher
and writer.
In the fall, she is con-
ducting a workshop on Re-
ligion and ethnicity in the
secular media at Ryerson
University’s Wordstock.
She says religion is con-
nected to all world conflicts,
social and other issues.
“It permeates everything,
and that’s why it’s so in-
tegral to journalism,” says
Newman.
Ye t, she doesn’t write
only about religion.
“I write a lot about news,”
she says. “Politics, social is-
sues. I write about business
topics too. I’m a journalist. I
follow the news. And I write
about news, hard news.”
Newman wasn’t always
a journalist of faith, even
though her father was an
Anglican minister and
she grew up in a Christian
home.
She says it is hard to be a
journalist of faith.
“Some journalists view
people of faith as being im-
balanced,” says Newman.
“Some people of faith are
imbalanced and so they
give other people of faith a
bad name.”
She says anyone who
goes into journalism has to
be called to the profession.
“It has to be a vocation;
it has to be a calling, other-
wise why would anyone do
it?”
Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo
Josie Newman of Pickering has won a fourth Word Guild award for an article explain-
ing faith to mainstream readers.
Landscapes and laneways
DURHAM — Reality and
the abstract are explored in
a new exhibit at the Robert
McLaughlin Gallery in Os-
hawa.
Lisa Klapstock: liminal
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rapher Klapstock, who is in-
terested in the mechanisms
of sight and the role of the
camera in affecting and chal-
lenging the way we experi-
ence our surroundings. The
exhibit, curated by Joan Steb-
bins, consists of two bodies
of work, the laneway project,
photographs from Toronto’s
urban laneways, and Ambig-
uous Landscapes, her most
recent body of work.
The exhibit runs to Sept.
17. On Sept. 9 and 10, the
gallery is offering an art-
ist-in-residence weekend
workshop. Participants will
use photography to explore
the urban landscape under
Klapstock’s guidance. For
registration information,
contact the education exten-
sion and outreach coordina-
tor at 905-576-3000 ext. 108.
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