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The Pickering woman won the second prize of $103,563.40 in the April 4 Lotto 6/49 draw. “I checked my ticket at lunch. I called my mother to tell her and she thought I was playing a belat- ed April Fool’s joke. I’m very happy about the win,” Ms.Yeates said. A 32-year-old assistant prop- erty manager, Ms.Yeates has a son. She plans to buy a new car and bank the remainder. The winning ticket was bought in North York. Pickering workshops help in job hunt PICKERING –– The Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre in Pickering is offering workshops throughout April. Resume preparation is the topic of discussion April 12, fol- lowed by developing job leads on April 19. Wrapping up the month on April 27 will be help with inter- view skills. All workshops are scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. Along with the workshops, the centre offers a three-day job club every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Space is limited, so call 905- 420-4010 for more information or to reserve your seat at the next available workshop. The Durham Region Unem- ployed Help Centre-Pickering is located beside the GO Station at 1400 Bayly St., Unit 12. Fill your belly at Pickering country fair PICKERING —Cakes, pies, tarts, muffins, jams, pickles, salsa and more will be available tomor- row at a fund-raising event. The South Pickering Seniors Club is hosting ‘the giant bake and country fair store’Thursday, April 12, from noon to 4 p.m. at 910 Liverpool Rd., just south of Bayly. Refreshments will be served. We’re On The Move! 575 Kingston Rd. E. of Whites 831-5400 Come by & visitCome by & visit our new locationour new location PICKERING HONDA FOR YOU TWO MATERNITY Hwy. #2 E. of Brock Pickering Village Courtyard426-2088 Easter SpecialEaster Special 905 Sale ends Mon., April 16 at 6pm NONO PSTPST GSTGST tax on $100 before Pickering double-murder suspect died in hospital while in police custody SIU clears Durham police officer BY KEITH GILLIGAN Staff Writer A Durham Regional Police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the provincial Special Investigations in the death of a Pickering murder suspect. The SIU announced yester- day,April 10, that the unidenti- fied subject officer is “not criminally liable” in the death of Montgomery Harmon, who died in custody on Wednesday, March 28, just hours after being charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and daughter. SIU director Peter A. Tins- ley said in a press release, “I’m satisfied that there is no evi- dence upon which it could be reasonably believed that Mr. Harmon’s death was related to any act or omission on the part of any police officer in such a way as to attract criminal lia- bility.” Durham Regional Police Chief Kevin McAlpine said in an interview yesterday after- noon he’s pleased with the out- come of the SIU probe. “It’s pretty obvious from the time of the autopsy nothing un- toward happened. We’re pleased the SIU concluded its investigation as quickly as they did,” Chief McAlpine said. An autopsy conducted on Mr. Harmon concluded he died of a pulmonary embolism, or a massive blood clot in the lungs. At the time of his death, he was in police custody at the Ajax and Pickering Health Centre. He was in hospital after being admitted for a suspected drug overdose and was being guarded by Durham officers. On Monday, March 26 at 8:30 a.m., Durham police were called to the Harmon family home on Lydia Crescent. Once inside the house, they found Marcia, 42, and Danielle, 6, dead in an upstairs bedroom. An autopsy found they had been bludgeoned to death. Mr. Harmon was found un- conscious and taken to the hos- pital, where he drifted in and out of consciousness. Around 7 a.m. on Wednes- day, March 28, he was removed from intensive care and police charged him with two counts of second-degree murder. Just after 11 a.m., while still in the custody of the subject of- ficer, Mr. Harmon used the washroom facilities in his room. He collapsed and died as he was leaving the washroom. Immediate attempts to revive him by hospital staff failed. As he was in police custody KEVIN McALPINE ‘We’re pleased the SIU concluded its investigation as quickly as they did.’ Pickering councillor has own brand of road rage Johnson seeks alternative methods to finance highway improvements BY SUSAN O’NEILL Staff Writer Finding another means of financing the capital costs for Regional roads is essential if Durham is going to catch-up with the current backlog of projects and improve the area’s deteriorating infrastruc- ture, says a Regional council- lor. Pickering Councillor and Durham works committee chairman Rick Johnson reports the Region needs to find an- other way to finance the capi- tal costs of projects associated with the new Hwy. 401 inter- changes so it can free up de- velopment charges to fund other much-needed projects like the widening of Brock and Taunton roads, which have been dropped from Durham’s five-year plan under the cur- rent budget proposals. “There is an opportunity here either to debenture or use other funds for those projects,” Coun. Johnson said, noting the Region could recover the costs associated with the Hwy. 401 interchanges when Durham begins to reap the benefits of infrastructure improvements. “That would free up enough money to do... other projects that have fallen off the five- year forecast,” he said, noting several members of the works committee are lobbying for changes to the current financ- ing structure in the hope of ac- celerating the roads program. The Region’s 2001 Roads Servicing and Financing Study recommends a roads budget of $19.8 million this year while the proposed capital program totals roughly $100 million over the next five years, in- cluding more than $20 million for the Region’s share of the Hwy. 401-construction pro- gram. That program includes new interchanges at Carruthers Creek Drive (the renamed Pickering Beach Road) in Ajax, Lakeridge Road on the Whitby-Ajax border and Stevenson Road in Oshawa. Coun. Johnson agrees im- provements to the highway are necessary, but said road work on the 400-series highways should be paid for through pooling or from a dedicated portion of the gas tax. The 2001 roads budget also includes a special tax, which is being proposed to pay for ‘re- habilitation’ work to improve the condition of Regional roads across Durham. The works department is recommending a 0.5-per cent levy, which equals $1.1 mil- lion, to cover the costs associ- ated with preventative mainte- nance of Durham’s arterial road network, which includes 830 kilometres of roadways and 208 bridges and culverts. “We are way behind,” Coun. Johnson said. “We’re not keeping up.” According to a Durham re- port, an index commonly used to measure the condition of a road surface indicates, “the av- erage roadway (in Durham) is in less than adequate condi- tion.” The report cites the harsh winter and increasing traffic RICK JOHNSON We are way behind. We’re not keeping up.’ RON PIETRONIRO/ News Advertiser photo Stringing them along Harpist Liane James entertained guests at the annual gen- eral meeting of the PineRidge Arts Council in Pickering last week. The event featured a juried art show, an auction and musical performances. Ms. James is an Ajax resident who attends Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby. Durham College is No. 1 –– again Latest performance indicators place college on top BY MIKE RUTA Staff Writer For the second year in a row, students, graduates and the em- ployers who hire them have made Durham College the Greater Toronto Area’s top-per- forming college. And that means a bonus is on the way from Queen’s Park, since a portion of provincial funding for colleges is deter- mined by how they perform on the annual Key Performance In- dicator (KPI) surveys. Introduced in 1998, On- tario’s 25 community colleges must take part in the surveys that poll students, new graduates and their employers. Survey results show 94 per cent of Durham College’s recent graduates found a job six months or sooner after they graduated, the highest percent- age in Ontario and up two points from last year’s survey. As well, 80 per cent of students were sat- isfied with their educational ex- perience at DC, up five points from last year. “We’re very pleased,” said Durham president Gary Polon- sky. “If you were to ask most students why they go to college, they can sum it up in a three-let- ter word, the j-word.” He said the provincial KPI bonus would probably be simi- lar to last year’s amount, or roughly $500,000. And while he is grateful to receive it, Mr. Polonsky noted that isn’t a lot of money in the context of a $94- million budget. Still, it will be put to good use in a number of student services initiatives, like last year when he said staff-pro- posed projects such as a job- posting service on the Internet were solicited and approved. One Durham performance indicator was down. The latest numbers reveal 91 per cent of employers are satisfied with the preparation Durham students re- ceived, compared to 93 per cent last year. Mr. Polonsky said the college targets its low KPIs and a full re- port with recommendations for improvement will go to the board of governors tonight (Wednesday), calling for better communication, more timely in- terventions and more frequent follow-ups with employers. “The main reason why we do so well is we take nothing for granted and we do a lot of con- tinuous quality improvement,” he said. He said everyone at Durham shares in the success indicated by the survey results. “I’ll do my Bobby Orr im- personation,” he quipped. “This is the all-time team effort. Every GARY POLONSKY ‘We take nothing for granted...’ The financial outlook isn’t getting any brighter for resi- dential taxpayers in Durham, members of the Region’s fi- nance and administration committee heard Tuesday. Durham’s finance com- missioner Jim Clapp told the committee the Region won’t be able to pass on any tax in- creases to the industrial class this year because of the provincial government’s re- strictions on tax ratios. “In effect the budget in- crease can be passed on to all classes but the industrial class,” he said, explaining that means the residential, Budget numbers point up See CITY page A5 See SIU page A4 See DURHAM page A4 See GOING page A4 Pretty, powerful and muscular Wheels pullout Healy happy in supporting role Sports, B1 A/P PAGE A2 NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 Please Recycle Me... General Motors hands Durham ultimatum on hospitals If special tax levy imposed, automaker will eliminate charitable donations BY SUSAN O’NEILL Staff Writer General Motors will be forced to cut back on its charitable donations to local health-care facilities if Durham council imposes a special property tax levy to fund hospital expansions here, the com- pany is warning. In a letter to Clarington Mayor John Mutton, the automotive company asked the Region to turn down an additional tax levy for hospitals. Tayce Wakefield, GM’s vice-presi- dent of corporate and environmental af- fairs, states that while GM has supported area hospitals in the past, any additional tax levies would hurt the organization’s competitiveness and would impact the company’s ability to continue making charitable contributions. “While we would like to be support- ive of the Lakeridge Health Corporation, we will have to include a clause in any contracted donation that if there is any additional levy required of us through the property tax system, we will claw back all charitable contributions com- mitted to that cause,” said the letter, dated April 5. Durham Regional Chairman Roger Anderson proposed a special levy during recent budget deliberations for hospital construction projects that would see tax- payers hit with a one-per cent increase ($11 to $15) in each of the next three years. At that point taxpayers would con- tinue to pay the third-year level ($33 to $45) for another nine years. The plan would raise about $70 million over 12 years. Mr. Anderson has suggested a spe- cial levy for capital construction only at the Lakeridge locations and the Ajax and Pickering Health Centre, part of the Rouge Valley Health System. The hospitals had initially asked for $100 million in funding from the Region to help support $409 million in capital expansion projects across Durham. The Province has committed to providing about $216 million in funding and local hospital foundations are committed to raising $93 million. “It’s unfortunate GM has expressed that view,” Mr. Anderson said Monday, explaining the cap on industrial, com- mercial and multi-residential taxpayers introduced by the Province this year could mean the Region may not even be able to apply the special levy to those classes. “Since large industrial companies are capped... this has no impact on GM,” he said. “I don’t know what their real con- cern is.” In a joint release, Lakeridge chief ex- ecutive officer Brian Lemon, and Bruce Cliff, chief operating officer at the Ajax and Pickering Health Centre, said mod- ern facilities help attract business. “General Motors has been generous with the hospitals through their support to our foundations,” said Mr. Lemon. “GM is understandably concerned about competitiveness. Our regional economy and jobs depend on being competitive. “In fact, contributing to the competi- tiveness of our regional economy is one of the many benefits of hospital expan- sion –– ensuring that Durham remains an attractive place to locate or expand a business, contributing to more jobs and a healthier economy. Added Mr. Cliff: “Modern up-to-date facilities and the latest technological equipment will also help us keep our great doctors, nurses and clinical staff and to attract more like them. Most im- portantly, however, Durham patients will benefit most. This should not be a debate about taxes; it should be about priori- ties... quality health care close to home. It should be about smart growth and smart decisions. A dime a day is a small price to pay.” Mayor Mutton, who doesn’t believe the Region is responsible for funding hospitals, maintained Durham needs to push the Province to amend the Devel- opment Charges Act to raise money for hospitals. 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There is no penalty for declaring these items, but a severe penalty exists for failing to do so. • Stay away from Canadian farms for 14 days. • If you must visit a farm, machine wash all clothing in hot water or have it drycleaned, and disinfect all personal effects (especially footwear) that were abroad with you in a solution of 50% water and 50% vinegar. • If you plan to visit a zoo or a national/provincial park, please follow similar disinfectant measures. If you farm in Canada: • Prevent farm or ranch visits by anyone who has been to countries affected by Foot and Mouth Disease in the last 14 days. • If visitors must come to the farm, they should take additional sanitary precautions such as washing and disinfecting all personal effects and equipment before they arrive. We need your help to keep Canada free of Foot and Mouth Disease A serious outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in European countries has led to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals. This viral disease is highly contagious, affecting cattle, swine, sheep, goats, deer and other animals. Although it is not a significant threat to human health, you could bring the virus into Canada on your footwear or clothing, your baggage, or in infected imported food products. Travellers arriving in Canada from affected countries are required to follow a simple but effective disinfectant procedure. Inspections of personal baggage and imported goods have become much more stringent. Here’s what you can do to help keep Canada free of Foot and Mouth Disease. After travelling to affected countries: • Make sure that the clothing and footwear you wore during your visit are free from soil and manure, especially if you visited a farm while abroad.For more information call 1-877-227-0677 (Mon –Fri, 8am–8pm Eastern Daylight Time) (Sat, 9am–5pm Eastern Daylight Time) (Closed April 14,15) TDD/TTY 1-800-465-7735 or visit www.inspection.gc.ca JAMES R. 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Thomas enjoys playing computer games and building hings with his hands. He will receive a dinner for 4 voucher compliments of McDonald’s. Congratulations Thomas for being our Carrier of the Week. Tribute to the Beatles Apr. 21st 9:00 p.m. - ? BY SUSAN O’NEILL Staff Writer The Durham Regional Po- lice Service will have an addi- tional $10 million to spend this year under the 2001 budget ap- proved by Durham’s finance and administration committee Tuesday. The committee approved a budget of $82.4 million even though Regional council had di- rected the Durham Police Ser- vices Board to keep its request to $80 million this year. The police budget was $71.8 million in 2000 and this year’s increase represents a hike of ap- proximately four per cent in the Regional levy, roughly 1.1 per cent higher than the guideline set by council. The board’s ini- tial request was $85.4 million. “We certainly hope with the change in our budget we are im- proving our service,” Police Chief Kevin McAlpine said in an interview, noting the public will see more officers on the street as a result of the 2001 budget. About 85 per cent of the po- lice budget is allocated towards wages and benefits and most of the increase this year is to hire 47 more officers and 20 civilian staff. The chief explained the $82.4 million is required to meet the department’s obliga- tions. “Like you, we have an oblig- ation to our citizens,” Chief McAlpine told councillors. “You are mandated to provide funding for that.” Members of the finance committee told the police ser- vices board March 28 to make further cuts to their $82.4 mil- lion budget to bring it in line with council’s target. But, the chief reported Tues- day, “We’ve done all that can be done with respect to this”. “If it was me, I’d take out 10 civilians and take out the offi- cers you plan to hire in October and November,” Durham Chair- man Roger Anderson said, adding while he supports the police staffing plan, which has set a 1:750 ratio of officers to residents, the Region’s overall budget is climbing higher and higher as the budget proceeds. “The fact is we’re at nine per cent (tax hike) folks and it’s only going to go up from here,” he said. Council has set a 6.5-per cent guideline for any tax in- crease this year, but with the ad- ditional one per cent for police and the possibility of a 0.5-per cent increase for conservation authorities and one per cent for hospitals, the overall tax hike could end up at about nine per cent. “Chief, I would have liked to have seen you come in less,” Mr. Anderson said. However, he added, “I’m not prepared to go line by line through these budgets. The chief and his officers know what they need.” “The police service, under the guidance of the chief, has done an exemplary job in trying to meet the guideline,” said Os- hawa Councillor and police board chairman Bob Boychyn. “Quite frankly we have wres- tled with this and this is the rock-bottom. After that we start to actually get into doing some cuts... I don’t think there’s any willingness to have any cuts.” He added, “It’s simply a fact. This is what’s needed.” The committee also ap- proved a motion introduced by Pickering Councillor Mark Holland to cap the 2002 budget increase for police at three per cent of the Regional levy next year. “If we don’t send them some clear guidelines... where is this going to go?” he asked. Mr. Anderson agreed, “It’s not unreasonable to expect the police to follow a guideline... don’t give them an open book and say ‘Fill in the pages’.” Chief McAlpine responded saying, “There seems to be an impression in this room that we ignore your guidelines and don’t take them seriously.” He said that’s simply not the case and told councillors “you have my commitment we’ll do everything we can to meet the (2002) guidelines.” The chief also reported the police will continue their cur- rent arrangement to provide air support until the end of the year and will then review the heli- copter project before making recommendations for the 2002 budget. NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 PAGE A3 A/P Committee approves police budget request A week after telling officials to pare numbers, committee gives green light to $82.4-million budget BOB BOYCHYN ‘We’ve wrestled with this and this is the rock-bottom.’ ROGER ANDERSON ‘The chief and his officers know what they need.’ Lunch is served at the Legion PICKERING ––The ladies auxiliary at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 606 holds daily lunches from noon to 1:30 p.m. and you’re invited. All dinners are under $4 and served by volunteers at the branch, 1555 Bayly St., in Pickering. For more infor- mation on the program, call the Legion at 905-839-2990. Everyone is welcome and no membership is required to at- tend. 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Ajax 905-427-4633 Now Accepting Spring/Summer Womens/Childrens Clothes corner of this college has to thrive in order for these numbers to thrive.” He paid tribute to staff who are al- ways ready, “at- tentively and with a smile”, to assist students in areas such as financial aid and coun- selling. “That’s what we’re about here, what we stress,” said Mr. Polonsky. “Be- cause we take it all so seriously, the (KPI) num- bers are good.” Another KPI survey question found 83 per cent of new graduates were satisfied with their educa- tion at Durham and its usefulness in helping them achieve their goals. Durham Col- lege’s student population has risen 9.2 per cent over the past two years and DC has budgeted for a 7.5-per cent in- crease this year, said Mr. Polonsky. He expects both college and uni- versity enrolment to remain high, noting hundreds of university grad- uates attend Durham while college graduates also go on to uni- versity. “What has happened is the world has just internal- ized, it is truly the knowledge-driven economy now,” said Mr. Polonsky. “And for people to get into or stay in the mid- dle-class, you need a solid education.” A/P PAGE A4 NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 All you can Eat Backribs Wednesdays Durham College’s performance measures up Just the fax: 683-7363 News Advertiser online www.durhamnews.net Going up? at the time of his death, the SIU was called in to investigate. Five SIU in- vestigators, in- cluding two forensic investi- gators, were called to the scene. According to an SIU release, officals inter- viewed 19 hospi- tal staff mem- bers, as well as the witness offi- cer and attended the autopsy. SIU from page A1 SIU clears officer DURHAM from page A1 multi-residential and commercial classes will have to pick up the slack. “It means a 6.5-per cent (property tax) in- crease translates into a seven per cent increase for residential tax- payers,” Mr. Clapp explained. He also report- ed the current budget submis- sions from Re- gional depart- ments would re- sult in an increase of nearly nine per cent at the Re- gional level, the impact of which will be even high- er on those three classes. And, that’s not including the costs Durham pays for social housing and so- cial assistance, he said, noting the Region expects to have those figures later this week. “The guideline is 6.5 per cent and hopefully that can be met, but it’s only going to in- crease from there,” Mr. Clapp added. GOING from page A1 Periodontal disease is a “silent” infection and symptoms may include. •Persistent bad breath •Red, swollen or tender gums •Blood on your toothbrush •Gums that pull away from the teeth •Loose or separating teeth •Pus between the gums and the teeth The treatment of periodontal disease includes early diagnosis, removal of bacterial deposits deep below the gum line, professional cleanings and follow-up inspection of the gum tissue. A regimen of home care, cooperation by the patient and supportive professional assistance can stop periodontal disease and preserve your teeth, gums and good health for a lifetime. For further information on Health Links and Dental Care, Please call: Dr. Paul Goodman, Dr. Steven Weiner and Dr. Anna Aleinkov at (905) 839-5951 The Link Between Gum Disease and Your Heart - Are You At Risk? A serious health hazard may be silently lurking in your gums. Periodontal disease is gum disease that is caused by infection. Just like high blood pressure and diabetes, the signs of periodontal disease are often not evident until it is too late. In fact, over time most adults will have some form of periodontal disease that they may not be aware of. Studies have shown the periodontal disease may be a potential risk for many other health problems, including heart disease and stroke. Heart disease was responsible for more than 40% of all deaths in 1995. (Source: American Heart Association). Your gums can serve as a reservoir for bacteria, which cause inflammation. The role of local infection in generalized disease is well established and can negatively impact your health. Medical and dental professionals have long suspected that infections in the mouth can be a risk factor for systematic illness such as heart disease, diabetes, respiratory disease and low birth weight babies. Inflammation in the mouth can affect vital organ systems remote from the oral cavity by serving as a source of infection. As with most diseases, the key is prevention and halting the disease process in its early stages. It is a misconception to think that periodontal disease only affects people who have poor oral hygiene. Recent studies suggest that nearly 30% of the population may be genetically susceptible to developing a severe form of periodontal disease, even though they eat well and exercise good oral hygiene. Recent studies suggest that nearly 30% of the population may be genetically susceptible to developing a severe form of periodontal disease, even though they eat well and exercise good oral hygiene. Health Links... The First of a Series By Dentistry on Liverpool It is a misconception to think that periodontal disease only affects people who have poor oral hygiene. “Providing a Natural Way to Better Health and Wellness” TERESA D. From PICKERING LOST 43 LBS. 59” IN 11 WEEKS “Thank you to the staff at Herbal Magic. 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SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE www.scarboroughtowncentre.com Hwy. 401 between McCowan and Brimley volumes as reasons for the de- terioration. “For the Region to continue to attract new development, and at the same time, contribute to the health and vitality of its in- dividual and local municipali- ties and the Region as a whole, it is essential that its infrastruc- ture be kept not only in a state of good repair but also im- proved to meet community needs and expectations,” the Roads Servicing and Financing Study states. The major capital projects proposed for 2001 include work associated with the Car- ruthers Creek Drive inter- change, the reconstruction and widening of Bayly Street from Shoal Point Road to Pickering Beach Road, improvements on Taunton Road from Church Street in Ajax to Brock Street in Whitby, work on various in- tersections across Durham and the resurfacing and rehabilita- tion program. The roads budget goes to council for consideration as part of the overall 2001 operat- ing and capital budgets on April 25. NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 PAGE A5 P City councillor calls for road improvement funding Please recycle your News Advertiser! A.J. GROEN/ News Advertiser photo Sumo no more Dunbarton High School Principal Tom Reed may have won his sumo wrestling bout against teacher Bill Dalliday, but the fun event took a lot out of him. Mr. Reed was taking part in a fund-raiser for the Pickering high school which collected $700. CITY from page A1 Here’s what’s open and closed this holiday weekend Stock up on Easter supplies before it’s too late While the Easter bunny will be hopping busy this weekend, many others won’t. Liquor and beer stores and shop- ping centres will be closed Friday and Sunday, but open Saturday and Monday. As for banks, check with your fi- nancial institution for hours. Mail delivery will be cancelled Friday and Monday. In Ajax and Pickering, library branches will be closed Friday, Sun- day and Monday, but open for regu- lar hours on Saturday. Garbage and blue box recyclables normally collected in Pickering on Friday will be picked up on Monday, April 16. In Ajax, the normal Friday garbage collection will be on Satur- day, April 14. Elementary and high schools will enjoy a long weekend with no class- es Friday or Monday. Ajax Transit will have its buses parked Friday and Sunday, but run- ning Saturday and Monday. In Pick- ering, buses will be off the road Fri- day and Sunday, but running Satur- day and Monday. Check with GO Transit at 416- 869-3200 for bus and train sched- ules. The Pickering Recreation Com- plex is closed Friday and Sunday, but open Saturday and Monday. The Dunbarton Pool is open Saturday, but closed Friday, Sunday and Mon- day. In Ajax, all recreation facilities are closed Friday and open for regu- lar hours Saturday and Sunday. 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St. George’s Day Tribute to Beatles P PAGE A6 NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 Editorial &OPINIONS NEWS ADVERTISER April 11, 2001 Pickering News Advertiser A Metroland Community Newspaper Tim Whittaker Publisher Joanne Burghardt Editor-in-Chief Steve Houston Managing Editor Bruce Danford Director of Advertising Duncan Fletcher Retail Advertising Manager Eddie Kolodziejcak Classified Advertising Manager John Willems Real Estate/Automotive Advertising Manager Abe Fakhourie Distribution Manager Lillian Hook Office Manager Barb Harrison Composing Manager News (905) 683-5110 Sales (905) 683-5110 Classifieds (905) 683-0707 Distribution (905) 683-5117 General Fax (905) 683-7363 E-Mail steve.houston@ durhamnews.net Web address www.durhamnews.net 130 Commercial Ave., Ajax, Ont. L1S 2H5 Publications Mail Sales Agreement Number 1332791 The News Advertiser is one of the Metroland Printing, Pub- lishing and Distributing group of newspapers. The News Ad- vertiser is a member of the Ajax & Pickering Board of Trade, Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc., Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc., Canadian Circulations Audit Board and the Ontario Press Council. The publisher reserves the right to classify or refuse any advertisement. Credit for advertisement limited to space price error occupies. The News Advertiser accepts letters to the editor. All let- ters should be typed or neatly hand-written, 150 words. Each letter must be signed with a first and last name or two initials and a last name. Please include a phone num- ber for verification. The edi- tor reserves the right to edit copy for style, length and content. Opinions expressed in letters are those of the writer and not necessarily those of the News Advertiser. We regret that due to the vol- ume of letters, not all will be printed. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Region, City should ‘upload’ cash requests To the editor: Re: ‘Funding plan for hospitals pitched,’April 1. Stop the train! Somebody please put the brakes to the Region’s and City’s endless, greedy grab for more taxes. The situation is becom- ing absurd. After proposing to raise region- al taxes 6.5 per cent and hiking water rates by five per cent, the fact that Durham Chairman Roger An- derson has the gall to dig deeper into our pockets is insulting. Does he think we’re all imbeciles? Who else this year is expecting a net after-tax increase of this size? And he wants more. Amazing! Mr. Anderson proposes putting homeowners on the hook for the next 12 years to finance hospital expansions through a special levy on top of the 6.5-per cent tax in- crease. It’s time for Mr. Anderson to get his hands out of our pockets. Not to be outdone by the regional conspir- ators, Pickering Mayor Wayne Arthurs and his council are also considering an increase in the Pick- ering tax rate. Shame on you! If you need money, ask Premier Mike Harris to properly assume his duties and responsibilities of fund- ing medical and hospital services adequately and properly. Upload instead of shamefully accepting the downloads. I urge Mr. Anderson and Mayor Arthurs to show us they have some guts by fighting for the local tax- payers instead of ringing the bells for more taxes. Paul F. Smith, Pickering Still time to save valuable green space, farmland To the editor: Just over two weeks ago the fed- eral government announced the do- nation of 7,500 acres of land on the south side of the moraine in north Pickering as permanent parkland, to be connected up to the 11,000- acre Rouge Park four miles to the south via various linkages along the Rouge and Duffins watersheds. These cold-water streams are teaming with rainbow trout at this time of year and with salmon in the fall. In addition, the valley lands and hedgerows are major corridors for wildlife, ranging from chip- munks, mink and beaver to coy- otes, foxes and deer. At the very moment Transport Minister David Collenette was making his announcement, howev- er, Highway 407 construction crews were creating a nearly im- penetrable barrier between the two areas of parkland. This 15-kilome- tre stretch of new highway is filling valley lands with house-high walls of dirt where there should be bridges and putting unusable 100- metre-long culverts where there should be wildlife-friendly under- passes. The 407 extension from Markham to Brougham was de- signed and approved during an era when nothing was more important than frugality and little attention was being paid to green space, farmland and the growing public rejection of sprawl. Times have changed. I suspect the public and local corporations would be willing to match, dollar for dollar, anything the Province will contribute to remedying these consequences of haste and short- sighted planning. What about it Janet Ecker? Are you and your government up for the challenge? It’s not too late until the pavement is poured. And even then it’s not too late - just much more expensive. Bruce Flattery, president Duffin-Rouge Agricultural Community EDITORIAL New approach a major departure Tories may open wide parental choice in public system A job well done Efforts of local groups will serve us well in the future The speech from the throne is a week away and ru- mours from Queen’s Park are already flowing fast and fu- rious. The one which will draw avid attention from par- ents, students, teachers and administrators involves a re- ported proposal to open wide the public school system to allow children to attend the school of their choice. While Premier Mike Harris denied the report late Tuesday, should the rumours become a reality, or at the very least some form of the plan take shape, we have some real concerns about the impact on Durham students. Forget local boundaries and restrictions upon where students can attend as is now the case for the vast major- ity of Ontario’s millions of pupils. The new plan would focus funding on the schools that attract the most stu- dents. While details are vague, it would boil down to com- plete freedom of choice. If you live in south Oshawa and you want your child to go to a school in Whitby, you might be able to send your child there, providing space is available. Schools would be encouraged to compete to draw stu- dents. The new system would also allow schools to focus on areas of specialization like the performing arts, sci- ence and technology or athletics. One might ask ‘What’s the harm in encouraging schools to compete for students?’ Surely each institution will push hard to improve and ideally the ‘open market’ for pupils would lift the entire system. Schools would have to earn the respect of parents and students. Isn’t that the way it works with our college and universities, which also rely on a tremendous amount of public funding? But there are pitfalls with the proposal. Would older schools in need of repair be left behind as students flock en masse to newer buildings? Would schools in the poor- er parts of municipalities be left largely abandoned, and, as a result, be thoroughly underfunded? Would some neighbourhoods, already struggling to maintain their pub- lic education facilities, wind up education ghettos? What would a wide-open system mean in terms of or- ganization and costs? How difficult would it be for ad- ministrators to plan year-by-year? Would school boards administer the system or would the Province take com- mand? We’ll get a better idea of it all April 19 when the throne speech is delivered, but the question begging to be an- swered is this: Will the quality of education be improved by competition or will it spell the end of fair and equal ac- cess to public education for all? You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief. So it was late last week when federal transport minister David Collenette announced, in clear terms, there is no pressing need for the federal government to move ahead on plans for a Pickering airport. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority has agreed in- stead to invest in Buttonville Airport in York Region, a move that, says Mr. Collenette, “will support the Greater Toronto Area’s aviation requirements over the long term.” The minister added unequivocally that this move means, “a reliever airport on the Pickering lands won’t be needed for many years”. With those words, Mr. Collenette has sent the strongest of possible messages from the feds that show the efforts of Pickering-based groups like VOCAL (Voters Organized to Cancel the Airport Lands) have paid off. It also shows the federal government is taking a practi- cal approach to aviation needs in the GTA. But, if these community-based groups have learned anything over the years, they’ve learned that complacency can be the enemy. Continued vigilance and thoughtful debate will be re- quired in the future, just as it has in the past. This move by the federal government is welcome and the commitment apparently strong, but as the GTA grows, so too will the pressure for change. We will continue to look for leadership from elected of- ficials and the highly committed people behind groups like VOCAL. Their efforts have paid off this time; they should serve us well in the future as well. E-mail your comments on these opinions to steve.hous- ton@durhamnews.net. Submissions that include a first and last name, as well as the city of residence, will be considered for publication. Premier Mike Harris has been given a lot of advice on ways he can give up his power to spend millions of dollars on government advertising that promotes his party — a big issue in the 1999 election — but he is unlikely to accept any of it. The Progressive Conservative premier’s misuse of ads paid for by taxpayers has been well-docu- mented. While government ads should be used to inform, he has run many arguing his health sys- tem meets the needs of residents but fails to counter constant exam- ples of it letting them down, and other ads which show tax cuts cre- ate jobs, when many think their main result has been to weaken services. Mr. Harris has bought space at- tacking “union bosses”, when he could debate them without cost in news media, and a leaked memo even confessed the main aim of the taxpayer-funded ads was to “leave the audience feeling com- fortable with the Mike Harris gov- ernment”. Other premiers also used gov- ernment ads to help their parties. The most notorious were when an earlier Conservative, William Davis, plastered the province with commercials showing pristine lakes and forests and urging, “Life is good, Ontario. Preserve it. CONSERVE it‚” and won back his majority. But no government including the Tories under Mr. Davis has used ads paid for by taxpayers to promote a party on anything like the huge scale of Mr. Harris. This became a major talking point in the 1999 election the To- ries won, while most news media previously tended to look on gov- ernment spending on partisan ads as something minor that every party did and much of an insider’s story. Many editorials in newspapers and even some right-wing colum- nists who usually are steadfast supporters of Mr. Harris, said he had gone too far. New Democrat deputy leader Frances Lankin has now proposed a law that would force government ads to be objective and impartial and not promote the interests of a governing party or directly attack the policies and opinions of oppo- sition parties or other groups. It also would bar government from personalizing ads with pic- tures of a smiling Mr. Harris, not totally recognizable from the guy who snarls at opposition and union leaders. It would also provide the provincial auditor, who regularly shows independence by revealing horrific waste by governments of all persuasions, the power to eval- uate ads and recommend that a governing party he feels broke the rules, reimburse taxpayers. Liberal leader Dalton McGuin- ty earlier introduced a private member’s bill on much the same lines but enabling MPPs to refer any government ad they feel is partisan to the legislature’s integri- ty commissioner. The commis- sioner, who normally investigates allegations MPPs have breached ethics, also would be empowered to demand a governing party reim- burse taxpayers. The Canadian Taxpayers Fed- eration, which mostly worships Mr. Harris because he has reduced government and taxes, has called on all three parties to support the Liberal bill. It is annoyed Mr. Har- ris embarked on what it calls “a massive ad buy at all, when he is supposed to be restraining spend- ing.” The provincial auditor, prompt- ed by complaints Mr. Harris had government pay for partisan ads, also has investigated and noted some jurisdictions have guidelines that government should pay only for ads which explain its policies and inform of rights and services and not for those which have the effect of promoting the govern- ment’s interests above those of op- position parties. The auditor concluded Ontario politicians need some guidelines, but stopped short of offering to act as arbiter, as suggested by the NDP. A poll also recently suggested a large majority of residents feel Mr. Harris’s spending of govern- ment money on partisan ads is im- proper. But the premier has an advan- tage he will be reluctant to give up and no one can compel him to, be- cause he has a majority of votes in the legislature. The Liberals and NDP also have both been in government dur- ing the last decade and a half and did not use their opportunity to bring in a law restraining govern- ment from spending on partisan ads. It is probably unrealistic to ex- pect an incumbent to give up a weapon that helps keep them in power and the most that can be hoped for is the pressure will force Mr. Harris to put some brakes on government ads that help his party. E-mail your comments on this opinion to steve.houston@durham- news.net. Self-promotion a natural for Tories But critics say tax dollars shouldn’t foot the bill Eric Dowd At Queen’s Park YOU SAID IT The question was: Do you support a special regional tax levy to raise $70 million towards hospital expansion? Laura Russell said,“I guess so. It’s impor- tant and we need a good hospital in our area.” Iain Anderson said,“If the government stopped wasting our money, they would be able to support the hos- pitals’ request for expansion.” Marie Roy said, “I think we pay enough taxes right now. We’re swamped with increases. They should try to raise the money another way.” 24 Hour Access 420-4660 cityofpickering.com420-2222 OPERATIONS & EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT NEWS ADVERTISER WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 PAGE A7 P JOIN OUR TEAM Volunteer Now Call 683-6582 Celebrating the International Year of the Volunteer Sun. 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Call now for details REC COMPLEX: • Fitness for Everyone • Squash, Tennis, Racquetball • Memberships • Learn-to-Swim CITY OF PICKERING EASTER HOLIDAY OPERATING HOURS FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2001 TO MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 CIVIC COMPLEX (CITY HALL) PICKERING MUSEUM VILLAGE GARBAGE, RECYCLING & YARD WASTE PICKERING TRANSIT ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES CITY COUNCIL MEETING EMERGENCY SERVICES RECREATION COMPLEX RECREATION COMPLEX POOL DUNBARTON POOL Friday, April 13 CLOSED Monday, April 16 CLOSED Friday, April 13 * To be collected on Monday, April 16 Tuesday, April 17 City Council Meeting at 7:30 pm Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14 Monday, April 16 NO SERVICE Regular Saturday Service Regular Weekday Service with LIMITED Evening Dial-a-Bus Service Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14 Sunday, April 15 Monday, April 16 CLOSED Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED FOR THE SEASON CLOSED 7:00 am - 9:00 pm CLOSED 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14 Sunday, April 15 Monday, April 16 CLOSED Programs will operate as usual CLOSED CLOSED Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14 Sunday, April 15 Monday, April 16 Emergency Services will not be affected by the Holiday Schedule. City of Pickering Emergency Telephone Number is (905) 683-4319 Friday, April 13 CLOSED Saturday, April 14 Open Swim 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Sunday, April 15 CLOSED Monday, April 16 Adult Swim 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Open Swim 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm *NO COLLECTION* Saturday, April 14 No Collection On Mondays REGULAR LEARN TO SWIM & RECREATION PROGRAMS WILL OPERATE SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2001 CIVIC COMPLEX (CITY HALL) REGULAR OPERATING HOURS (8:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.) AND REGULAR CITY SERVICES RESUME TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2001 cityofpickering.com Executive Committee Meeting Committee of Adjustment City Council Meeting April 11 April 17 April 19 April 23 May 2 May 7 May 9 PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION OPA 01-001/P The City of Pickering has initiated Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 01-001/P, to put in place new land use designations and policies in its Official Plan for the Liverpool Road South Area (see location map below.) The proposed changes are in keeping with the results of the Liverpool Road South Area Detailed Review. It is proposed that the Official Plan be amended by: redesignating certain lands to “Open Space System - Marina Areas”; incorporating new mapping of the provincially significant “Hydro Marsh” wetland; and replacing the Bay Ridges Neighbourhood Policies with new policies. A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING regarding the proposed amendment will be held on April 19, 2001 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers of the Pickering Civic Complex, One The Esplanade, Pickering, ON. A copy of the proposed amendment is detailed in the Information Report, which will be available at the meeting and at the office of the City Clerk on and after April 12, 2001. Should you require any information prior to the Public Information Meeting, please contact Grant McGregor, MCIP, RPP, Principal Planner - Policy at (905) 420-4660, or (905) 683-2760, extension 2032. For your convenience computer terminals have been installed in the foyer at City Hall. Members of the public are welcome to browse through the new City Website during the hours of 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, weekdays, April 9th - May 4th. The new Ajax Pickering Transit Authority Board invites interested and qualified residents to apply for appointments to a Transit Advisory Committee that will assist in various matters related to the operation of the merged transit system. Appointments are for the term of Council and are strictly voluntary. The Committee will generally meet on a monthly basis and some additional participation with various projects may be required. Meeting locations may vary between Pickering and Ajax. The Board is seeking to balance representation between Ajax and Pickering residents. The Transit Advisory Committee will include: 1 Pickering Member and 1 Ajax Member of the Transit Authority Board. 1 Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade Member 1 Durham Public School Board Student and 1 Durham Separate School Board Student 1 Pickering and 1 Ajax Senior (55+) 2 representatives of the Disabilities Action Committee (DAC) 6 Members at large Applications must be submitted in writing to the Clerk’s Department of either the Town of Ajax or the City of Pickering no later than 4 pm, Friday, April 20, 2001. Applications must include a covering letter and brief resume outlining education, work experience and other relevant background information. Applicants must indicate what group they represent (eg. student, senior, etc.), the extent of their use of the local transit systems and why they are interested in an appointment to the Advisory Committee. Martin de Rond, Clerk Bruce Taylor, Clerk Town of Ajax City of Pickering 65 Harwood Ave. S. 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At the Ontario Destination Imagination (DI) championships held recently in Toronto, Durham teams picked up five gold medals to earn themselves a chance for greater glory next month. Students from William Dunbar Public School in Pickering returned home with four golds, while R.H. Cornish Public School pupils in Port Perry, in their first DI contest, picked up one gold and three second-place finishes. The DI competition sees students form teams at the beginning of the school year and take on a challenge that requires them to use a variety of thinking skills. Students do the work themselves and must perform their solution before judges, which may involve the use of costumes and sets. Susan Wright, teacher-librarian at William Dunbar, noted that in most of the challenges stu- dents are given an improvisational element they must add to their performance on the spot. “It was quite an accomplishment to watch these children having to think on their feet,” she said. “It involves a lot of team co-operation and quick thinking and creativity on their behalf to incorporate the (improvisational) item they have to use.” Dunbar students spent every Saturday since November working at the school to prepare for the competition, said Ms. Wright. Among the winners at Dunbar were the Grade 3/4 team, which had to create a mystery story in the Mystery Loves Company challenge. The solution had to incorporate a scientific ex- periment that impacted on the story line. Ms. Wright said the main benefit DI offers to students is “taking that next step to thinking out- side the norm” in developing a creative solution. She’s hoping all 28 Dunbar pupils who won in Toronto can make it to the finals in Knoxville, Tennessee, noting the cost to get there is around $25,000. R.H. Cornish principal Bruce MacDonald said the school community is “quite happy” with the fine showing in their first year of com- petition. Parents of the Grade 7/8 gifted class team have decided they will attend the global championships, he said. The DI program came to the school through the board’s gifted facilitator, Elaine Pask, and the school’s gifted teachers. Teacher Rick Scragg said every gifted stu- dent at the school was involved in DI. The school’s grades 3 and 6 teams each missed out on a gold medal by a mere eight points out of 400. In a straw poll after the competition, Mr. Scragg said the vast majority of students said they would like to be involved again. He said pupils most liked the open-ended- ness involved in tackling a challenge,since there is no right answer, and that they had to do every- thing themselves. Mr. Scragg said Grade 7/8 parent volunteer Marion Myers deserves a lot of credit for being “a great team manager”. Ms. Pask served as an appraiser at the Toron- to competition and hopes to be a judge in Ten- nessee as well. “This kind of program gives (students) an opportunity to use the skills they learn in new and divergent ways,” she said. The focus in school is generally on the cur- riculum and there’s a lot for students to cover. These timely tips eggs-actly what you need Pulp cartons, political will needed to win waste battle More cartons of eggs than usual will be sold at food outlets this month as people ‘scramble’ to purchase the ever-popular Easter decorating item. With your power of purchase, choose eggs in the pulp paper carton rather than the poly- styrene or plastic models, which are not collected for recycling. Because the paper fibres are too short, pulp egg cartons are not accepted in blue boxes either, but they can be composted. If you do not have a composter, rip the cartons up and dig them into your garden. It can be an ‘eggs- cellent’ science experiment to see when they decompose in the soil. Egg cartons have always been recognized as a great item to give to schools for crafts. Without ‘eggsaggeration’ there are probably 101 ways in which to use them, such as the follow- ing: • They are needed by veg- etable/ fruit roadside vendors; • In a workshop they can hold small nuts and screws etc.; • As starter trays for plant seeds; • Containers for all types of beads or small craft items; and • As bedding for red wiggler worms in a vermicomposter. In the late 1980s, when poly- styrene cartons began replacing paper ones, many residents in Waterloo, particularly women’s groups, became angry enough to empty eggs at the cash register to leave the container. The adverse publicity was enough to make the distributor of eggs revert to the pulp egg carton. Unless the supermarkets take responsibility for providing bins to collect the plastic and polystyrene cartons and either return them to manu- facturers or a recycling depot, then it is up to us to choose what we can at least compost rather than send to landfill. ❑ ❑ ❑ Ajax has just begun its four- garbage bag limit. If leaders con- tinue to progress from four to three to eventually a user-pay system, we need to continue to find more alternative solutions to garbage. Political will and businesses need to create the following: • Reuse centres which also collect and bale other recyclable materials not collected in blue boxes; • Offer environment days to raise awareness and knowledge; • Establish more depots to collect household hazardous waste, electronic equipment and scrap metal; • Use more recycled materials in products to strengthen mar- kets; • Enforce a deposit system and ‘take-it-back policy’ as in Ottawa; • Ensure companies comply with waste audits; and • Place recycling bins at every strip mall and blue boxes in every public place, including company waiting rooms, to not only capture recyclables taken from home, but also to raise pub- lic awareness. Recycling creates jobs and proper waste management saves money. By recycling diligently, com- posting, not purchasing over- packaged products, and giving away good used items to chari- ties, one really has less than one bag of garbage per week. If you put out even four bags then you have poor ‘eggcuses’and need to try harder. ❑ ❑ ❑ EGGSTRAORDINARY TIP:Water plants with egg shell water by saving shells in a large glass container, cover with water and leave for at least 24 hours be- fore using. Also give your plants calcium with the cooled water from boiling or poaching eggs. Larraine Roulston Recycler’s Corner WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 TOASTMASTERS:Club meets at the Pickering Nuclear Information Centre beginning with a meet and greet at 7:15 p.m. and the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Call 905-686-1443 or 905- 686-2195. SINGLE PARENT SUP- PORT:The One Parent Fami- lies Association, Ajax/Picker- ing Chapter, meets at 8:30 p.m. at the Ajax Cricket Club on Monarch Avenue, south of Bayly Street, for both custodial and non-custodial parents, whether your children are two or 42. 837-9670. ALZHEIMER SUPPORT: Alzheimer Durham is holding their next Ajax Support Group Meeting on April 11. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. at 487 Westney Road South, in units 19 and 20. All caregivers are welcome. For further infor- mation call Megan at (905) 576-2567. MONEY MANAGEMENT: The Durham Christian Fellow- ship is sponsoring a money management workshop entitled ‘Debt Elimination’ at 8 p.m. in the McLean Community Cen- tre. To register early by phone contact Dennis or Agnes at 905-831-8596 or 905-839- 5458. THURSDAY, APRIL 12 HEPATITIS C:The Durham Hepatitis C Support Group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Mark’s United Church, 201 Centre St. S., in Whitby. For more information call Jim at 905-743-0319 or e-mail Sandi at smking@home.com. OVEREATERS ANONY- MOUS:Overeaters Anony- mous features a 12-step pro- gram for members who meet every Thursday at LaStorta, at the north end of Liverpool Road next to Manresa Resort House in Pickering. The meet- ings start at 7:30 p.m. and are held in the basement or library. Call Edith during the day at 905-686-3834 or Mary in the evenings at 905-428-8660. NEWCOMERS CLUB:The Ajax-Pickering Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club meets at Pickering Village United Church, 300 Church St. N., Ajax. Tonight’s meeting is at 8 p.m. 905-619-2367 (Hilary) or 905-686-6237 (Kim). SOUTH PICKERING SE- NIORS CLUB:Hosts a fund- raising ‘giant bake and country fair store’ from noon to 4 p.m. at 910 Liverpool Rd., just south of Bayly. Cakes, pies, tarts, muffins, jams, pickles, salsa and more will be available and refreshments will be served. FRIDAY, APRIL 13 EASTER CELEBRATION: Gates of Praise church presents an Easter Celebration at the East Shore Community Centre at 910 Liverpool Rd. The event will run from 7:30 -9 p.m. and features a performance by rhythm and blues recording artist Errol Lee. There’s also face painting and balloon ani- mals for the kids with Craisy Daisy the clown, free drinks and snacks. All are welcome. ALLERGIES:The Durham Region Anaphylaxis Support Group meets in Ajax at 7:30 p.m., offering support for those dealing with life-threatening al- lergies. Phone 905-686-3018 for more information. SENIORS:The Ajax Friend- ship Club for Seniors plays shuffleboard every Friday at 9:30 a.m. at 46 Exeter Rd., Ajax. It’s open to all seniors. Beginners and experienced players welcome. 905-428- 8297 (Ed). SERENITY GROUP:Sereni- ty Group’s addiction recovery group meets every Friday and deals with all kinds of addic- tions, including co-dependency. Meetings are held at 8 p.m. at Bayfair Baptist Church, 817 Kingston Rd. in Pickering. A childcare program is available and all are welcome. BILLBOARD APRIL 11, 2001 William Dunbar Public School students Matthew Howe, Spiros Thomas, Sushil Chanana, Christina Karras, Lauren Paul, Katrina Cameron and Yvonne Walker took home four gold medals from the Destination Imagination Ontario Championships. They’ll head to Tennessee next month to test their thinking skills against U.S. teams. Local MPs on board of trade lunch menu PICKERING ––Local MPs Judi Longfield and Dan McTeague will be in Pickering this month speak- ing to the area’s business leaders. The MPs’annual address to the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade is April 27 from noon to 2 p.m. at Regalis Restaurant, 1305 Pickering Parkway. Advance tickets for members are $35 including GST and available by call- ing the board’s office at 905-686-0883, or $39 plus GST after April 10. The cost is $50 plus GST for fu- ture members. Please recycle your News Advertiser! 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SALE STARTS THURSDAY, APRIL 12TH at 10:00 A.M. *SOME MAY BE SOILED, SLIGHTLY DAMAGED OR FLOOR MODELS. *SOME MAY BE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED OR FLOOR MODELS. SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 2020% % OFFOFF THE ALREADY REDUCED PRICES ON ALL LEATHER SOFA’S, LOVESEATS & CHAIRS *SOME MAY BE SOILED, SLIGHTLY DAMAGED OR FLOOR MODELS. SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3030% % OFFOFF THE ALREADY REDUCED PRICES ON ALL UPHOLSTERED SOFA’S SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3030% % OFFOFF THE ALREADY REDUCED PRICES ON ALL DINING ROOM TABLES & CHAIRS SELECTED RECLINERS 188188.88.88 30 ONLY *SOME MAY BE SOILED, SLIGHTLY DAMAGED OR FLOOR MODELS. SELECTED DRYERS 388388.88.88 15 ONLY *SOME MAY BE SOILED DAMAGED, FLOOR MODELS, RECONDITIONED, OR MISSING PARTS, BUT ALL CARRY NEW WARRANTIES SELECTED WASHING MACHINES 588588.88.88 10 ONLY *SOME MAY BE SOILED DAMAGED, FLOOR MODELS, RECONDITIONED, OR MISSING PARTS, BUT ALL CARRY NEW WARRANTIES BY BRIAN McNAIR Staff Writer Glenn Healy doesn’t mind being second to one. In fact, it’s a role he’s relished over the latter part of his National Hockey League career, and especially since he joined the Toronto Maple Leafs as a backup goalie in 1997. “You’ve got the best goalie in the world in Curtis (Joseph) and obviously he’s going to carry the club,” says Healy, a 38-year-old Pickering native and Ajax resident. “He’s the biggest piece of the puzzle, our biggest link to success.” Speaking prior to the Leafs’ third last game of the regular season last week, Healy was happily resigned to the fact he might not see action again this season. It’s not that he doesn’t want to play, it’s simply that he understands his job come crunch time. “My role will be not only to support (Joseph) but to provide some leader- ship,” says Healy. “We have two Stan- ley Cups in the dressing room in Gary Roberts and myself. We’ve been through many playoff wars. There’s a good group of players in this room who have never been to the playoffs, so you have to give them some leadership and act somewhat like a psychologist sometimes.” CuJo, for one, appreciates having the savvy veteran around. “We see things that happen during games and outside the game a lot alike, so we have many discussions about certain teams and certain players, and life,” says Joseph. “It’s really helped my career, his insight and information. It’s been a tremendous run and I’ve re- ally, really enjoyed playing with Glenn.” Healy is perfectly suited for the backup role. More than capable when called upon - he’s having one of his best sea- sons with a 2.61 goals-against average this season - Healy goes about his job without complaint and helps keep things loose in the dressing room. “The game’s about having fun and Glenn likes to have fun,” says Joseph. “He’s got a very sharp wit and he keeps us all in stitches, so he’s great for our locker room.” Healy has certainly been well trav- elled since first strapping on the pads as a child for the Bay Ridges all-stars. After two seasons with the Picker- ing Panthers, four with Western Michi- gan University and two with New Haven of the American Hockey League, Healy finally caught on in 1987 with the Los Angeles Kings, where he had signed as a free agent two years earlier. He had a career-best 25 wins with the Kings in 1987-88 before joining the New York Islanders as a free agent in 1988 and winning 66 games over four regular seasons, plus another nine in a 1993 playoff run that ended with a conference championship defeat at the hands of the eventual Cup-winning Montreal Canadiens. Healy was claimed first by Ana- heim then by Tampa in 1993 expansion drafts before being traded to the New York Rangers, where he immediately won the Stanley Cup as Mike Richter’s backup in 1994. The Rangers scraped into the play- offs the following season, one in which Healy compares to the Leafs’ current campaign. “Success is sometimes difficult for teams to deal because with failure you just brush yourself off and get on with it,” he says. “With success, your expec- tation levels become so high it be- comes very easy to have a degree of frustration when things don’t go your way.” But Healy believes the Leafs can turn things around in time to take a run at the Cup, which in part explains why he took a substantial pay cut to re-sign with the Leafs this season. “I don’t think any athlete plays the game for money, as much as the money’s there and we earn a handsome living,” he says. “For me, coming back to Toronto, the dream of winning a Stanley Cup here would be the ulti- mate. I did it in New York when they hadn’t won it there in 54 years and it was special. But here it would be more special.” Healy also enjoys living in Ajax, where he, wife Susie and young daughters Meagan and Rachel have settled. “In light of the pay cut (from over $1-million to $400,000 per season), it’s still more money than my parents ever made in their whole life,” he says. “My father had to fight in World War II also, so I look at it as a blessing not a curse.” NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 PAGE B1 A/P Sports &LEISURE NEWS ADVERTISER april 11, 2001 Healy relishes backup role with Maple Leafs CuJo appreciative of local goaltender’s ‘very sharp wit’, ‘insight’ Please recycle your News Advertiser BRIAN McNAIR/ News Advertiser photo Ajax resident and Pickering native Glenn Healy takes a breather after a recent Toronto Maple Leafs’game at the Air Canada Centre. ‘It’s really helped my career, his insight and information. It’s been a tremendous run and I’ve really, really enjoyed playing with Glenn.’ –– CURTIS JOSEPH Area athlete makes fast tracks in Texas Sports...page B2 COMPLETE FAMILY EYE CARE DR. S. KHALFAN OPTOMETRIST Evening/Saturday Appointments Available Ample Free Parking NEW PATIENTS WELCOME 62 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax (905) 426-1434 1360 Kingston Rd. Unit 9A Pickering (905) 831-6870 Consultations available for LASIK/PRK corrective surgery Boys & Girls Welcome Ages 5 to 15 years old AJAX CENTRECOMNITYMU 2nd Exciting Season For information call (905) 924-1213 HOW TO REGISTER In Person at Ajax Community Centre Sat., April 14/2001 - 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. By Phone: Call the info line and we’ll mail or fax you an application. 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Ajax/Pickering 1885 Glenanna Road Suite 114 Pickering 683-2303 fax 831-4922 Oshawa/Whitby 2 Simcoe Street South Suite 300 Oshawa 436-6202 fax 576-4698 Fax resume or call for an appointment We’ve Got Your Size Sizes 4-15 Widths AA-EEE PICKERING TOWN CENTRE • UPPER LEVEL • SEARS WING Comfort and Well being with every step. SPRING SHOES ARRIVING AGHL SOFTBALL Ajax Girls House League CALL TO REGISTER 905-428-2376 5 - 16 years PICKERING TOYOTA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK577 Kingston Rd. Pickering 420-9000 WE ARE HERE WEST - 401 - EAST HWY. 2 HARWOODWESTNEYBROCKLIVERPOOLWHITESN Pickering track and field athlete Anson Henry, 22, posted two winning efforts while running for the Washington State Cougars men's track and field team at an outdoor dual meet with cross-state rivals, the University of Washington Huskies. Henry ran to victory in both the 100 and 200 metres in the meet hosted at Washington State's Mooberry track recently. Easter Brunch Sunday April 15th APRIL 12, 13, 14, 15 Thurs. 12 p.m.-9 p.m. Fri. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. - Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Holiday Inn - Oshawa 1011 Bloor Street East Bloor St. Wentworth St. 401 Farewell“Swing Into Spring”“Swing Into Spring” GOLF LIQUIDATORS SALE STARTS THURS AT NOON Brand New Top Flight XL $999 Dozen NBA Logo Balls GOLF SHOE CLEAROUT $59 99 Dexter & Etonic Waterproof Reg. to $159 GLOVE “BLOWOUT” Reg. to $14 each 2 for Mens or Ladies $10 TITANIUM Full 11 Piece Set Woods & Irons Mens or Ladies Graphite Shafts Reg Value $800 $269 99 RAWLINGS Mens or Ladies 7or 9 WOOD Limit 2 per customer $14 99 BLOW OUT PRICE GOLF BAGS Tour Bag or Double Strap Stand Bag $69 99 Reg $149 NHL, NFL & NCAA Logoed UMBRELLA Reg $49 $12 99 Jr Wood Jr Bag $499 $14 99 Golf Shirts 2 for $25 4 Days Only OBHA League Team & Individual Registration (905) 427-4153 ycbhl.com BALL HOCKEYBALL HOCKEY PICKERING —A Pickering track and field athlete ran to a bronze medal at a major U.S. col- lege outdoor meet this past weekend. Devon Davis, a member of the University of North- ern Iowa Panthers men’s track and field team, fin- ished third in the 100-metre dash at the 74th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Re- lays at the University of Texas in Austin. The Pickering High School graduate ran the final of the event in a time of 10.30 seconds. Unfortu- nately for Davis, he finished second in his heat in a faster 10.19. Davis also ran the anchor leg of UNI’s men’s 4- x-100-metre relay team that won the gold medal. The sprinter and jumper, who’s a two-time let- terman at the Cedar Falls, Iowa campus, started the outdoor season at the Baldy Castillo Invitational Track and Field Meet at Arizona State University last month. There, Davis placed third in the 200m in a time of 21.28, seventh in the 100m and 11th in the long jump. He also competed for UNI at the Southwest Missouri State University Invitational in Spring- field, Missouri where he finished second in the 200m in 21.49, third in the 100m in 10.49 and 15th in the long jump. He also helped the UNI men’s 4-x-100-metre relay team to a first-place finish in 41.37 seconds. P PAGE B2 NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 Local players give college sporting season a boost Four local Durham College ath- letes received recognition at the school’s 31st annual athletic banquet April 6. Matt Murdock, of Ajax, garnered the Gerry Pettit Award as the most valuable player on the Oshawa-based school’s men’s golf team. Matt Horning, of Pickering, was the top pitcher on the Durham Lords men’s baseball team that won its divi- sion this season. Ryan Johnston, also of Pickering, was the recipient of the coaches’ award. Meanwhile, Andrea Screeton, of Pickering, was the co-winner of the Richard Snowden Award as the women’s fastball team’s most valuable player. The Lords placed first during the regular season and won the OCAA championship for a record ninth time. Pickering native dashes to early-season success PICKERING —A Pickering track and field athlete posted two winning efforts while running for the Washing- ton State Cougars men’s track and field team at an outdoor dual meet with cross-state rivals, the University of Washington Huskies. Anson Henry, 22, a junior at the school, ran to victory in both the 100 and 200 metres in the meet hosted at Wash- ington State’s Mooberry track. Henry started the Pac 10 Conference outdoor track and field season at the annual Baldy Castillo Invitational Track and Field Meet at the Sun Devil Stadium at Arizona State University in Tempe recently. There, Henry placed fourth in the 100m dash in a time of 10.42 seconds and fourth in the 200m in a clocking of 21.39. The Dunbarton High School grad- uate finished the indoor season in fine fashion, placing 12th in the U.S. in the 60-metre dash at the recent 2001 Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Indoor Track and Field Cham- pionships at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark. Heartbreaking end to season for minor peewees PICKERING —The Pickering Panthers Honeywell/Magic Touch Chimney Sweeps minor peewee se- lect hockey team worked overtime but it wasn’t quite enough as they came up just short in the Tier II championship against Stouffville. Stouffville scored just over five minutes into overtime for a 2-1 win in Game 4 and se- ries victory. The best-of-three final was extend- ed an extra game after the teams finished with identical 1-1-1 records. The last game went scoreless until midway through the third period when Pickering’s Grant Ellis scored on a breakaway after in- tercepting a pass. Pickering had the lead until the final minute when Stouffville, playing with an extra at- tacker, tied the game with only 43 seconds remaining. Stouffville scored the winner at the 5:30 mark to take the championship. Pickering dropped Game 3 a night earlier by a score of 4-1. The Stouffville squad took it to the Pan- thers early on, scoring two goals in the first 35 seconds. Stouffville con- tinued to dominate the first two peri- ods until Pickering’s Bryan Knipe net- ted the lone Pickering goal, from Ellis and Justin Stephenson. Game 2 in Pickering ended in a 2-2 tie. Stouffville scored late in the first, a lead that held up until midway through the third when Stephenson tied it up. Stouffville went ahead less then a minute later, but Matt Avison scored for Pickering to even the game up at two. Assisting on the goals were Stephenson and Damien Pavlidis. Ajax came out strong in Game 1, winning 7-4 to take an early lead in the series. Matt Ferguson had a big night, scoring two goals and an assist while Marc Cloutier and Stephenson had a goal and an assist. Single markers went to Knipe, Damien and Andrew Pavlidis. Also assisting were Daniel Glavin, Avison, Jamie Webster, Justin Petrovich and Matt Raymond. Team coaches are Tom Cloutier, Chris Glavin, and Rick Ferguson.The trainer is Jim Higgins and Miriam Shoesmith manages the team. Sport SHORTS APRIL 11, 2001 ANSON HENRY Please recyclePickering athlete off to running, jumping start on track and field season DEVON DAVIS BUTLER CARPET CLEANING SPRING COUPON “TELL YOUR FRIENDS THE BUTLER DID IT.” LET’S GET RID OF THOSE WINTER HOUSEHOLD GERMS!! (905) 686-9160Expires April 30th Book before April 15 & Receive Bonus STEAM CLEAN 3 ROOMS and Sofa & Chair $99((ALL NATIONAL BRAND MAJOR APPLIANCES &VACUUMS** ONSALE NP0420401 Copyright 2001. Sears Canada Inc. 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There are several reasons why that number is so high. •Anyone who has had recent credit challenges is going to have a problem •Carrying credit card debt (and 46% of us do) reduces the amount you can borrow •Being self-employed - and more Canadians are self employed than ever before - makes it difficult to prove income in the way the banks need to see it •With house prices having increased substantially in the last 10 years and after tax incomes having averaged only a 5% increase in the same time frame, we need to borrow larger amounts than the banks have traditionally been able to lend. All that adds up to a lot of people trying to either make do without the funds they need or trying to find other lenders to help. That’s where Christopherson’s company comes in. Spectrum-Canada Mortgage Services has been established to help homeowners find the financing they need based on the realities of today’s market. “The first place people go when they want a mortgage is their own financial institution. If they get turned down it can be confusing to know where to go next. Our company does that for them. We may charge a fee or we may get paid by the lender, either way our job is to make sure they get what they need”. (In fact the company is also in discussion with local financial institutions to provide this service to their clients). So don’t give up if you’ve been unable to obtain the mortgage financing from your Bank or Credit Union. There are other lenders that can help you. For more information, Carol Christopherson can be reached at 1-866-378-6615 Rodney’s Oyster House, Apr. 12 BY DAWN DE SOUZA Special to the News Advertiser The origin of Ajax’s name, Picker- ing’s nuclear power plant and Durham’s wartime secret Camp X have all made it into ‘The Ontario Fact Book’. Written by Ajax native Mark Kear- ney, along with former Scarborough resident Randy Ray, the book is the latest in a series on Canada’s provinces and territories. Kearney and Ray are both journal- ists by trade and have produced five books together, mostly based on facts and trivia about Canada. The two started writing and con- tributing to books about Canadian music and then moved on to Canadian trivia. “We knew there was a lot of inter- est in trivia, Trivial Pursuit had been out for a while at that point, but most of it was American,” said Kearney, now a London resident. “So we thought if we focused specifically on Canadian stuff that we’d be doing something that maybe nobody else had done.” To date, the two have pub- lished ‘The Great Canadian Trivia Book’ in 1996, ‘The Great Canadian Trivia Book 2’ in 1998, ‘The Great Canadian Book of Lists in 1999’, and in 2000, ‘The Ontario Fact Book’. “Initially we did it as a news- paper column for a bunch of dif- ferent 7newspa- pers and once we’d done it for a few years we thought, well we have enough in- formation that we could turn it into a book,” said Kearney. He said the two came up with questions for the books in a variety of ways. Some came from just sitting around and thinking up weird stuff, some originated from people who read their news- paper columns, some ideas were from friends and some they just happened to stumble upon while research- ing something else. Their re- search has un- covered some strange facts, in- cluding the fact that Sir Isaac Brock, a hero of the War of 1812, was buried four times. Brock died at the Battle of Queenstown Heights and was buried military- style at a fort, said Kearney. It was not until years later that someone decid- ed to build a monument to the hero. So his sec- ond burial was beneath the monument in his honour. After the monument was bombed in the 1840s, Brock’s remains were moved to a tem- porary grave until a new mon- ument could be built. They have remained there since. The books contain other Canadian facts about famous people and death, including Paul McCartney. “On the Beat- les album Sgt. Pepper there is a picture of them sit- ting there and Paul McCartney has a badge on his shoulder, and it’s an On- tario Provincial Police badge. “You can’t see all of it, but you can see part of it,” said Kearney. “Around the time (the album came out) there were all these rumours that Paul Mc- Cartney was dead and there were all these clues about (it),... if you play this song backwards you will hear them say Paul is dead. “One of the clues was this badge, which people who didn’t know about it, who weren’t from Ontario, thought it said OPD... and that was supposed to stand for officially pronounced dead.” Along with the strange and famous, the books are also a good place for people to start researching Canadian facts, he said. Some teachers have even used the books when teaching classes and the two writers will begin posting a week- ly quiz on the Canadian Teachers’Fed- eration’s Web site in May. Aside from writing, Kearney also gives lectures, including a recent talk in Whitby to the Durham Lifelong Learning group. “You know we’ve all grown up in Canada and spent our lives here and we think we know the basics (about the country), but there’s a lot of other weird stuff and strange things that we don’t know out there,” he said. NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, April 11, 2001 PAGE B3 A/P A rts &Entertainment NEWS ADVERTISER april 11, 2001 Fact-finding Ajax native is living in the past Books, lectures all part of search for ‘weird stuff, strange things’ by author Mark Kearney MARK KEARNEY ‘We thought if we focused specifically on Canadian stuff we’d be doing something that maybe nobody else had done.’ LLet us Lend A Helping Hand There are times when we all need help... because we are ill, have small children or aging parents with special needs. VHA Home HealthCare can help. VHA, a non-profit organization, has been providing quality home care services for over 75 years. 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Fax your resume to (905)683-6252 or E-mail your resume in text format only to: careers@partycity.ca 510 General Help 510 General Help ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS 3 Day Job Club will help you find a job FAST In only 3 days you will have: ➢a resume that gets you in the door ➢the ability to answer tough interview questions ➢the knowledge of where to look for work To register for our free workshops Contact Lisa at C.A.R.E. (905)420-4010 1400 Bayly St., Unit 12, Pickering (near the GO Station) Sponsored by: Human Resources Development Canada BUSHWOOD GOLF CLUB Requires a person to do various cleaning & maintenance work in Club House. Flexible hours, i.e., late night or early morning. Apply in person 10905 Reesor Road, Markham CANADIAN TIRE BOWMANVILLE, ONT Now accepting resumes for SERVICE ADVISOR Previous experience on Auto Service Counter an asset together with proven Customer Service and selling skills. Must be able to work flexible shifts, evenings and weekends. Please No Phone Calls Please drop off resume to: 2401 Highway #2 Bowmanville, Ont Att'n: Terry Flowers Service Manager CONFIDENTIAL TO BOX REPLIES If there are firms or individuals to whom you do not wish your reply sent, simply place your application in an envelope addressed to the box number in the advertisement and attach a list of such names. Place your application and list in an envelope and address to: Box Replies. If the advertiser is one of the names on your list your application will be destroyed. PLEASE NOTE, resumes that are faxed directly to Oshawa This Week, will not be forwarded to the file number. Originals must be sent directly as indicated by the instructions in the ad. DURHAM REGION NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION Requires a PROPERTY MANAGER Reporting to Manager, Housing Operations, this position is responsible for the supervision, administration and operation of a specifically - assigned portfolio of the Corporation's housing stock; supervision of site staff; budgeting; main- tenance of physical asset through regular inspections; super- vise capital projects work; attend Tribunal hearings; and share on-call responsibilities. Completion of a community college diploma in the area of so- cial sciences or a property management designation (CPM, IHM, BOMA) combined with a minimum of two years ex- perience in social housing administration or property man- agement, preferably in a non-profit housing environment; thorough knowledge of government housing programs; ability to interpret related legislation and codes; excellent communi- cation skills, supervisory, administrative and financial skills. Vehicle required. Apply in confidence to: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DURHAM REGION NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION, 28A Albert St., Oshawa, Ontario. LlH 8S5 Fax (905) 436-5361 E-mail: drnphc@idirect.com Closing Date: Tuesday, April 17th, 2001. Expanding industrial distributor has a position available for DRIVER Full time + benefits. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivery and pickup of product. Valid "G" li- cense with clean driving record required upon offer of employment. Previous driving experi- ence desired, but not essential. Fax, e-mail, apply on line or fill application at: Jackson Robson / S.B. Simpson Group Attn: Ted Holden, HR Mgr. 799b Farewell Street, Oshawa, Ontario. Fax (905) 335-4915 email: hr@sbsimpson.com online: www.sbsimpson.com INVENTORY CONTROL / CUSTOMER SERVICE Required immediately by distribution company in Ajax. Busy seasonal business. Minimum 2 years experience, detail oriented, able to work well under pressure, willing to work additional hours in season, computer skills required, forklift experience an asset. Competitive salary and excellent benefit package. Please send resume to: File #676, c/o Oshawa This Week PO Box 481, 865 Farewell St. Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7L5 KIDS! KIDS! KIDS! Looking for very outgoing kids 2-16 yrs. M/F 16-65 yrs. Must be outgoing or don’t call! T.V. Comm./film. No Fees or classes. No extras.Call (416) 221-3829 TV OPERATOR For Corporate Facility in Oshawa • Switching of live broadcasts • Knowledge of computers • Enthusiastic and technically minded. Fax your resume to : (416) 777-0935 MAKE BOOKS YOUR BUSINESS $40K MIN. GUARANTEE An opportunity has arisen for a Marketing Distributor in the Scarborough area. No selling is involved, just daily deliveries to new and existing customers. We provide:•Full training • Field support •A guaranteed min. per year income of $40K You provide:•Self motivation •Organization •Customer service •Storage for stock Call or visit our website: 1-877-325-4766 www.alironmarketing.com Southfork Aggregates Inc. DZ DRIVERS We have immediate openings for experienced Dump Truck Drivers in the 404/Major MacKenzie area. You will be driving new trucks, working long hours, earning a good wage, entitled to company benefits and have year round work. Please Fax your resume, drivers licence and abstract to: (613) 966-9335 Interviews will be conducted during the week of April 9, 2001 THE NEWS ADVERTISER Is looking for carriers to deliver papers and flyers door to door Wed. Fri. & Sat. by 6:00 PM. in their neighborhoods. call 905-683–5117 One of Metro’s larger Unisex Hairstyling chains has openings in Pickering for recent hair school graduates and experienced stylists. • Your own styling station immediately • Guaranteed basic and commission • Convenient hours in clean, modern salon • Equipment supplied • Advanced technique and management training • Progressive promotion opportunities • Benefit plans Check out your prospects Call (905) 831-3800 or (416) 223-1700 UXBRIDGE TIMES JOURNAL & TRIBUNE REQUIRES RURAL ROUTE DRIVERS to deliver newspapers Wednesday & Friday in the following areas: * Uxbridge * Goodwood Reliable Vehicle Required Call Debbie (905)852-9141 WE'RE EXPANDING And Tanning Centre We are now seeking experienced stylists for our locations in Bowmanville, Ajax and Whitby. Full/part time positions available. Friendly atmosphere, good wages, benfits, commission and other incentive programs. Call Louie (905)683-0290 or 1-800-618-9684 SHIFT SUPERVISOR Positions Available (Pickering / Ajax) We have several opportunities for candidates with restaurant supervisory experience and/or education in Food Service or Hospitality. Fax your resume to: (905)427-2729 YOU OUGHTA KNOW that our promotion company is expanding. It's IRONIC that when other companies are laying off, we're growing. ALL I REALLY WANT is Managers, Asst. Mgrs., Mgmt. Trainees and P.R. Reps. Bonuses, travel, great hours. Take your HANDS our of your POCKETS, and call MARY JANE at (905)571-0102 Students Welcome ! TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICIAN Unistrut Canada Limited has an immediate opening for a TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICIAN. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with strong communication skills. Preference will be given to candidates with a background in steel fabrication. CAD experience is essential. Applicants should hold a Civil Engineering Technologist diploma. Resumes may be submitted by mail only to: Barry Catterall, Unistrut Canada Limited 585 Finley Avenue, Ajax, Ontario L1S 2E4 "Systems Furniture Installer" We are looking for experienced installers as well as people to train in the office furniture industry. Pickering area. Call 905-839-2057 515 Skilled & Technical Help 515 Skilled & Technical Help 2 SERVICE TECHNICIANS ➢1 for Residential Service ➢1 for Commercial/Industrial Service Must have Refrigeration License, Gas fitter license fax resume to Advantage Air Tech 905-683-0817 Bookkeeper/Office Admin. with experience req'd: responsible for A/P, A/R, G/L, O/E, Payroll, government remittance, trial balance financial statements etc. You must be extremely organized and tidy. Other responsibilities include general office admin. and customer service. Must know computerized book- keeping & MSOffice 97. Email resume & salary expectations to: seattle@csource.net or Fax 905-427-1682 525 Office Help 525 Office Help CGA OR CMA Oshawa Chartered Accountant's office requires a third or fourth year level CGA or CMA. Public accounting experience essential. Reply to: File # 673 Oshawa This Week, P.O. Box 481, Oshawa, Ont. L1H 7L5 OPERATIONS SUPPORT - 35K PLUS Manufacturing plant requires person to assist with multi task functions of our fast pace office. Must be well organized with strong MS Office and people skills. You will have experience with computer based inventory control, purchasing and logistics functions- in addition to general office and secretarial duties. Please fax resume to (416) 284-9591 Attn: Plant Mgr. PAYROLL & RECEPTION CLERK Construction firm seeking clerk for an im- mediate full time position. Candidates should be proficient in using, Word & Ex- cel 2000, and a working knowledge of Simply Accounting. Applicants must have accounting training / certification, and ideally construction industry experience. Fax resume & letter of interest to: 888-315-6320 Oshawa THE NEWS ADVERTISER is looking for prospects to deliver newspapers & flyers to the following areas ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ AJAX Delaney Dr. Brennan Rd. Radford Dr. Barrett Cres. Brocklesby Cres. Beaumont Dr. Addley Cres. Smails Dr. Twigg Dr. Ducatel Cres. Sullivan Dr. Withay Dr. Griffiths Dr. Meekings Dr. Mapson Cres. Mantell Cres. McCullock Cres. McGregor Dr. Marsh ln. Burcher Rd. Billingsgate Cres. Thorncroft Cres. Ambassador St. Tulloch Dr. Emperor St. Plumbridge Crt. Hurley Rd. Beatty Rd. Cedar St. Beech St ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 905-683-5117 PARTY ASSOCIATE FULL TIME $8.50/hr + Benefits Must have retail experience Part-time positions also available Send resume to: Mike Gazo Party Giant 1618 Dundas St. Whitby L1N 2K8 fax (905) 432-3117 Bryson Insurance 505 Careers 505 Careers 510 General Help Fax us your ad at 905-579-4218 EXPANSION CREATES GROWTH. Dock Worker re- quired to load/unload trucks. Must have ability to lift 50lbs and work in a fast paced envi- ronment and be punctual. Pay $8.50 - $9./hr depending on shift. Tuition assistance if qualified. Raise after 90 days. Hours Mon-Fri, 2:30 am - 6:30 am or 5pm - 10pm. Fax re- sume to FEDEX GROUND (905)665-2047 or mail to: 202 South Blair St., #26, Whitby Ont. L1N 8X9. EXPERIENCED finish rake- man, for asphalt , paving company. Good benefits, call 905-683–1661 FORKLIFT OPERATOR re- quired to work with lumber an pallets, loading and unloading trucks, Experienced only. Fax Ray Morden at (905) 686-8916 FRESH AIR,exercise and more. Call for a carrier route in your area today. 905-683– 5117. HAIRDRESSER required with minimum 5 yrs experience. Flexible hours, good pay. Lo- cated in Pickering. Call Mau- reen (905)837–5406. LABOURERS REQUIRED for residential roofing company. Experience an asset, will train. SALES PERSON required with experience in residential roof- ing. Call (905)427-8593. LANDSAPE MAINTENANCE Foreman required. Profes- sional maintenance experi- ence, valid license, with plant knowledge, supervisory skills, small engine experience, needed ASAP. Call Tammy 705-277–2902 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE person required full-time. Must have valid driver's li- cense. Experience preferred. Fax resume to: 905-426-3368. LANDSCAPING PERSONNEL and maintenance people with experience for well estab- lished North Pickering based Landscaping Company. Must have experience and own transportation. Call Monday- Friday 905-619-6761 or fax resume 905-619-0788. LANDSCAPING/LOT MTCE person required immed. for weekdays +weekends. Must have truck or vehicle w/hitch. Person needs to be reliable, able to work independently, early morning hours. Call Doug 416-822–5898 or 905- 579-3928 LAWN MAINTENANCE Com- pany requires full-time ex- perienced employees. Lawn maintenance labourers. Lawn sprayer w/class 1-3 license and horticulture background an asset. Drivers for Track- less MT and skidsteers. Fax resume (905)430-2098 or call 430–0032 LOCAL LANDSCAPE Con- struction Company looking for help. Experience an asset but will train. Competitive pay. Fax resume to 905-640-6541 LUBE TECHNICIAN PLUS AS- SISTANT MANAGER - full and part time, hourly wage plus bonus. Experience needed. Valid drivers license. Apply at Pennzoil, 195 Westney Rd. S. of 401 Ajax. (905) 427–6796 MASSAGE PARLOR hiring 18+. Suitable for females No experience. Apply in person to 67 King St. East, Oshawa. 905- 720-0101. MATURE PART-TIME kitchen help required Friday to Sun- day. Please call (905)686– 9200. NEEDED: FAST EFFICIENT thorough house cleaner to clean residential homes in Durham region. Part-time days starting 1-2 days a week possibly leading to full time. Must be available from 9-3 Monday to Friday. Must have own vehicle! Call (905)579– 2395 leave message. OSHAWA MASSAGE SPA re- quires Receptionist. Also hir- ing for Attendants (must be 18+). Please call 905-720- 1830 ask for Cindy. PART-TIME POSITION avail- able to assist disabled adult male with personal care, household duties. Experience preferred. Call Rick 905-837- 5411 PART-TIME SECRETARY/re- ceptionist needed, nights & weekends for real estate of- fice. Must have at least 1-2 years experience in real estate office, comp knowledge, self motivated and pleasant personality. Fax resume to 1-905-649-6405 PENTAGON SECURITY is now accepting applications for the following position: Stationary Guards, mobile canine units. Applicants must have Grade 10 and reliable transportation and prefer own dog. Willing to train. Apply in person to: 201 White Oaks Crt., Whitby Ont. Monday-Thursday 9a.m-12 Noon or Fax to: (905)665-0102. PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS and Development Service Workers. Seeking in- dividuals with minimum one years experience for various shifts. Mail or fax resume includ- ing Diploma to: The Participation House Project, (Durham Region), 670 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario. LlH 1G5 or fax to: (905)579-5281. No phone calls please. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted. RECEPTIONIST REQUIRED for a dynamic work environment in Pickering Must be well or- ganized, multi-tasked, self motivator, with a pleasant phone manner for a growing advertising company. Com- puter skills essential, knowledge of French preferred. Please email resumes to:receptionist51@hot- mail.com or submit to File #677 Oshawa This Week, P.O. Box 481, Oshawa, Ontario. K9V 4R6 WAREHOUSE PERSON/ Sales Clerk for busy paint & wall paper store in Pickering. Call Steve or Bill (905)831–8488 SUBWAY WHITBY 75 Consum- ers Drive has opening for assis- tant manager trainee. Apply in store Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 2:30 pm SUPERVISOR required for Christian Nursery School located in Whitby. ECE required, mini- mum 5 yrs experience. Please fax resume immediately to (905)884-9014. SWIMMING POOL SERVICE Person. Experience required. Must be mechanically inclined, neat in appearance. Clean G- license. Fax resume to (905)420-7579. TELEMARKETER-Experienced professional to book quality appointments. Part Time. Work from home. $20/hr. achievable for right individual (base+ bonus). Lily, (416)498-1723 TELEMARKETERS needed. No experience necessary. Full train- ing provided. Call (905) 579- 7816 for interview. THE FACIAL PLACE...Dur- ham's Grand Spa now hiring: Part-time Receptionist, Part- time Registered Massage Therapist, Part-time experi- enced full service Esthetician. Applicants must possess a professional manner, excel- lent customer service skills, flexible schedule, and be well groomed. Reception applic- ants must possess excellent computer skills. (905)668– 8128. LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION labourers required. Drivers li- cense a must. Contact Scott at (905)666-9690. TELEMARKETING - Appoint- ment Setters required imme- diately for Daytime & Even- ings. No Selling, Hourly wage plus Bonus. Call for interview (905) 426-1322 SALON & SPA looking for Hair stylist and Registered Mas- sage Therapist with a profes- sional attitude towards his/her crafts. For interview please call or leave msg 905-728– 0435. WANTED - SHINGLERS - reli- able for roofing. $16 - $24 per hr. Labourers $12 - $15 per hr. Rate depends on ability and experi- ence. Must have own transporta- tion. Call (905) 579-4517, Aaron. WORK AT HOME Health Industry $1000 P/T-$5000 F/T per month. Training available. Call for free information BOOKLET. 416-631- 7156. A RARE OPPORTUNITY - estab- lished NYSE and TSE company, recently launched in Canada, requires excellent communica- tors. Home-based business, lucrative commissions, bonuses, and residuals. http://ZibGib.com/ mikeg (905) 728-3922 Salon & Spa Help514 HAIRSTYLIST/ESTHETICIAN needed at our Oshawa location. Call The Beauty Club, 905-571- 2582 (Kelly) or David's Hairstyling, 905-985-7101 (Dave). Skilled & Technical Help515 BODY MAN / WOMAN needed immediatelyfor very busy Oshawa shop. Minimum 5 years experience. Call (905) 432–8453 DRYWALL Tradesman and Drywall Apprentice with mini- mum 2 years experience. Must have own car and license. Please call Kevin after 6 p.m. 571-7100 FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE per- son, immediately, Pickering mould shop (moving to Courtice area in June). Fax experience and salary expectations to (905)831- 4783. RV TECHNICIAN required by local motorhome dealer. Appli- cants must have a Class A (310T) Truck and Coach Certifi-cate and have several years experience on light and medium trucks. Experi- ence with propane appliances an asset. Apply to: Pickering Motor- homes RV Centre, 3280 Hwy. #7, Pickering LIV 1C8Ph: 905-686- 5874...1-800-434-4002; Fax: 905-655-4633 THE DAVIES PLACEMENT Agen- cy is seeking qualified personnel for the following job fields: Den- tal, Medical, Other Health Fields, Veterinary, Legal, Hairstyling and Esthetics, Office Admin, General and Skilled Lab-our. Other career fields also welcome. No Fee to join. Contact (905)404–2511 or fax (905)436-2121. Employers seeking staff can seek further information at (905)579-7480. Computer & IT520 INTERACTIVE ONLINE MEDIA. Internet development company is hiring in Kingston Ont. Visit www.inonmedia.com for more details. Office Help525 GENERAL OFFICE HELP Requir- ed. Must have computer & tele- phone skills with accounting background. Start immediately. Send resume: Core Rentals Ltd., 1887 Kingston Road, Pickering L1V 1C9 LEGAL SECRETARY good natur- ed, computer literate, experienc- ed in corporate commercial law (3-5 years) for full time position - immediate temporary part time vacation position also required. Reply with a resume to Chris Nikiforuk at WALKER HEAD, chrisnik@walkerhead.com or to Suite 200, 1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, Ontario, L1V 3P2 or call 905-839-4484. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OFFICE seeks full time, front desk re- ceptionist. Computer and ex- cellent people skills are es- sential. Please send resume to File #675, P.O. Box 481, 865 Farewell St., Oshawa, ON, L1H 7L5. PART-TIME Veterinary Re- ceptionist needed for Mon 9:30 am-6:30 pm. Tues/ Thurs 3 pm-8:30pm. Sat 1-4 pm. $8- 9.50/hr depending on exp. Fax res to: Sheridan Veterinary Services in Pick. (905)-831- 1131 WE'RE GROWING AND RIBO licensed staff is needed. Fully automated, aggressive Osha- wa brokerage in need of CSR. If you enjoy working in friend- ly surroundings and you are a knowledgeable, experienced individual with good commu- nication skills, we want to talk to you! Fax resume to 905- 576-2966 Sales Help & Agents530 CITRUS MEDIA is a growing advertising/design studio located in downtown Oshawa seeking an aggressive and well organized sales/account manager. The indi- vidual will possess experience in sales and demonstrate a basic knowledge of the industry. They will be energetic, confident and focus on delivering exceptional client service and have a vehicle. Salary will be based on experi- ence and overall ability and will consist of a base salary as well as commission (rate to be deter- mined). Encumbents should send resume and salary expecta- tions by fax to (905) 438-9535 or by email to:danielle@citrusme- dia.com as plain text. Incomplete submissions will not be consid- ered. EXPERIENCED SALES PERSON needed for Ceramic and Hard- wood retail store in Pickering. Weekend & evenings. Fax resume 905-683-3182. FULL TIME OR PART TIME Licensed Sales Representative for the Dan Plowman Real Estate team. Great opportunity! Dan Plowman recently ranked in top 100 agents across Canada for Remax. Training provided. Strong phone skills a must. Own vehicle and flexible hours required. Please fax resume Att: Dan Plowman, 905-436-1745. HERBAL MAGIC - Full time help Counselor positions available. Provide weight management, counseling & sell Herbal prod- ucts in a clinic setting. Sales experience preferred. Excellent opportunity for advancement. Call 905-432-6999 for further information. NEW HOME Salesperson. Needed for a NEW site opening in the Pickering area. Must have experience. I offer above market Commissions & Bonuses. Fax resume to Gail at 905-509-6112. SALES/MARKETING CAREER $40,00 UP POTENTIAL - National company is seeking a dynamic individual with outstanding sales /marketing skills for the Durham area. You thrive on surpassing your goals and expect to be com- pensated accordingly. Manag- ement and career advancement available to the right person. Call Karine Collier at 1-888-886-6500 ext. 54 or fax 416-746-3637 or email to: iresp@on.aibn.ca Hospital/Medical/ Dental535 DENTAL HYGIENIST needed for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and alternate Saturdays. Please contact Joanne (905)420–4808. DENTAL RECEPTIONIST required for fast paced office. Must have minimum 1 year expe- rience, possess a friendly, outgo- ing nature, sense of humour a must. Reply in confidence to File # 674, P.O. Box 481, Oshawa, ON L1H 7L5 DENTAL RECEPTIONIST and assistant full-time or part-time some evenings and Satur-days. Good pay. Send resumes to: Dental Staff 10 Rodda Blvd. Unit 69, Toronto, M1E 2Z6 DURHAM COLLEGE DENTAL CLINIC is offering preventive dental services for children ages 5-13 until April 20th. Services include dental screening, polish- ing of teeth, fluoride application, oral hygiene instruction. There is a $10 fee for this service. Call 905-721-3074 for an appt. FULL TIME HYGIENE position in busy Courtice office, for materni- ty leave Mon. to Fri. and one Sat per month, serious applicants only. Fax (905) 438-8869 HYGIENIST REQUIRED.Tempor- ary and permanent positions available. Temporary Dental Assistant also required. Please call (905) 626–9012 or fax (905) 509-7780 PHARMACY Technician (Full- time or part-time) needed at Medical Pharmacies Group Inc. in Pickering. Excellent hours (Mon.-Fri.), wages, and benefits. Experience in longterm care and Zadall an asset. Fax resume to Manager 905-831-8751 or 1- 800-275-2143 REGISTERED MASSAGE THERA- PIST,highly motived, required for Pickering clinic. If commit- ment to the customer is your first priority then fax to: (905) 427- 9147. Hotel/Restaurant540 MASSEY'S RESTAURANT requires full time experience pre- ferred servers. Apply in person with resume 774 Liverpool Road South, Pickering. Employment Wanted570 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Administration, Client Service, Investment Tracking, Invoice Processing, Financial, Strategic Planning, Special Event Planning. Computer literate in MS Office. (905)430-6925 or (905)831–4614 Houses For Sale100 BOWMANVILLE-private, im- maculate 2-storey, 2750sq.ft, 4-lg bedrooms, 3-baths, fami- lyroom, 2-fireplaces, large kitchen, huge lot, ceramics, new carpet family+livingroom, finished basement, double garage, C/A+V, hot-tub +deck. $259,700 OBO. 905-623-9386 CAMERON LAKE-Spectacular cottage/home (over 3,000sqft) 105' waterfront, open concept, 1.5 baths, 2-fireplaces, large recroom with pooltable, screened porch, garage. Dock incl. MUST SEE! Ask: $164,500. 613-758-2289 email: baker@bancom.net EASTER WKND.OPEN- HOUSE, 10-4, 332 Homestead Crt, Oshawa. Semi, 3 bed, 1 1/ 2 baths, fin. basement, w/ walkout. New roof & windows, c/air/vac. 12'x16' deck over- looking woods. $146,900. 905- 723-8254. NORTHEAST OSHAWA 2- bedroom brick bungalow, di- ningroom, large lot backing onto park. Quiet neighbour- hood, near all amenities. Hardwood floors, paved drive, new roof, $143,900. (905)720–2307 N.E. OSHAWA, bright, clean, 3-bedroom semi, large eat-in kitchen, new roof, furnace, windows, quiet court, near amenities and schools. $135,900. Call (905)728–8060. PICKERING,Bayly/Liverpool area, 3+ bdrm bungalow on quiet street, 1 1/2 baths, up- dated eat-in kitchen, in-law suite, close to Go, 401 and shopping, walk to lake. $181,900. Call (905)420–4252 BOWMANVILLE,3 bedroom, 4 pc., bath, close to schools/ park. New oak laminates and carpet. Partially finished basement, with rough in bath. $149,000. 905-623–0581. EAST OSHAWA SEMI,3-bed- rooms, large fenced yard, near 401, new roof & drive- way. $124,900. Call (905)721- 0601 for more info. Absolutely no agents. (snp) 3-BEDROOM SIDESPLIT,2 fireplaces, brick & aluminum siding, fenced, great location. Harmony Rd. S. area. $189,000. (905)986–4059. Private Sales103 4 BEDROOM,2-storey brick, double garage, walkout base- ment. Approx. 2400 sq. ft. Premium pie-lot, close to schools etc. Unobstructed hilltop view. Whitby-Rossland/ Brock. $255,900. Call 905- 665-5194. Farms For Sale, Rent & Wanted115 HORSE LOVERS - farm for rent - ideal for small busi- ness. 3 bedroom home with large 3 storey barn. Westney Rd. /#7. $1,800 mo. Available May lst. (905) 428–7407 Indust./ Comm. Space145 FOR RENT in the Kendall area 2 storage barns, excellent for boat/snowmobile storage. No hydro. Call 905-623-4172 Office & Business space150 2,200 SQUARE FEET of office space available immediately in Bobcaygeon, $800 per month plus utilities. Call Anne Houston (705)749-3383 OSHAWA PRIME DOWN- TOWN retail location, 2 stor- ey, 1,400 sq. ft., $1,600 per mo. (905) 706-4133 (cell) (905) 728-9465. (res) PORT PERRY,commercial office space, up to 1800 sq.ft. for lease, suitable for profes- sional services business or neighborhood clinic. Will sub- divide. High-speed internet access, plenty of parking, also smaller office units available in separate area. June 1st. 905-985-0712 ex222. PRIME, BRIGHT VISIBLE Pickering location, accessi- ble, parking, choose 120 to 1600 square feet, $400. mini- mum, utilities included. Richard Briscoe, Century 21 Briscoe Estates Ltd. (905) 428-2121 SPACE FOR RENT, Great op- portunity for small engine re- pair/swimming pool company. Premises operating as sharp- ening shop for 10-years. Prime location, lots of free parking. Contact Yvonne Lam- ers 905-725-6551 UXBRIDGE small profession- al office space available on Toronto Street. $1000 inclusive Available immediately. Call 905- 683-5117 ask for Abe Fakhourie. Business Opportunities160 $$ GOVERNMENT - Funds$$ Grants and loans information to start and expand your business or farm. 1-800-505-8866. ALL CANADIAN COMPANY!! First come, first serve. Only few spaces left. A must - see solid business opportunity. No Selling! Part time. Earn $55,000/ year. Min. invest. $16,800. Free Broch. 1-888-335-7533 AMAZ- ING ONLINE WEALTH!! FREE SECRETS!! $2,000-$5,000/mo. PT/FT. www.cyberindepen- dentlifestyles.com BEAUTY SALON - Oshawa, 5 chairs, esthetician, nail tech, massage, established 4 years, asking $45,000. Randolph Lengauer, Sutton Group (905) 436–0990 CHIP TRUCK.Immaculate condi- tion, 2 fryers, hot/cold water, fridge, rebuilt engine, 3 sinks, call (905) 720–3293 Apts. & Flats For Rent170 1 BEDROOM basement apart- ment plus sunroom available ASAP. Separate entrance, kitchen, bathroom. Close to 401 and all amenities. $700 utilities included. 905-509-2116 or 416- 729-3999. 1 BEDROOM basement apt, Whites & Finch, suit single per- son, non smoker/ no pets, first & last, references. $675 inclusive, avail. Immediately. 905- 837–2543. WHITBY GARDENS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT -One and two bedroom apartments available in quiet modern, mature building. Utilities included. Laundry facili- ties and parking available. No pets. Call (905)430-5420. AJAX - Big, bright 1 bdrm base- ment apt. Separate entrance, close to bus & schools. Wet bar, laundry. All inclusive $725/month. Avail May 1st. (905)668–6140. AJAX - new one bedroom base- ment apt. Separate entrance, all inclusive, parking, a/c, laundry, cable, non-smoker, no pets, first & last $700. May 1st. (905)427–3179 AJAX - WESTNEY area. Seperate entrance, 2 spacious-bedrooms, no smoking/no pets. $850/ month, first/last. Available imme- diately. Call (905) 428-0798, (416) 783-3894. AJAX new 2 bdrm.basement apt. Separate entrance, living room, large kitchen, laundry, air, 1-parking. $850. Utilities incl. No pets/smoking. Available May 1st. First/Last. 905-428-2637 CENTRAL OSHAWA, Two large 2-bedrooms $825, May & June 1st. 3-bedroom, $950, June 1st in well-maintained building, close to all amenities. Please call (905)723-0977 9a.m.- 6p.m. CHARMING 2 BDRM apt in beau- tiful century home. Avail June 1. To select long term tenant only. Excellent North Oshawa neigh- borhood. $750. includes heat & laundry. (905)439–8893. CLAREMONT- One-half of lovely century home, 3 bdrms, 1 1/2 baths, skylights, deck/large backyard. $1,195/month. Avail immediately. (905)642-5613. COZY 1-BEDROOM APT w/den, original trim & quaint loft. Walk to Oshawa Hosp. Available immediately. Suit adult. No pets/smoking. First/last. References. $775 + hydro. 905- 579-5219. DOWNTOWN WHITBY - two bed- room $725 hydro extra May lst / June lst. One bedroom $725 inclusive. July lst. Both include heat, air, laundry one parking. All hardwood floors, no pets, adult building. lst. last, references (905) 430–8327 LAKE DRIVEWAY,Ajax, - 2 bed- room condo, laundry, 2 full baths, parking $l,250 mo. inclu- sive. Non smokers, no pets. Available after April l5th, (905) 619–2495 LOVELY 2-BDRM basement apt. for rent, Avail.June 1st, West- shore area, own laundry & stor- age area, parking, separate- entrance, ac, broadloom, en- suite bathroom, suit mature- working couple +/or single female preferred, no smoking/ pets, $810/inclusive. Please call evenings 420-3509 to arrange an appointment. LUXURY 2-bedroom basement apartment laundry large kitchen close to shopping schools, no pets please. Located on old Harwood/Kingston Rd. Available immediately. $900 plus utilities, everything included. Suit couple. (416) 493–8622 or (416)793- 9556 leave message. NORTH OSHAWA,2 bedroom, clean quiet building all inclusive except cable, No pets. Available May 1, $795. Call 905-579–9600 or 905-436-6408. ONE & TWO BEDROOM apart- ments, in most beautiful adult building. Avail. immediately. Stevenson & Rossland, Oshawa. Call (905)579-3700 or (905)723–1009 ONE BEDROOM apartment for rent. $650/month inclusive. Cen- tral Oshawa, first & last, refer- ences, no pets. Available imme- diately. Call Michelle weekdays between 9a.m. & 4:30p.m. 905- 725-7321. ONE BEDROOM Apt. with both front and rear decks in renovated farmhouse in Courtice. Available May 1st. $750./month inclusive. (905) 725-9991. OSHAWA - Ritson/Athol, nicely decorated large bright 1-bdrm. Clean, quiet, first & last, refer- ences. Parking, no pets. Avail. May 1. $795/month all inclusive. Call Brian 416-351-9512. OSHAWA NORTH - 5 star base- ment apt. Suitable for responsi- ble non-smoker. Huge 1 bdrm, gas fireplace, a/c, parking, utili- ties & cable. $790 inclusive. (905)723–5515. OSHAWA Quiet building near shopping, transportation. Utilit- ies included. King/Harmony 2 bedrooom June lst. $819. & 3 bedroom May lst. $919., Telep- hone (905)571-4912 until 6:30 p.m. PICKERING - LIVERPOOL/BAYLY - newly renovated 3-bedroom bungalow main floor, available July lst, 4 appliances, near GO. Non smoker preferred. No pets. First/last. $l,l00 per mo.+ 2/3 utilities. Two bedroom basement apartment, available July lst, separate entrance, 1 year old, laundry, non smoker preferred. No pets. First/last. $800/mo.+ 1/3 utilities (905) 619-1677. PICKERING large 2 bedroom basement apartment, self con- tained laundry, parking spot, cable, etc. No smoking or pets. $950 all inclusive. Call 905- 831–2387 OSHAWA Quiet building near shopping, transportation. Utilit- ies included. Simcoe/Mill 2 bed- room avail May 1st $795; 1 bed- room avail April 1st & June 1st, $699. (905)436-7686 until 7:30pm. SOUTH AJAX,newly renovated large 1 bedroom basement apt., separate entrance, laundry, 3pc. bath. Non-smoker, no pets. Avail. May 1. $750/month plus 1/4 util- ities. Call (905)619–0345. SPACIOUS one bedroom upper level apt. Beautiful country set- ting in Solina. $625 per month inclusive. Non-smoker. Available May 1st. 8 min. to 401 (E. of Courtice). Phone 905-263-4739. SPACIOUS well-maintained 2 bedroom apts. Avail. at 900 and 888 Glen St. Some with walk-in closets, paint provided. Close to schools, shopping centre, GO Station. Utilities included. Call (905)728-4993. NORTH OSHAWA Very clean one bedroom basement apt., no smoking/pets, parking, shared laundry, a/c, utilities included, female preferred. Available immediately, $600/mth, first & last. (905) 579-6157 or (905)725-4832 WHITBY Large, clean, 2 bed- room, near schools & parks, well-maintained building, large parking area, $925 all inclusive, first/last required, 905-666- 8456. WHITBY - 1 bedroom basement apartment. $650/monthly + hydro. 1st & last. No pets. Non- smoker. Available May 1st. Call 905-666-2745. WHITBY ONE BEDROOM base- ment of house, private, big above ground windows, clean, freshly painted, large yard backing onto conservation, parking, laundry, Go/401, schools / shopping. $695 plus utilities, (416) 564–9982 WHITBY,one bedroom base- ment apartment, on smoker, no pets, lst/last, $650 per mo. including utilities Available May lst. Telephone (905) 432–2647 WHY rent when you can own your own home for less than you think?!! Call Dave Hay- lock Sales Rep. Re/Max Summit Realty (1991) Ltd. (905) 668-3800 or (905) 666- 3211. WHITBY 3-bedroom condo, ceramics, hardwood, ensuite laundry, parking, extremely clean, available, May 1. $990 plus hydro. Open House Sat. April 14. 416-465-1383 / 905- 404-9964. Houses For Rent185 A-ABA-DABA-DO, I have a home for you! 6 months free! From $550/month OAC, up to $6,000 cash back to you, $29,500+ family income. Short of down payment? For spectacular results Great Rates. Call Ken Collis, Asso- ciate Broker, Coldwell Banker RMR Real Estate (905)728- 9414 or 1-877-663-1054 email:kcollis@trebnet.com A ABSOLUTELY ASTOUND- ING 6 months free, then own a house from $600/month o.a.c. Up to $5,000 cash back to you! Require $30,000+family income and good credit. Short of down payment? Call Bill Roka, Sales Rep. today! Re/ Max Spirit (905) 728-1600, 1- 888-732-1600. AN UNBEATABLE DEAL!From $500. down, own your own home starting at $69,900 car- ries for less than rent. OAC. 24 hrs free recorded message 905-728-1069 ext 277. Cold- well Banker RMR Real Estate. Aurelia Rasanu. AJAX BEAUTIFUL 3 bedroom mainfloor, semi bungalow, air conditioning, quiet crescent, laundry, parking, no pets, non smoking, first/last, references $995 plus, avail. May 1st. 905-686–8104 AJAX SPACIOUS 3-bedroom house, Westney Heights. Available immediately. $1200/ month plus. Central air/vac, private fenced yard, shed. No smoking, no pets. Near all amenities. (905)686–8385 BROOKLIN 3-BEDROOM ex- ecutive townhouse, excellent location, amenities incl. cen- tral air, fireplace, 1-1/2 baths, garage, designer kitchen fea- turing patio doors to deck, 5 appliances, plus window treatments. $1200+ utilities. Available May 1st. Referenc- es, lease required. (905)666– 0684. LARGE 4 bdrm backsplit. Central Park/Hillcroft, North Oshawa. $1,175/month plus utilities. No pets. First/last & references. Available May 15th. 705-953-2073. NEW 2-BEDROOM all brick bungalow for rent in desirable North Oshawa area. Available May 1st. First/last required. $1200 per month. Call (905)576–5686. PICKERING - Near GO, shop- ping, schools, 4 bedrooms, hardwood floor, large deck, freshly painted and renovated. $1,250 plus utilities Available immediately. Telephone (905) 509–2317 UXBRIDGE 7km North. 4 bedroom house, plus barn set up for horses. 4 fenced corrals and 12 stalls. Available June 1st. (416)-676-8821-Days (905)-852-3743-Evenings WHITBY downtown 3-bed- room semi. Top 2 floors. All appliances and utilities in- cluded. Share laundry. $1200. Also 1-bedroom basement apartment. Newly renovated. Separate entrance. $700 in- clusive. Call after 6 pm 905- 706-5200 3 bedroom main floor of house - Whitby, bright, clean freshly painted, large yard backing onto conservation. Parking, laundry, hardwood floors, GO/401/schools, shop- ping, $l,095 plus utilities (416) 564–9982 Townhouses For Rent190 AJAX - Brand new townhouse. Underground garage. 3 bed- rooms, 2 1/2 baths. Available May 1st from $1500/mo. Call 905-686-0681. EXECUTIVE TOWNHOUSE in South Ajax with view of lake. To rent on a short-term basis. Avail. May 1st. Call days 416-893- 1568 or evenings 905-428–8065 Rooms For Rent & Wanted192 AJAX/Hwy. 2/Westney - immac- ulate room with private bath, sep. entrance, c/air, cable, for working professional. Non-smoking/no pets/references. Available May 1st. $425/mo. inclusive. Call 905-509–7876 LARGE Room for a bachelor Separate entry. Ideal for mature single. Must be professional. Preferable male. Non-smoker/no pets. Avail May 1st. $450/mnth inclusive first/last. References. Call 905-427-4988 PICKERING, near GO, 2 bed- rooms in townhouse, furnished, own bath, cable, share kitchen, no pets, first/last. $750/month. Call 905-619-9723, leave mes- sage ROOM IN A HOUSE to share. Stevenson and Rossland. Includes one parking, laundry, cable. $400/month, 1st and last. Call: 905-571-5474 UNFURNISHEDROOM for rent in south Pickering. $360/month, share kitchen & bathroom, park- ing available, walk to GO. Bus at door. 905-420–9270 Shared Accommodation194 WHITBY - Shared accommoda- tion in clean quiet home in a family oriented area. Suitable for young professional. References required. $550/month inclusive. First & last. (905)665-1522. Vacation Properties200 $6,900; $1000 DOWN; $100 monthly, fully serviced wooded trailer lot near Cobourg. Sand beach. Hydro/water/sewers, rolling hills, next to county for- est, great swimming/fishing. Call 416-431-1555 Rentals Outside Canada205 ATTENTION SNOWBIRDS:A per- fect family vacation home in Clearwater Florida. 3 bedroom townhouse, pool, jacuzzi, tennis court, pond, BBQ, private yard, close to beach and golfing. Available now. For info. & photos (905) 579-3788. CLEARWATER FLORIDA, 2-3- bedrooms furnished manufac- tured homes. Heated pool, hot tub near beaches & major attrac- tions. Children welcome. Photos. $275/week (less than motel) Call (905)683–5503 Campers, Trailers,Sites215 26FT. CARRILITE Fifth Wheel. Top-of-the-line. Insulated for winter travel. Air, etc. Sleeps 6, twin beds. 1 owner, used only 3 times in Florida. $16,500. 905- 349-2594 TRAILER FOR SALE. 1975 Terry Taurus on site. Alpine Resort, Rice Lake. 22" with deck & awning, sleeps-6. 4-pc. bath, hot water heater, furnace, outdoor shed with additional full-fridge, $4500 OBO. 905-983-8155. WANTED: USED KAYAKS & Canoes. All Camping gear, back- packs tents, etc. must be in good condition. (905)985–0059 Snowmobiles233 1980 SKIDOO BLIZZARD,good track, seat with Formula suspen- sion, engine needs work. $300 OBO. 705-328-1613 snp 1994 ARCTIC CAT 580 ZR, new clutch, H/T warmers, 144 studs, Fox shocks. Great condition. Fast. $3000 obo. or trade for vehicle of equal value. 905-623- 9316 or 705-328-0402 Pools & Supplies234 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL. 20ft Kayak Pools with deck and fence, limited quantities. $4995. insta- lled, 25 year warranty. Call (416) 798-7509, 1-800-668-7564. Resorts Camps235 BEAUTIFUL SETTING, Lake Sey- mour 2, 3 & 4 bedroom cottages, fully-equipped. Pool, fishing, store. Affordable weekly rates. Campbellford, 2 hours N/E of Toronto. 1-888-813-2212 www.woodlandes-tate.com Hobbies & Crafts237 CRAFTERS WANTED at "The Gift & Craft Showplace" located in the Courtice Flea Market, 4 km. east of Oshawa (approx. 6000 people attending each weekend). Let us show & sell your crafts directly to the public. You do not have to be there. Rent starts at $24/month. Call 905-436-1024. Horse Supplies & Boarding303 STALLS AVAILABLE at barn, in north Whitby, indoor arena, sand ring, wash stall, individual feed- ing program. Prefer dress/flat rider. Excellent care. (905)655- 9994, Susan. Poultry and Livestock305 YEARLING "P.O.A." COLT.Exc- ellent bloodlines. Loud colour. Tiny pet donkey jack. Quality lambs m/f. Call 705-357-2725. Articles For Sale310 CARPETS - lots of carpet, 100% nylon, new stain re-lease carpets on hand, I will carpet 3 rooms, $349. Price includes carpet, pre- mium pad, expert installation, fast delivery, free estimates (30 yards). Norman 686-2314. 1997 HONDA GENERATOR XL12D - 3 cyl., industrial, low hours, excellent shape, valued at $15,000 sacrifice for $6,000. Call 905-655–5092 250 GALLON Saltwater estab- lished Reef aquarium. Dis-plays 7'x7'x3' with tank, lighting hood and cabinet. All equipment, live- stock and corals included. $3,000. Email: klintner1@home .com or call 905-436-0831 ATTENTION:THIS IS A PUBLIC NOTICE - Year End Liquidation Sale. All JVC home theatre sys- tems 2 channel stereo 5.1 sur- round system must go. Only $100. per unit in packages. Single unit $150; Receiver must include sufficient speakers. Super digifine high end JVC tuners, amplifiers, CD players, cassette decks, turntables, signal processors, VCRs, DVD players, televisions. 90 day layaway. Oshawa Stereo 579–0893 AFFORDABLE APPLIANCES AT HANK'S APPLIANCES. Dryers $149/up. Washers $175/up. Fridges $99/up. Stoves, apt.-size & 30", reg/self-cleaning, gas $149/up. Large selection gas dryers. Amana refrigerator, bot- tom freezer, must see. Side-by- sides, this weeks special, only $349. Parts, sales, service, bar- becue parts. 426 Simcoe St. S. (905)728-4043. DSS SATELLITE- H-Card boot- loader $100, Freeze Fix $25, Open HU-Card $300, Program- ing $80, Systems $450, Loader $1100. We buy dead H-cards. Call (905)427–1416. ALL LEATHER SOFAS.Black, brand new, asking $2600 for both. Please call 905-404-9775 ANTIQUE MARBLE facade fire- place with cast iron insert. (905)721–1703 (snp) ANTIQUE PEDESTAL sink, dainty size with brass faucets. (905)721–1703 (snp) APPLIANCES:refrigerator 2- door frost free, deluxe stove, matching heavy duty washer/dr- yer $675/all-will separate. Also Kenmore washer used 2 years $250 +Dryer. Also Fridge, stove, washer dryer, dishwasher 8 months old, reasonable. 905- 767-6598. BACKYARD ESCAPE - Wood play fort, with slide, still in the box $175. Telephone (905) 426–1518 BC RICH electric guitar with case, Rock style, $300. Call Taylor 905-438-8552. BEDROOM SET, 8pce cherry- wood. Bed, chest, tri-dresser, mirror, night stands, dovetail construction. Never opened. In boxes. Cost $9000, Sacrifice $3500. 416-748-3993 BLACK MILKYWAY sofa, chair, love circle, ottoman & glass cocktail tables. 3pc. black lac- quer wall system, all trimmed in gold. Paid $5000 new, asking $1500. 905-440-9447 BRAND NEW AB twister $85; Black & Decker all-in-one-pro automatic bread maker $60. (905)837–1298 BUNK-BEDS - Blue wood stain, with 2 mattresses, $240. Call after 6 p.m. 905-683-9534 CARPETS SALE & HARDWOOD FLOORING: carpet 3 rooms from $339. (30 sq. yd.) Includes: car- pet, premium pad and installa- tion. Free estimates, carpet rep- airs. Serving Durham and surro- unding area. Credit Cards Acc- epted Call Sam 905-686-1772. CARPETS! CARPETS!CARPETS! 3 ROOMS COMPLETELY CAR- PETED $299. (30 yrds.) NO HID- DEN COSTS!!! Commercial car- pet at $4.95 yd. Berber carpet at $7.50 yd. 40 oz. Saxony carpet at $11.50 yd. Free shop at home servic-es. Guaranteed best prices. SAILLIAN CARPETS, 905-373-2260. CARPET, VINYL & LAMINATE SALE-Carpet three rooms, com- pletely installed w/premium pad, 30sq.yds, from $339. Free/fast service. Guaranteed installation, residential/commercial. Finan- cing available. Customer satis- faction guaranteed. For free esti- mate Call Mike 905-431-4040 CLAY HOUSE BRICKS,large variety, small quantities 500 and under 40cents each, 500& over 30cents each (905)728–0313. COLONIAL STYLE chester- field, 2 chairs, 2 ottomans, hunter green, corded velvet, excellent condition $1800 o.b.o. Call (905)686–0736 af- ter 6pm. ROXTON MAPLE diningroom suite, new 1999. 42" round table extends 64", 4 uphol- stered chairs, buffet, cost $2500, $1300; 1989 white Buick Century Ltd., excellent, lady driven, 133,000 km, $3850; 905-697–7938 COMPATIBLE INK JET CARTIDGES. Epson, Cannon & others. ie: Cannon 4000, 3 black/1 colour $35; 2 black/2 colour $45. Repair on monitors, printers, laptops, etc. Pick-up & delivery. Call (905)619-9938 email: lash@idirect.com COMPUTER SPECIALS,17" Dell monitor $149, 15" $99, Ink jet printers from $49 W/System, Dell Pentium laptop $499, com- plete Pentium internet starter system $299. Lowest prices on P3 & P4 systems. 16 years expe- rience. We love doing upgrades and difficult repairs. (905)655–3661. DININGROOM 14 PCE cher- rywood. 92" double pedestal. 8 Chippendale chairs. Buffet, hutch, server, dovetail con- struction. Still in boxes. Cost $14,000. Sacrifice $5000. (416)746-0995. DININGROOM SUITE, bevelled glass table w/hutch, 6 chairs wood/leather seats. Immaculate. Asking $1,350. Sectional sofa w/queen size pull-out bed & leg rests $800. Excellent shape. (905)509–1447. DIRECT TV EMULATION sys- tems, the only way to protect your H card. Don't speculate - emulate! We also buy black Sunday H cards. Call Mack (905)837-2292. DIRECT TV SYSTEMS,all channels open $379. HU Cards programmed $299. In- stallation available (Durham Region) Call (905)259-0320. DIRECT TV, Boot strap $110. H & HU programming avail- able. Complete systems available. Call (905)767-8571, Whitby. DSS SYSTEMS - SPECIALS on HU test cards and pro- gramming. Boot loaders. Dish Network programmers. Dish Network and DTV Sys- tems available. HU loaders avail. Website caribdss.com email: caribdss@yahoo.com or Call (905)426-9578. ECHO GAS HEDGE TRIM- MER, only used for 1 hour $600. Call 905-431-0117. FORTESS 2000FS electric scooter, excellent condition, asking $1500 OBO. Folding walker, $100 OBO. Call Rick 905-837-5411 HARDWOOD FLOORING FOR BETTER HEALTH. Unfinished from $1.99/sq.ft.; prefinished from $2.99/sq.ft. Also, refin- ishing old floors & sanding needs. Showroom: Kendal- wood Plaza 1801 Dundas St. E., Whitby 905-433-9218 OSHAWA HARDWOOD FLOORS LTD. HOT TUB 5-6 person fiberglass, cover, skirt, $1800. Brand new RCA-27" TV $350. Kenmore washer $250, dryer $100. New gas weedwacker or leaf-blower, 24cc $100-each. Pentium-166 computer, loaded $350. 905- 439-4789 KELVINATOR washer and dryer, almond, good condition, Uxbrid- ge, $400/set. Call 905-852-1481 MEDI-SCOOTER ultramatic, blue, new batteries, charger, car- rier, $800. Also deluxe walker w/carrier, adjustable commode, bed rails, bath sitting board. Take all $1000. Call 905-427–8752 after 4pm MOVING SALE - 50" Hitachi ultra vision, (new $3,995) $995; cream leather sofa, (new $2,300) $595; new dresser & vanity $295. Plus futon, carpets. All in mint condition. (905)430–5939 or (416)972-0919 MOVING SALE - HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS. L-shape loveseat $200; 6pc bleached wood office set $888; unique rattan 3pc kitchen set $200; 6pc classique bedroom set $2,100; 3pc cof- fee/end tables $125; hollywood style diningroom 5pc set $150 plus much more. Call to view (905)666–7758 MOVING SALE-Like new: French Provincial living room set, dining room set, bedroom set, 2 sofas, coffee & end tables, fridge, stove, & much more! (905)723–0495 to view PIANO 50 yrs old. 52" upright Mason & Risch. Good tone/con- dition. Ivory keys. $950. 905- 430-8914. PIANO TECHNICIAN available for tuning, repairs, & pre-purchase consultation on all makes & models of acoustic pianos. Reco- nditioned Heintzman, Yamaha, Mason & Risch, & other grand or upright pianos for sale, starting at $695. March Break Special on now. Check out the web at www.barbhall.com or call Barb at 905-427-7631. Visa, MC, Amex. PIANOS/CLOCKS.Spring Sale on for the month of April - on all Roland digital pianos and Samick acoustic pianos and all Howard Miller clocks. Large selection of used pianos (Yamaha, Kawai etc.) Not sure if your kids will stick with lessons, try our rent to own. 100% of all rental payments apply. Call TELEP PIANO (905) 433-1491. www.TelepPiano.com WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! PLAYSTATION MOD CHIPS PS1 - $35., PS2 from $75. All work guaranteed. Install while you wait. Also avail. one PS2 mod- ed with 10 games $650. Beatrice/Wilson area (905) 721- 2365 RENT TO OWN new and re- conditioned appliances, and new T.V's. Full warranty. Pad- dy's Market, 905-263-8369 or 1-800-798-5502. RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT for sale. 1 gas deep fryer, 1 chicken deep fryer, microwave and 2 pop coolers. Also dishes available. Prices negotiable. Call 905-666- 7575 SATELLITE and security system specials from $99. 16 years experience. We design and install systems to meet your needs. (905)655–3661 SCOOTER, FORTRESS 2001, like new, new battery plus charg- er, locking system, $1500 or nearest offer. Call (905)668–7944 or (905)668- 6695. SHUTTER -34 SETS of bifolding louvered pine window shutters, 21"x43" each. (905)721–1703 (snp) OAK/PINE FURNITURE...Our Mission Furniture is on the floor...Come and see the Style that has turned the Furniture World upside down..We are also now carrying a full line of HAND- CRAFTED MENNONITE FURNI- TURE in addition to our own lines...Traditional Woodworking is the leading manufacturer of SOLID WOOD FURNITURE in the Durham Region...Bring your ideas/plans and let us turn them into reality..Drop in and see our State of the Art Woodworking facility and let us show you how fine furniture is made..Remem- ber..."There is no Substitute for Quality"...Traditional Woodwork- ing...115 North Port Road (South off Reach Road), Port Perry... 905-985-8774....www.tradition- alwoodworking.on.ca SHEDMAN - Quality wooden sheds 8' X 8' barn kit, only $299. plus tax. Many other sizes and styles available. Also garages. 761 McKay Rd. Unit 1, Pickering. For more info. call 905-619- 2093. DTV SATELLITE SYSTEMS $450 all channels open. HU card pro- gramming $60 privately coded. 2 month warranty. Boot loaders to make your H card work again $120. 7 days per week, 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. (905) 655-7730 Brooklin. Toronto (416) 737- 9900. House calls for seniors available. $20. extra. BACKSTREET BOYS, N'SYNC, U2, Eric Clapton, Roxy Music, TICKETS FOR SALE- also Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors. Also will buy Leafs, Raptors & concert tickets. Telephone (905)626-5568 TREADMILL-Roadmaster, w/heart-monitor, like new $500. Universal home-gym system, whole body workout (building, toning, weightloss) w/all manu- als $500. Colour TV, floor model $75. 905-619-6913 WASHER DRYER combo $300., 27" Sony Console T. V. $200., Cosco baby car seat $25, table tennis table $30 and more. 118 Large Crescent, Ajax. (905) 427–0681 YAMAHA mini stereo system $250, Call 905-431-0117. SCRATCH AND DENT - Variety of new appliances, 5 cu. ft freezers, $199. Full manufacturers war- ranty. Reconditioned fridges $195 / up, reconditioned ranges $125/ up, reconditioned dryers $125 / up, reconditioned wash- ers $199 / up, new and recondi- tioned coin operated washers and dryers at low prices. New brand name fridges $480 and up, new 30" ranges with clock and window $430. Reconditioned 24" ranges and 24" frost free fridges now available. Wide selection of other new and reconditioned appliances. Call us today, Stephenson's Appliances, Sales, Service, Parts. 154 Bruce St. Oshawa. (905)576–7448. ANTIQUES?Absolutely!Ad- vice- always valuable, usually free! Purchasing outright, es- tates w/some antique cont- ents, (no limit to value con- sidered), collections of any sort, quantities or single an- tique items. Special interest in Moorcroft pottery. I'll try to re- spond to all queries. Robert Bowen Antiques- Brooklin, Ontario. (905)655-8049 or (905)242-0890. CANOE WANTED - Must be in good condition. Reasonable price. Call 905-985-2511 U2 TICKETS WANTED. 2 tick- ets for either May 24 or 25 sold-out shows at Air Canada Centre. Call 905-985-2511 (day) or 905-259-3245 (leave message). snp WANTED -TOY CARS,trucks, motorcycles. Hot wheels, Sizzlers, Matchbox, Lesley, Dinky, Husky, Corgi and Mod- el car kits. Call evenings 905- 263-2661. Restaurant Equipment348 GARLAND DEEP FRYERS (3) model GF14, 100000BTU, nat- ural gas. $600 each. Garland 2-burner natural gas stove. Model GD15 14800BTU. $400 excellent condition. Ben (905)-623-9569 Pet, Supplies Boarding370 AMERICAN ESKIMO Puppies purebred, only 2 males left. Call Casey (905)623-9971. PUREBRED 1992 ARABIAN Gelding, Sweepstakes & CAHR papers, Ecstacy x Rosa PASB, excellent breeding, go- ing English, 15hh, 100% sound, call (905)665–7948. Cars For Sale400 1951 HUDSON PACEMAKER, 2 dr, body mint, needs interior & motor to finish (would make nice hot rod), $6500 trades considered. Call 905-434- 0392 (snp) 1973 OLDS. CUTLASS,350, runs great, 92,000 miles. New rad, battery, $1600 obo. Call 905-985-8615. 1989 CADILLAC DEVILLE,ful- ly loaded, complete new en- gine, 50,000km, excellent condition, cert $4,500. 905- 985-8250 1990 MERCURY TOPAZ 4 dr, auto, air, p/s, p/b, p/w, 140k, emission tested/certified. $2,000 o.b.o. Call (905)723– 3944 1990 SUNBIRD, 4 door, white, body great, interior in show- room condition, fully loaded, new tires, needs engine and transmission. $500. Must sell. 438–8856 1991 BUICK REGAL, 4 dr, air, cruise, tilt, pw, pl, 225K, cert. and emission tested, asking $3500, must sell 905-434– 0392 1991 FORD TAURUS GL PW, PS, PB, PDL, Air, Cruise. 160,000 kms. Certified & E- tested. Asking $2495. 905- 571-5138 1991 PONTIAC TEMPEST, 224km, certified & emission tested, 4 dr, V6, am/fm cas- sette, very clean, must sell, $3000 obo. Call 905-434-0392 1992 BONNEVILLE SSEI, white with leather interior, tinted windows, sunroof, all the "bells & whistles" $8500. Call Taylor 905-438-8552 1992 HONDA ACCORD EXR - 5 speed, 153k, good condition. Asking $7,200 o.b.o. Certified/ emission tested. Call 416- 833-1955 1992 JETTA, 4 door, green, a/ c, cruise, new paint, 222,000kms, e-test, certified, mint condition. $4900 o.b.o. Call (905)683–2137. 1992 MUSTANG, excellent condition, 147,000kms. Au- tomatic, p.s, p.w., p.l., am/fm stereo cassette, air, emission tested & certified. $5300. (905)666–1940. 1992 PONTIAC SUNRUNNER, white, soft top, 4x4, 158,000kms 5-speed, lady- driven, great condition. Asking $3500. Call 905-666-1319. 1992 SUBARU SVX,all wheel drive, V-6 automatic, fully loaded, colour-maroon, rare (1 of 250 imported), 2-Dr. Sports Coupe, 138,000 kms, new tires, many new parts, carefully driven, an invest- ment at only $10,900.00, off- ers considered, Oshawa call John (905)723-1191 ext. 3. 1993 EAGLE VISION TSI, loaded, V-6, 3.51, automatic, 4 door, 129,000 km, leather seat, power windows, power locks, air, remote keyless en- try, alloy wheels, excellent condition, certified. $7,900. Markham (905) 471-8875 1993 SUNBIRD SE,4 cyl. 4 dr, white with red trim. Emission tested, lady driven, non-smoker, 134Km, am/fm cass. stereo, very clean. Will certify, $3500 obo. Call 905-432-7133 lv. message. 1994 ARCTIC CAT 580 ZR, new clutch, H/T warmers, 144 studs, Fox shocks. Great condition. Fast. $3000 obo. or trade for vehicle of equal value. 905-623- 9316 or 705-328-0402 1995 HONDA CIVIC hatch-back, 144,000 highway km. auto, sun- roof, certified/emission tested am/fm cassette, non-smoker lady driven, one owner, no rust (B.C. vehicle) $8500. 905-831- 0805 1995 HYUNDAI SCOOP 4-cyl, 130,000 kms, automatic, red, am/fm cassette. $4000 certified, emission tested 905-430-4955 snp 1996 DODGE NEON, 4 dr., auto, p.s., p.b., air, am-fm cassette, 115,000 kil., lady driven, excel- lent condition, $6,900. Telephone (905) 665-2397 1997 MAZDA 626,auto, 2.0L, pw, pd, pl, antenna, dual air bags, ABS, white with grey inte- rior, 74,000km, must sell, very clean, certified, $12,500. 905- 666–9774 1997 SATURN STATIONWAGON, DOHC.19L, auto, air, ps, pb, Alloy wheels, fog lights. Will certify, one owner. 94,000K. $11,500 obo. Call 905-985-7128. WE FINANCE EVERYONE First time buy- ers, bankrupt, bad credit, no credit. You work? You drive! Lots of choice. Down or Trade may be required. SPECIAL FINANCE DEPARTMENT SHERIDAN CHEV 905-706-8498 WANTED Leaf Tickets Will pay up to face value. Call Bruce 905-579-4400 Ext. 2207 We pay up to $8 per disc! Get CASH for CDs… Bayly, w. of Harwood (905) 427-7613 Sick of RENTING? 1st Time Buyer? Professional Renter? Honest Answers....! Professional Advice...! To “Own” Your Next Home! Mark Stapley Sales Rep. 1-800- 840-6275 OFFICE(905)619-0663Ability Real Estate Ltd. Direct Free Call OSHAWA 2 & 3 B/R apts. 280 Wentworth St. W. $765 & $876. Utilities incl. Close to schools, shop- ping, 401. Public Transit right past your door. For appt. call (905) 721-8741 AJAX-PICKERING SALES DEALERS NEEDED $ Earn Cash $ No Quotas Free Skin Care Pak CALL PAULINE (905) 655-8898 or For long distance only 1-866-888-5288 or Pauline_Avon@Hotmail.com NEED OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE to lose 20 lbs & up. Earn excellent income (905)426-2113 Visit Us On the Internet: www.durhamnews.net THE AJAX PICKERING NEWS ADVERTISER, APRIL 11, 2001-PAGE B5 We are seeking high energy, vision-driven PHARMACISTS for our Peterborough, Ajax and Whitby Loblaws locations. Candidates must have excellent communication skills and a focus on establishing and maintaining patient relationships via progressive pharmaceutical care. Please forward your résumé in confidence to: Maureen Neary, Pharmacy Development Manager Phone: (416) 957-2519 Fax: (416) 967-2518 535 Hospital/Medical/ Dental 535 Hospital/Medical/ Dental 535 Hospital/Medical/ Dental 535 Hospital/Medical/ Dental DURHAM REGION ATTENDANT CARE is growing and looking for Health Care Workers and One Part-time and one Casual Scheduling Assistant. We are a not for for profit organization, fully accredited with the Ca- nadian Council on Heath Service Accreditation, currently seeking qualified individuals for Part time, Casual and On-call positions available in all areas within Durham Region. We offer: Days, evenings and weekend shift. Salary range of $12.88-$14.45 per hour. Shift premiums, paid mileage and company benefits. Paid education, training and orientation. We require: Must have own vehicle PSW, HCA or HSW, Certificate Police Clearance Certificate Scheduling Assistant - one part-time, one casual With flexible availability, including being on-call from home on wee- kends, On a rotating basis. the successful candidate will provide support to the scheduling de- partment by assisting with scheduling functions, Rescheduling of clients/staff and on-call responsibilities. Qualifications: Scheduling experience an asset Office experience and computer literate. Must have excellent oral and written communication skills Able to adapt to change Wage range $11.75 to $12.74 Interested candidates should hold Human Resources Department at (905)576-2112 Ext. 32 or Toll Free: 1-888-433-0240 or Fax resumes to (905)571-7598 We thank all applicants, however, only those contacted will be interviewed. Become a Certified Health Care Professional There is someone who needs your help! Personal Support Workers (P.S.W.) are in great demand. Start now and you could be working in 18 weeks. PICKERING CAMPUS 1450 Kingston Rd. (905) (905) 420-1344420-1344 www.tsb.cawww.tsb.ca www.tsb.ca Now in Pickering April 16 PRIVATE SALE ~ Welcome to 278 Kingsdale Avenue, Willowdale Price: $675,000 Tax: $6,904.84 (2000) Lot Size: 50’x122’ (as per survey) This lovely 4 bedroom custom home is loaded with features and upgrades such as Cellini/granite kitchen, 2 skylights, built-in bookshelves in both library and family room, professionally finished walkout basement with wet bar, sauna, pot lights, nanny’s quarters, rec room with wood flooring, interlocking driveway, cornice mouldings, 2 en suites etc. For more details, call (416) 590-1727. No agents please, without qualified buyer! 100 Houses For Sale 100 Houses For Sale RENT-WORRY FREE 1, 2 & 3 Bed. Apts. Refurbished & New Appliances. All Util. included. In-house Supt. & Maint. On site Security. Rental Office:Mon - Fri. 12 noon - 8pm Sat & Sun 1pm- 5pm 905-579-1626 VALIANT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 170 Apartments & Flats For Rent 170 Apartments & Flats For Rent 510 General Help 510 General Help 525 Office Help 530 Sales Help & Agents 170 Apartments & Flats For Rent 180 Condominiums For Rent 230 Sports Equipment 310 Articles for Sale 315 Articles Wanted 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID, aut, fully loaded, cruise con- trol, 4 dr, colour-green, only 470 km. Asking $20,500. Call 905-725-7788 or 174 Centre St. N. Oshawa. 2000 HONDA CIVIC DX 1 owner, auto, p.s., brakes, tilt, 3 dr., black. Fabulous opportun- ity. Must qualify to assume balance of Honda lease. $269/month plus taxes. Call (416)722-4611 or (905)633- 7409. 1990 TEMPO, 170 kms., $1995, 92 Hyundai Excel, 186 kms., $2995, 92 Pontiac Grand Prix, $2999, 95 Firefly, $4295, listed cars certified & E-tested, Ask about warranty, 905-683–7301 or 905-428- 1879, after 6 pm. 1991 NISSAN STANZA,bur- gundy 4 door, 2.4L, 4 cylinder, automatic, overdrive, power windows and door locks, tilt and cruise 261,000kms. Ask- ing $2500 e-test & certified. Phone (905)683–7747. FIND YOUR NEXT used vehi- cle at: durhamwheels.com Cars Wanted405 CASH FOR CARS!We buy used vehicles. Vehicles must be in running condition. Call 427-2415 or come to 479 Bayly St. East, Ajax at MUR- AD AUTO SALES. Trucks For Sale410 1991 S10 EXTENDACAB,4 cyl. auto, $2500. (cert. & emission), 1990 Ford F150, pick up , V8 auto, $2500 as is, 1990 Bonneville, loaded, $2300. (cert. & emission), National Car & Truck Clinic, call anytime. 905- 668–5555. 1992 SUBURBAN 117,000 kms, V8, auto, Safety +E-tested. $6495. Oshawa Dealer, 83 Ritson Rd.S. Call Murray 905-718-1808 1994 FORD F250-XLT truck, Supercab, running board, ton- neau cover, 20,000lb fifth wheel hitch installed +towing hitch. Low mileage. Used only in Florida. $20,500. 905-349- 2594 1998 GMC SIERRA 1/2ton, 118,000 km, with 27,000 left on extended warranty. 4.3L auto, am/fm cass, air, $15,000 certi- fied. Call 905-706–1260 Vans/ 4-Wheel Dirve420 1989 FORD E150 Cargo van, 187,000kms. asking $2,200 as is. Also 1987 Prelude. Call 905- 434-7330.snp. 1995 SAFARI, excellent condi- tion, loaded very clean. low kms. $12000. 1990 Astro good condi- tion. asking $3000, both original owners. call 905-263–8414. 2000 DODGE CARAVAN,23,500 Km, air, ABS, V6, PW, PB, PM. Cruise, tilt, remote, silver, dual- sliding doors, Sunscreen. Asking $19,000 obo. Call 905-985- 0791. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE - 1988 GMC Safari Van, V6, tilt steering, cruise, electric win- dows, raised roof, rear Joyride wheel chair lift, 98,000 km. Asking $5500.. 905-404-8908 after 5 or lv. message. Auto Care450 AJAX - share large newer home. Parking, laundry, own phone, cable, storage. Own bath. Close to all amenities. Phone (905)683–9213 Announcements255 Legal Notices261 EDWARD JOHNSON formerly of 380 Gibb Street, Apt. 716....If the site fees for the past two seasons at Park- wood Beach tent and trailer park are not paid within the next 30 days, your trailers, boat, and motor will be sold to settle this debt. Wilfrid Eldridge. Personals268 DURHAM SINGLES:Join the regions fastest growing sin- gles organization, Personal Growth Seminars, Dinner Theatres, Wine Tasting. Quali- ty people first rate at- mosphere. 905-438-1720 www.durhamsingles.com DURHAM'S OWN DATING SERVICE!905-683-1110. Create a private mailbox ad or browse other ads free. Meet a new Friend or Love for life. www.asylumcafe.com HEAVENLY PSYCHIC An- swers. Find the oracle within. $2.99/min. *18+*24 hrs. 1- 900-451-3783. LOSE OR GAIN WEIGHT with Natural Herbal Products. 30 day money back guarantee. 1-888-989-2183. Support Groups269 SINGLE?Do you wonder why your relationships don't work out? If you are interested in learning about healthy relation- ships in a group with other sin- gles, call 905-986-0512. Daycare Available273 ARE YOU IN NEED OF A NANNY?We have experi- enced Phillipino nannies from overseas. Reliable/hardworking, patient, live-in nannies. Seeking employer to sponsor. Call- Mother's Helper 416-496-0562 DAYCARE IN MY HOME,Hwy #2 & Whites Rd. E.C.E. mother of one would like to care for your children 3-6 yrs of age. Hot meals, fun activities. Fenced yard. Irene 905-837- 1878 EXPERIENCED, RELIABLE, safe, happy environment, smoke free fenced yard. I teach the children phoenix. Any age welcome. Altona/ Twyn Rivers. Please leave message (905)509–0179. HIGHWAY 2 & DIXIE - Wil- liam Dunbar and St. Marguer- ite, references, CPR, any age welcome, 11 yrs exp. non smoker. Happy safe struc- tured environment, lots of hugs. 905 420-8526. PICKERING Beach / Rollo: Loving daycare; 18 months to 12 years. Daily outings (fenced backyard and park). Crafts, story time, music, nu- tritious meals & snacks. First Aid, C.P.R. certified. Non- smoking, receipts. 905-428- 1244. Daycare Wanted274 BABYSITTER REQUIRED to care for beautiful and loving 2 year-old, our home Harwood/ Chapman. Starting ASAP. Call Ray or Andy at 905-427-2852 evenings/weekends DAYCARE WANTED in your home for infant 4 days/week. Pickering Village area. Non- smoking. References re- quired. Please call (905)428– 8585. DURHAM PROFESSIONAL Home Daycare Inc. Daycare providers needed in Ajax and Pickering. You work at home, provide a safe environment, nutritious meals and fun ac- tivities for the children. For more details about this excit- ing opportunity call our staff at 905-509–1207 NANNY WANTED - Live-out caregiver wanted for 2 child- ren ( 3 and newborn). Excel- lent wages and work environ- ment. Part-time or full-time. Professional couple. Stouff- ville. (905)640–0260. SEEKING A LIVE-IN babysitter for a 4 yr old. Call (905)428– 9646. Health & Homecare285 LOSE WEIGHT NOW!Ask me how! Shop online or email us www.herbalmenow.com Tax & Financial164 Mortgages Loans165 MORTGAGES - Good, bad and ugly. Financing for any pur- pose. All applications accept- ed. Call Community Mortgage Services Corp. (905) 668– 6805. BUSINESS LOANS -$10K to $50K approvals 48 hrs. Gov- ernment secured loans to $250K. 1-877-643-0130 or (905)420-3960.cnp CENTRAL FUNDING GROUP, first & second mortgages to 95%. From 6.5% for 5 years. Best available rates. Private funds available. Refinancing debt consolidation a specialty. For fast professional service call 905-666-4986/ 905-686- 2557. MONEY PROBLEMS,Get out of debt quick without going bank- rupt or being garnisheed. Everyone accepted regardless of credit rating. Call for free infor- mation. 905-576-3505. Student loans included. Home Improvement700 Garbage Removal Hauling702 Painting and Decorating710 TMS PAINTING & DECOR Interior & Exterior European Workman- ship Fast, clean, reliable service. 428-0081 ROMEO PAINTING Specializing in interior and exterior painting. For clean fast and reliable service Call (905) 686-9128 All Pro Painting and Wallpapering Stucco ceilings, General repairs, Top quality work at reasonable prices 20% off for Seniors Call for a FREE Estimate 404-9669 QUALITY PAINTING & DECORATING Interior/Exterior Free Estimates 837–9558 GARBAGE REMOVAL CUSTOM DECKS Call ~ Jason 1-888-579-0077 cell 416-274-1590 GARBAGE REMOVAL For PeopleWith Limited Cash Flow Garage is for cars Basement for relaxation Will remove your garbage for a good price Call Joseph (905) 428-7528 or cell (905) 626-6247 BESTWAY SERVICES Garage, Basement, Yard Cleanup and all odd jobs 10% discount for seniors (416) 577-4698 WORKSCAPE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES For Free Estimates call Bus. (905)619–0801 cell (416)823-5991 Year round service MINOR & MAJOR REPAIRS Residential • Commercial ELECTRICAL DRYWALL CARPENTRY PAINTING CARPET CERAMIC TILE (905) 426-5301 GET MORE VALUE FOR YOUR DOLLARS! FINISHED BASEMENTS bathrooms, additions & second stories. General improvements All work guaranteed Walter Leaver 428–2145 F & M Home Renovations Skilled Carpentry Door Installations Complete Rec Rooms Glass & Screen Repairs Call Matt (905) 420–7394 Approved by phone EVERY DAY IS PAYDAY WHEN YOU NEED CASH! We hold your personal cheque ‘til payday NO CREDIT CHECKS! 310-CASH AJAX, PICKERING & OSHAWA CALL NOW! GET FASTER REFUNDS WITH FREE E-FILING • Prepared while you wait by a Certified General Accountant Judy Kuksis CGA 905-420-2081 Also business accounting services NO TIME TO TALK Why not Fax us your ad! You can use your fax machine to send us your advertisement. Please allow time for us to confirm your ad copy and price prior to deadline. One of our customer service representatives will call you. Please remember to leave your company name, address, phone number and contact name. Fax News Advertiser 905-579-4218 A & A AUTO Cars, trucks, boats. We pay up to $10,000. Cash on the spot. Any condition, any year. Call us anytime, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 min. service. 905-686-0605 or 905-706-3880 Lease a New Vehicle at 8-1/2% Regardless of credit history You work, you drive (905) 404-1012 (905) 426-0252 (No turndowns!) ↔↔↔↔↔↔↔↔ NEED A CAR? ↔↔↔↔↔↔↔↔ *Previous Bad Credit *Discharged Bankruptcy *New in Country WE CAN HELP - FAST APPROVALS ↔↔↔↔↔↔↔↔ Ask for Mike Williams • 905-839-6666 Pickering • 905-427-2828 Oshawa • 416-289-3673 Toronto • 905-839-6008 Fax 1-800-BUY-FORD ↔↔↔↔↔↔↔↔ PAGE B6-THE AJAX PICKERING NEWS ADVERTISER, APRIL 11, 2001 Visit Us On the Internet: www.durhamnews.net ATTENTION AUCTIONEERS!! Our "Auction Package" consists of your ad running weekly in these publications: • Oshawa Whitby This Week • Ajax Pickering News Advertiser • Port Perry This Week • Northumberland News • Uxbridge Tribune/Times Journal • Canadian Statesman/Clarington One call does it all!! Phone 576-9335 Fax 579-4218 AUCTION SALE at Pethick and Stephenson Auction Barn, 2498 Con. Rd.8, Haydon, Antique Auction Good Friday April 13, at 10:30 am. Open at 9 a.m. From 401 Ext. 431 at Bowmanville, North 8 mi. on Hwy. 57 to Con. Rd. 8, turn east at Firehall.From an Oshawa estate an excellent selection of furniture and col- lectables from today, yesterday and tomorrow; church pew, oak arm chair (oak leaf), press back chairs, wash stand, dressers with swing mirrors, drum table, shadow box, top hat and hat box, parlour chairs, antique ottoman, Singer sewing machine (1900's), nursery rocker, cedar chest, drop leaf gate table, coffee table claw feet, piano stool, phone table, Indian weave cradle, wicker stoller, Dale Earnhardt diecast cars, bedroom suite, spool bed, wing, back chair, cane hoop back chair, old chesterfield suite, corn flower crystal, milk bottles, 1854 bank token, metronome, musical cabinet, lem- onade crock, milk bottles, old pictures, pocket watch, dishes, glassware, old egg cup, Noritake, Nippon, Limoge, pink de- presson glass, records, mirrors, old hockey pictures, rug and many more items. Terms cash, debit, visa, m/c. Owner and Auctioneer Don Stephenson 905-263-4402 or 705- 277-9829. Barn hours Mon.-Wed.-Thurs. 3:30-6 pm. Next Sale April 21 at 6 pm. antiques from a Bowman- ville Estate Estates & Consignments Welcome. AUCTION SALE Good Friday April 13 at 10 a.m. An outstanding sale of antiques and home contents form an area estate plus various inclusions.Held at the Ballantrae Community Centre,1 km. east of Hwy. 48 on Aurora Road. Beautiful antique 9 pc. oak di- ningroom suite;1880's bow front side by side w/lead glass and beveled mirror; lovely 1900s oak flat to wall kitchen cupboard; outstanding pine dropleaf kitchen table c1890; pine blanket boxes and chests; dressers; walnut executive office desk, ornate mah. 1850s armchair; Eastlake settee, single Jenny Lind bed; sofa table; McLagan phonograph; antique pump organ; Na- tional cash register #332; antique chairs, rockers and many, many more excellent furnishings. Fender base elect. guitar; Horner accordion; old violin; wall mirrors; slag glass shade floor lamp; Sweetpea font oil lamp; piano lamp etc. Many antique clocks incl. 1700s Grandfather clock (res. bed). Royal Doulton Figurines plus an excellent selection good glass china, top notch collectables, artwork; old coins and some Persian Rugs. CLARKSON AUCTIONS 905-640-6411 More Details: www.clarksonauctions.com CONSIGNMENT EQUIPMENT AUCTION Berrybank Farms RR2 Taunton Rd., Orono, Ont. 1 1/2 miles west of Hwy. 115. Selling a Full line of farm equipment, tractors, tools, machinery, vehicles, hardware, lumber etc. SATURDAY, APRIL 14th - 10:00 A.M. Tractors:Int. cub w/attach: Trucks:1988 Ford Rang- er, 1990 F450 Ford superduty truck w/12 stakebody w/7.3L Int. diesel; Equipment: Int. 5100 tandem hitch soybean special seeddrill w/ps & gs w/hyd. markers; Case IH 5400 min. till 3 pth w/liq. fert. squeeze pump & lines pw & R hitch w/hyd. marker; NH 499 12 ft hydraswing haybine; IH 56 corn planter; Houle low profile liq. manure spreader w/tandem axle; farmatic hammermill; bedding chopper w/Hon- da gas motor; 2 cyl. gas generator; discs; plows; cul- tivators; wagons; hay elevators; Misc: new market garden basket stands; horse stock; 40'x6' of rubber matting; large flotation truck tires; Riteway milkers; steel posts; Craftsman 12hp riding lawnmower; Baynes Carriage cutter. Lumber:assorted oak, ma- ple, hemlock; Many more items.List subject to addi- tions and deletions. Terms are cash or cheque w/ proper ID. Owners and Auctioneers are not responsi- ble for accidents or mishaps. Lunch booth. For information or to consign to this auction, contact the Auctioneer: John D. Berry, Orono, 905-983-5787 CORNEIL'S AUCTION BARN Friday, April 13th @ 5:00 pm 3 miles East of Little Britain on County Rd. 4 The property of the late Morris Goulet of Little Britain, 2 oak bow front china cabinets, oak din- ing extension table, 6 oak T-back chairs, oak parlour table, walnut parlour table, 6pc toilet set, approx 75pc good quality china & glass in- cluding Nippon, R.S. Prussia, Mary Gregory, Royal Doulton, Royal Bayrueth, Royal Dux etc., also consigned refinished oak high boy dresser, washstands, fainting couch, Bee Hive sealer, Beaver sealer, Gingerbread clock, oak parlour tables, oak library table, cedar chest, 5 section stacking bookcase, airplane ash tray, 4pc parlour set, Windsor back chairs, antique rocking horse, pine blanket boxes, oak single door wardrobe, 4 press back chairs, Victorian games table, lg. brass ship compass, ships light, 3 pc. wicker set, Coca Cola clock, 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood, plus a qty. of other good quality china, glass & col- lectables items. This is a good quality sale. Don & Greg Corneil Auctioneers R.R. #1 Little Britain (705) 786-2183 EASTER AUCTION Antiques, Collectables & Quality Furniture Sunday, April 15th, 10:00 a.m. (Viewing 9:00) Silvanus Gardens, Orono Take 401 to 115/35 Hwy.to Main St. Orono, follow signs to Mill Pond Rd., West 2 km. Our Easter Auction features an excellent selection of articles from past to present, including sideboard, tables, armoire, Canadiana pcs, washstand, blanket box, chairs & rockers, chest of drawers, country col- lectables, collection of Franklin mint & Burago cars (over 40 pcs.), collection of Ltd. Edition dolls (c80's), wicker carriage, glass & china, plus many more rare & unique articles. *Our Next Auction Sunday April 22nd features an outstanding collection of antiques, which should make it a Highlight Auction for one & all. Watch next weeks paper for details. Terms Cash, Cheque, Visa, M/C & Interac. Call for all your auction needs. MacGregor Auction Services 905-987-2112 1-800-363-6799 ESTATE AUCTION GRIST MILL AUCTION CENTER NEWTONVILLE FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 6 P.M. Selling from the contents from a Bowmanville home and Scarborough home, round oak ped- estal table,, set 5 dining chairs, 2 sets old pine chairs, washstand, several oil lamps, 3 pc. child table, bentwood rocker, desks, chairs, sofa, oc- casional chairs, coffee tables, bedroom furni- ture, 5 pc. white provincial bed set with single bed, queen brass bed, computer table, old scale sets, file cabinet, ceramic molds and supplies, lamps, small appliances, pictures, prints, paint- ings, several antiques, numerous collectibles, glassware, chinaware, fridge, stove, freezer, dishwasher, etc. Preview Friday after 2 p.m. Auction starts at 6 p.m. Terms Cash, App. cheque, visa, m.c. interac. AUCTIONEERS Frank and Steve Stapleton (905) 786-2244, 1-800-263-9886 www.stapletonauctions.com 'estate specialists since 1971' AUCTION, TWO DAY SALE, AT WARNER'S AUCTION HALL, HWY 2, COLBORNE , THURS. APRIL 12TH 5:00PM For Mr. & Mrs. Stevenson (Trenton) Moving away, SAT. APRIL 14TH - 10:00 A.M.for Mrs. Rose Donnelly Bleeker St. Toronto (moved to nursing home) THURS. SALE partial list 2 dr. white fridge, 24" stove, nearly new TV Satellite dish with controls, 2pc. pine cupboard with paneled doors, complete oak bedroom suite with dresser, mirror, chest, 2 night hd. board and mattress set, other large oak dresser with matching armoire chest, used sofa set plus new sofa set, used bed sofa plus new bed sofa, table & chair set, recliner chair with ft. stool, oak entertainment centre, coffee & end tables, other small tables, Ltd. edition prints, other artwork, selection area rugs all hand knotted various sizes, dressers, chests, chairs, selection household articles, small glass & china, knick knacks, collectables etc., gas lawn mower, tools, lawn and garden tools, plus more. SAT SALE Selection modern & antique home furnishings, collectables, glass, china, etc. par- tial list includes excellent bedroom suite complete with queen matt set, set of Krug coffee & end tables in excell condition, ant. chest needs refinishing, ant. oak dresser with mirror, ant. blanket box, Victorian chair, nice curio cabinet, excellent ma- hogany high boy chest and matching dresser both with bev- eled mirrors, nice curio cabinet, solid oak table & chair set, microwave oven, Invalids scooter in excell condition, excell mahogany desk and ornate parlour table, ornate mahogany 1/2 moon hall table, sofa & chair set, occasional chairs, 2 ant. oak side chairs, pair crystal lamps, pair brass lamps, several Tif- fany style table lamps, dishes, glasswares, collectables, household articles, 7 discontinued Royal Doulton Figurines, plus Royal Doulton plate titled Old Balloon Seller, several pcs. Moore Croft, Limoge, interesting Wade tea and condiment set, pictures, books, etc. Both Sales NO RESERVES. GARY WARNER AUCTIONEER 905-355-2106 www.warnersauction.com GOOD FRIDAY ESTATE AUCTION Friday, April 13th, Start:10 A.M. View:Thurs. 10 A.M. - 5 P.M., 8 A.M. on Friday. Kahn Auctions, 2699 Brock Rd. N. Pickering -5km N of Hwy 401 exit 399 (30 min E. of Toronto) is pleased to be auctioning a fine assortment of antiques, collectibles, art, toys & fine china, many items from the estate of John Irwin, Oshawa, to include: Furniture: pine dresser w/original stenciling; oak side by side china cabinet; 5 pc. Victorian parlor set; lg. oak mirrored side board; lg. walnut bookcase w/applied carvings; pine flat to wall cupboard; 4 pc. mah. Empire style BR suite; Empire china cabinet; oak dresser w/feet; 4 section oak stacking bookcase plus others; oak Hoosier cupboard; oak filing cabinet; oak buffet w/feet; butternut flat to wall; pine jam cupboard; walnut vanity; mah. dumbwaiter w/feet; elm pressback rocker; walnut court cupboard; pine chimney cupboard; pine drop front desk; Rosewood desk; walnut cylinder desk; games table w/bar; 11 ft Rectory wardrobe; oak dining table; pine table; pr. bamboo armchairs; unusual carved oak chair; pine dry sink; pine drop front secretary w/original finish; pine flat to wall w/lg. & sm. drawers; Boston style slab seat rocker; English oak Grandfather clock; oak cased Calendar School House clock; 3 pc. figural marble French clock; Alabaster clock under glass dome; Ger- man porcelain wall clock; slate mantle clock; pr. oak chairs; brass bed; early brass light fixtures; Gone With The Wind lamp; early German Grandfather clock; English Grandfather clock 8 day c. 1780; satinwood side- board; oak washstand; Victorian chairs; Victorian parlour tables; mah. bonnet chest; Victorian console table; ash dresser w/acorn pulls; Victorian dresser w/carved pulls; Victorian bed; 6 pc. mah. BR suite; etc. Glass, China & Collectibles:pressed Rayed Heart covered sugar bowl; lg. toilet set; Chintz Summertime breakfast set (repaired); 30 pc. Royal Crown Derby 2451 luncheon set; chintz Royalty butter dish; cranberry epergne; opalescent epergne; Wavecrest biscuit barrel; cast iron dog doorstoops; cast iron & tin banks; Carni- val glass; T. Eaton pocket watch; combination snuff/perfume bottle; early cake mixer; lg. Victorian mirror; hand painted Bride's basket; cranberry bud vases; signed Hawkes crystal salt/pepper (large); satin glass bud vases; Limoge cream/sugar; antique silk piano shawl; hand painted Banquet oil lamp; pressed glass oil lamps; whale oil lamp; bronze piano lamp; peg oil lamp; Quimper dish; porcelain clock case; camel skin hand painted lamp; Bradley & Hubbard Banquet lamp; depose cherub bowl; pressed glass pedestal cake plate; coloured per- fume bottle; pr. Quebec brass 7 candle candleholders; lg. Limoge dinner set; Beswicks; army items; early fighting shield; ship's horn; silver plate hunting trophy; Royal Doultons; lg. Goebal figurines; antique locks & keys; antique Shoe Lace store display; 4 early 60's Export "A" hockey calendars, 60's Maple Leaf programs; set 53-54 Parkhurst hockey cards minus 3 commons; butter bowl; sterling silver flatware set in 1/4 cut oak box; bull's eye oil lamp; cigar cutter w/bone handle; Goebel doll; cranberry pickle cruet; Balleek; light-up glass globe-1950's; sm. Dresden vases; pr. lg. ornate ewers; daguerreotypes; IBM industrial time recorder c. 1920; gun safe etc. Toys & Art:Vulcan child's sewing machine; 1960 Japan Atomis cannon; tin Police motorcycle; Britains Heavy Howitzer in box; Britains Cowboy & Indians; Britains armies; Cragstan dog in box; 50's & 60's German tin cars (excellent); 1954 Japan tin Buick w/working wipers; Bully L tow truck; rare G.I. Joe Indian; 1955 Marx Interna- tional Agent car; 60's tin Japan racer plus numerous others; Steiff riding elephant (rough); tin bulldozer; old marionette; Porky Pig cast iron bank; tin robot; dinkys; 1950 Chein roller coaster; 1939 Unique Art "Gertie the Goose"; Wilesco steam engine in box; Mahjong game; early English oil paintings; seascape oil on canvas by Alex Dzigurski; reverse paintings on glass; old framed prints; mirrors; several other paintings, etc. This is only a sampling of the over 350 quality items being offered this day! Randy Potter - Auctioneer Ph. (905) 683-0041 or (905) 683-0046 Email: payton@home.com Terms: cash, cheque, Visa, M/C, Interac Snack bar on premises. Delivery available. MACHINERY SALE at KAWARTHA LAKES AUCTION MARKET in WOODVILLE, Ont. Monday, April 16th (Easter Monday) 11 a.m. Among items to be sold is a Case #485 Tractor with #2200 front end loader, John Deere #430 - deisel - riding mower with 60" cut & hydraulic snowblower (like new), 12' x 6-1/2 tandum trailer with ramps, Yamaha #350 A.T.V., Double vise 6-1/2 h.p. - 2 stage compressor (new), John Deere #7000 - 4 row Corn planter - field ready, 12 ft. packer on wheels, 6" x 40' Grain auger on wheels - p.t.o. & motor driven, G&M Gravity box with 8 ton under carriage, ploughs, New Holland #518 manure spreader (2 beater), John Deere #335 Round Baler (4'X4'), John Deere #510 round baler - (6 x 6), plus many more items. PARTIAL LISTING ONLY! for information call: Stephen at the Sale barn 705-439-4444 Kevin Barker 705-374-4478 John Willan 705-793-9047 SATURDAY APRIL 14, 10 A.M. Auction sale of Antiques & Collectables. Selling contents from an Uxbridge home and others at the Oddfellow Hall on Simcoe St. in Port Perry. Included 8 pc. Queen Anne dining suite, 5 pc. queen oak bedroom suite, round oak pedestal table, mau curio table, mau swan carved 2 drw. stands, mau foyer table, vanity, sideboard, pine & oak chests, angel glass top table, oak fern stand, entertainment unit, 7 pc. victorian tea set, baby cradle, antique clocks, Carnival & Depression glass, crystal & Fireking pcs., bone china dishes, cups & saucers, collector figurines, mirrors, prints, lamps, tools, giftware, etc. A good clean sale. For more info go to www.ajauctions.com. Terms Cash, Visa & Interac. Lunch booth available. Our next auction at Oddfellow Hall will be Sat. May 12. To consign or plan your sale call Phil Faulkner, Frank Bennett, Anthony Wagler Auctioneers. 905-852-9631 Phil Faulkner AUCTIONEERS FARM, FURNITURE, ESTATE & ANTIQUE AUCTIONS WEDNESDAY, April 18th, 4:45 pm Auction Sale of Furniture, Antiques and Collectables for a Markham home, selling at NEIL BACON AUCTIONS LTD., 391 Regional Rd. 21, Port Perry, 1km west of Utica. TO INCLUDE:Pine corner cupboard, pine bedroom suite, stereo, Kitchen Aid built in dishwasher (ex), Chesterfield suite, kitchen suite, chests, shelves, enter- tainment unit, colour TV, VCR, lamps, prints, large quantity of glassware, plus many other items. SALE MANAGED AND SOLD BY NEIL BACON AUCTIONS LTD. 905-985-1068 MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE Great Rates & Discounts Payment plan available. Call 683-9725 or 623-0331 PINE RIDGE INSURANCE 435 Motorcycles 435 Motorcycles 325 Auctions 325 Auctions 325 Auctions 325 Auctions CALL (905) 683-0707 Some products may vary due to availability. FREE! A Gift for You and Your Baby Expecting?As a parent-to-be simply bring this coupon to your local SEARS retail store and enroll in the Waiting Game Club (it’s Free) and receive your Baby’s On The Way Gift Pac®filled with $20.00 worth of great brand name products (it’s also FREE). (Some conditions apply. 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UNITED WAY of AJAX-PICKERING 31st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Board of Directors for United Way of Ajax-Pickering cordially invited members of the community to attend our 31st Annual General Meeting Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:00 pm The meeting will be held at: The Heritage Centre, 120 Roberson Drive, Ajax For more information please call United Way at 905-686-0606 249 Coming Events 249 Coming Events NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS IN THE ESTATE OF LILLIAN MAY WHITTINGHAM, late of the Town of Pickering, Region of Durham, who died on the 19th day of November, 2000. All persons having claims against the above mentioned estate are hereby required to send full particulars of such claims to our office on or before the 23rd day of April, 2001, after which date the estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the Executors shall then have notice. Dated this 3rd day of April, 2001. TD Trust Company c/o TD Private Client Group Estates and Trusts 110 Yonge Street, 4th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4 (Trust Officer: Fernando Polera) Executor of the Estate of Lillian May Whittingham 261 Legal Notices 261 Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS All claims against the Estate of GLENNA BRUCE,late of the City of Pickering, a retired teacher, who died on March 19,1999, must be in our hands by April 27, 2001, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims then filed. DATED at Pickering this 25th day of March, 2001. VERNON MILES BRUCE, Estate Trustee By his solicitors SHELDON HUXTABLE Barristers & Solicitors Suite 1801, 180 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8 Attention: Bradley J.C. Huxtable FREE ADMISSION FREE PARKING Tuesday May 01, 2001 - Holiday Inn 1011 Bloor St. E., Oshawa Public welcome 1–8pm (Bring lots of resumes!) RABBIT WANTS WORK Doing Magic For Children's Parties And All Occasions. Have My Own Magician. 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Free estimates. 571-0755 1-888-491-6600 Visit Us On the Internet: www.durhamnews.net THE AJAX PICKERING NEWS ADVERTISER, APRIL 11, 2001-PAGE B7 Come & Worship Holy Redeemer Catholic Church 796 Eyer Dr., Pickering Easter Weekend Services Thursday: 7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday: 3:00 pm Solemn Liturgy 6:30 pm Stations of the Cross Saturday: 8:00pm Easter Virgil Mass Easter Sunday: 9:30 & 11:00am Mass GOOD FRIDAY (April 13) 9:00 am Family Worship. 11:00 am Communion & Choir Dr. Jeff Greenman preaching at 11:00 a.m. EASTER SUNDAY (April 15) 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 a.m. St. Paul’s on-the-Hill 882 Kingston Rd. Pickering. 905-839-7909 HOLY THURSDAY (NO MORNING MASS) Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 pm GOOD FRIDAY (NO MASSES) Modern Day Way of the Cross procession from St. Mary CSS 10:30 am Passion of the Lord 3:00 pm Station of the Cross’ 7:30 pm HOLY SATURDAY (NO MASSES UNTIL VIGIL) Easter Vigil 8:00 pm EASTER SUNDAY RESURRECTION OF THE LORD MASS SCHEDULE 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm. 7:30 pm St. Isaac Joques Catholic Church 1148 Finch Avenue, Pickering L1V 1J6 (905) 831-3353 EASTER LITURGY SCHEDULE The Church of the Holy Trinity (Anglican) 400 Monarch Ave., Units 1 & 2, Ajax (905) 683-3863 Easter Services MAUNDY THURSDAY April 12th, 2001 7:30 pm: Ceremony of Foot Washing and Holy Eucharist GOOD FRIDAY April 13th, 2001 9:00 am: The Children’s Presentation of The Stations of the Cross 11:00 am: Solemn Intercession and Meditation on the Cross HOLY SATURDAY April 14th, 2001 7:30 pm: The Great Vigil of Easter EASTER DAY April 15th, 2001 9:00 am: Holy Eucharist 11:00 am: Choral Eucharist AMBERLEA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Family Church 1820 Whites Rd. N., Pickering 839-1383 Rev. Dr. Morley Mitchell EASTER SERVICES: Thursday April 12th 8 pm - Communion Service Friday April 13th 9 am - Good Friday Prayer Breakfast (call 905-839-1696 for tickets) Sunday April 15th 11 am - Easter Sunday Service SPECIAL EVENTS: Sunday April 29th - 7 pm - Spring Sing AJAX New Testament Church of God PENTECOSTAL 95 MaGill Dr., McLean Community Centre Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m. Rev. Christie, Pastor (905) 434-2716 ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN 35 Church St. North Pickering Village 905- 683-7311 EVERYONE WELCOME Good Friday - April 13 Breakfast - 8:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. Easter Sunday - April 15 Bible Study - 9:15 a.m. Sunday Family Worship - 10:30 a.m. Supervised Nursery - Sunday School Dr. Everett Briard - Interim Minister Easter at St. George’s MAUNDY THURSDAY 7:30 p.m. - Holy Eucharist of the Institution of the Lord’s Supper, Ritual Washing of Feet, stripping & washing of the altar, reservation of the Blessed Sacrament GOOD FRIDAY 9:30 a.m. - Service for children & young people 11:00 a.m. - Solemn Liturgy HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. - The Solemn Great Vigil of Easter EASTER DAY 9:00 a.m. - Festival Eucharist 10:30 a.m. - Solemn Festival Eucharist St. George’s Anglican Church Pickering Village Hwy. #2 & Randall Drive Ajax 683-7981 Pickering Pentecostal Church 755 Oklahoma Dr. 905-839-1302 http://www.pickeringpentecostal.com Holy week Services with Rev. David Forrest April 13 Good Friday 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM April 15 Easter Sunday 10:30 AM at THE PICKERING RECREATION COMPLEX 1867 Valley Farm Road PPC - “a safe place for people on their way back to God” Religion.... * for your mind Dunbarton- Fairport United Church as individual and as families e-mail : dfunited@dunbartonfairport.on.ca www.dunbartonfairport.on.ca/dfunited/ *******************************1066 Dunbarton Rd. Pickering, ON L1V - 1G8 (905) 839-7271 * for your soul April 12 - Maundy Thursday - 7 pm April 13 - Good Friday Drama - “It’s All About Love” - 10:00 am April 14 - Saturday Night Easter Vigil Drop in between 9-11 pm and walk our Labyrinth. Then join us at 11 pm for our service which will conclude at 11:30 pm with the lighting of the New Fire. April 15 - Easter Sunrise - 7 am April 15 - Easter Labyrinth & Meditation - 8:45 - 9:45 am April 15 - Easter Communion 10:30 am Holy Week Services Revivaltime Tabernacle Durham A Family Oriented Community Church. The Church That Love is Building and Where Miracles are Happening 550 Kingston Rd., Pickering If we could be of any assistance to you, please call us at 905-837-7791 WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: Monday 7:30PM Prayer Meeting Tuesday 7:30PM Bible Study Friday 7:30PM Youth Group Sunday 10:00AM Sunday School (All ages) 11:00AM Worship Service 6:30PM Evening Praise & Worship Please join us for our following Services Good Friday ~ 11:00 am Saturday ~ Resurrection Breakfast 9:00 a.m.($10.00) Easter Sunday ~ 11:00 am Wishing you the peace that can only come from the King of Kings and Lord of Lords Peace Lutheran Church 928 Liverpool Rd. (at Bayly) 905-839-3521 Holy Week Services Good Friday Service @ 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday 7:30 a.m. Sunrise Service 10:30 a.m. Easter Celebration Church of God Sabbath Keeping Invites you to our Fellowship Service each Saturday McLean Community Centre (on McGill) 12-5 p.m. 1-416-736-1999 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship 282 Places of Worship Death Notice Listings For Audio on current deaths, call 905-683-3005 From Clarington, Port Perry or Uxbridge, please call 1-905-683-3005. Visit us on the internet: www.durhamnews.net Brought to you by the following funeral homes: Accettone, Armstrong, Low & Low, Martino & Sons, McEachnie, McIntosh-Anderson, Morris, Newcastle Funeral Home, Northcutt-Elliott, Oshawa Funeral Service, Wagg, W.C. Town, Memorial Chapel. 1. Simply dial the above number on a touch tone phone only. 2. Listen for the name you are looking for. The listings are recorded by surname first. 3. When you hear the name you want, press 1 to hear details of the funeral arrangements. 4. If you miss any information, press 1 to replay the details. 5. If you want to go back to the main directory of names, press 2 and repeat from Step 2. Step PROUSE, Clinton J.(Member of R.C.L. 258 Highland Creek) - At Sunnybrook Health Sci- ence Centre on Sunday April 8, 2001. Clinton J. Prouse in his 81st year. Beloved husband of Stuart and the late Helen Prouse (nee Ma- bley). Loving father of Carol and her husband Garry Flood, David and his wife Sharon and Clinton D. Prouse all of Scarborough. Step fa- ther of Marg and her husband Dave King, Lin- da and her husband Barry Fraser, and Steve and Donald Crawford. Loving grandfather of Michael, Sandra, Shane, Chad, Curtis and Erin. Step-grandfather to Jeff, Heather, Kathy, Michael and Neil. Great grandfather of Ryan Taylor. Step-great grandfather to Na- tasha, Timothy and the late Alexander. The family will receive friends at the MCEACH- NIE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax (Pickering Village) 905-428–8488 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Tuesday. Funeral Service in the chapel on Wednesday April 11, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. Interment Erskine Cemetery. Should family and friends so desire, donations to the Sunnybrook Hospital would be greatly appreciated. VAN BRAGT, Jan - Peacefully passed away at home, on April 7, 2001, with his wife and children by his side. Beloved husband of Doris Vandeven-Van Bragt. Loving father and grandfather. A memorial service will be held in the Netherlands, by family and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be greatly appreciat- ed. Arrangements entrusted to the MCEACHNIE FUNERAL HOME (905)428-8488. IN LOVING MEMORY OF Brian Ritchie who passed away April 11, 2000 God saw you were getting tired and a cure was not to be so He put His arms around you and whispered come to me. With tearful eyes we watched you and saw you pass away although we loved you dearly we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating hard working hands lay rest God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best. The leaves and flowers may whither the golden sun may set but the hearts that loved you dearly are the ones that won't forget. 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In three short months, she not only has achieved that lofty aim but also has three vic- tories — including a major championship at the Nabisco — and the first 59 in the history of the LPGA. Most times, wresting a major would be the highlight of a player’s season. But, most times, that player isn’t coming off a record-set- ting round the week before. It has been a magical season, and no moment personifies that more than Sorenstam’s magical 59. After eight consecutive birdies and a ten- sion-relieving par, Sorenstam made her way to the No. 1 tee, her 10th hole of the day, ready to “start over.”As she rounded the turn at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix, heading for home and histo- ry, the 30-year-old Swede started to wonder: “What could this be? What could this mean?” As the birdies continued to stack on top of one another — four more in a row before a short three-hole break — it was clear this would be no ordi- nary round. What it became was the LPGA Tour’s finest official round. A 13-birdie, bogey-free, 23-putt showcase of golf at its finest. Only one missed fairway. No missed greens. No mistaking who has taken the title as “Ms. 59.” With her second-round romp at the Standard Register Ping on March 16, Sorenstam joined Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval as the only players to break 60 in an official PGA Tour or LPGA Tour event. (Notah Begay III and Doug Dunakey shot 59s on the 1998 Nike Tour.) Her score broke several LPGA records, including the 18- and 36-hole scoring records. It put her in position to break the 54- and 72-hole records. She tied the former and broke the latter by 1 shot. What does it mean? Obviously, it means she shot a really low score. And that equates to several positive developments for the LPGA Tour. First, it means much- deserved exposure for the hard-working, talented women who play with every bit of the same desire and skill as their male coun- terparts. During a weekend when the NCAA bas- ketball tournament swept the sports headlines, ESPN kicked off its “SportsCenter” with highlights of all 13 of Sorenstam’s birdies along with her tap-in par at the last. Granted, it was a shame ESPN’s telecast cut away less than two holes from her finish, but folks, some things cannot be helped. She Yes No 33% 67%LAST WEEK’S QUESTION If Tiger Woods were to win the Masters, should it be considered a Grand Slam? Yes:300 No: 603 THIS WEEK’S QUESTION How many major championships will Tiger Woods win in 2001? Cast your vote at: www.golfweek.com ETIQUETTE&RULES Q:My ball landed in a bunker that had a rake in it. I tossed the rake onto the grass in front of the bunker, and when I hit my ball, it deflected off the rake and onto the putting green. What’s the ruling here? A:First of all, it’s not a good idea to place a rake on your line of play. If you placed the rake in front of the bunker for the pur- pose of influencing your next stroke, you’d be in breach of Rule 1-2 (Exerting Influence on Ball). However, in the situation you describe the rake is an out- side agency and Rule 19-1 applies. You incur no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies. — Golf For Women Magazine (www.golfforwomen.com) SCHEDULE All times ET PGA Tour:Worldcom Classic — The Heritage of Golf Thursday and Friday, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., The Golf Channel (TGC) and Fox Sports Net Saturday and Sunday, 3 to 6 p.m., CBS LPGA Tour:The Office Depot Thursday and Friday, 5:30 to 7 p.m., ESPN2 Saturday and Sunday, 4 to 7 p.m., ESPN2 Senior Tour:The Countrywide Tradition Thursday and Friday, 4 to 6 p.m., ESPN Saturday, 4 to 6 p.m., ABC Sunday, 3 to 6 p.m., ABC European Tour:Moroccan Open Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TGC Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, TGC Sunday, 9 to 11 a.m., TGC finished on the front nine, where the network was not hardwired for a live feed. ESPN came back live as soon as she fin- ished signing her scorecard with highlights and a greenside interview. Considering it was a Friday when tee times ran all day, the fact that she was still on the course during the telecast was sheer luck. Or fate. Sorenstam’s 59 means much-war- ranted credibility for the women’s game. Not once in the immediate days that followed did anyone belittle her accom- plishment with the old, tired criticisms of the course being “too easy” or the yardage “too short.” Karrie Webb, Sorenstam’s most notable on- course rival, watched the leaderboard as she played that afternoon, believing her adversary could go lower. Sorenstam’s renewed motivation is obvious in her rock-solid physique and steady putting stroke. Not content to take a backseat to Webb, she worked out every day with a trainer during the break; and instead of put- ting her clubs in the closet, she practiced her short game for nearly two hours a day. Maybe the best thing about Sorenstam going low is that, much like breaking the four-minute mile, once someone has done it others are inspired to repeat the feat until it becomes almost commonplace. Wouldn’t that be fun? Heck, the very next day Se Ri Pak shot 9- under 63 and said, “Well, why not? Annika shot 59. I was trying for 58, 57. Why not? I can do it.” Saturday morning, one local headline read: “How Swede it is.” There is more truth to that pun than the headline writers might have imagined. Truth is, the fact that a Swedish woman was the first to break that elusive scoring barrier isn’t that surprising. As a junior player on the Swedish national team, Sorenstam was exposed to coach Pia Nilsson’s ambitious mental training. It included the forward-think- ing principle she called “Vision 54.” The idea being that most players had made birdie on every hole at their home course. Why, then, couldn’t they birdie every hole during a round? Nilsson told them to believe it, to dare to dream it could be done. Sorenstam had dreamed it. Then, she almost lived. LISA ANTONUCCI Golfweek PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LPGA (905) 428-6321 CALL TODAY FOR YOUR TEE-TIME 401 EAST - AJAX HARWOOD RD. N. 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The full-field Senior PGA Tour event formerly held at Kaanapali on Mani is moving to Turtle Bay Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii, this fall. Turtle Bay, which is undergoing renovations, played host to the first Senior Skins Game in 1988 and was home to the Hawaiian Ladies Open from 1987 to 1989. ... If Nike and Jack Nicklaus never close a ball deal, it won’t be because the Golden Bear was inflexible. Word is he offered to wear the Nike Swoosh logo on the front of his cap and move his beloved and Golden Bear icon to a less promi- nent position on the side. Leave it to a golf company to do something other players couldn’t do for years — namely, lure a Golden Bear into hibernation. A MAN’S BEST FRIEND? Christy O’Connor Jr.wasn’t at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf recently but he probably wishes he was. O’Connor will be off the Senior PGA Tour for a minimum of three months after suffering a com- pound fracture of his left ankle in a motorcycle accident in Galway, Ireland. O’Connor was cleaning a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which was a birthday gift from his wife, Ann, and had taken it out for a short ride. When he returned to the house, his dog jumped in front of him and O’Connor swerved. Eleven pins and two screws were inserted in O’Connor’s ankle. O’Connor is a two-time winner on the Senior PGA Tour and a two- time and reigning Senior British Open champion. O’Connor was scheduled to play in the British Open on July 19-22 at Royal Lytham via his exemption as the senior winner. Jack Nicklaus TRIVIA Sixty large magnolia trees line both sides of Magnolia Lane at Augusta National, home of the Masters. The trees date back to the 1850s.