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Work in north Pickering stops until after talks By Danielle Milley Staff Writer PICKERING — A temporary reprieve was granted Friday evening for more than 20 vacant buildings slated for de- molition on the federal lands in north Pickering. It was too late for three buildings de- molished Thursday and Friday, but the remaining 23 that were tendered to be torn down by March 31 will stand for the time being. “The demolitions are stayed so we have a commitment that there will be no further demolitions until after the meet- ing March 11,” said Ajax-Pickering MP Mark Holland. Mr. Holland frantically made calls to Transport Canada Friday afternoon to try to have the demolitions ceased, after learning the contractor had already started. Transport Canada agreed to the stay until a discussion takes place between Public Works and Transport Canada of- ficials, representatives from the City of Pickering and Town of Markham, Mr. Holland and Markham-Oak Ridges MP Lui Temelkovski, and members of Heri- tage Pickering. Mr. Holland would like to see that meeting followed by a public one to fa- cilitate an open discussion. “The big problem is this has all been so secretive... We have to bring the ra- tionale and process out in the open,” he said. The Pickering 40 PAGES ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2005 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 Come See Our New Look! PICKERING TOWN CENTRE UPPER LEVEL SEARS WING 905.420.0744 (tm)Rogers, Rogers Wireless, and the Mobius design are trademarks of Rogers Communications Inc. Used under License. Minimum 24 month commitment is required. •Digital Camera •Built-in Speakerphone •MPEG4 Video Playback •Anodized Aluminum Case •Bluetooth® Wireless Technology Thinnest flip phone available!Thinnest flip phone available! [ Briefly ]] Spirit picks up at Picker- ing historical meeting : A dis- cussion about the move and res- toration of the Brougham Central Hotel is the topic of an upcoming meeting of the Pickering Township Historical Society. In conjunction with the begin- ning of the restoration, the Pick- ering Museum Village is develop- ing a new ‘Spirit Walk’ around the theme of ‘Temperance,’ in keep- ing with the former status of the hotel. The society meets on Tues- day, March 8, with museum staff members Dave Marlowe, Katrina Pyke, and others there to discuss the undertaking. The meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at the East Shore Community Centre, 910 Liverpool Rd. south of Hwy. 401. Guests are free and refreshments are served, along with a 50/50 draw. For more information, call John Sabean at 905-831-3811. [ What’s on ] Volunteers needed for Canadian Blood Service : Canadian Blood Services needs customer service volunteers in Pickering. Clinics and days vary de- pending on the needs and volun- teers. Services include greeting donors, serving refreshments, and encouraging donors to do- nate again. For more information, call 416-313-4614. Swing into the March break at the Pickering li- brary: The Pickering Public Li- brary is drumming up stories this month. The library is hosting Jungle Drums Family Storytime for chil- dren three to five years old. Kids can tap their toes and swing to a jungle beat as they listen in with songs, stories, and fun. The session is Monday, March 14 at 10 a.m. at the central branch. [ Index ] Editorial Page, A6 Sports, B1 Entertainment, B4 Classified, B5 [ Call us] General: 905 683 5110 Distribution: 905 683 5117 General Fax: 905 683 7363 Newsroom Fax: 905 683 0386 Pressrun 47,600 infodurhamregion.com DRAMA Students acting up Page B4 REDESIGNED Toyota’s Avalon gets new look Wheels pullout TITLE HOPES Allard’s off to Canadians Page B1 ANNANDALE CHURCH ST. 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Each wants to become a pediatrician, and that goal is a step closer to reality as they have another link: they are two of only 30 Canadian students to win 2005 Ca- nadian Merit Scholarship Founda- tion national awards. Valued at up to $75,000 each over four years of univer- sity studies, the scholarship is given to students who do well in school, serve their communities and show character and leadership potential. “I always wanted to get into medi- cine when I was little and I like work- ing with kids so I put one and one together,” Rajiev says. The Ajax High School student’s cup literally runneth over: he won a $34,000 CIBC Youthvision Scholarship last year and doesn’t believe he’ll be able to keep both. Rajiev is on his way this fall to the University of Western Ontario to study health sciences. Jamie plans to study the same pro- gram, probably at McMaster Univer- sity, starting in September. The St. Mary Catholic Secondary School stu- dent says the scholarship “takes a huge load off my shoulders and my parents’ Pickering teen earns big boost for medical studies ✦ See Ajax, Page A5 Mike Pochwat/ News Advertiser photo Jamie Thomas Pavanel’s work on a mural project at her school was one of the factors behind the St. Mary Catholic Secondary School student receiving one of 30 national scholarships. ALL TOGETHER NOW Mike Pochwat / News Advertiser photo PICKERING — Rosebank Road Public School held a ‘Snow Fun Day’ for its students last week. There were games and activities in the snow, as well as hot chocolate to warm the kids up. Grade 2 student Ryan Sylvester and Glen O’Gorman, in Grade 5, gave it their all in a tug of war match. Dolstra says boards are paying too much By Mike Ruta Staff Writer DURHAM — A Whitby trustee wants Durham municipalities to lower the building permit fee they charge when a new school is erect- ed. If they don’t, John Dolstra, a mem- ber of the Durham District School Board, says he’ll take up the issue with the Province and request that school boards be completely ex- empted from paying the fee. In the last five years, he says the board has laid out about $1.8 million in building permit fees, money that could be better spent in schools on students. Trustee Dolstra says Whitby charg- es the highest fee in the region, $15.18 per square metre for institutions, and that since 1999 the board has spent around $584,000 on Whitby permits, noting the permit for Donald A. Wil- son Secondary School (DAW) alone came to $214,000, which he termed “ridiculous.” “I don’t expect the Town to do it for free, but I really think we’re getting ripped off here,” he said, noting the board is charged at the highest rate, which is the institutional level. Bob Short, Whitby’s director of planning, says all building permit fees in Whitby are under review. He says the “large administrative pro- Demolition comes to a halt — for now Te a chers begin w ork-to-rule ac tion in Pickering schools ✦ See Fees, Page A5 Administrative work the focus of first step by public board staff By Mike Ruta Staff Writer DURHAM — Roughly 3,000 ele- mentary teachers on Tuesday began a work-to-rule campaign in Durham public schools, three days before a negotiating session with the Durham District School Board. “It’s administrative work within the school setting only at this point,” said Rachel Gencey, president of the Dur- ham local of the Elementary Teach- ers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). “It has no direct impact on students whatsoever.” She said teachers are no longer performing any administrative, sec- retarial-clerical or custodial functions in schools. They are not organizing any new field trips or attending staff meetings. And while Ms. Gencey notes report cards are basically fin- ished — to go home next week, each with a teacher’s signature — mem- bers are not printing the cards or filing them into the pupils’ student record. On Feb. 7, in a vote held in Oshawa, 91 per cent of voting Durham teach- ers favoured giving the union a strike mandate, which could include a full service withdrawal. All ETFO locals in Ontario have been in provincial take- over mode for about nine months, meaning they have abdicated respon- sibility for bargaining, giving that power to the ETFO provincial office. The last contract between the board ✦ See Teacher, Page A4 Tr ustee builds case for lower fees ✦ See Holland, Page A4 P PA GE A2 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆MARCH 2, 2005 4),%4),% *"/ *"/ / ° / ° SALES / INSTALLATION RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL Tumble Marble 4” x 4” $3.99 sq. ft. 3 colours to choose fromTumble Marble 4” x 4” $3.99 sq. ft. 3 colours to choose from Professional Tile Installation Available FREE SAMPLE 785 WESTNEY RD. 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Mall Crawl five-kilometre walk-a-thon returns Sun- day, March 6, to the Pickering Town Centre and, for the first time, the Oshawa Centre. “We are expanding Girls Inc. to differ- ent areas such as Oshawa so we figured it would be a great way volunteers could show their support in different areas as well,” said Marilyn Mitchell, executive director of Girls Incorporated of Dur- ham. Last year’s event raised $5,000 and organizers are hoping for double that amount this year. Participants complete a five-kilometre indoor mall walk, re- ceive a goodie bag, a pizza lunch and prizes for the top three fundraisers at each location. Girls Inc. helps girls aged six to 16 and young mothers by providing them with mentoring programs through female volunteers. The organization recently developed science, math and other rele- vant programs that allow girls to explore these subjects in an encouraging way. They have also created programs that focus on girls’ personal safety. “The demand for these programs has been amazing,” says Ms. Mitchell. Funds from the mall crawl will help address future needs. “With more revenue we are able to continually provide and offer services for more girls and young mothers,” said Ms. Mitchell. To participate, it’s $20 dollars in ad- vance or $25 on event day. The registra- tion fee is waived for anyone raising $100 or more in pledges. In Oshawa, the walk begins at the McDonald’s mall entrance on the west side, while in Pickering enter through the Tim Hortons/Theatre area. The day starts at 8 a.m. with registra- tion and ends at 10:30 a.m. with pizza. To obtain a pledge form or for more information, call 905-428-8111, e-mail girlsinc.durham@girls-inc.org or visit www.girlsinc-durham.org. Girls Inc. is at 398 Bayly St. W., Unit 1 in Ajax. W indow shop for Ajax and Pickering girls in need Mike Ruta/ News Advertiser photo Safe message PICKERING — Alyssa Higginson, a Grade 11 student at Pine Ridge Secondary School, and Karen O’Gorman, a Grade 5 student at Rosebank Road Public School, sure can picture safety initiatives. The two students are the winners of the Durham District School Board’s Safe Schools poster contest. They were introduced to trustees at a recent board meeting. Construction start for Ajax, Pickering facility expected in 2006 By Danielle Milley Staff Writer AJAX — Rouge Valley Healthy Sys- tem has approved the plan that fills in the blanks of the Ajax hospital redevel- opment project. However, the project’s price tag has gone up $12 million. Rouge Valley’s board of directors ap- proved the sketch plan for the $59.1-mil- lion project at it’s Feb. 22 meeting, with the plans presented to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care on Feb. 28. “It’s probably one of the biggest mile- stones because this is when we forge our ministry-hospital agreement,” said Jennifer Clarke, director of planning and capital redevelopment. The sketch plan takes the block plans, which were the previous stage of plan- ning, and gets into details, such as where the rooms and hallways go, along with windows, doors, lights, furniture and equipment. “It fills in the space,” Ms. Clarke said. “This really freezes the layout. Once we’re finished, which we are, there is no longer debate about should this go here or there.” The plan comes after consultation with more than 200 users, including staff, physicians and volunteers. “It seems very real. We actually have conceptual images,” she said. “It’s amaz- ing.” While the approval means the proj- ect is on schedule, the projected cost is now $12 million more than estimated in 2002. “That does not come as a surprise to the ministry because they expect that es- calation is a very real factor,” Ms. Clarke said. The increase can be attributed to three main factors: escalation increases of $5.5 million (the increase in costs from 2002 to 2006 when construction is to start); changes to room design and ventilation because of severe acute respiratory syn- drome (SARS) at a cost of $4 million; and the change in ministry policy to include the $3 million for furnishings and equip- ment. “The increase is very easily explained,” she said. Raising the money is going to be a bit more difficult. The Rouge Valley Health System Foundation isn’t sure as of yet how much of the increase it is going to be asked to raise. “It’s always a challenge to raise money but the need is there and the community has showed its support over and over again,” said Debbie McGarry, president and chief executive officer of the founda- tion. The fundraising campaign is close to reaching the $13.7-million goal it ini- tially had committed for the redevelop- ment. “It’s very exciting, we’re just trying to close out a number of significant gifts... I anticipate that we’re a few weeks away from announcing we’ve reached our goal,” she said. Ms. McGarry said the foundation is going to follow up with some corporate donors, as well as go to the community to help make the project a reality. “It won’t happen over night, that is a given, it does take a lot of planning and a lot of dedicated volunteers and generous donors but we’re just thrilled with the participation that we’ve had to date,” she said. The ministry usually takes six to eight weeks to review a sketch plan with a ministry-hospital agreement to follow. After that, the contract documents are developed for the tendering process. The redevelopment is to result in 81,450 square feet of new construction and 60,405 square feet of renovated space to create a new emergency depart- ment, a 30-bed complex continuing care unit, nine new in-patient mental health beds, expanded diagnostic imaging, and a cardiac diagnostic unit. The hospital is working towards a June 2006 construction start date, with an occupancy date of fall 2007 for the new wing and fall 2008 opening for the reno- vated areas. 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Construction is expected to begin in June 2006. Community Care needs volunteers DURHAM — Community Care Durham needs volunteers to train for its COPE mental health program. Mature men and women are need- ed, says Janice Croft of Community Care Durham, to work in one-to-one support positions and as group assis- tants. All volunteers are provided with an eight-session training course, called Basic Helping and Communications Skills, to help prepare them for this sensitive work. Volunteer training begins March 3 in Oshawa. For more information call Janice Kroft at 905-623-4123. Helpful Canadians can earn special citizenship citation DURHAM — The federal govern- ment is looking for Canadian citizens who’ve contributed to the integration of permanent residents or refugees in an exceptional way at the local and regional level. The Citation for Citizenship is an award that honours 20 individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions in assisting newcomers to Canada. Successful integration is achieved when immigrants feel at home and become active members of the com- munity. Nominations are to be sent to the Integration Branch, Citation for Citizenship, Citizenship and Immigra- tion Canada, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 1L1, or by fax to 613-954-9144. All completed nominations must be postmarked no later than April 15. For copies of a brochure and a nomination form, go to www.cic.gc.ca. For more information, call 613-957- 9313. In Brief MARCH 2, 2005 By Andrew Palamarchuk Metroland Staff PICKERING —Police have released a surveillance photo of a suspect being sought in connection with a four-day spree of bank robberies in Toronto and Pickering. Five banks were robbed, including one in Pickering, between Feb. 14 and Feb. 17. Toronto Police believe the rob- ber, who was captured on bank security videos, will strike again. “There’s no doubt in our minds that once you do more than three, you’re going to continue until you get caught, and we’re just hoping that we catch him before he hurts somebody,” said Detec- tive Jeff Zammit. “Perhaps his money may be running out, and he may have to start again.” In all of the robberies, the man pro- duces a holdup note demanding cash and indicating he is armed with a gun. No weapon has been seen. The suspect wore a tie during at least one rob- bery. “If you look at the fellow, you wouldn’t think that he was a bank robber,” Det. Zammit said. “He’s well-dressed, which is unusual. Usually, they’re pretty shaggy and raggedy when they come in and rob these different bank establish- ments.” The robbery in Pickering was Feb. 15 at the Bank of Montreal branch on Whites Road in Pickering. 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The commit- tee has a list of 105 homes on the federal lands that it would like to study or save. “Our goal is to save as many as possible and to look at alterna- tives to demolition,” Ms. Fuselli said. She wasn’t sure Tuesday if any of the three buildings bulldozed last week were on the list. Michael Robertson, president of the stewardship group Land Over Landings, tried to prevent some of the demolitions last week. He is glad to see the work of the group and other concerned citizens in voicing their comments to elected of- ficials has paid off. “From the beginning I’ve been feeling like our actions are (those of) respon- sible citizens (acting) as they should be,” Mr. Robertson said. Mr. Holland said the dozen eviction notices sent out two weeks ago are still a go but they are to be discussed at the meeting too, including the historical sig- nificance of Tullis cottage. The cottage was built in 1840 by George Barclay, one of the leaders of the Rebellion of 1837. ✦ Holland, From Page A1 Holland calls for more consultation James Windle recalled as great friend to many DURHAM — Foul play has been ruled out in the death of an Oshawa man “loved” by everyone, whose lightly- clothed body was found near an Ajax park early Friday morning. James Windle, 27, was found by pass- ers-by on Cedar Street near the intersec- tion of Nelson Avenue, at the north edge of Cedar Park, around 3 a.m. Friday. An early press release from Durham Re- gional Police said the body showed signs of trauma. Homicide Detective Dave Henderson said an autopsy performed Saturday ruled out foul play in Mr. Windle’s death. Mr. Windle was a sales representative with the News Advertiser, which is part of the Durham Region Media Group. A definitive cause of death has not been deter- mined. Visitation was yesterday and the funeral is being held today, March 2, at Os- hawa Funeral Service. In an interview with the fam- ily Monday, Mr. Windle’s mother Diane said her son was very popular. “(He was) a well-loved guy, let me tell you,” she said. “We have 200 people coming to the funeral. He was very re- spectful and very friendly.” James’ father Douglas Windle noted his son was “Jamie to us.” He called his son an “up-and-coming shining light. “He was great. He was probably the best son anybody could have. He never gave us one minute of grief ever,” an emotional Mr. Windle said. “He helped his friends all the time,” Mr. Windle stated. “It’s a tremendous loss not just for us, but for everybody on the planet.” Mr. Windle said the support from friends has been tremendous. “We must have had 200 people come here the last couple of days,” he said. “Everybody loved Jamie, everybody. “He was a hard worker and he always tried to put a little extra away. He wanted to just continue to work hard. He was good at everything he tried to do. He loved his job, his boss, his co-workers,” Mr. Windle said. “He wanted to get mar- ried and have kids. He would have been a great dad.” The post mortem did not reach a con- clusive cause of death, Det. Henderson said. “It’s still undetermined,” he said. “They believe it to be more toward a natural cause. “We are awaiting further medical test- ing to come up with the cause of death.” Early reports of head injuries to Mr. Windle were determined not to be indi- cations of violence, he added. “He had some minor injuries on the prominent features of his face which would be indicative of a fall,” Det. Hen- derson said. Foul play ruled out in death near Ajax park Mark Holland James Windle and its teachers ended Aug. 31. As in 2003, when local ETFO mem- bers conducted a four-month labour campaign, Ms. Gencey says the inten- tion this time is for an incremental job action. “If there is no settlement... certainly we’re going to have to ratchet things up a notch if it’s required,” she says. The board and the teachers plan to meet on Friday, when it is expected that future bargaining dates will be scheduled. The ETFO’s main goal in this round of talks is to secure 200 minutes of preparation time per teacher per week. Durham teachers currently re- ceive 150 minutes. ✦ Teacher, From Page A1 Te a cher action could intensify Toronto Police officers search for sharp-dressed Pickering bank robber PICKERING — A Pickering man is facing numerous charges after two Dur- ham cops were dragged by a car they targeted during a drug investigation. Durham Regional Police said two plainclothes officers were working a drug investigation in the vicinity of Ajax Market Place on Westney Road North around 9 p.m. Wednesday, when their attention was attracted by a parked car. The officers approached the car and had spoken briefly with the driver when the car started to move, police said; both officers attempted to reach inside to stop the vehicle. The two cops were dragged for about 30 metres until the car sped away east- bound on Magill Drive, police said. The car was later found abandoned nearby. A man turned himself in at the Ajax Pickering police station the next day. Nathan Lorne Elliot, 26, of Whites Road in Pickering faces 18 charges, in- cluding assaulting police, resisting ar- rest, theft under $5,000 and escaping lawful custody. Charges laid after vehicle drags officers Bank suspect DURHAM — It’s a winner. A first-time entry by the Durham Region Economic Development and To urism Department of its website earned top honours this month at the Ontario Economic Development Awards in Toronto. The website uses GIS (geographic information system) technology allow- ing a person to log onto the site, enter a start location for a trip, enter where they want to go and receive a map leading them to their destination be- fore they leave home. kids, working with them frequently as a swimming instructor in Scarborough. Jamie says her father always wanted her to become a doctor, and while she wasn’t crazy about the idea at first, she’s warmed to the notion, reasoning that Canada needs more physicians. The community service component is definitely covered in the students’ re- sumes. Jamie has organized a 25-hour famine at school, helped establish a dance team in the school’s multicultural club, and with a group organizes Black History Month activities at St. Mary. As well, she initiated a mural painting proj- ect at the school, designing and working on one of them herself. All this in addi- tion to her studies and holding down two jobs. “High school goes by so fast and you really need to get involved in things or it goes by slower,” she says. Rajiev is no slouch himself. He’s a member of his school’s basketball team and shares his talent in the sport with elementary students, volunteering at Lakeside Public School. “It’s a program where we play with kids, teaching them fundamentals,” he explains. He’s also been an assistant coach for the school’s junior girls’ basketball team, a playground camp counsellor and is a member of the executive student coun- cil and chairman of the school’s south Asian activities club. “I started and I just loved it,” Rajiev says of volunteering. Applying for the CMSF national award was just the beginning of a lengthy pro- cess for the students. Provincial and na- tional interviewing sessions were held, involving both one-on-one and panel interviews, as the organizers whittled the applicants down from about 4,000 to 200 to 60 and finally 30 national winners. “G enerally, I’m a nervous person,” Jamie admits. “The first set were the provincial ones and I was really nervous because I didn’t know what to expect.” She was amazed to learn she had sur- vived the first set of interviews because she thought it had gone poorly. “They wanted to learn a lot about you as an individual,” Rajiev says. 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When the board last week approved the tender for the unnamed Notting- ham elementary school, the building permit was budgeted at $75,000. In north Durham, the fees are much lower. Trustee Dolstra says he has raised the issue with Roger Anderson, chair- man of the Association of Munici- palities of Ontario (AMO), Education Minister Gerard Kennedy, when the latter was in Durham last summer, and with Rick Johnson, president of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA). “If you start adding these dollars up, it’s big money,” Trustee Dolstra says. “What I’m asking for across the region is to lower the fees.” At a board meeting last June, he motioned that letters be sent to the premier, education and housing ministries, OPSBA and local MPPs, asking that school boards be exempted from paying for building permits, site plan application and portable fees. In September, the mo- tion was tabled to a future board meeting. Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan said there are no plans to reduce building permit fees in the city, which he says are the lowest in the GTA, $14 per square metre for institutions. “We froze the building permit fees in Pickering 10 years ago,” he says. “All we’re doing is covering our ad- ministrative costs. We can’t afford to operate at a loss.” Mayor Ryan says the issue was dis- cussed at a meeting with Pickering Trustee Sherry Croteau and board staff. Wilma Davis, an Education Min- istry spokeswoman, says the issue would not fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry. Despite the cool reception to his idea, Trustee Dolstra says he won’t drop the issue. “I’m not backing off; I’m going to crank it up,” he says. “I’m going to put some heat on Queen’s Park.” Fees the cost of doing business John Dolstra ✦ Fees, From Page A1 Ajax, Pickering students stand out nationally Durham information website earns award P PAGE A6 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆March 2, 2005 EDITORIALS & OPINIONS infodurhamregion.com [ Proud Members Of ]-- ONTARIO PRESS COUNCIL NEWS ADVERTISER Metroland Durham Region Media Group Tim Whittaker Publisher twhittaker@durhamregion.com Joanne Burghardt Editor-in-Chief jburghardt@durhamregion.com Tony Doyle Managing Editor tdoyle@durhamregion.com Duncan Fletcher Director of Advertising dfletcher@durhamregion.com Andrea McFater Retail Advertising Manager amcfater@durhamregion.com Eddie Kolodziejcak Classified Advertising ekolo@durhamregion.com Abe Fakhourie Distribution Manager afakhourie@durhamregion.com Lillian Hook Office Manager lhook@durhamregion.com Cheryl Haines Composing Manager chaines@durhamregion.com Janice O’Neil Composing Manager joneil@durhamregion.com [ Contact us ]-- News/Sales 905-683-5110 Classifieds 905-683-0707 Distribution 905-683-5117 News Fax 905-683-0386 General Fax 905-683-7363 E-mail tdoyle@durhamregion.com Web address durhamregion.com Mailing Address 130 Commercial Ave., Ajax, Ont. 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[ Letters Policy ]-- We welcome letters that include name, city of residence and phone numbers for verification. Writers are generally limited to 200 words and one submission in 30 days. We decline announcements, poetry, open letters, consumer com- plaints, congratulations and thank you notes. The editor reserves the right to edit copy for length, style and clarity. Opinions expressed by letter writers are not necessarily those of the News Advertiser. Due to the volume of letters, not all will be printed. Fax: 905-683-0386; e- mail: tdoyle@ durhamregion.com. The newspaper contacts only those whose submissions have been chosen for publication. Surely we have better ways to spend our time H ow small has your world become when you are threatened by the existence of a gay car- toon character? Reading the paper and lis- tening to the news these days, I sometimes think we’re liv- ing in the middle ages. Fear and hysteria trump reason and compassion at every turn. Have we learned noth- ing in the last 500 years? Seriously, is it that far of a leap from fearing and burn- ing midwives as witches to fearing and having a cartoon character pulled off of the airwaves? Does any think- ing person seriously believe that an animated sponge’s alleged homosexuality poses any real threat? And poor SpongeBob has been railroaded in the worst way. Like Jerry Seinfeld, he was outed and he wasn’t even in. I’m a huge Sponge- Bob Squarepants fan. I love the show. My kids love the show. It’s funny, imagina- tive, clever, and SpongeBob himself is the most decent, unselfish, caring, loyal, inno- cent, generous friend you’d ever want to meet. Unfortu- nately for him, he happens to be a single male who lives by himself and has a male best friend that he unabash- edly loves, damn him to hell. Can the leather bar and the bathhouse be far off? I don’t even want to think about what happens when Sponge- Bob and Patrick, his Starfish lover, finish work for the day. Oh, wait a minute, I forgot. They’re cartoons. They don’t exist. Or do they? Do they and all the rest of the animated deviants live on, festering in the minds of those foolish enough to watch them? If that’s the case, then an entire generation of Sesame Street kids is teetering on the brink of the love that dares not speak its name. All because of the unnatural acts of Bert and Ernie — the Lawrence Olivier and Danny Kaye of the puppet world. And don’t think it stops there. The damp, trembling fingers of the homosexual cartoon mafia are far-reaching in- deed, dear friends. Yosemite Sam — a guy walking around with a well-trimmed beard and chaps? Porky Pig — sel- dom has pants on and is so conflicted he stutters con- stantly. Yogi Bear and Boo- Boo — two male bears that live together and eat dainties out of picnic baskets. Those two make Batman and Robin look straight. I can’t tell you how tired I am of small, hateful people worshipping at the feet of small, hateful gods. Do you not think that if your deity is so terrified of a cartoon character (or an uncovered, educated woman for that matter) that he compels you to destroy it in his name, that he, perhaps, is not quite as omnipotent as he claims to be? Instead of the Alpha and the Omega, doesn’t he sound a little more like J. Edgar Hoover? Oh, forgive me; he was gay, too, wasn’t he? We are not here to quake and tremble at the shadows of fairy tales. We are here to love one another. For heav- en’s sake, let’s get on with it. Neil Crone, actor-comic- writer, saves some of his best lines for his columns. Backwoods Players a tribute to Pickering’s history To the editor: Re: ‘Heritage homes shouldn’t be demolished’, letter to the edi- tor, Feb. 16. Recently I went to see the Backwoods Players in ‘The Old Lady Shows Her Medals’ at the Brougham Hall. What a magnificent evening. From the moment we entered the hall — in itself a treat — and were shown to our seats, to the delicious desserts, to the play itself, nothing could have made it a more delightful experience. I am ashamed that it has taken me this long to discover the Backwoods Players and all that they, and all the volunteers at Pickering Museum Village, are doing to bring history alive. We are surrounded by his- tory up here in north Picker- ing. Alas, it is fast disappearing. Ta ke a drive along the sidero- ads north of Hwy. 7 and west of Brock Road, and see beautiful old houses boarded up and due to be demolished. Then what? To quote Mary Delaney’s letter, “where we came from is just as important as where we are going.” It is imperative that the vari- ous levels of government co-op- erate to save our history before it is all levelled and forgotten under cookie-cutter housing developments or, worse, an un- wanted, unnecessary airport. Gabrielle Untermann Pickering Cancellation of hockey season is unfair to loyal fans To the editor: I think the cancelling of the rest of the hockey season was not fair. Thanks to the decision of Gary Bettman, loyal hock- ey fans will have to wait till next year to see professional hockey at its best. Hockey is a Canadian game and every day hundreds of Canadians gather around their televi- sion to watch the Old Hockey Game. Many hockey fans are very serious and loyal, respectful of the game and some have even dedicated most of their life to it. Missing the rest of the season will put many fans through hell. I am not a hockey fan but I do believe it is not fair to cancel one of the most highly ranked games in the world. If I were a fan I would be as- tonished, disappointed, and angry. To conclude, people can take sports as a gamble, a cheat, or a lie, but it’s a love for us respecting, caring, and dedicated sports fans. Kareem Phillip, Pickering Too much at risk with teachers’ strike To the editor: Re: ‘Pickering elementary teachers deliver strike man- date,’ Feb. 9. Strikes are no good, espe- cially when it involves the edu- cation of children. Te achers deserve an in- crease in their salary and ex- tend preparation time because it looks difficult to teach ap- proximately 30 students with limited resources. However I disagree with teachers wanting to strike. If teachers go on strike they are only hurting them- selves. If a strike occurs and lasts for several days, teach- ers are losing precious time to prepare their students for provincial testing and would have to shorten their lessons to catch up on the curriculum. Strikes also effect the stu- dents. For instance, students in need of special attention would be behind the rest of the class and some students may forget what they learned prior to a strike. Money is a great thing, but the education and well-being of children is much better. Michelle Mendoza Pickering EDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cartoon gay-bashing? Time to get a life Small in stature, huge in impact IN THE COMMUNITY CLICK AND SAY This Week’s Question: How would you rate the federal budget. Good, average, lacking? Cast your vote online at infodurhamregion.com Last Week’s Question: With many Durham restaurants charged by the Region for health violations, will it make you think twice about dining out in the near future? Votes cast: 222 Yes: 62.2% No: 37.8% A brush with greatness Bill Ewart snapped this image of a great grey owl he spotted recently while cross-country skiing at Heber Down Conservation Area just north of Taunton Road in Whitby. Do you have a photo to share with our readers? If you have an amusing, interesting, historic or scenic photo to share with the community we’d like to see it. Send your photo, along with a written description of the circumstances surrounding the photo (max. 80 words) identifying the people in the photo and when it was taken to: The News Advertiser, 130 Commercial Ave., Ajax, ON, L1S 2H5. Or, e-mail photos to dstell@durhamregion.com. Neil Crone enter laughing Task force must help strengthen relationship between business sector and Province A sk any business man or woman and they will tell you, a company just can’t be successful if the sum of its parts isn’t greater than the individual pieces. The same prin- ciple applies when it comes to discussing our economy. GM, OPG and Durham’s public sector may be our biggest employers and obviously our leading economic drivers, but if truth be told, our region just couldn’t function without the little guys. The impact of small- and medium-sized business on our economy here in Durham and across the country is staggering. For instance, small businesses, which are classified as organi- zations with fewer than 100 employees, account for nearly 98 per cent of all enterprises across the country. The vast majority of those, or about 80 per cent, have fewer than five people on staff. So when you need your car fixed, home repairs, day care, din- ner or even a bag of chips, most often you’re dealing with a small businessman or woman. The Province recently empowered a group to examine its rela- tionship with small- and medium-sized businesses. The Doing Business with the Ontario Government Task Force, chaired by Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge MPP Wayne Arthurs, is on a five-stop tour of Ontario to better understand the current climate and how it can become better. Written submissions are also being collected until April 4, and the task force will eventually report back and make recommen- dations to the Management Board. His first stop, and the only one in Durham, was recently in Ajax and Mr. Arthurs heard businesses from across Durham express concerns about the need to cut red tape, to level the playing field when it comes to small enterprises competing for contracts against big business, and the length of time it takes to receive payment from the government for services rendered. There were others, certainly, but the message was that there is room to grow and work to be done on the relationship. The mindset of so many these days is that bigger is always better when it comes to doing business. However, we lose sight of all the pieces in our economic chain at our peril. Without our small- and medium-sized ventures, our communities would come to a crippling standstill. If we’re going to continue to prosper economically, the Prov- ince must heed these voices and answer back that the small- and medium-business relationship with the government is a priority. Levelling the playing field, improving access, creating more opportunities and making more services available are all vital to strengthening our economy in a critical area — at its core. P PA GE A7 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆MARCH 2, 2005 AT TEND PUBLIC MEETINGS AT CITY HALL All meetings are open to the public. For meeting details call 905.420.2222 or visit our website DATE MEETING TIME Mar. 3 Pickering Advisory Committee 7:00 pm on Race Relations & Equity Mar. 7 Council Meeting 7:30 pm Mar. 21 Management Forum Meeting 1:30 pm Mar. 21 Executive Committee 7:30 pm Mar. 21 Council Meeting 7:30 pm 905.420.2222 cityofpickering.com 24 Hour Access 905.420.4660 Free Swim Mon. March 14 7 pm - 9 pm Recreation Complex Pool Sponsored by Ontario Power Generation March Break Fitness Schedule Call Now Recreation Complex 905.683.6582 You have a voice in Pickering’s 2005 Budget Process Pickering’s city budget is a blueprint for how your property tax dollars will be spent. It spells out the priorities for the municipal services and programs that you have come to depend on each and every day. The City’s 2005 budget process has been planned to provide residents with an opportunity to provide their comments on the proposed 2005 capital budget program. To provide your comments, please access the City’s website (cityofpickering.com) in the key highlights section. In addition you can write to the following address at: Budget 2005 City of Pickering Pickering Civic Complex One The Esplanade Pickering, ON L1V 6K7 Municipal Act, 2001 SALE OF LAND FOR TAX ARREARS BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING Ta ke Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on 31 March 2005, at the City of Pickering Civic Complex, One The Esplanade, Pickering, Ontario L1V 6K7. The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at the City of Pickering Civic Complex, One The Esplanade, Pickering, Ontario L1V 6K7. Description of Land: NOTE: THIS PARCEL IS LANDLOCKED. Roll No. 18 01 010 029 23104 0000 PIN 26311-0739(LT) Parcel 30-1 Section 40M-1774 being Block 30 Plan 40M-1774 Town of Pickering,(now City of Pickering) Regional Municipality of Durham (No. 40) File No. 03-02 Minimum Tender Amount $ 6,469.51. Description of Land: NOTE: THIS PARCEL IS LANDLOCKED. Roll No. 18 01 010 029 23105 0000 PIN 26311-0735 (LT) Parcel 26-1 Section 40M-1774, PIN 26311-0736 (LT) Parcel 27-1 Section 40M-1774, PIN 26311-0737 (LT) Parcel 28-1 Section 40M-1774, 26311-0738 (LT) Parcel 29-1 Section 40M-1774, Being Blocks 26, 27, 28 & 29 on Plan 40M-1774, Town of Pickering, (now City of Pickering) Regional Municipality of Durham (No. 40). File No. 03-03 Minimum Tender Amount $ 19,563.61. Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certifi ed by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount. The municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Respon- sibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers. This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes and the relevant land transfer tax. The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser. Note: G.S.T. may be payable by successful purchaser. For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender contact: Gillis Paterson Director, Corporate Services and Treasurer The Corporation of the City of Pickering Pickering Civic Complex One The Esplanade Pickering, Ontario L1V 6K7 905.420.4660 Ext. 2109 Information regarding these properties can be found by accessing the City’s website: cityofpickering.com Artists Apply by April 29 Join us May 28, 2005 as Artfest returns to the Esplanade Park in Pickering, for its eighth glorious year! Artfest is an outdoor celebration of all art forms and draws from a local audience of 92,000 residents. Spaces to sell original art at this event are only $20. Please contact the City of Pickering Culture & Recreation Division at 1.866.683.2760 ext. 2211 or go online to cityofpickering/greatevents to down- load artist application forms. Deadline for application is April 29, 2005. Spaces are limited, apply today. Property Naturalization Workshop Guest Speakers: John McMullen - Implementing Property Plans Chantal Whitaker - Pesticide Use in the City of Pickering Colleen Cirillo - TRCA Healthy Yards Program Learn about sustainable landscape practices for your property. Monday, March 21 OPG Information Centre 1675 Montgomery Park Rd. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm For more information or to register call: 905.420.4660 ext. 2212 Confirmed to date A/P PA GE A8 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆MARCH 2, 2005 By Jeff Mitchell Staff Writer DURHAM —If this was a dream, he wanted to slumber forever. Pat was diving, splashing, swim- ming — swimming in a pool full of pills. They were OxyContins — 80 mil- ligrams, big as they come — and they were everywhere, washing over him, an unthinkable abundance of the dope his mind and body craved, ceaselessly, even as he slept, even a month after his last pill. Pat laughs at the imagery now. But the dream reveals the depth of the dependence he formed on OxyCon- tin, a powerful opiate first prescribed for him by a well-meaning doctor who wanted to help him deal with chronic back pain. “It hijacks your brain,” said Pat, 38, sitting in a downtown Oshawa cof- fee shop as heavy snow obliterated a pale January morning. “I didn’t care about anything. All I thought about was the pills. “This s--- is worse than heroin, man.” A combination of willpower and methadone treatment has kept Pat more or less clean since last fall, several months after he realized he must kick a seven-year, 24-hour-a- day habit by going cold turkey — a wrenching, excruciating process that nearly drove him crazy. When it was at its worst, police and paramedics descended upon his Oshawa home after a neighbour, alarmed at a disturbance, dialled 911. The screaming the neighbour heard was Pat and his wife, fighting over the keys to his truck — she had them in her pocket and wasn’t giving them up; he was clawing at the keys, determined to get them and climb into that truck and drive to see the dealer he’d already called. Just a couple of pills to quiet the pain, the noisy, relentless craving, was all he was after. Reeling out of his garage, Pat was confronted by a cop. “Get the f--- out of my way,” Pat told the officer. “You’re not going anywhere,” said the cop, who’d responded to a report of a domestic disturbance. Pat advanced. The cop’s hand fell to rest on the gun holstered at his hip. A paramedic stepped between them. Pat wound up in hospital, not the lock-up. He spent his time in emer- gency, curled on the floor, vomiting into a bucket. He told the doctor what his problem was — acute with- drawal from opiates. He was pre- scribed stomach medicine and sent on his way. He tossed the prescription on the floor and left, determined to carry on his solitary fight alone. When he wound up back at hospital a few weeks later, the pain of withdraw- al unabated, he found himself in a room with a psychiatrist. The doctor listened to his story and wrote him a prescription — for OxyContin. “I said to him, ‘Are you f---ing crazy? Have you listened to a thing I’ve said to you?’” Pat recalled. “You’re in withdrawal,” the doctor responded. It was Pat who suggested metha- done. He’s convinced the treatment has been the difference in his battle with a drug that grabbed him by the very guts and refused to let go. Pat’s story is, regrettably, all too common, according to Dr. Bobby Esbin. He sees dozens of patients a day at First Step, the Simcoe Street methadone clinic that has been at the centre of news locally for months. City councillors and downtown cru- saders have pointed to the clinic as a leading symptom of the blight that affects Oshawa’s core. A preponder- ance of social services have attracted clientele that affect the city’s image and stall a revitalization that has been too long in coming, some say. City councillors and First Step ad- ministrators have waged epic battles over the presence of a methadone clinic in the downtown core. And late last year, First Step and its practices were centre stage when a month-long coroner’s inquest probing methadone-related deaths was held in Oshawa. Dr. Esbin has come to view controversy as some- thing of an inevitabil- ity. He does not shy away from participating in the debate. But he is troubled that, over and again, the spotlight is shone on methadone and its ad- ministration, rather than the rampant drug use that makes the programs of- fered by First Step neces- sary. “Look at Mississauga,” he said, “and look at Os- hawa: A quarter of the people (in Oshawa), but five times the number of people on methadone. “Why do we have this in- credible number of people coming to us to get metha- done? Do you think patients want to come to a methadone clinic?” Many people find themselves seeking methadone treatment to help them kick habits that began in- nocently enough, Dr. Esbin said. He has heard stories similar to Pat’s nu- merous times: People suffering from chronic pain can be susceptible to addiction to the very drugs they’re given to help them manage that pain. The danger of addiction has grown in direct proportion to the strength of the pain killers available, he said. Pharmaceutical companies devel- op new drugs and press doctors to distribute them, Dr. Esbin said. “They now have the technology to give you this little button of a pill that has the capacity of 16 Percocets,” Dr. Esbin said. “What did (the drug developer) do? They promoted it.” Many of the people badgering doc- tors for powerful pain killers are flat- out junkies, Dr. Esbin allows. Others are potential pushers looking to get the pills they will, in turn, sell on the street. But there are many others who suffer legitimately from debilitating pain and seek relief through pharma- ceuticals. “You’re going to get patients who are prescribed these drugs, who aren’t interested in addiction, that become addicted,” Dr. Esbin said. He stressed the need for doctors to monitor patients for ongoing drug use in an effort to head off this ac- cidental dependency. And doctors simply need to be more discriminating when it comes to writing prescriptions for opiates, he said. Dr. Esbin realizes the dilemma faced by doctors, who see many pa- tients a day and whose first mandate is to alleviate pain — who’s faking, who’s not? “How can you ever disprove a pa- tient’s having pain?” Dr. Esbin said. “It’s impossible.” Doctors are keenly aware of the dangers of inadvertent addiction — and also the dishonesty they’ll en- counter with some who come to their offices seeking opiates, said Jill Hef- ley, spokeswoman for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The college has issued and regular- ly updates policy papers on prescrib- ing opiates and recognizing devious practices, such as double doctoring and diversion of powerful drugs, she said. Policies include the proper cir- cumstances under which narcotics may be prescribed, legislation re- garding opiate use and recognition of prescription drug abuse. “They obviously have some cave- ats for doctors, saying you don’t have to prescribe if you’re not comfortable about prescribing for someone,” Ms. Hefley said. “You’ve got two populations,” Ms. Hefley said. “You’ve got a population that really does need long-term nar- cotic management. And then there are those who don’t.” The difficulty for doctors comes in fulfilling their mandate to alle- viate pain, and identifying patients — some of them exceedingly crafty — who are merely attempting to ob- tain strong drugs, either for their own use or for sale on the street. “Physicians want to help patients; that’s their No. 1 priority,” Ms. Hefley said. “It’s such a balancing act.” Dr. Esbin insists, however, that more can be done to prevent what he said amounts to physician-assisted drug abuse. He suggested a tactic that’s used daily for patients at the First Step clinic: screening to detect what drugs may be present in a per- son’s system when they walk in off the street. A simple urine test could quickly help a doctor consulting with a new patient determine if there’s veracity to complaints about pain, or if the visit is merely an attempt to obtain a prescription for narcotics, he said. “There’s zero regard for screening,” Dr. Esbin said. Pat never had to con his doctor; he received a steady stream of pre- scriptions for ever-higher doses of OxyContin, which became necessary as his body built up a tolerance to the drug. He had learned that by chewing the pills he could circumvent the time-release nature of the drug and get an instant, powerful high. He was popping dozens a week. Even when Pat told his doctor he was concerned his use of OxyContin had become a debilitating habit, he was told not to be too concerned. “She said, ‘No, you don’t have a problem, you have a dependency,’” he said. But that dependency had spiralled out of control. Even though he was regularly receiving legitimate pre- scriptions for hundreds of pills, Pat had to turn to the street to supple- ment his supply and feed his ever- increasing hunger. He began and ended his days with doses of OxyContin. He popped Gravol and beers to enhance the ef- fect of the drugs. More and more, he found himself going on the nod — passing out where he sat, sometimes for hours — while his two daughters and his wife went about their lives around him. He spent thou- sands of dollars on drugs, ignoring his home life and his job as a brick layer. Even when he had enough dope to get him through the present day and maybe even the next, he worried where he’d find more to avoid get- ting sick. He hid his addic- tion from his wife for seven years. It was the realiza- tion of loss — what he’d already lost, and what he stood yet to lose — that led Pat last fall to the de- cision to kick the habit. He had 24 OxyCon- tin pills left. He walked into the bathroom with the drugs in his hand. He watched as that hand was upturned and the pills tumbled into the toilet. “I sat there in front of the toilet and flushed it,” Pat said. “A bunch of pills came back up and I went to grab them. “I thought, ‘What am I doing?’” What followed was two solid months of immobilizing sickness and despair. While OxyContin is a terrific high, it is something awful to kick. Drug treatment programs were full; hospi- tals were no help. He was alone with a high-pitched, howling need that could not be drowned out. He heard voices, saw hallucinations. “The pain — the agony, and the aching all over — I just wished it would stop, for five minutes,” Pat said. “The second day, if I’d had a gun, I would’ve shot myself.” Clean now and on a methadone maintenance program, Pat still wor- ries: Will he become too dependent on methadone? When he finishes with it, will the cravings come back? What happens a week or a month from now, with all that dope so easily accessible throughout this city? At least, Pat tells himself, he is aware now of the drug and the power it can exert over a user. “I used to think it was a miracle drug,” he said. “But it stopped being fun. It was a job — my primary thought was, how am I going to get pills? Where am I going to get pills?” Pat credits methadone with help- ing combat the craving. But the rest of the struggle he has assumed himself. He readily admits he misses the high — but he knows he can no longer pay the price for that euphoria. “I’ve got to give myself the credit, because I think I did this myself,” he said. One man’s account of accidental addiction and living for dope Hooked ‘Why do we have this incredible number of people coming to us to get methadone? Do you think patients want to come to a methadone clinic?’ DR. BOBBY ESBIN Little Brothers and Sisters bank on big support DURHAM — CIBC employees and their families are taking over the Rouge Hill Bowling Centre Sat- urday. The company has entered 16 teams (more than 80 people) into the Big Brothers and Sisters of Ajax- Pickering Bowl for Kids Sake 2005 — enough to fill up the entire bowl- ing alley. Len Baker, CIBC’s district leader of small business for GTA East, started organizing the group a month ago. It began when he asked organizers how many teams it would take to fill up every lane. When he found out it was 16 he told her he would see what he could do and from there the ball started rolling. “It doesn’t take much pulling or prodding to get people to come out,” he said. Mr. Baker talked to a few people and sent some e-mails and from there it just snowballed, with ev- eryone from branch employees to a vice-president coming out to sup- port the cause. He said many chal- lenges have been issued. Mr. Baker had previously partici- pated in Bowl for Kids Sake events in Toronto but never one locally. “It’s a very worthy organization and this is one of their big fundrais- ers... It’s a good opportunity and a fun event,” he said. Employees from all across Dur- ham are taking part, as well as peo- ple from head office living in Ajax and Pickering. Mr. Baker said he isn’t the best bowler but is looking forward to the event. Everyone is excited, he added. “For me the score is mean- ingless,” he said. “It’s about raising money and having fun.” The event is March 5 and 6. For more information about pledge forms or Big Brothers and Sisters of Ajax-Pickering, call 905- 831-3777 or visit www.bigbrother- sandsistersofajaxpickering.com. H ealth department wants safe homes DURHAM — The Durham Re- gion health department is calling for more information about injury prevention in the home. The health department and a number of other public health units have developed a list of sur- vey questions as part of the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System, including health issues such as smoking, physical activity, and the use of booster seats. RRFSS is an ongoing telephone survey of Durham Region resi- dents 18 years and older, with ap- proximately 100 homes selected at random each month. A letter will be sent in advance to selected households, explaining they will receive a call in a few days asking them to participate. “Understanding residents’ knowledge and attitudes toward injury prevention in children is the first step in developing effec- tive public health interventions,” said Dr. Donna Reynolds, Durham Region’s associate medical officer of health, encouraging residents to participate if they receive a call. To learn more about the sys- tem, visit www.region.durham. on.ca, www.cehip.org/rrfss or call the health department at 905-723- 8521 or 1-800-841-2729 ext. 2309. Aj a x, Pickering board serves up chairman AJAX — Roger Anderson dis- cusses regional issues and eco- nomic development initiatives at his annual address to business this month. The Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade hosts the regional chair- man’s address Wednesday, March 30, beginning with registration at 11:30 a.m. and then lunch and the presentation starting at noon. The cost for members is $35 plus GST or $45 plus GST for fu- ture members. The meeting is at the Victorian Garden Banquet Hall and registrations can be faxed to 905-686-1057 or e-mailed to info@apboardoftrade.com. For more information, call 905- 686-0883. A/P PA GE 4 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆MARCH 2, 2005A/P PA GE B1 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆MARCH 2, 2005 SPORTS sportsdurhamregion.com THIS WEEKEND Pickering Panthers minor bantam ‘AA’ hockey reps play a touring team from Finland at the Pickering Recreation Complex on Sunday at 5 p.m. Sports Briefs MARCH 2, 2005 [ Hockey ]] Great day of hockey in Pickering Sunday PICKERING — There may be no National Hockey League games this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t see NHLers in action locally. The City has proclaimed this Sun- day, March 6 as NHL Oldtimers Hockey Day in Pickering at the Pickering Rec- reation Complex arena from noon to 7 p.m. Three games will be played, includ- ing two featuring NHL hockey greats playing local teams. Confirmed former NHLers who’ll play include Rick Vaive, Paul Coffey, Jeff Beukeboom, Rob Pearson, Brent Grieve, Keith Acton, Bob McNeil, Mike Pelyk, Peter Conacher, Bobby Lalonde, Ivan Irwin, Mike Amodeo, Mike Boyce, Jim Hutton, Bill Purcel, Jim Thomson and Mark Osborne. Coaches include Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley, Ron Hurst, Brian Conach- er and entertainer John Allan Cameron. Special guests include Michael Bur- gess, who’ll sing the national anthem; former Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Glenn Healy, who will be the bagpiper for the occasion; the Pickering Firefighters Colour Guard and referee Bryan Lewis. The day commences at noon with an autograph session with the NHLers, followed by a game between the NHL oldtimers and the Pickering Firefighters hockey team. Next up is the oldtimers taking on a celebrity team from a local radio station. The final game of the eve- ning, starting at approximately 5 p.m., will feature the Finland Lasers ‘AAA’ minor bantam squad taking on the Pick- ering Panthers minor bantam ‘AA’ team, which toured Europe over the Christmas break. Admission is $10 per person, with a limited number of tickets available through the Pickering Ringette Associa- tion, the Durham West Girls’ Hockey Association, the Pickering Hockey Asso- ciation, Skate Canada Pickering Skating Club, Rebound Sports and the Pickering Recreation Complex. Event proceeds go to the minor ice sports groups in the city. For more information, consult the website www.cityofpickering.com/great- events. [ Judo ] Ajax judoka golden at Pacific International event AJAX — An Ajax Budokan Judo Club judoka returned home victorious from the Pacific International Judo Tour- nament in Vancouver last weekend. Patrick Tremblay captured the minus-60 kilogram division crown at the high-profile event, which featured 250 competitors from Canada, the U.S. and Japan. The Pacific International event also served as a qualifier for the Junior World Championships this year. Trem- blay currently leads his division in points. Other results included a second- place effort for Sasha Mehmedovic in the minus-73 kilo division. Darcy Reis placed third in the minus-66 kilo class. Slava Rogov finished fifth in the minus-73 kilo weight class. [ Ringette ] Ajax Stars shine brightly at own tournament AJAX — The Ajax Canadian Tire tween ‘B’ Shooting Stars claimed the sil- ver medal at the recent 33rd Annual Ajax Silver Ring Tournament. Fa cing Walden in the championship final, Ajax dropped a 6-4 decision. The Shooting Starts began the tournament with a solid 4-0 victory over the Oshawa Storm, followed by a 5-3 win over St. Catharines. Facing Walden in Game 3, the girls dropped a hard fought 6-4 decision. Coaches report a solid effort was delivered from everyone on the offensive and defensive units, while April McCor- mick was strong and consistent between the pipes. Leading the way offensively was Sarah Salvatore with two goals and five assists, and Heather Dietrich, who had six points, including five goals. Also earning points were Brianna Campbell, with two assists; Kelly Davey, one goal and one assist; Emma Espinho, two goals and two assists; Michelle Hughes, three assists; Lauren Lewthwaite, three goals; Lindsay Serjeantson, three assists; and Jessica Shimko, Kaitlyn Swindells, Nicole Bell and Natasha Saliba, all with one as- sist. The next big tournament for the girls is this month’s regional championships. Ajax teen keeps eyes on national birdie crown Allard vies for collegiate badminton gold in Barrie this weekend By Al Rivett Sports Editor AJAX — A year before joining the collegiate ranks, badminton wunder- kind Nathaniel Allard spent a season training with the Seneca College team while still a senior student at Ajax High School. “I got to know all the players from Seneca and I went to Cambrian (Col- lege in Sudbury) to play in a tourna- ment,” says Allard. The early training and competition among the top collegiate players paid off handsomely for the 19-year-old Centennial College student, who was a perfect 5-0 in the men’s singles event at the recent Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championships at Cambrian College. “It helped me a whole bunch,” says Allard of his advanced training at the collegiate ranks. “I was able to get to know everybody, know their weak- nesses and develop a game plan.” Allard, along with Ontario runner- up Joe Huang, of Seneca, will now represent Ontario at the 2005 Cana- dian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) Badminton Championship at Georgian College in Barrie this week- end. There, they’ll be on court against the best collegiate players from B.C., Alberta and the Maritimes. Allard likes his chances of adding a national crown to go along with his Ontario championship. He’s well ac- quainted with two of the field of five players who’ll vie for the men’s singles title. In addition to Seneca’s Huang, he’s also played the B.C. collegiate champ Kyle Holabough. “I believe it’s going to be myself and Ky le in the final — that’s if everything goes as planned,” says Allard. In fact, Allard has played Holabough several times in national qualification events as a junior (under-19). But, he acknowledges that having played, and defeated, his chief rival in the past won’t necessarily mean victory at the nationals. “I have beat him, but it’s been a long time since I’ve played him,” says Allard, who’s a longtime member of the Ajax-based Harwood Phoenix Junior Badminton Centre, under the guidance of head coach Wayne King. At the Ontario championships, Al- lard defeated Huang convincingly in the championship match, 15-10, 15-5. Following the final, Allard was named as the most sportsmanlike player at the championships. Meanwhile, in the semifinals, Allard sidelined pre-tournament favourite Matt Harrigan, of the host Cambrian College squad, 15-9, 15-4. Prior to the OCAA championships, Allard reeled off first-place efforts in three invitational tournaments, which served as warm-up events for the pro- vincials. In order to qualify for the OCAA event, Allard captured the west re- gion championship for Centennial in men’s singles play. Allard has won at every level in badminton, winning two provincial high school singles titles while at- tending Ajax High School. As a club player, he won two provincial junior singles and two doubles titles while representing the Harwood Phoenix club. He’s studying tool and die making. A.J. Groen/ News Advertiser photo Ajax’s Nathaniel Allard, 19, is considered a strong favourite to capture the men’s singles title at the Canadian Colleges Athletic As- sociation (CCAA) Badminton Championships at Georgian College in Barrie this weekend. Two weeks ago in Sudbury, the Ajax High School graduate won the provincial title. High school playoff tourney starts today By Paul Futhey Staff Writer DURHAM — The equation is as fol- lows: 12 games in six hours will reduce eight girls’ hockey teams to four. The 2005 LOSSA Elite Eight tourna- ment, which will decide the four semi- finalists, runs today at the Oshawa Ice Sports Arena. The contenders are divid- ed into two pools of four teams. Sinclair, Dunbarton, Port Perry and defending champion St. Mary Monarchs make up Pool A, while Uxbridge, Dwyer, Notre Dame and Anderson make up Pool B. For a number of the teams, they will be facing opponents for the first time this season. The Monarchs, a West Divi- sion team, certainly have the attention of Celtics’ coach Jim Rossiter as does Dun- barton. Sinclair has yet to face either. “It’s going to be pretty tough,” he says. “It’s kind of interesting how the seeding works out.” Indeed, the first and third place teams from each division are grouped with the second and fourth place squads from the other. While Sinclair, who boasts a particularly deep set of forwards led by Ellie Seedhouse and Grade 9 standout Kelsi Landry, went 7-1 this season, the Celtics’ lone regular season loss came at the hands of the Port Perry Rebels (5-2- 1) the other Pool A opponent. “This is a big year for us,” acknowl- edges Port Perry’s Julie Daniels, who coaches the fourth-year program along with Elaine Cole. Seniors Kristi Ashton and Maggie Robbins, along with Britni Smith, Me- lissa Armstrong and Lauren Guthrie, will be big factors if the defensively tough Rebels are to go to the final four and beyond. Meanwhile, what St. Mary’s Ann Ma- honey describes as a “rebuilding” year may very well be more of a reloading one. Despite their fourth-place finish in the West Division this season and losing six veterans from last year’s team, the defending provincial champion Mon- archs’ two losses were by a single goal to Dunbarton and Notre Dame. St. Mary also tied first-place Uxbridge 1-1. Meanwhile, Uxbridge (8-0-1) needs to take advantage of its depth to be suc- cessful, says its head coach, and not just rely on the play of senior Dee Na- gymarosi. Players like Natasha Halliday, Randi Zuber and Laurel Ansel are part of an impressively deep team that went undefeated this season. “We need to play as a full team,” say Chris McKee, adding the goaltending of Katie Wilson will also be key. “We have three strong lines.” The semifinal round, featuring the top two teams from each pool, will be held in Pickering the following day with the two games being played at 3 p.m and 4 p.m. The LOSSA final is slated for Ice Sports in Oshawa on Tuesday, March 8 at 2 p.m. LOSSA Girls’ Hockey POOL A Sinclair (1st East) Dunbarton (2nd West) Po rt Perry (3rd East) St. Mary (4th West) POOL B Uxbridge (1st West) Paul Dwyer (2nd East) Notre Dame (3rd West) Anderson (4th East) After facing each pool opponent once, the top two teams from each Pool advance to the semifinals to be held Thursday at the Pickering Rec Complex. 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To get your free copy, and this insider information, you must call Toll Free, 24 hour Recorded Message at 1-866-838-6997 Th e Ajax Minor Hockey Association (AMHA), in conjunction with the Pickering Hockey Association, are pleased to announce they have been jointly awarded the right to host three Ontario Hockey F ederation (OHF) Championship tournaments during the weekend of April 8th-10th. Th e AMHA will host the Juvenile AA/ AAA and Peewee AA teams. Th e Ajax/ Pickering Raiders will host the Atom AAA tournament in Pickering. Each team will be hosting their respective Provincial fi nals for the OHF. Th e Ontario Hockey Federation fi nals consist of champions from the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA), the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), the Northern Hockey Association (NOHA) and the Alliance Hockey Association. Over 250 athletes will be traveling here from as far away as the Ontario/ Manitoba border, along with family and friends to compete to be crowned the OHF champions for 2005. Th e OHF Championships are coming to Ajax and Pickering Th e Coaching Show Saturday, March 12th • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Ajax Community Centre www.icesports.com March Break CampsMarch Break Camps March 14-18March 14-18 1401 Phillip Murray Ave • Oshawa, L1J 8C4 • 905.725.6951 • oshawa@icesports.com 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Ages 3-7 1 hrs. on ice daily 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Ages 6-14 4 hrs. on ice daily 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Ages 3-7 1 hrs. on ice daily PPowerskating & Hockey Skillsowerskating & Hockey Skills Hockey Tips for Tots Mini CampHockey Tips for Tots Mini Camp Learn to Skate Mini CampLearn to Skate Mini Camp YOUTH HOCKEY LEAGUE Tyke-Juvenile begins May 14 YOUTH 3 on 3 LEAGUE Novice-Midget begins April 18 PRE-TRYOUT CONDITIONING CAMPS 2 Hrs./Day CAMP #1 - March 28-31 CAMP #2 - April 4-7 CAMP #3 - April 11-15 2EGISTRATION )NFO FOR THE "ASEBALL 3EASON 4HE 0ICKERING "ASEBALL !SSOCIATION WILL BE HOLDING THEIR ONE AND ONLY IN PERSON REGISTRATION FOR THEIR SUMMER BASEBALL PROGRAM ON THE FOLLOWING DATE 3ATURDAY -ARCH TH AM PM /g"RIEN 2OOM IN THE ARENA 0ICKERING 2ECREATION #OMPLEX 9OU CAN GET MORE INFO OR REGISTER ONLINE AT WWWPICKERINGBASEBALLCOM Children’s T-Ball (year of birth 1999-2000) Children’s Softball (year of birth 1986-1998) Register in person at the Pickering Recreation Complex & Arena, Valley Farm Road, South of Hwy 2 on Sunday Mar. 6 11:00am to 1:00pm O’Brien Room Tu esday Mar. 23 7:00pm to 9:00pm O’Brien Room Register anytime by downloading the registration form on our website www.pickeringsoftball.com Birth certificate must be presented at time of registration 2005 PROGRAM REGISTRATION a non-profit community softball association recognized by the City of Pickering, community services and facilities. PICKERING SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION Membership fees: T Ball $85.00 per child All other age groups - $115.00 per child up to March 6 $100 each for additional family members FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 905-420-6050 UMPIRES, SPONSORS & COACHES 905-837-0606 Th is is the second year this calibre of show has been off ered in Ajax. Featuring coaching equipment for soccer coaches, as well as tournament information, health and fi tness, sports injury and speed training for players as well as coaches. Local soccer clubs are highlighted with special presentations to coaches from those clubs. Representation from major suppliers; Adidas - Umbro - Nike - Puma and Lotto has already been confi rmed. Th is show is hosted by Th e Soccer Connection and is a free event for both suppliers and guests. Call 905-427-8829 for information. Advertising FeatureAdvertising Feature 2005 OHF CHAMPIONSHIP FUND RAISING DANCE Fr iday, March 4th • 8:00 pm - 1:00 am Pickering Rec Complex • Live Band • Raffl es • Late/Light Buff et • Cash Bar $20.00 per person For tickets contact: bneadles@ajaxminorhockey.org CORRECTION NOTICE To our valued customers: We apologize for any inconvenience caused by an error in our flyer dated: February 18 - February 24 Product: eMachines T3624 Computer Pa ckage.This package does not feature an 8-in-1 Card Reader as advertised on pg. 6 of our Feb. 18th flyer. SKU: 10055102 Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo It’s a hit AJAX – Megan Canavan of the Pickering High School Trojans makes a return during the Lake Ontario Sec- ondary School Athletics (LOSSA) junior girls’ ‘AAAA’ volleyball finals against Whitby’s Anderson Collegiate Raiders at Ajax High School on Monday night. Anderson won 2-0 (25-18, 25-12). PBA hosts lone signups at Pickering Recreation Complex’s O’Brien Room PICKERING — The Pickering Baseball Asso- ciation holds its one and only in-person regis- tration for the 2005 season this weekend. League officials will be on hand Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the O’Brien Room at the Pickering Recreation Complex, 1867 Valley Farm Rd. Players can, however, still register online or get more information by visiting www.picker- ingbaseball.com. Swing into the baseball season with registration session Saturday Spartans signups March 12 AJAX — The Ajax Spartans Minor Baseball As- sociation is offering a final opportunity to register for the upcoming season. On Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Homerun Baseball Academy, 695 Westney Rd. S., volunteers from the Ajax Spartans are taking registration and answering questions. The season starts the second week of May and goes until the end of August. Home of five 2004 Ontario Baseball Associa- tion provincial championship teams, the Spartans welcome players from the ages of four to 21. There are house league, select, and rep programs for both boys and girls. There are also volunteer op- portunities available. For more information, call 905-683-0706 or visit www.ajaxbaseball.org. Take me out to the Ajax ball game NEWS ADVERTISER There’s lots more news online at durhamregion.com A/P PA GE B3 ◆NEWS ADVERTISER ◆MARCH 2, 2005 Produced by Dynamic Publishing & Events Management. For more information call (905) 426-4676 ext.222 CO-SPONSORED BY: Home Décor • Patio Furniture • BBQ’s • Hot Tubs • Swimming Pools • Home Improvements • Plus lots more for Home & Garden Fabulous Prizes To Be Won! 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Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo Dump and chase PICKERING – Michigan’s Jacqueline Cough clears the puck as Durham West Light- ning’s Kristen Farrer gives chase during atom ‘BB’ division action at the annual Dur- ham West Girls’ Hockey Association Tournament at the Pickering Recreation Complex recently. AJAX MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TYKE DIVISION updated Feb. 27 TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS. Pick. Vill.-Source for Sports17 14 2 1 100 41 29 Carroll Home Improve. 17 13 2 2 88 46 28 Durham Windows 17 12 2 3 83 47 27 Bay Cycle Sports Excellence 17 10 6 1 87 60 21 Long & McQuade 17 10 6 1 62 54 21 Fujiki Dental 17 9 8 0 88 77 18 Durham Reg. Police Assoc. 17 3 12 2 54 87 8 Wal-Mart /Charmin 17 3 13 1 59 101 7 Whitby Toyota 17 2 13 2 62 109 6 Grand Homes 17 2 14 1 49 109 5 NOVICE DIVISION updated Feb 26 TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS. McDonald’s 16 14 2 0 88 26 28 Traincan 16 12 3 1 114 50 25 Marketing Solutions 16 11 3 2 85 49 24 Giant Tiger 16 11 3 2 78 44 24 Smart Die & Design 16 9 4 3 80 63 21 Whitby Toyota 16 7 9 0 77 74 14 Bay Cycle Sports Excellence 16 5 9 2 65 79 12 Fujiki Dental 16 5 10 1 46 69 11 Pick. Vill. Source for Sports 16 5 10 1 41 71 11 Hazmasters 16 3 11 2 40 102 8 Rodman’s Heating 16 3 11 2 32 78 8 KC’s Pets 16 2 12 2 47 75 6 ATOM DIVISION updated Feb 27 Data Centre Tech Corp. 19 13 5 1 89 55 27 Flaherty McCarthy Barr. 19 12 4 3 102 71 27 Total Home Comfort 19 10 4 5 104 59 25 Mr. Sub Westney South 19 11 6 2 68 58 24 Firestone Pickering 19 10 5 4 87 84 23 Custom. Training Wheels 19 9 6 4 75 77 22 Air IQ 19 10 8 1 100 89 21 Ontario Hyundai 19 9 7 3 81 83 21 Pizza Pizza 19 7 9 3 68 68 17 Starling Pool & Spa 19 6 10 3 65 68 15 C&A Frost Home Improve 19 5 11 3 93 121 13 Fujiki Dental 19 5 11 3 56 88 13 Bay Cycle Sports Excell 19 3 13 3 91 115 9 John Boddy Homes 19 3 14 2 55 91 8 TOP GOAL SCORERS Dylan Ormerod – Firestone Pickering 46 goals Marco Mastrangelo – Bay Cycle Sports Excellence , 46 goals. TOP ASSISTS Kevin Carruthers – Data Centre Technologies Corp., 23 assists. TOTA L POINTS Dylan Ormerod – Firestone Pickering, 64 points. TOP GOALIE Danil Arefiev – Data Centre Technologies Corp. 2.182 GAA AJAX SOCCER CLUB Indoor Season Final standings and results inclusive to Feb 20. UNDER-EIGHT DIVISION TEAM G W L T GF GA PTS Dalmatians 12 8 0 4 18 3 28 Shepherds 12 4 3 5 8 5 17 Retrievers 12 2 5 5 7 11 11 Beagles 12 2 8 2 4 18 8 Feb. 6: Beagles (Red) 0 vs. Retrievers (Yellow) 0 Dalmatians (Royal Blue) 0 vs. Shepherds (Sky Blue) 0 Feb. 13: Retrievers (Yellow) 0 vs. Shepherds (Sky Blue) 0 Beagles (Red) 0 vs. Dalmatians (Royal Blue) 1 UNDER -10 DIVISION TEAM G W L T GF GA PTS Sharks 12 9 2 1 21 10 28 Dolphins 12 4 5 3 14 16 15 Marlins 12 4 6 2 16 15 14 Barracudas 12 2 6 4 8 18 10 Feb. 6: Dolphins (White) 0 vs. Barracudas (Orange) 0 Marlins (Light Blue) 0 vs. Sharks (Yellow) 1 Feb. 13: Barracudas (Orange) 1 vs . Sharks (Yellow) 4 Dolphins (White) 2 vs. Marlins (Light Blue) 2 UNDER -12 DIVISION TEAM G W L T GF GA PTS Fury 12 7 4 1 39 38 22 Thunder 12 6 3 3 39 24 21 Lightning 12 3 4 5 33 37 14 Blizzard 12 2 7 3 28 40 9 Feb. 6: Blizzard (Green) 2 vs. Lightning (Burgundy) 3 Fury (Red) 2 vs. Thunder (White) 1 Feb. 13: Lightning (Burgundy) 3 vs. Thunder (White) 3 Blizzard (Green) 3 vs. Fury (Red) 5 UNDER-14 DIVISION TEAM G W L T GF GA PTS Berrettas 12 8 2 2 52 24 26 Corvettes 12 8 2 2 52 32 26 Mustangs 12 2 6 4 26 35 10 Firebirds 12 1 9 2 28 67 5 Feb. 6:Corvettes (White) 5 vs. Mustangs (Red) 2 Berrettas (Sky Blue) 9 vs. Firebirds (Bright Orange) 1 Feb. 13: Mustangs (Red) 1 vs. Firebirds (Bright Orange) 4 Corvettes (White) 1 vs. Berrettas (Sky Blue) 1 HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION TEAM G W L T GF GA PTS Manchester United 13 9 4 0 72 36 27 Tottenham Hotspurs 13 7 5 1 50 37 22 Chelsea 13 7 5 1 44 37 22 Liverpool 13 7 6 0 43 49 21 Arsenal 13 6 6 1 45 50 19 Everton 13 1 11 1 28 73 4 Feb. 6: Chelsea (Yellow) 4 vs. Everton (Sky Blue) 2 Liverpool (Green) 3 vs. Tottenham (Red) 8 Manchester United (Red) 3 vs. Arsenal (White) 6 Feb. 13: Arsenal (White) 1 vs. Liverpool (Green) 6 Everton (Sky Blue) 1 vs. Manchester U. 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GAME FOUR Warwick Publishing 60 vs. Synergy Trade Group 57 TOP SCORERS Warwick: Rod Fraser 17, Derrick Jaggall 14, Sherwin James 12, Franklin Lewis 6. Synergy: Claude Feig 27, Reuben Newman 8, Orin Taylor 6. GAME FIVE West Hill Men’s Slo-Pitch 57 vs. Accent Building Sciences 38. TOP SCORERS West Hill: David Voth 14, Conrad Davis 13, Eric Hamdic 10, Paul Vorvis 6. Accent: Tony Oliver 10, Pat Roach 7, Frank Tuitt 6, Mike Horn 5. PICKERING MEN’S BASKETBALL LEAGUE Week 4 - playoffs - Feb. 14 GAME ONE Verifeye 65 vs. West Hill Men’s Slo-Pitch 63 TOP SCORERS Verifeye: George Iordanov 19, Randy Filinski 14, Bill Warren 10, Bill Linton 9. West Hill: Conrad Davis 26, David Voth 23, Paul Vorvis 6. GAME TWO Lakar Carpentry 51 vs. Accent Building Sciences 46. TOP SCORERS Lakar: Gord Brown 18, Alberto Daros 10, Horace Peterkin 9, Jim Bowen 6. Accent: Pat Roach 11, Tony Oliver 10, Rick Jones 9, Mike Horn 6. 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There are 15 entries in this year’s festival. “It’s an excellent number,” said Frank Luke of the regional festival organizing committee. While it’s not the first time there have been 15 entries in the annual event, in the past there have been mul- tiple entries from some schools. This year, there are 15 schools registered. “It’s a terrific response,” Luke said, adding he had to turn a couple of schools away after the registration deadline was past. It shows that drama is doing very well in high schools throughout Dur- ham, he said. Besides the Sears en- tries, the schools also do other plays throughout the year. Luke said the quality of the pro- ductions is excellent, with many plays being directed by students. All plays presented at the festival are one-act plays, ranging in length from 15 to 50 minutes. Each night, three plays will be pre- sented and adjudicated by B.J. Castle- man, with a public adjudication fol- lowing the final play of the evening. An awards presentation will take place March 5 at 6 p.m., following a day of workshops for students only. The top three plays from the re- gional festival will go on to the eastern regional festival in Perth in April. The performances at Dunbarton, 655 Sheppard Ave., are open to the public. In fact, the public is encouraged to at- tend and see the work being done in local high schools. Performances start at 7 p.m. each night. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. For tickets, call 905-839-1125, voice mail 472. Jason Liebregts/ News Advertiser photo Zachary McKendrick and Keshia Bernard, of St. Mary Catholic Secondary School, re- hearse ‘The Man Who Died and Went to Heaven’. The shows go on The remaining schools to perform in the festival are as follows: March 2 — ‘Hood’, Uxbridge Sec- ondary School; ‘Look Me In The Eye’, Cartwright High School, Scugog; ‘Basi- cally Good Kids’, Donald A. Wilson Secondary School, Whitby. 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You will participate in the on call rotation and the daily management of our health care data base. Preferred candidates will possess scheduling experience and will be a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario. Also seeking RN's and RPN's To w ork in our shift program. We offer competitive salary, flexible scheduling, 24 hour managerial support and paid orientation. Interested candidates are asked to please forward a resume by fax to (905) 427-1843 or by e-mail to info@dafrs.com by March llth, 2005 FAMILY PHYSICIAN Part-Time Oshawa Community Health Centre is currently recruiting a part-time (2 days/week) physician. You will work in a multi disciplinary environ- ment. Very competitive salary plus 6% RRSP, group benefits, paid vacation. No overhead. Available as of April 4th, 2005. Contact: Lee Kierstead, Executive Director Tel (905) 723 0036 ex 218 lkierstead@ochc.ca Nursing & Health Care Job Expo Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 1-7pm Tosca Banquet Hall, 800 Champlain Ave., Oshawa Open to Public. Free Admission. Free Parking Make a "Healthy Career Choice" For more information or to book a booth Call Classifieds @ 905-576-9335 or 905-683-0707 Email:classifieds@durhamregion.com ACTIVITY AIDE 63-70 hrs. Biweekly Applicants must have a Diploma or Degree in Activation, Recreation or Gerontology. Preference will be given to applicants who have work experience with seniors. Please send resumes by Mar. 12, 2005 to: Program Manager Extendicare Oshawa 82 Park Rd. N. 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Call (905)728-6661 PRIVATE Condo Sale -Pickering. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 2 Balconies, 1 underground Parking. 3 appli- ances. A/C. Close to Go. $159,000. Call (905)626-0323. WINTER GETAWAY 2-bedroom cottages on upper Chemong Lake, available weekends, March break, Easter, etc. Comfortable, cozy & clean. Bring your skis, skates & snowmobile. www.birchbendre- sort.on.ca 1-866-638-7886 or 705- 657-8891. 4-ACRE lot for sale. Drive way, hydro, and drilled well in. Half treed. Running stream through centre of property. $129,000. 40min N/E of Oshawa. 3min from 4 lane Hwy. (705)277-3381 WAREHOUSE/STORAGE space available for rent in Pickering. Ap- proximately 3,000 sq. ft. Clean, safe, dry, secure. Available March 2005. Call (905) 426-6271. FOR LEASE - Retail Oshawa, 1100 sq. ft. plus basement, busy corner with lots of parking. $1550/mo. including taxes & main- tenance. 905-666-4670. MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE available in Whitby. Suitable for chiropractor or similar profession. 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Bargain $12,000 (Sale due to health reasons) Phone 905- 243-7645. $$$MORTGAGE FINANCING$$$ - $$$1ST AND 2ND MORTGAG- ES $$$ www.mortgagebid.ca or call Dennis @1-800-915-2353. Purchases, renewals or refinance. To c onsolidate your debts. Lowest rates possible for residential or commercial.Credit issues, self em- ployed, I will assess your needs. Prompt, professional service. $$Money$$100% 1st, 2nd and 3rd Mortgages. Bad credit OK. Call Ontario Wide 1-888-307-7799. 100% FINANCING OAC.5 yr. at 4.55% Debt programs, Cash take- outs, Refinances, Self-employed, even poor credit. Call Kevin at 1-800-328-7887 ext. 366. 1ST, 2ND, 3RD MORTGAGES Res./Comm up to 100% financing. Best rates possible. Credit problems? Self-employed? No problem! Av anti Financial (905)428-8119 CENTRAL FUNDING GROUP, first & second mortgages to 100%. From 4.8% for 5 years. Best avail- able rates. Private funds avail- able. Refinancing debt consolida- tion a specialty. 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Call (416)892-8864 1011 SIMCOE ST. N.,Oshawa - Large 3 bedroom 2 storey town home suites with full basements, available for rent. Private fenced yards with mature trees. $999.00 per month. 12th month free! Call (905)579-7649 for an appointment. 2 BEDROOM APT.located Taun- ton and Townline area. Inquire at 905-725-7493. 2-BDRM,very clean quiet family bldg., parking, available immedi- ately. Simcoe/Rossland area. $850. First/last. No dogs. Call (905)435-0551 2-BEDROOM 1200-sq.ft. apt. in house, panoramic view, fireplace, walk-out to large yard, sep en- trance. No pets, first/last/referenc- es. $900/mo+1/2 hydro. Raglan. 905-431-0571 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT available in the Oshawa, Sim- coe/Olive area. $750. Utilities in- cluded. Available immediately. Call (416)729-3001. 3 BRM APARTMENT in great, friendly area. Near O/C, dish- washer, fridge, stove, free satellite, coin laundry, backyard, large kitchen & Master. $990+hydro with first/last OR $1200+hydro without last month’s rent. Hydro approx $40/month. 905-983-5356 snc 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT,cor- ner Brock/Simcoe in Oshawa. Close to hospital and university. Heat & 2-appliances included. $900/month+hydro, first/last, Avail- able March 1st. (416)-807-0378. AJAX CHURCH/HWY.2bdrms $950 includes utilities, Available March. in clean quiet bldg. 905- 426-1161 4-BEDROOM,2 bathroom town- house, North Oshawa, parking, 4 appliances, schools close. $1300 utilities included. Warren (905)725- 8400.Won't last long! 54 RITSON RD.Safe and secure newly renovated home with up to 4 different suites. All have A/C, separate entrance/exit. Large 4 car driveway, laundry on-site. Available April 1st. (416)781- 6565. AJAX - Brand new, beautiful spacious, 1 bdrm. bsmnt. apt. Large dining, living, and kitchen area. Avail. immediately. $850/mo. includes utilities/cable. No smok- ing, no pets. 905-619-1843. AJAX - 2 bedroom walkout. Bright, roomy. 4 piece bath. Separate en- trance/parking. $950/mo. inclusive. Available March 1st or sooner. Call 905-427-9944 or 905-424-1061. AJAX -New 1 bedroom walkout basement apartment. Backing on Conservation. Big windows. New laminate flooring. No smoke/pets. $825 inclusive. First/last. Please call 905-442-7944. AJAX legalized large 1-bedroom basement apartment. All inclusive. 1-parking. No smoking/pets. $800/month. First/last. Available March 1st. Call (905)683-2427 AJAX SOUTH - 3 BEDROOM MAIN FLOOR, April 1st, $1075+part utilities. LARGE one bedroom, suits quiet single female, immediate, $725/incl. ALSO 1 bed.+den, suit single, March 1st. $750/incl. Sep. entrance, parking, laundry; No pets/smoking, First/last/references. (905)686- 6773 AJAX SOUTH,walk to lake, huge, bright 2-bedroom walkout, gas fire- place, a/c, new bathroom, private laundry, parking, references. Avail- able April 1st. $850/month. (905)427-0110. AJAX,Pickering Village 3-bdrm main floor. 4 appliances, 2-car parking, close to schools/shop- ping/transit. $1400/mo inclusive. March 1st. Mike wkdays 905-427- 4077 ext 24, evenings/wknds 905- 442-0020. AJAX,- bright 2 bedroom legal basement apt. Parking, fridge, stove, 4pc. bath, shared laun- dry,c/air, available April lst. (905)683-9213 AJAX- 1-bedroom basement, new, spacious, separate entrance, cable, hardwood, one car parking, $800/inclusive first/last, No smok- ing/pets. April lst. (905) 428-1255 ALEXANDRA PARK,Oshawa. 1 & 2 bedroom newer apt., "Old charm building." Totally renovated, new kitchen/bath, hardwood floors. In-house laundry, intercom. Park- view. Near Hospital. (905)579- 9439. ATTERSLEY - ROSSLAND, 2 sto- rey, 2 plus one bedrooms, 5 appli- ances, no smoking/pets, $ll50 in- clusive. April lst. (905) 426-6467. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY in Whitby, Apt. building, spacious, carpeted, newly painted, with bal- cony, close to bus, shopping, all utilities included, first/last required, no pets, 1 bedroom $800, 2 bed- room $900, 3 bedroom $1,025. Call (905)767-2565 AVAILABLE NOW! Ajax - large 2 bedroom, eat in kitchen living/din- ing. Ground floor, separate en- trance. In a clean 12 plex newly renovated. From $850. (905)922- 0252 or (905) 686-0470. BLOOR ST. EAST Oshawa (Conveniently located near No Fr ills)- 1 bed. $645/inclusive and 2 bedrooms $745+hydro ($50/mo) avail. April 1st. First/last/1-park- ing. Immaculate, nice, well-main- tained, bright/clean. Laundry, small building. Bus-stop at door. No pets. 905-668-1946. BLUEWATER PARK WHITBY 1 & 2 Bedrooms. Please call Mon-Fri. 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. 905-571-3522 Shelter Canadian Properties Ltd. BOWMANVILLE.2 bedroom main floor apartment. Large living- room, appliances, parking. $875. (905)728-5570 CLEAN 1-BDRM $720/month, newly decorated. Utilities included. Simcoe/Mill area, small quiet apt. building. Call for appt. (905)579- 9890. CLIPPER APARTMENTS AJAX - 2 & 3 Bed. Please call Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. 905-683-6021 Shelter Canadian Properties Ltd. COURTICE,2- bedroom lower le- vele $850, 2- bedroom upper lev- el $1050 Both apts all inclusive, new carpet & appliances, first & last, (905)665-1905 COURTICE,Modern very bright, clean 1-bedroom basement, gas fireplace, washer/dryer, private en- trance, parking, backyard, $750/mo. inclusive, 5 min-401, im- mediate. non-smokers. (905)434- 5422 COURTICE,upper level, 3-bdrms, l/r, d/r, full kitchen, all appliances, 3pc bathroom, laundry, parking, near 401/all amenities. First/last. $1250/mo inclusive. 905-728- 2239. COURTICE- Large, bright 2 and 3 bdrm, apartments. Townline/Bloor area. Near amenities/schools/park. $900/$1200, appliances/utilities in- cluded. First/last. Available April 1st. 905-404-8548, cell 905-431- 5958. DUNDAS/COCHRANE - Large Multi-level 2 & 3 bedroom apt. available. Close to school/shop- ping/transit. Some with hardwood, freshly painted. 905-666-1525. Harwood & Bayly FREE MONTH RENT 1 & 2 bdrms from $865 Renovated Units Call 310-7000 MARCH 1ST - ONE & TWO BED- ROOM apts for rent. Located 309 Cordova Rd., Oshawa. No pets. Please call (905)579-2387 after 5 p.m. MODERN bachelor apartment in 4-plex, own entrance, coin laundry, available April 1st. $575 first/last, no pets. (905)576-8675 NEW TWO bedroom basement, separate entrance, walk to mall and amenities, $750, no smok- ers/pets. lst/last, available immedi- ately.Telephone (905) 839-4529. NORTH Oshawa - 2 bedroom, April lst/ May lst. Clean, family building. Heat, hydro and two ap- pliances included. Pay cable, park- ing and laundry facilities. (905) 723-2094 OSHAWA - Main floor of duplex, separate entrance, 2 bedrooms, $850/inclusive. 1st & last. Avail- able April 1st. Call 905-433-7970. OSHAWA -NEAR CENTRE six- plex, 2-bdrm. upper floor apt., available April 1st., extremely clean, newly renovated, very quiet building. Parking, laundry. $850/in- clusive, first/last, no pets. 905-723- 9577. OSHAWA 1 & 2 bedroom, nice quiet area, no smoking $600/$825 avail. Mar./Apr. 905-404-8565 OSHAWA 1-BEDROOM apt. fridge, stove, heat and hydro in- cluded. Albert and Jackson. $700. a month First and last call 905- 723-9781 OSHAWA APTS., Clean quiet newer bldgs. Bachelor, 1 & 2 bed- room includes utilities, parking, laundry on site, no dogs. (905)432-8914, (905)571-0425 or 1-888-558-2622 OSHAWA area, Well maintained 2 bedroom basement apartment, all inclusive, close to all amenities. Call Robert 416-402-3435. OSHAWA KING/SIMCOE 1-bdrm apt above store, parking available, clean, high ceilings, quiet, cozy, Available Immediately. 416-229- 0224 before 9pm. OSHAWA large 2 bedroom apart- ment, eat in kitchen, parking, laun- dry, in a clean low rise bldg. from $650. (905) 922-0252 or (905) 686-0470. OSHAWA LARGE CLEAN 2-bed- room apartment. newly renovated in very quiet adult lifestyle building near all amenities $750 first/last Avail. March 15th/April. 1st. Local 289-314-3651. OSHAWA Park/Adelaide area. (230 Nipigon St) 1, 2 & 3-bed- rooms available. Well maintained building. Near all amenities. From only $765/mo. Call (905)723-0977. OSHAWA,3-bedroom avail. Im- mediately, upper level of large bungalow, private entrance/park- ing, A must see, for more info call, 905-448-9210/ 905-263-4549 OSHAWA,1-bedroom basement apt., quiet, clean, spacious, in- cludes parking, laundry, utilities. No smoking/pets, suitable for 1. Avail. April 1st, $675. (905)725- 7833 OSHAWA, 2-BEDROOM near OC (Adelaide/Park), freshly painted, well managed, parking, quiet building, appliances included. $799/month-inclusive. Laundry. Immediately. 905-576-3654 OSHAWA,HOSPITAL AREA, clean quiet, 2 bedroom apt, with balcony and underground parking, $875 monthly, all inclusive. First/last, references, no dogs, 905-721-0831. PARK RD/401,clean, freshly painted 2-bedroom, hardwood, parking, laundry facilities, available immediately. $800 plus lights. (905)571-0770 PICKERING BROCK/DEL- BROOK,large bright, newly built walkout basement, separate en- trance,e one parking, large kitch- en, storage, utilities incl. Very nice backyard. No pets/smoking. Avail- able immediately. $750. Contact Salman (416)560-8153. PICKERING - 1 bedroom base- ment apartment. Near Lake. GO. Includes 4 piece bath. Kitch- en/parking/shared laundry. Non smokers. No pets. $765/month. (905)839-5201. PICKERING - 2-bdrm., Finch/Liv- erpool, large, clean, bsmt. apt., available immediately. $875/month. Separate entrance, parking, laundry, utilities, A/C, no pets/smoking. 905-837-2988. PICKERING VILLAGE,2-bdrm bsmt., (can be rented as 1-bdrm), quiet home, parking, laundry. $950/mo inclusive. Prefer female. No smoking/pets. March 1st. (905)427-1041 or ( 416)574-3733 PICKERING Whites/Sheppard 1- bedroom bsmt, side-entrance, laundry, 1-parking, near all amen- ities/401. Available March. 1st/15th. $650-inclusive, prefer single, first/last, no pets/smoking. Call Abbas (905)831-3835 PICKERING, 2-BEDROOM base- ment apartment, private entrance, large kitchen, living area, laundry, parking. Near all amenities. $750/inclusive. Available immedi- ately. (416)724-0615 PICKERING,Bright, spacious, newly finished, 2 bedroom base- ment apartment. Laundry, large backyard. Parking. Non-smoker. Walk to GO. Available immediate- ly. $975/mo incl. Call 905 839- 2617. PICKERING,Hwy#2/Glenngrove. 1-bedroom apartment. Separate entrances, laundry, 1-parking. $550 inclusive. Close to Pickering To wn Centre, TTC, School. Avail- able immediately. 416-676-5808 or 905-831-9367. PICKERING,Whites/Bayly, Sunny bright, 2-bdrm basement apt, sep entrance, walk to Frenchman's Bay School. cable, Avail. now. $850+utilities. (905)420-4583 PICKERING- WHITES/401 2- Bdrm, Large Basement Apt, Sep Entrance, Parking, Shared Laun- dry, No Smoking, Avail Immed, $900.00 incl Utilities. (416)428- 3537 PICKERING- WHITES/401 3- bdrm, Large Main Floor of Home, Eat-in Kit, Sep Entrance, Parking, Shared Laundry, No Smoking, Avail Immed, $1300+ Utilities. (416)428-3537. PORT PERRY - Quiet, well kept 3-bedroom apartment in low-rise, 450sq.ft, walk to lake Scugog. Adult lifestyle building. No pets. Call Neil 905-985-6938. Port Perry, North. Renovated, walk-out, large open concept 1- bedroom plus. Whirlpool, fireplace, cable. No pets/smoking. April 1st. $900 plus. (905)982-0853 PORT WHITBY 1722/1724 Duffe- rin St. Newly renovated spacious, quiet, 2 bedrooms, $895. Utilities incl., coin laundry, walk to GO, 401/Brock St. Near sports arena, shopping. 1-800-693-2778 Regency Manor 2-BEDROOM extra-large in quiet bldg, freshly painted, in beautiful Whitby neighbourhood. Ideal for adults & seniors. clean building. insuite storage, onsite laundry. Incredible value $895 905-668-7758 REGENCY PLACE 15 Regency Cres. Whitby 50+ lifestyle apt. complex. Clean quiet building, across from park. Close to down- town. Daily activities incl. All utilities incl. Call (905)430-7397 www.realstar.ca SCARBOROUGH - Port Un- ion/Kingston Rd. Spacious 3 bed- room Flat. Large backyard. 3 car parking. Laundry. TTC. Available immediately. $1200. Please call 416-286-4597. SIMCOE ST. N.1- one bedroom, 3 - two bedroom units, Oshawa, air, 5 appliances, Luxury apart- ments, 1 bed $1280. plus parking, 2 bedrooms $l,460. plus parking. Call 905-571-3760 SIMCOE ST. S. OSHAWA - 1 bed. apt. with parking, clean and newly renovated. Close to 401 and bus stop. Available immediately. $550/mo. incl. water. 905-666- 4670. TESTA HEIGHTS - 2 Testa Rd. Uxbridge, One & two bedroom apts. available . Conveniently lo- cated in Uxbridge in adult occu- pied building. Call (905)852-2534. www.realstar.ca TRIPLEX - MAIN FLOOR,2 bdrm. apt. Nice, spacious clean, in quiet neighbourhood, 2 parking. near all amenities. Park/401 area, Oshawa. $775+hydro. Available April 1st. 905-438-8886 UXBRIDGE -Brock St. West, . Newly renovated 1 bdrm apt. with laundry. Available immediately, $600 all inclusive. Call Mike 416- 936-1622. UXBRIDGE NEW!To wn- house/Apartment rentals. 2 bed- rooms, 4 appliances, aircond., pat- io/garden, parking, storage. 905- 852-4777 WHITBY - Large 1 bedroom apart- ment in Country setting. 4 appli- ances. C/A/C. Parking. No pets preferred. $900 inclusive. Avail- able March 1. Lilian: (905)655- 4321, 416-716-2839. WHITBY Place, 900 Dundas St. E., One and two bedroom suites. Low rise building, park like setting, balcony or patio. Close to down- town. In-suite storage. All util. incl. (905)430-5420. www.realstar.ca WHITBY, 2-bedroom basement, in duplex, separate entrance., parking, cable, shared laundry, $780 month, plus utilities., first/last, no smoking/pets, April 1, references, 905-556-9877, (905)430-6053. WHITBY,Bachelor apt. Walk to lake, GO, 401/Brock. Complete privacy, all inclusive. $600/month. First/last. Call (905)430-1774 WHITBY,Brock and Dunlop, 2nd floor, with deck, large 3 bedroom, fridge, stove, parking. April lst. $1075 inclusive. (905) 432-4168. WHITBY,downtown. one bedroom apt avail immediately $675 in- cludes heat & a/c. (905)666-1450 cell 416-676-8000 WHITBY, GREEN/BURNS,near Go/shopping, 1-bedroom base- ment apt, very clean, separate en- trance, No smoking/pets. Share laundry, $675 monthly including all utilities, cable. (905)655-0536. WHITBY,large 1 bedroom apart- ment, living room, kitchen, bed- room, laundry, 1-parking. Available April 1st. First/last. 905-655-4623, 905-925-3945. WHITBY,large 2-bedroom newly renovated basement apt., private entrance, 5 appliances, $820+ util- ities. First/last, references. Avail- able April 1st. Call (905)666-3050 WHITBY, large bright newer one bedroom basement, eat in kitchen, fireplace, laundry, parking, nice neighbourhood, $900 per mo. in- clusive. Call (416) 838-1026. WHITBY,Taunton/Brock.. Coun- try setting, 1-bdrm bachelor, fur- nished/unfurnished. Clean, bright, self-contained, main level, park- ing, $635/mo inclusive. No smok- ing/pets. Suit quiet single working person. April 1st. 905-655-8765 WHITBY-2-bedroom suites $840, all inclusive, close to all amenities. Office hours 9-5 Monday - Friday. (905)666-4589. WHITBY- Dundas and Brock. Sec- ond floor of triplex - large 3-bed- room , fridge, stove, coin wash, no pets. Parking, avail. April 1st. $1075/month inclusive. (905)983- 9082. A-ABA-DABA-DO NOBODY NEEDS TO RENT If you're paying $750+/mo you CAN OWN - LET ME SHOW YOU! No Down Payment!! Ken Collis, Assoc. Brkr, Coldwell Banker RMR R.E. (905)728-9414 or 1-877-663-1054 kencollis@sympatico.ca 3 BEDROOM detached,separate dining room, sun porch, deck, Al- bert St. Oshawa, available April. 1st $925 telephone (905)623- 4428, (905) 623-9615 eve. 3-BEDROOM semi, Ajax, quiet, basement, fenced yard, new fur- nace/Air, hardwood, appliances, redecorated, pets ok, no smok- ing/subletting. References. $1325/month. Call 604-609-9948 4-BEDROOM,large livingroom, diningroom, eat-in kitchen, 2-full bathrooms, rec room, computer room, craft room, laundry, garage, appliances, parking, heated, large fenced yard. Oshawa shopping Centre area. (905)728-5570 A LOVELY DETACHED house Ritson/Olive. Available March 1st. 3-bdrms, M/F fam, single garage, private drive, 5 appliances, Park & school nearby $1200/mo+utils. Lilian (905)655-4321, 416-716- 2839. A THREE bedroom house, excel- lent condition, 5 appliances, cen- tral air, garage, fenced yard, new paint/floors, SE of Brock and #2, walk to Sobey's. $l,500 includes utilities and cable. (905) 428-2015. A WHITBY DETACHED HOUSE @ Rossland/Thickson 4 bdrms, 2 1/2 baths, dbl garage, family rm w/fpl, $1350 mo.+ utilities, March 31, legal Bsmt apt. not incl., 1st/Last, prefer no Smoking/Pets. Tim Webster, Sutton Group Heri- tage 905 619-9500. ABSOLUTELY astounding 6 months free, then own a house from $600/month o.a.c. Up to $5,000 cash back to you! Require $30,000 plus family income and good credit. Short of down pay- ment? Call Bill Roka, Sales Rep. today! Re Max Spirit (905) 728- 1600, 1-888-732-1600 AJAX,detached house, 3+1-bed- rooms, 2 full baths, eat-in kitchen, livingroom, diningroom, den, 4 appliances, gas heat, non-smokers $1250+heat/hydro only. April 1st. 905-686-0096. AJAX, 2+1 bedroom, main. Laun- dry, parking, no smoking/pets. $1150/inclusive. April 1st. (905)426-6467 AJAX,3-bdrms, main floor of house, separate entrance, deck, hot tub, $1100/mo + utilities. Avail. April 1st. First/last. (416)282-7213 AJAX, AVAILABLE Immediately, 2-bedroom walkout new flooring, freshly painted, laundry, parking, $850 plus part utilities. Detached 3-bedroom $1200. Dennis Morgan 416-587-0060, (905)831-9500. COURTICE, QUIET 3 acre country home, completely furnished, move in condition, 2 bedrooms, swim- ming pool, $900 per mo, 6 months to 1 yr. term. Available Mid April. 905 434-6715, (905) 576-8711 ext. 3600. GORGEOUS 3 BEDROOM,2 1/2 bath, 5 appliances. Renovated from top to bottom. Gas fireplace. C/A/C. $l,350 plus 60% utilities. Credit check and references re- quired. Available immediately. (416) 319-3655. OSHAWA 3-BEDROOM bunga- low, on quiet street, parking, huge backyard, close to all amenities. $1150 monthly plus utilities. Avail- able immediately. 416-558-4398 OSHAWA near hospital. Cute 2- bdrm bungalow, fridge/stove. Ma- ture lot, newly renovated. $900/mo+hydro & gas. No pets/smoking. References essen- tial first/last. (905)985-2728 eve. OSHAWA, 3+1 BEDROOM bun- galow with finished basement, gas fireplace. 1401 Park Rd. $1200/month+utilities. Appliances included. First/last. References. Available Now. (905)579-6106 OSHAWA,close to OC, 4 bed- room, fenced yard, partially fin- ished basement, no pets, $1150, first & last, plus utilities & $200 wa- ter deposit. Avail immediatley.l (905)430-0249 PICKERING Major Oaks/Brock 2-storey detached, 3-bdrm, 3- bathrms, A/C, 6 new appl, pool/deck. Near GO/schools/shop- ping. No smoking/pets. first/last/references. $1400+util- ities. April 1. 905-655-1319 416- 270-3452 Pickering Village Ajax 1 bedroom apt., first floor, air conditioning, parking, $700./ first & last, Available April.1. No pets/smoking 905-428-8801 WHITBY, BEAUTIFUL 3-bed- room, 3 bath semi, 1-1/2 years old, garage, no pets, no smokers. Available April 1st. $1450 monthly plus utilities. Please call Aurelia Cosma (905)728-1600. 3-BEDROOM townhouse, eat-in- kitchen, dishwasher, BBQ, park- ing, Avail. immediately, first, last, references, $1050. (416)693-5685 CARRIAGE HILL Colborne St. E., Oshawa- 2 & 3 bedrooms avail- able. Close to downtown and shopping. 4 appliances, carpet and hardwood flooring, close to 401 and GO. Utilities included. Call (905)434-3972. www.realstar.ca CENTRAL Whitby, spacious 4-bedroom, 3-bath, end-unit. Finished walk-out basement, 4-appliances, main floor laundry. Newly renovated, very clean. Near schools and shopping. Reference, first/last. $1250/month plus utilities. (905)260-3060 EXECUTIVE Condo Houses - two - 2 bedrooms, brand new, new appliances, A/C Shep- pard/Morningside, $l,450/inclusive. References, March lst. (905)509- 2335 after 4 p.m. NEW NORTH OSHAWA TOWN- HOME,garage with walkthrough to fenced backyard. 3 bdrms., 3 bath- rooms, 5 new appliances. Central air, eat-in kitchen. No pets/smok- ers, first/last. $1250/mo.+utilities. Available May 1. Phone Andrew 905-404-6393. OSHAWA south 3 bedroom town- houses, close to schools, shop- ping. $975/month plus utilities. First/last. Available April 1st. 905- 579-9956 or Toll-free 1-866-922- 6422. PRINGLE CREEK CO-OP,95 Crawforth St., unit 85 Whitby, (905)666-2008 is accepting appli- cations for up coming vacancies starting from $830 plus utilities (no subsidy avail.). ALSO Wheelchair accessible unit avail. April 1. (wheel chair access bed- room/washroom, on main floor, some subsidy available. ) Subject to membership policy approval. Applications available at Commu- nity Centre Unit 85, 10am-4pm.- Mon.-Thurs., (On Friday, Sat. & Sun pick-up points are posted on Community Centre's door be- tween, 10am-7pm). TAUNTON TERRACE - 100 Taun- ton Rd E., Oshawa. 3 bedrooms with/without garage. 3 appliances, hardwood flooring, Outdoor pool, sauna, Children's playground close to all amenities. Fenced back- yards. 905-436-3346. www.real- star.ca. 1-FURNISHED ROOM in quiet home, nice neighbourhood. Ajax. Harwood/Hwy#2. First/last. Bus route. No smoking/pets. working male preferred Laun- dry/cable/parking included. Avail. immediately. 416-893-0140. AJAX - Westney/Rossland. One bedroom, suit female. $450/mo. Non-smoker/no pets. First/last. Share kitchen, laundry, parking, cable included, Avail. immediately. (905)428-3702 FURNISHED ROOMS in 3 year new house. Ajax. Suit profession- al or student, seconds to GO stop/station, shopping, 401. Imme- diately, $500/$550, first/last. Leroy (905)626-1447. HOUSE LIKE CASTLE offers ja- cuzzi, work-out room, cable, laun- dry, own fridge, $625/month inclu- sive. Room suitable single person, students welcome. Brooklin. Avail- able March 1/15. (905)432-6454 QUIET COUNTRY setting, room for mature working gentleman pre- ferred. $85 per week, first/last week. Call 905-243-8627. OSHAWA, rooms available imme- diately. Students welcome. Large well kept house, near Oshawa Shopping Centre & bus station. $450 per/month inclusive, laundry facilities available. (905)666-5031 PICKERING - 4TH PERSON needed, new furniture & carpet- ing, separate entrance, parking, use of all facilities $525 / month. (905)426-6611. PICKERING,Altona/Hwy 2, rooms, furnished/unfurnished, available immediately. Located in upscale neighbourhood. Includes cable, laundry, internet, near all amenities, TTC and Pickering Tr ansit. $400/month. Female pre- ferred. (647)882-8237 SHARED ACCOMMODATION in magnificent 4000sq ft Whitby home, privacy, parking, laundry, cable, phone, TTC at door. Work- ing female preferred, non-smoker. $575/mo. (905)666-7529 WHITBY,Shared accommodation in 4-bedroom home, $125 weekly. Call (905)665-2728. RED SETTER RESORT on the Trent River near Havelock. 8 mod- ern cottages, full washrooms, heating, air. Seasonal/overnight camping, full hook-ups, store, swimming pool, rec hall. www.redsetterresort.ca or call (705)778-3096 REWARD - LOST - 2am. approx., 3rd week of November at Ajax Pickering Hospital, near Emer- gency entrance, public parking lot, brown brief case, containing very important contents and docu- ments. Any info. or if it's in your possession, please call Cris at: 289-314-1632 (cell), leave mes- sage. SINCERE SINGLES "Where Happiness Begins". Successfully matching members since 1992. 1-866-719-9116 www.sinceresin- gles.ca. 1/2 price special now on. CARING, FUN,loving & kind gen- tleman looking for a women 35-45. I enjoy long walks, country music, bowling, fishing, camping & ani- mals. If you are looking too, give me a call. (905)721-8433 AJAX - Full-time live-in nanny, 2 children, 2 1/2 & 10 mths, flexible hours, legal, references (905) 751- 8877. LIVE-IN certified oversees nannies/care givers. Elder care, special needs, minimum wage ap- plies. No fee employers OEA. (416)699-6931. ALTONA/HWY. 2,- ECE beautiful home daycare, one full time space available from September. 3 months to 3 years. Receipts, refer- ences. call Judit (905)509-5802 HWY#2/HARWOOD AREA.Reli- able daycare in my home, Afford- able rates. Non-smoking. Full- time. 6 months and up. (905)428- 6241. BUY/SELL stair lifts, porch lifts, scooters, hospital beds, etc. Call SILVER CROSS AT (905) 668- 8560 OR 1-800-659-0668 PSYCHICS reader and advisor, help in all life's problems, satisfac- tion guaranteed, specializing in Palm, Tarot and Crystal Ball read- ings, always private and confiden- tial, house parties available. (905)665-3222. LEATHER jackets 1/2 price, purs- es from $9.99, luggage from $19.99. wallets from $9.99. Every- thing must Go! Family Leather, 5 Points Mall, Oshawa (905)728- 9830, Scarborough (416)439- 1177. A King orthopedic pillowtop mat- tress set. New in plastic, cost $1600. Sacrifice $550. 416-746- 0995. Can deliver APPLIANCES,refrigerator, stove, heavy duty Kenmore washer & dryer, apartment size washer & dryer. Mint condition. Will sell sep- arately, can deliver. Call (905)839- 0098 A-1 CARPETS, CARPETS, CAR- PETS!! 3 rooms installed with pad from $289 (30 yds). All Berber carpets on sale now! Free up- grade to 12 mm premium pad with every installation, 20 oz Berber carpet starting at 0.69 sq. ft., car- pet only. Lots of selection for eve- ry budget. Three month equal payment plan available. Free in home quote. SAILLIAN CARPETS at 905-242-3691 or 905-373-2260, 1-800-578-0497. AFFORDABLE APPLIANCES, HANK'S APPLIANCES Refrigera- tors, $99/up. Super-capacity wash- ers, dryers $125/up. Stoves, $149/up. Visit our showroom. Large selection! Parts, Service. 426 Simcoe St. S. (905)728-4043. ALL LEATHER sofa and love seat, colour cream, excellent con- dition, 4 years old, $1400. Fantas- tic deal. Call 905-436-0846 ALL NEW QUEEN orthopedic mattress, cost $1000, sell $200. Call 905-213-4669. ALL SATELLITE SERVICES. Sales, Installation & Service Of All Makes. Free To Air And Dish- net Set-ups. Quick Installs. 7 Days A Week. (905)999-0362 APPLIANCES - Refridgeator frost free, Deluxe stove $475/pair. Heavy duty washer/dryer, $275/pair or $675/all. Also super deluxe refridgeator/stove, large ca- pacity washer/dryer, used 2 years, will separate, all exceptional ap- pearance. (905)925-6446 BED,Aamazing bargain, queen orthopedic mattress set, new in plastic, warranty, $250. 416-741- 7557.Will deliver BEDROOM SUITE,gorgeous cherry sleigh, triple dresser/mirror, tall dresser, 2 night tables, new. Cost $7450, sell $1,900. Call 905- 213-4669. BOWFLEX ULTIMATE XLTU includes low pulley/squat station and leg extension/curl attachment. Cost $3400, brand new condition. $2500 OBO. DINING ROOM suite, Queen Anne style, table w/2 leaves, extends to 96", two arm chairs, four sides, buffet and hutch with mirrors and lights, very good condition, $5000 OBO. Call Mon- Fri, 9am-5pm, (416)335-5999, Colleen. CARPETS - I have several thou- sand yards of new Stainmaster & 100% nylon carpet. Will do living- room & hall for $389.00. Includes carpet, pad & installation (30 yards). Steve (905) 743-0689 www.suburbancarpets.com CARPETS SALE & HARDWOOD FLOORING: carpet 3 rooms from $329 (30 sq. yd.) includes: carpet, pad and installation. Free esti- mates, carpet repairs. Serving Durham and surrounding area. Credit Cards Accepted. Call Sam (905)686-1772 CARPETS.Laminate and vinyl sale. 3 rooms, 30sq yds. for $319. Commercial carpet including pre- mier underpad and installation. Laminate $1.69sq ft. Click system. Residential, commercial, customer satisfaction guaranteed. Free Esti- mate. Mike 905-431-4040 COMPUTERDEALS.NET Special- izing in anti-virus/spyware solu- tions. If your computer's way too slow, we know how to make it go! New & used laptops and desktops from $288. Family business, 20yrs same location. (905)655-3661. COMPUTERS: BITS AND BYTES Computer Services. P3/933 (Com- plete, black) $379.00; P3/500 (Complete) $269.00; CD-RW up- grade only $30.00 w/system pur- chase. Other complete systems avail. Repairs at reasonable rates w/Free Pick-up and Delivery within Oshawa/Whitby. Minimal Charge other areas. CD-RW upgrades only $50.00 Interac, Visa & Mas- tercard accepted. Layaway Plans. Leasing now available OAC on New & Refurbished Systems. 27 Warren Avenue, Oshawa (1 block east of Park/Bond). Call (905)576- 9216 www.bitsandbytestech.com DINETTE OAK 7-pc 2-yrs new $875; queen 8-pc pine bedroom $1250; queen oak bedroom $875; loveseat & chair 1-yr new $500; single bed $150; black-finished ar- moire $250; fridge $200; stove $125; washer & dryer $200. (905)260-1123 Oshawa DININGROOM set,china cabinet, table w/4 chairs; double bedroom suite 7pc (no mattress/boxspring); teak wall unit; 27" TV; hall cabinet w/mirror. (905)725-0028 A/P PAGE B6 NEWS ADVERTISER,WEDNESDAY EDITION, March 2, 2005 www.durhamregion.com KAHN AUCTION CENTRE Durham's Best Kept Secret!! 2699 Brock Rd. N. Pickering 3 mi. N. of Hwy. 401 on Brock Rd. "Big Orange Barn" Thursday March 3rd, 6:30 p.m. Preview from 5 p.m. 3 Local Estates • Good Quality Antiques, Furniture & Collectables• Bedroom & Diningroom Furniture Sell-Off• Limited Edition Art, Imported Rugs & Electronics Don't Miss This Great Sale! Lots of New & Old Items For info. or consignment please call Victor Brewda - Auctioneer 905-683-0041 (Member of the Ontario Auctioneer Association) QUALITY AUCTION SUNDAY MARCH 6, 2005 Preview 11:00 am ~ Sale 1:00 pm WE WILL BE SELLING THE BALANCE OF THE MORRIS ESTATE OF BRIGHTON Plus selected items from other Estates We had underestimated the amount of items in this estate. This sale will con- tain a large selection of quality antiques and collectors items. Sale also to include fine quality leather sectional sofa, pair of leather chairs, custom made Oak tables, Woods upright freezer,TV,VCR, fridge and stove. Furniture to include Mahogany writing table, early Victorian Mahogany secretaire, school master desk, two deco china cabinets, Vic- torian games table, two needlepoint arm- chairs, several Victorian side chairs, Victo- rian rocker, Canadian crocks, oil lamps, ten Royal Doulton character jugs, large selec- tion of art glass, Canadian Press glass, historical souvenir china, numerous early prints and water colours several oil paint- ings, large collection of antique reference books, pair of Dresden figural lamps, Car- riage clock Russian silver casket, Royal Doulton dishes (Arcadia), English silver tea pot, part Flo Blue dinner service, Moorcroft, collection of Moorcroft powder blue. This is a large sale with something for everyone. For details and photo gallery www.theauctionfever.com Terms: Cash,Visa, MC, Debit, Cheque with I.D. Lunch Counter Waddi ngton's 101 Applewood Drive Brighton, ON K0K 1Ho Phone: 613-475-6223 Fax: 613-475-6224 www.waddingtons.ca/brighton ESTATE AUCTION Stapleton Auction Centre Newtonville March 4th, Friday, 5:00 p.m. Selling the apartment contents of Rev. Roy and Mrs. Taylor, Bowmanville and a Cobourg home: Bell apartment size piano, 9 pc. walnut depression style dining room suite, 5 pc. rd. oak table/n 4 pressback chairs, curio cabinet, 5 pc. Vilas maple dinette, 3 pc. breakfast set, 9 pc. conventional dining room suite, chester- field w/2 built-in recliners, occasional tables, lamps, queen bed w/dresser, chests of draw- ers, Yamaha keyboard, 2 loft beds, snap on tool drawer chest on wheels, novelty items, gingerbread clock, oil lamps, assortment of Fiesta ware, china, glass, etc. Preview after 2 p.m.Check website for updates, note the new date and time. Terms: Cash, approved cheque, visa, interact, master card. AUCTIONEERS FRANK AND STEVE STAPLETON, NEWTONVILLE (905) 786-2244 www.stapletonauctions.com 'estate specialists since 1971' INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION SALE Friday, Mar. 4th at 7 p.m. ( Viewing/ - 6 p.m.) AJAX COMMUNITY CENTRE 75 Centennial Road, Ajax CLOSEOUTS*YEAR END INVENTORIES*SCRATCH & DENTS* SALESMAN SAMPLES* SHOWROOM ITEMS* MFG. CLEARANCES *UNCLAIMED ITEMS * STORE RETURNS* JEWELLERY* FURNITURE* ART * WATCHES* COLLECTIBLES* CRYSTAL* HOUSE- WARES* SPORTS MEMORABILIA * ELECTRONICS* SWORDS* *A. J. CASSON ART COLLECTION* *OFF ROAD SCOOTERS* E-BIKES* CASINO ITEMS* NHL & HOCKEY ITEMS* ESTATE LOTS* RARE ITEMS FROM MAPLE LEAF GARDENS * MIRRORS IN ALL SIZES & SHAPES* Terms: Cash,Visa, Mc, Debit, 10% Buyers Premium AUCTION SALE Sunday March 6th 10:00 AM (Viewing 9:00) MacGregor Auctions, Located in ORONO. Ta ke 115 Hwy. to Main St. Orono & Follow Signs to Mill Pond Rd. Auction features furniture, household contents, collectables, glass & china, misc. tools, something for one & all. Terms Cash, Cheque, Visa, M/C & Interac (Plan on attending our Antique Auction Sun. March 13th) Call For All Your Auction Needs (www.theauctionadvertiser.com) MacGregor Auctions Michael J. MacGregor 905-987-2112 1-800-363-6799 CORNEIL'S AUCTION BARN Friday, March 4th at 4:30pm 3 miles East of Little Britain on Kawartha Lakes Rd. 4 The estate of Dora Atwell of Omemee plus others. 8pc modern dining room suite, walnut china cabinet, 3pc bed chesterfield set, brass bed, tilt top table,Ant. dressers, set of dishes "trillium", odd wooden chairs, crocks, Huskystarr mod. 224 portable sewing machine, 2 pine corner cabinets, cedar chest, drop leaf table, OG clock, Charles Dickens set of books, kitchen cupboard, 3pc bedroom set, Grandfather clock, pine pie safe (new), treadle sewing machine, trunks, Wendy Fluery & Robert Bateman Ltd. prints, Belt buckles (Northwest Airways Inc. & Flying Tiger Line), new 2 door Maytag Fridge, 2 door Hotpoint Fridge (with icemaker), Woods freezer, 206cc Troy built rear tine tiller, qty. china, glass, household & collectable items. Don & Greg Corneil, Auctioneers 1241 Salem Rd., R.R. #1, Little Britain (705)786-2183 or www.corneil@theauctionadvertiser.com WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9th: 4:45 pm Auction Sale of Furniture, Antiques and Collectables for a Port Perry home, selling at Neil Bacon Auctions Ltd. 1 km west of Utica TO INCLUDE:Chesterfield suite, bedroom suite, kitchen suite, teak table, prints, lamps, quantity of collectables and glassware, tools, plus many other interesting items. Ter ms:are Cash, Visa, M/C, and Interac, paid in full on day of sale. SALE MANAGED AND SOLD BY NEIL BACON AUCTIONS LTD. 905-985-1068 Auction Sale~Haydon Auction Barn, Sat. Mar. 5, @ 5 pm From 401 ext. 431 at Bowmanville, north 8 mi. on Hwy 57 to Concession Rd 8, turn east at the fire hall to Haydon.Collector Coins and Oshawa household furn.,Auc- tioneer Don Stephenson 905-263-4402 or 705-277-9829. Next auction Sunday March 13 @ 11 am.Antique furni- ture & glass from Cobourg and Bowmanville homes www.ezautoloan.net 1-800-269-1687 7th Annual Garden & Landscape Show April 8, 9, 10, Civic Auditorium Oshawa Only 3 booths left! Gardeners & Crafters welcome. Reserve your booth today. Sharon 905-579-4473 ex. 2285 Sponsored by Oshawa This Week With sincere thanks from the family of Christina (Chrissy) McDowell February 10, 2005 We would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming gestures of kindness after the sudden passing of our wife, mom and grandma. Though we have always known she was special, we were speechless to see the numbers of people who came to pay their respects. To our family, friends and neighbours a huge thank you. Special thanks to the staff at the CIBC, Ajax Ringette Association, Ajax/Pick- ering Raiders Minor Bantam team, Pickering Belle A & Ajax Novice B Ringette teams, George Brown College staff, many local businesses in BayRidges, Pickering councillors for their visits, food, flowers, donations and cards. Thanks to the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital nurses and doctors for their wonderful care and support. To Reverend Bigham and members of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church for their prayers and support. To McEachine Funeral Home for their care. Chrissy was a woman who saw good in everyone, forgave easily, accepted without judging. She expected nothing, asked little and always gave so much. She will be missed more than words can say. From our hearts and with many thanks.... Murray McDowell Denise, John, Alana & Samantha Pontone Kathy, Michael, Kailey & Callum Lynch DINING ROOM SUITE,cherry- wood, buffet, hutch, arm chairs & side chairs, pedestal table, dove- tail drawers, Cost $9550, sell for $2950. New, still in boxes. 905- 213-4669. ENGLISH Armour - circa 1922. Original finish. Excellent condition. 78"h x 48"w x 18"d. $1500. Call (905)428-3616. FILTER QUEEN Limited edition model was $2000-new, must sacri- fice $499 complete w/attachments. Recently overhauled. 1-year war- ranty (905)720-9991. Oshawa Vacuum, 30 Taunton East. FINALLY!An Intelligent FAX Solution for Professionals! Receive your faxes directly into our email account! No more lost faxes, ex- cessive consumables costs, and no more busy signals! Our worry free Fax-to-Email Service is always secure, always confidential and allows you access to your faxes 24/7. No fax machine is required, no hardware or software to buy or install PLUS we offer you 30 Days FREE to try it out! It's time to start saving your time AND your money! To sign up for your own Pe rsonal Fax Number and get 30 days free, no risk, just give us a call at 905-884-0464 ext. 241 or visit our website at: www.personalfax.net GOV'T INSPECTED Ontario grain fed beef $1.89/lb. Call Bruce 705- 432-3031 or Marie 905-986-4932. FOR SALE - 3 Wheel power scooter. Very good condition. $2000 new. Asking $1000 firm. Call evenings 905-619-0018. Hot Tub (Spa) Covers - Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colours Available. Call 1-866-585- 0056 HOT TUB COVERS & Pool Safety Covers - best quality, best prices, all colours, all sizes, large variety available. Delivery included. Cen- tral Ontario Hot Tubs, call Paul 905-259-4514 or 866-97COVER PLAYSTATION2 MOD CHIPS XBOX MOD CHIPS installed from $125. Several chips available for each console. We buy used/work- ing consoles. For all the details: www.durhammods.com North End Oshawa. 905-626-0542 PIANOS & CLOCKS - Savings on all 2004 models still in stock. Also on Samick pianos, and Howard Miller clocks. Large selection of used pianos (Yamaha, Kawai, Heintzmann, 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.Telep.ca WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! SNOWBLOWER - 10 HP, hardly used. 1/2 price. Telephone (905) 427-1144. PIANO Technician available for tuning, repairs, & pre-purchase consultation on all makes and models of acoustic pianos. Re- conditioned Heintzman, Yamaha, Mason & Risch, & other grand or upright pianos for sale. Rentals also available. Gift Certificates available. Call Barb at 905-427- 7631 or check out the web at: www.barbhall.com. Visa. NEW BEIGE sofa and chair $1200; Oak Diningroom Set - Hutch, Table with 6 chairs $1500; Call 905-430-0902. MILITARIA/ GUN SHOW Sun., Mar. 6th 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. SCUGOG RECREATION CENTRE 1655 Reach St. Port Perry (905) 679-8812 NEW DANBY APT sized freezers $209. New Danby bar fridges, $119/up. Also, variety of new ap- pliances, scratch and dent. Full manufacturers warranty. Recondi- tioned fridges $195/up, ranges $125/up, dryers $125/up, washers $199/up, new and coin operated washers and dryers at low prices. New Danby Frost-Free Apt. size fridges $399., new 24" and 30" ranges with clock and window @$399 Reconditioned 24" rang- es and 24" frost free fridges now available. Wide selection of other new and reconditioned appliances. Call us today, Stephenson's Appli- ances, Sales, Service, Parts. 154 Bruce St. Oshawa.(905)576-7448 PINBALL MACHINE,1985 Comet in good working condition, great fun, $800. obo. (905) 432-3426, (905) 439-0228 POKER CHIP SETS 2 Colour 11.5g Casino Quality! Have 2 siz- es for sale, 650 Chips ($110), and 1000 Chips ($150). 905-435-8192 homecasino@gmail.com POOL table, 1" slate. Solid wood. New in box, $800 accessory pack- age included. Cost $6750 sell for $2300. 905-213-4669. RENT TO OWN - New and recon- ditioned appliances, new TV's, Stereos, Computers, DVD Players, Furniture, Bedding, Patio Furni- ture, Barbecues & More! Fast de- livery. No credit application re- fused. Paddy's Market, 905-263- 8369 or 1-800-798-5502. ROXTON hardrock maple wallunit $1550.00, Sony 34" HDTV wide- screen Triniton $1550.00. Yamaha receiver CD player, pair of PSB speakers $350. (905)404-1655 SATELLITE SERVICES:Direct TV DISHNET, Free To Air, C- band, HD-TV. 20 years servicing satellite. 905-428-1223, or drop by store for a demo. TWO SINGLE electromatic beds, ultra-foam mattresses, plus-mas- sage. $1500 each OBO. Two years old, Paid $5000 new. (905) 697-2420 or (905)983-6353 UPRIGHT PIANO,1915 Heintz- man, very good condition, needs tuning $1250. Call (905)278-5565 VENDORS WANTED at the Courtice Flea Market. 5,000 - 6,000 people per weekend. Rent starts $200 per month for indooor space. Located 2 min. North of 401 between Oshawa and Bow- manville. Call 905-436-1024 or vis- it us: www.courticefleamarket.com WHITE FRIDGE,stove, dishwash- er package $1600. Nordic Trac Pro, $350, size 10 wedding dress $500. 905-259-2301. BOBBY ORR PRINTS wanted. Reasonably priced. Please call 905-377-0361 after 6 pm or week- ends. AJAX LAKERIDGE FARM FIRE- WOOD. The best quality and pric- es around. Cut/split/seasoned/de- livered. Discount for pick up. ($300 bush) 905-424-1735. DRY FIREWOOD.Maple, Ash, Beech. Delivery available. Free es- timates on tree removal. 905-655- 1200. ONTARIO MIXED HARDWOOD - seasoned, delivered. Day call: 705-484-2195 or Evening calls 705-484-0512. SATELLITES, FREE TO AIR.Is your DirecTV down? Everyone is switching to FTA; no cards, boards or atmegas. Specializing in the Free to Air systems. Get 1000's of channels, no monthly bills. 1St in Durham Region. Call 905-435- 0202. Email us at uneekelectron- ics@rogers.com 226 Bloor Street East, Oshawa. DROP BY OUR STORE FOR A FREE DEMO BERNESE puppies home raised, vet checked, lst shots given, $900. (905)683-4038 BERNESE MOUNTAIN dog pup- pies: For information call (905) 666-1036. GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS for sale, 5 females, 3 males. Ready to go. $500 each. Oshawa. (905)720-9934 LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUP- PIES,black/chocolate, CKC regis- tered, Champion blood lines, ex- cellent potential in show/obedi- ence/field + trail. EXCEPTIONAL- LY healthy/intelligent/beautiful/well socialized. 4 generation pedigree included. Dew claws removed, vet checked, first shots, dewormed, paper trained. Grandfather is Ca- nadian Champion 'Rahontsi's Cruise Control' Ready Now!!! $l,200 each. Call Alva (905) 579- 7821 (Oshawa), e-mail matal- va@netzero.com REGISTERED GERMAN SHEP- HERD puppies. World Class Ger- man lines. Vet checked, first shots, tattooed, family raised, guaran- teed. 705-786-0322. SHELTIE,female, 1-1/2 yr old, sable colouring, shots to date, spayed, micro chipped. Must find good home $550. Nancy (905)987- 9886 SHIH TZU PUPPIES FOR SALE, vaccinated, dewormed, vet checked, $450 each Call 905- 260-8855. WOULD YOU ENJOY your DOG more if he were better trained? TSURO DOG TRAINING. www.tsurodogtraining.com 905-797-2855 TORONTO RAPTOR tickets. Two for the Sunday, April 3 game against the Detroit Pistons. Great value, good seats. Call 905-885- 2692 1985 MONTE CARLO, good condition, $1500. No e-test required. (905)837-0934 1989 FORD TEMPO,fully loaded, low kil., runs excellent, many new parts, certified, e-tested. Asking $1,450. Call Bob (905) 571-7335. 1990 BUICK REGAL - 3.1 L V6, 216kms, good shape. $1500 o.b.o. Call 905-728-8596. 1990 NISSAN Maxima,4-door, 3.0-V6, 5 spd, Good condition, runs good. $1000. O.B.O. as is (905)263-8354 1994 Buick Skylark, 70,000 miles fully loaded $2000 obo. Call 905- 213-9454 1994 CADILLAC CONCOURS (DEVILLE), V8 Northstar, 4.6L, loaded, great shape, do-it-yourself mechanic special, sold as-is, service manuals available, $2,250 OBO, call (905)683-4423, 9am-8pm for details. 1994 PONTIAC GRAND AM,red, 2 door, p/w, p/l, p/m, air, new tires. Sporty, fun car. Asking $3,999.00 Call for details 905-982-0070, leave message. 1996 PONTIAC SUNFIRE, 147,200km. Excellent shape, cert. $4,400. Call (905)623-9471 1996 MAZDA MX3, $3499. 1996 Grand Am, $3499. 1997 Cavalier, $2990. 2000 Intrepid, $5499. Others from $1699. Certified and E-tested. (Kelly and Sons, since 1976) (905)683-7301 or (905)424- 9002, www.kellyandsonsauto.com 1997 CHEV LUMINA, good solid car with good motor, 210,000 km. Certified and E-tested, asking $4,500. Call 905-377-0361 even- ings and weekends. 1998 CAVALIER Z24, 2.4L, 5-spd, 245,000km. Certified, E-tested, Must sell. $5500 OBO. 905-435- 8164. 1998 HONDA CIVIC SI, silver, 2-dr, 5-spd., 78,000kms. Sunroof, A/C, CD, power. Certified. Asking $10,500. (416)286-6313 2001 PONTIAC AZTEK.Lady Driven, Non-Smoker, 100,000KM Warranty, Like New, Private Sale, No PST, Tent Package, Hitch, Must See, Huge Deal...$12,995 or B.O.1995 FORD ESCORT GT. Excellent Condition, Black, 5-speed, 204,000KM. $2500 or B.O.Call 905 626-3042 2002 HUYUNDAI ACCENT, black, 4-door, 5-spd, tinted windows, only 27,000kms. E-tested. $6900. 905-571-7985, cell 647-229-1628. 2004 SUNFIRE,2-dr, auto, air, cd, tilt, less that 14K, metallic grey, $12,500. Private sale. Call (905)665-3045 BAD CREDIT? No History? Need a car? Tired of the run-around? Straight Talk! Call now! 905-686- 2300 or toll free 1-888-769-2502 NEED SPECIAL FINANCING? DRIVE TODAYANEW 2005 OR USED 96 OR NEWER VEHICLE CALL 24 HR. CREDIT HOTLINE (905) 767-0951 (905) 683-5358 CALL BRIDGET BANKRUPTCY SLOW CREDIT NO CREDIT GOOD CREDIT ALL CREDIT CHALLENGES NO APPLICATIONS REFUSED $ $75+ TOP DOLLARS - Ajax Auto Wreckers pays for vehicles. We buy all scrap metal, copper, aluminum, fridges, stoves, etc. 905-686-1771; 416-896-7066 $$$$ A1 JOHNNY JUNKER. Tops a ll for good cars and trucks or free removal for scrap cars and trucks. Speedy service. (905)655- 4609 or (416)286-6156. A ABLE TO PAY Up to $5000 on cars & trucks Free Towing 24 hours, 7 days (905)686-1899. CASH FOR CARS! We buy used vehicles. Vehicles must be in run- ning condition. Call (905)427-2415 or come to 479 Bayly St. East Ajax at MURAD AUTO SALES LEO'S SCRAP CARS Free Pick- up. Cash Paid.(905)426-0357 SCRAP CARS,old cars & trucks wanted. Cash paid. Free pickup Call Bob anytime (905)431-0407 SCRAP cars, trucks, vans pay cash, free pick up, Ron 905-424- 3508. 1994 FORD EXPLORER LTD., new tires, rad, exhaust, 170,000 km, $4,000 cert. 905-436-3453; 416-230-3779. 1998 SUZUKI SIDEKICK 4 x 4, 4 wheel drive, 4 dr. hardtop, 4 cyl automatic, e tested, lady driven, ready to certify. 165,000 kil., $4,999. 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CALL DIRECTORY SALES! 905-579-4400 directories@durhamregion.com Don’t Forget Our Classified Deadlines: Tues. 2:30 p.m. Wed. paper Thurs. 2:30 p.m. for Fri. paper Fri. 2:30 p.m. for Sun. paperdurhamregion.com ANSELL, Robert (Bob)- Passed away on Friday February 18th, 2005 at the age of 58 years from a battle with Cancer. Bob will be remembered by his mother Vera, his son Ron and his grand daughter Hope of Ajax, his sister June (Randy) of Langley B.C.and niece Melanee (Russ) of Calgary. A service to celebrate his life was held in the Chapel at THE NORTHCUTT ELLIOTT FUNERAL HOME on Monday February 21st, 2005. Cremation followed. Memorial donations may be made to The Canadian Cancer Society or to The Canadian Diabetes Association. CAMPBELL, Thomas Henry Suddenly on Friday February 25, 2005. Thomas Henry Campbell, aged 18 years. Precious son of Peter and Martha Camp- bell. Beloved brother of James, Richard, George, Victoria and Henry. Much loved grandson of John and Barbara Attley and Rachel and the late John Campbell. Loved cousin of Katy, Daniel, Ben, Stephanie, John, William, Sarah and Alistair. Much loved nephew of Clare, Tim, and Mark Attley, Ste- phen Campbell. Rest in peace Thomas. Words can- not express how much we love and will miss you. Forvever in our thoughts and prayers. In heaven you rest. May the angels take care of you in their guiding light. God Bless you Thomas. A shining star now resting with God. The family will receive friends at the MCEACHNIE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax (Pickering Village) 905-428- 8488 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Funeral Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church, 82 Church St. S; Ajax (Pickering Village) on Tuesday March 1, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow. Should fami- ly and friends so desire, donations to the Thomas H. Campbell scholarship fund would be greatly appre- ciated. A book of condolences may be signed at www.mceachnie-funeral.ca DICK, Marie - passed away at Cowichan District Hospital on Sunday, February 27, 2005 following a brief illness. Marie was predeceased by her beloved husband Bill. She will be dearly missed by loving daughter Susan Tremble (Tom) of Duncan, grandsons Matthew of Victoria, BC and Bryan of Calgary, AB, sister Grace Locke of Oshawa, brother Allan Crandell of Ottawa, niece Barbara Gillard of Oshawa, and many other relatives and friends. Marie was born in Oshawa, on June 5, 1928. She and Bill lived in Ajax, ON for 33 years and moved to Duncan, BC in 1990. In addition to the role of wife and mother, Marie joined the auto industry workforce in the early 1960's. Marie enjoyed her retirement years with new friends in her adopted province of BC. The family extends sincere gratitude to the medical and nursing staff of the Cowichan District Hospital. 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LOCATION ONLY, 10:30 AM -10 PM Find it at durhamregion.com Just one more way to get your news thanks to your friends at the Metroland Durham Region Media Group Dramatic night in the works Forty artists, 10 plays, all in 24 hours at the castle DURHAM — If you’re pining for summer. Driftwood Theatre Group has a taste of it for you. The group, which produces outdoor summer theatre in Durham Region and beyond, is holding its annual fundraiser ‘Trafalgar 24’ on March 11 at Trafalgar Castle in Whitby. For the evening, 40 theatre profes- sionals and artists will team up to present 10 new, short plays, having conceived, written, cast, rehearsed and staged them within 24 hours. Audience members get to pick six of the 10 plays to view and then will walk throughout the castle in order to find their chosen performances. Last year, audiences saw only three of the 10. “This year’s change in format is a direct result of audience feedback from last year,” said Driftwood artistic direc- tor Jeremy Smith. “Everyone wanted to see more of the shows.” With maps and programs, audience members will search out the plays, which can be staged in unusual parts of the castle, including stairways, halls and even washrooms. The building is now a private girls’ school. There will also be a wine and dessert reception and a silent auction. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and registration. Perfor- mances begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by desserts. Tickets are $45, $80 per couple, $35 each for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available by phone at 905-576-2396 or at the Information United Way kiosk in the Oshawa Centre or online through T.O. TIX at www.totix.ca (a surcharge applies) and at the door at 6:30 p.m.