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About 75 delegations spoke, with only three in favour of building the incin- erator. Regional council will now consider the matter when it meets on June 24. If approved then, the proposal will be referred to the provincial envi- ronment ministry for final consideration. Durham is proposing to construct the plant on See DURHAM page 9 Durham committee OKs incinerator TOP DOC SAYS BURNING TRASH ‘WON’T POSE UNACCEPTABLE RISK’ RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND WHITBY -- Durham Regional Council met on Tuesday as a committee of the whole to hear delegations and debate the proposed incin- erator in Clarington. About 75 people came before the committee, most of which spoke against the incinerator. SPECIAL REPORT 19 Inside Covanta News Advertiser reporter Keith Gilligan and photographer Ron Pietroniro take you inside Covanta’s New York incineration facility Today’s editorial ......page 6 Covanta proud of Syracuse plant.........................page 19 Inside Covanta........page 20 Syracuse incinerator fight ‘changed me’..........page 22 newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 20092 AP JASON LIEBREGTS / METROLAND Honouring another hero AJAX -- Linda and Brian Dougherty paid their respects on the Harwood Street overpass during the repatriation of Corporal Martin Dube on Wednesday afternoon. Five charged in multi-force investigation BY JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- Two Pickering residents are among five suspects arrested in connection with what police say was a multi-million dol- lar fraud scheme. The arrests, announced Wednesday, were the result of an investiga- tion by Durham and York cops working in conjunction with OPP to identify the players in a ring that defrauded banks through identity theft, police said. To date, investigators have executed search warrants at 10 busi- nesses and two residences in Pickering, Richmond Hill and Toron- to. Evidence was also obtained through searches of four vehicles. The joint investigation led police to a Richmond Hill house where investigators allege counterfeit documents used to obtain loans and credit from banks were produced. Losses are estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, police said. Police nabbed the alleged ringleader June 8 as he prepared to board a plane for Lebanon and made three more arrests later that day. On June 15, a fifth suspect was charged after police executed a search warrant at a Pickering home. Pickering resident Mohamad Boudair, 36, is charged with several fraud-related offences. 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In his second day of testifying in his own defence, Ray Collingham said e-mails he wrote were manipulated -- likely by the mother of the alleged victim. Mr. Collingham, 39, has denied he was sexual- ly involved with the boy, a student he coached at gymnastics clubs in Durham and the surround- ing area from the time the boy was 10. The alleged victim, now 18, has testified he was subjected to several years of sexual activity with his coach. Among the evidence submitted so far in this Superior Court trial have been several e-mails purported to be from Mr. Collingham to the boy. Print-outs of the messages indicate they were forwarded from the boy’s account to his moth- er’s. The judge has already heard testimony that the mother, who had grown concerned about the rela- tionship between the boy and his coach, hacked into the boy’s e-mail account in an attempt to confirm her suspicions. It is Mr. Collingham’s assertion that e-mails between him and the boy were likely altered by the woman. While he acknowledged writing some of the e- mails, Mr. Collingham denied he had composed several passages that seek to glean information about how the boy was feeling about his coach and other relationships he was involved in. Some of the e-mails appear to refer to sexu- al encounters between Mr. Collingham and the boy. “I know I wouldn’t write something like that,” he told his defence lawyer, Graham Clark. “To me, that’s (the mother) trying to get informa- tion.” Mr. Collingham has testified he became close to the boy and his mother, acting as a mentor to the child during his parents’ divorce. The woman and her son lived with Mr. Colling- ham and his partner at residences in Bowmanville and Newcastle during their relationship, court has heard. The boy’s identity is protected by a court order. The trial, before Justice David Salmers, contin- ues. 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The contest was open to Grade 4, 5 and 6 students and the two students came out on top among roughly 60 entries. Ankil and Navneet read their essays to Ajax council- lors last week. Ankil's essay had a variety of suggestions for saving the Earth, including planting trees and energy and water conservation. "We could be green everywhere we go, it could be the office, or at home or at school," he wrote. "One good environmen- tally-friendly deed could benefit us all." Ankil said he was happy to win and he got a little bit of help along the way. "My dad and mom helped a lot with the research for it," he said. Navneet also credited her family with helping inspire her essay, which also con- tained practical tips for saving the planet, such as using cloth instead of paper towels and making sure to compost. She said she felt proud of herself when she realized she won, which came as a sur- prise. "The school, at the assembly, they sur- prised me and told me I'd get it," she said. Alan Birks, chairman of the Ajax Environ- mental Affairs Week Committee, congratu- lated the students and thanked the Town for its support. "There were many good points made by the students, which is very encouraging for the environment of the future," he said. ENVIRONMENT Ajax kids know what it takes to go green RREKA SZEKELY / METROLAND AJAX -- Ankil Patel (left) and Navneet Toor are this year’s winners in the Ajax Environmental Week essay writing contest. Ankil, a Grade 6 student at Nottingham Public School, came in first and Navneet, in Grade 4 at Eagle Ridge Public School, came in second among 60 entries. Both read their essays to Ajax councillors last week. There were many good points made by the students, which is very encouraging for the environment of the future. 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Sonia Peczeniuk, vice-president of medical affairs and clinical support, said as west Durham continues to expand, the hospital realizes the growth of the medi- cal team at the hospital is critical to con- tinue offering quality patient care. “We continue to recruit medical staff to support the much-anticipated redevelop- ment of the Ajax and Pickering hospital campus,” she said in a press release. Dr. Shawesh, an Ajax resident and mar- ried father of two, is happy to join the staff. “It was important for me to be in a diverse and growing community such as this, which is what initially attracted me to Rouge Valley. This is a great work- ing environment, and I am excited to be commencing my medical career here,” he said. The doctor’s background includes: a bachelor of medicine and surgery from Al Fateh University in Libya and a residency and fellowship in internal medicine and gastroenterology from the University of Ottawa. 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All content copyright Editorial Opinions POLITICS Conservatives continue to ratchet up the deficit To the editor: Before the federal election, a mere seven months ago, “Diamond” Jim Flaherty pre- dicted a budgetary surplus, denying the already existing $13-billion structural defi- cit. Then, we had a $34-billion deficit. Now it’s ballooned to over $50 billion. With each report, the Conservatives have stood by their projections, making prom- ises of an end in sight, and each time they were dreadfully wrong. Now, whatever they may say, the Con- servatives will have to sell assets, cut pro- grams and raise taxes to meet their goals. The crystal-ball forecasting of Dan Ciur- lia and Gordon Mills, asserting that the Liberals wouldn’t do any better, is little more than a disingenuous distraction from reality. The Liberals remain the party with the best economic track record in Canadian history, while Conservatives, just as they were under Brian Mulroney and Mike Har- ris/Ernie Eves, remain the party of massive deficits and fiscal imprudence. Tracy Burke Ajax COURTESY Dog owners need to show respect for others To the editor: I love dogs. I have three and have owned others. Now, I’m not being a wise guy but can somebody open my eyes to these retract- able leashes please? I come home from work and hook the dogs up and away we go. We walk with short leashes. Sure they will stop to do their business, but it’s exercise time. Why do some people think it’s OK for them to let their dogs wonder all over other people’s property on these leashes and pee wherever they please? Telephone poles or hydrants are usually found on boulevards. I watched a big yellow lab walk right up to my neighbour’s front porch and pee. I asked the lady, ‘Why did you let him do that, my neighbours like to sit on that porch and enjoy the evening?’ Now more dogs will walk by there and all will want to mark that spot and it will stink. The lady put her head down and walked very quickly away. I love dogs just as much as the next guy, but we are the thinking species. Please have some respect for other peo- ple’s property. James McCaffery Clarington WASTE Diversion would take pressure off to incinerate To the editor: Incineration; to have or have not? As the debate heats up and the garbage pickup schedule has changed to bi-week- ly garbage collection with weekly recycling pickup. I ask all you naysayers this one ques- tion? Have you done your part to reduce, reuse and recycle? I look around in the morn- ings before I go to work at 5 a.m. I see my good neighbours with little or no recycling goods at the curb. On the other hand, when it is the garbage cycle I see maximum capacity, bulging bags and overfilled cans at the curb. Everybody wants to criticize and whine about the incinerator, but nobody is reducing their garbage output. As for the incineration issue, I’m guessing all the naysayers have never seen the huge cement refinery at the bottom of Hwy. 57? It’s only been there for like 40 or 50 years? Producing fewer emissions every year since opening. As technology advances, the idea of “clean burn” is attainable. If everybody would divert everything they can, we would have not been faced with the task at hand. Andrew Cieslik Clarington Energy from waste takes ownership of our garbage problem This Wednesday, Durham Region coun- cil will be faced with one of the biggest deci- sions it’s ever been asked to make. After years of considering the issue of whether to build a $235-million energy-from-waste facility within its borders, the 28 councillors who represent the nearly 600,000 citizens of this region will be asked to vote yes or no. They should vote yes. Years ago, when the issue of what to do with our garbage began to reach crisis levels, we had several choices. We could continue to landfill it, but that option quickly disintegrated as landfill sites either filled up or locations to open up new land- fills in Durham Region became non-existent. Council, quite rightly, closed the door on that consideration. Another scenario, once we ran out of local landfill sites, was to truck our garbage elsewhere. So we piggybacked on the City of Toronto’s initiative to send its gar- bage to a massive landfill in Michigan. That was fine for a number of years. Unfortunate- ly, Michigan doesn’t want our garbage indef- initely and will stop taking it in a few years. So, without a place to landfill it locally, and without somewhere distant to send it -- out of sight, out of mind -- something has to give. That’s where the idea of incineration comes in. It provides a local solution to a local prob- lem. Why should we be sending our gar- bage elsewhere? If we produce it, we should get rid of it. Councillors and staff have trav- elled to Europe to see incinerators in action and have studied the issue to get a first-hand look. There is clearly opposition to incinera- tion. The vast majority of the 80-plus dele- gates who spoke to committee-of-the-whole on Tuesday at the Region made it clear they do not favour the project. There has been opposition from the start and no amount of talk from proponents will convince those against incineration that anything good will come of it. Some of the opposition is of the not-in-my-backyard variety, some of it is fear-mongering while others suggest there is a zero-waste alternative. While opponents are sincere and passionate and many intelli- gent questions on safety were asked, a practi- cal solution is needed now because time is of the essence. In accepting Covanta Energy as the opera- tor, council should: * appoint a citizen’s advisory group to mon- itor the operation and provide feedback on a regular and timely basis; * publish annual reports from Covanta on air, water and soil quality in the vicinity around the incinerator; * ensure that local workers are hired to build the facility to give our economy a much- needed boost during these trying times; * make Covanta responsible for any cost overruns by insisting the company adhere to ironclad construction guarantees; * if Durham accepts any outside garbage, there should be a premium charged with the benefit going to Durham taxpayers. Dr. Robert Kyle, longtime Durham medi- cal officer of health, has studied the ener- gy-from-waste file extensively and gives it a clean bill of health. He says: “The proposed EFW facility should not pose unacceptable risks to persons living in the vicinity of the site.” The key is to operate the incinerator in a profitable, business-like manner and to make sure it provides good value safely e-mail letters to newsroom@durhamregion.com / max. 200 words / please include your full first and last name, city of residence & daytime phone number / letters that do not appear in print may be published @ newsdurhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 20096 P WE THINK... email responses to newsroom@durhamregion.com Local school boards pleased with recommendations in recently released provincial report BY CRYSTAL CRIMI ccrimi@durhamregion.com DURHAM -- The move toward full-day learn- ing for kindergarten kids has finally arrived - - at least in part. On Monday, the Province announced the release and recommendations of advisor Dr. Charles Pascal’s report on implementing full- day learning for children ages four and five. In doing so, it reaffirmed its commitment to launch the initiative starting in 2010 with the investment of $200 million in 2010/11 and $300 million in 2011/12. Details surrounding what the launch will look like and which schools will be selected are still unknown, but Durham school boards are excited about the recommendations in Dr. Pascal’s report. “As a school board and educator, I certainly would be supportive of any program that sup- ports youngsters,” said Paul Pulla, the Dur- ham Catholic District School Board’s director of education. “It’s excellent,” said superintendent Luigia Ayotte, Durham District School Board. “The recommendations are certainly ones that will benefit children.” Dr. Pascal was appointed by the Province in November 2007 to report and recommend the best way to implement full-day learning for four and five year olds -- one of the gov- ernment’s election promises. There are many positives to full-day early learning, such as creating proud and eager learners, and providing an easy transition to Grade 1, Ms. Ayotte said. Full-day learning also has positives for parents. “If your child is going to be in school all day, you’ll know exactly where they’re going to be ... full-day learning provides a consistency for everyone,” she said. But how the initiative will impact Durham boards, which if any schools it will start at, and what delivery model it will have is still unknown. “The report was just released,” Ms. Ayotte said. “I think it’s premature to make assumptions -- we’ll wait and see what the delivery model is going to look like,” she added. The Catholic board piloted its own full-day every-day kindergarten program at Monsi- gnor Philip Coffey in Oshawa this year, and the results have far exceeded expectations, Mr. Pulla said. In November, data showed the kids were well beyond where they would have been at the end of a regular kindergar- ten year, he said. But it may not be for every- one, he added. “It’s the sort of thing one needs to be cau- tious with because not all four years old are ready for a full day,” Mr. Pulla said, which is something also mentioned in Mr. Pascal’s report, he added. “I like the fact the option is there, it’s not prescriptive,” Mr. Pulla said. “Overall, I think it’s the right direction to go.” Monsignor Philip Coffey has about 40 stu- dents in each of its senior and junior kinder- garten programs, and the move to expand it to a full day cost the wages of an addition- al teacher. It should offer cost savings in the future by reducing remedial programs. The report includes 20 recommendations on improving education for elementary stu- dents. “It goes beyond just talking about the school,” Mr. Pulla said. “It goes beyond just looking at kindergarten.” He was pleased to see the recommenda- tions surrounding parental leave and the rec- ognition that parental teaching comes first. Boards still need to see how the recom- mendations would be implemented because there is some complexity in the delivery mod- els proposed in the report, Mr. Pulla said. The report is just conceptual -- next comes the models and funding, Mr. Pulla said. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 20097 AP TRUCKLOAD SALE 80% OFFUP TO One Day Only • Saturday, June 20 • 9am - 4pm FULL MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY! Above items are sample listing only – many more products available including fridges, freezers, ranges, dishwashers, over-the range microwave ovens, stacked washers & dryers and more! 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It was noted in the agenda package his topic would be regarding democratic due dili- gence of elected representatives. When Mr. Kalevar reached the micro- phone, he asked why his Powerpoint pre- sentation was not set up for him to use. City clerk Debi Wilcox said it was submit- ted past the deadline of noon Friday, and the presentation wasn’t relating to the item on the agenda anyway. Mr. Kalevar argued that he sent an e-mail to the clerk’s department last week when he noticed his topic was listed as due dili- gence, stating he wished to discuss nucle- ar issues instead. Mayor Dave Ryan suggested he go through the proper channels, respect the rules and come back in the future. When Mr. Kalevar continued to debate, accusing the clerk’s department of “demo- cratic deficiency,” Mayor Ryan asked him to sit down. “I’m ruling this out of order and asking you to please drop the mike,” he said. Ward 2 City Councillor Doug Dickerson also had an opinion. “Chai, take it to Toronto where you live,” he said. “Start there.” The City’s security guard then escorted Mr. Kalevar back to his seat. CITY HALL Activist silenced at Pickering council meeting Chai, take it to Toronto where you live. Councillor Doug Dickerson newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 20099 AP Osbourne Road in Clarington. Up to 140,000 tonnes of trash would be burned annually, although the facility could be expanded to ultimately incinerate up to 400,000 tonnes a year. Dr. Kyle’s comments were based on a review of studies conducted for the Region by medical consultant Dr. Lesbia Smith and toxicologist Ross Wilson. Their reviews found that with stringent monitoring, the facility could be safely operated. “No doubt there are nasty things coming out of the stack,” Mr. Wilson said, but added it’s at low levels. “Below certain levels, there are no effects.” Most of the delegations, however, didn’t agree with Dr. Kyle or the consultants. Karen Buck, a Toronto resident, said, “I believe your health study is ignoring the effects on people. Your environmental assessment study tries to negate the effects of incineration on your air shed.” Many residents said the Region should be expanding blue box and green bin pro- grams. Durham has a goal of diverting up to 70 per cent of waste by next year, a target Regional officials admit won’t be met. “My choice is we embrace zero waste and expand blue box and green bin programs,” Clarington resident Kerry Meydam said. “We need to be more creative, move inno- vative and do what’s best for Durham.” Oshawa Councillor Brian Nicholson, an incineration opponent said, “I don’t believe Dr. Kyle put the Good Housekeeping seal of approval on this. There are a lot of assump- tions and projections. Dr. Kyle made the only recommendation he could make. We have to decide if the risk is acceptable or not.” Whitby Councillor Joe Drumm said he couldn’t support an incinerator. “If I err, I err on the side of caution. I can’t, for one minute, vote for incineration.” Scugog Mayor Marilyn Pearce said, “I mor- ally think we should take care of our own garbage. It’s here now and we shouldn’t put it off to another council.” Mayor Pearce said about “98 per cent of my community came from Europe. The stan- dard answer I get is they work in Europe.” Pickering Councillor Rick Johnson said, “This is just a building block, to get us to where we want to be. This is another build- ing block until the day we get to zero waste.” Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan said, “We have skin in the game.” One argument Mayor Ryan said he heard against incineration was “word for word” for an argument against putting a landfill in Pickering in the 1980s. Uxbridge Councillor Howie Herrema sup- ported it, saying, “We know we can control this process much better than we can con- trol landfill.” Clarington Mayor Jim Abernethy said he’s visited incinerators and landfills around the world, as well as doing other research. “I’ve been doing my due diligence.” His community is a willing host, Mayor Abernethy stated, adding, “I support Dr. Kyle’s report.” Clarington Councillor Mary Novak said Dr. Kyle’s report is “honest and fair and what people wanted to know. I’m going to have to support this going to the ministry (of the environment).” Charlie Trim, the third Clarington councillor, also voted in support of the project. INCINERATOR Durham residents want recycling expanded DURHAM from page 1 RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND WHITBY -- Associates of Covanta listened in the front row of Regional Council on Tuesday as members of the public addressed council regarding the proposed incinerator in Clarington. Covanta will build and run the facility, if approved. Improvements, expansion planned at Brock Road, Pickering Parkway BY KRISTEN CALIS kcalis@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- The shopping centre at Brock Road and Pickering Parkway will be improved and more pedestrian friendly thanks to an agreement between the City and the developer. Pickering Council approved SmartCen- tre’s request for an increase in the gross leasable floor space to accompany the expansion of two stores -- possibly three in the future -- to 55,000 square metres (the maximum is now 49,000). The amend- ment was needed for immediate expan- sion of Wal-Mart, the former Sam’s Club (Lowe’s is moving in) and possibly Sobeys in the future. In return, developers agreed to provide a sidewalk enhancement plan. “The new walkways will improve pedes- trian route connectivity through and to the site, therefore promoting a reduction of car travel within the site and better accommo- dating transit users and physically chal- lenged persons,” the staff report said. The report states Wal-Mart and Lowe’s are proposing to expand the sidewalks on the main entrance sides of their buildings. The fence adjacent to Beechlawn Park will also be repaired. The pedestrian connec- tion improvements will be addressed in site plan meetings. Ward 1 City Councillor Jennifer O’Connell didn’t vote for the change because there was no conceptual plan provided for side- walk connectivity. When the item came to the planning and development committee earlier this month, she noted it’s difficult to park and get around safely, especially for those in wheelchairs. “I think accessibility is of utmost impor- tance in the City and this province as we’ve seen,” she said. Coun. O’Connell put forward a motion to delay the decision until an on-site access plan is provided but it was rejected. Ward 3 Regional Councillor Rick Johnson said complaints regarding the area, specif- ically on the beautification of the site, have only surfaced lately. “I wasn’t getting these calls six months ago,” he said. “I’ve been getting them in the past (few) months.” He said the community needs a public information meeting, and SmartCentre representative Ornella Richichi nodded in agreement, which was taken as a “friendly amendment.” The parking space ratio will also be reduced from five spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area to 4.5. 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A Region- al committee has recommended the plant be built. The proposal will then be sent to the provincial environment ministry for final approval. That’s expected in early 2010. With provincial approval, con- struction would start soon after and the facility would begin oper- ations in 2013. Durham currently ships its waste to a landfill in Michigan, but the state is closing the bor- der to that next year. The Region is currently looking for land- fill capacity until the incinerator opens. The Jamesville operation is a “partnership,” Mr. Evans said during a tour of the plant. “Ulti- mately, Covanta owns the plant and OCRRA (Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agen- cy) owns the resource (garbage).” Prior to the plant opening, Onondaga County “used to truck its waste to Pennsylvania. There were two million truck miles,” Mr. Evans stated. Kathleen Carroll, the business manager at Jamesville, said the cost to landfill is $100 a ton, but the tipping fee at the ener- gy- from- waste plant is $66 a ton. “We’re a much better deal,” she said. “The tipping fee helps pay for the recycling program,” Mr. Evans said. Last year, the County achieved a 66-per cent recycling rate, he said. A citizens’ advisory commit- tee, made up of public members, was formed when the facility opened. “Because the facility has such a good record, the CAC voted to close itself,” Mr. Evans said. He added the County health department monitoring “didn’t show anything,” he said. John Mutton, the former mayor of Clarington and now an asso- ciate vice-president for Bridge- point Group, a consulting firm helping Covanta with its bid, said in Durham, “there’s a misunder- standing about the ash,” with some thinking it’s “almost like radioactive tritium.” “That’s the biggest misconcep- tion,” Ms. Carroll said, adding when it comes to incineration, “they think of the black smoke of 40 years ago.” “You won’t see anything out of the plume,” Mr. Mutton said. “I see more com- ing out of a bus than the plume (stack).” New York State and Onon- daga County both test the ash and con- duct ambient air tests. DURHAM -- Over the past eight years, Covanta Energy’s fleet of 35 U.S.-based incinera- tors has been operating at a 99.9-per cent compliance rate. The rate is “a pretty terrific record,” said Derek Grasso, Covanta’s regional environmental man- ager, while defending the company’s environmen- tal record on Tuesday during a Durham Regional Council committee meeting. Covanta has been selected by the Region to design, build and operate an energy-from- waste facility on Osbourne Road in Claring- ton. Many of the delegations during the lengthy meeting raised concerns about the environmental soundness of incineration and Covanta’s record. John Phillips, the company’s vice president of business development, said it operates in a highly regu- lated industry and “we oper- ate at 60 to 80 per cent below our permit limits.” If built, the Durham EFW would generate about 20 megawatts an hour of electrici- ty, enough to power between 11,000 and 14,500 homes, Mr. Phillips stated. When questioned on the possible health impacts of living near an incin- erator, Mr. Grasso said, “We’ve seen no study that there’s any impact on the health of people around the facility.” More than 3,500 stack tests have been conducted at Covanta’s facilities over the last 10 years and “we had to retest four times,” Mr. Phillips said. A waste-to-energy facility just outside Syracuse, New York, produces about 39 megawatts of elec- tricity every hour. Last week, a reporter and photographer from Durham Region Media Group visited the Syracuse-area plant to get a first-hand look at how it operates. Since the Covanta Ener- gy facility opened in the mid- 1990s, it has processed about 4.5 million tons of waste. “It’s part of an inte- grated waste management sys- tem,” said Larry Evans, the facility manager. The incinerator, or energy-from- waste facility, Durham Region wants to build would be similar in size to the plant in Jamesville. That facility handles about 350,000 tons of waste daily, while Durham is proposing to burn about 140,000 tonnes per year. Jamesville operates at 90-per cent capacity and “we have the ability to expand,” Mr. Evans said. Trash for the facility comes from Syracuse, which has 175,000 residents, and the sur- rounding Ononda- ga County, which has 400,000. “We’re proud of this facility,” said Mr. Evans. “What you’ll see (on the tour) is the last generation of facilities built in the 1990s.” The Durham facility would have new technol- ogy to deal with nitrogen oxides, something the Jamesville site will be installing, Mr. Evans noted. Covanta is “finalizing the EA project agreement and the architectural design,” said Joe Neuhoff III, the director of business development for Covanta. Mr. Neuhoff said of incineration, “They still use that word up in Canada.” If built, the Durham facility would be able to handle up to 140,000 tonnes of waste and “it’s got to be expandable,” Mr. Neuhoff said. It would be expanded from 140,000 tonnes to 250,000 tonnes and then to 400,000 tonnes. “We bid on the base plant of 140,000 tonnes. We have strong support at the Regional level. (Region- al Chairman) Roger Anderson is push- ing this,” Mr. SPECIAL REPORT Covanta proud of Syracuse plant newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200911 AP Reporter Keith Gilligan and photographer Ron Pietroniro visited Covanta’s Jamesville, New York location recently BY KEITH GILLIGAN kgilligan@durhamregion.com SYRACUSE -- At the intersection of Interstate Hwys. 481 and 81 sits what looks like a large industrial build- ing. The only thing that seems out of the ordinary is the 275-foot (84-metre) high stack. Officially located in Jamesville, New York, the Cov- anta Onondaga Waste-to-Energy plant sits just out- side the city limits of Syracuse, New York. About 350 tons of waste are burned in the facility each year. The facility is owned and operated by Covanta Energy, the company selected by Durham Region to design, build and operate an incinerator in Claring- ton. A decision on whether to build an incinerator will be made by Regional council next Wednesday. If Durham does go ahead with an energy-from- waste facility, it will be similar in size to the one in Jamesville. “The plant for York-Durham will be very similar to this,” said Kathleen Carroll, the business manager of the Jamesville site. A tour of the facility last week was an eye-opener on several facets. There is absolutely no odour coming from the site. The main lobby is about 10 feet from the tipping floor and there was no odour. Aside from where the garbage is tipped and the ash piled, the facility is remark- ably clean. Facility manager Larry Evans said there’s no odour emitted by the facility. “Negative pressure is very effective controlling odours here. Even on the hottest day, we’re able to control the odour here. “The odours are destroyed by the heat. A masking agent here isn’t needed,” he added. And, while there was opposition to building the facility, it has since died down, according to Mr. Evans. Most of the opposition came from the community of Jamesville, he stated. “It was a very vocal contingent. Over the years, it’s certainly diminished significantly.” The plant is in a small valley, with the community of Jamesville on one side and Syracuse University on the other side. The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agen- cy partners with Covanta on the project. The agency contracts haulers to bring in the waste, including the City of Syracuse. Tipping fees are $66 a ton. Trash comes from homes, commercial and light indus- trial customers. When the incinerator was being proposed, Onondaga County committed to starting a recycling program, which today has a 60-per cent diversion rate. The site operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, although waste is only brought in during the day. About 150 trucks drop material off daily. Between 10 a.m. and noon is the busiest time, as that’s when garbage trucks from Syracuse roll in, Mr. Evans said. “City workers have a break at 9:45, so they start to come in at 10.” There are three bays where trash is dumped and the loader operator “gets a look at the waste,” Mr. Evans said. Trucks are weighed coming in and going out “so we know exactly how much weight was left here,” he noted. Waste is pushed into a pit where it is mixed by a crane over a three-day period before being burned. The pit where garbage is dumped is 85 feet from bottom to top, with 25 feet below grade, and can hold up to three days worth of trash. Mr. Evans noted waste isn’t dumped on weekends, so by Monday morning, trash is below the level of the tipping floor. By Friday, it’s almost reached the top of the pit. “We’re seeing the effects of the economy. People are throwing less out,” Mr. Evans said. A crane mixes the waste before it goes into the “com- bustion zone,” where temperatures reach 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (982 degrees Celsius). The incinerator can produce up to 39 megawatts of electricity an hour. The facility uses about three megawatts with the “bal- ance exported off to the grid.” Covanta sells electricity for about six cents a kilowatt hour to National Grid (formerly Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation), Ms. Carroll said. No water used in the incineration process is discharged to municipal sewers. Rather, it’s collected and reused. The only water discharged is from washrooms and showers. The facility has a “continuous emission monitoring. We have requirements for final emission and also for contin- uous monitoring,” Mr. Evans stated. Continuous monitoring is done for carbon monox- ide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Testing is done regularly all year, looking for a variety of chemicals, including heavy metals, acid gas and particulates. The facility had the capability to remove ferrous metals when it opened, but has since added non-ferrous metals. Ferrous and non-ferrous metals are collected after the incineration process and resold, Mr. Evans said. “Even though there’s been a significant change in the economy in the last year, we’re still able to sell ferrous and non-ferrous metals.” Non-ferrous metals include aluminum, copper, brass and stainless steel. About 10,000 tons of ferrous metals are recovered and sold, Ms. Carroll said. “That’s 10,000 less tons going to landfill.” The nitrogen oxide reduction system is “very effective,” Mr. Evans said. The Durham facility would have a new system to control nitrogen oxide release. “We’ll eventually move to the new system,” Mr. Evans added. Emission readings are available on the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency website, Ms. Car- roll said. Also, the agency publishes emission test results, she said. Its officials “come through one or twice a week,” Ms. Carroll said, while a waste enforcement officer is there daily. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation does unannounced inspections quar- terly and annually, Mr. Evans said. The stack monitors are never shut down and everything is recorded, Mr. Evans stated. “We’ve never had a violation for units monitoring. It all operates excellently.” Dioxins and furans are tested annually. “Once within every 12-month period,” Mr. Evans said. “We submit a protocol, a sampling protocol (to the state department) and that’s approved.” State officials are on-site when monitoring is done. Covanta follows Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, which outline “how materials are handled, how it’s analysed, the sampling protocol. It’s all approved by the state.” The testing takes one to two weeks. “We cannot go more than one year without test- ing,” Mr. Evans said. “Part of the testing program is we have to burn representative waste. None of the test- ing can be abnormal. They monitor our parameters all year. “We can’t bring in special waste” during the moni- toring, he said. “If we go outside our normal stream, we have to submit a form.” Testing is conducted by the EPA, state and county health officials, he stated. Up to three days of ash can be stored on site. Ash is shipped to “a landfill a couple of counties over. Sen- eca Meadows.” John Mutton, the former mayor of Clarington and now an associate vice-president for Bridgepoint Group, a consulting firm working with Covanta, said during the tour, “It’s amazing. There’s not much smell. It’s a simple and slick process.” Greg Borchuk, a project engi- neer for Durham Region, also noted, “You don’t smell anything.” On this day, workers at the site had gone 265 days without a record- able accident. The previous record is 420 days. “We’re very proud of our safety record,” Mr. Evans stated. Mr. Mutton noted he didn’t see smoke coming out of the stack. “It’s not a smoking pile,” Mr. Evans said. “The mixture of air and fuel really controls it.” There are 45 employees, Mr. Evans said. “The turnover is very low. They’re all local and they take a lot of pride in the plant.” WATCH the video story VIEW the photo gallery READ more on the issue @ newsdurhamregion.com SPECIAL REPORT Energy-from-waste - ‘simple and slick’ Inside Covanta Syracuse, New York newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200912 AP newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200913 AP With temperatures of 1800 degrees Fahrenheit (982 degrees Celsius), the trash burns, creating steam. The steam is captured and used by the turbine generator to create 39 megawatts of electricity. About three megawatts are used to operate the facility, with the rest sold to the grid. Trash is collected and hauled to the site, by up to 150 trucks per day, where it’s dumped on the tipping floor. The Syracuse site burns 350,000 tons per year Garbage IN After being pushed into a large pit, a crane operator will mix the waste over a three-day period, creating a more homogeneous product. It’s then lifted into the combustion chamber. The ‘scrubbed’ gas then goes through filters to remove particulate matter. The electricity is sold to National Grid (formerly Niagara Mohawk Power Corpora- tion). The facility produces enough electricity to power about 25,000 homes. Ash is trucked to a landfill. The outgoing ash is 1/10th of the garbage Combustion gases pass through the scrubber reactor to remove acid gases. The cleaned gas is then emitted up the stack. Emissions are continuously monitored heading up the 285-foot stack. Ash left over after the garbage is burned is collected. Ferrous and non-ferrous met- als are removed from the ash and resold. Ash OUT SPECIAL REPORT Syracuse incinerator fight ‘changed me’ Stay with the fight, New York incinerator opponent advises BY KEITH GILLIGAN kgilligan@durhamregion.com SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -- “I thought you Canadians were smarter.” That’s Vicki Baker’s assessment of a pro- posal to build an incinerator in Clarington. Ms. Baker should know. In the 1980s and ’90s, she and others fought an incinerator in her community of Jamesville, a suburb of Syracuse, New York. And, while the anti-incinerator groups didn’t stop the facility being built, they did win some important concessions, includ- ing a continuous monitoring program and a recycling program. As in Durham Region, Covanta Energy was selected to build and operate the Jamesville facility. When public hearings were held, more than 1,000 turned out to oppose it, she said. “We were certainly naive. We had no idea we needed experts. We were terribly misled in the process. We did fight it in court and we got a decrease in the size of the plant. We got more recycling. We had minor victories, but we lost the war,” she stated. “It’s not easy for the average person to get up and speak. Maybe it’s my Catholic upbringing or nerves. I wasn’t afraid.” When the incinerator proposal was first put forward, Ms. Baker had a young child. “I wanted to know what affect it would have on my son.” She went to a forum, held at Syracuse Uni- versity, called Clearing the Air on Incinera- tion and “I came out changed.” Ms. Baker approached the local Democrat- ic Party, became a candidate for the County legislature and won. “It changed my life,” Ms. Baker said, adding she spent 12 years serving on the County leg- islature, retiring in 2001. She’s now on the Town of DeWitt council, having gotten back into the political arena to fight a plan to build a coal-burning facility. That battle, she noted, ended in a positive way, as the plan was defeated. “You have to get involved, hopefully to challenge the decisions being made,” Ms. Baker said. “In this day and age, it’s a global issue. You can’t go back to this (technology),” she added. “I was the conscience,” she said of her role on the County legislature. At the same time, “we’re supposed to do everything we can to reduce carbon dioxide so the climate won’t get changed,” Ms. Baker noted. Officials say the “numbers are acceptable. To whom?” she asks. “Who’s it acceptable to?” Mercury has been found in lakes in the area, she said. “They told us the taller the stack, the cooler the gas,” she said. The plant is “in a hole. Syracuse University is on one side of the hill and residential on the other. We couldn’t get them to move it, but we got monitoring. If I was with the peo- ple up there, I would insist on a monitoring program,” Ms. Baker stated. She also suggested “making it small, so it doesn’t compete with recycling.” And, she wouldn’t have the same agency that runs the incinerator also running a recy- cling program. “It’s a lot harder to clean up than to do it in the first place.” A citizens’ advisory committee was set up when the plant opened. “It would ensure they keep all the toxins out of the waste stream. The County got rid of that. They said nothing was coming out.” Monitoring is important, she said. “If you’re asking someone to risk their health and their families, someone ought to be paying attention.” Incinerator opponents set up the James- ville Positive Action Committee, or JAMPAC. The group wanted to show how an incin- erator would affect the surrounding area. So, they tied cards to black balloons and released them where the incinerator would be built. “Five hours later, in Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania, a guy called and said he got a bal- loon. That showed how much of an impact it would have,” Ms. Baker stated. “It’s not NIMBY. On the cards, I didn’t think we had to put the area code on them,” Ms. Baker said. “We did everything we could to highlight what we thought was important.” Like in the movie All the President’s Men, Ms. Baker urges Durham residents to “follow the money. Follow the money. “Don’t rely on government. I used to tell people, ‘if you don’t come to the meetings, don’t call me later.’ You can’t not be involved,” she said. “Don’t tell me I’m down wind of you. I won’t be happy.” Somewhere in the middle. That’s where the answer lies. As crunch time approaches and Dur- ham Region makes a decision next week on whether to build an incinerator to deal with its waste, it’s probably important to consider the centre. That’s where this issue is going to be settled. On one side are Durham officials who feel incineration is the be all and end all. Oppo- nents, of course, think burning trash is yes- terday’s solution and we should move to a ‘zero waste strategy.’ An admirable idea, but this is the wrong place to argue for that. It should be at the provincial and federal levels. With garbage disposal, there are no easy answers. If it’s not incineration, then it’s landfill. Pick your poison. In New York’s Onondaga County, which includes the City of Syracuse, officials decided in the early 1990s that incinera- tion, or waste-to-energy, was the way to go. As one would expect, opposition rose up to fight this. Eventually, the facility was approved, but with some important caveats. A recycling program had to be started and has now reached a diversion rate of about 60 per cent. Durham is aiming for a 70-per cent diversion rate (blue box and green bin). The other important item was moni- toring. An aggressive program was put in place, with the results easily available. Vicki Baker, an opponent to the Onon- daga proposal said, “We did fight it in court and we got a decrease in the size of the plant. We got more recycling. We had minor victories, but we lost the war.” The Onondaga facility is in a small valley, or “hole” as opponents said, at the junction of two major highways. Over one hill is the small community of Jamesville and over the other is Syracuse University. The facility is owned and operated by Covanta Energy, the same company that will build one for Durham. Aside from where the trash is brought in and dumped, and where the ash is collected, the site is amazingly clean. There’s no odour any- where, even in the main lobby, which is about 10 feet from the tipping floor, where the trash is dumped. In fact, there was no odour anywhere around the site. Black smoke wasn’t billowing out. In fact, no smoke could be seen. Opponents will say “Fine. You don’t have to see smoke to know dioxins, furans and other nasty things are being pumped out.” Opponents have been raising pertinent points since the process began. They’ve done their homework and they know the issue. And, they haven’t bought the ‘all is rosy’ scenario painted by Regional officials and consultants. Durham Region will more than like- ly approve building an incinerator, or an energy-from-waste facility, as we say north of the border. Where opponents will win is not the war, but the battles. Keith Gilligan is the regional reporter for Metroland Durham Region Media Group. He can be contacted at kgilligan@durhamregion.com OPINION Opponents to incineration will win battles, not the war RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND SYRACUSE -- Larry Evans the Facility Manager for Covanta Energy points out part of the continuous monitoring device to Durham Region Media reporter Keith Gilligan. RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND JAMESVILLE -- It was Vicki Baker’s opposition to an incinerator being built in her home of Jamesville, New York that prompted her to became a politician.newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200914 AP newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200915 P Information on Government of Canada programs at City Hall PICKERING -- A Service Canada officer is now available at Pickering City Hall to help residents get better access to information about Govern- ment of Canada programs and services. Every Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., a Ser- vice Canada officer will be available at the Cus- tomer Care Centre at City Hall. 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The municipal-federal partnership is the only one of its kind in Durham, and one of a select few in Ontario. Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, said in a press release the federal govern- ment is making services accessible to as many Canadians as possible. “This is especially valuable for groups of clients that may have mobility or other transportation issues. It’s about putting the client at the centre of everything we do,” she said. City Hall is located at One The Esplanade (Glenanna Road and The Esplanade). For a full list of services offered through the new part- nership, visit www.servicecanada.gc.ca. CITY HALL Pickering offers more services for residents DURHAM -- An annual car show will now double as a tribute to a local man killed in a horrific homicide last fall. The fourth annual Xtreme Tuner Showdown is now named in honour of Rick Kelly, the Oshawa man mur- dered in November 2008 alongside his wife Lesley Kelly and son Nathan. This year’s Xtreme Tuner Showdown takes place July 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium, 99 Thornton Rd. COMMUNITY Durham car show will support Kelly family MICHAEL JURYSTA PHOTO Senior of the year PICKERING -- Ralph Sutton, accompanied by his wife Carol, was presented the Senior of the Year award at a recent seniors’ event in Pickering. Spring Registration, Summer Spring Registration, Summer Camps & BirthCamps & Birthday Parday Partiesties Call Cori-Ann Harness at 905-683-5110 ext. 228 for more information.newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200916 AP North America’s only “PLAY IN A WEEK” where every child has a scripted part and becomes a real actor by the end of the week! ages 4-17ages 4-17 A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN ACT UP! 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The five categories to be voted on are residential, business/ commercial, school, environ- mentally inspiring and street beautification. The nomination deadline is June 30 and judging will be July 11 to 19. Awards will be given out on Sept. 17 at an awards night. Forms can be picked up at various Town locations. Com- plete forms can be dropped off at Town Hall, 65 Harwood Ave. S. or the Operations Centre, 491 Mackenzie Ave. To nominate: CALL 905-683-2951 ext. 4201 VISIT www.townofajax.com COMMUNITY Residents to nominate Ajax's best gardens newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200917 APSportsBrad Kelly Sports Editor bkelly@durhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.com PHOTO BY WALTER PASSARELLA AJAX -- Elie Ghannoum, left, and Tristan Smith went through a sparring session at the Ajax Community Centre in advance of the Father’s Day Brawl which will be hosted by the Ajax Boxing Club on Sunday. BOXING Fighters ready to rumble Ajax Boxing Club hosts Father’s Day Brawl BY BRAD KELLY bkelly@durhamregion.com AJAX -- Collin Matchim is hoping the box- ing card he is presenting Sunday in Ajax is an immediate hit, but realizes that the after- noon is also designed to build a foundation for success in the future. Sunday’s Father’s Day Brawl at the Annan- dale Golf and Country Club is the first box- ing card of its kind in Ajax in quite some time. “There hasn’t been a boxing match in Ajax since the 1996 Olympic fundraiser,” points out Matchim, who is the head coach of the club and promoter of the show. “So it’s hard to get a crowd for boxing when there hasn’t been any shows in so long.” Matchim is hoping to attract 200-300 box- ing fans to the venue, with 11 bouts already booked and three others pending. Representing the Ajax club in the main event will be Mike Affainie, an Ontario champion who is undefeated in his last five fights. He also won a gold medal at the Ray McGib- bons tournament in St. Catharines, beating the Ontario and National champion in two separate fights. Another Ontario champion, Victor Plaza, will also be on the card. He also won gold at the Ray McGibbons Tournament and the Arnie Boehm Memorial. He carries a 5-1 record into the match. A number of others from the club will either be making their debuts, or appearing in their second career fight. Putting the afternoon together has taken a couple of months, says Matchim, who has had to select a venue, co-ordinate the fights and secure sponsors. “We’ve probably been in contact with 15- 20 different boxing clubs in Ontario. They provide a list of boxers to choose from, but then they get injured or are unavailable and the list is always changing,” he says of some of the difficulties he has faced. Some of the clubs represented include the Motor City Boxing Club (Oshawa), the Liv- erpool Boxing Club (Pickering), the Dur- ham Boxing Academy (Ajax), BEL Boxing (Peterborough), Cabbage Town Boxing Club (Toronto) and Billy Irwin’s Fight Club (Niag- ara Falls). Among the major sponsors on board are K and K Recycling, Mapleridge Mechanical and Switch Skateboard and Snow. Matchim has roots with the club dating back to his days as a boxer at the age of 14, earning an Ontario title in the 165pd class in 1996. It’s his long association with the club that spawned the idea to honour one of the founding fathers on Sunday in Don Ross, who took over as head coach back in 1970, one year after the club was started, and remained in the top role until 1995. Ross, who still lives in Ajax, will be in attendance. “He was fair. He did what he said he was going to do and you didn’t back-talk him. He commanded respect and demanded a strong work ethic,” says Matchim of the influence Ross had on his fighters, one of whom was Matchim. In fact, Ross still has some influence on the 15-20 competitive fighters with the club today. “He had a no sitting-down rule at the club and people think that’s my rule, but it’s not. It’s his rule. I just carry on the tradition,” says Matchim, of not allowing fighters to give in to fatigue. Doors open at 1 p.m. Sunday, with the first bout scheduled for 2 p.m. Tickets are avail- able in advance for $10 at the Ajax Boxing Club or by contacting Matchim at 905-391- 1745. Tickets are $15 at the door. HOCKEY Jason Dale of Pickering inks deal with AHL Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- Jason Dale, of Pickering, isn’t ready to discard his skates. Instead the 20-year-old former Brampton Batallion forward, who won an Eastern Conference championship with the club this past season, has signed a one-year contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the Ameri- can Hockey League. Bridgeport is the minor league affil- iate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. The deal is a two-way contract, which will allow Bridgeport to keep the 5-foot-11, 182-pound right winger on its roster, or shuffle him off to the East Coast League’s Utah Grizzlies. Dale played three seasons in the OHL with Brampton, with his best cam- paign coming this past year as he tallied 18 goals and 43 points, while posting a plus-21 with 24 penalty minutes. His first year of junior eligibility was spent playing in the former Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League for the Colling- wood Blues. JR. C LACROSSE West Durham Patriots edged by Clarington PICKERING -- A pair of third-period goals proved to be the difference for the Clarington Shamrox in a 5-3 victory over the West Durham Patriots on Mon- day night in Pickering. All square at 3-3 heading into the final 20 minutes of the Jr. C game, goals by Stefan Diachenko 2:55 into the period and an insurance marker 1:18 later by Trevor Munce lifted the Sham- rox to the win. The Patriots actually led early in the game, but not late when they need- ed to. Goals by Easton McDonald and Todd Nakasuji staked the home side to a 2-0 lead before Brett Brown’s marker cut the lead in half, ending the first peri- od 2-1. The Shamrox went up 3-2 on a pair of second-period goals by Dylan Pitch- forth, but Ryan Gilmour, on the power play, pulled the Patriots into a 3-3 tie before the period ended. Nakasuji finished the night with a goal and two helpers for the Patriots. Friday is the next time the 3-6-0 Patriots will hit the floor, hosting Kings- ton at the Pickering Recreation Com- plex. 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SWIMMING Ajax Aquatic Club rises to challenge at Top Cup AJAX -- Young swimmers with the Ajax Aquatic Club came back with excellent results from the Top Cup, the premier 10 and under competi- tion of the season. On the female side of the pool, Aryanna Fernandes made her mark as one of the top 9-year-old female swimmers in the country, with sil- ver medal-winning performances in the 50- and 100-metre butterfly. Aryanna also placed in the top-8 in all of her other swims. Fellow 9- year-old Gabrielle Harris contin- ued her rapid improvement with 100-per cent best times and three top-20 finishes, while 10-year-olds Abby Perfetti and Emily Vanden- berg also rose to the occasion, each with 100-per cent best times. The AAC men’s squad of the future continued to take shape as the 10-year-old boys were firing on all cylinders. Mark Burns led the way with four finishes in the top-20, highlighted by a nearly 20-second drop in the 400-metre freestyle. Not to be outdone was teammate Mat- thew Fernandes, who lowered his 200m free, 100m back and 400m free times by over 20 seconds. Kel- vin Brown cracked the top 20 in two swims, while Matthew Harris posted a 20th-place finish in the 100m breaststroke. Daniel Wilson swam to a 20-second improvement in his 400m free, and Jhad Imran saw a 15-second drop in his 100m freestyle. All of the above times were 100-per cent best times for the boys, and Ian Phemister and 9- year-old Juan Andres Mendes kept the ball rolling, also recording 100- per cent best times. Overall, there were only two swims that were not best times, and degree of improvement was as impressive as the percentage. Perhaps more significant is that 10 of 12 athletes who competed in the meet are first-year swimmers, and products of the new syner- gy that now exists between AAC’s novice, intro and junior groups. As coach Mischa Sommerville contin- ues to put his stamp on the junior group, the future looks very bright at AAC. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200919 AP Pickering Athletic Centre hosts more than 470 athletes PICKERING -- The Pickering Athletic Centre hosted its 15th Annual Rainbow Classic Invi- tational that attracted more than 470 athletes representing 22 clubs from around Ontario. In total, 1,900 trophies, med- als and ribbons were present- ed. The following are the over- all results from Pickering ath- letes. LEVEL 2, AGE 7 Alexandra Fachinni silver score, Mackenzie Sparks silver score, Kamryn Ellson-Elliott silver score, Alexis Gobin merit score, Victoria McKen- zie silver score, Wynette Wong silver score LEVEL 2, AGE 8 Marielle Santos gold score, Joyce Hughes gold score, Bry- anna Payne silver score LEVEL 3, AGE 7 Chloe Scheel gold, Melissa Woo gold LEVEL 3, AGE 9, GROUP A Amy Desousa 2nd overall, Veronica Large 5th overall, Rachel Waldriff 6th overall, Emily McManus 7th overall LEVEL 3, AGE 10, GROUP A Megan Stoiber 2nd overall LEVEL 3, AGE 11 GROUP A Venus Prince-Hanson 6th overall LEVEL 3 AGE 12 Gabrielle Gerlach 2nd over- all Jennifer Hamlyn 5th overall LEVEL 3, AGE 13+ Chloe Kurtin 6th overall LEVEL 4, AGE 8 Jayden Gray gold score, Shannon Smalley gold score, Jordyn Graham silver score LEVEL 4, AGE 9, GROUP A Jordan Kondo 1st overall, Grace Steinhausen 7th overall LEVEL 4, AGE 9, GROUP B Claire Platnar 1st overall Sarita Campbell 3rd overall LEVEL 4, AGE 10, GROUP A Grace Woolgar, 1st overall Gillian Collins 7th overall LEVEL 4, AGE 10, GROUP B Tahnee Chung 9th overall LEVEL 4, AGE 11 Joanna Yousif 1st overall LEVEL 4, AGE 14+ Cassandra Schilling 3rd overall Christine Phillips 3rd overall LEVEL 5, AGE 8 Emma Gill gold score Emily Lozano gold score LEVEL 5, AGE 9 Danae Fox 2nd overall LEVEL 5, AGE 10/11, GROUP A Madison Konso 1st over- all, Katie Ewaskiw 2nd over- all, Victoria Sparks 3rd overall, Adanna Copeland 5th overall, Alexandra Sagat 13 overall LEVEL 5, AGE 10/11, GROUP B Savanna Ma 1st overall, Christina Zara 2nd overall LEVEL 5, AGE 13 Emma Boire 1st overall, Alex Aicken-Savage 2nd overall LEVEL 5, AGE 14+ Sarah Dewar 1st overall, Dayna Fox 6th overall LEVEL 6, AGE 9-11 Sabrina Nasner 5th overall LEVEL 6, AGE 12/13 Katie Towers 2nd overall, Rebecca Brown 7th overall LEVEL 6, AGE 14+ Heather Putos 1st overall, Ashley Ritchie 5th overall LEVEL 7, AGE 9/10 Anna Taverna 3rd overall, Mohoganny Brown 4th over- all LEVEL 7, AGE 11 Tiara McCleary 2nd overall, Kaitlyn Trach 4th overall LEVEL 7, AGE 12+ Sydney Marcoux 2nd overall, Verana Herrman 8th overall LEVEL 8, AGE 12 Samantha Smedley 3rd over- all. 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Please fax your resume to: Attn: Karen Williamson 905-665-7018 General Help Skilled & Technical Help Hospital/Medical /Dental General Help WILD & CRAZY, Can’t Be Lazy!! F/T Customer Service NOW! Great pay! Must like music, fun, and $$. No Sales. No Phones. No exp, no prob. NEW GRADS WEL- COME- ppl skills an asset. Call Alexis for interview 905- 668-5544 Classiﬁ eds News Advertiser To Place an Ad Call: 905-683-0707 Or Toronto Line: 416-798-7259 localmarketplace.ca • Email: classifieds@durhamregion.com Please read your classified ad on the first day of publication as we can- not be responsible for more than one insertion in the event of an error. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200921 AP StonCor Group, Canada's leader in concrete and steel protection ﬁ nishes, has an immediate opening for a Bilingual Collection Ofﬁ cer • Strong verbal skills in French required. • Minimum 3-years experience in collections. • Experience with Customer Account Reconciliations, and the Construction Industry an asset. Forward your resume by e-mail to: E-mail: dsandrelli@stoncor.com Visit our website at: www.stoncor.ca Careers Salon & Spa Help AQUILIBRIUM SALON AND Spa is seeking talented sty- lists with a passion for crea- tivity and a desire to make a difference. Part time to the right candidate. Please drop off resume: 1383 Wilson Rd. N. (Sobey's Plaza). EXPERIENCED part time Hair Stylist required for es- tablished Ajax Salon. Please call (905)427-3811. Skilled & Technical Help CABINET MAKER wanted full time days, must have experience with jointers, shapers, planners and panel saws, lead hand experience an asset, wage to be negotiated, E-mail payables@live.ca CONSTRUCTION company require person with experi- ence for year round work. Please call 416-677-3532. LICENSED PLUMBER, ICI experience, top wages, beneﬁ ts and pension plan. Fax resume to (905)576- 8065. WELDER (NIGHTSHIFT) & Brake Operator (dayshift) required for custom fabrica- tor. Welder must be CWB certiﬁ ed. Brake operator must have 5 yrs experience. Must be organized, punctual, quality conscience. Excel- lent wages and beneﬁ ts for right candidate. Fax resume to 905-831-1477. Email info@drsteelfab.com Careers Hospital/Medical /Dental EXP. DENTAL ASSISTANT, to join our energetic and skill- ful team in east Toronto, fax resume to 416-281-1848. EXPERIENCED DENTAL assistant required for Dur- ham ofﬁ ce. Full-time, week- ends and evenings required. Please fax resume to (905)427-9651 MARNWOOD LIFECARE CENTRE - position available for a full time director of care/staff educator. Must hold current registration in good standing. Fax resume to att: Tracey Werheid at 905-623-4497 or email twerheid@extendicare.com WESTNEY NORTH Dental Clinic is now open and accepting resumes for an energetic self starter, Level II Dental Assistant. Please ap- ply in person at 201 William- son Dr. W, Unit 6, Ajax. or email slake@on.aibn.com Hotel/ Restaurant DADDY O'S GRILL in Pick- ering seeking experienced Cook. Mon-Fri. Full-time. 6am - 2pm. Start immediate- ly. Call before 3:30 p.m. 905-420-2547. 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Call Peter 1-877- 777-7308, Mortgage Leaders Apartments & Flats for RentA ! KING/WILSON, OSHAWA Quiet building, near shop- ping, transportation. Utilities, parking included. 2-bedroom apts. Available June/July 1st. Call (905)571-4912 until 6:00pm. (2)-BDRM Oshawa, large main ﬂ oor, tri-plex apt bldg. 304 Banff Ave. quiet street, shed, fenced yard, laundry, parking, references, ﬁ rst/last, July 1. $860-incl. (905)571- 5814 1 & 2 BDRM apartments for rent, Whitby, Brock & Dun- das area. Available Immedi- ately/July 1st. Call Tony (416)493-1927 1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS, $725, $825 all inclusive. No dogs. Oshawa, Bloor St. E area. Working adults pre- ferred. Call Matt 289-240- 4447 1 BEDROOM + DEN, Whitby bright, clean, legal basement apartment. Fridge, stove, backyard. $700 including utilities/cable. No smok- ing/pets. Garden/Rossland. Suits single mature working person. (905)430-6675 1 BEDROOM, July 1st, main ﬂ oor, Adelaide/Park Rd. $750-all inclusive. Parking. Donna or John 289-240- 4120 1-BEDROOM BASEMENT apartment, Thickson/Ross- land. $700/ month, all inclu- sive, separate entrance. 1-parking. First/last. No pets. Prefer working person. (905)666-3478 or (416)827- 3601. Mortgages, LoansM Apartments & Flats for RentA 1011 SIMCOE ST. N., Oshawa. Large 3-bedroom townhome suites with full basements, available for rent. Private fenced yards with mature trees. Near all amenities. $925/month+ utilities. Call (905)579-7649 for appointment. 2 APTS - Ritson/Athol Oshawa- bachelor apt. $550+hydro. 1-bedroom apt, $650+hydro. Appliances, parking included. No laundry. No pets. Newly renovated. Both available July-1st. First/last. 416-996-2022. 2 BEDROOM apartment, Oshwa, near O.C., available July 1st, 2 car parking, laun- dry, separate entrance, MUST BE SEEN! $900/in- clusive, ﬁ rst/last. no pets/smoking. (905)431- 9210 2 BEDROOM NORTH OSHAWA bright quiet apart- ment, Simcoe North at Rus- sett. New appliances, hard- wood ﬂ oors, well-maintained 12-plex, newly renovated, near bus/shopping. cable/heat/water/parking in- cluded. Laundry, No dogs. 905-576-2982.; 905-626- 6619 2-BDRM BSMT Pickering- Avail Aug 1st. Large master bdrm. Natural light, win- dows, A/C, Shared Laundry. Near GO/Amenities. Utilities/Parking Incl'd. $900/month. FIRST & LAST REQUIRED! (416)543-0851 2-BEDROOM $810, 1-bed- room $710, in 11-plex. walk to OC, heat, water, secured entrance, reﬁ nished ﬂ oors, parking included hydro ex- tra. No pets. 289-240-1052, 905-626-6724. 3 BDRM MAIN Flr Pickering- Avail AUG 01st. Large liv- ing/dining rm & Kitchen. Hardwood Floors,Shared Laundry. Near GO/Amenities. Utilities/Park- ing Incl'd. $1250/month. FIRST & LAST REQUIRED! (416)543-0851. Condominium Suites in Oshawa 2 & 3 Bdrm's Free Utilities, Parking. Senior's, Retiree's & GM Discounts 905-728-4993 AJAX - one bedroom walk- out basement apartment. Fletcher St. $800 per month all inclusive. Available July lst. No pets. (416) 707-1889 AJAX, AVAILABLE immedi- ately, Westney Rd & King- ston Rd., 1-BEDROOM BASEMENT apt., Separate entrance, $750/month. Park- ing, Laundry, Internet includ- ed. No smoking/pets (647) 887 6235 AJAX, GORGEOUS 1 BED- ROOM basement apartment. Newly built, open concept with en suite laundry. Separ- ate entrance. Includes utilities, Cable & Hi-Speed Internet. $750/month. 416- 319-3655. AJAX- OXFORD Towers. Spacious apartments, quiet bldg, near shopping, GO. Pool. 2-bedroom & 3-bed- room from $1029/mo. Plus parking. Available June/July 1st. 905-683-8571, 905-683- 8421 BOWMANVILLE immaculate 1-bedroom apts. Avail imme- diately. Security entrance very clean building, all inclu- sive, includes appliances, utilities, parking and laundry facilities. 905-697-1786, 905- 666-1074 2 & 3 bedroom apartments Close to school, shopping, hospital On-site superintendent & security. Rental Ofﬁ ce Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (905)686-0845 or (905)686-0841 Eve. viewing by appt. www.ajaxapartments.com REGENCY PLACE Seniors Building ASK ABOUT OUR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! 1 & 2 Bdrms utilities incl. On site staff 24/7. Weekly bus to grocery shopping. Handrails in halls, Automatic door openers Full Activity Calendar, Close to 401 Safe secure environment. 15 Regency Cres. (Mary St. & Hickory St) 905-430-7397 www.realstar.ca Apartments & Flats for RentA ALEXANDRA PARK, OSHAWA Large 1 bedroom, "Old charm building." Totally renovated, new kitchen/bath, hardwood ﬂ oors. In-house laundry, intercom. Parkview. Near Hospital. No pets. (905)743-9383, 496simcoe@gmail.com APARTMENTS AVAILABLE Queen St., Port Perry. Bachelor, 1 bedroom & 2 bedroom. Appliances includ- ed. For inquiries or to view call 905-925-0115. BASEMENT BACHELOR downtown Oshawa in 4-plex, Newly renovated, Separate entrance, $500-inclusive cable/phone extra. First/last required. July 1st. 905-260- 4256 BIRCHCLIFFE CRT., Oshawa 1-bedroom main ﬂ oor bungalow, $745/month, ﬁ rst/last, incl. utilities. No smoking/pets. Backs onto Lakeview park. Mins to 401/Go station. 1-parking. Andreas, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 905-243-3355, 905-576-7911 BRIGHT, SUNNY 1 bedroom basement. Clean, quiet home. Separate entrance. Laundry. Parking. Cable. TTC. $640 inclusive. Elles- mere/ Markham. 416-697- 8129, 416-579-7968 COURTICE, ABSOLUTELY gorgeous 2-bdrm, excellent neighbourhood, Extra clean main ﬂ oor only. Parking, walk-out deck, laundry, appli- ances included. No smok- ing/pets. $1195/inclusive. Avail. Aug.1. 905-424-1125. COURTICE, Townline/Hwy 2, 2-bedroom apt in 3-plex, completely renovated, gas ﬁ replace, patio, No pets, parking, laundry, walk to amenities. Suit professional couple. July 15th. 905-665- 5537. DUNLOP ST. W., Whitby, large 1-bedroom, clean bright quiet 6 - plex, 2-appli- ances, laundry, parking. No pets. $795/month. (416) 759-5321 HWY. 2 & VALLEY FARM, 1-bdrm walk-in basement, split level, sep. entrance, bright, spacious, windows, A/C. $775/inclusive. Avail. Immediately. No pets. Call (905)831-0415. LARGE 2-BEDROOM newer apartment, Hampton, 4 appli- ances, laundry, nice back- yard, quiet street. Suits sin- gle person. Available July 1st. $800 plus 1/2 hydro. (905)263-2389. MARY STREET APTS bachelors, 1's & 2s bdrm apts. Utilities included, min- utes to downtown, short drive to Whitby Mall. Mary/Garden 905-666-2450 www.real- star.ca N. E. OSHAWA. 2nd ﬂ oor one bedroom apartment. Available July 1st. Clean quiet, hardwood/ceramic ﬂ oors, no pets, Prefer single working person. $610/all in- clusive. Parking. (905) 571- 7840. Cell (289) 355-3141 NEW 1-BEDROOM apart- ment, Pickering. Prefer sin- gle person. Close to 401/GO/shopping. No smok- ing/pets. $675/month, all in- clusive. Available July. (647)293-9469 Apartments & Flats for RentA NORTH OSHAWA Three bedroom. July or August lst. Clean, family building. Heat, hydro and two appliances in- cluded. Pay cable, parking, laundry facilities. (905) 723- 2094 NORTH OSHAWA, Wil- son/Rossland 2-bedroom apartment, appliances, laun- dry $950; ALSO 1-bedroom Taunton/Harmony near amenities $750; Both clean, bright, sunny. First/last. Available July 1 (905)621- 0756 or (905)725-5106. OSHAWA 2 furnished bachelor apartments. In- cludes all utilities +TV, $650/mo. Renovated 2+3 bdrm townhouse. New kitch- ens. New bathrooms. $1100/mo all utilities includ- ed. call (905)579-4015. OSHAWA 2-BEDROOM apt., basement of triplex. Near all amenities, $850/month, parking & utilities included. Available July 1. Call (905)721-2821. OSHAWA APTS. Clean quiet security monitored newer bldgs. Bachelor, 1 & 2 bedroom includes utilities, parking, laundry on site, no dogs. 905-260-9085, 905- 260-9075 OSHAWA Clean, new build- ing. 2-bedroom apt. $875/month, available July. 2-bedroom plus den, $960/month, available Au- gust. Appliances, parking & utilities included. 905-438- 9715. OSHAWA KING/RITSON, bright 2 bedroom apartment on 2nd ﬂ oor of house, close to downtown, all amenities, laundry, parking available. August 1st. $850 all inclu- sive. (905)914-3133 OSHAWA large 2 & 3 bed- room units. Quiet well-man- aged building in good area. New ceramics/reﬁ nished ﬂ oors. 1.5 baths, eat-in kitch- en, large living/diningroom. From $1200-inclusive. 905- 728-8919. OSHAWA near downtown. 2-bedroom, 2 level apart- ment. Very clean, Available immediately. Parking, sep. entrance. $750/month, inclu- sive. First/last. (416)528- 7212. OSHAWA nice bright clean 1 bdrm basement apt, quiet neighborhood, near amenities, private entrance, laundry, central location $775 inclusive. (905)579- 9294 OSHAWA NORTH, Spa- cious units. Adult & Senior lifestyle buildings. Renovat- ed 1, 2 & 3 bdrm apts. Across hospital, near bus stop, wheel chair and se- curity access. Call 905-728- 4966, 1-866-601-3083. www.apartments inontario.com OSHAWA NORTH, Spa- cious units. Renovated bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 bdrm & Penthouse apts. Wheel chair and security access. Call 905-432-6912, 905-723- 1009, 1-866-601-3083, www.apartments inontario.com Apartments & Flats for RentA OSHAWA, 945 Simcoe St. N., bachelor $650/inclusive. 208 Centre St. S., Large 2- bedroom in adult-lifestyle building, $1000/month plus heat/hydro 118 Bloor St.W, 2-bedroom, $805/inclusive. No pets. July lst. 905-723- 1647, 905-720-9935. OSHAWA, 1 BEDROOM Avail. Aug 1st. $760/month inclusive. Parking extra. No pets, close to all amenities. Call Patrick 905-443-0191 OSHAWA, 1-bdrm basement apt., Park Rd., south of King St. Separate entrance, park- ing, utilities and appliances included. Avail. immediately Call (905)655-5693. OSHAWA, John/Park. Low- rise bldg. Newly renovated 2 bdrm apts. Heat, water, 1-parking, on-site laundry in- cluded. $786/mo. Avail. June. Call Toni (905)436- 6042 OSHAWA, KING/SIMCOE 1 or 2 bedroom, laundry fa- cilities, 1 parking, $695/$725 plus Hydro, available July. Call Val 905-720-0255. OSHAWA, KING/WILSON, 2-bedroom basement, clean, bright & quiet, includes heat, hydro, water, parking, cable, shared laundry. No smok- ing/pets. $850/month, ﬁ rst/last. Available immedi- ately. (905)434-7899. OSHAWA, LARGE 1-bed- rooms, $725/$795, all inclu- sive. Large 2-bedroom $975/month, all inclusive. Whitby, 1-bedroom, $725/month, all inclusive. First/last, no pets. Quiet area. (905)424-5083. OSHAWA, NEWLY renovat- ed 3-bdrm apt, upper 2 levels of triplex, near downtown & schools. $1300/inclusive. Al- so: 4 rooms in renovated rooming house. $500/month. (905)666-1877 (LM). OSHAWA, One Bedroom 3rd ﬂ oor apartment. Simcoe & King. Appliances, laundry, secure intercom. No parking. $610 plus electricity. Also larger 1-bedroom $675+ electricity. Call (905)986- 4889 OSHAWA- 3 bdrm bunga- low, main ﬂ oor, Olive/Wilson area. Great neighborhood. Newer appliances, fenced yard. Parking, laundry. $1250/inclusive. Also large bright 2 bed. basement apt. $825/inclusive. First/last. No smoking. Available August 1st. 416-799-7583. OSHAWA- large 2-bedroom basement apt., close to Oshawa Centre. Laundry, 2- car parking, sep. entrance, utilities included $875/month, no smoking. Available imme- diately. (905)424-1113 PICKERING LIVERPOOL/ BAYLY. 2 bdrm, basement apt., private entrance, park- ing, appliances, laundry, close to Go and amenities. $850+ 1/2 utilities. First/last. (905)579-7576 PICKERING, Brock/Del- brook. Bright walk-out private entrance 1-bdrm bsmt. Eat- in kitchen, full bathroom, parking VIP/cable. Backyard pond w/waterfall. Close to Pickering Transit/GO/401. $800/mo inclusive. First/last. Avail. July. (416)399-4867 PICKERING, Finch/Liver- pool. Renovated basement bachelor apartment, open concept, separate entrance, includes parking/utilities, cable. Close to amenities. No smoking/pets, $725/mo. Suitable for working adult. Call 9am-9pm (905)839- 6287. PICKERING: 1-bdrm. bsmnt. Separate entrance, full bath- room, 2 walk-in closets, clean, new carpet/painted, near bus, amenities. Suitable for family. No pets/smoking. Available Immediately. 905- 619-1028. PICKERING: Liverpool/Bay- ly, spacious 3-bedroom basement, separate en- trance, a/c, laundry, 1 park- ing, near all amenities. No pets, $1100 inclusive, ﬁ rst/last. Available immedi- ately. 416-200-9992, even- ings (905)420-0898. Apartments & Flats for RentA PORT PERRY, Walk to Lake Scugog. Enjoy peaceful, beautiful town. Spacious 2 and 3-bdrm. Well-kept, quiet 3-storey building. Balcony, 1-parking, Security Video. No Smoking/Dogs. First/last. 905-985-6032, 905-430- 7816. ROSSLAND/RITSON, 2 bedroom, newer, well main- tained clean, quiet adult life- style, suits retired/mature working adults. July 1st, $939/inclusive, no pets. Also 1 bedroom, $760/inclusive. (905)720-2352 SHARED accommodations, prefer female, to share with same, 2 bedroom basement apartment. Internet, includes bus route, parking, $480/month. 905-549-9664. SIMCOE/MILL OSHAWA, near 401. Nice, clean, quiet building, near shopping, transportation. Utilities in- cluded. 1-bedroom, $799; 2- bedroom $879; 3-bedroom, $979, available now, ﬁ rst/last. (905)436-7686 until 8pm. SPACIOUS 2-BDRM, NEAR Oshawa Centre. $930/month inclusive. Laundry facilities on site. Free parking. Avail. immediately or August 1st. Call (905)410-7318. TESTA HEIGHTS 1, 2 & 3 bed. w/upgraded ﬁ nishes. Util. incl. Security & parking. Landscaped grounds, pri- vate patios & balconies. 2 Testa Rd., Uxbridge. 905- 852-2534 www.realstar.ca THREE BEDROOM, 4-plex with full basement. Free parking, quiet residential area. Cypress St. Own yard. $935/month, plus Hydro/Gas. Call (905)410-7318. TWO BEDROOM, dining room, eat in kitchen, two en- trances, laundry, parking, no smoking/pets. Whitby. 401/Go. $975 plus utilities. Available July 1. Call (289)688-8171 or (905)721- 2887. WHITBY 123-Annes St. 1- bdrm. available in quiet adult lifestyle 6-plex bldg. Perfect for single mature person. Avail. July 1. No pets/smok- ing. $795/mo utilities includ- ed (905)725-4145 WHITBY bright, clean 1-bed- room + den, in popular high- rise at Rossland and Garden, near all amenities. En-suite laundry, 5-appliances. $1100/month. One year's lease and ﬁ rst/last. Available August 1st, 2009. 905-442- 6415. View photos at www.viewit.ca/85350 WHITBY DOWNTOWN Small apt. building, near schools, Two Big 2 bed- rooms with very clean. Laundry room, parking. July lst. lst/last. $860 plus hydro (Approx. $60 mo.) $940 all inclusive. (416)520-6392 WHITBY PLACE 1 & 2 bed. Landscaped grounds. Balco- nies, laundry & parking. Access to Hwy. 401 & public transit. Near shopping & schools. 900 Dundas St. E. (Dundas St. & Garden St) 905-430-5420 www.realstar.ca Whitby's Best Building newly renovated suite 2-BEDROOM extra-large in clean, quiet bldg, freshly painted, beautiful Whitby neighbourhood. Ideal adult lifestyle bldg. insuite storage, onsite laundry. Incredible value! 905-668-7758 viewit.ca (vit #17633) WHITBY, 1-bedroom base- ment apartment. Laundry, parking, walk to downtown and all amenities, quiet area. $675/inclusive. Single male preferred. Available immedi- ately. (905)985-8503 WHITBY, DOWNTOWN, 1- bdrm apt, all hardwood ﬂ oors, large windows, all utilities included, $800/mo, ﬁ rst/last, references. No pets. Available July 1st. Call (905)430-8327. Apartments & Flats for RentA WHITBY, Kent/Chestnut, 2 bedroom, $900 + hydro. 3 bedroom, $1050 + hydro. Available July 1st. 905-493- 0059 or 647-233-7866. WHITBY, LARGE 1-bdrm walk-out bsmt. Bright, paint- ed, new broadloom, a/c. $825/mo inclusive. 1 minute to 401, 4 minutes to GO sta- tion. No smoking/pets. July 1st. First/last. 905-431-0202 Condominiums for RentC CONDO ON THE LAKE - Port of Newcastle. Beautiful bright waterfront 2 bdrm. Condo 3 yrs new. Stainless steel appl. Ensuit W/D $1000.00 + utilities Kevin - 905-213-9104 WHITBY- BEAUTIFUL Lake- front Condo for rent! Close to amenities (GO Station, 401, etc.) with 5 appliances, A/C, heating, utilities, parking space, locker. $1300/month 416-809-8585 Houses for Rent ! $ !AAAA ABA-DABA- DOO- I have a home for you! Why Rent! 6 months free- then own! No down payment- NO Problem! For as low as $692/month P.I.T. OAC. Minimum Family Income $30,000. Good Credit. Ken Collis Broker, Coldwell Bank- er RMR Real Estate (905)728-9414 1-877-663- 1054 kencollis@sympatico.ca 3 BEDROOM brick bunga- low, 1 acre lot, brand new home, never lived in. Garden Hill; 30 minutes East of Oshawa, 10 minutes North of Port Hope, 20 minutes South of Peterborough. No pets. $1,500 plus utilities. Available July lst. Call 6 - 9 p.m. Dana (905)797-1173. 3-BEDROOM SEMI, Oshawa/Whitby border, all appliances, A/C, fenced yard, quiet neighbourhood. $1250+ utilities. Available im- mediately. (905)922-5446. ABSOLUTELY ASTOUND- ING! 6 months free then own any house from $695 / month PIT (Oac, Sca). No money down, nothing to lose. Why rent? I'll qualify you on the phone. Require good credit and family income $35,000 +. Bill Roka, Sales Rep, Remax Spirit Inc. Direct Line (905)449-3622 or 1- 888-732-1600. wroka@treb- net.com Nobody sells more houses than Remax!!!!! AJAX, Clements/Taylor. 3- bdrm main ﬂ oor, fur- nished/non-furnished. Near lake/GO, parking, laundry, a/c, professional ﬁ nished backyard. $1400/mo+. Avail. immediately. First/last. (647)988-7665 BOWMANVILLE, BEAUTI- FUL 3-bedroom, 3 baths, ﬁ n- ished basement, 5 applianc- es, air, deck, California shut- ters. Near Loblaws. $1300/month plus utilities. First/last. Available immedi- ately. (905)720-0189 BROCK/ROSSLAND, Whit- by, Spotless 3-bedroom, de- tached home 2 1/2 bath, ﬁ n- ished basement, A/C, 5 ap- pliances, 2 decks, large fenced yard, ample parking and garage; schools, parks, and transit nearby No dogs $1450+utilities Flexible availability (416)788-3667 BROOKLIN, CHARMING 3 bedroom, 2 baths, large yard and deck, Queen St., $1,400 plus utiltitites. August lst. (905)728-4074 CENTRAL BOWMANVILLE, small 3 bedroom house. Stove/fridge, detached gar- age, yard, no smokers/dogs. $1000/month plus utilities. First/last. (905)623-5278 COURTICE AREA, 3-bed- room ranch bungalow, large lot, many updates. Additional garage for storage. No pets. No smokers. $1075+ utilities. Available July. 519-878-1933 or 905-436-2286 DOWNTOWN WHITBY 3- bdrms, 4 appliances, large backyard. $1200/mo + utilities. Avail. July 1st. 905-- 655-2436 or 416-428-4706. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200922 AP EXHIBITORS WANTED Heart of Country Craft & Gift Show General Motors Centre, Oshawa October 16, 17 & 18, 2009 www.showsdurhamregion.com Audrey – 905 426-4676 X257 -------------------------------------------- Christmas Craft Show Kingsway College, Oshawa Sunday, November 29, 2009 www.showsdurhamregion.com Audrey – 905 426-4676 X257 Father’s Day Antique & Collectors Auction Sunday, June 21 Preview 9:30 A.M. Auction 11:00 A.M. Starting @ 11:00 A.M.: Selling a Collection of Photography & Dark Room Equipment to include Canon & Leica Cameras and Stereo Equipment to include Concert Speakers. Auction to include: Glass & China, Dinner Sets, Royal Doulton Figures & Character Jugs, Collection of Swarovski’s, Silver & Silver Plate, Books, Jewellery, Collectors Items, Prints & Paintings. Large Amount of Furniture to include: 5 Sec- tion Oak Stacking Bookcase, Mahogany Buffet & Serving Cabinet, Painted Oak Hutch, Early Chest on Stand, Canadian Bonnet Chest, Victorian Dining Table & Chairs, Inlaid Marble Top Commode, Corner Cabinet, Set of 10 Victorian Dining Chairs, Pair of French Arm Chairs, Oak Table & 4 Chairs, Quality Uphol- stered Furniture, Pine Furniture, Antique Brass Bed & Quality Roll Top Desk. Indoor Yard Sale: Sunday @ 9:30 A.M. Starting at 9:00 A.M. WEATHER PERMITTING – GIANT OUTDOOR YARD SALE to include furniture For details and photo gallery go to www.waddingtons.ca/brighton Phone 1-613-475-6223 A U C T I O N SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009 TYRONE COMMUNITY CENTRE 2716 Concession Rd. 7 Tyrone, Ontario (Visit www.tyroneontario.com for directions) Tel: (647)219-7643 for auction info. PREVIEW 12:00 PM, AUCTION 1:00 PM TRUCKLOADS!! TRUCKLOADS!! *BRAND NEW FURNITURE* SOFA SETS, BEDROOM SETS, DINING SETS AND MORE… BOX SPRING AND MATTRESS BLOW-OUT SIGNED AND CERTIFIED SPORTS MEMORABILIA, GROUP OF SEVEN PRINTS, ROBERT BATEMAN PRINTS,HAND CARVED MAHOGANY FURNITURE, CURIO CABINETS, GRAND PALACE MIRRORS, OIL PAINTINGS, VICTORIAN CHAIRS, PLASMA TV's and PROJECTION TV's, AREA RUGS, GRANDFATHER CLOCKS, COLLECTABLES, ARTWORKS, KITCHENWARES and more… Cash, Visa, Mastercard and Interac GST AND PST - 10% BUYERS PREMIUM EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD / DELIVERY SERVICE IS AVAILABLE DON'T MISS THIS ONE DAY EVENT Jeff S k e l t o n Jeff Skelton Graduated J u n e 1 0 , 2 0 0 9 Graduated Ju n e 1 0 , 2 0 0 9 With an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree, University of Toronto, History and Political Science. Continuing these academic pursuits and his involvment with another passion, theatre. CongratulationsCongratulations from Mom, Dad, Lesley & Craig Houses for Rent FOR LEASE - PORT OF NEWCASTLE Available July 10th $1600/month + utilities 1900 sq.ft. 4 bedroom det. w/ dbl car garage includes club- house privileges - indoor pool, exercise rm etc. Available July 1st $1700 /month + utilities. 2360 sq.ft. 3 bdrm detached w/ dbl car garage 2nd ﬂ oor laundry in- cludes clubhouse privileges - indoor pool, exercise rm etc. Credit Check, References, Employment Letter Req'd Please call Kelly Mercer, Sales Representative. Royal Service Real Estate Inc. 905-987-1033 OSHAWA DUPLEX, 2-bed- room, ground ﬂ oor plus basement. Large backyard. Adelaide/Mary. $800/mo + utilities. Available August 1st. (416)837-8201. OSHAWA, LARGE 2-storey plus loft, 2 kitchens, 5 bed- rooms, 7 appliances, hard- wood ﬂ ooring, newly painted, close to all amenities, $1725 plus utilities. Available July 1st. 905-430-9085, 905-391- 8090. Houses for Rent OSHAWA, Ritson/401, Spacious 3 bedroom main ﬂ oor of house. Back yard. Near amenities, on quiet street, parking, laundry. $1295 utilities included. July 1st. Call Charles (905)201- 6936 OSHAWA, SPACIOUS main ﬂ oor, 2 bedrooms, full bath- room, laundry, parking, large backyard. $1200/inclusive. Available July 1st. Call Jake (416)627-1199. OSHAWA, Stevenson/La- valle, clean, bright luxury house for lease, 3+1 bed- rooms, large kitchen, large livingroom, fully furnished. $1400/month. Walking dis- tance to all amenities, Call Hassan (905)924-3580 PICKERING ﬁ rst ﬂ oor, Spa- cious 3-bedroom 1-1/2 baths, large livingroom, 2-parking, laundry, utilities included, 5-appliances, near GO, ac- cess to yard, immaculate, good neighbourhood, $1400/mo. (905)420-4269 Houses for Rent PICKERING, Brock/Del- brook. Main & upper 3- bdrms detached, 2.5 bath- rooms 5-appliances, 2-car garage, a/c, no smok- ing/pets. $1500/mo inclusive. Avail July 1st. First/last, ref- erences. Call 416-825-4269 Townhouses for RentT 1A AJAX, new paint/carpet, 3-yr new, 3-bedroom Free Hold townhouse. 9ft. Ceilings (main ﬂ oor). 5-appliances. Near amenities & lake. $1350+utilities. Available July 1. (905)433-0443. CARRIAGE HILL 2 & 3 bed. TOWNHOUSES. In-suite laundry, util. incl., Balconies, patios, courtyard. Pking. avail. Near shopping, res- taurants, schools, parks. 122 Colborne St. E. (Simcoe N., Colborne E) 905-434- 3972 www.realstar.ca EYER DR/WHITES Rd Pick- ering, 3 bedroom townhouse for rent, near schools, 401, conservation area. $1300. Sabina, (905)852-4071. Vendors WantedV Vendors WantedV Townhouses for RentT GROUND FLOOR, 2-bed- room unit, Parkwood Village, Courtice. Patio, hardwood ﬂ oors, ﬁ replace. $895/month, plus utilities. First/last, credit check, no smoking, small pet considered. Available July 1st.(905)767-5585. LIVERPOOL/HWY 2, 5-lev- els with walkout basement, garage, washer/dryer, fridge/stove, full kitchen, full dining room, 3-bedrooms, 1-1/2 bathrooms, end unit. $1275/month, plus. July 1st. 705-484-5222; 705-345- 0512. OPEN HOUSE Sat-Sun 1pm-4pm, TAUNTON TER- RACE 3 bedroom townhous- es. Ensuite laundry. Land- scaped grounds w/pool & playground. Private back- yards. Sauna & pking avail. Near shopping & schools, public transport. 100 Taunton Rd. E. (Taunton Rd. & Sim- coe St.) Ask about our move- in specials. 905-436-3346 www.realstar.ca WHITBY, Dundas/Garden. 3-bdrms, 3-baths, avail. im- mediately, freshly painted, ﬁ replace, 5-appliances, ﬁ n. bsmt, auto garage. Near schools/401/GO/amenities. Great neighbourhood. $1300/mo+ utilities. First/last, references. No smoking/pets. (905)426-5082 Rooms for Rent & WantedR AJAX - SOUTH FACING large upstairs room, double closet, share facilities, laun- dry, parking available, cable, internet, bus at door. Available now. $460/month. (416)723-5576, cell, robert207@rogers.com EAST OSHAWA, clean, quiet working person pre- ferred. Share kitchen, bath- room, laundry, internet, cable. Parking available. No smoking/pets. Available July 1st. $450/inclusive. (905)260-1361 MAIN FLOOR room, large window, near Transit and Pickering Town Centre, all inclusive, non-smoking, suits working person. Large back yard, pool. $450/month. July 1st. (905)839-7237. OSHAWA, ROOM for rent, $475, can be furnished, new- ly renovated house. Oxford St. Also, 1 bedroom apart- ment, $750/inclusive. ODSP and OW accepted. 905-244- 0342. PICKERING ROOM - all in- clusive. share kitchen. $500 per mo. Available immediate- ly., 925 Bayly St., Unit 55. Call (905)626-5265 after 4. SHARED accommodations, prefer female, to share with same, 2 bedroom basement apartment. Internet, includes bus route, parking, $480/month. 905-549-9664. Shared Accommodation LOOKING FOR M/F or couple, prefer 55 - 75 to share large lovely quiet 70' x 12' mobile home in Whitby with sr. male. Close to amenities and GO. Fully fur- nished $495/mo. 12 month lease. Non-smoker, referenc- es, (905)665-9235. Shared Accommodation NORTH WHITBY, house to share, near all amenities, pri- vate bath, use of all facilities, parking. Avail immediately. First/last. 905-442-2483 WHITBY, 2-BEDROOM, fur- nished/non-furnished, private bath, parking, kitchen, ac- cess to backyard. $750/month, all inclusive. Available August 1st. (905)430-1653. WHITBY-THICKSON & Dun- das, unfurnished/furnished. Quiet neighborhood. Close to all amenities & bus route. No smoking/pets, all inclusive. Available immediately, $500. Andre (905)424-1429. Rentals Outside CanadaR CLEARWATER FLORIDA 3- bedroom fully furnished, air conditioned manufactured homes, pool, hot tub, near beaches & major attractions. Photos shown in your home. Children welcome. $400/wk (less than motel, half of sum- mer cottage). (905)683-5503 Cottages for RentC BELMONT LAKE, 3-bdrm, all conveniences, BBQ, satellite, DVD, canoe, private waterfront, dock, good swimming and ﬁ shing, www.clementscottages.com 905-420-2684. LAKE SCUGOG waterfront cottage,10-minutes east of Port Perry. 2-bedroom,furnished, satellite included. Deck/ dock/good swimming/ ﬁ shing. Small boat available/boat lift up to 1500lbs. $650/week. Clean&comfortable. Call John 905-243-0705, email: wrightbythelake@aol.com WATERFRONT, Lake Consecon, beautiful 3 bed- room cottage, great ﬁ shing, swimming, beaches, boat and motor available. 1 1/2 hrs east of TO. $1000/week, no smoking. 905-824-4133, 416-414-2739. Campers, Trailers, Sites BALSAM LAKE Fenelon Falls, new trailers for sale on waterfront sites, used trailers on sites. Housekeeping Cottages for rent. Seasonal boat dock rentals. sandybeachtrailercourt.com 1-877-887-2550 TRAILERS 44-ft, 1998 park model furnished, a/c, 2-slide outs, full furnace/fridge, adult park,Gull River Norland, $17,900-o.b.o. 30-FT GOLD- EN FALCON 1-bedroom fur- nished, will move reasonable distance, $8,900-o.b.o. 1- 705-879-2442 Boats & Supplies BOAT & TRAILER, Motor needs tune up but runs per- fectly, electric choke, new battery/gas tank/gas line/power pack, second prop, paddle & safety kit, seats recently recovered. Trailer needs new tires and light system, (will install light system upon request). $2000 o.B.O. 905-244-3408 or harrison.r@hotmail. com. Lost & FoundL I AM STILL LOST - My name is BALI and I am an INDOOR cat - and I ran away from home late in the evening - Wednesday April 15th, 2009. My family lives at Westney/Rossland - in Ajax and I could be around this area or ran away further. I miss my family and with your help I could ﬁ nd my way home. I am a big boy with stripey grey/black and white colouring, green eyes and a pinky nose. Please call: 905- 683-9020 OR 416-993-2428 ANY HELP IS REALLY AP- PRECIATED. HE IS GREAT- LY MISSED BY HIS FAMI- LY. LOST white budgie "Rocky". June 14 in Claremont area. If seen or found please call (905)649-3646 reward Auctions Personals OLDER GUY, ex-climber, present mountain biker in great shape most of my life now a struggle needs highly motivated training partner for extreme work-outs 2 times per week. 905-831-9230 Daycare Available DAYCARE PLUS Montesso- ri with 15 years Montessori Teaching experience plus daycare management diplo- ma holder. Avail. in daycare and Montessori. Pickering, Brock/Kingston Rd. Limited space, ﬂ exible hours. 647- 281-4092 RESPONSIBLE, Conscien- tious teenage girl looking for a child-care opportunity through the summer months. For more information, call 905-665-7684. Articles for SaleA AFFORDABLE Appliances, HANKS Appliances, PARTS/SALES/SERVICE 310 Bloor St.W. Stoves $175/up, Fridges $175/up, Washers $175/up, Dryers $149/up. All warranty up to 15 months. Durham's largest selection of Reconditioned Appliances. (905)728-4043. CEDAR TREES for sale, starting from $4.00 each. Planting available. Free De- livery. Call Bob 705-341- 3881. Auctions Articles for SaleA APPLIANCES, refrigerator, stove, heavy duty Kenmore washer & dryer, apartment size washer & dryer. Mint condition. Will sell separate- ly. Delivery available. Instal- lation/hook-ups available. Call (905)903-4997 ATTENTION SENIORS - Premier walk-in bathtub. Walk-in secure door, 16-jet hydrotherapy, complete with handrails, faucets, shower- head, curtain rod. Slip-resist- ant ﬂ oor. Cost $14,200. Ask- ing $4,500. 905-985-1274. BED, ALL new Queen ortho- pedic, mattress, box spring in plastic, cost $900, selling $275. Call (416)779-0563 CARPETS, LAMINATE & VINYL SALE! I have 1000 of yards for sale! Free under- pad with installation. Free Estimates. Guaranteed Lowest Prices. Big or small jobs, I do it all! Lexus Floor- ing, Call Mike 905-431-4040 CONSTRUCTION EQUIP- MENT B.E. Larkin Equip- ment Ltd. Kubota Construc- tion, New Holland Construc- tion used equipment. Dur- ham, Clarington, Northum- berland Sales Rep Jim (647)284-0971 HOT TUB COVERS Custom covers, all sizes and shapes, $425 tax and delivery included. Pool safety covers. We will not be beat on price and quality. Guaranteed. 905-259-4514. www.durhamcovers.com Special TributesS Special TributesS Thinking of building a deck this year? Why not have our DECK MASTERS build you a Back Yard Resort! Call 905 922 2330 Licensed and Insured with 30 years experience building dreams. Deck Masters is a division of DCHD&F Featuring multi-level decks, pools, bar-b-q pits, ponds, fi re places, lighting, music and much more. Our award winning company can turn your dreams in to reality. With unlimited designs and your inspiration your back yard resort is just a call away. Renovations, Additions, Decks, Sheds Basements, Kitchens & Bathrooms 27 years Experience No job too big, no job too small, FranMac can do it all (416)788-0295 www.franmac.ca Call Dan for a FREE Estimate 905.436.9823 or Cell: 905.243.1459 Interiors / Exterior • Commercial / Residential Over 25 Years Experience • Competitive Prices GRUMPY OLD MEN LAWN SERVICE Grass Cutting/Fertilizing Gardening/Landscaping 905-665-9235 Home Improvement Painting & Decorating Gardening, Supply, LandscapingG Home Improvement Painting & Decorating Gardening, Supply, LandscapingG Home Improvement A & A ROOFING For All Your Rooﬁ ng Needs Repairs on: ● Rooﬁ ng ● Eavestrough ● Sofﬁ t ● Fascia ● Siding 647-990-ROOF (7663) DCM BUILDING SERVICES Bathrooms, kitchens, ﬂ ooring, basement, drywall, tiling, painting, fencing, decks Call Jim for a FREE quote 289-200-4891 905-409-9903 Home Improvement TT CERAMICS Get a kitchen backsplash installed, retile your bathroom, tile your basement. NO JOB TOO SMALL... WE INSTALL IT ALL (416)899-5999 WINDOW & EAVESTROUGH CLEANING (up to 20 windows $50) No Squeegee (By hand) * Lawncare cleanups * Int./Ext Painting * Deck/Fence power washing and staining Free Estimates Fred 905-655-5706 Painting & Decorating TMS PAINTING & DECOR Interior & Exterior European Workmanship Fast, clean, reliable service (905)428-0081 Moving & Storage Apple Moving Dependable & Reliable Good Rates 24-hour Service Licenced/Insured (905)239-1263 (416)532-9056 Business Services/ PersonalsB SAVE UP TO $400 ON YOUR CAR INSURANCE. Clean driving record? Call Grey Power today at 1-877- 603-5050 for a no-obligation quote. Open weekends. 40th Anniversary Congratulations to Terry and Kathy O'Sullivan for their 40th Anniversary on June 21st. All the best in the many years to come, with much love from your family Sean, Carrie and Callum, Kelly, Bethi and Lia Fajita New Arrival Callum O'Sullivan delighted his parents with his arrival on May 25th 2009. Sean and Carrie, Nana and Papa O'Sullivan and Aunt Kelly, along with new cousins Bethi and Lia Fajita, as well as Grandma and Grandpa McPherson and Aunt Trisha wish to welcome our newest family member. Service Directory Catch Classifieds ONLINE! ANYTIME! Log on to: www.durhamregion.com To place your personalized In Memoriam, call 905-683-0707 (Ajax) and let one of our professional advisors help you. Milestones FAX YOUR AD 905-579-4218 newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200923 AP Articles for SaleA FOOD VENDORS WANTED Pizza Booth (equipment sup- plied) and Caribbean Food for Courtice Flea Market. Approx 250,000 peo- ple/year. Located 2 min- utes off 401 between Oshawa & Bowmanville Call 905-436-1024 www.courtice- ﬂ eamarket.com GAS FIREPLACE - brand new in box. DV Napoleon. In- cludes vent, louvers & cap, $999.00 Call 905-953-6869 or email kingofheat@rogers.com HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colours. Call 1-866-585-0056 www.thecoverguy.ca HOT TUB with cover, 5' oc- tagon, 36" deep complete with pump and hose. Must sell, $1200 o.b.o. Call 905- 728-4953. HOT TUB/SPA, great tub, must sell, still has warranty, 5HP pumps, 5.5kw, heater, $2,995. Call 905-409-5285 HOT TUBS, 2008 models, fully loaded, full warranty, new in plastic, cost $8000, sacriﬁ ce $3,900. 416-779- 0563. KROEHLER DINING room set, buffet, 4 dr. china cabi- net, 4 regular chairs, 2 cap- tains chairs, table w two leaf's. Original $4,000. Excel- lent condition. Asking $700. (905)242-9861 LAWN TRACTOR. 2006 Yard Master, 13.5 H.P., 38"cut. Rarely used. Asking $700 Call 905-985-2490 or 905-449-8872. NEW COUNTERTOPS Lower prices than big box stores, WE INSTALL. High- end sale on now!! www.prestolam.com. Dis- count Quality Countertops, 499 Walton St. Cobourg (905)372-8969. Only 30-min- ute drive from Oshawa. SOFA & LOVE SEAT, blue $250, o.b.o. (905)666-5175 Articles for SaleA POOL TABLE, professional series 1" slate, new in box with accessories, cost $4500, selling $1395. 416- 779-0563 TRUCKLOADS OF NEW SCRATCH & DENT APPLI- ANCES stainless steel, white and black French door fridge's available, variety of dented ranges, laundry, dish- washers and fridges - differ- ent colors. SMALL DENTS EQUAL HUGE SAVINGS! New coin laundry available, Call us today, Stephenson's Appliances, Sales, Service, Parts. 154 Bruce St. Oshawa. (905)576-7448 Articles WantedA WANTED-GOLD. Broken, scrap, any 10k, 14k, 18k, 22k. The market is high, we pay top money!! Rock Bottom Deals, 22 Simcoe St.N, (Downtown Oshawa) (905)436-1320. Pets, Supplies, Boarding 3 MULTI-YORKIE-POOS and 1 Yorkie-Poodle, 3 months old, second shots. Family raised, asking $800. Call Jasmine (647)829-4575 ADORABLE GOLDEN Re- triever puppies, ready to go, both parents on site, vet checked, dewormed, ﬁ rst shots, $500. 905-342-2095. CANADIAN Border Collie ASSOCIATION registered puppies: 3 males, 3 females. (C.B.C.A.) pups DHPP vacci- nation, exam, and microchip done by Callbeck Animal Hospital. $800.00 905-434- 2970 POODLES, TOY/MINI black male puppies. Home raised. First needles, dewormed, vet checked. Ready now. Call 705-786-7701. SHELTIE PUPS. 3 Sables, 2 females, 1 male. Energetic & playful, but loveable. Ready to go. Please call 1-705-357- 3557. Cars for Sale 1998 CHEVY 4 door Lumina Sandstone Metallic 207,000 km. $1250. 905-579-8021 1999 SATURN 4-D 180K $1995; 94 Sunbird 133k $1595; 01 Altima $2900; 96 Olds-88 120k $2450; 95 Civ- ic 2-dr auto $2495; 00 Malibu 168k $2995; 04 Hyundai Ac- cent 68k $4995; 01 Hyundai Accent 4-dr auto 190k $2700. All certiﬁ ed/e-tested. Raleigh Auto Sales (905)432-8444, 416-832- 2336 2000 ACURA Integra $3999. 2000 Honda Accord, load- ed/leather $4499. 2000 Hon- da Odyssey $3999. 2000 Mazda MPV loaded/leather $3999. 94 GMC 2500 4x4 $2999. Other $1499/up certi- ﬁ ed, e-tested. Free 6 month warranty. (Kelly & Sons Since 1976) 905-683-7301 or 905-424-9002. www.kellyandsonsauto.com 2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CX, all wheel drive, 4-doors, 3.4L 6cyl, 92,000k's. Well maintained, original Alberta owned, no accidents, no rust. pw, pb, pm, a/c, $11,900- o.b.o. (905)239-4546 2007 BLACK CHEVROLET Impala LTZ. 4 Door Sedan, Mileage 28,400 KMS. In- cludes 4 Michelin snow tires. $20,500. Phone 905-404- 4692 NEED A CAR? 100% Credit Guaranteed, Your job is your credit, some down payment may be required. 200 cars in stock Call 877-743-9292 or apply online at www.needacartoday.ca Cars WantedC ! ! $ ! AARON & LEO Scrap Cars & Trucks Wanted. Cash paid 7 days/week any- time. Please call 905-426- 0357. ! ! ! A - ALL SCRAP CARS, old cars & trucks wanted. Cash paid. Free pickup. Call Bob anytime (905)431-0407. Cars WantedC ADAM & RON'S SCRAP cars, trucks, vans. Pay cash, free pick up 7 days/week (anytime) (905)424-3508 ! A ABLE TO PAY up to $10,000 on scrap cars & trucks running or not. Free Towing 24 hours, 7 days. (905)686-1899 (Picker- ing/Ajax) or (905)665-9279 (Oshawa/Whitby). $$$$$ JOHNNY JUNKER Always the best cash deal - up to $150 for your good cars, trucks vans or FREE REMOVAL for old aban- doned unwanted. Speedy service. (905)655-4609 or (416)286-6156. $ $125+ TOP DOLLARS Ajax Auto Wreckers pays for vehicles. We buy all scrap metal, copper, aluminum, fridges, stoves, etc. 905-686- 1771; 416-896-7066 CASH FOR CARS! We buy used vehicles. Vehicles must be in running condition. Call (905)427-2415 or come to 479 Bayly St. East, Ajax at MURAD AUTO SALES GOV'T PROGRAM $300 Junk Cars. We Sell Auto Parts, Tireshop Used & New. Standard Auto Wreckers. Call us Today! 289-CAR- JUNK. 416-286-8686. www.JunkCars.ca Vans/ 4-Wheel DriveV 1998 WINDSTAR LTD., 7 passenger, loaded, 257K. Runs excellent, new tires. $l,200. (416)333-5367. 1999 ASTRO $2900; 01 Montana $2900; 98 Montana $1995; 98 Windstar 160k $1795; 99 Dodge Ram SLT Laramie 4x4 loaded $3995; Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD $2400; All certiﬁ ed/e-tested. Raleigh Auto Sales (905)432-8444, 416-832- 2336 Vans/ 4-Wheel DriveV 2005 DODGE GRAND Cara- van, Stow-N-Go, 7-seater, 3-3L, V6, single owner, dealership maintained, 104,000kms, fully loaded, tinted windows. E-tested at 100,000kms. $8,500-o.b.o. Call (905)426-8717 or 647- 238-1117 Insurance ServicesI CLEAN DRIVING RECORD? GREY POWER could save you up to $400 on your car insurance. Call 1-866-473-9817 for no-obli- gation quote. Open week- ends. Adult Entertainment Asian Girls Hot, Sexy, Busty Best Service 24/7 Out Calls Only 289-634-1234 416-833-3123 Elegantangels.ca DURHAM'S ELITE ESCORTS What is this ﬁ re; that burns deep within; is this ﬁ re your burning desire? 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Please send Milestones submissions to milestones durhamregion.com by Tuesdays at 4 p.m. for Thursday publication. For$29plus GST Prepayment is required. For information call This Week classiﬁ ed department Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 905-683-5110. Milestones is now a fee-for-service feature. Cars for Sale newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 18, 200924 AP is returning to the Sell your GOLD & SILVER June 19, 20 & 21 Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm Holiday Inn - Oshawa 1011 Bloor St., East (401 to Harmony Rd.) WE BUY ITEMS SUCH AS: '/,$3),6%2#/).3s#(!).3s%!22).'3 2).'3s"2!#%,%43s34%2,).'&,!47!2% 3),6%27!2%s"2/!#(%3s$%.4!,'/,$ -%$!,,)/.3s3#2!0'/,$s"2/+%.'/,$ /$$%!22).'3s"2/+%.#(!).3s#,!332).'3 GOLD & SILVER CHARMS We payTop Dollar forOld & BrokenJewellery CANADIAN GOLD EXCHANGE CANADIAN GOLD EXCHANGE We’re back in Oshawa!3 DAYS ONLY