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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNA2009_12_11 Pressrun 50,400 • 32 pages • Optional 3-week delivery $6/$1 newsstand PICKERING Friday, December 11, 2009 NNews ews AAddveverr titisseerrTHE Pickering womanwins YMCA peace prize Promoted violence awareness, provided support for newcomers BY KRISTEN CALIS kcalis@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- When Nerissa Cari- no began volunteering in the music industry around 15 years ago, she saw the negativ- ity that’s often projected toward women. “I found a lot of the RYAN PFEIFFER / METROLAND NERISSA CARIÑO See PICKERING page 12 Call 905.683.6582 cityofpickering.com/recreation The Gift of Health! Give Gift Certificates from Pickering Recreation Complex: always available, in any activity and any denomination: $10, $25, $50, you choose - it’s your gift! Thinking ofThinking of Hardwood?Hardwood? Give your home a new look for Fall We are Durham’s fl ooring experts! 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WINGS could be winner of Aviva competition SPORTS 25 Rack ’em up Pickering woman founder of pro billiards tour newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20092 P Relay rolls through Pickering on Dec. 17 BY AL RIVETT arivett@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- Special can’t begin to describe the feeling the Antunes family will get on Dec. 17, the day the Olympic Torch Relay will touch down in the city. On that day, the Pickering father and son will share a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not only will they be Olympic torchbearers, but they’ll also be passing the Olympic torch one to the other, as the 2010 Olympic torch relay winds its way through the city in the early morning hours. It will be a proud moment when father Elio Antunes carries the Olympic torch at approx- imately 8:30 a.m. on Finch Avenue 300 metres to Lynn Heights Drive, where he will hand off the one-of-a-kind torch to his son, Adam, 13, who will have his Olympic moment, carrying the torch to Huntsmill Drive on Finch. The City of Pickering kicked off the Olympic torch relay experience by raising the Olympic flag at City Hall on Dec. 6, where local torch bearers, including Elio and Adam Antunes, were introduced. The day also consisted of a number of fun activities for adults and youth during the afternoon. For dad Elio, the passing of the torch will be as surreal as it is symbolic. “Passing the flame to my son, in some respects, is like passing on future leadership to ensure Canadians are active and healthy,” said Mr. Antunes. And, Mr. Antunes is all about creating healthy lifestyles through his work with Partic- ipACTION Canada. It was through his work’s affiliation with Coca-Cola Canada, an official Olympic sponsor, that he was bestowed the honour of being one of the 12,000 torch bear- ers. “Part of Coke’s focus is active living and they asked me as a leader in physical activity to run with the torch,” said Mr. Antunes. His son, Adam, meanwhile, earned his spot in the relay by participating in SOGO Active, a program that encourages Canadian youth from ages 13 to 19 to get involved in physi- cal activity. Adam earned ballots in a random draw through the program with each physi- cal activity he took part in. He was one of the winners in the draw. For Adam, completing the torch relay with his dad is “very cool”. An added bonus is run- ning with the torch while members of his Grade 8 class at Altona Forest Public School and members of his Pickering Panthers minor bantam ‘AE’ hockey team cheer him on. The Antunes family, with mom Michele and sister Meagan, will complete their 2010 Olympic Winter Games journey by actually attending the Games in Vancouver/Whistler. They’ll take a family vacation, beginning Feb. 11, which will have them attend men’s and women’s hockey games and freestyle skiing. And, seeing the Olympic flame in Vancou- ver, said Mr. Antunes, will bring the experi- ence full circle. “We’ll see the flame and we’ll know that we were part of bringing it to Vancouver,” he said. VIEW the torch relay map through Durham Region @ newsdurhamregion.com Page 7 - Related story on torch run in Durham COMMUNITY Pickering father to pass Olympic torch to son AL RIVETT / METROLAND PICKERING -- Adam Antunes, left, and his father Elio listened to Mayor Dave Ryan speak at the Olympic flag-raising event at City Hall on Dec. 6. Mr. Antunes will pass the Olympic torch to his son when the torch run goes through the city on Dec. 17. Molly Mutiisa, right, will also carry the torch. We’ll see the fl ame and we’ll know that we were part of bringing it to Vancouver. Elio Antunes newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20093 AP Organization is a semi-finalist in the Aviva Community Fund competition BY REKA SZEKELY rszekely@durhamregion.com AJAX -- An Ajax woman who has created a home for pregnant teens is asking for the community’s support in helping her initiative rise to the next level. Through WINGS, a shelter for pregnant teens, Ajax resident Marion Cozens can give three teens a home as they go through their pregnancy and adjust to being new moms. Now, she’s hoping to expand her home to accommodate up to 10 mothers through the Aviva Community Fund competition. WINGS is a semi-finalist in the contest and the top 25 semi-finalists, as determined by online voters, will move on to the judging round. The insurance group has $500,000 available for the best ideas. Ms. Cozens, mother of four daughters, points to sta- tistics that show Durham has the highest teen pregnan- cy rate in Ontario and said she’s always wanted to help girls who were pregnant and living on the streets. Since two of her daughters had gone off to school, Ms. Cozens had initially advertised a room to be rented out to a senior. But when 18-year-old Megan Bayes’s moth- er called asking if she would consider a pregnant teen, it was a sign to Ms. Cozens that the time was now to create her organization, four years ahead of schedule. “For me, it was a five-year plan to do this, but it became a three-day plan when Meg’s mom called me,” said Ms. Cozens. At the time, Ms. Bayes had been living on and off in shelters and had a history of alcohol and drug use. “She didn’t understand that I wanted to keep it because of doing drugs and drinking and the lifestyle I’ve been living,” said Ms. Bayes. Both Ms. Cozens and Ms. Bayes say Ms. Bayes’s moth- er is supportive and the mother-daughter relationship has improved since Ms. Bayes has been at WINGS. “Sometimes it’s not necessarily the parents who aren’t supportive, the kids are rebellious and they’ll leave in their teens and they’ll go from shelter to shelter or foster home to foster home,” said Ms. Cozens. Now 19, Ms. Bayes gave birth to a baby boy, Kole, in September and has been attending school and under- going drug and alcohol and anger management coun- selling. A 15-year-old pregnant teen also now lives in the home and Ms. Cozens said she’s getting inquiries from other teens and organizations. WINGS is open to pregnant young women up to 21 years old who agree to work towards completing their education or seeking employment while living there. Each teen gets her own room which she shares with the baby once he or she is born. The mothers stay until their babies are six months old and the goal is to work with them to transition smoothly out of WINGS. While there, they live as a family with Ms. Cozen’s own family, shar- ing meals and chores and they get help working with social service agencies offering support, including teen pregnancy and nutrition programs. Ms. Bayes has only praise for WINGS. “This isn’t just a shelter, it’s a home and a family to be proud of ... it’s a place you can be safe and know your baby will be taken care of.” As it stands, the organization is funded entirely by Ms. Cozens and donations from the community. Teens who are able to contribute do so, but it’s not mandatory. Ms. Cozens is in the process of creating a registered charity and if she were to win a prize from the Aviva Commu- nity Fund, Ms. Cozens would add an extension to her home. To contact Ms. Cozens, vote wingshome@live.ca. To vote for WINGS, visit http://www.avivacommunity- fund.org/ideas/acf1791. 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All rights reserved. www.sphereentertainment.com Kids can have their picture taken with Harry, from Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs**. BIG IDEAS Ajax woman creates home for pregnant teens JASON LIEBREGTS / METROLAND AJAX -- Megan Bayes played with her son, Kole, on Dec. 7 at WINGS, a home for teen moms. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20094 AP IMPORTANT INFORMATION TOWN HALL MEETING Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty will host an informal meeting to hear your thoughts and ideas for Year Two of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. All are welcome but space is limited. Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. HILTON GARDEN INN AJAX Canadian Hall 500 Beck Crescent, Ajax For further information: 416-973-1754 AVIS IMPORTANT ASSEMBLÉE PUBLIQUE Le ministre des Finances Jim Flaherty tiendra une réunion informelle pour connaître votre avis et vos idées concernant la deuxième année du Plan d’action économique du Canada. L’invitation s’adresse à tous, mais le nombre de places est limité. Le lundi 14 décembre 2009 à 19 h 30 HILTON GARDEN INN, AJAX Salle Canadian 500 Beck Crescent, Ajax Renseignements : 416-973-1754 Officer takes stand in his assault trial BY JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@durhamregion.com WHITBY -- A Durham police officer on trial for assault has testified he exercised reason- able use of force tactics when confronted by a belligerent and intoxicated man while inves- tigating a report of a violent domestic assault. Constable Glen Turpin said he repeatedly attempted to bring calm to an escalating sit- uation before throwing Ryan Schwalm to the ground and punching him as he placed him under arrest. “I was trying to keep things calm, keep it reasonable, and at the same time affect my duties,” Const. Turpin, 40, testified as he took the witness stand in his own defence Thurs- day in Whitby Superior Court. “He was show- ing me signs that he was aggressive.” Const. Turpin, a 21-year veteran of the Durham police, has pleaded not guilty to a count of assault arising from the arrest of Mr. Schwalm, 37, on June 4, 2007 at the man’s Dundas Street East residence. Mr. Schwalm has testified he was thrown to the ground and arrested, and later slammed into the wall of a holding cell at the 18 Division police station, causing injuries to his face. The assault charge was laid after an inves- tigation by Durham professional standards detectives into a complaint lodged by Mr. Schwalm.Answering questions posed by defence lawyer Bill MacKenzie, Const. Turpin said he was on general patrol in Whitby when he responded to a report of two men assault- ing a woman at Garden and Dundas streets. Upon arriving at Mr. Schwalm’s residence, he tried to ascertain what was going on, but was repeatedly interrupted by Mr. Schwalm, he said. Mr. Schwalm and his two friends were all visibly drunk, he said. “Am I dealing with three drunks that got out of control or am I dealing with a serious crim- inal offence? I’m still trying to determine the circumstances and (Mr. Schwalm is) stopping me from doing that,” Const. Turpin said. “I can’t get that infor- mation while he’s there.” After repeatedly ask- ing Mr. Schwalm to step away, Const. Tur- pin attempted to guide him away by grasping his elbow, jurors heard. Mr. Schwalm reacted violently, the cop testi- fied. “His elbow’s coming straight at my head. That’s an assault,” Const. Turpin testified. Mr. Schwalm was knocked to the ground and struggled with Const. Turpin and two other officers who had responded to pro- vide back-up, jurors heard. During the melee Const. Turpin said he punched Mr. Schwalm twice in the face to stun him so he could be handcuffed. On the way to the police station, Mr. Schwalm repeatedly smashed his face against a plexiglass cage in the cruiser, jurors heard. “When I opened up the back door of the cruiser, he had messed his face up pretty bad,” Const. Turpin testified. “How he didn’t knock himself out really surprised me.” Earlier in the trial, Mr. Schwalm testified he was profane and belligerent in his encounter with the police, and acknowledged banging his head in the cruiser. But he insisted he sus- tained his injuries at the hands of Const. Tur- pin. He testified the disturbance at his house began when he tried to stop a drunk friend from driving. “Was it your intent to assault Mr. Schwalm?” Mr. MacKenzie asked the officer Thursday. “No way,” Const. Turpin replied. Mr. Schwalm was charged with causing a disturbance and assault to resist arrest but those charges were dropped, court has heard. The trial, before Justice Bryan Shaughnessy and a jury, continues. 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This holiday season, give the gift of help, hope and opportunity – give to United Way. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20095 AP Pre-Registration for September 2010 Beginning in Grade 1, the Durham District School Board offers, at no additional charge to parents, a French Immersion program for non-Francophone students. To find out more about the French Immersion program, please join us at an information meeting at one of the following French Immersion schools: All French Immersion program information meetings will be held Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Pre-registration will begin following the meeting and will be available at the schools thereafter. 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Although he regularly patrols Rouge Park, which borders Pickering, he also visits Pick- ering’s forests and trails, where he’s long seen evidence of illegal hunting. When he spots an illegal hunter -- someone hunting on prohib- ited property, during prohibited times, and using illegal equipment, for example -- he calls the Ministry of Natural Resources and reports licence plate numbers. Mr. McKinnon was glad to report he hadn’t seen any illegal hunting in five days when he and Ward 1 City Councillor Jenni- fer O’Connell met the News Advertiser. The interview took place at a cemetery in White- vale since Mr. McKinnon had spotted lad- ders with platforms attached to a tree in close proximity to the cemetery, a public place, for hunting purposes. “It’s shocking how close to home it’s getting and there’s just no enforce- ment,” Coun. O’Connell said. She fears for residents and visitors who fre- quent hiking trails and parks in Pickering. “More and more, I’m getting more calls of hunting in more urban areas,” she said. MNR dictates when, where, what and how many animals can be hunted, and distributes tags and licences. Jolanta Kowalski, MNR spokeswoman, said in an e-mail hunting is generally allowed in areas where there is an open season and where the landowner has granted permission. Municipal bylaws can control the equipment that can be used, she said. The maximum penalty for illegal hunt- ing is $25,000 and/or one year in jail. Most tickets for minor offences average between $200 and $300 and equipment used to com- mit an offence can be seized. Pickering has banned gun hunting in the municipality, including Whitevale, with a few exceptions. While crossbows used to be a loophole, Kim Thompson, Pickering’s bylaw manager, said although they are not specifi- cally banned in Pickering’s firearms bylaw (which dates back to 1975), the City tells any- one who inquires that crossbows are consid- ered firearms. A new bylaw expected to reach council in January will prohibit firearms com- pletely in Pickering and will restrict the use of crossbows to north of Concession 7 only. But Coun. O’Connell feels enforcement is a huge issue the City faces and will continue to face. Ms. Kowalski said the Fish and Wildlife Con- servation Act is primarily enforced by nine MNR conservation officers out of Aurora, and police can enforce it as well. But MNR can- not be everywhere at all times, she said, and responses to reported offences and enforce- ment are based upon risk factors. Coun. O’Connell brought a motion to coun- cil in April, which was unanimously passed, and sent to Minister of Natural Resources Donna Cansfield, asking for a protocol for enhanced enforcement. But she hasn’t heard back. For hunting regulations and guidelines: VISIT www.cityofpickering.com and www.mnr.gov.on.ca ENFORCEMENT Illegal hunting, poaching a problem in Pickering JASON LIEBREGTS / METROLAND PICKERING -- Councillor Jennifer O’Connell stood by a hunting stand found in the Duffins Creek area recently. There have been reports of illegal hunting in Pickering. It’s shocking how close to home it’s getting and there’s just no enforcement. 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Lynda McCarthy states: “I would ask opponents of the gun registry to put themselves in the shoes of those brave officers who have to answer domestic dispute calls every day and need to know whether or not there are guns in the house.” My answer is that I have many friends who are street cops, as differentiated by the political/professional lobby organi- zation the Police Chiefs of Canada, and none of them trust the registry to provide them with any safety at all. Registry safety is a myth. Licensing is the answer. I will believe that cops trust the registry when a query to the registry comes back, “No guns registered to this person or address,” and they then leave their own guns in their car. Would you if you were a cop? Ted Truscott Ajax Long gun registry not safe for police officers To the editor: Across the country people are finally debating the aspects of gun control that were rammed down our throats the first time by people who said “trust us.” It’s an important topic. It has been cloaked in all manner of issues from domestic violence to crime control and none is more easily shown to be lacking in logic than the issue of police officer safety. Picture this: You’re a police officer pull- ing up in front of a house for a violence call. You check the registry, which says there are no guns. Do you give a sigh of relief, and let down your guard or do you, like all cau- tious officers, treat each call as a poten- tial threat to your life? For what reason can the police chiefs say they want the registry? Since the long gun registry is incom- plete and criminals don’t register guns, it is nothing less than a workplace health and safety risk for our front line officers. Keith Linton Orono CHARITY BACKLASH Reader regrets donations to Toronto Humane Society To the editor: I am truly disgusted with the Toronto Humane Society or rather, the Toronto Inhumane Society. I could not believe my eyes when I read it was using the monetary donations for its legal costs. It made me not only sick to my stomach but extremely angry. I and most of my family have made donations to the THS in the past when we lived in Scarborough and I am sorry that I did. I wonder if they took the cat and dog treats home with them for their own pets? As well as the blankets and laundry detergent that I had given them on more than one occasion. It made me feel good about myself that I thought I was helping out even a little bit. But boy was I wrong. All of them should be ashamed of them- selves. And then to just hear now that they found a mummified cat in a cage in the ceiling for God’s sake. Like what was this idiot thinking? This is ridiculous. Cathy Smith Oshawa Funding needed to boost overcrowded justice system The justice system is overcrowded, underfunded and is in dire need of a shot in the arm. Such criticisms have been around for years, with fresh publicity every time a criminal case is thrown out because it takes too long to come to trial. Residents in Ajax and Pickering got an upfront perspective on this view from Dur- ham Regional Police Chief Mike Ewles recently at a roundtable event hosted by Ajax-Pickering MP Mark Holland. The chief, who doesn’t pull his punches when discussing the justice system, says it’s his belief, “the criminal justice system will implode ... in three to five years.” The chief worries there will be a repeat of another Askov decision which saw the Province drop 50,000 criminal charges because they were taking too long to get through the sys- tem. Justice delayed is deemed to be jus- tice denied. When the Province eliminated the back- log well over a decade ago, the intent was to clean up the system and ensure another backlog wouldn’t happen. But a report by Professor Alan Young in 2005 suggests that the situation is just as bad as it was when the 50,000 cases were eliminated. And that comes even though the Province hired 15 new judges, 16 replacement judges and 50 Crown attorneys. It’s just not enough. More is necessary to catch up to popula- tion increases, an increase in charges laid and longer times to get to trial and to deal with cases. The concern with cases being thrown out is that victims of crime are denied justice while those charged get a free pass and don’t face a verdict. It’s not just. Another major problem with this sys- tem on the brink is simple lack of funding. Community Justice Alternatives Durham, which attempts to provide an option to the courts, works by bringing together offend- er and victim and having the two work together to come up with a resolution. The organization nearly had to close its doors this summer after serving 250 clients during the past two years. Any group that can save taxpayers’ money by keeping minor offenders out of expensive jails while providing justice for victims is well worth funding. The Prov- ince needs to get behind such groups but the process of filling out funding requests is so time-consuming and cumbersome the groups say it takes more time to write applications than it does to administer the applications. The administration of justice is too important to society to be allowed to with- er away for lack of funding and attention from the government. The Province, with some assistance from the federal govern- ment, needs to assure the funding is there to keep the courts running smoothly and groups working to bring justice to all. e-mail letters to newsroom@durhamregion.com / max. 200 words / letter writers are obliged to back up statements with verifiable facts / 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 • December 11, 20096 P newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20097 AP We Speak Your Language.... Learn English. Start Today. Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) LINC Day Classes: • All LINC levels run Monday to Friday • Childminding and transportation assistance available to those who qualify • Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering ESL Day Classes: • All levels at various locations LINC Evening Classes: • LINC Levels 1 – 6 run two nights a week • Transportation assistance available to those who qualify • Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering ESL Evening Classes: • Basic to advanced, TOEFL, Conversation at various locations Register now for day or night classes! Permanent Residents, Convention and Government Assisted Refugees are eligible for LINC. All residents are eligible for ESL. Learn English. Start Here. Call 1-866-550-5462 Visit www.DurhamLINC.ca Citizenship and Immigration Canada Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada Assessment and Classes provided byFunded by DURHAM -- The Olympic Torch makes its way through Durham Region over two days next week. Residents will have plenty of opportuni- ties to see the torch, as it will travel through the five lakeshore communities on Wednes- day, Dec. 16 and Thursday, Dec. 17. The torch travels south from Lindsay to Clarington on Dec. 16, hitting Orono, Newcastle, Bowmanville and Courtice. Also on Dec. 16, the torch makes its way around Oshawa, ending with a ceremony at the General Motors Centre. In Orono, the relay begins at 1:43 p.m. at Mill Street and Mill Land (next to Hwy. 115/35). It heads down Mill to Main Street, ending near Sommerville Drive just before 2 p.m. The Newcastle portion starts at 2:06 p.m. at the intersection of North Street/Mun- roe Street West and Mill Street North. From there, it’s south to Robert Street, east to Bea- ver Street, north to Edward Street, east to Brookhouse Drive, north to Hwy. 2 and then west to the Newcastle Community Hall, at 2:31 p.m. for a one-minute break. It then proceeds, ending near Rundell Road and Hwy. 2. Starting at 2:44 p.m., the Bowmanville leg starts at Liberty Street and Hwy. 2. It heads west to the Royal Bank branch at Division Street and Hwy. 2, for a one-minute break. The relay then proceeds to the Garnett B. Rickard Recreation Complex for a 30-min- ute celebration. The relay continues along Hwy. 2, finishing at 3:52 p.m. The Courtice leg starts at Trulls Road, heading west on Hwy. 2, ending at 4:15 p.m. The Oshawa leg picks up where the Cour- tice portion ends. The relay will go west to Harmony Road, north to Taunton Road, west to Ritson Road, north to Conlin Road, west to Simcoe Street, south to Adelaide Avenue, west to Centre Street, south to City Hall, east on Metcalfe Street to Simcoe, north to King Street, east to Mary Street and south to the General Motors Centre. There’s a community celebration between 5:45 and 8 p.m. The relay gets going early on Thursday, Dec. 17. Starting at the Whitby-Oshawa bor- der at 5:28 a.m., the relay travels west on Dundas Street to Anderson Street, north to Rossland Road, west to the Durham Region headquarters, where it will stop for one minute, at 6:06 a.m. The relay then proceeds west to Brock Street, south to the Royal Bank branch at 307 Brock St. S., stopping for one minute. It then proceeds south to Hwy. 401. The Ajax section starts at 6:45 a.m. on Bayly Street, east of Porte Road. It heads to Burcher Road, south to Clements Road East, over to Harwood Avenue, north to the Town hall for a brief stop at 7:20 a.m. The relay in Pickering begins at the Cana- dian Tire outlet at Brock Road and Hwy. 401 at 7:25 a.m. It goes north to Kingston Road, west to Valley Farm Road, south to The Esplanade South, next to City Hall. At 8:15 a.m., the relay goes north on Glenanna Road, west on Kingston Road to Liverpool Road, north to Finch Avenue, and west to Fairport Road. VIEW the torch relay map through Durham Region @ newsdurhamregion.com VANCOUVER 2010 Olympic Torch travelling through Durham next week newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20098 AP JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE SEASON You’re invited to a holiday open house. We have a lot to be thankful for during the holidays because of our friends, neighbours and clients. It is a pleasure to be part of this community. Enjoy the season. Refreshments will be served We will be collecting non perishable food items and unwrapped toys until December 20th. Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009 Time: 2:00 - 7:00 PM Location: Pickering Village Edward Jones 60 Randall Drive, Ajax R.S.V.P.: 905-426-6501 Donald J Currie Financial Advisor 60 Randall Drive Unit #9 Ajax, ON L1S 6L3 905-426-6501 www.edwardjones.com Member CIPF Planning committee approves 25-storey building BY KRISTEN CALIS kcalis@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- Despite strong resistance from residents Monday night, the planning and development committee approved a third tower at what used to be the Bay Ridg- es Plaza. The committee approved SR and R Bay Ridges Ltd.’s application for a third tower to be constructed as part of the San Francisco By the Bay development, just west of Liver- pool Road and Bayly Street. The mixed-use, 25-storey building will be home to 237 con- dominium apartment units and 410 metres of leasable floor space. The original development approved in 2006 was for 161 townhouses, two apart- ment buildings (16 and 18 storeys) and 25,000 square feet of commercial space. The new 237-unit building will make a total of 734 units on the site. Although Pick- ering’s Official Plan allows no more than 140 units per hectare in the area, the com- mittee made an exception to allow 225 in this case. Residents rejected the City’s stance the increased density fits with the Province’s Places to Grow report, which requires heavy intensification in municipalities by 2031, since Bay Ridges is outside of the down- town growth centre. The City’s director of planning, Neil Carroll, said the area borders the growth centre and is close to transit and the GO station. Residents said it’s too early for council to approve another tower when the other two haven’t been constructed yet. “I think it’s fair to ask if and when it will ever be built,” said Tim Dobson, chair- man of the group Growing Responsibly in Pickering (GRIP). Moiz Behar, representing SR and R, said 110 of the townhouse units have been built. He couldn’t confirm when the towers will go up, but said it should be in the near future. Steve LaForest, of the Pickering Natural- ists, said the building will be detrimental to Frenchman’s Bay and the Douglas Ravine. “This ravine has survived nearly five decades since Bay Ridges was originally developed and we’d like to see it survive another five decades,” he said. He argued migratory birds stop there and fears many will die from flying into the tow- ers. The developers were criticized for avoid- ing the environmentally-friendly LEED Sil- ver Standard certification process, but Mr. Behar said the development will follow Pickering’s sustainable building guidelines. “We’re going to endeavour to the best of our ability to make this building as sustain- able as possible,” he said. Long-time Bay Ridges resident Hazel Daubeny, who fears the extra traffic the building will bring, said the busiest times at Bayly and Liverpool are between 6 and 10 a.m. and 4 and 7 p.m. “Walking at that time to the GO train is hazardous, to say the least,” she said. Ward 2 Regional Councillor Bill McLean backed the residents, but couldn’t con- vince the committee to delay the decision on the tower. It will go to council for final consideration on Monday, Dec. 21. CITY Third tower at Bay development to rise in Pickering I think it’s fair to ask if and when it will ever be built. Tim Dobson, Growing Responsibly in Pickering Success in learning to meet the challenges of the future. www.durham.edu.on.ca AJAX SCHOOLS Alexander Graham Bell PS............905-683-7368 Applecroft PS................................905-428-2775 Bolton C. Falby PS........................905-683-6240 Cadarackque PS............................905-428-2347 Carruthers Creek PS......................905-683-0921 Dr. Roberta Bondar PS..................905-686-1081 Duffin’s Bay PS .............................905-683-6023 Eagle Ridge PS .............................905-426-4463 Lakeside PS..................................905-686-3014 Lester B. 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Phin PS .................................905-509-2277 Fairport Beach PS.........................905-839-1451 Frenchman’s Bay PS .....................905-839-1131 Gandatsetiagon PS........................905-831-1868 Glengrove PS................................905-839-1771 Highbush PS.................................905-839-5289 Maple Ridge PS............................905-420-4103 Rosebank Road PS........................905-509-2274 Sir John A. 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For more information regarding your child’s school designation, please contact our Property and Planning Department via e-mail at: Planning_Department@durham.edu.on.ca or by phone: 905-666-6421 or 1-800-339-6913 ext. For the 2010-2011 school year, the Durham District School Board will offer two different programs for four-and- five-year-old learners: current part-time kindergarten classes; and the recently announced Full-Day, every day, Early Learning Program. The new Full-Day Early Learning Program for four-and-five-year-olds will be phased into all Ontario schools between 2010 and 2015. The limited number of schools selected to offer the Full-Day Early Learning Program for the 2010-2011 school year will be announced in the new year pending Ministry of Education approval of the proposed sites. Information about selected sites will be shared with all school communities, once approved. All other DDSB schools will continue to offer the current part-time Kindergarten program in 2010-2011. The Full-Day program implementation is expected to be completed by 2015. While Ministry approval of the Full Day sites is pending, we invite parents to pre-register their child at their local DDSB school. Please visit our website for further details. Kindergarten at the Durham District School Board 2010-2011 newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 20099 AP P065077CN 08/06 State Farm Aurora, Ontario • statefarm.ca™ We share the same JOYS OF THE SEASON. 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The event started Dec. 1. Tickets are avail- able at the west entrance of the Oshawa Centre, where the CIBC is located. Tickets are $2 each, or three for $5. Proceeds from the fundraiser go to Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Grandview Children’s Centre, and many other local charities. COMMUNITY Durham club raffles off stocking stuffer prizes Oak | Maple - Excellent Quality Seasoned Firewood For Sale STORE HOURS: MON - SAT 9AM - 9 PM • SUNDAY 9AM - 6PM COME TO THE FARM FOR THE FRESHNESS 1475 Dundas St. W. 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Water and sewer rates are going by a com- bined 7.4 per cent in 2010, and that works out to almost $50 annually for the average cus- tomer. A 7.4-per cent increase works out to $12.21 a quarter, or $48.84 over a full year. Durham’s finance commissioner, Jim Clapp, said about half of the increase is to make up for decreased use. “Half of the increase relates to consump- tion loss,” Mr. Clapp told a meeting of Region- al council’s works and finance committees on Tuesday. “Residential usage per customer is drop- ping off dramatically,” he said, pointing to the use of low-flow toilets and front-loading washers. A report to the committees stated, “Reduced net consumption results in reduced user rate revenue, which must be recovered through user rate increases.” In 1994, the average customer used about 71,000 gallons a year. Next year, the Region estimates it will drop to about 55,000 gallons annually. “The less people consume, the more they’re asked to pay. Shouldn’t we have a system that rewards them for less usage?” Ajax Mayor Steve Parish asked. “We’re punishing them.” Users aren’t being punished for using less, Mr. Clapp said. “It’s a question of where the residen- tial customer has bot- tomed out in con- servation,” Mr. Clapp said. The downturn in the economy has also affected the amount of water being used, he noted. Property taxes aren’t used to pay for water and sewer projects, Mr. Clapp stated. Rather, those are paid by user fees. Next year, the amount of water projected to be used will increase by the lowest amount in the past 15 years, he said. Lowering the rate increase would affect future projects, Mr. Clapp said. And, in future years, “We’re not looking at two- or three-per cent increases. We’re look- ing at more substantive increases,” Mr. Clapp noted. Those would be about in the eight- or nine- per cent area, Marilyn Pearce, the Scugog mayor and finance committee chairwoman, said. Regional council considers the matter at its meeting on Dec. 16. REGION Durham taps users with higher water, sewer costs STEVE PARISH Leather, Upper, Good Gripping Soles KEEP WARM IN FASHION WE’VE GOT YOUR SIZE Sizes 4-15 Widths AA-EEE PICKERING TOWN CENTRE • UPPER LEVEL • SEARS WING newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200911 Career Exploration Employment Preparation For Durham Region Residents Learn what you’re good at. Target a suitable career! No Cost to You! Call Today! 905-420-7518 Employment Ontario Programs are funded in part by the Government of Canada NEED A NEW DIRECTION? AP Region holds firm in dispute BY KEITH GILLIGAN kgilligan@durhamregion.com DURHAM -- Thanks, but no thanks. That’s Durham Region’s response to the offer from Oshawa to settle a dispute over a bus garage owned by the City. What’s at stake is $82.3 million in provin- cial money the Region could use to build a bus rapid transit system along Hwy. 2. Durham and Oshawa have been hag- gling over the transfer of a bus garage on Raleigh Avenue since the Region took over operation of transit services in 2006. At the heart of the issue is ‘unfunded liabilities.’ The Region wants Oshawa to cough up $8.6 million to cover things such as employee pensions and benefits. The City says those costs are now the Region’s responsibility. Oshawa council, on Nov. 23, passed a motion that said if Durham dropped the request for $8.6 million, it could rent the depot for 25 years at a cost of $1. The other option Oshawa considered was leasing the depot for $440,000 a year for five years, with options to renew the lease. Regional council’s finance committee on Wednesday approved a staff recom- mendation that said the Oshawa offer should be “rejected.” Regional Chairman Roger Anderson has previously said, “We’re adamant that they have to give the land to us for $1, we will not rent that property at mar- ket value. (Regional) staff have been instructed to start looking for sites.” On Wednes- day, Mr. Anderson stated, “If Oshawa doesn’t see the rationale of sign- ing a lease for $1 a year, we as a group will have to spend money to buy land and build a garage. If we don’t, we don’t get the $83 million.” For the bus rapid transit system, the Region needs to have depots in both the east and west end of Durham. A lease has already been reached with Ajax for land, at $1 for 25 years. Under the rules set out by the Prov- ince, the Region either has to own or have a lease agreement in place for all facilities, or it doesn’t get any money. If Oshawa holds firm, the Region would “have to invest some money in (land) acquisition. We can’t lose that $83 million,” Mr. Anderson said. Buying land in the Bowmanville area would cost somewhere between $30,000 to $50,000 an acre, Mr. Anderson stat- ed. It would cost about $25 million to upgrade and expand the two depots. Oshawa Councillor Joe Kolodzie pro- posed the option with “nominal rent for 25 years” provided the Region drops its claim to unfunded liabilities. “I don’t support it. I hope the com- mittee defeats it and moves forward,” Coun. Kolodzie said. “It’s not my posi- tion, it’s the Oshawa position and I have to bring it forward.” Ajax Mayor Steve Parish said a com- promise could be reached, with the City agreeing to the transfer of the Raleigh Avenue garage to the Region, and the matter of the unfunded liability referred to binding arbitration. “If that’s put forward to Oshawa, as a sensible middle ground, no one loses face,” he said, adding the alternative is “protracted litigation.” The Oshawa position is “wonderful and makes great press, but it doesn’t get the Region the premises. We’ll all look like asses and we’ll be asses.” The matter now goes to Regional Council on Dec. 16. We’ll all look like asses and we’ll be asses. Ajax Mayor Steve Parish REGION Oshawa bus depot option ‘rejected’ ROGER ANDERSON newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200912 P $20 OFF SCARBOROUGH & AJAX LOCATION ONLY Purchase of $100 or greater. Excluding consignment items. Not valid with any other offer. Ajax 95 Bayly St. W. 905-683-2212 Scarborough 665 Markham Rd. 416-289-2212 CASH PAID For New & Used Items Gold Jewellery • Broken Gold Games/Console • Blu-Ray Musical Instruments • Laptops Power Tools • Electronics And More BUY BACK AVAILABLE lyrics were very derogative toward women,” she said in an interview squeezed in tightly between studying for exams. So, the mother of four and University of Toronto student chose to relay a message to try to make violence stop. The Pickering resident decided to participate in the V-Day initiative, a global movement to raise awareness about and end violence against women and children. She helped create initiatives at U of T’s Scarborough campus to create awareness on the topic and raise funds to support programs to help women and chil- dren escape abuse. Between last February and April, she oversaw five events in total, including: the screening of the docu- mentary Until the Violence Stops, which is about V-Day founder Eve Ensler’s work; a night of reading, memory, monologue, rant and prayer; an art exhibit and silent auction; a production of the Vagina Monologues, also created by Ms. Ensler; and an open mike showcase event. All told, Ms. Cari- no raised $2,500 that fueled programs such as the Toronto Rape Cri- sis Centre, Springtide Resources, the University of Toronto community, and individuals in and around the Greater Toronto Area. “It benefitted women here, and also in Africa,” she said. This work earned Ms. Carino a YMCA Durham Peace Medallion for building peace in the community and inspiring others. She was recognized at an awards cer- emony held at the YMCA in Durham. This year marked the 25th anniversary of YMCA’s Peace Week, a time when the organization promotes activities to help people explore peace from a personal, community and international perspective. Ms. Carino was shocked when she learned she’d receive the award but felt very honoured. “I just kind of do what I have to do or what I think needs to be done,” she said. She was also recognized for forming the low-cost Scarborough Mystics volleyball club that runs out of east Scarborough. Originally a competitive team, it nat- urally progressed into a social environment. “We would help newcomers to Canada, help them get medical care, educational information, that kind of thing,” she said. Once school settles down, Ms. Carino plans to see how she can help out with the YMCA. YMCA PEACE PRIZE Pickering woman a fundraiser, organizer, builder PICKERING from page 1 I just kind of do what I have to do or what I think needs to be done. Nerissa Carino RYAN PFEIFFER / METROLAND PICKERING -- Nerissa Cariño, pictured at the Pickering Public Library, was the recipient of the YMCA Peace Prize for building peace in her community and inspiring the lives of others. The mother of four has organized a number of events to raise awareness about violence against women and has created a women’s volleyball team. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200913 P Quick & Easy, register online at cityofpickering.com using Click to Reg, or register in-person, by mail, fax or phone. Call 905.420.4621 for details. Register Online! Select the Click to Reg button when you visit cityofpickering.com Gift Certificates available in any denomination at Pickering Recreation Complex (1867 Valley Farm Road) Register Now! New for 2010! 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Businesses give the gift of health by choosing Rouge Valley as their charity of choice for their commu- nity involvement programs, hold- ing toy drives and collecting dona- tions at holiday parties. Commu- nity members give by sending hol- iday messages of thanks to hospi- tal staff, physicians and volunteers along with their donations. The messages are displayed on cam- paign posters throughout the hos- pital. For more information: VISIT www.rougevalley.ca/ rvshf COMMUNITY Gifts of health at Ajax- Pickering hospital PICKERING -- Santa Paws is com- ing to town this weekend. Dogs, cats and their own- ers are invited to get their pho- tos taken with Santa on Satur- day, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pickering PetSmart, 1899 Brock Road. Buying the photos will not only provide a memorable keep- sake, but will help local animals in need. For every photo pack- age purchased, PetSmart will donate $5 to local animal agen- cies, such as Pickering Animal Services, to help care for and house sick and injured animals in the community. FUNDRAISER Santa Paws to help Pickering animals newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200919 AP Show & tell The Superior Bath Reno difference is clear the moment you meet Joe (I’m no ordinary Joe!) Beninato, President of Superior Bath Reno, and Shelley Webb, the tiny, perfect bathroom renovation specialist, and Senior Renovation Expert/Installer Sam Martin (We call him the Makeover Magic Man). Yes, they are all owners. And, yes, like all owners, they put customer satisfaction fi rst. That’s why our entire focus is bathroom (and kitchen) renovations. No parts sales. No bathroom repairs. 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VISIT MARKS.COM FOR THE STORE NEAREST YOU. 3 PM UNTIL 11 PM** JASON LIEBREGTS / METROLAND Chequing in with the Sally Ann AJAX -- Stephen Browne, left, and Vanja Petkovic, from National Home Services, were on hand to present a $5,000 donation for the Salvation Army Christmas fund to Major Greg McInnes at the charity’s food bank on Dec. 9. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200921 AP ONGOING OSHAWA BLOOD DONOR CLINIC. 1300 Harmony Rd. N., Oshawa. Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. DECEMBER 11 SERENITY GROUP. 12 Step Recovery Meeting. Bayfair Baptist Church. 817 Kingston Rd., Pickering. 8 p.m. All welcome to join this group which meets every week to deal with addictions of all types including co- dependency. WISEPARENT.ORG. Family Night at My Bubble Pay Pad. 617 Victoria St., Whitby. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Cost is $15 per family which includes entrance fee, snacks, pictures with Santa and more. For more information contact www. wiseparent.org DECEMBER 12 CHRISTMAS DANCE. The Ger- man Canadian Club Loreley, 389 Dean Ave., Oshawa, presents a Christmas Dance. Kitchen opens at 6 p.m. Phone: 905-579-2565. STUFF A BUS. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 178 Bowmanville. 109 King St. E., Bowmanville. 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Gifts of non-perishable foods, diapers and baby foods, toys (no plush toys please) and especially gifts for ages 8 to 16. WRITERS’ CIRCLE OF DUR- HAM REGION. Ray Robertson is welcomed as the inaugural book club author. He will speak on his novel, What Happened Later, a finalist for the 2008 Trillium Award and his new critically acclaimed novel, David. Val- erie Mutton will lead a mini-workshop, “It’s a Mystery to Me,” on how to struc- ture a mystery novel. 8:30 to 11 a.m. J.P. Fitzpatrick and Son. Whitby Enter- tainment Centrum. 75 Consumers Rd. S. Whitby. To attend, register online at www.wcdr.org, by phone at 905-686- 0211 or by e-mail at breakfast@wcdr. org, no later than noon on Thursday, Dec. 10. Cost is $15 for members, $20 for guests. DECEMBER 13 CRAFT SHOW. Cullen Central Park. More than 40 vendors with Christmas crafts, pottery, glass, jew- elry. Cross country 10 k/5k run also. For more information, contact Ian Barron at 905-655-1952 or e-mail melgumroad50@hotmail.com. Event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. DECEMBER 15 OSHAWA SENIORS. The Oshawa Senior Citizens’ Centre hosts its annu- al Christmas Dinner at the Northview branch at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $13. Call 905-576-6712 for information. HELPING OTHER PARENTS EVERYWHERE. HOPE. A commu- nity-based support group for parents dealing with children who have behav- ioural problems such as: attitude, substance abuse, running away, drop- ping out of school and parent abuse. Group meets locally every Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. Call 905-239-3577 or toll free at 1-866-492-1299 or visit www. Helpingotherparentseverywhere.Com for more information and location. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS. 7 p.m. Simcoe Street United Church. 66 Simcoe St. Oshawa. DECEMBER 16 EUCHRE. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 606. 1555 Bayly St., Pickering. 8 p.m., prizes and refreshments avail- able. Everyone welcome. $4 to play or $2 for seniors. 905-426-1758 for infor- mation. DECEMBER 17 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS. 7:30 p.m. St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, 97 Burcher Rd., Ajax. DECEMBER 19 CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY. Congress of Black Women of Canada Ajax/Pickering Chapter. For all youth between the ages of 3 and 12. Chil- dren under 2 years of age are wel- come but must be accompanied by an adult. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sarah McDonald Building, 1467 Whites Rd. N., Pickering. DECEMBER 20 OSHAWA SENIORS. The Oshawa Senior Citizens’ Centre welcome the Troubadours for two Christmas shows at Oshawa Little Theatre. Shows are at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. Call 905-576-6712 for informa- tion. 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Coupon redeemable on your fragrance purchase of $75 or more** when you use your Sears MasterCard or Sears Card Saturday 7a.m. -11a.m. Timed Specials SUPER FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY Friday, Dec. 11 to Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 PICKERING TOWN CENTRE 905-420-8000 newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200923 AP Mike Ruta Entertainment Editor mruta@durhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.comEntertainment PEOPLE Ajax’s Mariah Horner a rising star Just finished shooting new Movie Network series BY MIKE RUTA mruta@durhamregion.com DURHAM -- After an open audi- tion for The Movie Network series Living in Your Car, Mariah Horner was called to do another for series director David Steinberg. The Ajax teen, seeking her first television role, had to prove her worth in front of the legendary comedy director, a two-time Emmy Award winner whose credits include episodes of Friends, Sein- feld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. As one can imagine, the very notion was “petrifying. “I knew who Mr. Steinberg was and as I got into the room he said, ‘Mariah, I need you to not be ner- vous’,” she recalls. The rest is a bit of a blur, but Mari- ah must have done well because she beat out more than 100 other girls for the role of Kate in the series, set to air next year. Living in Your Car is the story of Steve Unger, played by John Ralston, a corporate executive who’s definitely seen better times as he’s living in his car, albeit a Rolls Royce. His wife Lori Unger is played by Ingrid Kavelaars and Mariah plays their daughter, 16-year-old Kate Unger. “I’m their little angel on their shoulders trying to help them fig- ure things out,” Mariah says. The 13-part comedy series just finished shooting in Toronto and Hamilton and Mariah is in 10 of the episodes, which meant 20 shoot- ing days, during which she had a tutor so she wouldn’t fall behind at Archbishop Denis O’Connor Cath- olic High School. Mariah, who describes herself as “a nervous person to begin with,” says she was again terrified when she walked onto the set the first day, taking along mom for some peace of mind. But as she’d encountered with Steinberg, everybody to a per- son looked after her and made her feel comfortable so she could do her best work. She didn’t play up the special treatment she received, offering to go herself and get a drink or something else when asked. “I didn’t like them treating me like a star,” Mariah says. Asked how she went about pre- paring for the role of Kate, she says she first “thought about all the par- allels between me and her.” It turns out they had several things in com- mon, both being sarcastic and clev- er, hard workers determined to do what’s right. Her TV parents were also a big help. “They didn’t have to, but they really took time to help me,” she says of Ralston and Kavelaars. While Mariah is a novice in the world of television, she’s no strang- er to the stage. A former competi- tive swimmer with the Ajax Swim Club, she got whooping cough when she was 11, started taking piano and the entertainment world opened up to her. She’s currently got a role in Oshawa Little Theatre’s production of Les Miserables and has appeared in several other OLT productions, in addition to roles at Whitby Courthouse Theatre and singing the national anthem at hockey games in Ajax, Pickering, Toronto and Mississauga. Mariah recently got an agent and has voice and performance coach- es. Her first was Ajax voice coach Garvin Farr, whom she describes as “my rock and inspiration.” When she first started perform- ing, Mariah’s dream was to be on Broadway. But her experience shooting Living in Your Car opened up a new world of possibilities to her. “Being open to (television work) is just something else I can add,” she says. Mariah plans to focus on Les Miserables before taking a much- deserved break. Tired as she often was after a long day of shooting the series, she already misses the cast and crew. She’s come a long way from elementary school talent shows, where she recalls singing I Can See Clearly Now, accompa- nied by a teacher on ukelele. “Everything that’s happened to me, I just feel like it’s all a dream come true,” Mariah says. “That people all believe in me enough for me to get this far.” SABRINA BYRNES / METROLAND AJAX -- Mariah Horner, an Oshawa Little Theatre performer, has landed a principal role on an upcom- ing television series. FAST FACTS Mariah Horner: a partial resume Living in Your Car - TMN/David Stein- berg High School Musical - Oshawa Little Theatre Camelot - Oshawa Little Theatre One Song Glory - Toronto Centre for the Arts Just So - Oshawa Little Theatre Oliver Twist - Oshawa Little Theatre Guest Soloist - City of Pickering Concert Band Ajax On Stage (2007) - Ajax A Sentimental Journey - Whitby Courthouse Theatre Pickering guitarist releases version of O Come All Ye Faithful PICKERING -- Jamie Robinson is wielding his axe for a good cause this year. The Pickering resident became the youngest winner of the North American Rock Guitar Competition in 2007, founding Infliction Entertainment, a local music production company, the following year. He has produced an arrange- ment of O Come All Ye Faithful in a partnership with the CP24/ CHUM Christmas Wish Founda- tion. Robinson plays the guitar parts and he enlisted some of Toronto’s best musicians to play on the track. Country artist Lisa Manis sings the holiday classic. She was the singing voice of Celine Dion in the CBC docu- mentary Celine. The song is only available through iTunes for 99 cents, with all proceeds going to the charity. Robinson wants to make it a yearly tradition, producing a dif- ferent carol or carols each year and making it a Christmas Wish Foundation fundraiser. For more information, visit www.inflictionentertainment. com. Buy a Christmas song and help those in need CHRISTMAS CAROL FUNDRAISER Everything that’s happened to me, I just feel like it’s all a dream come true. That people all believe in me enough for me to get this far. Mariah Horner““ newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200924 AP Friday December 11, 2009 Ajax & Pickering Locations 255 Salem Rd. S. D#1 42 Old Kingston Rd., Ajax 465 Bayly St. W. #5, Ajax Flyers in Todays Paper If you did not receive your News Advertiser/fl yers OR you are interested in a paper route call Circulation at 905-683-5117. 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The Durham Region Concert Association presents the RCSQ on Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. at Oshawa Little Theatre, 62 Russett Ave., Oshawa. The RCSQ is: Ernie Kalwa, baritone and bass saxophones, the band’s founder. The Peterborough native studied saxophone with Pat LaBarbera at Humber College and now lives in Elora; Robert McWade, tenor, alto and c-melody saxophones, a Guelph resident who joined the RCSQ after retiring from a successful career in the Canadian Armed Forces Band; Bradley Moggach, soprano, sopranino and alto saxophones, a familiar face in the southern Ontar- io music world for three decades, playing every kind of music imag- inable; and, Larry Moser, alto and tenor sax- ophones, plays in other groups, including the Guelph Sympho- ny Orchestra and the Wellington Winds. Learn more about the band at www.royalcitysax.com. Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for kids/students and available at the door, online at www.thedrca. com or at Lafontaine, 106 Dundas St. W., and Dynes Gift House, 728 Anderson St., in Whitby. SUPPLIED PHOTO OSHAWA -- The Royal City Saxophone Quartet, Larry Moser, Ernie Kalwa, Robert McWade and Bradley Moggach, play Oshawa Little Theatre on Dec. 19. Durham fiddle champ will have you dancing DURHAM -- Six-time Canadian fiddle champion Mark Sullivan invites you to celebrate Christ- mas by dancing the night away. The Clarington resident pres- ents his Old Time Country Reunion Dance on Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. in Oshawa. Enjoy a night of dancing to old-time fiddling and some classic country singing as Sul- livan welcomes Tom Sawyer on bass/vocals and pianist Evelyn Stinson. The show is at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43 at 471 Simcoe St. S. (north of Hwy. 401). The doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door and $6 for students. You can get tickets at Sul- ly’s Barber Shop, 35 King St. E. (east of Scugog Street) in Bowmanville, and Wilson and Lee Music Store, 87 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa. To learn more about Sullivan, visit www.marksullivan.com. WWW.SIEGELPRODUCTIONS.CA OSHAWA -- Fiddle champion Mark Sullivan hosts an Old Time Country Reunion Dance on Dec. 19 in Oshawa. DANCE N uts about The Nutcracker Local youngsters take to the stage in Christmas story PICKERING -- So many dancers, so many Nutcrackers. In the wake of a story on Bry- anne Leslie, a lead mouse in the National Ballet of Canada’s production of The Nutcracker, whom we featured on Dec. 4, another mouse and a lamb have come out of the woodwork. Like Bryanne, Pickering danc- er Brigitta Ross, 9, plays a lead mouse in the NBC’s Nutcracker. She takes the stage on Dec. 18, 23 and Jan. 2. Also appearing on those dates is her younger sis- ter, Sonja Ross, 7, in the role of a lamb. Both girls are thrilled to be in The Nutcracker and especially at the prospect of performing together. They started dancing at around three years old and both are in the associates program at the NBC. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200925 APSportsBrad Kelly Sports Editor bkelly@durhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.com Pickering resident gets Canadian Professional Billiards tour off the ground BY SHAWN CAYLEY scayley@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- After countless hours of hard work and prepara- tion, Anita McMahon is on the verge of seeing her wildest dreams come true. The first leg of the Canadian Professional Billiards Organiza- tion tour for women will break this weekend at Dooly’s Billiards and Bar in Cambridge. For the Pickering resident, it marks the end of one journey and the start of another. A former multi-time Canadian champion in billiards, McMahon wants to move forward with her involvement in the game by run- ning the CPBO. “I won’t go back to billiards to compete again, but I want to run this tour,” she said in a recent interview. “It’s something I always wanted to see while I played bil- liards for over 20 years. I wanted to see a professional tour in Cana- da.” Through her own hard work, that is now a reality. However, get- ting to this point has not been an easy journey. From seeking out venues, to finding qualified play- ers and sponsors, little has come easy throughout the process. “It’s really overwhelming. It real- ly is. I can’t believe I actually got to this point,” she said. “It’s scary too. There is a lot of negativity out there with sponsors and players. You can’t make everybody happy. I am a strong person though. I don’t like to give up when obsta- cles come in my direction. You just carry on. That’s all you can do.” She has proven that fact time and time again. McMahon overcame countless competitors over the years while establishing a name for herself in billiards across Canada. But it’s been away from the sport she has encountered the most challeng- es. McMahon lost her husband, Dave, to gastrointestinal stromal tumors roughly two years ago and even dealt with a cancer scare of her own last year. It hasn’t been easy, but she manages. The focus now, though, is on managing the tour with 24 com- petitors at several different events from this weekend in Cambridge, through to a stop in Kitchener in February 2010 and two events in Winnipeg in March and June. The tour will then enjoy a short break before reconvening for the finals, which will be played at the South Beach Casino, located on the Brokenhead Reserve in Scanterbury, Manitoba, the home reserve of McMahon’s mother. At each of the events during this inaugural season, charity events will be held on the first day of each event, with proceeds raised to go towards the Canadian Can- cer Society in memory of her late husband, McMahon said. Among the events on tap for that include McMahon and her 20- year-old son John Morra, the cur- rent Canadian eight-ball cham- pion, taking part in an exhibition of trick shots, while the tour play- ers will be involved in an auction where spectators will pay for a chance to play with a pro. PROFESSIONAL BILLIARDS Racked up and ready SABRINA BYRNES / METROLAND PICKERING -- Anita McMahon has organized a women’s pool tour with the Canadian Professional Billiards Organization entitled A Stroke of Magic that will be touring across Canada. Eligible participants are those who have won a Canadian championship or better and proceeds from the tour will go to the Canadian Cancer Society. SWIMMING Pickering represented by youngest members OSHAWA -- The Pickering Swim Club sent 39 of their young- er athletes to compete at the Oshawa Fall Invitational meet. The group took off a total of 413.18 seconds in their events and a total of 82 best times were set. Danielle Cornacchia took the most time off of any other club swimmer (65.16 seconds). Strong finishes were accom- plished by the following swim- mers who swam four top-three finishes in four of their six events: Danielle Cornacchia, 11, female 11 year, 200 back (2:58.97, 3rd); 200 IM (3:07.26, 2nd); 100 back (1:26.69, 2nd); 100 freestyle (1:19.47, 3rd); Janelle Gursoy, 8, female 10 and under, 100 back (2:00.79, 2nd); 50 freestyle (43.45, 3rd); 50 breast (1:03.39, 2nd); 100 freestyle (1:38.17, 3rd); Aiden Schwerin, 10, male 10 and under, 50 freestyle (41.04, 1st); 200 freestyle (3:30.07, 1st); 200 IM (4:07.75, 3rd); 100 free- style (1:39.39, 2nd). Other young swimmers who swam top three finishes were: Michelle Cornacchia (200 and 100 breast), Devin Dhillon (100 breast and 50 breast), Nicho- las Gemmink (50 free and 100 breast), Giselle Gursoy (100 back, 100 breast, 200 IM), Mat- thew Lee (100 breast, 200 free, 200 IM), Matteo Marticorena (50 breast), Nicholas Newman (200 back, 50 free, 100 back), Austin Nikkel (100 breast), Tyler Olson (100 back), Solstice Saliba (50 breast), Jenna Stokes (100 back, 50 fly), Nader Tannir (50 free, 100 fly), Nyre Viscardi (50 fly), Joseph Vragovic (100 back). BASKETBALL Smith, Pelley lead Durham Lords into break with pair of wins OSHAWA -- The men’s basketball team at Durham College will enter the Christmas break on a high note. While it was a huge blowout win, 72-39 against the Cambrian Gold- en Shield, that closed out the unof- ficial first half of the season, the most impressive of their two vic- tories came on the road against St. Lawrence Vikings, 86-69. The Vikings are the second- ranked team in Ontario and fourth in Canada. Eric Smith, of Ajax, recorded 18 points and five rebounds, while Tyler Pelley, also of Ajax, scored 15 points and added five steals. Pelley added another eight steals in the Cambrian game, upping his OCAA-leading total to 63 in 11 games. Heading into 2010, the Lords are sitting in second place in the com- petitive East Region. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200926 AP VIEW ON-LINE AT... WWW.HOMES.DURHAMREGION.COM • THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Find your new home with OPEN HOUSES Only 6 months new and shows like a model! Loaded with upgrades and on a massive quarter acre lot. Come check it out this weekend, you won’t be disappointed. Call Clayton White for your private viewing. SAT & SUN DEC. 12 & 13, 1-3 P.M. 7 EYREGLEN COURT, AJAX CLAYTON WHITE Sales Representative 905-619-9500 Sutton Group Heritage Realty Inc., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated FABULOUS TRIBUTE IMAGINATION HOME! 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The Annandale junior women’s team is skipped by Laura Arbour with Kristy Hurst, Kris- tin Haidasz and Emily Rose, and is coached by Steve Hurst. The men’s bonspiel that encom- passes all GTA clubs goes again Jan. 9-16. The sponsor is now Goldline Curling. They signed up for three years and they will have a new pin for all the players. The Regional Playdown that leads to the Brier in Halifax next March will be held in Minden Jan. 2-3. Annan- dale hosted the Men’s Tankard Zone Dec. 5-6 with seven teams compet- ing. Now heading to the Regional are Rob Lobel, of Whitby, who won the A side and John Bell, of Unionville, who won the B side. The Annandale entry skipped by Jason March was sidelined in the double knockout event. Jan. 6-10, an international 18-team tournament featuring the world’s top curling teams, will take place at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph. It is another version of the Grey Power World Cup of Curling held at the Her- shey Centre last October and is called The National. Team Glenn Howard with Pickering resident Richard Hart at vice, and the front end of Brent Laing and Craig Savill will take part and the winner will collect $40,000. The team is cur- rently in Edmonton competing for Olympic curling honours. The Canadian Curling Trials Roar of the Rings is taking place Dec. 6-13. TSN will show the women’s final Sat- urday, Dec. 12, and the men’s final on Sunday, Dec. 13. COLUMN Curling will get off to a fast start in the New Year RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND Getting a better look OSHAWA -- AJ Loney of the G.L. Roberts junior team soared over three players from the Pickering High School midget team as they battled for control of the ball during a recent tournament in Oshawa. Pickering won this game 51-45 on the strength of 12 points from Kadeem Smithen. The Pickering junior team that was also entered in the junior-level tourna- ment reached the championship game, but lost 72-51 to Father Henry Carr. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • December 11, 200927 AP Institute of Technical Trades Train for a Rewarding Career in... Job Placement Assistance Over 88% of graduates fi nd full time jobs within 6 months Earn more $$$ Kick start your career Welding • CWB or TSSA (pipe) • Electric Arc • MIG • TIG • Flux-Core CNC • MasterCAM X4 • AutoCAD 2010 • Solid Works 2010 • Inventor • CNC Mill & Lathe Weekend &Weekend & Evenings ClassesEvenings Classes Available!!Available!! www.learntoweld.ca www.learncncmachining.ca Practical Hands on Training with Experienced Trades Professionals! Full sized CNC HASS Mill on Site EI, Second Career, Ontario Works, WSIB, ODSP Eligible. 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