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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNA2010_09_16_incomplete103 Church St. S.103 Church St. S. Ajax,Ajax, Pickering Village Pickering Village JD INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 905.427.3595 Marsha Jones Dooley,CIP, CAIB, RIB(Ont), EPC Licensed Insurance & Financial Advisor Jones - Dooley Insurance Brokers In The Village Jones-DooleyInsure.comBLAISDALE M O N TESSO RIBLAISDALE MONTESSORI SCHOOL 12 months - grade 8Blaisdale.com 905-509-5005 OPEN HOUSE Thurs. April 30, 2009 @ 7:00 p.m. 56 Old Kingston Rd., Pickering Village, Ajax CALL FOR A TOUR 905-686-9607 239 Station St., Ajax Join us for our Customer Appreciation Day Saturday September 25th, 2010 10 am - 2:00 pm FREE BBQ, FACE PAINTING, JUMPING CASTLE Pressrun 51,400 • 28 pages • Optional 3-week delivery $6/$1 newsstand PICKERING Th ursday, September 16, 2010 NNews ews AAddveverr titisseerrTHE CELIA KLEMENZ / METROLAND PICKERING -- Chris Wright and his dad, Bill, were all smiles, on Sept. 10 at Pickering’s Canadian Tire store, when they officially launched Pucker-Up, a device they invented to pick up hockey pucks. The device also doubles as a storage unit for up to 25 pucks.Pucker-up launches in Pickering HOCKEY DAD AND SON SCORE BIG WITH INVENTION KRISTEN CALIS kcalis@durhamregion.com PICKERING -- A local hockey dad has shot and scored big after working to get his back- friendly and low-cost hockey-based inven- tion, and some pucks, off the ground. The invention may seem simple in theo- ry but it took the Pickering man and his son to think up a way to gather scattered hockey pucks in a more back- and time-friendly man- ner than simply bending down and manually picking them up. See PICKERING page 8 facebook.com/newsdurham twitter.com/newsdurham NEWS 3 Response times Durham police look for improvements COMMUNITY 11 Feline friends Shelter to hold adoptathon SPORTS 20 Court star Pickering woman honoured at Ohio State durhamregion.comNews Advertiser • September 16, 20102 AP CONTINUING EDUCATION Motorcycle Training www.durhamcollege.ca/coned | 905.721.3330 There’s still time to enjoy the open road. Get the training you need. Call today for more information. DURHAM SECONDARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY Durham Secondary Academy is a co-ed university and college preparatory day school for students in grades 5-12. 1 Cedar Street in Ajax 905-426-4254 www.durhamsecondary.com “High School Students” Do you still need a credit to graduate? Are you struggling with a course? Do you need to raise one of your marks? Do you need individualized attention to get a good grade? Then we can help. We have 10 week semesters with fl exible entry points. Find out more at www.durhamsecondary.com or call us today! THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO THE DURHAM REGIONAL POLICE SERVICES BOARD CLERK’S DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE The Police Services Act requires that the Durham Regional Police Services Board include one community member appointed by resolution of the Regional Council who is neither a member of Regional Council nor an employee of The Regional Municipality of Durham. The Region is accepting applications from citizens interested in serving in this position. Responsibilities will include regular monthly board meetings, attending training sessions, zone meetings, conferences and sub-committee meetings. This will involve more than 20 hours per month. The term of this appointment is four years and coincides with the term of Regional Council. Remuneration paid to the community member will be at the same rate paid to the Provincial appointees. The successful candidate will possess the following quali cations: • Good communication skills, both written and verbal; • Experience in budgeting and  nance; • Experience in contract negotiation and dispute resolution; • Volunteer service in the community; • Previous experience on boards and committees; and • Reside, or own a business in the Region of Durham, is preferred. If you would like to commit your time and skills to this challenging appointment, you are invited to complete and submit an application form. Application forms for this purpose can be obtained from The Regional Municipality of Durham website, www.durham.ca, or by contacting the Regional Clerk’s Department at 905-668-7711, ext. 2012, or by email at clerks@durham.ca. Further details regarding the Durham Regional Police Services Board can be obtained by visiting their link on the Durham Regional Police Service website, www.drps.ca. Completed applications are to be submitted to the Regional Clerk, by no later than November 19, 2010, at the address shown below. P.M. Madill, A.M.C.T., CMM III Regional Clerk The Regional Municipality of Durham 605 Rossland Road East, P.O. Box 623 Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3 Telephone: 905-668-7711, ext. 2012 or by email to clerks@durham.ca The Regional Municipality of Durham 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby ON L1N 6A3 • Telephone: 905-668-7711 Tendering approved for library roof, Dunmoore tennis court PICKERING -- The City of Pickering has gone from green to white in its plans to replace the library roof. The executive committee approved the tendering for a couple of sustainable proj- ects at the Sept. 7 meeting. Council had approved a green roof replacement for the central library in the 2010 budget, but after bids came in more than $162,000 over budget, staff chose to go with a white roof instead. White roof coatings are applied to pro- vide protection against water, chemicals and physical damage. They keep interiors dry, reduce cooling costs and protect and prolong the roof system life cycle by reduc- ing thermal shock. T. Hamilton and Sons Roofing will replace the roof for $266,000, but the project is eli- gible for complete funding from the federal gas tax grant. The Dunmoore Tennis Court will also be reconstructed, using the penetration asphalt system. The technique grinds the original surfacing material, which is com- pacted to form the base for the new sur- face, keeping the material from going to landfill. The project was also approved in the 2010 budget, and the City has now settled on Court Contractors Ltd., which will charge around $141,000 for the work. RYAN PFEIFFER / METROLAND Zumba for a good cause AJAX -- Zumba fitness instructor Heidi Tsinokas led a group through a routine during the Zumba for Shelter Event at the McLean Community Centre recently. Proceeds from the event went to Cycle for Shelter 2010, a bike ride taking place mid-month for local women’s shelters and violence prevention. CITY Pickering green projects given the go-ahead durhamregion.comNews Advertiser • September 16, 20103 AP We Guarantee the HIGHEST Prices Paid for Gold in Canada! Based on the Daily World Gold Price Index WE BUY: OLD & BROKEN JEWELLERY • RINGS • CHAINS • EARRINGS • BRACELETS • NECKLACES • BROKEN GOLD • GOLD & SILVER COINS • GOLD & SILVER CHARMS BROKEN CHAINS • SCRAP GOLD • DENTAL GOLD Don’t give away your valuable Jewellery – Check out the competition then come see Rafael. We PAY You In CASH - Not A Cheque! 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You’re invited on September 25th Come celebrate the new hockey season with Scotiabank and Pro Hockey Life, the ultimate hockey megastore. • FREE family BBQ lunch1 • FREE Hockey gift bag2 • Enter to WIN3 1 of 20 Pro Hockey Life giftcards Visit any Durham Scotiabank Branch for all the details. ® Registered trademarks of the Bank of Nova Scotia. 1 Enroll your child in the no-fee Getting There Savings Program for Youth at any Durham Scotiabank branch between September 1st, and September 25th 2010, at which time you will be given an invitation for you and your family to attend the event. Maximum four hotdogs and four drinks per family. At least one parent or guardian must attend. 2 One gift bag for each new Getting There Savings Program for Youth member who attends the BBQ. 3 Enter by completing a ballot on September 25, 2010 between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm at the Scotiabank/Pro Hockey Life BBQ at 75 Consumers Drive, Whitby Ontario (the “BBQ”). 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Chief cites need to ‘free up’ cops JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@durhamregion.com WHITBY -- Time-consuming administra- tive duties are keeping front-line cops from responding to high-priority calls, members of Durham Region’s police services board heard Monday. While the average response time to emer- gency calls has improved over the last half- year, there’s more work to be done, Police Chief Mike Ewles admitted. “What we have to do is free up the offi- cers ... so they have the ability to respond to these emergency calls,” the chief said. Members of the board reviewed a report that indicates Durham officers are responding to Priority 1 emergency calls in less than eight minutes 60 per cent of the time region-wide -- response times are lower in urban areas than rural communi- ties -- compared to 44 per cent of the time in 2009. A few factors are at play, including patrol zone realignment and new policies that designate fewer incidents as Priority 1 responses, board members heard. Fig- ures for the first half of 2010 show fewer than half as many high-priority calls were recorded in the first six months of 2009. That prompted Durham Region Chair- man Roger Anderson to question why region-wide response times haven’t improved more than they have. “One would assume if you have less pri- ority calls, your response time would be greater,” Mr. Anderson said. “What’s going on that you can’t respond to one-third of the number of emergency calls in a better response time? “That to me says something’s wrong.” Chief Ewles said a reduction in high-pri- ority calls doesn’t mean there are fewer total calls for service, all of which must be responded to. “The demand for service is still there -- it’s how we prioritize them,” he said. “The work is still there and the work still has to be done.” For instance, a typical call to a domes- tic incident occupies an officer for up to seven hours, fulfilling duties including fil- ing reports with agencies such as the Chil- dren’s Aid Society, Chief Ewles said. “That’s not a police officer’s job,” he said. A realignment of shift schedules being implemented in 2012 will help Durham police better address peak demand times, the chief said. Board members requested a report on the increasing responsibilities faced by front-line officers. Page 6 - Today’s editorial EMERGENCY SERVICES Durham police look to improve response times FAST FACTS Officer in peril, gun calls among high-priority calls Calls for help made by police officers in distress -- known in communications code as a 10-33 - - and other emergency scenarios are treated by Durham Regional Police as Priority 1 response calls. Other incidents such as armed person reports, assaults in progress and robberies or home invasions in progress warrant the desig- nation, as do 911 calls with no voice contact, natural or nuclear disasters, impaired driving in progress, unknown trouble and pursuits of sus- pects. There are four other tiers for priority clas- sification. • Among Priority 2 incidents are abduc- tions, break and enters in progress, alarm response and assist ambulance calls, bomb threats and numerous other scenarios. • Priority 3 calls include disturbance, family disputes, suspicious person, disturbances and calls to assist firefighters. • Among incidents designated as Prior- ity 4 are animal abuse reports, drug and fraud offences, hate crimes and requests to assist other police services. • Priority 5 responses are designated to duties such as administrative duties, funeral escorts, radar enforcement, serving summons- es and taking vehicle collision reports. durhamregion.comNews Advertiser • September 16, 20104 AP Breast Friends Dragon Boat Racing TeamBreast Friends Dragon Boat Racing Team We’re running forWe’re running for ____________________ On On Sunday, October 3Sunday, October 3, who are you running for?, who are you running for?TMTM Register today, as a team or individually, for the Register today, as a team or individually, for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure and participate at one of over 60 Run sites Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure and participate at one of over 60 Run sites across Canada. across Canada. To walk, run and give generously, visit www.cbcf.org To walk, run and give generously, visit www.cbcf.org Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Lakeview Park, Oshawa Local Sponsors Title Sponsor National Partners popcorn clusters * Nutritional Partners Visit us on-line: www.westdurhamlacrosse.com WEST DURHAM MINOR LACROSSE ASSOCIATION NOTICE OF ANNUAL NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING!GENERAL MEETING! Pickering and Ajax Parents! Please plan to attend if you have a son or daughter currently playing or planning to play lacrosse. Sunday, September 19, 2010 – 2pm Meeting Room #1 Pickering Recreation Complex List could still change for Durham based on provincial ministry directives MELISSA MANCINI mmancini@durhamregion.com DURHAM -- The Catholic school board is looking at changing some of the rules this year. The Durham Catholic District School Board will be looking at develop- ment or revision of 23 policies and administrative proce- dures this year on topics as diverse as student trans- portation, staff drug use and honorarium for board members. “It’s not etched in stone,” said superintendent Mitch LePage, when he presented the list to the policy committee. “It’s our best estimate of what we anticipate for the coming year.” Some of the policies and procedures are com- ing forward because of Ministry of Educa- tion directives such as the approach to healthy food and beverages in schools and parent engagement. Depending on what minis- try mandates come up throughout this school year, new policies will be priori- tized for development or changes in the coming months. The board is also slated to see staff bring forward policies and revisions relating to admissions, record manage- ment, employee progressive discipline, student attendance and commercially bottled water. The list of policies and administra- tive procedures are in various stages of development. EDUCATION Catholic board to review 23 policies, procedures DURHAM -- Parents concerned about their kid’s safety while surfing can learn some tips at a free seminar in Ajax. Parents will hear a free presentation with strategies on keeping kids safe while they are using social networking websites. The event is being put on by the Durham District School Board and Durham Regional Police Services. The event’s presenters are Durham Regional Police officers with experience and training in cyber safety. The event will take place on Sept. 21 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at J. Clarke Richard- son Collegiate, 1355 Harwood Ave. N., Ajax. COMMUNITY Durham police, school board hold Internet safety seminar in Ajax Sept. 21