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PAGE 8THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, APRIL 17.2002 Award winners AWARD f mm page I and Co-Steel Lasco. Tiic man who brings laughter into the homes of newspaper readers even' week, columnist Neil Crone, took third prize in the 'Humour 'Humour Columnist of the Year" category. Photographer Ron Pietroniro took a third-place win in the 'Best Feature Photo' category for his poignant picture of a young girl wrapped in an American flag and holding a candle during local remembrance ceremonies following Sept. II. A third-place prize for 'Best Photo Layout' was awarded to sister paper. The Ajax-Pickering News Advertiser, Advertiser, for 'Flying on Ice', a speed skating photo essay by photographer Jason Liebrcgts. Cartoonist Tim Dolighan took third place in the 'Cartoonist 'Cartoonist of the Year' category, to add to his lengthy list of provincial and national cartooning cartooning awards. A stoiy on school bullying bullying earned reporter Jennifer Stone third place in the Education Education Writing category. A third-place award for best 'Sports-Recreation Story" went to sports writer Brian McNair, for a story on young referees and the abuse and harassment some face. Reporter Lesley Bovie's story on 4-H garnered her third place for 'Best Agricultural Agricultural Story." The Ajax-Pickering News Advertiser also took third place in the 'Local Retail Retail Layout* award category. "Our newspapers have traditionally done well at both provincial and national competitions, but this year's provincial results arc absolutely absolutely outstanding." adds. Mrs. Burghardt. "I'm particularly particularly happy the awards recognize recognize the individual writing and photographie talents of many of our staff." Metroland's. Durham Region Region Newspaper Group includes includes Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington and Port Perry This Week, the Canadian Statesman, Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser, Uxbridge Times Journal and Northumberland Northumberland News. Founded in 1950, the Ontario Community Community Newspapers Association is a non-profit industry association association comprising about 265 member newspapers located located throughout the province. The Regional Municipality of Durham PUBLIC NOTICE - PROPOSED 2002 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS | WORKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council cf the Reg onal Municipality cf Durham may pass by-fa.vs authoring construction cf the fcl'ov.tng projects. I Road No Location Description 23 SmcoeSt - V.\ncres!er Rd (Oshawa) intersect on improvements 25 S rr.CGC St/ Rag'an Rd (Oshawa) Intersect on improvements & signalisation 13 Lyons Bridge, loaskdale (U*tir dgc) Bridge replacement 22 Oayty St/Squires Beach Rd (Pickering) Intersection improvements 22 Blocr St from Mcrnft St to R.tson Rd (Oshawa) Corr.dor improvements 26 Th ckson Rd / Conlm Rd (Whitby) Intersection improvements & serialization 27 Altona Rd / Rougemount Rd. (Pickering) Intersection improvements & signabzaticn 53 Stevenson Rd South / C N R. crossing south of Bloor St (Oshawa) Bridge rehabilitation Reg Hwy 2 King St. / Sandringham Dr (Clarington) Intersection improvements & signalization N'A Carruthers Creek Dr from Bayly SL to Achilcs Rd. (Ajax) New road construction Works Committee, being delegated by Regional Council as the hearing body shall hear in person or by his or her counsel, solicitor or agent, any person prejudicially affected by tho by-laws and who applies on or before April 19th, 2002. to bo heard at a meeting of tho Works Committco on April 24th, 2002. Plans showing the details of tho projects and tho lands affected may bo seen at the offices of tho Durham Region Works Department. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS If you have any comments or questions or require any further information about tho above noted projects, please contact Mr. Paul Foster at (905) 6G8-7725 Ext. 5393 Email: paul.foslcr@region.durham.on.ca R EQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (RRAP) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LANDLORDS IN ONTARIO Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the federal housing agency, is providing an opportunity for Landlords under the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP). Limited funds are available in 2002 to provide landlords with financial assistance to repair or rehabilitate a rental or roominghouse property to a minimum level of health and safety or to convert non-rcsidential properties into affordable rental or roominghouse accommodations. Landlords wishing to participate must submit their applications by 4:30 p.m. Eastern DaylightTime, May 31,2002. Applications received after this time will not be considered. To obtain an application package: Call: 1-800-704-6488 or e-mail: rrap_ontario@cmhc-schl.gc.ca Please note: Submission of an application does not guarantee that financial assistance will be made available. t:mhc*schl HOME TO CANADIANS Canada Visit Wtyt Statesman on the web www.durhamregion.com Health care system criticized HEALTH from page I Cohoon explains. From there, staff turned to Criti Call, a health care funded funded emergency phone service, which calls around for staff and doctors to find available beds in surrounding areas. But Port Perry emergency physician physician Dr. Sandra Hyshka was told "bluntly" nothing was available for Mr. Coates, says Dr. Cohoon. "I didn't want to accept this so I started calling around myself. I reached the physician on-call at Toronto Toronto General, where Mr. Coates was treated for an aneurysm two years ago and he said he only had a junior intern to assist, it was a complex case and they didn't have the beds," he explains. "1 didn't want to accept his suggestion that Rochester was the closest responding responding facility." To further compound his frustration, frustration, Dr. Cohoon says he was told by the health care phone service he shouldn't be calling around on his own to find a bed for his patient. "It was counterproductive, in their opinion," he says. Criti Call called back just after noon with a bed in Kingston, but by that time Mr. Coates had died at around 11:30 a.m., about two hours after the first call was placed, Dr. Cohoon says. His criticism, he says, is of the system system and that includes not only the government, government, but also the failure of some doctors to meet the needs of their patients. patients. Physicians don't have the resources resources to do their jobs and with salary capping there's little incentive to go above and beyond the call of duty sometimes, says Dr. Cohoon. - with files from Torstar News Service Top businesses TOP from page I lie's involved in many community organizations. organizations. He's a strong force in the Clarington business group and very instrumental instrumental with the Clarington Board of Trade," Ms. Hall added. Awards were also received by 41 businesses in Clarington, the majority for business longevity, saluting firms which have been established for 25 years or more. Recognized as Clarington's Clarington's longest-running business was Moiris Funeral Home, a community business for 161 years. 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