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CLOCA hiires new4 By Mike KowalaldWe A new chief administrative et. officer will soon be at the helm of bu the Central Lake Ontario wil Conservation Autliority. Ruse Powell, an officiai of the p Ontario Ministry of Natural cor Resources, assumes Mis duties pr( with CLOCA on Sept. 18. C Powell's appointment fils the S vacanc3r created last Februa*' th when former general manager Bilhe Campbell was dismissed after 19 t'A years of service. Currently natwral heritage dis( co-ordinator in the zinistr's tha policy division, Powell lias worked the out of the ministry's Peterborough met office for the past three years. aulE Previeusly, Powell was generalro manager cf the Upper Thames andi1 Conservation Authority in London sr and lie also served as -chiefst administrative officer cf the the bY Association of Conservation nef Authorities of.Ontario. at 'We're very pleased he's coming a f te the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority," said revi Oshawa counillor and CLOCA m0xC chair Irv Harreil. ilVc "We think lie will be an asset te, senî the authority because cf hMs mal experience witli conservation gen, authorities and that this will be a n significant step in our evolution," thal said Harrel. . our "Now tliat we have a new CAO Fg gree ni G;unshot iv victim liav sect, wil] A 32-year-old Halls Road North cari resident shot in the stomacli early less Saturday morning is 'in stable liai condition- at Oshiawa General Fi Hospital after emergency eurgery. gevi Police were called te the CL( residence around 1:40 a.m. and aboi were told by the victim that lieliad emp found a .22 revolver in the Iti ductwork cf hMs basement and was boai cleaping it wheri it went off, cour hitting Mim in the left side cf hMs ij stomacli. Cou An investigation sliowed the gun Dru was reported stolen from the Port Whi Periy area in 1987. on( For blanket coverage of ALL the homes and/or businesses in Whitby OR to selected areas only, oeil the Whitby Free Press - 668-6111. If you did flot get a fiyer which is isted for ful distribution, give us a oeil. a ,cari start oncr our corpo rate 'rategy review and decide what isiness we are in and where we i11 be'in the future." The pending review of CLOCA's perations stems from an earlier risultant's report wMich rompted the decision te fire ampbell. Sources told The Free Press tliat a report was extremely critical cf eway CLOCA functions. Ulthougli le always declinied te 3cuss Campbell's dismissal, rrell previously acknowledged at lie and other CLOCA 3mbers questioried wliether the thority was properly fulfilinîg its le cf waterslied management d protecting natural resources. Some felt the autliority had -ayed toc far from its mandate delvirig into areas wliere it did tbelorig, sucli as an ill-fated ;mpt to develop land ini Osliawa èw years ago. larreil hopes the corporate view will get underway next )nth. WMile it will initially cîlve only the CLOCA board arid iior staff Harrell said there y be an epportunity for the aeral public te liave iniput. rliat's crie cf the possibilities t could occur as the resuit cf rdiscussions," lie said. ?owell,' for crie, supports a eater public role. ['ve always believed in olving the community, tliat's n you're there te serve," lie eaid. With the fiscal restraints we re now, especially in Llie public beor, the monies will not be ,ng up. We will be in tlie same ation for quite a few years and 1 have te détermine wlietlier we provide the same services with a money or wlietlier we will ve less services." 'unded by tlie both the Ontario rerimerit and Durhiam Regioni, )CA lias an operating budget cf' ut $2 million anid 27 fuli-time ployees. ts 15-member management rd consiste cf 13 regional ricillors and two private zens appointed by thé province. uncillors Marcel Brunelle, Joe umm and. Gerry Emm are àtby's political representatives CLOCA wMile David Archer cf àtby is a provincial appointee. LOCA is one of five iservatien authorities eerving rham Regioni, but the only.crie Ltained eritirely within the ,i. 0 Mike McCulloch/Family Realty First Corp. (selected homes) 0 Ewing Pools, (selected homes) a Dundas Centre/ Pringle Creek Guardian Drugs (selected homes) Whitby Free Pross, Wednosday, August 16,1995, Page 3 4 r'1 Woman dies in accident An 88-year-old Saskatchewan woman died as a resuit of injuries from an accident in north Ajax last Thursday. A van driven by Richard Carroll, 709 of Scarborough was westbound on Taunton Road when it suddenly veered acrosa the road, down an embankment and crashed into a A van driven by Kathie Phillips, 3,of WJhitby was eastbound on Taunton and left the road, striking a sign post, to avoid colliding head-on with the other van. Yvonne Laing of Saskatoon, a passenger in the westbound van, was taken'to Ajax & Pi-ckering General Hospital and later to Sunnybrook Health Science Centre where she died of lier injuries. Carroll was aiea taken frorn Ajax & Pickering hespital to' St. . Michael's Gerieral Hospital wer 4 ,~. le remairis in serious condition. Phillips was not injured. Durliam Regional Police are stili investigating the cause of the accident. Fire at tr4,lex DAMAGE IS estimated- at $80',000 -- $60,000 to the structure and $20,000 to contents -- in an early morning blaze Wednesday at 310 Chestnut St. Whitby firefighters were called to the triplex shortly after midnight. They say the blaze gutted the second floor and a stairwell. The Ontario Fire Marshal was called into investigage the blaze but a cause hasn't yet been determined. Photo by iMm Reesor, Whltby Free Press Po t In p ots flound i feld Durhiam Regional Police put a quick end to a budding farmirig operation ini the Lakeridge Road-H-ighway 2 area Friday, seizing and destroying nine marijuana plants. The plants, which were stili in pots, were discovered riext to a cornfield on Queens» Road and were pointed out to police by a local resident. It's not knowri who owned the plants. "Appraýisals -on spot GmBu 2 Repir-3Dys Birds Get 3rd at :Remodelling Original Hadca em1/irds 211 Brook St. S., Whitby 666-4612 STAFRT OPA.. U * Unique Designs *Epr ence and *b Quality Nursery Stock r0uaîn SîneI CALL: (905) 686-3869 or.. Ashburn, -Ornaro (9o05)th 649-5247Is