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What's Expansio Newcastle's planning and develop- The committee has suggested that ment committee is interested in a study be conducted in order to finding out how much residential, identify the costs of development commercial, and industrial and its effects on taxes and developments will cost the town. assessments. Another Giant Fish If Bowmanville letter carrier Howie Edmondson continues to haul in big fish and have them mounted, his walls are going to be filled. Last weekend, he pulled this 131/2 pound rainbow out of Port Hope harbor, one of the largest caught this year around here. He's now negotiating to have it preserved for posterity. nWorth? At a meeting Monday night, the town's planning and development committee agreed to recommend that council approach outside con- sultants to do a financial study on future development in the town. The committee stated that the consul- tants would be asked to give an estimate on the costs of such a project before beginning their work. Director of Planning, Leslie Kristof, told committee members that once the study is completed he has every intention of sitting down with consultants to write policies on development. Maintain Balance Mr. Kristof said he recommends development of a policy "which aims to maintain a balance between a residential and employment growth in the town in order to ensure the costs of residential growth are fully met and employment oppor- Turn to Page Two Motorist Dies Police have not yet released the name of a man who was killed this morning in a two-vehicle accident on Highway Two at Prestonvale Rd. At press time, no details on the accident were available. A heavy construction truck and a car were involved in the collision which took place at approximately 8:30 a.m. Bowmanville's fire department was called to assist at the scene. Arson Suspected in Canning Factory Blaze Fire destroyed the second storey of a Bowmanville warehouse (the old canning factory) Saturday mor- ning causing little damage to the contents. The Bush Hog Canada building on Nelson Street West became the third Bowmanville building in four months to be struck by a major fire. The warehouse, which is used to store farm implements and parts, was almost empty, reports Town of Newcastle Fire Chief Jim Hayman. About $125,000 worth of equipment had been shipped only weeks before to Bush Hog's parent firm in the United States. Owners of the firm, Joe and Carl Schwarz, were unavailable for comment. Arson is suspected as the cause of the blaze. Chief Hayman says the fire began on the outside of the warehouse at an opening where a vent pipe went through to the washrooms. Sections of the roof and the second floor will have to be replaced. Cost of the damages has yet to be established. The fire was spotted at about 10:30 a.m. by Terry Carlson of Martin Road. Mr. Carlson, who was out walking his dog, saw smoke coming from the building and ran home to call the fire department. Chief Hayman estimated that the fire began about a half hour earlier. "It wouldn't take much to set it on fire, possibly paper was used," says Chief Hayman. It took firemen five hours to ex- tinguish the blaze. Bowmanville's volunteer firemen were assisted by volunteers from Orono and Newcastle. - Photo by Rick James Recommend Park Policy Fed IUplt Neighbors of the village of asking thataction b Newcastle's Elmhurst Hotel are the village's largesi fighting for the closing of its Residents say the Thursday night beer garden. by the excessive A letter and petition signed by 15 velling, screamn families have been sent to town îanguage coming council, Durham regional police and the beer garden, es the Liquor Licence Board of Ontério continues into the Pouf Marner Sets & NoisyBeer e taken against Customers drive dangerously hotel. when entering or leavng the hotel y are bothered emises andpark illegally in front noise including of the hotel along Hwy. N.2, they g and fouI charge. rom patrons of Other complaints voiced in the pecial y when it petition include: surrounding early morning properties are littered with beer bottles, customers trespass on priate prperty on their way to the id otel,, drinkmng extends to the parking lot and grounds outside the beer garden and patrons have slept overnight in the hotel yard. "Property values in the surround- ingearea have been adversely affected by the influence of the beer oad"t el, kin g ento sthe ark minot and gr ods otidethe this beer garden is not controllable and is nconstsent wWhthe aims of residerts which are to enjoy a peaceful neighborhood and raise children in i a responsible environment." Garden By-law enforcement officer, Larry Simpson, told the town's Finance and Administration committee Monday that he has talked to the fire chief and they both agree the main problem at the beer garden is overcrowding. He said in the past, the hotel owner has been willing to co-operate with the authorities because he doesn't want any problems with the Liquor Licence Board. His licence could be revoked for overcrowding. Mr. Simpson said the police are enforcing the parking restrictions in the area and are issuing some 45 tickets every Thursday night. The committee decided to refer the letter and petition to Mr. Simpson and Fire Chief Jim Hayman to bring back a report and recommend council meet with Police Chief Jon Jenkins to discuss the problem. A letter will be sent to the Newcastle residents who signed the petition inviting them to appear The town's finance and ad- ministration committee adopted a recommendation Monday that the municipality prepare a master parks development policy f the Town of Newcastle before it sells any of the land it owns adjacent to the lake. The town owns five lots on the West Beach and five on the East Beach. Town manager Albert Guiler advised the committee that "during the past several months, council has received several requests to sell property on the East and West Beach with the latest being a request from the Port Darlington Harbour Centre's Stores The largest shopping centre out- side Metropolitan Toronto is opening today in Oshawa. The 50 new stores that have been added to the Oshawa Centre make the shopping complex the largest outside of Toronto. Jack Doughty, manager of the centre, says the new addition, which includes a Bay store, two new cinemas, bringing the total to four, anq 50 smaller stores, will attract shoppers from as far away as Belleville and Peterborough. It may even attract customers from the Company for the town to re-convey the lots which were acquired by the town by way of tax registration. "In discussing this matter with other department heads, t àwas felt that no action should be taken on the requests until such time as the District Planning process is com- pleted for Bowmanville." Mr. Guiler added that the town should also take a look at its present parks and its future park needs with a view to drafting a master parks development policy. Then, in the case of any future development, the municipality will know what parks it wants and needs, he said. Open Today eastern border of Toronto. But the expansion is far from complete. Loblaws will build a new store next to the Bay at the southern tip of the mall. Loblaws' present store will be divided into eight smaller boutique type stores, says Mr. Doughty. The new store is ex- pected to be completed by April. A carpenters' strike during the summer delayed the opening of some of the new stores in the expan- sion area, but the majority are ready for business. Only two of the stores have not been leased. Photo taken near Orillia shows Paul Marner in his 16-foot catamaran called the Toxophilite. - Orillia Packet and Times Photo Racing a sailboat in world Marner will he heading for thc Champion Herb Panta in the championship competitions on worId champetition fr vto-man the Gulf of Mexico is a dream -catamaran competitions to be crews. come true for a young held at South Padre island in Paul has spent Most Bowmanville skipper. Texas later in the month. He'll summer weekends sailing his Fifteen-year-old Paul be sailing with Canadian TurntoPageTwo SThird Prize Winners Present at Splash Dance Promoters of the Splash Pool project held a well attended dance at Newcastle Village Community Hall Friday night and also held their monthly draw at the same time. The winners of the third prize of $120 were present at the event and are pictured here, receiving their cheque. They are Irene and Ernie Konselmann of Orono who held ticket 418. The presentation is being made by co-convenors Shirley McLaine, left and Ardyth Korte, far right. First prize Trip of the Month went to F. Hiemstra of Enniskillen, with ticket 299. Second prize of $200 or a trip to Toronto was won by Elaine Hewitt, Oshawa, ticket 266. Bits & Pieces GIVE THANKS - Next Monday will be Thanksgiving Day and on Sunday many churches will be marking the event with special services. You'll be welcomed at any of them. Post office service will be suspended on Monday, returning to normal on Tuesday. Banks and government offices, schools etc. will also be holidaying. Have a good weekend and drive as though your life depends on it. It might well be the case. NEAR WINNERS - The town almost didn't have a public utilities line crew at work on Monday, Sept. 25th. Seven of the crew jointly held a ticket on the Provincial lottery in which two area people won a million each. The ticket the crew held ended with a 2 instead of a 4 or they would have won. As one of them told The Statesman "If we'd won, nobody would have showed up for work on Monday." But, they didn't win, iso the work went on. SIlORT CIIANGEi) - In a picture caption last week, it was stated that the Kinsmen Club had donated $1,500 to the Splash committee. Actually, the amount was $2,500. Somnebody at our place hit the wrong key somehow. Sorry. FIRE PREVENTION - Next week is Fire Prevention Week and we can only hope that whoever is starting the fires around town decides to take a week off, or preferably desists altogether before someone gets killed. A couple of pages in this edition provide many tips on how to prevent fires. bi t ie n