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Argo Sunshin 80ÏIÎANVILLE ! IERSpy 62 1EXXT si. BOk'ilANvILLE. ONTARIO 11C3A8 BOL'LIB 86??-3! i Here The Sunshine Girls certainly know how to brighten up a rainy Saturday! The Argo cheerleaders came down to visit Bowmanville Audio Vision last weekend to greet their local fans, many of whom had their personal photo taken with the girls. Picturèd here welcoming the Sunshine Girls to Bowmanville Bowmanville is DBIA Manager Garth Gilpin. School Board Chairman F aces Council on Budget by Diane Pickett Newcastle residents are facing a 16 per cent increase in their education taxes this year and School Board Chairman Donna Fairey appeared ; before town councillors on Monday to defend her board's 1986 budget. Reduced funduig from the provincial provincial government has shifted the cost of education more and more to the municipal taxpayer's bill, Mrs. Fairey said. And declining enrolment enrolment in the Northumberland and Newcastle Board's jurisdiction has further limited provincial monies. The large tax hike this year is also attributable to extremely cautious Speaks Tonight to Liberals SÏÉÉ glgr ' . III . / ij spending during the past few years of economic recession. "The board cut and pared and reduced expenditures to a dangerous minimum," said Mrs. Fairey. As a result, school facilities were maintained but not improved, the number of students in classrooms increased. increased. and equipment was repaired repaired but not replaced. This year, the board is paying for these "band- aid" treatments, and paying to "catch up" in many areas, Mrs. Fairey said. The board is reducing class size, purchasing new supplies, and making a number of large, capital expendi- Turn to Page 2 The Honourable Ken Keyes will be the guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Durham East Liberal Liberal Association being held tonight, April 9th at 8 o'clock at Memorial Park Clubhouse, Liberty Street South (at Park and Ontario Streets), .Bowmanville. Mr. Keyes is the Provincial Solicitor Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Correctional Services and represents the Riding of Kingston and the Islands. Islands. Mr. Keyes was a teacher--principal teacher--principal in the Kingston area for many years and prior to being elected to the Legislature in 1985, he had been a municipal politician in Kingston for more than 20 years and served as Mayor of the City for the past six years. by Diane Pickett Eight million dollars is more than Newcastle council is prepared to spend to replace the Bowmanville Arena. Consequently a consultants' report recommending an expensive multipurpose multipurpose recreation centre is on its way back to the drawing board. Newcastle councillors will not accept accept recommendations in the recently recently completed Bowmanville Arena Study as those recommendations recommendations "do not fall within the terms of reference and do not appear to be financially financially feasible." The study, produced by consultants from ReThink Inc., was presented to council three weeks ago. It proposes the expenditure of $7 or $8 million to purchase land and construct a multipurpose multipurpose athletic and community centre to replace the Bowmanville Arena. Mayor John Winters, speaking at a committee meeting on Monday, said: "Ünder the terms of reference of the study, the consultants were advised to note the community services department department had included an allowance for the arena in its capital forecast, namely $2.6 million." In a motion that was approved by the committee, the mayor asked that the study be received as a first draft only and not as a final report and that the treasurer be authorized to delay finaly payment to ReThink until a final report is approved by council. "Let's support the motion and stand firm," said Councillor Diane Hamre, "and let's get back to the real world." She said that the consultants had Goodyear Labor Contract Settled On Sunday, April 6th, members of the United Rubber Workers ratified a new three year contract with Goodyear Canada Inc. Bowmanville. The factory employees voted to accept the Company offer by a 70 per cent majority while the office employees accepted the Company offer by a 73 per cent margin. The settlement was reached after several months of negotiations between the Bargaining Committees representing members of Local 189 U.R.W. Factory and Office and the Company. Employees had been working Executive Group To Replace CAO? by Diane Pickett When Chief Administrator David Johnston leaves Newcastle in June, will the municipality hire a new town manager? Or, will the council's new executive committee assume the responsibilities responsibilities of the administrator's office? Council members are now considering considering the alternatives and will reach a consensus at an executive committee committee meeting next Monday, Mayor John Winters said yesterday. "Since Mr. Johnston announced his resignation, the executive committee has been looking at municipal organizations," organizations," said Mayor Winters, "we have thought about trying out using the executive committee in the administrator's administrator's role." Mayor Winters said the function of i the executive committee was to liaise ■ with the administration, and that the j communication could well take place ! between the committee and the j municipal department heads. "We have to look at the pros and j coni," said the mayor, "by Monday we [ will have made some decision." ' y . 7 > brought forward a report that recommended recommended "ten times the amount we wanted, at three times the cost." Councillor Marie Hubbard, who seconded the mayor's motion, added: "People want to know what's going on. Let's have another meeting with Rob Lockhart (the ReThink consultant) and address our concerns." The long-awaited $18,000 Arena Study was studied by council members members last month but was not released to the public as certain proposals involved involved the purchase of private property. property. ■Council members and ReThink will have to put their heads together soon if a decision on the new arena is to be made before the deadline for application application for Wintario grants to help fund the project. However, the council is committed to seeing the project go ahead this year and Mayor Winters is encouraging encouraging service clubs and athletic groups to get their fund-raising committees ready for a blitz. f . I; /. 1 ' 623-3303 X . 35" Per Copy \ J , ! ! Z j j j. I j' I l .X y i j |. : i \/ W v X/ / v * ^ V N/ V V Issue 14 38 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1986 132nd Year Launched Bottles Include Message from Port Granby Residents -y A cold, damp wind didn't prevent a large crowd from gathering on the shores of Lake Ontario at Port vtziuw i-i iwu putouvz kfuiuwi? i.ui}vaui' ing the following message: "This bottle was released at Port Granby, April 5th, from the site of Eldorado Nuclear dump, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 40 miles east of Toronto. If your community draws its drinking water from Lake Ontario, then pollution from this source must end up with the water that your family drinks." The letter asks that the recipient recipient take the message to the local media, and then return the note with information as to where and when it wàs found in a sta/mped envelope also in the bottle. Hc/re John Veidhuis hurls his bottle into the icy waters. In the crowd behind him are Newcastle Mayor John Winters and Ward III Regional Councillor Councillor Diane Hamre. Well-known Port Hope environmentalist, environmentalist, Pat Lawson, was also present. Help Offered to Restore Rental Property by Diane Pickett Landlords throughout Newcastle" will have the opportunity to rehabilitate rehabilitate their older rental properties with financial assistance from the province, if the municipality participates participates in a new Ministry of Housing program. Under the program, called "Low Rise Rehabilitation Program," landlords landlords could be eligible to receive forgivable forgivable loans of up to $5,000 per unit for repairs and improvements to apartments in buildings of less than five storeys that were built prior to 1960. The intent of the program is to help landlords bring rental units up to the minimum standards contained in the local Maintenance and Occupancy By-law, rather than to permit luxury renovations. This type of accommodation accommodation will be maintained as a source of housing for low and middle income tenants. A total of $88 million dollars has been committed to the program by the provincial government. Information regarding the new program was presented to the general general purpose and administration committed on Monday. The committee decided to gauge public interest in the program through newspaper advertisements. If there is sufficient interest to warrant warrant municipal participation in the Low Rise Rehabilitation Program, the town will make application to the Ministry of Housing for inclusion in the 1986 allocation of funds. The Town has to apply to the Ministry Ministry before April 30th, so time is of the essence. Anyone interested in the program is asked to contact the Chief Administrator's Office, at 623-3379. :XX."4:'XV] E) XX■ ' : ' / X ; XX -, j XV R 'X'VXv X 7,:.VX"v V W 'X .v XXV V,'":..,'VYXV ■' V X-r 1 M A x fi fn j, : Xv-Vv , XV vv X/XVvVVX XYXV 'Ix.v J .,LXV XXV XX-, VyYVyX x'X ' ; ! 1 • • y V'Xy ;! v VX' . X ' ^ ■ " .* /•- v ; . / . ; ;; X X;" :• . ; 'V • VX' X:ï .'V, • v : y >: ' v ■ v vx X'v x v, - Vn . V-. vxV </ 4. X . "y. R .-vMy ' V ' ' XWtv-X ; v- XWX "XXm lx . v'v>^i.r. Kt ' rtgage Cancer Society Volunteers Sell All Their Daffodils Members of the Canadian Cancer Society were out in force on Friday, April 4, for the annual Daffodil Day sale. This group of Cancer Society volunteers was selling flowers at the four corners of Bowman ville. From left are: Sam Cureatz, Pat McArthur, Joan Mann, Steve Ryan, and Mary Tillcock, Daffodil Day convenor. Shirley Coyle is purchasing some of the flowers. GANNY RACE -- This Saturday, the 6th annual 'Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny' race will be held on the Ganaraska River, starting at Canton, north of Port Hope. We haven't heard how large the entry list is, but it probably will be in the two to three hundred range. A heavy rain before it starts could make life most interesting interesting and potentially hazardous for the particip- ! ants. GREAT NEWS -- Someone from Bowmanville High School phoned this morning to tell us that report cards would be issued either this Friday or next Monday. Isn't that exciting? Could this be a tip off for parents only? Have a happy weekend. PAPER DRIVE -- We have a note that there will be a Boy Scout Paper Drive this Saturday, April 12th. Please have bundles tied and on the curb by 8:30 a.m. The note doesn't say where it is taking place, but we presume it's in Bowmanville. CAR WASH -- A week from this Saturday, the Youth Group of St. Francis of Assisi will be having a carwash in Bowmanville at the Bank of Montreal parking lot from 10 to 5. Please support their fund-raising drive. OVER THE DAM -- Last weekend's big trout and salmon derby ran into chilly weather on Saturday and poor fishing on both days, but that's the chance you have to take. The biggest fish caught here was in the 8 pound category while earlier in Port Hope, the winner's catch weighed in at 17 pounds. This weekend, the Creek Anglers will be lifting trout over Vanstone's dam and into the pond above and no doubt those participating will be hoping for decent decent weather. It's a tough enough job without freezing freezing as well. FREE SHOW -- It's great to be senior citizens because because they will be able to go to the dress rehearsal of Bowmanville Drama Workshop's Spring production production of 'The Dining Room' at Bowmanville High School - all free of charge. Showtime is 8:15 p.in. Unfortunates who haven't reached seniors age will have to buy tickets. CORRECTION -- Apparently, we erred last week in printing that a draw for groceries was sponsored by Bowmanville Jaycettes. It should have been the Block Parents organization. Sorry about that. DANCES -- Early Statesman purchasers will be able to read about the Durham East Liberal annual meeting tonight at Memorial Park, but for those who miss that event, there is a dance this Friday by the same party at Orono Community Centre, starting at 9. Or, if you prefer, the Progressive-Conservatives also are in a dancing mood with an event scheduled for April 12th at the new Baseline Community Centre on Martin Road, Take your choice and have fun. MORE LETTERS--We have received more Letters to the Editor on a number of subjects, including the Pythbow mall proposal. Readers will find them on the Editorial page or in other well designated spots in this newspaper. REGISTRATION - This Saturday will be a big day at Kendal when registration takes place for Kendal baseball, house league T-Ball, Tyke, Pee Wee and Bantam Bantam E.O.B.A. teams at Kendal Park from 10 to 12 or at Parkside Snack Bar, Kendal. Brian Foster 797-2402 or Bob Foster 786-2268 will provide more information. DENTAL HEALTH -- Next week from April 14-19 is Dental Health Week with an informative display planned for Bowmanville Mall from 12 noon to 9 p.m. SLOW-P1TCH -- There is an opening for one more team in the Durham Men's Slovv-Pitch league. If anyone is interested in entering a team, please call Paul at 623-5331.