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1 1 20 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. January 4,1989 New Town Hall and Arena Highlight 1988 Activities From Page 13 I 11 II p vide the necessary service, months featured hundreds dent, Gary Polonsky. For- The next week it was Ann f a tt nominated in Aueust rally of PC workers at Ross Federal Finance Minister who won a ticket to ( ^ HnWPVnr n Y1 Vfll fnmnnnv. rxf* nrftîn/*fc nn«1 4/-\nnf î nna V\if mnolir «T J Til. » Pnutman'c f11rn frv rlnnlnrn r . 1 n i i 1 * Qtairnncnn linn^nnnrforc T f Michfipl Wil^i/in TTUlfip fl hnpf nn Maimm 0 1 urn The garbage crisis and controversy heated up along with the weather in June. Metro Toronto identified several sites they planned to test for possible dumps. Included Included among them was a site south of the 401, directly north of Lake Ontario between between the Darlington Generating Generating Station and Darlington Provincial Park. This became became known as the Nl site and it soon was the focal point of protest over the entire entire garbage issue. The Concerned Concerned Citizens for a Safe Environment pleaded with Newcastle Town Council for "leadership and direction" in the fight against a Metro dump, but councillors were already expressing their stiff opposition to the scheme. When Newcastle residents residents were not protesting landfill sites they were busy objecting to a proposed new gravel pit near Mosport. Canada Building Materials, a subsidiary of St. Man's Cement, Cement, requested that Council approve a plan to open a 84 hectare pit near Concession Road 10 and Mosport Road. Residents feared that the traffic dangers already created by existing pits would only worsen if the new project were approved. Ot course June is strawberry strawberry season and the Bowmanville Bowmanville Business Centre sponsored its first annual Strawberry Festival. Jennifer Jennifer Berti, a grade 11 student at Bowmanville High School was chosen as Strawberry Princess during the festivities. festivities. Her 16 competitors all were worthy of the crown, but only one winner could be chosen. Early in the month, four Ontario Street Public School students were injured during a trip to the CN Tower in Toronto. Toronto. All four sustained minor minor injuries when an escalator escalator failed to stop and actually accelerated after the emergency emergency stop button was pushed. Committed to expanding garbage collection services to all residents in the Town of Newcastle, the council agreed to meet with BFI (Browning-Ferris) representatives representatives in June to discuss a long-term contract to pro vide the necessary service. However, a rival company. CDS (Groeneveld's Disposal Services), complained that they were not being allowed to bid for the lucrative contract. contract. Council eventually awarded BFI the contract without accepting competing competing bids. Council, in June, also refused refused to permit an extension of water service to Newton- ville, with Councillor Ann Cowman being one of the councillors who was opposed opposed to the move. June was the month in which Solina celebrated Soli- nn Day with assorted events and contests. One wns the Soap Box Derby in which Aaron Pudlis, Jamie Hicka- bone, and Scott Blackburn were winners. Confirming an earlier announcement, announcement, Eldorado Resources Resources Ltd. stated that as of June 30 the Port Granby waste management facility would be closed for good. In May the Atomic Energy Control Board had ruled that the dump should close by that date. Sparked by a request from the Downtown Business Business Improvement Area, Council approved a $6,500 expenditure toward repairing repairing and replacing many of the trees which beautify the Bowmanville downtown. The BIA agreed to pay the remaining $2,000 which was needed to complete the job. On June 23, Hwy. 401 was closed for 10 hours as police and firefighters cleaned the mess- made when an overturned tank truck blocked both east- bound lanes from late in the night until the following morning. The section of the highway between Newcastle Village and Newtonville was closed in both directions, necessitating necessitating a detour along Highway Two which resulted resulted in a second accident when two oncoming trucks clipped each other attempting to negotiate negotiate the narrow tunnel beneath beneath the railway overpass on Highway Two. Michael King, General Campaign Manager for the Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle United Way, announced the organization's 1988 fund raising goal of $2.75 million late in June. The next six months featured hundreds of projects and donations by various groups throughout the region. July The highlight of July for many in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle was the visit of Princess Princess Margaret, the Countess of Snowdon, to help christen the new Town Hall. Crowds exceeding 5,000 massed in downtown Bowmanville to catch a glimpse of, or to shake the hand off the Princess. Princess. That the Town Hall was not ready until late November November did not dampen anyone's anyone's enthusiasm. The new arena received an official name: Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreation Complex. While not flashy, the name describes very well the purpose purpose of the new facility. The cost of connecting the water to the arena jumped over $100,000, however, because the line was longer than originally planned. A proposed non-profit housing facility for the corner corner of Mearns Avenue and Concession Street ran into stiff opposition from area residents at Council early in July. Amidst a flood of conflict-of-interest conflict-of-interest declarations from four of seven councillors, councillors, the discussion centred on the residents' concern for the future of the area. Council also decided to issue issue building permits for a 90-home subdivision in Newcastle Village despite the fact that the lots had not been registered with the province. Canadians from coast to coast watched anxiously as The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, married actress Janet Jones in a very public ceremony in Edmonton. No one, except possibly Peter Pocklington, knew at the time that Wayne had played his last game for the Oilers. Durham Regional Council Council cleared the way for Newtonville Newtonville to grow by almost three times over the next few years when they amended the Region's Official "Plan. The approved water hookup hookup is capable of supplying water for roughly 1000 people. people. Durham College, in Oshawa, named a new presi dent, Gary Polonsky. Formerly Formerly president of Red River River College in Winnipeg, Mr. Polonsky was described ns "a man of vision, judgment, courage, and high energy." The new president holds bachelor's and master's degrees. degrees. Local council approved an expansion of tne Port Hope Ready Mix plant along West Beach Road in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The company planned to make $70,000 worth of improvements to the facility. Council also froze development development for one year in the area south of the 401 highway, highway, between Darlington Provincial Park and the Darlington Darlington Generating Station. The delay was designed to allow planning staff to cany out a thorough study to determine determine what is the most appropriate appropriate type of development development for the area. The Town of Newcastle lost its clerk of eight years when David Oakes quit his job to assume a similar position position with the City of Peterborough. Peterborough. Patti Barrie replaced Mr. Oakes. Late in July 200 demonstrators demonstrators donned orange garbage garbage bags and clambered up the Morgan's Corners overpass overpass on Highway 401 to protest protest a possible Metro garbage dump in the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. Organizers of the rally rally were members of the Committee of Clarke Constituents, Constituents, whose president, David David Scott said, "We're not going going to let this community go down the drain." August With August came a welcome welcome break from the intense heat of June and July. As well, politics, local and federal, federal, began to dominate the news as various politicians and political parties started to get ready for upcoming elections. Locally, two of the three mayoralty candidates announced announced their intention to run. First it was Marie Hubbard, Hubbard, the eight-year veteran of Newcastle Council. She introduced introduced early the theme of leadership and continued to stress the leadership issue throughout the subsequent election campaign. The sunken living room features cathedral ceilings and a beautiful stone fireplace. Home Finder's Guide Feature of the Week Five Craig Court, in ; the prestigious Evergreen Evergreen Estates, north Bowmanville, is a one- of-a-kind three-year-old custom built bungalow loaded with top-quality extras. It is well appointed on a 1.55 acre lot on a quiet court off Old Scugog Road in Bowmanville. This unique home features features three bedrooms on the main floor with a fourth on the lower level. There is a spacious ensuite ensuite bathroom, walk-in closet, and sliding glass doors leading from the master suite to a 70 foot wrap-around deck. The sunken living room has cathedral ceilings, four skylights, a beautiful two-way natural stone fireplace and French doors leading to the deck. The absolutely stunning stunning custom oak kitch- en/aining combination is sure to please the most discriminating homemaker. homemaker. Facing south, it is bright and cheery and offers another walkout to the deck. There is a main floor laundry facility, a two- piece powder room, a four-piece bathroom, and an extra large and gracious gracious entrance foyer completing the 1865 square feet on the main floor. The 42 inch wide curved oak staircase with a skylight leads to the lower level which has an additional 1100 square feet of beautifully finished living space. On this level is a large but cozy family room with an Elmira airtight stove and a fourth walkout walkout to the multi-tiered deck with built-in planters. planters. If you are looking for an over-sized separate separate games room for your pool table, look no further. further. In addition to the fourth bedroom, games room, and family room there are two unfinished rooms and a large fruit cellar. For further details about this property listed at $315,000, contact Betty Smith, Family Trust Real Estate, at 623-6622 or at 987-4661. Plan to attend attend the Open House scheduled for Saturday ... , , and Sunday January 7tn The family room on the lower level has another walkout to the multi-tiered & 8th., from 2:00 to 4:00 deck as well as an Elmira airtight wood stove. p.m. This roomy kitchen has a walkout to a deck. You'll also find lazy Susans and a built-in stove and oven. •âÿÉÊÉ! The next week it was Ann Cowman's turn to declare her intention to run for the position. A councillor for 12 years, she stressed the need for harmony between the new council and the town staff. On the federal scene, the Liberal Party of the new riding riding of Durham chose Doug Moffatt as its candidate for the federal election, the date of which was not known in August. Mr. Moffatt defeated defeated Ivan Grose despite Mr. Grose's earlier coup of having having prominent Liberal, and leadership hopeful, Paul Martin Jr. attend a barbeque early in August in Courtice. The nomination was held in Port Perry, and the candidate candidate introduced what was to become a familiar phrase among free trade opponents. He said free trade was "a sell-out of our resources and culture." The Progressive Conservative Conservative Party started to gear up for its nomination meeting, meeting, and former MPP Ross Stevenson announced his wish to be the nominee. The former provincial Minister of Agriculture owns and operates operates a family farm near Udora. Challenging Mr. Stevenson Stevenson was Oshawa alderman Larry McLean, who announced announced his candidacy one week later. He stressed his mixture of rural and urban experience, living in Oshawa for many years, but growing up on a farm north of the dty. The third candidate, Oro- no resident John Reid, who had declared his candidacy much earlier, withdrew to support Mr. Stevenson. Wilmot Creek residents first learned of the legal complications which came to be known as the Lovekin land issue in August when 54 home owners were informed that their land was owned by Professor James Lovekin and leased to the Rice Group through a complicated arrangement arrangement which includes Ontario Hydro. Late in August, Goodyear announced that Nathan Casteel Casteel would be assuming the position of manager at the Bowmanville plant on September September 1, succeeding Stan Hollingsworth who moved on to a new assignment in Jackson, Ohio. Goodyear employs roughly 250 people in Bowmanville. The federal government announced that it would spend $6 million to seek out a community willing to accept the low-level radioactive waste produced by the Eldorado Eldorado uranium refinery. The Port Granby Monitoring Committee expressed its pleasure with the announcement. announcement. September The political announcements announcements and planning continued continued in earnest during September. September. Joining Marie Hubbard and Ann Cowman as candidates for mayor was Local councillor Hal McKnight. He hosted a kickoff. kickoff. party at the Baseline Community Centre and stressed teamwork as an essential essential part of governing. The next week former MPP Ross Stevenson defeated defeated his lone opponent, Oshawa alderman Larry McLean, for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new riding of Durham. He joined Liberal Doug Mof fatt, nominated in August, waiting for the federal election election to be called. Early in September Downtown Business Improvement Improvement Area Chairman George Webster spoke to Newcastle Council and expressed expressed concern that the construction of a proposed 80,000 square foot shopping mall on the western outskirts of Bowmanville would drain the life from the downtown. He claimed that a similar phenomenon had 1 taken place in Belleville where a mall had been constructed too far from the downtown. In the first week of the month the Skate '88 total reached half a million dollars, dollars, almost halfway to its original target of $1.2 million. million. There were Newcastle citizens citizens protesting in all corners of the Town in September. One group, the Newcastle Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers, Taxpayers, launched a campaign campaign to count the trucks travelling from gravel pits near Mosport. They also planned to check for proper covers on the loads the trucks carried. Several groups continued the fight against a Metro garbage dump in Newcastle, and Hydro Hydro caused some alarm when they announced a plan to ship tritinted water from the Pickering Nuclear Generating Generating Station to the new Tritium Removal Facility at the Darlington Station. Pro-life demonstrators walked 500-strong in the Town of Newcastle in September September to protest the lack of protection under the law for the unborn. Lots of people participat- Terry Fox Run by anting ng or doing aid ed in the running or wal whatever they could to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Reverend Tom Smith walked over 25 miles-to Oshawa and back- to raise nearly $2,000. Regional chairman Gary Herrema jumped into the garbage fray by pledging that Durham would "take drastic action" to avoid a Metro dump being located in Durham. The United Way campaign campaign shifted into high gear in September after months of preparation. At a luncheon luncheon in Oshawa Chairman Michael King thanked and encouraged the 500 volun- rally of PC workers at Ross Stevenson headquarters. It was part of an eastern Ontario Ontario swing which began in Pickering and wound up in Kingston late Saturday evening. evening. Spurred into action by the election call, the New Democratic Democratic Party nominated Marg Wilbur, a long-time party member and former provincial candidate, as the candidate in Durham. She stressed the need for action on the environment ns well the lack of women in the House of Commons as two of her primary reasons for running. Mr. Stevenson and Mrs. Wilbur joined Liberal Doug Moffatt as the three front runners in the election. There were three other candidates. candidates. Rolf Posma ran on the Libertarian platform. John Kuipers represented the Christian Heritage Party. Harold Tausch ran as the Green Party candidate. An asphalt plant proposed proposed by Miller Paving Limited Limited for land on Baseline Road, between Solina Road and Bundle Road was rejected rejected by Newcastle Council. The town's General Purpose and Administration Committee Committee denied the appliction citing citing the concerns of the local residents about increased traffic, dust, and noxious odours. Bowmanville resident Lorraine Ann Bromell, a 32- year-old mother of two, was murdered in October. Her husband, 40-vear-old Richard Richard Sydney Brommell, was arrested and charged with second degree murder. No weapon was discovered and police reported that the fatal injuries were the result of a "domestic assault." Newcastle council decided decided to enter into a five year contract for municipal garbage garbage collection with Browning-Ferris Browning-Ferris Industries, thereby thereby assuring equal waste disposal service for the entire entire Town of Newcastle. Controversy arose, however, because tne contract was awarded without any request request for tenders by opposing opposing firms. Federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson made a brief appearance in Bowmanville in early October to help Ross Stevenson officially open his campaign headquarters. The Finance Minister spoke to about 50 supporters and then walked around after nightfall to knock on a few doors and shake some . hands. Later in the month, Deputy Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Minister of Agriculture Don Ma- zankowski dropped in at Garnet Rickard's farm to discuss free trade and other issues with 40 local farmers. When the deadline for de- ' daring oneself a municipal candidate came and went in October, Mayor John Winters Winters had decided not to seek re-election. He said that he enjoyed his time as mayor but offered no firm reason why he retired after a single term. Twenty-nine other people declared themselves candidates for the various positions to be contested on November 14. St. Marys Cement Corporation Corporation announced a major expansion program designed designed to transform its cement cement manufacturing facility in Bowmanville into one of the largest and most efficient plants in North America. The expansion is scheduled for completion sometime in mid- 1991 and will cost an estimated estimated $160 million. The capacity capacity at the plant will double double from 2,000 tonnes to 5,000 tonnes per day output. In October, L & L Tool celebrated its 25th anniversary anniversary by holding an open house. As reported in "Bits and Pieces," this has been an outstanding success story with few local people realizing realizing how much they have accomplished accomplished from a very small beginning. November The political season reached a fever pitch and then ended abruptly in November November as the country elected elected a new government, and the Town of Newcastle picked a new slate of munici- who won a ticket to Ottawa on November 21 wns Ross .Stevenson who defeated Liberal Liberal Doug Moffatt and NDP candidate Marg Wilbur by a sizeable margin on election day. Mr. Stevenson held a victory party in Port Perry. One week earlier Marie Hubbard was hosting the victory party, celebrating her triumph as the new mayor mayor of the Town of Newcastle. In a very close three-way race, Mrs. Hubbard defeated two of her former council colleagues, Ann Cowman and Hal McKnight. Along with the new mayor the six councillors elected were: Diane Hamre and Frank Stapleton, both acclaimed in Ward Three (Clarke, Newcastle, Newcastle, Orono); Ken Hooper and Pat Deegan in Ward Two (Bowmanville); Larry Hannah and Arnot Wotten in Ward One (Darlington). Just in time to look after all the new politicians, Patti Barrie was named as town clerk. Her appointment coincided coincided with the opening of town offices is the new town hall. After months of planning and fundraising, over 1400 people turned out to help ■ open the Bowmanville Rec- ' ~ ml- the Don reation Complex, otherwise le new arena. known as Dapper Cherry dropped the ceremonial first puck during a day of festivities festivities which included a Junior C hockey game, the official inauguration, and free public skating. pal politicians. On. pn jMTFACTORÏlBy A BETTER DEAL 1st. 2nd ana 3fd Mortgages • Open pnvnefics *■ " . Same day T'.'iNUÀ'McI.klIli "KV(i'.<57S-HI0 nè of the new Tory MPs teers who were : to e preparing t raise $2.75 million. At the luncheon.the campaign's secret secret weapon, Audrey Wake- lin, was introduced. October The long-awaited federal election was called in October October for November 21. 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