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i: E0MPANV1LLE LIBRARY cnf^r" ,<.z : . BomviLLE, Advi : $toLI£ 3 " C73; Ils For uCllv-i Maintenance Policy Goodyear Eagles Start New Year With Victories y Start 1989 Off Right With a New House from Our Home Finder's Guide A Clean Sweep for Downtown Orono Business Area L First Baby ofl 989 Born on January 3rd . Æ" Memorial Hospital's first 1989 baby was born on Tuesday, January 3, at 10:27 a.m. Beverley and John Lane were blessed with their third child, Ryan, who weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounces. Joining Beverley and Ryan is the president of the Hospital Auxiliary, Wilma Coombes, who is presenting a silver cup to this year's New Year's baby and mother. Courtice Still Unhappy by Chris Clark The problems which Courtice residents residents have listed as reasons for leaving leaving the Town of Newcastle have been brewing for years. They need to be addressed immediately, according to Councillor Larry Hannah who represents represents Courtice noth at Town and Regional Regional Council. Last month residents from Courtice Courtice wrote a letter to Newcastle Council Council informing councillors of the residents' residents' desire to leave Newcastle and join Oshawa. The letter made reference reference to a petition signed by over 1,000 Courtice residents expressing such a wish. Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard was vocal in her opposition to any such plan and flatly stated, "Courtice is not for sale." But Ronald Brown, the man who has spearheaded the petition drive, says, "we're not asking for anything to be sold here. We just want to join Oshawa and receive some of the benefits." benefits." "We're paying high tax dollars and we're not getting anything at all; it appears that they don't care what happens out here," said Mr. Brown. The petition has be.en signed by people primarily in the western part of Courtice, some of whom live within a few hundred yards of the Oshawa Town Line. "A lot of people who moved in here knew they were moving moving to Bowmanville but didn't realize the effects of living 500 yards from Oshawa," he explained. "It's a 22 kilometre round trip to pick up a registered letter at the Bowmanville Bowmanville post office.. We don't get parks. Our one park is a flood reservoir. reservoir. But the one thing Oshawa can give us which would be a blessing is a lower Hydro rate. That is our number one concern." The two-tiered hydro rate system in the Town of Newcastle has been a grievance of many of the Town's residents, residents, not just in Courtice. This year the Town will conduct a study to determine determine the feasibility of amalgamating amalgamating the Town's two systems into one. In order to amalgamate, Newcastle Newcastle Hydro will need to purchase millions of dollars worth of equipment equipment from Ontario Hydro. Past studies studies have forecast the resulting hydro rate as prohibitive. Mr. Brown and his group is in the process of forming a committee to represent represent the area officially. Later this month the Oshawa Council Executive Committee will hear the residents' concerns. "We'll have a better idea of what Turn to Page 2 @t|R (Eatrabian 683-3303 50$ Per Copy ww 4 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, January 11,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 28 Pages 135th Year Issue a Green Hat Whelan Wows 'em pi w ■ Councillor Suggests Trash Alternatives YOUNG CANADA DAY -- After spending all of Saturday at the Darlington Sports Centre taking pictures of trophy presentations, presentations, it appears that we will have to hold the photos over until next week. Quite simply, we ran out of room in this week's edition. While sitting there between between games, we noticed that Darlington was officially opened on February 8,1975. And after 14 years of driving out there, we are still trying to figure out why it was built in Hampton. MIDGETS ARE HOME -- The Halminen Homes Midgets must have had an exciting tour of Sweden Sweden during their hockey trip which ended Sunday night. Despite Despite coming home without a victory, victory, Coach Fred Brown was quite happy with the play of his team considering the competition the players encountered. Team member John Duczmalewski may not have enjoyed the last few days of the trip after he broke his leg during the second last game. Swedish doctors patched him up and he was able to return home with the rest of the team. by Chris Clark A senior Toronto councillor said Monday that the Province of Ontario should create a waste authority to coordinate coordinate the efforts of all regions affected affected by the garbage_crisis.. Richard Gilbert jin a jpf!.;cli to I, ■Club's annual civic dition, he suggested 1 im solution to the closing of the Brock West landfill site in 1990 is a system of five or six smaller interim dumps rather than one large site. One such dump would be located in Durham to handle two or three million million tonnes of garbage. Under this plan, each municipality in and around Toronto would have a similarly similarly sized dump, and they would be rotated in and out of service for ten years. Mr. Gilbert said that his personal personal choice for a Durham location is on the provincially-owned Pickering airport lands, but that any such decision decision should be left to Durham Regional Regional Council. He did not rule out the N1 site in Courtice. Offered in the context of a larger, multi-site solution will help "wean us ) away from landfill and toward in- > cineration," a process he reported to be much safer and cleaner than landfill. landfill. Speaking to about 200 Rotarians and guests, Mr. Gilbert offered a five- level hierarchy of waste management management alternatives, at the bottom of which he placed landfill. At the top of his list were reduction Turn to Page 2 Keys Not Available TOO HIGH TECH FOR US -- After using a 1968 Nikon camera for the past 21 years, we decided to catch up on technology with the new generation of photo tools. We are now brandishing a sleek new machine that does everything everything automatically. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, too automatically. So far we have several pictures of our feet, a couple of the car roof, and at least half a dozen of the inside of the camera bag. If we're taking your picture in the near future, have patience, this one is going to take some practice practice to master. Although town councillors were elected in November, they are still having problems getting into office. When the Town Hall closes at the end of the day, councillors are unable to enter their offices because keys to the Town Hall haven't been given to them. At the General Purpose and Administration Administration Committee on Monday, Councillors asked when they will receive receive keys allowing them to access their offices after hours or on weekends. weekends. Councillor Diane Ilamre said her duties as a regional councillor require require she spend a large amount of her time at Durham Region headquarters in Whitby. She said sometimes she is unable to make it back to Newcastle before the town offices close at 4:30 p.m. On a number of occasions, Councillor Councillor Hamre said, she has asked Mayor Hubbard's secretary to pick up her agenda because she would be unable unable to collect it herself. Community Services Director Joe Caruana said the keys for the building building have to be ordered because they are a special type of key that can't be duplicated. He said the keys are presently on back order. by Chris Clark Local farmers heard from one of their most outspoken supporters Monday Monday night in Bowmanville. Former Minister of Agriculture, Eugene Whelan, delighted 100 Lions Club members and guests gathered at the Lions Centre with a populist message message that was stinging, humorous, and constantly critical of outside forces which threaten Canadian farms. Mr. Whelan was especially critical critical of some of our leaders, writers, commentators and economists. "After "After spending my whole life in agriculture agriculture I don't trust them....We've built an agricultural system which is of education. These writers say farmers farmers are the most oversubsidized group in the country - a lie -- and they say every Western farmer costs $30,000 in subsidies, but they don't tell you why. I believe they are tearing down everything we built up." He continued: "The Free Trade Agreement is only one example of the devious methods of destroying our agricultural agricultural system. In five or ten years you will not recognize rural Canada. If they go ahead with what is planned there will be civil insurrection: they have no right to take these things away from us." Easing the pain of such dire predictions predictions was the unique Whelan wit. At the drop of a big green cowboy hat, Mr. Whelan can recite story after story and entertain a crowd for hours. Many Lions commented after the meeting that they had just heard the best speech ever given in their hall. The ex-Minister was very critical of American agricultural policy. He said that U.S. government subsidies to American farmers soon will reach $100 billion as Washington fights a pricing war with the European Community. Community. "The $100 billion subsidy has destroyed the developing world Eugene Whelan and their will to produce. Just imagine imagine what you could do with $100 billion billion in four years to help the underprivileged." underprivileged." He lamented the fact that over 15 million people worldwide will die this year of starvation and malnutrition, malnutrition, adding that the agricultural council of the United Nations is the most politicized of all 29 U.N. councils. councils. As well, he mentioned and endorsed endorsed The Hunger Project, an ambitious ambitious organization aimed at eliminating world hunger within ten years. Mr. Whelan, a Member of Parlia ment from Windsor for 22 years, also was determined to shatter the myth that farmers are the most subsidized group in Canadian society. "They get it implanted in our minds that the farmers are the bad people receiving subsidies. But the boards such as the poultry marketing board are the best in the world and never received a penny of subsidy." Turn to Page 2 Bridge and Street Repairs Scheduled For 1989 Budget The, rebuilding of Hampton's Mill St. bridge and the reconstruction of Ontario Street, in Bowmanville, will likely!, be included in Newcastle's 1989 public works budget. At the General Purpose and Administration Administration Committee meeting Monday, councillors recommended that both projects proceed. Director of Public Works, Walter Evans, estimated that the new bridge and improvements to Mill St., in Hampton, would cost $700,000. Repairs Repairs to Ontario St. have a price tag estimated at $850,000 and would include include new storm sewers, curbs, gutters, gutters, and sidewalks. Information centres were held last year in Bowmanville and Hampton to explain the proposals to members of the public and seek comments. The main comment emerging during during the meeting in Hampton was the need for maintaining Mill St. as a link between the areas to the east and west of Hampton. The reconstruction plans include replacing the Bailey bridge and widening widening Mill Street for two-way traffic and a sidewalk. The general comment from those attending the Ontario Street information information centre in Bowmanville was that repairs to the road are "long overdue", according to a report from the public works staff. Town Arenas May Use Magnetic Nets CALLING ALL ACTORS -- If you've ever had the urge to make an appearance on Broadway, you can start your career at home with the Bowmanville Drama Workshop. Casting for the group's next performance is slated for Thursday night, and no experience is necessary. Back- stage help is also needed. For more information, check the ad in this week's paper or call Sheila Majid at 623-5247. TEDDY BEAR PARTNER -- We are still waiting for more details on this one, but we understand that there is a plan afoot to have Teddy Bears issued to police cars and ambulances in the region. region. The idea is that small children children involved in traffic accidents accidents are overwhelmed by all the excitement, and the Teddy Bear could help calm the situation. situation. Local Scouting groups are heading up the project. Hmm, do you think the bears' names might be...Smokey? Hockey arenas in the Town of Newcastle may soon be a safer place to play. The Newcastle Community Services Services Department plans to take advantage advantage of a grant program offered by the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation to purchase safer breakaway goal nets. Community Services Director Joe Caruana said that to his knowledge there hasn't been any injuries resulting resulting from the present goal posts in the arenas. However, the nets will be "preventive medicine". "It's not a matter of waiting for an accident at the street corner before doing doing anything about it," he said. Nets currently in use at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreation Complex and the Darlington Sports Centre don't move when a hockey player plows into them. Mr. Caruana explained that there are pins in the ice that are roughly eight inches high that the posts are placed on these pins. The breakaway net, he continued, has magnetic cups that are an inch or two above the ice surface that the nets sit on top of. The nets will move if a player hits them. Community Services is also looking looking into different levels of magnets. Mr, Caruana explained that magnets magnets used for Junior C games will have a stronger magnetic force than the ones used for novice or atom games. The Ministry of Tourism and Recreation Recreation will pay 50 per cent of the costs of the safer hockey nets while the Town of Newcastle will pay the other half. A report from Community Services appeared on the agenda at the general purpose and administration committee committee meeting Monday outlining the costs to the municipality. The report stated that the cost to the town to purchase breakaway nets for the Darlington Arena and the Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreation Complex is $3,000. Mr. Caruana said Community Services is currently looking at these two arenas, In addition, information regarding the breakaway nets has been sent to both the Orono and Newcastle Newcastle arenas. "If they would like to jump on board we will help them out," Mr. Caruana added. , The costs for. the nets will bo addressed addressed in the 1989 capital budget. .. : High Lead Content in Paint Forces Switch to White Cruisers Durham Regional Police unveiled the first of their producing yellow cars due to the high lend content in the new white cruisers last week in Oshawa before sending paint. White, said a police spokesman, is the next best it to Bowmanville's 16 Division. It will patrol the Town colour. Here, officer Rolf Kluem is inspecting the vehi- of Newcastle. Major car manufacturers have stopped cle,