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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY Skate 9 88 Campaign Passes $1.5 Million The Skate '88 grand total at last has reached and exceeded its goal of $1.5 million. In fact, as of Monday at noon, a whopping $1,548,180.77 had been donated donated by individuals, businesses, and various organizations throughout throughout the Bowmanville area. Addressing Newcastle Town Council on Monday evening, Cam- E aign Chairman Garnet Rickard appily acknowledged he does not know when the donations will stop coming in. The enthusiastic chairman chairman was present at council along McGregor "Everything For Your Home" 95 King St. W. 623-2542 Bowmanvillle EXAMS OVER - All students of Bowmanville High School are advised that regular classes will commence tomorrow, tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 2nd at 9 a.m. This will be Day 4 on your individual timetable. There's a Notice to this effect effect in the classified advertisements advertisements as well. Actually, we have no idea what it's all about, we're just fulfilling a request. GET IN SHAPE - If you are one of those dignitaries or individuals individuals who isn't deeply into bowling or exercise of any kind, except at the table, we bring an item to your attention. Wo doubt you know about Big Growers and their Bowl for Millions. It takes place Sat., Feb. 11th 4 p.m. liberty Bowl. Join in but watch your bursitis. GOOD SHOW - On Monday night, the Skate '88 Committee Committee handed over a cheque to council and advised them, t through head honcho Garnet ' Rickard, that pledges to date are now over $1.5 million and still coming in. The campaign campaign has been most successful successful and the Complex is. getting plenty of use. Now, maybe something will be done about the old arena on Queen St. TOUGH BREAK - Jeff Fox, formerly formerly of Fox Sports in Newcastle Newcastle and his about-to-be bride Christine, ran into some rotten luck on the eve of their wedding, Friday in Whitby. Christine's purse containing wedding gift cheques and cash totalling about $2,800 plus their two pay cheques went missing and to date has not been found. It's a long shot, but should any of our readers have any information, please phone Jeff's mother Carol at 987- 4389. SURVEY SAYS -- We have received received many responses to our readership survey, with some interesting responses to many of the questions. The survey will appear for two more weeks, after which we will have to sit down and tabulate the results. We will also have to pick the winner of $135 in Statesman Bucks for taking part in our survey. || This week's survey appears on page 11. ONLY AFEWOF US LEFT--Besides LEFT--Besides all the big corporate mergers taking place across the country, there has been a move in the weekly newspaper industry in recent months. All the long time family newspapers newspapers are selling out to larger chains. This month, The Ridge- town Dominion, and Nicholson Publishing in Peterborough have new owners. We've noticed noticed over the past few years that we are recognizing fewer and fewer people at the annual convention, to the point where only a handful of the old crew is left. Hmm, maybe somebody's somebody's trying to tell us some- I- thing. Nah, we couldn't sell, we're not qualified to do anything anything else! with several of" the Skate '88 team members. He spoke in glowing terms of the committee members and of the people of Bowmanville. "Far greater than the tremendous amount of money we have raised," he said, "is the "spirit that has been engendered, and the pride people have now means far more to me than the money." Of the scores of volunteers who have assisted in the campaign, he said, "they're a grand group of people. I cannot say thank you enough to everyone everyone who has helped." The original goal of $1.1 million was increased late last year by $400,000 because the response was so encouraging. As a result, the funds which have been collected in excess of $1.1 million are a kind of bonus, not needed to pay for construction of the arena itself. Plans call for construction construction of four baseball diamonds on the site, one of which will be equipped with floodlights for night play. If funds remain after the diamonds diamonds are built, the next project is an outdoor skating rink, something which Mayor Marie Hubbard said she often is asked about. Skate '88 Treasurer Iain Maciver presented council with a cheque for $366,666.67, one third of the $1.1 million million which the committee pledged. Donations were structured to take place over three years. Thus, similar cheques will be presented in each of the following two years. One of the large jobs wljich remains for Skate '88 officials is that of collecting the money money which has been pledged in the next two years. Following Mr. Rickard's announcement, announcement, several council members members expressed their thanks for his full-time work on the campaign dur ing the last two years. Mayor Hubbard Hubbard said, "you've given many years of service to this municipality both as a politician and as a gentleman farmer. You've given a great deal. We deeply appreciate all that you and your team have done." "I was so proud to see the Christmas Classic tournament held at the arena and the number of people who were there," she related. The new recreation complex consists consists of a large 200 foot by 85 foot ice surface which can be used year- round. The permanent seating for 750 can be augmented with 650 folding bleacher seats when needed. There also is a multi-purpose room which can accommodate 350 people at a banquet banquet or 600 for a meeting. Modern dressing rooms and kitchen facilities, facilities, along with a pro shop and food concession also enhance the new arena. arena. The entire cost of the new facility was $5,393,200. The balance of funds needed will come from a variety of sources including proceeds from the sale of the old arena, provincial and Wintario grants, and community service lot levies. 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, February 1, 1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 32 Pages 135th Year Issue 5 50$ Per Copy PRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Durham Honors Graduating Students ■ Æ . i • p s Jj l szz? , Mm » i l\J m Margaret McGorman, of Bowmanville, and John Stachow, of Ashburn, were recognized as top students, in Nursing and Electro-Mechanical Engineering Engineering respectively, in Durham College's Winter Convocation. The convocation convocation took place Saturday, January 28. A total of seven electromechanical electromechanical engineering technicians and 59 nursing students received their diplomas. Margaret McGorman and John Stachow were also honored by being selected for the Dean's List. Mixed Reaction to BFI Plans by Andrea Adair A proposed medical waste incinerator incinerator west of Bowmanville has been viewed by some as a godsend and others others as a menace. Browning-Ferris Industries is proposing proposing to build a disposal facility on McKnight Road in Courtice to deal with the increasing amount of medical medical waste in Ontario. Last Thursday, January 26, the firm outlined its plans at an Open House held at Bowmanville's Baseline Baseline Community Centre. The incinerator would be capable of handling about half of the total amount of. medical waste currently being incinerated in Ontario each day. Company spokesmen said presently presently there is no facility of this type in Ontario. Most wastes generated by hospitals are disposed of by their own in-house incinerators. Right now, BFI collects medical waste and transports transports it to Toronto Western Hospital for disposal. BFI claims there is a need for a facility facility of this type to deal with the 40 tonnes of waste generated by the health care industry daily. They propose to ease the burden on hospitals by disposing of 22 tonnes of wastes a day. A spokesperson from the Port Granby-Newcastle Environment Committee questions whether the proposal proposal will fill a need or lead to the generation of more waste. Helen MacDonald, a member of the Environment Committee, said that hospitals and other medical centres centres will pay to have their wastes collected collected and won't have to worry about any environmental concerns connected connected to the incineration. "There isn't the incentive to reduce Safe Environment Study Says Hamlet Should Grow Slowly Hampton will not experience the same kind of explosion in growth that parts of Newcastle have undergone in recent years. According to the recommendations of a development study commissioned commissioned by the Town of Newcastle and performed by Proctor and Redfern Group of Toronto, Hampton should continue growing at an extremely slow rate to preserve its hamlet atmosphere. atmosphere. The study was unveiled for the public public last Wednesday at the Hampton community halJ.'Bill Fitzpatrick of Proctor and Redfern was present to answer questions. "The idea of the study," he. said, "is to guide future development development and to indicate how much land is needed and what use will be made of the land." He added that Hampton currently is zoned as a no-growth area in the regional regional Official Plan, meaning no major expansion currently is sanctioned sanctioned by the Region. "We respected the Conservation Authority constraints," he said in explaining explaining that no development is fore seen along the creek in Hampton. The lack of a common sewer and drainage system also limits the growth in the area. The study suggests to Newcastle Council that until roughly 2011 the only population growth in Hampton will consist of infilling in current subdivisions and minimal residential residential expansion. About 65 dwellings housing approximately 210 new residents residents could be added in this manner. Some of the short term expansion is forecast to occur north of Ormiston Street as well as in the area north of Temperance Street and east of Old Scugog Road. Regarding long term growth, Mr. Fitzpatrick said that until the Mill Street bridge is replaced or upgraded serious expansion plans west of the creek are not feasible, However, once that is done the study predicts growth of over 150 houses largely in this area. The study will be presented for information information to Newcastle Town Council. Council. VM The Port Granby Monitoring Committee Committee and the Citizens for a Safe Environment Environment have decided to combine forces and form The Port Granby- Newcastle Environment Committee. A spokesman for the new organization, organization, John Veldhuis, addressed Newcastle Town Council Monday evening. He informed the councillors councillors of the move, and requested that the group receive an operating grant of $3,500. The Port Granby Committee received an equal amount last year from council. In his statement Mr. Veldhuis said "we are prepared to continue to act as an advisory committee to this council and feel there is and continues to be real merit in having a committee such as ours work with council to make sure that environmental concerns concerns are addressed, monitored, corrections corrections made where necessary and the public informed and educated about the concerns." Council was receptive to the amalgamation amalgamation and referred the new committee's committee's budget request to the Town's own budget discussions which are scheduled to begin by next week. In a presentation which preceded Mr. Veldhuis' announcement, David Scott spoke on behalf of Citizens for a Safe Environment. He expressed the organization's strong objection to any expansion of the Laidlaw landfill site northeast of Newtonville. "Frankly, we are outraged that Laidlaw is now asking for a separate expansion of 250,000 tonnes," he said. Regarding Laidlaw plans to infill areas of the site not already full of waste, Mr. Scott said, "the whole infill infill proposal is an undisguised ploy by Laidlaw to extend the life of this landfill site for another two years while its main expansion proposal of 100 acres is undergoing examination under the Environmental Assessment Assessment Act." Councillor Diane Harare assured Mr. Scott that council has voted unanimously unanimously to inform Laidlaw that they must go through the Town and the Region Region if they wish to expand. The comment comment relates to concerns that the Laidlaw plan may be approved by the province even without local permission permission through use of the Consolidated Hearings Act. The 1983 Act allows the Environment Assessment Board and the Ontario Municipal Board to approve approve actions without a local or municipal municipal council's blessing. waste with this type of facility," she said. She added that if the Province of Ontario took over this type of operation operation they would put more pressure on the health care industry to reduce waste. Mrs. MacDonald also suggested that although the incinerator would cost an estimated $4 million, it will not produce any economic benefits to the Town of Newcastle. Moreover, she wondered why the facility would be located in this municipality when a Turn to Page 2 Lily Munro Will Address Liberals The Honourable Lily Oddie Munro, Munro, Minister of Culture and Communications Communications will be the guest speaker at the Durham East Liberal Association Annual Meeting on Wednesday, February February 8th at 8:00 p.m. in Bowmanville Bowmanville at the Port Darlington Marina. The public is welcome to attend to hear Dr. Munro's comments on her Ministry and its mandate which encompasses encompasses community arts, cultural industries, library and community information services and heritage preservation. The Association will be selecting delegates to the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Liberal Party to be held in Hamilton on March 31st, April 1st and 2nd and also electing their executive officers for 1989. Past members from 1988 may renew renew their memberships up until 8:00 p.m. the night of the meeting. All new members must submit membership forms prior to 8:00 p.m. on February 1st. For more information call Marilyn Marilyn Pearce, President, at 985-9250 or Sonia Wygodansky, Membership- Secretaiy, at 623-1357. ■ ' ■ Solution to Hydro Inequities X. by Chris Clark Newcastle Council has taken the first tentative steps toward resolving the longstanding inequity between the town's dual hydro systems. As Council's representative on the Hydro Commission, Mayor Marie Hubbard informed Council on Monday Monday of a plan suggested by the New-, castle Hydro Commission and relayed relayed to council by Bud Moore, Commission manager, to begin implementing implementing a solution to the problem. The plan calls for council to impose impose a power supply lot levy on all new developments in Newcastle which fall within Ontario Hydro service jurisdiction. jurisdiction. The funds would be reserved reserved in a special account which, could be used to assist in amalgamation. amalgamation. Ontario Hydro traditionally has serviced rural areas where it was not practical to set up a public utility commission. commission. Because of both rural and urban areas in the Town of Newcastle, Newcastle, Ontario Hydro has operated side by side with Newcastle Hydro for many years. Increasingly, however, the higher rate Ontario Hydro charges for rural service has become a grievance among residents who consider it unfair. unfair. This is particularly so in Courtice, Courtice, an area experiencing phenomenal phenomenal growth but which still is serviced as though it were a rural neighbourhood, neighbourhood, . According to Newcastle Hydro's operating instructions, a study must be conducted ever)' three years to determine determine the feasibility of taking over the service Ontario Hydro provides. This is the year for the studv. The major stumbling block to the takeover in the past has been the need for Newcastle Newcastle Hydro to purchase millions of dollars of equipment from the provincial provincial power supplier. As Mayor Hubbard said on Monday, Monday, "a takeover seems less likely as time passes." But the funds collected from a new lot levy, according to the proposal, would be used to offset the staggering cost of a takeover and possibly bring equal service to all residents of Newcastle. Newcastle. Council voted to return the matter to staff for a detailed study of the proposal proposal including possible effects on development development arising from the levy, Councillors, however, expressed their pleasure with the proposal, Haggis Lovers Revive Bobbie Burns Banquet The procedure of addressing the Haggis is traditionally an essential part of any Bobbie Burns Night banquet, Ana it certainly was on Saturday at the Base Line Community Centre where Jimmy Curran, of Hanover, did the honors as 160 guests of Purple Hill Orange Lodge listened with rapt attention attention and winced as he plunged his sword into the unique mixture, '«AAtitKir-tvitiertittiihiflwu