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BiMAfiVILLE LIBRARY 62 TEMPERANCE ST. J BOHHANVILLE) ONTARIO AdO L1C3A3 BOWLIE 92073! Pontypool Wins Lobb Ball Title Orono Artist Wins Major Award Libraiy Program Is Successful Runner Wins Gold at Canada Games by Lorn a Miller Nicole Devonish, a 15-year-old Newton Newton ville résident, captured two gold medals and one bronze in the 1989 Canada Games last week. The Bowmanville High School student student burnt up the track at Saskatoon, winning gold in the 400 metres and the 4 x 100 metre relay. She earned a bronze in the 200 metres. "I just did what my Mom (Angela Devonish) told me to do," said the tired but smiling teenager in an interview interview Sunday, shortly after her flight home. She recalled placing a frantic phone call to her mother before running the 400 metres. Nicole hadn't expected to m BALL HOSTS - On Monday night we learned that this community will be hosting the O.B.A. Tyke "B" finals at Memorial Park on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 2nd and 3rd. Not only, that, but the Memorial Park Tykes will be one of the teams involved and they are expected to give a good account account of themselves. We have their team photo for next week. STEP UP - We see, where Bowmanville Bowmanville resident and Oshawa dentist, Dr. Peter Zakarow officially officially starts his three-year stint today with the Toronto Harbour- front Corporation and former Chief of Police Jon Jenkins joins Oshawa Harbour Commission. Dr. Zakarow's experience on the Oshawa Commission should stand him in good stead as he confronts confronts new problems. And Chief Jenkins is accustomed to handling handling challenges effectively. GRAPEVINE - While writing of harbours, we hear via the grapevine that there may well be some changes in prospect around our own beach area. We hope to have more information on this for readers early in September September and from what we hear, it could be most interesting. Stay tuned. JUNIOR CITIZENS - We have just received a complete kit from our newspaper association concerning concerning their sponsored project, Junior Citizen of the Year Awards. What it means is that we are searching for young people who are doing or have done something something of a worthwhile nature in this community. If you know of any such youth, please let us know and we'll do our best to recognize recognize the achievement. PLEASE CALL - A note came in last week from Lloyd and Lynda McRobbie saying how much they've appreciated visits at their Buckhorn store from Bowmanville Bowmanville citizens. This is their second summer at the store and it's going well, but Bowmanville is still "home' apparently. REFS CLINIC - The hockey season season will soon arrive and that means officials such as referees will be needed. The Bowmanville Recreation Hockey League is holding a Referees Clinic on Sunday, Sunday, Sept. 10th from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the new Bowmanville Arena. If interested, please call Fred Braybrook 623-6855 or Bob Drummond 623-6402. KIDS COLORING - The Big Brothers Association of Newcastle Newcastle is holding a coloring contest for "Kids" during the month of September and it should be fun. Entry forms will be available in town stores or at the Big Brothers office at 133 Church St, Bowmanville. Prizes and rules are listed on the forms. Let's do it, lads and lassies. MEDIA MILKING - We've been trying to lure one of our editorial staff into entering the media milking contest this weekend at Blackstock Fair, but so far without without too much enthusiastic response. response. One year they had goats to milk, then pigs. Wonder what it will be this year. Better go and see what they're up to. We don't need pictures of the demolition derby. We've seen enough of that right here recently. compete in this event but was registered registered as an alternate. When her teammate, teammate, Lisa Kueneman, injured her ankle ankle Nicole was called upon to take her place. "Mom told me just to look at the finish finish line, not to look at who was beside me, and to run as fast as I can," she said. "I did and I won." In the scheduled 4 x 100 relay, Nicole Nicole ran the third leg and the combined combined team effort earned the Ontario team the gold. She captured the bronze with a third place finish in the 200 metres. Nicole claimed the OFSAA championship championship in this and the 100 metres in 1989 and the 200 metres was considered her best event. "That's o'kay," she savs of her third place finish. "It was a lot of fun." "Nicole looks for the fun in everything everything she does," said Angela Devonish as she fried up a pile of bacon and eggs for the excited group of family and friends gathered to welcome Nicole home on Sunday. "Nicole leads a busy life. She is on the volleyball and basketball basketball teams at school. She loves to act and lives for the school plays. And although she had to drop the piano after after her grade five levels, she still wails on the sax in the school band." Angela Devonish has provided all of her children, not only. Nicole, with sound values in life. This shows up in the presence of mind that Nicole demonstrates demonstrates in the stress of competition and in the planning of her life. "I'm aiming for the 1992 Olympics, but first I have to qualify for the Commonwealth Commonwealth Games," said Nicole. She is a member of the Oshawa Legion Legion Track and Field Club which practises practises at the Civic Auditorium. She trains here three times a week under the guidance of Brian Johnston, Steve Dos Santos and Marie Morgan sprinter sprinter and long jump coaches. "If I want to qualify for the Olympics, ! will have to add another night of training onto my schedule." Only once, since she began to com-, pete five years ago, has Nicole failed to qualify for entry into a competition. Her solid snowing at Sudbury in March of 1988 assured her a trip, to Saskatoon and firmed up her decision to take her running seriously. Nicole Devonish realizes the necessity necessity of finishing her education above anything else. "I want to get my education," education," she stressed. Now that she is recovering from the travel and competition surrounding the Saskatoon experience, she is one tired girl. "The ceremonies were nice, it's something I'll always remember," she says with a sigh. When asked how she felt when she won her first gold, her face lights up like a child seeing Santa for the first time. "It was the best thing in the world. I cried." SgsBI NICOLE DEVONISH J0 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 > Va? % Wednesday, August 23,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 30 Pages 135th Year Issue 34 50$ Per Copy [PRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Hospital Opening Set for F all of 1989 i a i A T-Ti-w TIOU/ wincr "Rnfln 4* Vi n "Rrvurm O mrill O PntaTV fill'll iiy i.V- f i !r by Andrea Adair The new east wing of Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville is expected to open sometime in the fall of this year. The wing is part of a $15 million expansion expansion and renovation project at the hospital which began in June of 1988 and is expected to take two years to complete. Jack Wilson, vice president of corporate corporate services, said at this point there have been no major disruptions in construction. construction. Blackstock Fair On this Weekend Candy floss, a midway and thrilling shows are just enough features to entice entice even the most reluctant person ">,Ÿ; into attending the 124th running of y ' the Blackstock Fair. The fair, the first of many local fairs , ^ this fall, kicks off this Friday with a |0: y, smashing display of entertainment in hTS fortr» of a demolition derby at the Y Blackstock Fair grounds. '}■ Three heats are scheduled for the I derby which gets under way at 7 p.m. / The fair opens at 9:30 a;m. on Sat- : ) urday and features a midway and oth- : er interesting exhibits. ■ The 4-H Achievement Days and the / horseshoe pitching begin Saturday j. morning. ! A children's Olympics will be held this year and the event will include crowd-pleasing attractions such as a frog jumping contest. There's also a farm Olympics. During the afternoon, a Musical Ride by Hoskinr' Stables and the media media milking contest will take place. A balloon launch, a log-sawing contest contest and an all-ages dance are just a few more of the many events planned to entertain you. The Blackstock Fair starts with the demolition derby on Friday, August 25, and continues all day Saturday, August 26th. Make sure you don't miss it. He estimated that the new. wing should be open sometime late this fall and said the remainder of the project - - renovations to the hospital's existing south and north wings - should be completed by the fall of 1990. Some of the renovations taking place in the older part of. the hospital are currently under way in the north- south leg of the north wing. Examples of those renovations include include construction of a new chapel and pastoral office, a teaching and lecture room, a doctors' library and nursing administration offices. The chapel, which is something new for the hospital, will be available for weekly services for patients but may also be used by hospital visitors and staff. Both the Bowmanville Rotary Club (which is helping to furnish the chapel) chapel) and the Pastoral Services Advisory Committee, helped plan what should be included in the room. "We have gone out of our way to get their input," Mr. Wilson stated, adding that many people have contributed to the project. Part of the area in this section, of the wing will also house an "entire new lounge area for medical staff' Mr. Wilson said. Down the hall from the area where construction is in progress, some hospital hospital staff members are already working working in some of the hospital's new administration administration offices. The offices are in Turn to Page 2 Future Looks Better Et Vance, the -17-year-old Asian elephant elephant who was injured during a performance performance at the Bowmanville Zoo on August 15th, is on the mend. "He's eating better now, and moving his injured leg," says Leslie Pontell, part owner and trainer. "We've had a lot of help from a lot of great people. The Oshawa General Hospital sent over their portable x-ray machine with a technician. Memorial Hospital Bowmanville Bowmanville developed the X-rays, and a chemical specialist from Dupont came to check that the chemicals we were using were correct. We owe them a vote of thanks." The prognosis is that Vance does not have any broken bones, but might have snapped some tendons and muscles. muscles. "We've been looking at the video tapes and x-rays and our diagnosis concurs with an expert at Guelph who feels that there are no broken bones. We'll just have to wait and see how it heals. When Vance can put weight on his leg again, he will be put to stud. "He has great genes and will be much in demand," says Leslie. Vance is enjoying the fruit donated by the I.G.A., and the bread from Bun Ring Bakeiy. He also gets his medicine medicine every day in a pail of applesauce which he scoops up in his trunk and squirts into his mouth with an elephantine elephantine smile. The zoo's other elephants are entertaining entertaining at the ONE in Toronto at present. "We did have nine elephants from the area, but Bobby Moore had to take his six elephants to a previous engagement, engagement, so there are three of our elephants elephants there now," adds Leslie. "We owe a lot of people a lot of thanks for their help and concern especially especially the children who send hand- drawn cards wishing Vance well," she says. "We'll keep letting you know his progress. Thanks to everyone for their interest". The expansion and renovations at Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville are proceeding as planned. The new east wing is expected to open sometime in the fall of this year while advanced estimates predict the entire project will be completed in the fall of 1990. Here, Jack Wilson (left), vice president of corporate corporate services at the hospital, discusses some plans with electrician Jim Cunningham. Cancer Society Passes 1989 Target of $53,000 The Canadian Cancer Society's branch in the Town of Newcastle has reported that its fundraising objective of $53,000 was greatly surpassed this year. Campaign Chairman Ernie Eves reports reports that a total of $59,300 was raised in Bowmanville and the sur- Local Man Dies In Car Accident A Bowmanville area resident died Saturday night as a result of a car accident. accident. Durham Regional Police report that at 7 p.m. Saturday, Terrance Beckett, af Concession Road 6, Bowmanville, was travelling southbound on Holt Road. At the intersection of Holt Road and Bloor Street the vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by an eastbound vehicle on Bloor Street, police police say. Mr. Beckett was pronounced dead at the scene. Two occupants of the eastbound vehicle, David Vandyk and Steven Vandyk, were taken to Memorial Memorial Hospital Bowmanville _ for treatment treatment of undetermined injuries. «.uomniwaM* rounding communities making up District District 108. "We did really well this year," the chairman said. "We're all pleased with it." Ironically, the group didn't expect to reach its objective let alone go past it "Halfway through the campaign it didn't look like we'd make it," Mr. Eves said. "Then .things started to roll and money started to come in." The Newcastle Village and Clarke area did extremely well in collecting donations, he said. The only area where the chairman thought more canvassing coverage was needed was in Courtice. He said there are 10 or 15 canvassers canvassers there who do really well. However, hé feels there should be 100 canvassers canvassers in the area. He said he thought that if the area was covered in that manner, the branch would raise $100,000. For now though, the fundraising chairman stated that all people associated associated with the Cancer Society were happy with the amount raised. The Canadian Cancer Society campaign campaign year runs from October 1 to September September 30 with the main drive for donations donations in April. Any money that comes in after September September will go into next year's campaign campaign fund. MÉ11ÉÉ8 Bowmanville Woman Killed in Thursday Night Crash A Bowmanville area resident was killed Thursday, August 17, when the vehicle she was driving struck two hydro poles and came to rest in a dirt embankment off Highway Two. The driver was westbound when she lost A 26-vear-old woman died last week hitting and knocking down two hydro control of the vehicle near Mearns Avenue and hit the poles. Deborah Webster was pronounced dead at the scene. when the vehicle she was drivin, crashed into two hydro poles ana struck an embankment in Bowman- ville. Durham Regional Police report that at 12:15 a.m. August 17 the woman was travelling westbound on King Street East, near Mearns Avenue, when she lost control of her vehicle, poles. The car eventually came to rest against a dirt embankment. The driver, the only occupant in the car. has been identified as Deborah Webster, of Holt Road, in the Town of Newcastle. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner. Staff Sergeant John Mairs, of 16 Division, Division, said a police officer was on patrol patrol at the east end of Bowmanville when the accident occurred. He went to investigate after seeing sparks fly when the car hit the hydro poles. Sergeant Mairs said there were no witnesses to the crash. The investigation is continuing. ",