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rYJ, l:::a5 hùl:: G_; Bump in the Night! A True Story Kinsmen Host Third Wintario Draw at Bowmanville High Pentecostal Church Marks 50th Year In Bowmanville Huge Hydro Boilers Installed by Giant Cranes at Darlington a $3 Town to Oppose Operating Licence for D.G.S. ... n i _ , . n l .1 i. _ mi i i l'Uni- rLofi Porrinnol Yncloar lilm Ontario Hydro hopes to soon begin producing low levels of power at the Darlington Generating Station. Hydro officials will ne appearing before before the Atomic Energy Control Board in Ottawa today to request the licence allowing the start-up of Darlington's first reactor. But, the Town of Newcastle still has concerns about the safety of the operation, operation, and will oppose the licence. Chief Administrative Officer for the CARPET c mm |p# wr BLOOD DONORS - If you have not already made that short trip to the Lions Centre on Beech Avenue Avenue to give a blood donation at today's Red Cross Clinic, there's still time. It closes at 8 this evening. evening. Also, there's a desperate search on at the moment for someone to take over as clinic chairperson. If you would be willing to act, please call Fran at 723-2933. TREE PROBLEM - The Friends of the Museum have a problem. They need a spruce Christmas tree (approx. 7' tall) by Nov. 27th. Should there be some kind soul out there who can take care of this emergency, please call the Museum at 623-2734. BOTTLE DRIVE - We've just learned that the history students at Bowmanville High School are planning to contact households in town this Saturday to recover all the bottles possible. These will be cashed in, with funds added to what may already have been raised to finance their history history trip to Washington, D.C. The note we have doesn't say when they are hoping to leave, but we believe the need for funds is urgent. urgent. Please help. OLD-FASHIONED CONCERT - A number of talented people in the area will be sponsored by Newcastle Newcastle Village United Church Choir this Sunday, Nov. 5th as they present an old-fashioned concert. It will be in the Community Community Hall from 3 to 5 and tickets will lie available at the door. For more details, see Coming Events. GOBLINS - This column is being written Tuesday afternoon, before before the ghosts and goblins make their rounds on Hallowe'en. So, we have no way of knowing what's in store, but can only hope that everything went off without any major calamities. CELEBRATION - The wonderfully wonderfully warm weather all last week certainly fitted in with the fabulous fabulous 50th anniversary celebrations celebrations at Liberty Pentecostal Church. All of their special events were overflowing with people and enthusiasm. We have photographed a few of them for this edition. TULIP BULBS - Last week, the Editor received a most intriguing intriguing carton from Cullen Gardens in Whitby. It contained 10 tulip bulbs along with instructions for planting them so they would be in bloom next spring at the same time as Len Cullen and his clan will be celebrating their 10th anniversary. anniversary. The lady of the house has done the planting and we're ready for the upcoming event. WINTARIO - Congratulations are extended to Bowmanville Kinsmen who for the third time sponsored the Wintario Draw last week at BUS. We haven't heard if there were any local winners, but the show was most entertaining, including the acts by local artists. artists. That Elvis imitation was really really great! GOOD SAMARITAN - Muriel Cuddahec, Prospect St. was home when we phoned for details, details, admiring a beautiful bouquet she had just received from a thankful Mrs. Gary Bird. It seems Muriel found an envelope envelope on the sidewalk near the T-D bank recently. It contained a Hydro bill and what looked like a sizable amount of money. Luckily, the owner's name was on the bill, so Muriel was able to return it intact, to the fortunate fortunate owner. Town of Newcastle Larry Kotsetf, and Dennis Hefferon, the town's solicitor, will be appearing before the AECB to express Newcastle's positions. The municipality's municipality's concerns centre around the lack of a completed Fire Safety Plan, the lack of a Baseline Health Study, the Nuclear Response Plan and the effectiveness effectiveness of the Tritium Recovery Facility. In a letter to J. G. McMannus, Sec retary of the Atomic Energy Control Board dated October 30, Mr. Kotseff states that "Acting Fire Chief Creighton Creighton has not approved the Fire Safety plan for Darlington Nuclear Generating Generating Station." He further states that the Town's fire department will not be able to immediately provide the backup backup role contemplated in a recent agreement reached between the municipality municipality and Hydro. At Monday's town council meeting, the acting fire chief expressed doubts that his department would be able to approve the plan as submitted by Hydro. Hydro. Acting Chief Creighton stated that nearly half the technical drawings drawings related to fire safety which had been submitted were "not approved These documents are part of an overall fire safety plan which includes a text listing hazards faced by firefighters firefighters and detailed drawings of the plant. The Town of Newcastle will also be informing the AECB that there is no Nuclear Emergency Response Plan in place as yet. This fact hasn't changed since the September 15th meeting when the AECB rebuffed Hydro's first request for a licence. Mr. Kotseff also states in his letter that "there appears to be -agreement between the Town and the Ministry of the Solicitor General (but) the fact is that the draft Regional Nuclear Emergency Emergency Plan has not been approved by the Region of Durham." "The Town's position remains unchanged. unchanged. An operating licence should not be granted to Ontario Hydro until such a plan is in place and in force. Mr Kotseff stated. He also noted in his letter to the- AECB that until a Baseline Health Study is completed, no licence should be granted. æ- m %r I ■ A/ II fer. w 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, November 1,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 36 Pages 135th Year Issue 44 504 Per Copy PRESTON Call us before you list. Your next move could be both professional and profitable 623-4433 Bowmanville Little Witches Ready for Hallowe'en Library Cards Go Hi-Tech . , "■ A-,--, ) F*'* ■ ■ ' ■; x' JUP&S, j A I ■'"'W' I . I s . ..,-w Witches, ghosts and goblins were some of the strange apparitions reported -, 1 TA • n 1 _ L A ] rmmW of llfHo tfl k in and around Bowmanville last night. And, of course, a number of little folk were spotted knocking on doors as they sought and received treats. Five-year- old Krystal practiced tier "witchcraft" prior to last night s festivities at a Halloween Halloween party held at Bowmanville Nursery School. by Andrea Adair _ If you plan on taking a trip to the public library in the future, you might be a little surprised to find the customary customary card catalogue has disappeared. In its place you will, instead, find four computer terminals to be used in your quest for'a particular book. The Newcastle Public Library has become automated with the installation installation of a new $152,000 computer system. system. Barbara Baker, library director, said the public display terminals coming coming on line represent the end of a five- year cycle for the library. "We are feeling very good that the system is implemented," she said. The computer system at the library includes both the automated user cards and the computerized card catalogue. catalogue. It is in place at all three library branches in the municipality. Ms Baker said that a number of libraries libraries are going to the automated book collection system but continue to use the standard index cards for locating locating books. AYe're lucky we've been able to do it all at once," she added. The system is fairly easy for both library library user and staff. A f men someone applies for a library /j'.ari, a bar coded number is placed on jhcard and registered in the comput- Jtstenri. I Books and ofchevXrnaterials for loan JR| the library ha-, el identification bar J jpdes on them as wefll. j When a book is borrowed, staff at . cne circulation desk use a sort of laser (similar to the ones/at the check-out in a grocery store) to read both the book bar-code and the library card. The information is then stored in a computer. The second phase of the system is the new form of the card catalogue. Some 65,000 items from the catalogue catalogue have been converted and stored . in a database. "Getting the right bar coded label linked to the item in the system was a horrendous job," Ms Baker said, comparing comparing it to a double inventory. • While implementing the database may have been difficult, the benefits to the library user from the system are tremendous. When someone comes to borow a book, instead of searching through numerous numerous index cards to find where the book is located, the task is completed by simply pressing a couple of keyboard keyboard keys. There are for example, five different ways the public can search the catalogue catalogue for a book. The books may be located located according to author, subject and title. . , For example, if a someone was looking looking for a book by the mystery writer Martha Grimes and only could remember remember the author's last name, the person could type in "Grimes" and and get a Turn to Page 3 College Strike Enters Third Week 'o i ■JL rr c-1 TlS a.1L j„S Jl,, m Kj hm JL JL Vi Both sides involved in the two- week-old strike at Ontario's community community colleges will be going back to the bargaining table. Mediator Tony Mancini has requested requested that representatives of the Council of Regents and the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union meet on Thursday for a resumption in bargaining. bargaining. y'v 7 ;/: There's cautious, optimism over the outcome of the meeting. ! "If they start ip the rooming and stay at it all day, (they might; come to some agreement," sgid Bill Swan, a local local spokesman for the Ontario Public Service Employees' tlnion and a journalism journalism teacher at Durham College. The teachers are seeking two main concessions from the bargaining sessions: sessions: retention of existing sick leave benefits and greater job security. The talks broke down when the teachers were told that they had been offered all that they were going to get from the colleges and they could "like it or lump it", said Mr. Swan. "Let's say that we're cautiously optimistic," optimistic," he added, in reference to the news that talks will resume. He also said that if things go as the faculty members hope, they will be back in the classrooms early next week. Nine thousand teachers, librarians and counsellors at Ontario's community community colleges are currently on the picket lines. 1 The strike directly affects 2,700 full-time students at Durham College and also any part time students who are taught by Durham College teachers. teachers. Evening courses taught by instructors instructors not employed by Durham College have been re-located to other schools for the duration of the strike. Many Events Planned For B.H.S. Centennial Over the past four years, the former students and staff of Bowmanville High School have been organizing a party. And on June 22, their efforts will move from a plan to reality as Bowmanville Bowmanville High School welcomes an estimated estimated 2,000 guests to the school's 100th anniversary reunion. "We're hoping for a minimum of 1,500 to 2,000 people at this event," said Ron Strike, chairman of the Bowmanville Bowmanville High School Centennial Committee. Committee. The reunion will begin with a Friday Friday evening registration at the high school and a wine and cheese reception. reception. Decade rooms will be open Friday night and the following Saturday for BHS alumni to review memorabilia Additional 1,000 Students Enrol The public school board has seen its enrollment grow by an additional 1,000 students. At a meeting last Thursday, October October 26, trustees with the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education learned that total elementary and secondary school enrollment rings in at 21,487 as compared to a total of 20,409 last year. The number of students attending elementary schools in the Bowmanville Bowmanville and Courtice areas rose by 375' while in the Newtonville and Newcastle Newcastle areas, enrollment was down by seven seven students. Enrollment was also down a little at Clarke High School this year compared compared to 1988. But numbers increased slightly at Bowmanville High School and Courtice Secondary School. The enrollment report was based on statistics obtained as of September 30. from the years in which they attended the school. In addition, the original high school (now Bowmanville Senior Public School) will be open for tours. Saturday afternoon, one of the highlights highlights will Toe a theatrical presentation organized by Bob Sheridan, a retired BHS teacher who was the driving force behind so many of the school's successful drama productions. He'll be bringing back highlights from some of those plays, starring BHS alumni. Anyone interested in contributing to that project is invited to give Mr. Sheridan Sheridan a call. The evening program will be the highlight of the weekend and it will consist of dances at four locations: The Lions Centre; Baseline Community. Centre; the new Bowmanville Arena and the new arena complex meeting hall. Each of the sites will represent one of the past four decades and beyond. beyond. A shuttle bus service supplied by Charterways will carry _ the exstudents exstudents to the various locations. The reunion is scheduled to conclude conclude with a pancake breakfast on Sunday morning and possibly an antique antique car show. While the special events on the centennial centennial weekend are an important part of the reunion, students will also enjoy a lasting record of the centennial celebrations. Mr. Strike explains that a 200 page centennial booklet in a hard cover, "yearbook" format is in the process. of being published. The volume will include include memorabilia from each of the past 10 decades at BHS. In addition, the yearbook owners will be mailed a special supplement that will contain pictures from the actual celebrations next June. Another centennial project is the creation of a $2 trade dollar which will commemorate Bowmanville High Turn to Page 2 r iTAj I Vé v V *. 1 \y, ; Fire Marshal Investigates $300,000 Blaze in Storage Units did $300,000 worth of damage to the building and contents. contents. The fire is still under investigation by the Fire Marshal's Office. A twisted heap of metal is all that remains of this col lector's unique Puma sports car manufactured in Brazil. Saturday night's three alarm fire at a block of ministorage ministorage units on Cemetery Road east of Bowmamville Three fire stations responded to a strayed," he added. "Six received in- storage units were crammed full of $300,000 blaze in Bowmanville Satur- tense and heavy damage and there heavy furniture like couches and other day night. was smoke damage to the rest of the pfersonal belongings and you have a The fire broke out at approximately approximately 80 units." perfect situation for the fire to spread 9:30 p.m. in a block of mini-storage A rare Puma sports car manufac- before we can haul stuff out to get at units on Cemetery Rd., just east of tured in Brazil was among the proper- it, Capt. Elyea explained, town. Captain Trent Elyea, of Station ty destroyed in the blaze. "There were « Wc were ou t there until 5:30 on /X * Y1 111 -- M ni* A J n 4* 1 i • 1 1 n C 4-1A Zv TA A 111 O X r 1 Cl'O n ft Cflin ZM A I I I • I _ One, in Bowmanville, estimated that the damage to the buildings at $100,000. The contents destroyed or damaged in the blaze were valued at $200,000. „ "Nine of the units were totally de eply 11 of them in existence, Capt. Elyea. "The fire spread quickly in sp the quick response by the fire departments departments because the units arc under one common roof, Add the fact that the saK Sunday morning, putting out small. blazes that er storage block". y. , • 11 • „p blazes that erupted throughout the ; The fire spread quickly in spite of „ t The Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire. \ i i 11 /