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v NEWCASTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMUNITY SERVICES LIBRARIAN 62 TEMPERANCE STREET EOHMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C3A8 NEHPU2 903301 H Members Honored for Achievements The top 4-H boy and girl of 1989 were announced on Friday, November 24, during during the annual 4-H Awards Banquet held at the Orono Arena. Each year, the Canadian Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Commerce (Bowmanville, Newcastle Newcastle and Orono branches) presents the award, to the two recipients. This year's winners were Elaine Bar- key, of Enfield, and David Tamblyn, of R.R. 1 Orono. Elaine is a third year student student at McMaster University. University. David is currently a student, student, : at Clarke High School.i He plans to further his education, education, eventually choosing farming ns a career. Also in this photo is Joy Woodcock (left) personal banking representative representative with the Bank of Commerce. She made the presentation last week. - Newcastle to Bowmanville Name Change Defeated by Council i/ fÿ 'y* A i % I O ffl by Lorn a Miller "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." So wrote the English bard. However, according to Councillors Hooper and Deegan, a Town called Newcastle containing a Village called Newcastle, reeks of confusion. Councillor Hooper introduced a motion motion to change Bowmanville's name from the The Town of Newcastle back to Bowmanville. "We have heard from people who have difficulty finding us," reported Councillor Hooper at the Monday night Council Meeting. "If people are looking for the Town Hall, they end up in Newcastle Village," Village," continued Councillor Hooper, who would like to see Bowmanville called Bowmanville - not Newcastle. Councillor Hooper read from a letter letter sent to a constituent, Mr. A. W. KC1 I 1 n $ •-> if H M H " ïMk | V- || 'A. s |i{ X A. Robert Kent, by Municipal Affairs Minister, John Sweeney, in which Mr. Sweeney advocates approaching municipal municipal council to request the name change. "I would suggest," Mr. Sweeney Sweeney writes, "that you bring this matter to the attention of Newcastle Town Council. If Council sends me a resolution resolution supporting the name change, I will consider the request." Councillor Stapleton said that he would not support the motion to change the name. "It would cost us a lot of money to change the name after 15 years," he said. He pointed out that The Town of Newcastle does a good job of distinguishing between the Town and Village of Newcastle through "marketing and promotion." Mayor Hubbard pointed out that the cost of changing the name after 15 years would be prohibitive. "The Town of Newcastle was created in 1974 along with the (Durham) Region." She pointed out that a lot of paperwork involving involving the changing of birth certificates, certificates, deeds and other legal documents documents would be necessary to change the town's name at this late date. "There is no hospital in Newcastle Village," said Councillor Hooper. "If someone says he was born in Newcastle Newcastle he means he was born at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville." The Bowmanville councillor went on to suggest that this issue be put on the ballot for the next election to "let the people decide." In a recorded vote, the motion was defeated by council with Mayor Hubbard Hubbard siding with Councillors Staple- ton, Wotten, Hamre and Hannah against Councillor Hooper and Councillor Councillor Deegan who seconded the motion. motion. EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES SC King St. w. 728-4601 Oshawa ■ 8 •i.V - EAGLES WIN - The Goodyear Eagles recorded a great come from behind victory last night to defeat the Lakefield Chiefs 6-4. Fans should note that there won't be a game at home this Sunday night. GOBBLERS - No doubt the ideal place to be this Friday night, Dec. 1st is the Lions Centre Centre on Beech Avenue. That's where the annual Bowmanville Lions Club's Turkey Roll will be taking place starting at 7. We've seen people leave with six or seven seven big birds. There's also a cash draw for $1,000 about 9 p.m. Don't miss it and the fun. DESSERT CONCERT - Clarke High School is warming up for what they call their Christmas Dessert Concert on Thursday, December 14th from 7 to 9 p.m. Music lovers are invited to bring their families and enjoy carolling while munching on desserts supplied supplied by band parents. Sounds like a great idea GOOFS - A couple of errors in recent editions of this newspaper have come to our attention and we rush to correct them. Champion Champion motorcycle rider Darren Knight was called Danny. We also listed Anita Lynn Maple's prize winning Christmas story as |j • fiction, but it was an actual Christmas experience, we under- | stand. 1 KAPPA KAPPA - This Sunday at Newcastle United Church, the well known Whitby County Town Singers will be featured at a benefit benefit concert for the Alzheimer Society. Society. It's sponsored by the Kappa Kappa Kappa and Xi Eta Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. sorority. WANT TO PLAY? - Now, wouldn't you really like to dress up and pretend you are Santa or one of his elfs or maybe a clown at one of the parties you are planning planning to attend this year. Well, we can fix you up. All you need to do is call 623-9294 and a Jaycette will rent you the costume of your choice. How about that? LOST CAUSE - While we hate to admit it, we've come to the conclusion that we're stuck forever forever with a mistake we made some years ago . Of course, we refer to the confusion caused by having named the town Newcastle when there was also a village of the same name within it. It came up again in council on Monday, but got nowhere. Now, the cost of changing would be astronomical. BIG SISTERS N.O.W. -This organization organization is offering mature women opportunities for mearn ingful friendships, according to a new release received recently. Thirty-five young girls and boys waiting for a Big Sister, would like you to attend an orientation ■ night, Tuesday, Dec. 12th from 7 to 9 p.m. at 387 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa. Call Big Sisters at 436-0951 for more info, H IF! !LNl xod|=<u&W 4f -A m î M 8 | f| Aj. || 39 S'Mi'FyM/z'A 4$ vwl lr 623-3003 Faac \ssf 416-623-6161 Wednesday, November 29,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 36 Pages 135th Year Issue 48 50$ Per Copy^ Call us before you list. Your next move could be both professional and profitable 623-4433 Bowmanville Recycled Material Becomes Christmas Crafts Second Look at Link Homes iMSBg ; ? - \ ,r. y'->. A'Av til-.;\:C: f.ï v, > ; /: "ft < ; ,4 -k..T : ■■■ v a .'dz'AAÿ/'A 4> Gord Geisberger, from the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, was busy on Saturday showing people at a recycling workshop how to make paper. The paper is made from torn pieces of scrap paper. Here, Gord is using an iron to dry the finished product. Paper-making was just part of the morning morning program held at the library in Bowmanville. Activities focused on how to make crafts from recycled material and were a part of Recycling Week. Enniskillen Post Office is Already Closed No Confirmed Plans to Shut Down Post Office A group of citizens from north Bowmanville Bowmanville has persuaded Town Council to take a second look at a proposed medium density subdivision located at . the intersection of High Street and Meadowview Blvd.. Area home owners claimed that the 38 link homes proposed by Veltri and Son Limited would not _ match the neighbourhood's existing single family, fully-detached homes on larger lots. "When I purchased my home from Mr. Veltri, some five years ago, I was assured by him that he would be building the same type of homes on his remaining land," said John R. Ralfe, of 156 High Street. Other delegates from the same neighbourhood also told town council Monday night that they expected detached homes would be built on the land in question. But, Mario Veltri cited the changing times and the economy as two of the reasons he has decided to build the 38 ijv.fek homes. "I am a man of my word," ! he Assured, Council ana the delegate's."' I "But, times change. Nobody would buy a house such as the ones I built five or six years ago. They would be too expensive." expensive." Councillors also learned on Monday night that there was some confusion over the information available to the citizens concerning plans for the property. property. Residents were notified of plans for development through a sign on the property and letters from the Town Hall. 'There has been some confusion in notification regarding this subdivision." subdivision." said Peter Deighton. "Previous documents we received had stated that there was a 24 single-home subdivision subdivision planned, which we did not object object to. But, now we find out that it is to he 38 semi-detatched units on small lots." Mr. Deighton was also "a little confused" confused" by one of the plans he received which snowed that his home, on 32 Meadowview Blvd., didn't even exist. Councillor Diane Hamre apologized for the discrepancy in information sent to homeowners in the area. "As chairman chairman of the Planning Board, I realize you have every right to be upset. Our process has allowed a gap and we are recommending a procedure change. Please accept my apologies." The residents also complained that development would result in a lack of green space, the over-crowding of Lord Elgin School, traffic congestion and a lack of water pressure available under the present system. Reg. Webster of G.M. Sernas & Associates Associates presented an artist's conceptual conceptual drawing to council showing the subdivision plans which include a 1.2 metre gap between the homes. He assured assured the delegates and council that Mr. Veltri had put $800,000 aside for the building of a new pumping station in conjunction with the other area builders. He added that parks and schools were a top priority with the de velopers and that three new roads were being created and paid for by Mr. Veltri to lessen the traffic load on existing existing roads. 'This has been a draft plan for five or six years" said Mr. Webster, "and the density is not as high as allowed by the zoning for the area. These homes will provide a buffer buffer between the existing homes and the high density buildings further to the north." Councillor Hamre moved that the application be returned to staff until meetings between the builder, the residents residents and representatives of council could take place. "Mistakes have been made,'" Councillor Hamre said. "We have to go back and correct these errors errors and get the residents and developers developers togther to address the issues. Then we'll all be happier." Trustees with The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education have ratified a two-year contract with their secondary school teachers. It will see high school teachers' salaries salaries rise to between $47,610 and $60,000 by the time the agreement expires expires in 1991. The contract was approved by school trustees at their November 23 meeting, after being ratified earlier by District 49 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation. District 49 represents all secondary school teachers, vice principals and principals in the Board's jurisdiction. Its membership is about 540. The new agreement gives the teachers teachers a 5.5 per cent increase as of September September 1, 1989, with a second increase of 1.4 per cent in February of 1990. In the second year of the contract, a 5.25 per cent increase will go into ef fect on September 1. This will be followed followed by a 1.25 per cent raise in February February of 1991. When the contract expired at the end of August 1989, teachers at the, bottom of the salaiy grid were making- $41,760. Under the new agreement, this becomes $44,670 as of August 1990 and $47,610 in August of 1991. Teachers at the top end or the grid will see their salaries rise from $52,630 in August of 1989 to $56,300 in August of 1990 and $60,000 in August of .1991. Charles Kennedy, superintendent of instruction (personnel), describes the new contract as "a substantive settlement settlement which addresses the needs of both the teachers and the Board." "The settlement should bring us back" to average secondary teaching salaries for all Boards in the Province, he said. BAZAAR - Dozens of area business business establishments have come through with a wide variety of items for the annual Bazaar at » Knox Christian School on old Scugog Road. It takes place this Saturday afternoon and if you will turn to page 10, there's an advertisement with more detail Town council's concerns over closing closing of the Newcastle Village post office may prove to be unfounded. And worries about the closure of the Enniskillen post office are several years too late. At a meeting last week, members of Water Bill Expected To Increase by 7.9% Durham's Regional Council is expected expected to approve a water and sewer rate increase today that will boost the residential water bill by 7.9 per cent. If approved, the hike will be implemented implemented on January 1 of next year. This means the average residential water and sewer customer in the Durham Durham Region can expect to pay an additional additional $5.81 on the quarterly bill in 1990. A report from regional staff notes that increased expenditures on water and sewer construction programs are responsible for the higher rates. Some of the capital programs include include road-related work and the provision provision of services to Grecnbank and Cherrywood. The sower increase, too, comes from capital expenses which include road- related costs and the expansion of the Port Darlington Water Pollution Control Control Plant in Bowmanville. The increase in rates for commercial commercial water and sewer users ranges from 7.9 per cent to 13.7 per cent, depending depending on the size of the business. Next year, the Durham Region plans to spend $38 million on water expenditures and $43 million for sewers, sewers, council's general purpose and administration administration committee asked that government government officials hold a public meeting in the municipality to fully explain future future postal plans to citizens. The resolution passed by the committee committee was in response to information received by the Town of Newcastle concerning a review of postal services under way by the Standing Committee on Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Government Operations. The resolution resolution noted that the committee was recommending that post offices in Newcastle Village and Enniskillen be closed. However, neither the postmaster for Newcastle Village, nor Durham's MP have heard of any plans to shut down the Newcastle Village post office. And, as for the Enniskillen Post Office, Office, it was closed several years ago. "Totally incorrect." was Durham MP Ross Stevenson's comment when asked about the rumoured closures of the Newcastle Village and Enniskillen Post Offices. "I haven't been informed of any closure," closure," said Newcastle Village Postmaster, Postmaster, Charles Gray. "I have talked to people higher up about needing more space, but they never mentioned closure." closure." Mr. Gray went on to say that the Enniskillen Post Office had been closed some years ago. "I checked just yesterday," said Mr. Stevenson, "and there is no closure planned for Newcastle that I know about, And, as far as I know, Enniskillen Enniskillen post office was closed some years ago Councillor Ken Hooper also stated: Turn to Page 2 ^$181 'Sy'iv • V. History Fair Re-enacts Drive for Voter Equality z -M Si, • .Art» No, you're not seeing a re-print of a photo from the early 1900's. This group of grade eight students from The Pines Senior Public Scliool is re-enacting the events leading up to voter equality in Canada as part of presentation at a Ilistoiy Fair, The fair took place last week at Bowmanville Senior Public School. The event was the second of its kind for all senior public schools in the area. There were displays, plays, and video projects all produced by the students. In this photo, the student portraying Nellie McClung (centre) doesn't seem too concerned about the lack of enthusiasm enthusiasm for women's rights being demonstrated by a member of the opposite sex.