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i 16 The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, December 27,1989 It-. Con troversial Events Make 1989 a Very Interesting Year JANUARY Station 4 in Cour ti ce became became the proud owner of a new life-saving, 75 foot aerial aerial fire truck in January of last year. The total cost of the well- equipped vehicle was $344,900 and worth every penny. Fire Chief Michael Creighton said that the unit vhas been used 40 or 50 times during 1989 and was indispensable in reaching high-rise and chimney fires that ordinary ladders proved inadequate to handle.. Last year's Christmas Baby of '88, Michael Paul Grozelles, is now walking and talking and tips the scales at 30 pounds. Skate '88 had nearly reached its goal of $1.5 million million with a total of $1,290,000 contributed to the new arena complex as of January, 1989. Ryan Lane, sole contender contender for the New Year's Baby, 1989 title, weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces. This year ne is crawling all over" the house, talks, and weighs 24 pounds. Eugene Whelar, Former Minister of Agriculture, spoke to local formers last January. In his speech, he lambasted Free Trade and U.S. agricultural policy and bemoaned the fact that 15 million people world-wide would die of starvation during during 1989. Mayor Marie Hubbard told a group of citizens from Courtice who wanted to join with Oshawa that "Courtice was not for sale." The Courtice Courtice residents, 1000 strong, wanted to become part of the City of Oshawa,The citizens citizens cited lower taxes plus an increase in services for their tax dollars as reasons for wanting to leave the Town of Newcastle. Darlington Generating Plant had a "very successful year" with over 22,000 visitors visitors touring the station and a further 5,000 reached by the Outreach Program at fairs, home shows and other public forums where information information on the station was given to attending public. Over 200 VIP groups and school groups also toured the plant. "Teddies", those cuddly little bears were introduced by the paramedics to the ambulances as part of the standard equipment. The Teddies help reduce trauma in young accident victims. Newtonville residents received received the word that they . will be getting Town water very soon. The $4 million project would run water- mains from Newcastle Village Village to Newtonville. The Town of Newcastle received the same amount of unconditional funding for 1989 as it did in 1988, This moratorium on funds was seen as causing a 2.2 to 4.3 per cent hike in taxes for residents of the Town. The Regional tax grab was estimated to be a 27% increase over 1988. This represented represented an estimated $85.5 million in expenditures over $68.8 million for 1988. GO Transit bought property property in Bowmanville on the Southwest corner of Baseline Baseline Road and Hwy. 57. The property will be used ns a Go parking lot. FEBRUARY A study commissioned by the Town of Newcastle and completed by the Proctor and Redfern Group of Toronto, Toronto, showed that Hampton should not grow ns quickly ns Bowmanville and surrounding surrounding towns will grow. In order to retain its hamlet atmosphere, Hampton will grow at a slower and more planned pace. If you want to rename the street where you live it will lighten your wallet by $100. That's just a fraction of the $1,500 it costs the Town. So says the Feb. 5. edition from 1989, in an article concerning concerning procedures which residents residents can follow if they wish to see the name of their street altered. The Town of Newcastle paid its Councillors and Mayor close to $100,00 for their services in 1988. Top dollar went to former Mayor John Winters who collected $24,275.26. Mayor Marie Hubbard, who served as Ward Two Regional Councillor Councillor during the previous year, took home $12,744,52 for her labours. Forty-six charges of illegal illegal building were laid against builders in the Town of Newcastle. A hearing in. Provincial Court in Toronto resulted in fines totalling $23,000 levied against the builders. Mayor Hubbard said, "These types of builders builders are not wanted in the Town of Newcastle." The Honorable Lily Mun- ro, Minister of Culture and Communications in Ontario, spoke to the Durham East Liberal Riding Association on Wed. Feb.8. Laidlaw's plans to reroute reroute two natural gas pipe lines to increase its capacity by 312,000 tonnes were given given a cool reception by those who attended an open house in the Orono Town Hall. The proposal would allow opera-, tors of the Newtonville waste disposal site to fill up a 30 metre gap between two existing dump sites, one of which is no longer operable. A shake-up in the By- Law Office left By-law Enforcement Enforcement Officer. Brian Irwin Irwin without a job. Mayor Hubbard said that the new enforcement office would operate operate with "a senior by-law officer and a second officer to help ease the workload." Bowmanville Valley Co- Operative Homes Inc. proposed proposed the building of nonprofit nonprofit homes on land that it owns near Jackman Road. A Development consultant for the group explained at a public meeting that their proposed housing would consist consist of 48 townhouses and a" three storey apartment building containing 24 apartments. The projected completion date given was the latter part of 1990. Kendal residents appeared appeared before a Town of Newcastle general purpose meeting to oppose building in the Ganaraska Forest. Environmental issues and the proximity to the Oshawa Ski Club were just two concerns concerns of the residents who want to make sure that the growth takes place under careful planning and supervision supervision by the Town. Mosport was seeking to expand its facilities to include include a family amusement park, a golf course and a campground. This gave rise to fears that there might be year-round dwellings erected erected near the park. Council was advised to reject the residential aspect of the plan. MARCH Sheriff Morlcy Bain, retired retired from his office as Durham Durham Region's Sheriff after 31 years of service. He estimates estimates that he served about 20,000 writs during his years on the job. The Town of Newcastle and Hydro suspended communications communications until a financial financial dispute between the municipality and Hydro had been settled. The liaison committee, which is comprised comprised of Town and Hydro officials, had been disbanded until a dispute over the building of the $11 billion generating station had been settled. Building permit fees nnd fire safety are among the major issues under discussion. discussion. The Town of Newcastle SPIKE" £ was planning a new, Northern Northern Fire Station on the northeast corner of Regional Road 57 and Concession 8; Construction was to begin in 1989 or 1990. Statesman reporter Andrea Andrea Adair donned the arm weights, the gloves, goggles and earplugs necessary to simulate age and then went to purchase items in a grocery grocery store. She found out what it was like to be handicapped handicapped by age or disability. Not fun. More people should try this. There would be more respect for the elderly and disabled in the world if we did. A planned seniors condominium condominium between Wellington and Church streets east of Scugog Road received accolades accolades and acrimony at a general general purpose and administration administration meeting. The 150- unit building was proposed by John Rice ana 0. P. McCarthy and Associates. A nine-day festival to celebrate celebrate Heritage Week was planned for May. The goal of Heritage '89 was to bring together together the various communities communities which comprise the Town of Newcastle. The undertaking undertaking was also planned to boost tourism ana aid in fund-raising for the participating participating groups. Bell Canada surveyed the Town of Newcastle to discover discover whether or not the residents residents wanted toll-free access to the City of Oshawa. Sixty per cent of the residents must have placed calls to the larger centre and the centres must be within a 40 mile range of each other for the CRTC ,to consider a toll- free service. The Town of Newcastle voiced strong opposition to further landfill activities within the boundaries of the community. The councillors passed a motion objecting to the expansion of Laidli Waste Systems Ltd. aw There was little opposition opposition to the sale of Mamwood Nursing Home in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The new owner, John Martino, was proposing the moving of 52 patients to nearby Strathaven. All sales of Nursing Homes in Ontario Ontario must be approved by the Minister of Health. Jean Butters. Strathaven Director, Director, saia that the 52 patients could be accommodated by Strathaven and that Marn- wood would be turned into a retirement home for those who did not need nursing. The Region of Durham proposed doubling the cost of lot levies by last April. In 1989 it cost in regional lot levy fees $5,770 to build a house while in 1988 it cost $2,955. St. Marys Cement workers workers were on the picket lines. The 86 workers refused to ratify an agreement between St. Marys and the union. Local Local 222 representative, John Sinclair, asked the striking workers to return to their jobs until the ratification vote was held. However, when the vote was held, 82 percent of the workers declined declined to accept the 4.2 per cent increase offered and decided decided to hold out for better cost of living benefits, job security and a larger increase. increase. The Town of Newcastle contemplated some changes to its by-laws upon receiving reports of illegal and overcrowded overcrowded dwellings in the area. The council considered lowering the number of persons persons not related by blood, marriage or legal adoption living in a dwelling from the existing 10 to 3 ns several other Ontario communities have done. A proposed gas station nnd convenience store near Maple Grove on Highway Two received some opposition opposition from nearby residents. The application was referred by the committee back to town staff for further study. Memorial Hospital, Bow- mnnvillc, has welcomed pots into the establishment for the enjoyment of long-term patients. The dogs act ns therapy for patients facing a long-term stay. The Town of Newcastle was going to work with the AECB to close the Port Granby nuclear dump site. The site was decommissioned decommissioned for the safety, health nnd well-being of the residents. residents. e The Newtonville Water System was found to cost less than previously anticipated. anticipated. The original cost of the project was $278,800 higher than the $3.5 million tender submitted by the lowest lowest bidder for construction of the system during 1089. APRIL Garbage continued to make the nows in Newcastle in 1089, particularly the pro posed expansion of the L'aid- law landfill site in Newtonville. Newtonville. At the end of March this year an infilling project drew the attention of concerned concerned residents. The wheels were set in motion in April to get a Courtice postal outlet when Larry Hannah, regional councillor from Ward One, suggested the Town of Newcastle Newcastle meet with Canada Post officials to discuss ways of improving postal service in Courtice. One method of improved service would be a new post office. Its location could be announced in a few days and it may open early in the new year. The emergency telephone number 911 was a topic of interest in Durham Region and the Town of Newcastle in the early part of April.' There was some concern once the Durham council approved approved the principle of implementing implementing the three digit number that because Newcastle Newcastle Fire department wouldn't be under the system system it wouldn't work at all here. Acting Fire Chief Mike Creighton said Newcastle residents would still benefit from the service because when they called the number, number, a central dispatch would contact the Newcastle department. Two large fires caused extensive extensive damage to an apartment apartment and a bam in the early part of the month this year. An apartment at Division Street and King Street received received nearly $40,000 in damage as a result of a blaze and a bam on Concession Concession Street was estimated to have received nearly $50,000 in damage from another another fire. Visitors from the Pacific Rim paid a visit to the town of Newcastle this month to look at the possible investment investment opportunities here. Two months later the mayor and other delegates made a trip to Hong Kong to promote promote the town and to interest interest developers in the area. A decision was finally made over the future of the old arena site in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. After three proposals for the site had been submitted, submitted, Town Council decided to approve a 20-unit town- house development proposal. St. Marys Cement workers workers took to the picket lines in May after rejecting an offer offer of a 4.2 per cent pay increase. increase. Nine weeks after the strike began, workers settled settled on a contract that gave them a 5.1 percent pay increase increase in each of the next three years. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education school trustees blamed the Province of Ontario for the 14.9 percent tax increase they imposed last year. Many trustees felt the cut in provincial funding was a contributing factor in the in- Residents of the Durham Region were hit with a 19 per cent increase in the regional regional portion of their tax bill due, in large part, to the hiring of 201 new staff members. members. Newcastle Council set their tax increase at 9.8 percent. percent. Newcastle Multi-Care Centre Inc. was purchased by the owners of Strathaven Nursing Home, Strath Manor Manor Retirement Home and Mamwood House in early May. Plans were to renovate Strathaven to transfer patients patients from the other nursing nursing home facilities. The Town of Newcastle asked the Atomic Energy Control Board to defer granting Ontario Hydro a licence licence until building permit disagreements between the two had been resolved. The corporation finally got permission permission to go to low level testing (one percent) in the late fall of 1989 and had their request for increased power deferred in December. Durham Regional Council Council selected a site in White- vale to be used as a contingency contingency landfill site. This was part of the requirements for Durham to join the Greater Toronto Area (GTA.) In December December of 1989, the council decided on the principles of an agreement that would allow allow Metro Toronto to dump their trash in the Whitevale site. JUNE A couple of members of Durham Regional Council, along with a few staff members, members, made a trip to Europe this month to look into methods of handling waste there. Ward One Councillor Larry Hannah, one of the people taking part in the trip, said Europe didn't hold all the answers to waste management as some people may think. Working conditions conditions at some places were poor and money was being wasted on machinery that wasn't doing the job it was supposed to do, he said. Ontario Hydro announced announced that the six month delay in getting Darlington Generating Station's first reactor reactor into operation has increased increased Hydro's cost by $900 million. Cost of the project rose from $11.6 billion to $12.5 billion. The chairman of Ontario Hydro said the majority of the increase resulted resulted from interest costs. Durham Region was prepared prepared for a possible strike by Metro Toronto garbage workers which would inadvertently inadvertently affect waste collection collection in the Region. If Brock West closed during the strike, emergency plans that would see garbage stored at transfer stations during the strike would kick in. The strike, however, never came. Fuel was loaded into the first nuclear reactor at Darlington Darlington on June 18. A total of 6,240 fuel bundles were loaded into the reactor. The task required 24 shifts consisting consisting of 12 hours each. The next phase of development development at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex will include include two ball diamonds and a skateboarding facility, the director of community services announced this- month. Other plans for the site include such things as a seniors' complex, botanical garden or a library/theatre/ lecture hall. The sometime controversial controversial industrial trip to Hong Kong by representatives of the town of Newcastle netted netted the town an import business, business, a hotel complex and an industrial condominium complex, Mayor Marie Hubbard Hubbard announced at a council meeting this month. Continued on Page 21 LIVING ROOM UPHOLSTERED •CITATION HOUSE SOFA AND MATCHING LOVESEAT, Camel back with California styled legs. 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