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PRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Extensive Injui'ies in Three Vehicle Collision Sunday Night This three-car collision on Highway 401 near Mill St., in Newcastle Village, took place at approximately 10:40 Sunday night. Ontario Provincial Police said a 1985 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Drew Laister, of Cobourg, was travelling east when it crossed the centre median, entering the left lane of the westbound lanes. A 1987 Ac- cura, driven by Iris Arnon, of Toronto and a 1989 Chrysler, Chrysler, driven by Daniel Flaro were also involved in the acci dent. Persons in all three vehicles were taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. A passenger passenger in the Accura was transferred to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto for further treatment and the driver of the Volkswagen was taken to Oshawa General Hospital. Hospital. The collision is still under investigation by Constable Johnston of the Newcastle OPP. | TIME CHANGE - This is the big | weekend when all timepieces are I put ahead one hour, so it's dark, when you get up and light when your kids should be going to bed. You should change clocks Saturday Saturday night before retiring or first thing Sunday morning, whatever grabs you. Feel free! BEWARE - This year, the time change and April Fools' Day arrive arrive on the same day, Sunday, April 1st. So, readers might be on their guard in case some character character tries to inflict a practical joke of some kind on them. Or possibly, possibly, some of you may want to try one on a friend, after all, it's open season. OPEN HOUSE - This Sunday, April 1st is also the day when the Museum on Silver Street in Bowmanville Bowmanville holds its annual Open House. The event gets under way at 1 p.m. and continues until 4, l' You are invited to drop in and s- see the many unique and historic displays. SYRUP DAY - If you have a | sweet tooth or just want to learn how that delicious maple syrup is , made, this Saturday is the time | and the Ganaraska Forest Centre | is the place. It's open for visitors | from 10 a.m. until 1 and the ad- ; • mission is free. Go east from Kir- ! by on County Rd 9 and look for I the sign after passing the Kendal 1 sideroad. Pancakes, smothered in l maple syrup and a beverage will | be available for a small charge. I ; THANK YOU - The Statesman ; Editor and Staff received an at- ! tractive, personalized card from ! students of St. Stephen's Elemcn- i tary School this week. It was 1 signed by each student and | thanked us for donating newspa- • pers which they peruse during « | their classes. Nicely done, friends | ; and thanks. ■ ! BOOSTERS BANK - The Bow- | mnnvillc Boosters organization i working to have the town's name I changed would like supporters to ■ know that they arc still working ; hard in that direction. So many ; citizens have offered financial : : support for the cause, they have S opened a trust bank account and ; will accept any donations citizens care to make. Louise Lyle at Al- ! Ionise Fashions has details. MARDI GRAS ■ Folks of all nges ; in Newcastle and Orono areas may have tired feet by Sunday. There's a big Mardi Gras Fun Fair at Clarke High Saturday from 11 to a, followed by two dances. There's a Youth Danco at St. Francis of Assisi School in 1 , Newcastle Friday. It's a Groat . ' Pino Ridge Kinetics project for 6, 7 and 8 grades and ends at 10 when parents are asked to pick tip their children. That 8 not all, Orono Figure Skating Club is holding a dance from 9 to 1 at Orono Community Centre on Saturday Saturday night. House Suffers $35,000 Damage in Eire Late Wednesday Night A lire at this liouso on Martin Road at 11:48 last the owner was working on a gas tank, fumes were ignit- Wednesday night caused close to $35,000 damage. New- cd by a kerosene heater that was also in the garage. The castle Fire Chief Mike Creighton said the garage and its lire didn't roach the interior of the house hut the area contents, including a car, were destroyed in the blaze, did suffer from smoko damage. No one was hurt in the The lire is believed to have boon started accidentally. As blaze. empewie : r - ifcni i r. ONTARIO IfS h&rf 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, March 28, 1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 36 Pages 136th Year Issue 13 50$ Per Copy Budget Totals More Than $26.2 Million Budget Jumps 8% The Town of Newcastle approved a $26.2 million budget Monday night. „ . ,,. Council voted 6-1 in favor of the 1990 financial blueprint which will see taxes controlled by the local municipality rise 7.79 per cent. Other components of the 1990 tax bill will be established by the boards of education and the Durham Region, neither of which have finalized their 1990 financial plans. No Debate The budget sparked no debate at this week's Council session, session, although it was the subject of two committee meetings which took place earlier in the month. Town Treasurer Marie Marano told elected officials that the budget includes the outfitting and construction of a northern fire station. A total of $325,000 has been earmarked earmarked to complete the Enniskillen fire station. In addition, the document addresses pay equity and freedom freedom of information regulations as well as a number of Community Services Department projects. The latest draft of the budget indicates that the Community Community Services Department will spend $372,000 on a building building maintenance program this year. A further $1 million will be spent on the development of parks. Provincial Grants Cut The treasurer also referred to the fact that the 1990 budget budget has had to accommodate some of the Provincial government government costs which were "downloaded" to the municipality. This means that the Town is forced to pick up additional costs due to cutbacks in grants from the Province. Mayor Marie Hubbard estimates that the Province offloaded offloaded between $180,000 and $190,000 in expenditures through its density grant alone. She cited the expansion and re-location of the Newcastle Village Library as one of the major components of this year"s budget. The Newcastle Library will be relocated to larger quarters quarters in a new building adjacent to the Newcastle Village Community Hall - a move that will allow the library to meet the needs of a growing population in the next eight to 10 years. This will cost an estimated $285,000, according to the draft budget. Mayor Hubbard also noted that the budget includes the hiring of four additional full-time firefighters who will be stationed at the Courtice Fire Hall. The Community Services Department has received permission permission to hire additional staff. Capital Projects As well as setting 1990 expenditures, Newcastle Council has also approved in principle a four-year capital forecast which recommends the purchasing of "big ticket" items from 1991 to 1994. Included in the four-year plan are a new six-bay fire department department headquarters to replace Bowmanville's fire station. station. It has a price tag estimated at $2 million and is slated for construction in 1992. Funds from Ontario Hydro would contribute $1 million to the fire hall. Among the other projects listed in the capital forecast are the following items: •A $1 million expansion of the Hampton Public Works Department depot. It's also slated to occur in 1992. •A $1.5 million twinning project at the Bowmanville arena arena has been listed on the books for 1992 and a further $500,000 has been earmarked for development of the nearby nearby playing fields. •The building of a new $3.3 million library for Bowmanville Bowmanville is listed in the capital budget for 1993. Funds are also being earmarked for the creation of a new library serving the Courtice area. Turn to Page 2 Asbestos Concern at Hospital Consultants are looking into asbes tos concerns at Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. Gord Willis, chairman of the hospital hospital board said asbestos is present in some sections of the wings built in the 50's and 60's. The hospital was aware of its existence existence he added. "We knew it was there and have had the air tested on numerous occasions." occasions." He said the readings were always within the acceptable limits. Asbestos was a common building material from the 50's to the 70's and was routinely used on joints or elbows of pipes as insulation and joint protection. protection. Mr. Willis said in this case it isn't a situation where someone will come in close contact with it such as brushing up against it. Problems with asbestos he said occur occur when it is disturbed and it gets in the air. When the contracts were tendered for renovations in the old sections of the hospital, where the asbestos is located, located, contractors were told if they dis- by Andrea Adair A "legal nicety" has put a temporary halt in the plans for Metro Toronto to dump its trash at a new Durham Region Region landfill operation located in Pickering. Pickering. And if the problem isn't corrected to Durham's satisfaction, Durham may consider a "plan B" where the White- vale site would be for Durham's use only. Durham Regional Council held a special meeting last Thursday to vote on a $41 million legal agreement that would allow Metro Toronto access to the proposed site. The site has a capacity capacity of six million tonnes. A statement statement of principles between the two Re gions was approved by Durham last November. At the start of the meeting, Gary Herrema, Regional Chairman, informed informed councillors and members of the public that he and public works committee committee chairman, John Aker, had met with Metro until 7 p.m. the previous day and could not resolve one of the items in the agreement. Paul Christie, Chairman of the Metro Metro Toronto Works committee, told reporters reporters the item outstanding was not a substantive issue but a legal nicety that would not affect the deal. "We've got a deal when the legal issues issues are resolved," he said. Turn to Page 2 Town Treasure is Safe With Council Members turbed the chemical they would have to remove it. At this point, none of the asbestos has been removed but the hospital is looking into taking it all out. A consultant has been hired to determine determine how much asbestos is present in the facility and the costs of removing removing it all at once compared to the costs of taking it out when the area is being worked on. At this point, the results of those studies have not been returned to the hospital board. v \jmif Willis said e mployees at the Bpimtig are aware of the existence of the chemical and have been told it is not a Health issue. "To make sure everyone's health is looked after," he added, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor are involved. The matter has been discussed with the local CUPE representative Mr. Willis stated. To further ease any concerns employees employees may have about the asbestos, the consultant will be holding information information sessions for staff. "We want to make sure people working there don't have any misconceptions misconceptions about it," he said. Asbestos is a toxic substance and has been linked to cancer. Richard Elston, president of the hospital, said "there is no evidence of danger at this time. This has been verified verified by independent asbestos consultants." consultants." Both Mr. Willis and Joan Dunni- gan, public relations consultant at the hospital, said the asbestos problem has no bearing on the delay in the opening of the new east wing. Ms Dunnigan said "safety regulations regulations had not been met" in the new wing last month when the opening was delayed. There is no asbestos in the new wing at all, Ms Dunnigan explained. Mr. Willis said the hospital could have gotten partial turnover of. the east wing but "felt it wasn't finished enough to open the floors." Rather than have the public in the building while workers were finishing last minute items, the board decided to postpone the opening. An official opening of the wing is expected expected in June while sections of the hospital will move in prior to that. When renovations begin on the 50's and 60's wing, he said, the areas will be isolated and the only ones in there will be the workers. This means that if the asbestos is removed there will be no danger to the •public and the proper procedures for removal will be followed, the chairman said. Renovations on those wings arc planned as a six to nine month project. ire "SVi Z» (T Bowmanville's regional councillor has quit his post as chairman of the Town of Newcastle Fire Department. Councillor Ken Hooper said he is stepping down because Council has decided decided that department heads are not being allowed to keep watch on how the departments are spending their money. During budget discussions this year, Councillor Hooper asked that copies of all purchase orders from each department be given to the councillors who are nominally in charge of those departments. But, that suggestion was rejected. And it sparked the Bowmanville councillor's resignation from his committee committee chairmanship on Monday. "I feel very strongly that a department department chairman must know what's go ing on in his department," said Councillor Councillor Hooper. He reminded his colleagues of instances instances where the town purchased a video camera and a chesterfield even though those items were not specifically specifically listed in the budget. "I no longer wish to serve as chairman chairman of that department if I no longer know what's going on in it," said Councillor Councillor Hooper. Council voted to discuss Councillor Hooper's resignation at the striking committee which customarily appoints personnel to committee posts. In the past, one member of council has been chosen to oversee each of the various parts of the town's administration administration and to present reports from the department during committee meetings. meetings. The Bowmanville Museum is about to take delivery of about one ton of Bowmanville's heritage. The only problem is finding a place to put it. During Monday's Council meeting, elected officials were told that the 115- year-old steel safe from the Dominion Organ and Piano Company has been turned over to the museum. Unfortunately, the museum has no place to store or exhibit the safe. And, as Councillor Pat Deegan suggested: "it would go through the floor of the museum." Consequently, the Town of Newcastle was asked to serve as the temporary curator. There was some suggestion that the heirloom would be placed in the foyer of the Town Hall, but elected officials were quickly assured that this was not going to happen. , , , , "Personally, I don't think that's where it's going," said Councillor Ken Hooper. He added that Mayor Marie Hubbard Hubbard gave him the job of finding a place to put the safe. But Councillor Hooper has had to call in some extra help. "It's like political buck-passing," he said. "I turned it over to Mr. Carua- na." Joe Caruana, director of community services, will be making a report to •councillors at a later date concerning how the gift will be housed. Council did agree with one thing: They intend to see that the antique is kept for future generations. The hand-painted, stenciled safe dates back to 1875. It is to be donated to the museum in a ceremony this Friday, Friday, March 30. It is being removed from the old Dominion Dominion Organ and Piano Company building which is currently being demolished demolished in order to build the New Bowmanville Town Centre condominium condominium and commercial complex. SECURITY SYSTEMS Wireless Installations . FREE Demonstrations NORTH STAR SECURITY 723-5988 986-4348 Residents Plea "Don't Fence Us In!" V- D.B.I.A. Lucky Gold Nutlet No. 5 iK ru United Way Marks 50th i Q Anniversary Courtice Athlete Strikes Gold