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Sounds of Caribbean at Sidewalk Sale Shoppers looking lor bargains at tlio Sidewalk Sale in downtown Bowman- villo last Friday night and Saturday wore given a treat when a steel band, known as Northern bites, performed. The instruments are made from oil drums and notes arc shaped into them alter they have boon heated. MEMORIES - Life is certainly not easy for anyone or any group wanting to present a sizeable rock concert similar to those which drew many thousands of fans some years ago.. The most memorable one in tins area was Strawberry Fields at Mosport Park where this one is scheduled to take place. We recall it well and still nave some photos if they have not been thrown out by some misguided puritan. It was fun and exciting for many, but not for the neighbors. We love the name of the now sponsors: "Truly Amazing Productions." LOOKING BACK - The Editor had a couple of visitors this week who also stirred up memories. They wore Dollv Brooks and Betty Betty Hubbard. Dolly is the sister of Joe Tullock who was a popular member of the Mad Midlands of World War II and Betty was visiting visiting her from Edmonton. Wo remember remember Betty ns n nurse who turned up at many accidents where wo wore taking pictures, back when Don Harvey ran a private private ambulance service boro. Wo had a good but all too brief visit. WINNING TICKET - The lucky winner of the "Trip for Two to the Bahamas" hasn't been found yet, and we suggest everyone should check through their wallets to find their draw tickets. It is white and reads "Admit One" and the number is 056097. You only have until Sept. 18th, 1990 to claim your prize at Bowmanville Audio-Vision. Good luck. It's Better Better in the Bahamas, they say. CORRECTION - Our apologies to the Spanish students who are visiting here to improve their English. Apparently our Spanish also needs some improvement ns wo misspelled their names, which should have been Blanca Ma Suola Gonzalez and Natalia Fernandez Perez. DISREGARD NOTICE - In this week's paper, there are two advertisements pertaining to Town of Newcastle road closures. Please disregard thorn. The closures closures were to he dealt with at the July ilO Council session. However. However. ' that mooting has boon cancelled. cancelled. No doubt, the announcements announcements will be re-scheduled. REMINDER - Even if the Mohawks Mohawks are still manning the barricades barricades at Oka next Wednesday, Aug. 1st, the Red Cross Blood Donor Donor Clinic will get under way at noon at the Lions Centre, Beech Ave., and continue until 8 p.m. We'll hope they won't need that blood for casualties in Quebec, because there will be plenty of it needed in this area with the blood banks being drained by highway accidents and other calls from patients. They'll be waiting to welcome you. WHAT GIVES? - So far, there has been no information received at our newsroom concerning the provincial Now Democratic party's party's prospects for a candidate to carry their banner in the provincial provincial election expected to be under way early in August for a voting day in early September. There appears to bo a dearth of candidates candidates for all parties, hut at least the Libs and PCs have one each seeking the position. The pay is pretty good but the hours are long, tlio abuse considerable and there's no pregnancy leave that we've hoard of. PLAN CHANGE - The federal by-election Aug. 13th in Oshawn has brought the new Liberal leader Hon. Jean Chretien to the area this Thursday. July 26th for a dinner at the Holiday Inn at 6 p.m. His presence also made it necessary to change the date of the Durham federal Liberal party annual meeting to Monday, July 30 at Orono Community Centre. SHOW & SHINE - This might bo a good time to make a note that the Bowmanville Optimist Club will be holding their 4th annual annual Show & Shine car extravaganza extravaganza at Enniskillen Conservation Conservation Aron on Sunday, August 12th and from all reports it should bo oven bigger than last year. SIGN LOST* -"should anyone happen to coino upon one Of those metallic blue and white signs that says James Publishing Company, Company, wo'd appreciate having it back. The Editor's little gray car looks a bit lopsided with only one sign on it. No questions will bo asked concerning how it was removed. removed. The car doesn't go fast enough for it to blow oil'. Please help. bowmanville library 62 TEMPERANCE ST. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO ÏR 910731 arlington Provincial Park Darlington Provincial Park held a special day at the park for kids on July 21. Goofy Olympics kept many park visitors entertained during the afternoon. The wheelbarrow race was one of the popular events in the games. High Bacteria Count Closes West Beach To Swimmers Local Writer Leads Pilgrimage to Baseball Hall of Fame by Andrea Adair The Town of Newcastle plans to demolish demolish the old Bowmanville Arena on Queen Street. There are no firm plans for the future future of the arena site. Town staff have been investigating the cost of tearing the building down and in the near future will be accepting accepting bids on the project, according to town officials. Larry Kotseff, chief administrative officer with the Town of Newcastle, told The Statesman in a phone interview interview last Thursday, that he hopes the property will be flattened and seeded sometime this year. Last April, Town Council received three proposals for development on the property. The plan selected for the site was for a 20-unit townhouse development planned by the Sandbury Building Corporation and the Maxion Corporation Corporation who bid $350,000 for the property. The building was designed to have single family houses on either side of a new public library or other Town- owned facility. Mr. Kotseff said there were a couple of legal problems with the site that didn't allow the plans to proceed as proposed. - In addition, the proposal was "originally "originally dependent on a library" but the Newcastle Public Library didn't want the site, Mr. Kotseff said. "We couldn't find a good alternative to that to make the proposal work," he stated. Newcastle Town Council, since then, passed a resolution that the site be cleared, levelled and grassed for the time being. Mr. Kotseff said the town will clear the land. The costs will be included in the price paid when the property is tendered for development again. When the proposal was first accepted accepted on April 17, 1989, two other proposals proposals had also been submitted. One of the proposals, headed by Jack Locke, was for a senior citizen centre that would consist of 124 apart ments. Mr. Locke had submitted the lowest bid of $307,000. The third proposal was for a seven storey co-operative apartment complex that included, among other things, an art gallery, townhouses and a restaurant. restaurant. Steven Wiggins of the Lantana Non-profit Home Corporation submitted submitted this proposal, bidding $363,000 to purchase the site. Although the decision was controversial controversial at the time, Mayor Marie Hubbard Hubbard had said the density of the area was a major concern in making the selection. selection. Mr. Kotseff added last week that when tenders were submitted, none of the proposals had included the cost of demolition. Construction Activity Slides Construction activity in the Town of Newcastle appears to have slowed to less than half the pace set in 1989. In the first half of this year, the Town's builders received permits for construction projects worth $30.3 million. million. A report from Newcastle's building department adds that residential construction construction accounted for $28 million of the total building activity occurring during the first half of the year. A total total of 227 homes received permits. . Although there were no figures given given for the number of homes receiving permits in the first half of 1989, a total total of 1,359 new residential units were created in the 12 months of'89. If current trends persist, the Town of Newcastle will have its slowest construction construction season in the past four years. Last year, new buildings valued at $225 million were issued permits. SECURITY SYSTEMS Wireless Installations FREBiDemonstrations $?C>RTH STAR SECURITY 723-5988 986-4348 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, July 26,1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 28 Pages 136th Year Issue 30 50» Per Copy [preston] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Participation House Plans Rejected Plans for a 39-unit Bowmanville townhouse project proposed by Participation Participation House were rejected Monday in a meeting of Newcastle's ToWn Council. Council. The 3.5 acre Concession St. development development introduced by Participation House was to include rent-geared-to income dwellings and five units capable capable of housing 10 physically handicapped handicapped persons. Twelve of the units would be rented at current market rates. A resolution endorsed by Town Council on Monday states that although although the Council is supportive of Participation House, it does not support support the current townhouse concept. Council is apparently concerned about the density of townhouses and non-profit housing being proposed for the Mearns Ave./Concession St. area. At a committee meeting held Monday Monday morning, elected officials heard a spokesman who represented approximately approximately 200 residents in the neighbouring neighbouring River Valley Estates subdivision.. Richard Lange stated# , that the neighbours object to the high concentration concentration of government-supported housing housing that is occurring in the area of Mearns and Concession St. He described the townhouse plan of Participation house as part of a "much greater scheme." "There are 60 Region of Durham non-profit townhouses approved at Mearns and Concession," he said. And he cited a further 68 "affordable" townhouses which are planned by Ontario's Ontario's Ministry of Housing for a site just north of Participation House. Mr. Lange stated that the additional additional 23 rent-geared-to-income units in the Participation House proposal would bring the number of-subsidized townhouses itn the immediate ?irea to 151. And that translates into an estimated estimated 453 residents. The River Valley Estates residents. stated that staff reports on the proposal proposal failed to obtained comments from the Regional Police on the impact of the influx of government housing into The Town of Newcastle is prepared to seek a court injunction to halt the August 3 to 6 music festival planned for Mosport Park. In a meeting on Monday, Newcastle Council passed a by-law which allows the municipality's solicitor to proceed with the injunction. The municipality is objecting to the concert because it has not yet received guarantees that the Town would be protected if any damages resulted from the event. The Concert, entitled Summer Sounds '90, is scheduled to feature 18 Canadian bands and attract a crowd estimated at 25,000. Among the groups advertised as appearing at the event are The Northern Pikes, Blue Rodeo, Doug and the Slugs, and Bachman Bachman Turner Overdrive. Newcastle has asked Truly Amaz ing Productions, promoters of the concert, concert, to provide a $9.8 million insurance insurance policy for the municipality. In addition, the Town has asked for a $30,000 deposit as security against damages to neighbouring properties. In a letter in mid-June, a similar deposit related.to fire protection had been sought. "There are some pretty serious implications implications here for the municipality," said Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard following Monday's Council meeting. She said the Town must act to protect protect the public's interest, noting that the municipality is concerned about the impact of the concert on surrounding surrounding property owners and on the police force. Mayor Hubbard added that she understands understands that promoters of the event have not yet met the requirements of the Durham Regional Police. Robert Torrance, general manager of Truly Amazing Productions, said the company has assured the town they are willing to comply and will meet the town's demands "but the demands demands keep changing." The town required the funds be posted two weeks before the concert, Mr. Torrance said, adding that the special events permit is not issued until until August 2. He said the company is meeting the requirements of the by-law and that the money will bë posted. But, he added, added, there is nothing in the by-law that said it had to be posted two weeks in advance. "We are prepared to post the money," money," Mr. Torrance said. "And we don't Turn to Page 2 such a concentrated area. Moreover, he noted that the development would have an impact on schools and the hospital. hospital. Residents also object to the cumulative cumulative impact of the housing density on traffic. "Concession St. is a racetrack," said Mr. Lange. "Residents feel that Soper Creek Dr. is busy enough now . af&'arti very concerned that jthe influx crfeAted by fipother 120 residents on their street north of Concession will be a very real hazard to them and their children." Mr. Lange stated that the residents are not opposed to the sort of facility originally approved in a rezoning of 1977. That building would have accommodated accommodated 128 physically handicapped handicapped people. Shane Wray, a spokesman for Participation Participation House, stated that a lack of government funding has prevented the development of Participation House according to the original plan. He told the committee that the Ministry of Community and Social Services decided decided that an "institutional" type of site "was not the direction that services needed to move." Instead, the physically physically disabled are being integrated into the community. Consequently, tne Ministry refused to provided the operating costs for the "institutional" style of facility planned for Bowmanville. He said that since 10 disabled persons persons will be living in the townhouse units, the disabled population of the townhouses would be about 10 per cent.-"It's a small enough number that it's not likely to create a wheelchair ghetto," said Mr. Wray. Councillor Pat Deegan said he was concerned about the fact that disabled Turn to Page 2 a> )ata on Nuke Waste Nuclear waste buried at Port Granby Granby is closer to Lake Ontario than earlier earlier reports indicated. The Town of Newcastle's legal counsel counsel said on Monday that recent tests conducted for the Atomic Energy Control Control Board show waste is located four metres beyond the southern fence at ; the Port Granby dump site. Dennis Hefferon told a comipittee of Town Council that a report had been, produced by Colder Associates' Ltd. It was commissioned in connection with a licence renewal requested by Came- co (formerly Eldorado) to continue to maintain the existing dump site. "The report that has been produced indicates waste material has been deposited deposited in the past up to four metres closer to the edge of the bluff than had previously been understood," Mr. Hefferon said. He added that the exact nature of the material hasn't been established. However, Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard stated after Monday's Council Council session that the substance is radioactive. radioactive. The materials deposited at Port Granby are characterized as low-level radioactive waste. "I don't think the risk is any greater now than it was before the Golaer Report Report was released," Mr. Hefferon told Councillors. ; But he noted that) the Atomic Energy Energy Control Board had, in the past, estimated estimated that the material stored at Port Granby could safely remain there for 15 years. He suggested that the latest findings'indicate this time period may be shortened. Newcastle.Council voted on Monday to accept the advice of the Town's solicitor solicitor and agree to an extension of the maintenance licence at Port Granby only until Januaiy. The municipality is requesting that the Atomic Energy Control Board hold a meeting in tne Council Chambers this December to Turn to Page 2