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y KVS£? select another - -Z'jWM mm. ; ■ . Men's Casual I WALLABEE SHOES Values To s 135 00 now s 99 95 SUITS SUITS SUITS ~r; <-<'< X' ' mmm mmm sms* ^31 mfc. -, i < . K?;■" T;.f; TV?\ vs-, x r ^. <wwv v .- . -- | ü , r* *Sp* ■: V" - X X, -- , : ! - -'t i The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 25,1990 19 by Lisa C. Brown 77.The vision of grandma and grandpa sitting in rocking rocking chairs and drinking lemonade lemonade isn't very applicable at Wilmot Creek. It seems that the residents residents of Wilmot Creek don't have a lot of spare time on their hands. - ■>; With golf, swimming, line 'dancing, calligraphy, pottery, pottery, snuffleboard, billiards, ; the band, dances, and gar- ' dëning there isn't enough time in a day to join every- . thing. The 200 acre park is located located along Lake Ontario midway between Bowmanville Bowmanville and Newcastle Village. The first home was built in August of 1984 and since then 560 homes have been built and occupied. When phase five and six of the park is complete there will be 850 homes. The park was created by the Ridge Pine Park Corporation Corporation after the success of similar parks in Barrie and Grand Bend. Wilmot Creek is a unique real estate development in that residents buy their homes and lease the land the home is on. Residents pay a monthly land rental and maintenance maintenance fee for the duration of the 20-year lease. According to Barb Macdonald, Macdonald, the park isn't allowed allowed to give leases for longer longer than 20 years because "you can't issue leases for longer than 21 years less a day in the province of Onta : rio." This land rental fee is controlled by the Rent Review Review Board and any increases increases must be approved by them. According to Mrs. Macdonald Macdonald the last two years the park has been granted a 4.6% increase and this year they were given a -5.4% increase. increase. Included in this fee is the monthly maintenance cost which covers water, recreational recreational facilities, snow ploughing of the roads and driveways, garbage pick up twice a week and satellite dish. Mrs. Macdonald says that people choose to rent their land because, "they are actually actually buying a lifestyle and it they can invest that money and it will pay for their lifestyle lifestyle here." The lifestyle Mrs. Macdonald Macdonald is referring to centers centers around the activities organized organized by the various organizations within the park. The park features a nine hole golf course with a par three, a lawn bowling green, two tennis courts, indoor and outdoor shuftleboard, horseshoe pits, outdoor pool, and garden plots for those residents with a green thumb. Then there is the recrea- . tion complex where the ma- aSaatfflsiS *■ The complex includes a huge hall, library, convenience convenience store, hair salon, bank, laundry room, craft room, card . room, shufileboard, spa, billiard room, dart room and a woodworking room. Then there are all of the various clubs and organizations organizations such as the Blue Angels. Angels. The- Blue Angels are a group of line dancers who nave been performing to the delight of every audience. According to Doreen Carpenter Carpenter the group includes, "a grandmother and great grandmother. Two of them are over 70 and the youngest youngest is 50. One dancer has 11 children, so you can imagine how many grandchildren she has." The Blue Angels have bèen invited to perform at Roy Thomson Hall on August August 13 along with several other groups from the park. There is also The Wilmot Players, a drama club; The Wilmot Wonders, a band featuring mostly homemade instruments; a choir and a marching band. No these women aren't putting the finishing coat of dancers are over 70 and the youngest is 50 years old. - wax on the ballroom floor. In fact, they aré a group of The group is made up of residents of the Wilmot ' line dancers from Wilmot Creek. The Blue Angels, in- Creek community. They are practising for a perfor- - ■ ' • ~ man ce in Roy Thomson Hall c ) elude a grandmother and a great-grandmother. Two . on August 13. ;i Grandchildren love to visit grandma and grandpa (j urr j G anc i hj s two grandchildren, Sarah and Morgan, jS'S SVoSr'L 0 " CfS S md s*m=, Westwood.' Graduate ^■nl Hospital Week", Friday, August 10 - Satur- ^PMmderway on Friday, August 10th with a spe- y party at Parkwood beginning at 3:30 p.m. Free Mkand lots of entertalnmènt are just a few of the ^■feuat 13th, a variety of displays will be pre- lobby detailing a historical overview of ^■■ara of service do the community. Also, on thé Hospital will open Its doors for public ^^Htavailabje at Oshawa General. Tours will |pw< 1ÊÈËË ilWili ISli'S $i'V' ■ SSBS' . Erie Theodore Vandorluit Eric Theodore Vendor* luit, son of Jnn and Elizabeth Elizabeth Vandorluit of MilchoH'a Corners, recently graduated from Waterloo University with n Bachelor of Mntlio- mntlcs degree in Chartered Accountancy Option/ Information Systems. Eric is an Ontario Scholar graduate of Courtlco Secondary school, lie worked lor four years for tho R.C.M.P. Eric is presently presently employed at Buretoin & Go. in Toronto. The residents in the park also organize various classes, classes, that include oil painting, pottery, duck carving and calligraphy. George Breckenridge has been a resident at Wilmot Creek for the past three years. He has been running a calligraphy class for residents residents for the past two years. Each year he teaches a different different style of calligraphy and this year he is teaching Copper Plate style. Mrs. Macdonald says that the residents in the park are approximately 45 years old and up. She says that,"younger people would hate our dances dances and music, there are no facilities for children, the park really isn't geared for them." Organizations like the homeowners' association help to organize events such as the summer and winter Olympics at the park which feature walk-a-thons, golf contests, bingo and lawn bowling. They have also organized a monthly newsletter which highlights events in the park and tells of courses coming up. Stan Williams, who has lived at the park for five and a half years, says that "there are plenty of activities, from dances, golfing and gardens. You can please yourself and do whatever you like." According to Barb Macdonald, Macdonald, "the park keeps you involved with people your own age and active." Residents in Wilmot Creek often organize and run various courses for other residents. residents. George Breckenridge has been teaching various styles of calligraphy to residents residents for the past two years. 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