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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 8, 1990 Canadian gtattsmatt ) Durham Region's Great Family Journal Established 136 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating w + K I A The Bowmanville News ■ W V, |M SX The Newcastle Independent V T The Orono News Second Class mail registration number 1561 Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited 62 King Street West, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3K9 416-623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 cn John M. James Richard A. James Editor - Publisher Associate Publisher Peter Parrott Brian Purdy Donald Bishop Associate Editor Advertising Mgr. Plant Mgr. All layouts and composition of advertisements produced by the employees of James Publishing Company Limited are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the publisher. Subscription Rates Six Months -- $11.00 One Year --$20.00 Foreign -- $60.00 per year Although ovary procaution will bo taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising In its columns on the understanding that it will not be liable (or any error In the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof ol such advertisement is roquosted in writing by the advertiser and returned to The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or corrections plainly noted In writing thereon, and in that case if any error so noted is not corrected by The Canadian Statesman hs liability shall not exceed such a portion of the entire cost of such advertisement as the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisement. Rock 'n Roll is Costly Is Newcastle Council too old to' rock? Or did our local politicians really have the best interest of the municipality municipality in mind last week when they decided decided to turn the music off? A Canadian music festival planned for Mosport last weekend did in fact take place but it happened instead in another municipality rather than here. Newcastle Town Council won a court injunction against Truly Amazing Amazing Productions to stop Summer .Sounds '90 from occurring at Mosport Park on the Civic Holiday weekend be : cause of a number of valid concerns. Truly Amazing Productions intended intended to construct a small city at the speedway which would accommodate 25,000 people for three days. They hired a security team to keep order. Organizers had a fire safety plan in place as well as a 24 hour ambulance staff and first aid station. In addition, the weekend was going to be environmentally sound as an on site recycling centre was planned. And the 14 band line-up scheduled for the weekend featured a number of well known Canadian bands such as Kim Mitchell, Blue Rodeo and Doug and the Slugs. But Truly Amazing . Productions didn't plan on locking horns with the Town of Newcastle. The town wanted assurances from this production company that they would be protected if damages occurred occurred to neighbouring properties. Council was also concerned about adequate fire fighting procedures at the site. In addition to the Town's concerns, Durham Regional Police sought funds to cover the expense of policing the event for the weekend. The production company first said they were prepared to meet the town's demands and that the money requested requested was waiting to be handed over to the municipality. By the time the matter went to court, organizers stated the town's request request was unreasonable and they were looking forward to having a judge hear the case. Neither the Town nor the police received received the assurances they wanted from the company. Truly Amazing Productions was taken to court and lost. The question now being asked is, are our councillors too old to know what fun is anymore? Do they really think that rock and roll is demon music and that all who listen to it are trouble making hooligans? hooligans? Newcastle Council seems to have a long memory. Two other music events that took place at this location resulted in problems problems for this municipality. Mayor Marie Hubbard said recently that the Strawberry Fields concert at Mosport years ago saw farmers fields being destroyed, cattle being hurt and numerous orner properties in the area being damaged. The municipality didn't approach organizers then about damages prior to the event. Guess- who ended up picking up the tab? You did. Town Council wanted to prevent that from happening again. As for Durham Regional Police, they too had the taxpayers in mind. Truly Amazing Productions, who are not taxpayers in this municipality, were planning to construct a small city for a large number of people. In a perfect perfect world, police enforcement wouldn't be needed at an event such as this. But, we don't live in a perfect world and when 25,000 people are in close quarters for three days in the midst of the summer heat, some type _ of problem is bound to happen. If organizers didn't cover the cost of policing the event, residents of Durham Durham Region would have had to pay for it. This wouldn't be fair to people living living in Port Perry, Beaverton or Whitby Whitby who live no where near the park. The Town of Newcastle may have turned the music off last weekend but at least they saved our bank account from being opened. Acclamation is Boring David Peterson fired the gun last week to signal the start of five weeks of hand snaking, baby kissing and smiling for newspaper cameras. The premier has been criticized for calling an election after only three years in power but what better time could there be to call it? More people may be casting their vote than ever before. before. Across the nation, just as a federal member of parliament, Christine Stewart, suggested last week, Canadians Canadians are angry, frustrated and disenchanted disenchanted with politicians. Increasing taxes, plant closures and a constitutional crisis have led many Canadians to look at politicians with not just distrustful eyes but with disappointed disappointed eyes as well. It doesn't matter what political party party or even what level of government a politician represents, Canadians are fed up with them all. If this is the case, and we believe it is, one would expect masses of people wanting to got involved with the political political process. One would expect people, who always talk about what they would do if they were part of the government, government, would want to take a stand now and run as a candidate. One would expect Canadians to step up and try to make a change. If people were really that frustrated with politicians this would he the scenario scenario taking place. But this can't be the case. Because if we really wore fed up and wanted to make a change why did Durham East only have two people come forward wanting to provide a voice for this area at Queen's Park? Former MPP Sam Curcntz's announcement announcement that he was withdrawing his candidacy and leaving the political arena should have left members of other political parties rubbing their hands together with gleeful anticipation anticipation of trying to capture the riding from the Progressive Conservative party. Potential candidates should nave been coming forward in a steady stream instead ol ns a single drop. As the situation stands now the New Democratic Party has yet to nominate nominate n candidate, the Liberals lmd one person declare their nomination as ,did the Progressive Conservatives. While wo congratulate both the Liberal Liberal and PC candidates, Mnrylin Pearce and Kirk Kemp, for v-'ining their candidacy and wish them luck on September 6, we are disappointed there wasn't a race for the position. For those of us reporting on the event, nomination meetings can be very exciting when a number of people are vying for the candidacy. But more important than that, having having more than one person seeking to represent this area means that there are more citizens than just a select few who care about Durham East and the province and want to make a difference difference in the future of Ontarioi More than one person seeking to represent this area means that democracy democracy would be at work and we would have a better chance at getting the right person for the job. The two candidates for this riding to date may in fact be the cream of the crop of their respective parties. They may be the ones to carry their party through a successful campaign. They may be the ones who have the interests interests of Durham East at heart and will bo the best people to ensure those interests interests arc not ignored at Queen's Park. But, it's hard to know if that is the case or not because of their acclamations. acclamations. Each of the two candidates running running to date, we believe, would also bo happier if they had won their candidacy candidacy because the rest of the members of the party believed they were best for the job rather than choose them because because there was no one else. Voter apathy in Canada is nothing unusual but not having a pocketful of nominees to choose n candidate from is something strange. If we really are that disappointed with our elected officials it's time for us to do more than cross an "X" on a ballot. The new environmental catch-word for NIMBI (Now I Must Become Involved) Involved) should have been on the minds of everyone when wo opened our tax- hills this year. And it should be on our minds every time a government decision decision is made. Wo tip our lints to those who have picked up the gauntlet mid are ready to voice their concerns for Durham East, And wo fervently wish that when the federal election rolls around, involvement involvement in llm process will have increased. increased. Good Race Still Possible "Winter Warmth" by Linda Wahrer Winner of Award of Merit in the Visual Arts Centre's Seventh Annual Juried Photography Contest and Show Organizers Still Pushing For Participation House Dear John: We sincerely appreciate your Editorial in The Canadian Canadian Statesman of August 1. Perhaps some persons in our area do not know of the Participation House Project (Durham Region). It is a Charitable Organization, authorized authorized by Letters Patent in 1974, to provide programs and services for the severely physically disabled. We purchased our property property from the Ontario Government Government in 1976, suggested by Hon. Jas. Snow, Minister of Government Services at the time, as affordable, and with the possibility of sharing some facilities of the Boys' Training School. The property was .rezoned .rezoned by the "Council" of the day as "Institutional," and the plans were passed by G LOCA. Funding was arranged with CMHC. But, due to no on-going support from the Government, CMHC withdrew, withdrew, and we lost the money from CMHC. Throughout all this time we were raising funds in Durham Region, through Lotteries, Telethons, Telethons, individual efforts, donations donations from Clubs and Organizations. Organizations. Tremendous support was received from local and other communities of the Durham Region. Hon. Keith Norton, MPP, Minister of Community and Social Services, addressed the Bowmanville Rotary Club, and suggested that we submit a...proposal■ for the "Tripplc 1 *" Çjùilding of the Boys' Training School. An Architect was hired at a considerable considerable expense to us, to plan renovations to the building to suit the disabled. The Provincial Government Government turned this down - their plans had changed. Our money and efforts went down the drain again. We continued to raise funds with, permission from the Federal Government, and have maintained our program, and still strive for Writer Upset by Town's Position On Rock Concert As this is being written, the sun is shining brightly outside, while Ye Olde Editor is enjoying the holiday at his desk, trying to solve the world's problems ana there are many of them. Actually, he's working because his typing on computers is so slow that he ' didn't get enough done last week before quitting time and had to spend extra time on the weekend, getting ready for this week's papers. He now knows he should have taken typing in school instead of agriculture. The biggest surprise of the morning came through the letter slot in the main office door. It was a nicely typed announcement that the New Democrats appear to have found themselves a candidate for the provincial election, after a considerable amount of searching. He is Cord Mills of Orono who has been working with colleague Roy Forrester of the Orono Times as a reporter, advertising sales person and all round helper. Should his candidacy be approved at 2- party nomination meeting, he will be the third candidate in the field seeking the Durham East seat in the Legislature, Kirk Kemp for the PCs ana Marilyn Pearce for the Liberals being the other two. The political ; experts are also expecting two or three additional candidates will be running. There's a new COR party, plus the Libertarians and maybe the western ■ oriented Reform party or someone else could enter the race. But, it doesn't really matter because we now have a potentially exciting race in prospect for Sept. 6th. So, with any kind of energetic work by the participants and their supporters, there could be a worthwhile and;! representative number of votes cast* ;. this time round, instead of minimal;/ ballotting. Let us hope so. •• Awesome Responsibility Dear Editor: To the old fogies, sticklers sticklers and those of you in the Town of Newcastle with these supposed amazing memories, I would like to extend extend the greatest of thanks. Thanks for being tough, for standing up and putting your foot down to end that Summer Sounds '90 foolishness! foolishness! As you enn tell, the tone of this thank you is in no wat sincere. As much ns you can remember of the havoc of days gone by, I sense that you have forgotten about adventure, adventure, excitement and the zest for life! But hey, I suppose suppose that maintaining n {lawless lnwn and getting the required ten hours of sleep to lend your boring lives is much more important, important, isn't it? But seriously, would one weekend dedicated dedicated to Canadian tnlent, mingling mingling and yes, of course, partying, partying, permanently scar your quiet nnd sheltered lives? I highly doubt it. Sure, things wore not guaranteed guaranteed to run extremely smoothly, but nil nil out blowout ending in chnos was not a fair assumption either. In anticipation of the concert, concert, nnd nt the same time well nwnro of the groy cloud hovering over its existence, I kept tubs on the articles in the paper nnd I took into consideration the concerns tlml you held. In return, 1 now ask that you consider the opinions of "the other side." 1) Could the .Summer Sounds '90 concert not have turned out. to bo a substantial substantial benefit to our community; community; putting our quiet, virtually virtually unknown towns onto the map? 2) Could some of our local businesses not have enjoyed nn economic boost for one weekend, and maybe for many more as people began to realize what we have to offer? 3) Could we not have offered offered some support to our country's tnlent? 4) And last but not least, could we not have given it a chance? Summer Sounds '90 was not the Strawberry Fields Festival and therefore therefore should never have boon looked up ns such. The idea, being a new nnd unique one, deserved n clean slate, nn open mind, nnd nn objective look! Perhaps, next time, you get these feisty feelings, your efforts could be put towards towards more pressing matters, matters, such ns out deteriorating deteriorating environment, the proposed proposed GST tax or proposed toxic wnstc dump sites if you really want to "snve" your community! All in all, it is n shnme to sec such efforts nnd hard work put into such a trivial cause. Once again, Thunks n Lot! P.S. If there is anything tht you haven't said, I will be unavailable for a while. Due to the cancellation of the concert, I have been forced to support another community in the never- ending search for enjoyment, enjoyment, excitement nnd adventure! adventure! Yours Truly, "The Other Side-" Heather Hoy Glad We Were Able to Help Durham Senior Games Board of Directors would like to express our thanks to the media. You're exposure of the events helped to make them a success. Again thunk you. Durham Senior Games Verna M Charlton Secretary, our dream for our Property. Then, the Ontario Government Government said we should work for "Normalization," and funding was received for the Participation House Apartment Project. We now provide programs programs and services for 18 severely severely physically disabled persons in Apartments in Oshawa. They attend our E rograms in Activities of iaily Living and also visit many outside activities. But, We have a waiting! list of many person's who need a Participation House, and we feel we must do service service for them. Therefore, we are still continuing to pursue pursue all channels for the use of our Participation House Property, on which we have paid taxes for more than a decade. We are also still hoping for support for our efforts from tne Council of the Town of Newcastle and the Community at Large to finally finally achieve our goal for the severely physically disabled. disabled. We express to you, John, nnd what you have been able to accomplish with your Staff, our gratitude for supporting supporting our efforts. Yours truly, Mrs. Beatrice Campbell, Secretary, Bd of Directors Participation House Project Project (Durham Region) Editor's note: Now there's a gal who doesn't give up easily. More power to her. A new name - Saddam Hussein - hit the headlines over the Civic Holiday weekend and those of us who weren't basking on the shores of some beautiful lake or driving on overcrowded highways, were glued to our television sets, wondering if World War III was about to begin. Apparently, Mr. Hussein, who happens to be the head man in Iraq, decided to give his military forces a workout by invading neighboring Kuwait, ousting its rulers ana setting up his own puppet government to run the place. No problem because Kuwait's army is tiny compared to Iraq's. So, that part of the operation was over in short order. Having achieved its first objective, the Iraqi forces assembled along the next border which is Saudi Arabia. And the betting seems to be that it's only a matter of time until Mr. Hussein's troops decide to add that prize to their trophy case. While all this has been going on, the heads of countries whose economies depend to a large extent on oil from the Persian Gulf pipelines, have been spending their weekend pondering their options. So far, all that has been done is a resolution from the United Nations outlining sanctions to be applied against Iraq if that country's forces don't withdraw immediately from Kuwait. President George Bush of the USA has been meeting with other heads of state to come up with a solution to the problem other than using military "force. The US navy already has a ; number of ships in the Persian Gulf and more are on the way, just in case. > And other countries are sending ships y to the same area, but Hussein doesn't : appear to be paying any attention. } Of course, the entire operation is tied in with the prevalence of oil and its price which has already leaped ' skyward and is threatening to bring : 1 about a recession in countries such as - ours, the USA, Japan and Britain. Prime Minister Mulroney is, of* course, protecting Canada's interests > by joining with President Bush on the ! weekend to mull over the options. At * the moment, the situation is stable, ►' but we would think it is not likely to ! remain that way too long. Hussein t may want a bit of time to consolidate S his control of Kuwait and may delay j any further excursions until he learns * if anyone is ready to take on the job off stopping him. You have to 'have ai considerable amount of sympathy for; President Bush and the other leaders who _ have to make the ultimate » decision on whether or not to involve ; the armed forces of their countries. ' Such an action would certainly mean! casualties and the possibility of a; major conflict. But, there comes a time' when you either give in to terrorism or I meet it head on. Those decisions won't j come easily for our leaders, who* realize the risks connected with them, ; economically and politically. May they" make them with clear heads and much! wisdom. ! Letter Writer Disappointed With Cancellation of Concert )■ « Dear Mr. James: I have been a resident of Bowmanville for most of my 32 years. Lately, I have been wondering where that good old town went. The fuss over Summer Sounds '90 is the main reason. (There are many more). I have wonderful memories memories from attending several such events held in the past at Mosport Park. I also remember remember when Bowmanville Week used to be cause for celebration. Now the powers that be frown on such things as beer tents, nightly outdoor outdoor entertainment, talent nights, etc. These events were staged a reasonable distance outside town so as not to disturb too many people. people. (We thought). Granted, some past events got out of control. I remember watching people, heading for Strawberry Fields, bathing nude in my Aunt's pond in Haydon. We laughed at their boldness, we didn't condemn them for it. I wish some people would wake up and realize that these are the nineties. In this day and age more people people realize it doesn't take large quantities of alcohol and drugs to enjoy good musical musical events. Are we always going to have to bear the brunt of past crimes? 'I was really looking forward forward to spending some time at Summer Sounds '90. It would have been great to attend attend a production like this close to home again, but it looks like a trip outside this "Town of Newcastle" is required required once more. From the articles I read and the news reports I heard, I wonder if council wasn't trying to drive this event elsewhere all along, instead of negotiating negotiating a solution to its concerns. concerns. I have stayed in Bowmanville Bowmanville because I thought it was a good place to raise my children. After all, small towns are known for their safety, fresh air, good neighbours, neighbours, etc. Now, I'm worned about all these small town attitudes and how they will influence young children's future opinions. I wonder if counciil is aware that it takes more than drawing businesses from Hong Kong to make this a "modern and up to date community." I'm a little tired of going to Oshawa for a decent department store, too. By the way, I hear Orono is hosting a street dance on August 18th. Are we ready for it? Sincerely, Sherry Carlton I always thought Lake Ontario was something that belonged to everyone. everyone. Last Wednesday was a beautiful sunny day and I was fortunate enough to have the afternoon off work and able to enjoy it. My little sister and I decided that we would take a blanket and some food and go down to the lake tp enjoy the sun, Yes, Lake Ontario. Yes, in Bowmanville. I have lived in Bowman Bowman ville all of my life but I haven't been down to the bench since I was a little girl. I was surprised at what I found. The first thing I found was n larger than life pot hole that effortlessly swallowed my car. After climbing out of the massive crater our next surprise was a sign which read: PRIVATE PROPERTY NO TRESPASSING TIIE PORT DARLINGTON DARLINGTON HARBOUR CO. EST. 1837 Since when had the beach become private property, wo wondered. But wlmt wo found to he oven more surprising than this revelation were the number of people at the lake who obviously didn't pay much heed to the signs. There were almost 10 cars parked at the beach this particular afternoon. Some people were eating lunch, others were reading reading tne newspaper while a few more were just sitting sitting in the shade. My sister and I decided then that if the police came to collect trespassers trespassers we wouldn't fit in the paddy-wagon hence our quest to find a fiat rock on which to cat our lunch. The afternoon at the beach was a great deal of fun. A breeze from the lake kept us cool nnd our entertainment came from watching over twenty boats coino and go along the channel. We oven went wading into the lake and wore surpisod to not find ono dead fish (either someone is cleaning it up or there are no more fish to die) and clear water. On my list of favourite places to have lunch the beach on Lake Ontario rates as highly as sitting under a tree at the Bow- mnnvillo Museum. What are needed here however, are a couple of picnic tables or park benches, and most defi- nantly garbage bins. The sign may say private private property but I think if the people who use the rocks to fish from or sit along the beach for lunch keep the area clean what harm is being done? The land may be privately privately owned but is the view, the breeze and the sunshine also owned by a private company? Later, during that same day, I had an opportunity opportunity to go down to the beach in the Village of Newcastle. I am not sure if it is a E rivntc or public bench ut there are picnic tables, tables, a garbage pail and n nice clean bench. It was around 7 p.m. before my two sisters, my mother and I arrived nt the bench nnd once again I was amazed nt the people people there merely gazing at the water, cooling themselves off, or walking walking their dogs. We had come to Newcastle Newcastle to do some windsurfing windsurfing but the result resembled resembled n four stoogios routine for a very amused crowd instead. You see even though the wind wasn't very strong the waves could knock a person over and believe me they did just that more than once. We never did get the sail up but the man who almost fell out of his cm; laughing will tell you we tried very hard. My point is that twice in one day I had a lot of. fun, spent time with myy family (which happen® less and less) and ifcj didn't cost me a small for£« tunc. tj Lake Ontario may no£* bo the cleanest lake irf-1 the province but it is stilK| very beautiful. Ü* If the town was willing! to spare a couple of picniov tables and garbage pailSi nnd if The Port Darling»! ton Harbour Company/; approved of letting thg! public make use of the lo-j cation, wouldn't the Bow-- mnnvillo bench ho the! perfect spot to spend a" clay? < As for enforcing those! no trespassing signs, I' wish the harbour compn-> ny the best of luck, Poo*! nlo of Bowmanville have*' boon enjoying Lake Ontn*! rio for too many years. Ii; it fair to ask thorn tj; slop?