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t \ V © in l'-. ctiGUs i=SV> by Andrea Adair Memorial Hospital Bowmanville faces a temporary 23-bed shortage for 10 months because of renovations in its 1960 wing. Joan Dunnigan, director of promotions promotions and development at the hospital, said in order for the final stage of construction construction to take place in the wing, it had to be completely evacuated including including the patient floors and other departments departments in the building. They will be re-located to the recently-completed hospital addition. Earlier this year, asbestos was SECURITY SYSTEMS Wireless Installations FREE Demonstrations NORTH STAR SECURITY 723-5988 986-4348 DOLL CLUB • If you are interested interested in dolls, you'll want to know that the Eastern Ontario Doll Club is bolding its 11th annual annual show and sale this Sunday, Oct. 14. It takes placo at tho Lions Lions Contre, 1G7 Elgin St., Co- bourg from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, and is something to soo. f MW found in some areas of the 1950's and 1960's buildings. Ms Dunnigan noted that for the asbestos asbestos to be removed, the wing had to be vacated. Removal of asbestos should be completed by -mid- November. Shorter Stays The effect of the "down-sizing" of inpatient inpatient beds will result in shorter hospital hospital stays and early discharges for many patients at the hospital as well as waiting lists for elective surgery. To combat some of the anticipated problems, Memorial will use. Home PECULIAR - To date, no one from the Town Council or the Industrial Industrial Committee has phoned to apologize, so they must have meant to keep us away from that recent secret commercial- industrial dinner that was held here when 65 "Business Leaders" Leaders" were wined and dined by the town. That's most unusual for a local newspaper not to be invited invited or informed about such a meeting. Also, so far, we haven't heard of any King Street merchant merchant who attended. Wonder where those 65 guests came from and how many were developers? CORD'S SICK - Gord and Alice Beech were looking forward to a big celebration on Friday, October October 12 to mark their 50th wedding wedding anniversary, but it has had to be called off. Instead, Gord is shaking hands with the nurses at Memorial Hospital instead of at the reception. Best wishes for an early recovery, Gord. He and Ye Editor were hospital room-mates for a while some years ago and got along fairly well. MORE APPLES - When it j comes to growing apples in this « area, the Carrutners family are among those who've been doing it for many years. This week, we have a story on The Apple Bin operated by Bob Carruthers and his wife. Also, we tender our thanks to them for the carton of apples one of our reporters brought back to provide staff members with a real treat. COLOR TOUR - Once again Bowmanville Kinsmen are holding holding a Seniors Color Tour to show off the magnificent fall appearance appearance of area trees. The bus leaves Nightingale Centennial Temple on Queen Street at 1 p.m. this coming Sunday, October 14th. If you would like or need a ride to the temple, please call McGregor IDA 623-5792 or President Wayne Hodge at 623-5258 and leave name and address. With luck the rain we've been having won't knock all the leaves off the trees before the week-end. DRIVERS NEEDED - Volunteer Volunteer drivers are urgently needed by the local unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. If you can be of help, please pnone Pat Schell at 623-5573. 135th ANNIVERSARY - No doubt that well-kept Eldad United United Church, with the attractive steeple will be packed to overflowing overflowing this Sunday, Oct. 14 when Solina folks celebrate the church's 135th anniversary. We hear that an excellent speaker, former Moderator Rev. Clarke MacDonald will be present and hope we have spelled his name correctly. Service is at 11 a.m and a potluck luncheon will follow. follow. CHARTER NIGHT - Friday, October October 19th will be a big night for all members of the recently formed Newcastle Village Optimist Optimist Club. It's their Charter Night, starting at 6 p.m. and tickets tickets may be obtained from Terry Dcgucrro at 987-5268 or Garth White at 987-0533. We extend congratulations and best wishes for the future. It hasn't boon easy getting this club started and on | its way to great achievements. Care services such as staff of the Victorian Victorian Order of Nurses and/or homemaking homemaking services. "Memorial Hospital will always as- sess patients' needs on an individual basis and only choose early discharge to those people most capable of full recovery recovery in the home environment, as well as to assure that the necessary home care services are in place at the time of discharge," a press release regarding regarding the bed decrease states. The first floor of the East Wing is occupied by medical and medical rehabilitation rehabilitation patients while obstetrics, surgery, some medical and special cafe units are now located on the second floor of the new wing. Relocated Day clinics such as chiropody; ear nose and throat, E.C.G and diabetes, among others, will be relocating to the East Wing sometime during next week. These services will be located along the corridor behind the switchboard. The Emergency department at Memorial Memorial will also face temporary changes changes during the renovations. Starting the week of October 15, the Emergency entrance will be relocated to the immediate right of the usual entrance. entrance. A new temporary waiting room will also be set up. Ms Dunnigan said that because the emergency area will be a little smaller during this time, more crowded conditions conditions are expected in the immediate future. Hospital officials are asking for the public to be patient during this time. Crowded Conditions Hospital President Richard Elston Turn to Page 2 Whafs Inside... Leaf Collection ^ Starts October 9 Boosters Announce „ ■ q Winner of Raffle ^ Durham Region Plans ^ No Smoking Blitz oJ Goodyear Eagles ^ Win Home Opener tS m 683-3303 Fax 416-683-616i Wednesday, October 10,1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 48 Pages 156th Year Issue 41 50$ Per Copy IPRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville FtKbi Orchard Visitor Enjoys a Taste of Autumn :. ■ v .. ; ' . if ,< It....... >, ' ' \. v.:-*- /. y V. §§||g , ,' 1 .... .... ». , /J it--imrnn - 8 ■i . 1 !.... ?! ' . -Wn Legal Advice Sought After Durham EmdmgÂnimmes Layoffs r '■ \ v - a I YSC. . ' t V A §pj|§ % >'■ "'/'ll Y>. -,i m Two-year-old Carly Hall starts the slide into fall with a large juicy apple from Ted Watson Farms that she picked with the help of her mom. Apple sea- s6n is well under way at Watson's and, as Carly will tell you, picking your own is a lot of fun. This Saturday, October 13, in downtown Bowmanville, you can enjoy apple fritters, apple pies, apple cider, and a large display of crafts by local artisans. It's all part of the Downtown Business Improvement Area s Apple Festival and Craft Sale. For more details, see the special Apple Festival Festival section in this week's Statesman. by Andrea Adair The Region of Durham is seeking legal legal advice to determine if the action taken recently by Durham Recycling Centre Inc. to cease operations at the facility hy December 1 was legal. At a Durham Regional Council meeting last Wednesday, councillors learned of the decision of the Recycling Board to wind up operations and, in the process, lay off 100 workers as of November 30. The Recycling Centre employees pick up recyclable materials materials through Durham Region's Blue Box program. Councillors were surprised at the decision, since at a meeting earlier this month with representatives from the Recycling Board, a decision had been reached to extend the contract with the centre to July 31, 1991. Regional Councillor and Waste Management Chairman, John Aker, said the joint board, which includes members from the Durham Region and from Durham Recycling Centre Inc., had even gone so far as to set meeting dates. Five members from the waste management management committee and five members for Durham Recycling sit on the board. "My assumption was that each . would take the decision back to their respective bodies," he said adding that the' matter 1 hasn't been brought to Regional Regional Council yeu '• Oshawa Regional Councillor Brian Nicholson said this is the worst time for a board that is "not elected" to make a decision to lay workers off one month before Christmas. And he questioned questioned whether it was legal for the board to make a decision to terminate employment when two of the board's voting members were not allowed to attend the meeting. Brock Mayor Don Hadden and Councillor Aker both sit on the Recycling Recycling Board. Mayor Hadden said he wasn't aware of the board meeting, while Councillor Aker said: "I was advised advised of the meeting but it was suggested suggested I shouldn't come." Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley said the decision could be "null and void" if improper notification of a board meeting meeting was covered under their charter. "We need to seek legal advice," he said. Some councillors however, felt that the Recycling Board could have taken this action after seekinglegal advice. A statement from Durham Recycling Recycling Centre's chairman of the board of directors says that the board has been trying to negotiate continued employment employment for staff at the centre since "Notice "Notice of Termination was issued by the Region of Durham on April 19, 1989." "Written assurances have not been forthcoming to date despite continued efforts by the Board of Directors," the statement said. "As the regional contract will be terminated terminated as of October 31, 1990," the statement further explained, "The Board has a legal responsibility to notify notify all staff that their employment will also terminate." -John Cherry, national representative representative of CUPE, attended the council meeting last week to find out, he said, what was happening in something that he considered to Be "political football." football." By political football he explained that there was confusion over whether the Durham Region or individual municipalities municipalities have jurisdiction over collection collection of recyclable material. He noted that landfill is a regional issue and he believes recycling should be too. "The bottom line is what happens to 100 employees who lose their job in what appears to be a recession," he said. "Why won't the Region say yes, we will continue your employment?" Mr. Cherry asked. Mr." Cherry said the reason Durham Recycling notified their employees of termination was because Durham Recycling Recycling decided not to accept the extension. extension. . Mr. Cherry said he didn't know what the next move for CUPE would be. Durham's waste management committee committee was to deal with the matter at their meeting yesterday. Ontario Hydro received an operating operating licence for the second reactor at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station Station last week. The utility received the licence at a meeting of the Atomic Energy Control Board in Saskatoon on October 3. Sue Stickley, community relations officer at Darlington, said start-up of the reactor should take place in mid- October. "The licence this time is for a full operating licence so we won't have to go back to the board at each step," she said. Ms Stickley explained there are a number of approvals that must occur before the unit will reach full power. AECB staff on site at the station will grant each approval when the requirements requirements are met. When the reactor starts, it will op erate at less than one per cent bower to enable testing to begin. Initial manual fuelling of the reactor reactor was completed by Ontario Hydro workers in August. Ms Stickley said they are hoping to be at full power by the end of December although that isn't guaranteed because testing will have to be done. The first reactor at Darlington has been producing electricity at full power power since early summer. The community relations officer added that Darlington's first operating reactor has not been declared commercially commercially in service yet, although that should occur soon. The third and fourth units of the four-unit, $12.8 billion station are expected expected to be completed in late 1991 and 1992. Searchers Look for Clues Elizabeth Bain, a 23-year-old ^Scarborough ^Scarborough woman, has been missing The search for clues in the disappearance disappearance of Julie Ann Stanton and Elizabeth Bain will. continue in the Ganaraska Forest again this weekend. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, searchers made their first trek into the woods looking for anything that could help police. Searchers found a catalytic converter, converter, similar to one used on a 1979 Monte Carlo, in the forest Saturday. Julie Ann Stanton was last seen getting into a 1979 Monte Carlo near her Pickering home on Easter Monday this year. A man who had been questioned in connection with the disappearance owned a 1979 Monte Carlo that had lost its catalytic converter. since June. Volunteers are needed to join in the search again this weekend, Searchers will be meeting on October October 13 and 14 at the Ganaraska Forest Centre (take Regional Road 9 and follow follow the signs to the centre) at 9:30, a.m. both days. Organizers say volunteers will be divided into groups and assigned a section to search through. As many people as possible are needed. Volunteers arc advised to S lease dress warmly and to dress for iking. For further information on how you can join the search, please call Kevin Castanheiro in Whitby at 668-4459. United Way at $375,000 Two weeks into its annual fundraising fundraising campaign, the United Way has reached 12.6 per cent of its $3 million g °To dale, $375,000 has been raised in the six week long campaign. Rob Owens, public relations person with tho non-profit agency, said at this point, "wo'ro on target." In comparison with last years totals, totals, the campaign is half a per cent ahead. In week two last year, 12 per cent of tho total goal had boon raised. By next week, Mr. Owens said, tho organization will have a bettor idea of how well tho campaign is going. Goodyear, Newcastle Hydro and Ontario Hydro have all started company company campaigns which have yet to bo completed. Of the total raised to date. General Motors has contributed $166,000; banks and their employees $18,200; businesses $20,000; professionals $20,000 and $66,000 has come from other sources. , Future fundraising events during tho campaign include a car rally on October 21 at Durham College at 2 p.m. Tickets to participate can be purchased purchased at tho United Way office nt 62 Simcoo Street South in Oslmwa. On October 31, "Breakfast with the Oshawa Generals" is being hold. ; * 'V Av* r ■ * , \. V| -w 4 : , . V ■ '■ •• !.. A »>„, * • . , ■ «£•%:,£? i- ( 'M 1WWI.-7' --- -- Future Firefighters Climb Aboard a Piece of Firefighting History A number o 1^. Town of N e wen s tie re sldon tsvi site d tho doubtodly used years before they wore oven born. Fire Bowmanville bno ^^obor 6 to watch the nuto p rov0 ntion Week Continues to October 13. For Further extrication demonstration mid to soo up close what a lu o dotmls hoo our Pire Prevention SunnlonionL inside Sec - truck looks like. Those two youngsters wore inspecting F® 8 » 800 0111 11,0 * rt vuluon ouppiomonc msmo Û0C one of tho antique firefighting trucks which was un-