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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Jul 1994, p. 1

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w "S C * , ■ ■ (^y vâ? 905-623-3303 32 Pages Wednesday, July 6,1994 Bowmanville, Ontario 140th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 27 S'# W Courtice Fundraisers Receive Loan for Community Complex by Laura J. Richards Invitations are going out to look for an architect and a consultant for the Courtice Community Complex. Also, the $50,000 requested by the Courtice Community Complex Fundraising Committee will be granted to assist with their efforts. The members of the General Purpose Purpose and Administration Committee decided on Monday, July 4 to set the wheels in motion for the complex complex to move ahead. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre said the $50,000 interest-free loan will help the committee get to its goal of raising $800,000 by October 1995. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre noted with the granting of the $50,000 interest-free loan the municipality municipality "is breaking new ground." Other fundraising committees for a number of other facilities across the municipality have had support in other ways, but never an interest- free loan. However, the loan will pay for an office to be set up to help give the Courtice community a "focal point," said Community Services Director Joe Caruana. When committee members brought up other community efforts as examples of committees not needing start-up money, it was pointed out that those committees had other types of support Mayor Hamre mentioned Skate 88 had the use of the offices at Bowmanville Bowmanville Memorial Arena. ' She also pointed to the fact "that depending on their needs, the municipality municipality has assisted each and everyone everyone of the fundraisers." Once built, it is estimated the Courtice Community Complex will cost each household $45 per year to operate. That covers the core facility with $17.86 and the library for $27.13. This would, go on municipal portion portion of the tax bills, Councillor Ann Dreslinski said. Once completed the complex will house a 12,000 square foot public library. library. ■ In a report from Caruana's department department to the General Purpose and Continued on Page 2 PAST RECALLED - When you've been around this community community as long as we have, the past tends to catch up on you now and then. Just this week, we learned that former resident Pearl Greenbaum (nee Breslin) had died in Toronto at age 63. Another ex-Bowmanvilleite, Oscar Jamieson is seriously ill in a Peterborough hospital and well known former Member of Parliament Parliament for Northumberland, Dr. Fred Robertson of Cobourg is in a nursing home. Time marches on, bringing many changes. WE WONDER WHY - As you enter the downtown core of Bowmanville on King Street (Hwy. 2) from the east, you may have noticed some interesting wooden cribbing around a building building on the southwest comer of Division Street. We are not quite sure who built it or wnat it's doing there, but it certainly makes quite an unusual conversation piece for downtown shoppers. shoppers. It almost looks as though it was installed to protect pedestrian pedestrian traffic from falling bricks. Would someone please tell us what it's all about and how long it's going to be there. At the moment it doesn't seem to be doing too much other than providing providing a landing strip for sea gulls. DEADLINE EXTENDED - The Durham Region Acute Care Study Committee which is planning the organization of hospital services for Durham Region, has extended the deadline for submitting submitting written comments to August 1, 1994. Anyone wishing to comment on the Discussion Paper entitled "Designing a Hospital Hospital System for the Future," should forward their submissions to: Durham Region Acute Care Study Steering Committee, c/o Durham Region Health Council, 1614 Dundas Street East, Suite 214, Whitby, Ontario, LIN 8Y8. Your ideas might help. WHAT SERVICE - Maybe the Acute Care Committee could learn something about service from a local car dealer who dropped off a letter at our office this morning. They were thanking us profusely for a recent visit and appreciated our business. We're a valued customer. Also, because of the age of our vehicle, were booking us for our next service call. In contrast, contrast, we just heard about a patient needing tonsils out, but the specialist won't be able to handle it for several months, unless there's a cancellation. It had something to do with summer cuts in operating room time, government imposed restraints, etc. DOING BETTER - A news release from the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services brings some good news this week about a three month decline in the number of people relying relying on social assistance to survive. Since March almost 12,000 fewer households and 20,000 fewer individuals were receiving social help for a saving of about $20 million from provincial coffers. Let's hope tire trend continues. BIG DEMAND - We have just received word about a St. John Ambulance and Canada Employment Centre for Students babysitting course in Oshawa, Monday, July 11 and in Bowmanville Bowmanville on Wednesday, July 13, from 8:30 to 4:30. Wc understand understand there arc many opportunities for work in this field for well-trained students. TALL SHIP OR TALL TALE? - Wc note with interest tire arrival of tire tall ship H.M.S. Rose in Toronto last week. The replica of the H.M.S. Rose is billed as being the world's largest operational wooden sailing ship. According to information received received from Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fitzgerald of Hampton, the H.M.S. Rose has historical connections to Bowmanville. Specifically, Specifically, the navy frigate carried The Statesman's second publisher, publisher, M.A. James, here from Brad worthy, England in the early 1840s. The information also lists the James family tree as far back as the early 1700s. There's some pretty interesting information information with many family connections around the area. Wonder what M.A. James would think of the place now? The Stork Market Report PEARSON - It's a CiirlI V See Page 14 ALLIN-It's ii Girl I COLE-It's twin Boys I 81'RACKLÏN-lt's uGirll WHITLEY-It's a Girl! Total This Year Boys 60 Girls 49 ; v •••' \!:v v . pV I* itCuiitl tt I; 5*i. »? t1;ji!| ils# h • § ®l litter 1:' If! :k U êmm V filllM pGi'- m Clowning Around at Museum's Canada Day Celebrations Amanda Carter gets some advice on making balloon toys from this trio of Oshawa Shrine Club clowns. They were in attendance for the Bowmanville Museum's Canada Day celebrations celebrations on the museum lawn. With Amanda, from left, are: Corky, Whiskers, and Ollie. Amanda first made friends with Ollie when he performed at the Museum's Canada Day celebrations celebrations four or five years ago. Now, it's become somewhat of a tradition for Amanda to say hello to Ollie when he returns returns for the museum's Canada Day event. -- Photo by Peter Parrott Eeasssa J u by Laura J. Richards Clarington councillors are being urged to purchase a tract of land along the Bowmanville Creek where a developer wants to place 123 residential residential housing units. These would include single family family residential homes, triplexes, quadruplexes, and on-street town- houses. The property in question is owned by a numbered Ontario company company and is represented by Weston and Associates of Concord, Ontario. Located south of the Goodyear plant and Durham Street extension, the property runs along both sides of the creek to Baseline Road. "Now is the chance to create," proponent Marc Battle told the members of the General Purpose and Administration committee. Battle would like to see a munici- Bowmanville Man Killed in Accident A 31-year old Bowmanville man was killed on Canada Day, Friday, July 1 near Belleville. Brian Haring was the driver of one of two cars that collided head-on when one vehicle tried to pass a truck on Hwy 7 in Madoc. Another Bowmanville resident, 27- year old Alan Brooks was taken to hospital in Kingston. Charges have been laid against the other driver. pal park created instead of another subdivision. Showing a simplified map of the creek valley now owned by developer;; developer;; .with a different view of how tn.'its cyuid dc, Battle noted, "This arc?.* would make a great summer day camp. The foundation of the old lie use including picnickers and walkers. He sees an outdoor education education centre for children to learn about nature. He also included people who fish. He said à member of die Canadian Canadian Association of Anglers and Hunters had noted the Bowmanville canning factory could be used for Creek is "world reknowned" as a building of shelters. place to fish. Battle envisions an area for pub- The park would not be there just. n for people, Battle says the residents want to protect one of the final locations locations wdd animals have to live in the downtown area. When asked to look at the nitty- gritty issue of fundraising in order to purchase "this little jewel" as he so aptly put it, Battle was not deterred. deterred. He suggested a committee be set Continued on Page 8 by Laura J. Richards A video depicting the measurements measurements of boulevards, sidewalks, house to street, and pavement to pavement, was shown to a Clarington Clarington Council committee on Monday morning. The video produced by Brent La- victoire of Brown Street pointed out the differences of measurements on Queen and Prince streets to those on Church Street. Lavictoire was joined by Penny- Ann Davidson who owns a house on Church Street. They told the members of the General Purpose and Administration Police Issue Warning About Counterfeit $5 and $10 Bills Two Clarington businesses found a total of $580 in counterfeit money in their coffers over the Canada Day weekend. A Bowmanville business owner found 45 -- $10 bills and 22 -- $5 bills in a change machine, while a Hwy Two Courtice strawberry grower received received two $10 counterfeit bills. 16th Division Inspector James Adams Adams told The Statesman on Tuesday, he wants to alert local business owners owners to the illegal money. "I want local merchants to know about this," Inspector Adams said. "That's a lot of money for a business business to be out of." The bills are "photocopies of real bills." Their flaw is that "if you really CARPET -gr WAREHOUSE^ look at them you can tell the difference" difference" especially when compared to legal tender. Inspector Adams noted the bills have been subject to a process which makes the counterfeits look old He suspects the counterfeiters are using $5 and $10 bills since $20 bills and up have the little gold stamps on die left-hand side of them. The inspector also noted that with the lower bills the small water marks that appear on the counterfeit bills cannot be scraped off, as they can be with legal bills. Inspector Adams also told The Statesman a small red car may be connected connected to the case. Committee they are not satisfied with the compromise the Public Works Director and area residents have worked on. At Monday's committee meeting, Davidson told members the "historic "historic charm of the neighborhood" could be lost if the project proceeds as planned. The project to widen Church Street to bring it up to modem standards standards has been approved for funding under the federal/provincial guidelines guidelines for the infrastructure program. The announcement that funds are available to Clarington was made on Monday, June 27,1994. In a report from the Public Works Department it is stated the pavement width will be "31.2 feet from edge to edge." The report states, "On the north side of Church Street there will be a 2.2 feet boulevard between the north edge of the curb and the south edge of the new sidewalk. The new sidewalk sidewalk will be four feet wide and the north edge of the new sidewalk will be three feet, more or less, north of the north edge of the existing sidewalk. sidewalk. The distance from the north edge of die new sidewalk and the north limit of the road allowance will be 9.65 feet." The south side of Church Street between Division and George Street will not have a boulevard. The sidewalk sidewalk will be five feet wide and will be one foot further south than the existing sidewalk south edge. Between George and Liberty Streets, on the south side, there will be no boulevard. The sidewalks will be five feet wide and the south edge of the sidewalk will be at the same location.of the south edge of the existing existing sidewalk. Also in the report by the Director of Public Works Walter Evans, it is noted that Church Street residents who allow it, will have their homes inspected prior to construction "to provide a baseline for future claims from the residents in the event of damage to their homes during construction." construction." Continued on Page 3 "Buddy" at Animal Shelter O.M.B. Chair Wants New Theory Examined ... Page 8 Aluminum Pop Tabs Can Carry Weight ... Page 1, Sec. 2 EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES KinJ si. w. 728-4601 Oshawa Shop the Rest Buy from the Best! IT'T'VJjhJM mSEnMSWmtmstff Your local General Motors dealer for the past 25 years, 166 King St. E. Telephone 623-3396 jPRBTONj We Move hi 623-4433 Bowmsiwllls

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