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i 905-623-3303 36 Pages Wednesday, August 24,1994 Bowmanville, Ontario 140th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 34 Angus the Elephant Leads Clarington to the Exhibition Home to be Given Away at C.N.E. Early next Wednesday morning, given away in the Bowmanville an elephant from the Bowmanville community of Aspen Springs. Zoo will begin his trek down Yonge Angus will walk from Yonge St. to officially launch the August Street to Front Street, west to Ba- 31 Clarington Day events at the thurst Street, South to Lakeshore CNE. Road. The elephant will proceed on Angus will start the walk at radio Lakeshore to the Princess Gates for station Q107. the opening ceremony of Clarington He and his entourage are expect- Day at the CNE. ed to arrive for a formal welcome by What is the "Clarington Day at CNE officials at 10 a.m. the Ex!" event all about? When Angus heads to Toronto, Bill Stockwell, Chief Adminis- he will be carrying a ceremonial key trativc Officer of Clarington, and from Bowmanville to Q107. The the architect of the plan, said: "It's key will open the door to a Kaitlin the cornerstone of an identification Group Dream Home which is to be Continued on Page 5 *1.1 Million for Roads Clarington will be getting $1.1 million towards the reconstruction of two roads -- one in Courtice and the other in Orono. The funds are part of an allocation allocation of $30 million announced last week for the Durham Region. The money is being provided through the federal/provincial infrastructure program. Regional Councillor Ann Dres- linski told The Statesman on Tuesday, Tuesday, Aug. 23, that Station Street, in Orono, and Lawson Road, in Cour tice, will benefit from this round of federal/provincial infrastructure spending. "Station Street will be reconstructed," reconstructed," said the regional councillor councillor from Ward 3. It is expected that $880,000 will be spent in Orono to revamp Station Street, making it a two-lane thoroughfare. thoroughfare. Included in this particular project will be a sub street which will take motorists into Orono Park, she said. Continued on Page 3 MAJOR SUCCESS - We are delighted to report that the seniors seniors invitation to CNE Clarington Day was a major success. Skylight Donuts and the Municipality of Clarington's sponsorship sponsorship of 150 seniors to attend the Canadian National Exhibition on August 31st has been a big hit with Clarington seniors. The free tickets for a bus trip and entry to the CNE on 'Clarington Day At The Ex' have all been claimed. The day promises to be fun for all, especially if the great dry weather continues. BUSY WEEK-END - Area citizens have a terrific choice of j events to attend this week-end as a warm up for the 'Clarington Day at the Ex' show. The annual Blackstock Fall Fair, will be going strong all day Saturday, right next door to the Great Gan- araska Countryside Adventure. If those two affairs, don't satisfy your yearning for something different, you should rest up and drop in at Tyrone United Church on Sunday afternoon during f their annual Pig Roast. Next door to that event, Branch 178 Royal Canadian Legion members and families will be picnicking picnicking in Tyrone Park with lunch at 2 o'clock. 1 BLOOD DONOR CLINIC - Please take a few minutes today I s to attend a special Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic at the Lions Centre on Beech Avenue in Bowmanville. It starts at 2 p.m. and continues until 8 o'clock in the evening. You'll be welcome anytime because the blood banks need restoring, so the special fluid is available when needed to save a life. GRAND OPENING - A note has just arrived about the Grand Opening, Open House and Tour of the Bowmanville Valley Co-op on Jackman Road, Bowmanville, this Saturday, Aug. 27th. It all begins at 1 p.m. and continues until 3:30. And refreshments refreshments will be available. That's all the information we have at the moment, so it looks as though someone will have to pay a I visit to find out more details. I JUST ABOUT OVER - This week's Statesman gives a clear picture of summer on the wane. If you check the display and classified sections there arc a number of advertisements about registering for various fall and winter classes and programs, including those operated by the YWCA. The major baseball teams may still be on strike and the National Hockey League may be heading that way too, but locally the younger players arc getting ready to hit the ice for another season and the alley bowlers arc warming up. So, let's face it, summer's just about over. We hope you've all had a good one. POLITICKING BROTHERS - Well-known Lawrence Malcolm's Malcolm's lengthy political career in Cartwright (now Scugog) must have made an impression on his two sons, because they both have announced their intention to run in the upcoming municipal municipal election. David will be going after the Scugog mayor's' job and Glenn will try for the regional council scat. It should be interesting. Probably their father will be their campaign adviser. adviser. SPECIAL SECTION-This week's special supplement features features stories and advertisements about tlic various parts of the Municipality of Clarington. We urge newcomers and old timers lo set aside some time to bring themselves up-to-date on just what and who we arc in this comparatively brand new community community - at least in name. As many of us prepare to become a participating participating part of "Clarington's Day At The Ex" next Wednesday, Wednesday, we'll have a bcllcr idea of what it's all about if we pcmsc Vthis section and absorb the information it contains. Early Morning Fire Causes $ 8,000 Damage at All in Cable Reels Firefighters needed three hours to battle this blaze that start- called to the scene just before 3 a.m. and managed to confine ed in a huge pile of wooden cable reels early Tuesday morning the flames to the yard. Hot metal from cutting torches used carat carat the Allin Cable Reel factory on Baseline Road in Bowman- lier in the day to tear the reels apart may have been the cause, ville. Crews from Newcastle and Bowmanville stations were Damage is estimated at $8,000. Photo by Rick James v \ . y Durham East MPP ( i Cord Mills has decided to run in tire next provincial provincial election. "I can look at myself today and i know that I have worked hard to serve everyone," Mills said in a media media release sent out on Saturday, Aug. 20,1994. "Many good things have happened happened in the riding. All took a great deal of effort on my part," Mills suites. Mills rode the NDP wave to victory victory on Thursday, Sept. 6,1990. While he has not been a cabinet ini,lister, Mills has served on a num- fter of committees. , I He\takes the job of serving the voters seriously. j "Anyone elected to serve at the Ontario Legislature needs to be a peculiar, thick-skinned workaholic who has a populist's rapport with people but an intellectual's understanding understanding of problems and issues, if she or he is to juggle the responsibilities responsibilities the position entails. I have lived a life-time of ups and downs which have prepared me well to understand understand the problems faced by my peers." The Durham East MFP says he's not in politics for money or for an ego trip. "I'm not in politics for the money and that's for real. I don't have an ego that needs nourishing by feeling "important" or something like that. "I am one of those people who always has to have something to do. It may seem corny, but at the end of the day, week or month, I feel good about helping people." He says that is what politics is all about for him. Politics is: "To serve you -- and that means all of you -- to the best of my ability." Mills states in his news release that he is the type oi person anyone can get along with. "I am told by prominent members members of all three political parties at Queen's Park that if people can't get along with me, they can't get along with anyone." This will be the Durham East MPP's second foray into provincial politics. A provincial election is expected to be called for the spring of 1994. Cyclist Rides for a Miracle To Help Transplant Victims . by Lorraine Manfredo Suzanne MacLean has already already cycled 5,000 kilometers across Canada hoping for a miracle. miracle. The "miracle" she needs is a kidney. The 27-ycar-old Montreal Montreal native is determined to raise one million dollars for transplant research and to gel Canadians talking about organ donations along her coasl-to-coast trek. MacLean set off from Vancouver Vancouver on May 28 and expects to reach Newfoundland on October 8th. That is, unless the call for a transplant comes before then. Last Friday, her "Cycling for a Miracle" lour brought her through Bowmanville where site was pleased lo accept several donations donations to her cause. "Organ donation is such an important cause because there arc more than 2,000 Canadians waiting waiting for transplants and people arc dying because of this," site told supporters gathered at Memorial Hospital. "It's really frustrating because, because, if every Canadian signed their donor card and told their family their wishes, then nobody would have to die and this long waiting list would not exist." To look at Suzanne, one would never suspect the gravity of her illness; but without daily dialysis she would die. It was only when she realized there were so many other kidney patients, many of them children much worse titan herself, that she was inspired to do something to raise awareness about organ donation. donation. "A transplant can give them a whole new life. It can give them years ahead of them. It's really the gift of life." Suzanne was presented with donations from the Municipality of Clarington from Acting Mayor Ann Drcslinski who offered her personal best wishes. Carson Elliott, Regional Councillor for Ward Two, pre- Contlnued on Page 3 ■ ■ «y v' V*V* ' Before kidney disease robbed her of most of her energy, Suzanne MacLean was able to complete a 20,(XX) kilometre world cycling tour. Now the 27-year-old is cycling for a miracle for not only herself, herself, but also more than 2,000 oilier Canadians who need organ transplants. transplants. MacLean was in Bowmanville on Friday encouraging people to discuss the issue with their family. The Stork Market Report CASCAONBTTIi- It's a Girl! KUII'liRS-MKRRriT - It's a Bnyl See Page 14 Total This Year Boys 76 Girls 66 J Shop the Best Buy from the Best! Bim tir "o [pRESTON] We Move ti! Your /won/ General Motors dealer far the liant 2G years, 623-4433 Bowmanville 166 King St. E. AmwwJ Tulophono G23-330G Tsir EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES act w 728-4601 King Si. W, Oshawa