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msax Delivered . Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of ^bz Canadian statesman i Ontario Bowmanville Saturday, Nove^^^* 17th Year, Issue 46 . . . . ■ ; ' ■ :T;£>xv: : : I ■ V";' 'i m Final Results from Clarington Ballot by Laura J. Richards The official numbers are in, and they show no change in the standings standings from Monday's municipal election. election. Mayoralty candidate Ann Cowman Cowman lost nine votes and Reg Wil- latts lost 10 votes. The votes garnered garnered by Mayor Diane Hamre stayed at 6,928. And, although most election victories victories were decisive, there will be a recount to decide who will be the third Clarington trustee serving on the separate school board. The separate school trustees are selected from a town-wide vote by separate school supporters. • For Donna Lucas-Astley and Cecil Cecil Mackesey, the waiting game isn't over yet. Fewer than 10 votes separate them. According to a formula which takes into account the number of polls throughout the municipality and the number of votes cast, the separate school hopefuls are entitled to a recount. Mackesey received 727 votes and Lucas-Astley got 723. Barrie noted while the last date the recount can take place is on Wednesday, Dec. 7, she wants to do it soon. For Complete Election Standings, See Page Three Lucas-Astley has been in contact with the Clerk's office, Barrie said. Now', what the clerk needs is a letter from the candidate officially asking that the recount proceed. The recount will take place in the Turn to page two soon with an anticipated $10,700 donation from Q-107 and the Kaitlin, Group. Money was recently raised from a new home give-away event on Nov. 6 in Aspen Springs, Bowmanville. Bowmanville. "That donation will be presented to the hospital on Friday night, Dec. 2, at the "Share the Light" Tree- Lighting Ceremony in Bowmanville," Bowmanville," Lister said. The tree lighting ceremony is an annual celebration provided by the Bowmanville Business Improvement Improvement Area merchants in the downtown. downtown. This year, when the switch is flipped, the entire municipal building building and the Christmas tree will be glowing with light. Other donations have been trick- "The money will be applied to ling in through the pink bucket do- specific equipment. nation collectors that were placed in "Currently on our board (situated local businesses over the summer, outside of the hospital at the comer While unsure of the exact num- of Prince and Liberty Streets) we ber of dollars that have come in have $100,000 showing," Lister told through this source, Lister did note,: The Clarington Independent. "when the change comes in, it keeps But that will get a shot in the arm a volunteer busy rolling the coins." Memorial Hospital's "Together We're Better" fund-raising efforts have garnered the organizers $120,000 so far. Cindy Lister, Public Relations Officer with the Memorial Hospital Foundation, said: "We're close to the half-way mark." The campaign has been going since April 1, 1994, and will continue continue until the end of the hospital's fiscal fiscal year on March 31,1995. Equipment Fund- Raising Drive Nears Half-Way Mark //& n g & „ F/ease/ These entertainers were giving shoppers at the Bowmanville Mall the "silent treatment" on Sunday, Sunday, November 13th. Ardyth Johnson and Mikel Renout were demonstrating the art of mime to an appreciative audience at the mall. Their visit was sponsored by Carson Elliott as part of his campaign campaign to become Bowmanville's regional councillor. The Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada's nuclear regulator, has published the first issues issues of a new information bulletin to advise the public of the radiation exposure from the Pickering and Darlington nuclear generating stations. stations. Called the Radiation Monitor, the bulletin will be produced every three months for each of the two stations stations and published in local media in the Durham Region. The first bulletin bulletin was released on Nov. 17. Each edition of the Radiation Monitor contains a graphic presentation presentation of the radiation doses to-the public due to the emissions from the station, as compared to the doses from oilier sources. For the three-month period from July 1 to Sept. 30, 1994, the radia tion doses due to the operation of the Pickering and Darlington nucle- ai stations were 4.5 microsieverts and 1.0 microsieverts, respectively. The values are also given for the preceding three month and for the total since the beginning of the year. For comparision, the doses received from other sources are also indicated indicated in the bulletins. These include the average annual dose of 3000 microsieverts microsieverts from the natural background background radiation in Canada, and the dose of 70 microsieverts received during a typical chest x-ray. For fur- Turn to page three $2.25 Million for United Way The United Way Campaign of Clarington, Oshawa and Whitby has raised $2.25 million so far. The goal this year is $3.2 million. On Thursday, Nov. 17, Campaign Campaign Chair Bob Howard told The Clarington Independent: "This is 71 per cent of oui goal." 1-Ie also noted, "there is about $500,000 in on going campaigns." With $400,000 to go in this year's campaign, Howard said canvassers canvassers would do some "remedial canvassing" in areas where some people might have been overlooked. Turn to page three