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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, April 29, 1998 Pace 4 I Bowmanville Hosting ; Maple Festival May 2 On Saturday, May 2, "1998, between 9 a.tn. and >4 p.m„ Downtown (-Bowmanville, will host its (-annual Maple Festival and ((Antique Show. This event takes plaec in the centre of the Historic Downtown on Temperance Street North and South, and admission is free. This great family outing, outing, which is held each spring, includes the opportunity opportunity to sample such unique Canadian fare as freshly made flap-jacks served with REAL maple kyrup and coffee in a "lumber-jack" kitchen (lent). Enjoy a funnel cake dusted with powdered sugar or local maple syrup. Also included is a live demonstration of maple syrup-making by Jim ■Moore, a local maple syrup producer, in cooperation cooperation with the Tyrone .Mill, including the oppor- ,(unity to purchase maple sugar products, as well as maple flavoured donuts, cooked hot, on the spot. The Bowmanville ■ Museum will be on hand with a display oflocal artifacts. artifacts. This year's Maple Festival includes free "maple pops" suckers Durham Briefs Walk Raises ' $103,000 for MS Research In Oshawa and Whitby, '1,200 walkers participated 'In the April 19th Super Cities Walk for Multiple (Sclerosis and raised •$103,000 to help find a cure. The event was held in 30 cities across Ontario .and brought in $1.8 mil- j lion for research. ! Five-Year-Old Killed ! by Picnic Table j A Whitby boy died i Monday in a Toronto hos- : pilai after sustaining head ! injuries in an accident at a i Whitby park. ; ' Five-year-old Brandon j Pope had wandered from ; his backyard into the near- iby Kinsmen Park on ! Walnut Street on the ! evening of April 25th. j According to Durham ; Regional Police, witnesses ; saw the boy climb onto an ' upturned picnic table that Iliad been used as a backstop backstop for basketball. As the ! child climbed onto the table, it tipped, throwing • him to the ground. The ! picnic table then fell on vtop of the child. He was attended by several passers-by until police, fire had ambulance arrived. The child was rushed to Oshawa General with severe head injuries, but died later at Sick Children's Hospital in . Toronto. | Oshawa Gets ; Go-Ahead for : Cancer Centre l The Health Services Restructuring Commission's final directions directions this week gave the go- ahead for the Durham (Region's cancer centre at (Oshawa General Hospital. ; "We arc excited that this ■vital facility will be able to !scrve cancer patients and (their families with a full (range of services by 2001," (said Patricia Adolphus, 'interim president and CEO. ("$42.1 million has been (allocated and the (Commission has recognized recognized the urgency of our situation situation by setting the operation operation date as 2001. Patients will not have to travel to Toronto for their radiation treatment in the future - this is a huge improvement for (the 500,000 million residents residents of Durham Region and beyond who will receive their treatment closer closer to home." (| Monday's announcement announcement of a $62.5 million capital contribution means construction will start immediately on the new ,Emergency wing with critical critical care beds and operating •rooms, notes hospital board chair Jean Achmatowicz. ! The new directions will (give Oshawa 637 beds by (2003 -- up from 487 (today, which will make "Oshawa General one of the (largest community hospitals hospitals in Ontario. available at participating downtown stores May 2. There's also live Dixieland music and ragtime piano by John Yates. The Ontario Beekeepers' Association will have a display and vintage cars of the 20's and 30's will be rolling into town for this occasion. occasion. Antique vendors will be displaying and selling antiques and local church groups will be selling homemade baked goods. Other features include the opportunity to visit in a downtown whiuh has restored heritage buildings dating back to pre- Confedcralion days, in which there arc currently, many interesting and unique stores and businesses. businesses. The event is co-ventured co-ventured in co-operation with The Canadian Statesman Community Newspaper. For more information, please contact Garth Gilpin, General Manager Bowmanvillc B.I.A. at 1- 905-623-2997. Animorphs TV Series Shot at Bowmanville Zoo From page 1 rehabilitation clinic." Animorphs is the story of five youths who discover discover they can combat an invasion invasion of planet earth using an alien power that allows them to transform into any animal they touch, explains executive producer Deborah Forte. The series should appeal to audiences aged 7 to 14 The human stars arc five teens who hail from Vancouver, Toronto, Newfoundland and California. They'll share the spotlight with à whole host of international animal actors who live on the 42- acrc zoo set. The crew used its day at the zoo to collect footage of lions, tigers, elephants, pythons and exotic birds to be used in the production of 20 episodes. Forte says her crew was fortunate to have the expertise expertise of zoo owner Michael Hackcnbcrgcr, whose reputation reputation for working with animals is very well-established well-established in the Toronto film :: . LIGHTS, CAMERA - The Bowmanville Zoo is the backdrop for a new television series based on the best-selling Animorph children's books. A television crew was at the zoo last week and found its natural setting and in-house cast of critters ideal for their script. There's no word yet on which network will broadcast the 20 episodes, but they could be on the air as early as November. community, she says. Hackenbcrgcr's best- known project to date has been the film Ghosts in the Darkness for which he supplied, supplied, and coached, lions Bongo and Caesar. Animorphs director Timothy Bond secs eyc-lo- cye with Hackcnbcrgcr about respect for animals we use in movies He has worked with four-legged and feathered talent in previous productions, productions, for instance Running Wild, as well as on stage. He has learned through tragic experience the value of good animal handling. I-Ic recalls a stage production production of Dracula that used a mouse as a live prop. The rodent apparently apparently took fright at the sound of the audience filling the theatre on opening night and had a heart attack. In true show business style, the show went on anyway with the back-up mouse getting his big break. For Animorphs, Bond is acutely conscious of the comfort of the animals on the set. On Wednesday he made sure handlers instructed the cast on how to interact with the animals without spooking them. He also double-checked with the bird handler and zoo workers to make sure a photographer's flash wouldn't startle a hawk. Besides the Bowmanvillc Zoo, filming for the Animorph scries will take place at locations around the GTA and at Scholastics' Fleet Street, Toronto, studio. The series will have lots of special effects, Forte promises. Production teams will use models, computer-generated graphics graphics and animalronix (mechanized (mechanized models). Filming is expected to wrap up by November. There's no word yet on which local networks will air the scries, although audiences can likely catch it this fall on two Canadian networks. In the United States it will air on Nickelodeon. Forte is betting Animorphs will be as wildly wildly popular as Scholastic Productions' Gooscbumps scries. That was a instant success ever since it went on the air three years ago, she says. Mi FREE Maple Flavoured Pops available at participating merchants Saturday only. Festival and Antique Show Saturday, May 2, 1998 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Historic Downtown Bowmanville Flapjacks • Funnel Cakes • Entertainment • Fudge ► Maple Syrup Demonstrations • Beekeeper's Demonstration -• Bowmanville Museum • Tyrone Mill • Church Bake Sale • Candy Floss Jx£r.CCl IjU « - ■HiayMpMHp SH PHARMACY I sssRssSSîîs rri.i.i.tTTT- icri.iyr.i.i i.i ^^JBUSINESS CENTREJI HE o n o MT1QM BOWMANVILLE (■SHOE REPAIR- This event is a co-venture with The Canadian Statesman.