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Clarington Communities/? Season is bright at Bloom Field Farm Sports/14 Eagles welcome new captain ♦ Founded 1854 ♦ AUGUST 10, 2005 ♦ 54 Pages ♦ Optional 3 Week Delivery $5/$1 Newsstand Local strip joint landmark rides off into the sunset Massive Renovation underway for .«diningroom «and banquet hall 'BY JENNIFER STONE /Staff writer •' ' V -T; * {: COURTICE - The only stripping stripping going on at the former Tanglewood tavern these days is i being done by renovators. . ' i The former strip joint is undergoing undergoing a massive face lift and complete renovation, thanks to new owner Phil Anastasakis, who is turning the 25-year-old building into an upscale restaurant restaurant and banquet hall facility. , First to go was the landmark statue of a masked dominatrix 'riding a winged horse, which had Slong sat in front of the building, [hereafter to be known as The [Hilltop Restaurant and Banquet [Hall. The statue, which sat in 'front of the King Street and Pres- 'tonvale Road location, was given la mock police escort out of town /about a week ago. ■, % "I don't know where (the statue) statue) went, but it's gone, and that's îtjie main thing," said Mr. Anasta- . tsakis. .. Former owner John Pajak chose pot to renew licensing for Clar- ington's last existing adult entertainment entertainment parlour earlier this year, citing stringent municipal rules as the reason why it became almost impossible to hire strippers. Not only are the rules strict for strippers, strippers, but Municipal bylaw stipu- lates that strip joints can only locate at two specific addresses: the former : Tanglewood, and the now-defunct and also under renovation Castle Hotel in downtown downtown Bowmanville. The Castle is currently being redone into 12 . loft-style apartments along with a main floor business, possibly a restaurant, by new owner Tom White. Neither new owner plans Mike Pochwat/The Canadian Statesman The Tanglewood is closed and TheHillTopRe^ Bwv Iw^s Amoved Nnvpmher To mark the end of The Tanglewood, the iconic 'woman on a horse' statue Which stood along liwy. z, was removed 25Ï5JÏÏ (L-R) Owner of HtU To, Restaurant ft Banquet Halt, Phthp Anastasakts, Man- ager of Hill Top, Mary Kamarinos, Philip's son Andreas, and DRPS Police Chief Kevin McAlpine. to allow stripping on their premises, premises, effectively eliminating the live adult entertainment industry in Clarington. •Mr. Anastasakis plans to completely gut the building and to totally change the face of the building's exterior. He expects the massive alteration to cost between $600,000 and $750,000. "You have to do it properly," said the'former , owner of Barn- • aby's Restaurant in Courüce, which he recently sold. The Hilltop will actually be Mr. Anastasakis's fourth foray into the restaurant business. He has also run a car wash business in the area. > . Though the statue is gone, many of the fixtures and other items from the former business remain on hand. . , "I've had people phoning me, wanting this and that," said Mr. Anastasakis. He plans to' hold a garage sale at the site on Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 10, beginning at 7 . a,m. All proceeds will go to the Courtice Rotary Club, which will . put the money toward its current drive to donate $25,000 to the new Cancer Centre at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. / \ i Items" up for sale will range from the extravagant (think crystal crystal chandeliers, in need of a good cleaning, but otherwise beautiful) beautiful) to the unusual (like, a suit of armour and thrones.) Other Rotary Club members will also be donating'items to the sale. Mr. Anastasakis plans to have the first phase of renovations done by November, in order to open the main floor restaurant and second floor banquet hall. "It's going to take a lot to clean it up - a lot of work and a lot of money," he said. "When it's 2005: Durham s done, it won't look anything like it doés now." Also in the plans are a patio, an outdoor area for bridal party photos, and possibly a jazz or 1 blues bar in the basement. Those aspects are expected to come online over the next year or so. Neighbours of the former strip joint seem pleased by the change, said Mr. Anastasakis. "The neighbours have offered, help," he'Said; "The community has been very supportive about what we are doing." v For more information on the project, visit www.thehilltop.ca. year Environment ; ministry spokesman says it's a record year for smog ' _ BY MIKE RUTA Staff writer DURHAM John Garvin has just about had enough. The Whitby resident moved to New Mexico in 1996, returning last year. In the southwestern U.S., he notes, your gaze can travel for almost 100 kilometres. In Durham on many days this summer, you would be lucky to see a mile or two'. The culprit is smog, a noxious mix of air pollutants pollutants that can affect anyone's health, but especially groups like young children, the elderly, asthmatics asthmatics and people with heart problems. Mr. Garvin says he's ."extreme- ; ,ly serious" about moving back to the States, in part to escape it. "When you come back you're literally in shock," he says of returning to Ontario. "I notice now that I have a cough l didn't have before." Ontario's Environment Ministry Ministry on Mond.ay issued its I3th smog advisory of the year, with 44 days in 2005 that such an advisory has been in effect. To put that in perspective, near the end of August last year, the ministry ministry issued its fourth advisory. "This has been a record-setting year," says ministry spokesman John Steele. Durham Region as of Monday Monday counted 12 smog advisories covering 39 days, the highest ever. Bumped to the number two spot is 2001, when Mr. Steele says there were seven advisories covering 20 days in Durham. A weather pattern that has locked See SMOG, page 4 Father of accused teacher guilty of sex charges Jail term of 22 months sought by Crown BY JEFF MITCHELL Staff writer OSHAWA - The father of a Durham teacher accused of molesting children is himself awaiting sentence after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child. Raymond Pike, 57, of Courtice, is to be sentenced next month. During a hearing in Oshawa Friday, Crown prosecutor Lara Crawford called for a jail term of 18 to 22 months for the man, who sexually abused a young girl. Defence lawyer Paul Greenway recommended a term of house arrest. Mr. Pike is the father of Jeremy Pike, a Grade 5 teacher at Glen Street Public School in Oshawa. Jeremy Pike was arrested in July and is being held on charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation, exploitation, as well as making and possessing child pornography. Raymqnd^PikS'- was . convict ed in June after a trial heard by Ontario Court Justice Kofi Bames. During the trial, the victim testified testified that she was abused bn a , number of occasions beginning in June of 2002, when she was . ?., ■ yiikii/ The offences occurred when the child was entrusted to Mr. Pike's care, Ms. Crawford said. "He was looking after her and he breached that trust" the pros- ■ ecutor said. "He violated her." Ms. Crawford said a conditional conditional sentence does not adequately reflect the gravity of Mr. Pike's crime. A term of real jail time would more appropriately express society's society's condemnation and serve as a deterrent to others, she said. Mr. Greénway, however, said other offenders have been sentenced sentenced to house arrest for less grievous offences than Mr. Pike's. "It didn't proceed beyond what could fairly be described as touching," he said of Mr. Pike's case. > Justice Bames will hand down the sentence Sept. 13. Bowmanville goes mad this weekend Celia Klemenz/The Canadian Statesman ;i i.'/ .'«■ -'..i-i ' /' .■ •" k"-"' ; • John Garvin moved back to Ontario from New Mexico; USA after living there for eight years and after only one year is hioving back due to the shocking amount of smog in the air here. BOWMANVILLE - It will be madness in downtown Bowmanville Bowmanville Friday evening. Historic Downtown Bowmanville Bowmanville presents its annual Midnight Midnight Madness event Friday, Aug. 12, beginning at 6. p.m. Jugglers, musicians, a unicyclist and Vaudeville entertainers will add to the fun at the event, which runs till midnight. The Bowmanville Lions will be serving up hot dogs, sausages and hamburgers while, for the first time, a buskers' festival will be added to the event. The buskers buskers will rotate through various downtown locations to entertain. ■ Entertainers interested in participating participating can call Expresso Legato at 905-623-3436. 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