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Haydon Area Workshop Damaged by Fire Schools I The Northumberland and New- castle school board struck a budget of $31,618,976 on Thursday, an increase of 14.24 per cent over last year. At a special budget meeting, finance chairman Dr. Ian Wilson said a total of $10,215,564 would be collected from local taxpayers - an extra $2,151,746 over the figure collected in 1975. The average millrate in the school area will be 84.92, an increase of 11.9 nIls over last year. The figure is calculated on a local assessment of $120,296,966. Last year the assess- ment was $114,481,640. Cobourg's share of the school tax burden will be $1,381,979 which is an increase of more than $286,000 from last year's requisition. Port Hope will have to pay $971,526 (up $204,824), Hamilton township $988,524 (up $233,366), Haldimand $352,391 (up $76,280), Campbellford $310,158 (up $54,619), Newcastle $3,720,500 (up $770,840), Brighton village $239,933 (up $39,645), Col- $4Mililion borne $137,220 (up $30,026), Hastings $59,635 (up $11,735), Alnwick $154,616 (up $30,945), Brighton township $272,308 (up $57,659), Cramahe $307,163 (up $67,649), Hope $517,426 (up $116,997), Murray $450,591 (up $82,826), Percy $240,451 (up $47,215), Seymour $345,902 (up $78,270). CUTS All new education programs have been deferred and drastic cuts in spending are being made, Dr. Ian Wilson said. Staff salaries and fringe benefits, (Turn to Page Eleven) Volume 122 20c Per Copy BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1976 :24 Pages Number 12 Developers Offer Sewage Plant Speaking on behalf of a Bowmanville West development consortium at a recent meeting of the Region's Planning and Development Committee, lawyer Murray Chusid advised the group are offering to build a new sewage treatment plant for Bowmanville. Coun¢il Checks Wcverley Tunnel Problems Damage to a "workshop" shed at R.R. 5, Bowmanville is estimated at $1,200 to $1,500 following an early Tuesday afternoon fire in the structure owned by Edward Millson. A welding spark is reported to have ignited the rear of a welding bench and the east wall, spreading to the ceiling and an addition at the east end of the building. The "drive shed" type of structure was being used as a workshop and storage area with the 1:52 p.m. alarm causing $200 contents loss. -Photo by Doug Taylor OK Uniform Sewer Rate dEing a Le A decision that has hung in them to the works committee suspense for the past year, in March 1975. often being a rather heated Hope of establishing the two issue, came at Regional Coun- uniform rates for the entire cil last Wednesday with the region grew even dimmer last adoption of a uniform sewer October when Provincial rate. Treasurer Darcy McKeough The new rate falls in line paid a special visit to council with that made in December and advised that only $1.1 1975 for establishment of a million would be granted regional water rate. toward it, rather than the $8 Both the water rate and the million which the region had sewer rate have been subject requested. to considerable controversy Mr. McKeough advised at since the Gore and Storie that time that the grant, to report first recommended offset the heavy financial 0h% .gth-y I impact on some of the area's eight municipalities hinged on the adoption of both uniform rates. Arguing that the uniform sewer rate would be an undesirable burden on city users, Oshawa representa- tives on Regional Council have given strong opposition to the rate being instituted since it was first recommended. In December, the Oshawa caucus were successful in blocking an attempt to estab- (Turn to Page Two) Tom p orar y O ffie U O p stair S De e Present Town Hall s No Worth Refurbishang hy Doug Taylor Council s finance coMmittee decided Monday to advise the firm of Leighton and Kidd, consulting engineers, that they have determined the present town hall in Bowman- ville is not worthy of complete refurbishing./ The matter is one that was recently sparked by the insti- tution of "Heritage" grants which council thought it might put to use to reorganize the office allocations for staff at the town hall. Coun. Ken Lyall led off the discussion of a letter received from the firm's Executive Engineer, J.W. Holliday, by suggesting that it is time council proceeded to do some groundwork on whether they intend to keep the present structure and refurbish for use as a permanent town hall or to lay plans for a new town hall. Coun. Kirk Entwisle indi- cated that the only real ment is whether or not it will prove feasible to make use of the second floor of the town hall for office space by some remodelîng ai it. Coun. Lyall believed that to do such a task properly the whole building would have to (Turn to Page Two) Tre asurer Critic ai Of Way Tenders Let For Fire Hall Work While considering progress payments for work being done on the new Newcastle Village Fire Hall, council's finance committee on Monday re- ceived criticism from Trea- surer Joe Descent for the manner in which the arrange- ments were handled. Mr. Descent was critical of the tenders for the work at the hall being let by council without a sales tax exemption, considerable time being re-, quired to recover such funds. He said it should have been up to the contractors under their tendering to be required to get the necessary tax exemption permits. The committee was also advised by Mr. Descent that the bay area and 75 per cent of the remaining ground floor work has been completed. The committee approved the progress payments for E. Vierhout (carpentry) in the amount of $4,113.13 and Over- head Door Limited in the amount of $1,880. Retires from Librarv After 12 Years Service The Bowmanville Public Library will be losing a conscientious librarian, Mrs. Dorothy Pollock (centre) who is retiring from the library after 12 years of service. Both the public and the library staff are going to miss Mrs. Pollock's efficienct help around the library. Retired chairman of the board, George Vice presented Mrs. Pollock with a gift in appreciation of her work. Also ineluded in the picture above is Mrs. Russell Best, chairman of the Library Board. Reg"on iI Hire Engjineer Durham regional council will hire an engineer to consult with the finance department in the preparation of the 1976 capital budget and four year forecast. Mr. R.M. Loudon will be working with the department in determining the impact of the capital budget and fore- cast on typical ratepayers, including any change required to the uniform rate for water proposed for 1980. The engineer who also holds a masters of business admin- istration degree will receive $200 per day for his services, up to a total limit of $5000. ufe will assist in implement- ing the first phase of the uniform water rate this year. The plant which the com- panies, holders of some 700 acres of land west of Martin Road, would build is proposed to work in conjunction with the Soper Creek plant. Mr. Chusid states that the Soper Creek Plant outlet is too close to Bowmanville's water intake, and that expansion might therefore affect the quality of drinking water. He noted that prevailing currents in the lake brought the sewage and intake water closer together, and also suggested that the present (Turn to Page Two) 10- Yr- Old Boy Hurt In Fall Against One of two weekend acci- p.m. whena dents reported Monday morn- 10-year-old Jef. ing by Durham Regional Liberty Place I Police, Division 16, Bowman- and fell agains ville involved a car and of the vehicle. pedestrian on Elgin Street, The mishap Saturday afternoon. Memorial Hos] The vehicle, a 1973 Pontiac lance with a sli owned and driven by Cather- The youth at ing Sim of 140 Elgin Street, Massey Scho was southbound about 2:13 (Turn to i Car a pedestrian, frey Logan of 6 lost his balance t the right rear sent Logan to pital by ambu- ight concussion tends Vincent ol. Constable Page Two) Tire Tread Peels One of several weekend fender bender crashes invest- igated by the Newcastle OPP detachment, (most af them minor with no injuries), is a bit of a unique occurrence. Constable Bill Helmer in- vestigated the incident at 5:35 p.m. Saturday on Regional Road 9, just east of the Oshawa Ski Club. A 1974 Corvette, operated by Terry Windrem bf Omemee is reported ta have been east- NICE OUTING - From all reports in the press and the electronic media, the Canadian Labor Congress members who messed up Parliament Hill on Monday, didn't accomplish much other than having a good outing away from work for a day. As expected, Prime Minister Trudeau didn't back down a bit on his control effort. It would be interesting to learn just how much money that junket cost the men, the plants that had to shut down or curb production and the unions involved. And for what? VILLAGE HISTORY - A History of Newcastle United Church has just been published and is now available to anyone who wants some inter- esting reading. It covers the period from 1922- 1975 and was written by Marion Rickard Farr with considerable co-operation from others connected with the church. The 98-page history is entitled "From Saddle Bags to Seventy- Five" and marks the completion of a tremen- dous amount of work by those involved. BUSTED BANK DOOR - Passersby the Toronto- Dominion Bank branch here on the weekend must have wondered if someone was trying to rob the place because the front door glass on the right side was shattered. We haven't to date heard what caused the shattering but suspect it must have been the wind as no report has been received of any attempted illegal entry. SEXY POST OFFICE - Bowmanville post office interior has just received a glamorous paint job that is bringing many comments, favorable and otherwise, from customers. Incidentally, letter carriers who have been climbing snowbanks and risking their necks on ice all winter must be happy to see clean side- walks for a change. They've had probably the worst winter in many years, but, in spite of the problems, the mail has been delivered, and they deserve our appreciation. BUDGET TIME - We'll be hearing a great deal in the next little while about budgets and mill rates. Last week, the Board of Education finished lopping off all the items they felt they could and brought down their budget. The region and town are working on theirs, so it won't be lon gbefore the bad news comes. Just don't expect a reduction in taxes. It's tough trying to curb expenses that keep increasing all the time-and eventually end up in the taxpayer's laps. CRUSADE STILL ON - The It Is Written Crusade has been drawing fantastic crowds at BHSauditorium and will continue on Friday night. Drop over and participate. You'll find it interesting. bound down the steep hill, when on levelling out at the bottom, the tread on the left rear, a Firestone Steel Belted Radial 500. peeled off and commenced slapping against the inside of the fender. The whipping action of the tire tread shattered the fibre- glass fender to the tune of $1,000 damage. There was no injury in the incident. A March 12 collision be- tween a car and a train, not reported by the OPP last week, is now reported to have caused fairly serious injury to the car driver Gordon Ronald Kimmerly, age 34, of R.R. 2, Bowmanville. The mishap occurred at the Dom's Auto lot as the injured party was driving a Toyota from the south to the north lot of Dom's. Both the driver and a passenger, Gordon C. Kim- merly, age 55, of Oshawa are reported to have jumped from the vehicle, stopped on the tracks, just prior to it being struck by an eastbound CPR Diesel. It is thought they tried to push it off the tracks and sustained their injuries when the car struck them after being hit by the train., The mishap which occurred about 11 a.m. is reported by police to have sent the driver to Scarborough Hospital with fractures and head injuries while the passenger was only slightly injured. Another problem with the pedestrian tunnel, running under Regional Road 57 from the Waveriy Community area, was brought to the attention of Newcastle Councillors Mon- day by Mayor Rickard. An on the scene inspection of the situation revealed the complaints the Mayor had received were correct. The problem is due to the "catch basins" being located within the tunnel itself and the inspection determined that there should be some type of basin ta catch the water from the spring run off prior to it entering the tunnel. It was thought such a provision should be in the appraximate location at which Mayor Rickard is seen dis- cussing the problem with Coun. Bruce Tink and Coun Kirk Entwisle while an inter- ested youngster lends an ear to the discussion and Coun. Ivan Hobbs can be seen inside the tunnel giving it a thorough check --Photo by Doug Taylor are shtdents Reassure Parents- T'hat -Ther Dances Are e Two Clarke High School students, Gordon Cochrane and Ed Clarke, appear quite concerned following an inci- dent allegedly involving drugs at a recent Clarke High School dance. It was reported that a 15-year-old girl student at- tending the dance collapsed and had to be taken to hospital for treatment after someone apparently had slipped a drug into the glass of milk she was drinking. Fortunately, it is understood the girl has suffer- ed no after effects. , Cochrane and Clarke, on behalf of their fellow students, are anxious to reassure par- ents that every precaution is taken to prevent such inci- Controlie dents, including an off-duty policeman stationed near the main door, plus several teach- ers and parent chaperones. Information from those sources and from Provincial police who are investigating indicate that at that particular dance none of the supervisors reported any outward evi- dence of drugs or alcohol. Regulations at these dances are rigid and strictly enforced, according to the two students. No person leaving a dance may be re-admitted. Wash- rooms are checked periodical- ly by students and teachers. Only those persons who are Clarke students or on a Guest List (which is screened for Vd Eve nts, undesireables by the Principal and Vice Principal) are ad- mitted. Students must sign a Late List if they wish to be admitted to a dance after a designated time. Teacher chaperones and a Provincial Police Constable are stationed at the front door and inside to discourage those who might cause trouble. They invite parents to attend the dances and see for themselves how well they are _conducted and controlled. Accurate information on the actual incident reported has been difficult to obtain be- cause of the holidays. BHS Band Takes Off for Disneyworld, Florida Early Thursday evening, 92 members of BHS band, chaperones and teachers boarded two Travelways coaches at the school for a 10-day trip to Disneyworld, Florida. The band has several scheduled performances and enough free time to see all the attractions. Word has been received that they arrived safely in weather that is around the 80 degree mark. They leave for home on Thursday evening and expect to arrive late Saturday afternoon. ".e.,