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St. Marys Cement Donates $10,000 to SPLASH Planning The Town of Newcastle hired a director to head its planning department at a council session last week. The director is Leohard Milne, a 56-year-old Toronto man who was selected from seven applicants interviewed for the job. "Mr. Milne has indicated that he will accept the position and would be ready to commence his duties February 20, 1978, said Town Manager Albert Guiler in a report to council. Director In a by-law approved by New- castle council Wednesday, February 1, the planning director's responsi- bilities were listed. Among other things, he will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the planning depart- ment. The hiring of the director will bring the strength of the planning department to three persons. The director will also oversee district plans, secondary plans and hamlet district plans. He will oversee long tern development and Hired . growth strategy as well as policies on housing in the municipality. The planning director appointed by the Town of Newcastle, 'is a former chief planner for Kilborn Engineering Ltd. The company is a Toronto-based firm of consulting engineers. Prior to his employment with Kilborn Engineering, he was a director of corporate planning assistance for the General Council of the United Church of Canada. He also served as a director of corporate planning and research for the General Council of the General (Turn to Page Two) Bowmanville's SPLASH committee moved $10,000 closer to the construction of an indoor swimming pool with this donation from St. Marys Cement Company. Last Thursday afternoon, St. Marys Cement turned over a $5,000 cheque to the SPLASH conimittee as the first installment n its donation of $10,000. The funds will be paid over the next two years. Accepting the contribution are (left to right): SPLASH committee member Joan Higginson, Fund Raising Chairman, Bob Stevens, and Treasurer, Garth Gilpin. Plant Manager Gene Wrinkle presents the cheque on behalf of St. Marys and with him is Bill Hay, administrative co-ordinator of the plant. SPLASH donations and pledges now total $130,000, organizers say. School Open at Least 2 Years Young judo competitors from across southeastern Ontario met at Clarke High School on Sunday for their first regional tournament of the year. There were about 200 young people participating in the event, including several from Bowmanville's Maple Leaf Judo Club who achieved hi gh results. Among the winners competing for the club, above, left to right, (back row) are Shelley Mutch, 2nd place junior, Laurie Potter, 2nd place novice, Matthew Goad, 1st place junior, Stephen Barchard, 3rd place junior, (middle) Lisa Radford, 3rd place novice, Mark Radford, 1st place novice, Andrew Goad, 1st place junior, (front) Lisa Barchard, 3rd place novice and Tara Radford, 3rd place novice winner. prepares for a "new era in aealing with troubled youth," he stated. In a speech to the Bowmanville Rotary Club last Thursday, he outlined the major features of the revisions in the correctional pro- gram. "I have decided that training schools should be used to accom- modate only those children who are Prefers Lamb's Road Route Newcastle's director of public road. "In my opinion, the action recommended a new arterial at works has recommended that a four taken by council . . . should be Cemetery Rd. A final decision on the lane road and interchange for east upheld and recommended in the new street has not yet been made by Bowmanville be built along Training strongest terms to the Regional the Durham Region. School Rd. (Lamb's Road). Municipality of Durham, Mr. "Without preliminary engineering In a two page report adopted by Dunham said. I cannot support the comment that Newcastle council last week, Jack The Training School Road location no land would be required from the Dunham stated that he preferred the is the choice of Newcastle council. cemetery," Mr. Dunham stated. more easterly location for the new However the Durham Region has (Turn to Page Two) The annual ice races at Bewdley on Sunday drew capacity crowds to watch over 150 motorcyclists compete for fame and cash prizes. With about 500 studs in the tires of the off road dirt bikes, fhe drivers are able to demonstrate their skills on the machines and maintain control on the slippery surface of the lake at the same time. The race is held each both a danger to themselves and to others," Mr. Norton said. When the changes have been fully implemented, the three remaining umts will accommodate only 120 people, reducing the training school population by 358 from its present total, he added. The first two institutions that are scheduled to go out of operation in April are the Hillerest Training School in Guelph and Sprucedale Trainng School at Hagersville. 'Further schools will be closed, SPLASH Lottery Draw A Sarnia resident has won February's Trip of the Month Lottery sponsored by the Town of Newcastle SPLASH Committee. The winner is L. J. Walker, of 1354 Westmount St. Winners of the first prize in the monthly lottery receive a trip for two to a place of their choice. , Second place winners are Mary and Charlie Haynes who will receive a weekend in Toronto worth $200. At the draw last night, the address of the second place winners wasn't printed on the ticket and SPLASH is now trying to locate them. Winners of the third prize ($120) were from Bowmanville. They are Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ross, of 73 Hobbs Dr. year at the village sponsored by the Oshawva Competition Motorcycle Club. Above, drivers round a turn on the track trying to keep their position in one heat of the race. but only when the possibilities of alternative uses have been fully explored and employment opportu- nities for staff have been identified." he told the club. The decision to shut the schools down followed an examination carried out by the Children's Services Division of the ministry after the last siting of the legis- lature, he added. The review of the training school program called for an overhaul of the whole system and represents significant modifications in the philosophy of correctionl services. Extravagant Costs "Research and our experience over the past years has questioned the value of institutionalizations as a means of rehabilitation, the minister explaine.d. Costs of $100 per day to keep a young person in the system were Minister of Community and Social Services, Keith Norton. also cited as another reason that the ministry decided to alter the program. (Turn to Page Two) BITS & PIECES EXTEND HOURS - As of Monday, February 13th, the Town's Community Care Centre will expand its hours to 9 - 12 noon and 1 - 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. Nice to see this good idea is going over so well. GREMLINS - In our January 25th edition, we ran a story on the night school classes at BHS. Somehow we managed to stick in a picture of a Visual Arts Centre instructor and pupil. From there on the situation has rapidly gone downhill. As this writer under- stands it, we had the names right, and the pictures wrong. We've had two phone calls trying to clear up the mess, and several notes are buried under different desks. We now have five different people involved, and would appreciate hearing from the person who initially pointed out the error. We'll try it again next week if assistance is forthcoming. NEW CLUB - Bowmanville has a new model railroad club which holds meetings every Tuesday night at the Visual Arts Centre on Simpson Avenue. Information can be obtained from Howard Bickle 623-3237, Doug Hately 623-2883, or Howard Bradley 623-3988. We'd like to get a picture of the proceedings but with our luck we'll end up with a shot of the night courses at BHS. OSHAWA SKI CLUB - This Sunday the new club house will be opened officially. A tour is planned at 10:00 a.m., and ceremonies at 1:00 p.m. In this week's Independent, we've got a feature on a crew of blind skiers who visited the club last weekend. It should make next week's Statesman. To visit the club, turn East at the lights in Kirby. SOME PEOPLE - The SLAPPLETREE project got a taste of the times a couple of weekends ago. A young lad spent a great deal of time splitting up the wood that had been cut the previous week and stacked on the lot. Some idiots drove up, loaded the wood and departed without so much as a thank you. ERIC SNYDER - Is wondering what it takes to get a lunch we promised him. About six months ago, when the relatively new Manager of MacDonald Ford in Bowmanville was desperately looking for a home, we offered to provide insight on the situation over milk and cookies at noon hour. Two weeks ago it appeared we were coming through on the promise when Eric was inked in on the appointment pad for the next Monday. He politely reminded us at 1:45 p.m. on the given day, and was assured that the following Monday would be it for certain. That was two days ago. Erie, if you still are reading the paper, we're sorry. How about next week? PIGEON FEATHERS - A Whitby judge acquitted a Bowmanville man after the accused explained that his pigeons had been speeding, not his truck. Police clocked him at 84 kph in a 50 kph zone, but he explained that he was training his birds to fly in the dark. They were flyng in front of the truck and he claimed the radar had clocked them, not the truck. The Crown appealed, and the man was convicted. EDITOR-PUBLISHER - John Sr. is out of action for a few weeks. After eighteen months of ducking the issue, he finally went in for a cataract operation. Things appear to be progressing well, but he'll be on the sidelines for a while yet. eda.1 1an 20e Issue 6 124th Year BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1978 28 Pages