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2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, January 17, 1979 Delays Finance Dept. Move A decision to move Durham Region's finance department from Whitby to downtown Oshawa was delayed by Regional council last Wednesday pending a report on space requirements. The report, to be prepared by Chief Administrative Officer Robert Richardson, will examine facilities needed by the finance and legal department and the clerk's office. It will be submitted to the management committee then to council. The finance committee recom- mended at last Wednesday's From Page One point also. The agreement specifies that operating costs of the swimming pool and recreational complex will be borne 75 per cent by the town and 25 percent by the board. In August of each year, there will be an ad- justment of these proportions to reflect the actual comparative use of the swimming pool and recreational complex by the town and board. The minimum percentage of operating costs that must be borne by the town was established at 40 per cent and the maximum 80 per cent. The school board's minimum was placed at 20 per cent and its maximum at 60 per cent. The school board asked that these percentages be included to protect both parties in the event usage of the facilities by one or the other declines. But now, some board members are worried about this clause. Dr. Galt argued that 10 years down the line swimming may not be in vogue and town usage of the pool might decrease considerably. The board would then be forced to pay its maximum 60 per cent of the operating costs. This amount, ob- served Dr. Ian Wilson, is not in- significent and when added to the board's total budget, would put it well over ceiling. Meanwhile, the town is losing patience with the school board's hemming and hawing. Mayor Gar- net Rickard said at a town council meeting Monday night the school board has complicated drafting of the agreement unduly. He said the province has a three to four page draft by-law for such agreements and all that is required is to fill in the blanks. This by-law has been used for similar arrangements in major cities in Ontario and "it's working." But, said the Mayor, when this by- law was submitted to the school board, it came back with an 18-page agreement. Jasper Holliday said at the very first meeting between the town and the board, the town asked the board to draft an agreement and then both sides could discuss and negotiate. "We just got to the point where we thought we were almost ready to sign and they brought in a bunch of new board members." These new members, he said, argued over hairline issues and there was no trust at all. Once again the point of near agreement was reached and because of the election there sits a new school board and "we're at loggerheads." Councillor Ivan Hobbs said he was against giving the board exclusive use of the pool during school hours. He said housewives, businessmen and women would like to use it during these hours. "If you're only going to allow the general public use at night and on weekends, you'll never be able to swim in that pool." It will be much too crowded, he ex- plained. A date for meeting with the board will be discussed at the community services committee meeting Tuesday. Provincial Liberals Plan To Hold Annual Meeting Here, Tuesday, Jan. 23rd Town Tries to Fix Spelling On Local Sign Town council will see wnat it can do to have records. designating Mitchell's Corners as Mitchell Corners corrected. Councillor Ann Cowman told council Monday the area is currently designated in federal gazettes and on regional maps as Mitchell Corners but the proper name is Mitchell's Corners. It is the wish of the residents, she said, that the correction be made especially on the road signs. The Durham East (Provincial) Liberal Associa- tion will be holding its annual meeting on Tuesday, January 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Port Darlington Marina Hotel, Bowmanville. The evening will be divided into two parts. The first can be described as "taking care of business" - a brief report to the membership on the cur- rent status of the association and the election of the new executive. The second part of the evening will feature Liberal M.P.P. Alf Stong (York Centre) as guest speaker. The meeting will conclude with a social hour, providing an opportunity to socialize with fellow members on an informal basis. Refreshments will be served. Body Shop Break In A break-in and theft was reported at the Bowmanville Body Shop, 181 King Street East, at 8:35 a.m., Monday mornmg. Durham Regional Police say vandals appear to have entered by the front door and tools up to a value of $3300 were stolen. TYRONE On Wednesday, January 10, 1979, Tyrone Senior Citizens Club met at the Community Centre for a regular business meeting. President Dick Gibbs took the chair assisted by Secretary Mrs. Lavern Taylor. Mrs. Anne Phillips gave the Auditor's report. There was a very good attendance at this meeting to lay plans for the coming year's activities. A meeting was planned for January 24th at 2:00 p.m. when materials for the Fall Bazaar will be scrutinized. The following are the winners at Friday's euchre party, Jan. 12th: ]st Farewell Blackburn, 2nd Helen Millson, 3rd Pauline Alldread, 4th Earl Prescott, 5th Carl Gimblett, 6th Carolyn IlIicks. Ladies low Nellie Lunn, Gents low Archie Hoy. 50-50 Draw Molly hlorst- man. Seventeen-and-a-half tables were in play. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Stewart, Natalie and Robyn, Ottawa, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Alldread. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Gylytiuk and family, Consecon, visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vaneyk on Sunday. On Sunday, January 21st the Annual Meeting of Tyrone Church will be held following a pot luck noon-hour dinner. On the same date the Annual Meeting of Tyrone Communi- ty Centre will be held in the evening at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Alfreda Wheeler is going to lead the 4H Home- making Club, "Accessories - the Final Touch", but she needs an assistant. Leader- ship Workshops take place January 23rd and 24th at Maple Grove Church Hall. Many Shoppers Visit Jury & Lovell's New Store meeting that the department move from regional headquarters in Whit- by to five floors in the Durham Towers at Bond and Centre Streets in Oshawa. This would increase its space from 12,000 to 20,000 sq. ft. Chairman of the finance commit- tee, John Aker, was eager for coun- cil to ratify the move. He described present facilities which include of- fices on two floors of theregional building and two portables at the rear as "'very overcrowded." 'le said existing accommodations, because they are fragmented result in inefficiency. Last week, Jury & Lovell Drugs held their Grand Re-opening sale when the first 50 ladies each day were presented with roses. Other shoppers received free ball point pens and other goodies. And many took ad- vantage of the bargains in spite of the inclement weather. These two ladies receiving roses from Diane Stevens and Marg King braved the wintry conditions on Saturday morning. The woman at right is Irene Payne, but the second customer wasn't identified. Arts Lack From Page One Durham Region has not even tried to work with its artists and, "it's darn well time they started," said Newton. "Thereare a lot of nice smiles but. it doesnt lhelp me to continue working or run a gallery. An artist, unfortunately, does need more financial support to be creative. One cannot devote the necessary time to develop artistic endeavors, because one does have to eat. "The day of the artist holed up in a garret is long gone. Durham Region is dead as far as art is concerned and they had better get off their butts and start paying attention." A sore point with Newton is that the region does not purchase local art to decorate its administrative of- fices. What makes the sting doubly painful for him is the fact that the Village of Tyrone recently laid out $2500 to purchase Newton's pictures to hang in their new Tyrone Com- munity Centre. A little hamlet like Tyrone sees fit to invest a sizeable amount of money from their limited budget, whereas, in contrast, he feels the Region of Durham displays an attitude of total indifference to its regional artists by disregarding the possibility of hanging their work in its ad- ministrative offices and other regionally-owned buildings. Operates Gallery Mr. Newton operates a plotograply gallery out of the Youths Arrested A Bowmanville youth, Charles Vernon Ells, 16, 45 Cedarcrest Beach, was arrested by Durham Regional Police in connection with three break-ins which occurred in the Cedarcrest Beach area in Oc- tober and November 1978. A second party, Edward Kim- merly, 16, also of Bowmanville, was charged with one of the Cedarcrest Beach break-ins. Durham Region P.C. Van Dyke of 16 Division initiated the in- vestigation which led to the charges and arrests of Ells and Kimmerly. Topless Ban Wins Support From Council Topless bars will not be allowed to operate in the Town of Newcastle as the result of a motion passed by town council Monday night. At the prompting of Coun- cillor Maurice Prout adopted a resolution passed by the Oshawa and District Labour Council asking municipalities to take the necessary steps to prevent the entrance of such enterprises into their com- munities. The Labour council expressed concern that a Free Toronto entrepreneur has publicly stated his intention to 10 open 100 dining establish- on ai ments throughout Ontario featuring topless waitresses. Such employment, said the Labour council "clearly dis- criminates against persons on E the basis of sex, age and Ed E physical appearance FLOWERS&R DRIED .FRESH Fort TROPICAL GREEN PLANTS 3 STORES: theyknow! . Highway No. 2 .King St. E., Oshawa .Simcoe St. N., B saa coP ru Support Bowmanville Public Library and is allowed space there, courtesy of the Town of Newcastle. He receives no outside financial assistance from the Municipality. However, he praised the co-operation lie receives from the library staff. An indication of Newton's accep- tance in the art world as a creditable Canadian photographer is that a collection of his works, "25 Years Retrospective Exhibition" has been chosen by the Federal Government to be displayed at Canada House in London, England commencing in mid-June. Although it is his first one man show abroad, Newton has previously, shown his work in Sweden. The first showing of his retrospec- tive exlibition was last February at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa. The collection consists of approximately 80 prints which span Newton's career for the past 25 years. It has taken in excess of two years to select, print, and frame the photos whichi make up the exhibit. The favorable acceptance of this exhibition could pave the way to follow up showings in England and Europe and, in fact, Newton says that lie has heard of two other galleries in England that have already expressed an interest in displaying his work following the Canada House showing. In an interview, Bowmanville's Margot Samuel, owner of the Margot Samuel Gallery, 899 Nelson St., Oshawa, said she sympathized witli Newton's sentiments and reiterated that to lier knowledge, there is no financial support available for any cultural institution within the Region of Durham. She acknowledges the fact that Regional Council does not support local art or galleries in any way, however, she is not ierself an artist and views the subject in a somewhat different perspective than Newton. By way of a written communique to Regional Councillors, Samuel proposed that the region should con- sider beginning a policy of acquisition of artistic works by local artists. lzzR RGOfl RE EVERYTHING IS BETTER! Free with every pizza . . . tickets Delivery to the famous Club Annrene % Off Dance to great 1 Pick.ups bands every Sat- urday night. .very Wednesday night is ... Sullivan Special Night qeally Big Pizza" 6.25 Value$ 9 5 Only I plus 50* delivery charge. is better ... ask anyone who has eaten here, 623-4134 m the Castle Hotel - 22 Division St. Says District Plan Needed For Courtice George West, a resident of Courtice since 1970 complain- ed to town council Monday that the Courtice Heights subdivision is "spotzoning" and "I don't like such piece- meal planning". He argued that in the near future there is going to be a large influx of people into the Courtice area and there should be a District Plan. A subdivision such as Courtice Heights appears to be trying to circumvent such a District Plan, he said. West asked Director of Planning Leslie Kristof how the Courtice Heights secondary access problem arose. Mr. Kristof explained that a secondary access is required for cases of emergency when fire trucks or ambulances are needed. In addition, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation requires such an access before it approves financing of the subdivision. The first secondary access route contemplated was construction of Sandringham Drive from Highway 2 to Trull's Road. In this case, Trull's Road would have to be upgraded. Since then the developer has acquired an additional 11-acre piece of property fronting on Highway 2. This would allow Strathallan Drive to be extended east to be connected with a street which would extend south from Highway 2. This would provide a shorter secondary access and the Sehools Facing Restrictions in Transport Funds A new restriction by the Ministry of Education on school-to-school transport- ation grants may have a serious impact on the North- umberland and Newcastle Board of Education's outdoor education program. Initially, approval for grant purposes was given for the transportation of pupils to another school for instruction in home economies or for industrial arts. Later, this was expanded to include the trans- portation of pupils to another school or location to make specific use of special facil- ities and equipment not avail- able in the schools the pupils regularly attended. A menmorandum received recently from the Ministry states that beginning January 1, 1979, the only school-to- school transportation expend- itures eligible for grants will be class trips where the same class is transported toiand from the same school 15 or, more times during the school year. The subjects taught which qualify are home ec- onomics, industrial arts and physical education. Superintendent of Instruct- ion, Robert Moorcroft told the board Thursday night that the shorter the better, said Mr. Kristof. If <this secondary access to Highway 2 is allowed it would save taxpayers' money and Trull's Roadwould not have to be reconstructed, he added. Mr. West agreed a secondary access was neces- sary but charged that all the developer is interested in is receiving CMHC approval and thereby funds to finish the subdivision. Mr. West also expressed concern about Mr. Kristof's remarks quoted in a recent article in the Oshawa Times. He mentioned one quote specifically - "I find it very difficult to listen to these people who sneaked into this area." This remark was attributed to Mr. Kristof. How will the residents of Courtice get co-operation from Mr. Kristof in the future if he has such a closed mind about this area? asked Mr. West. The people in Courtice are paying more than their fair share of taxes to the Town of Newcastle, he argued. Mr. Kristof replied that certain remarks in the article were taken out of context and others were plain misquotes. "I did not intend to create any concern by local residents or council," he said. He offered to sit down with Mr. West to discuss any concerns the Courtice resident might have. "I am sure then he will learn I have an open, mind," said Mr. Kristof. outdoor education program will be most affected by this directive. Trips to natural science schools will no longer be subsidized by the Ministry of Education. Transportation of students to the board's outdoor edu- cation centres should not be halted in mid-year, he said. The three centres are booked almost solidly from now until June. The board agreed to contin- ue transporting students to its outdoor education centres until June, meanwhile making its displeasure with the new Ministry policy known through agencies such as the Ontario School Trustees Council. In addition, a letter of protest will be sent to Minister of Education Bette Stephen- son. Elementary StaffNea r Agreement At the culmination of 17 hours of hard bargaining with mediator Harvey Ladd, a memorandum of agreement was reached between the Northumberland - Newcastle Board of Education and the bargaining committee for 578 elementary school teachers. Negotiations began last Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. and ended around 2: 00 a.m. at the Greenwood Towers. Ratification of the new agreement is not anticipated until January 25th when both the teachers and the board are expected to meet to approve the contract offer. Another round of bargaining with the elementary school teachers is expected to com- mence February 1st on next year's contract. The business administrator was unable to disclose the terms of the memorandum of agreement until after the board and the teachers have met and approved it. Still pending is the contract dispute between the board and its 252 secondary school teachers. Negotiations broke off between the board and the high school teachers prior to Christmas as both sides were nearing a settlement. There has been no contract for the elementary or secondary school teachers since.lst August 31. St. John Ambulance says when you are snowmobiling or -skiing, travel with a friend. Use the buddy system to watch for signs of frostbite. If you plan to be out a long time, carry compressed blankets and extra clothing. Use Traffic Study For Planning Rather than approving implemen- study, which was commissioned by tation of the traffic operations study council in late 1977, is five years. It in total, town council referred it was prepared by Totten, Sims, Monday to the public works commit- Hubicki and Associates of Whitby. tee and director Jack Dunham for Some of the study's recommen- use as a working document. dations include a one-way street Recommendations based on the system to accommodate increased study will be made to council by the traffic generated by future director and committee from time to development, changing Church time. Street to a through street at Silver and Division Streets, changing The $7,800 study, funded mainly by Silver Street to a one-way street the Ministry of Transportation and (northbound) from King to Church Communications, was completed Streets, widening approaches to the last summer. It examines methods Liberty-King Street intersections of achieving a better level of traffic and installation of lights at the cor- service in Bowmanville. Scope of the ner of King and Scugog Streets. Can't Agree THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE NOTICE OF HIGHWAY CLOSING TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, at a Council meeting to be held at the Council Chambers, Police Building, Bowmanville, Ontario, on Monday, the 26th day of February, 1979, at the hour of 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon, propose to pass a by-law to stop up and close those parts of Lots 27 and 28, Broken Front Concession, in the Geographlc Township of Darlington, more particularly described as follows: ALL AND SINGULAR those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Newcastle, In the Regional Municipality of Durham, and being composed of part of Lots 27 and 28, in the Broken Front Concession, in the Geographic Township of Darlington, in the Reglon of Durham, and now shown as Parts 7, 8, 9, 10, 39 and 40 Plan 1OR-708. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Council Intends to authorize the conveyance of Parts 9, 10, 30 and 40 to abutting owners. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that before passing the said by-law Council, or a Committee of Council, shaîl hear In person, or by his counsel, solicitor, or agent, any person who claims that his land will be prejudically affected by the by.law and who applies to be heard. DATED ai the Town of Newcastle, this 17th day of January, 1979. J. M. Mctlroy, A.M.C.T., Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. Thank You! The Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade Committee would like to extend a big "Thank You" to the people of this area. Without then it would not be possible to sustain our parade. It would be virtually impossible for us to attempt to name in- dividuals who helped, without omitting someone inadvertently. This is really a "people's"parade and the committee could not function otherwise. We wish to thank everyone, from Button purchasers to float builders, for their support in all areas. As a Parade Committee, we also have the responsibility of raising our own funds to pay the cost of the Parade. Your past, and hopefully, future support will ensure successful parades in thefuture. May the New Year bring renewed Hope, Good Health, and don'tforget those New Year's resolutions. Sincerely yours, George Stephen, Chairman, on behalf of the Santa Claus Parade Committee. P.S. We will see you on November 17th, 1979.