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ustáodians Bowmanville Man Dies in Single Vehicle Crash A fatal car accident shortly after midnight Wednesday, March 7, claimed the life of a young Bowmanville man. A Chevelle stationwagon driven by John Allen Ukrainetz, 27, 4A Waverley Road, Bowmanville, was westbound on Highway Two at Bennett Road east of the town limits when the accident occurred. The Ukrainetz vehicle crossed into the eastbound lane and proceeded into the ditch where it struck and broke off a hydro pole and then hit a tree. Durham Regional P.C. John Buntsma investigated. sppose Festivities Held in SoA'per Creek Park The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education described this week's strike by its maintenance and custodial workers as "unfortunate." And in a statement issued Mon- day, the school board said it is willing to resume discussions with its striking employees from Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees local 1206. Since Monday, maintenance, cafeteria and custodial staff have been off the job in order to back their demands for a 95 cent across-the- board pay increase. CUPE local 1206 also says that other non-monetary issues are unsettled. The base rate of $4.55 is currently being paid to cleaning staff; the top rate is $6.15 per hour. In a statement released on Mon- day, the school board stated that high school cafeterias will be closed at all schools where cafeterias are staffed by board employees. Even- ing school classes will be suspended but regular school classes will con- tinue to operate. Seek Co-operation "Students will be expected to co- operate with staff in order to main- tain the normal operations of their schools," said School Board Chair- man Andy Thompson. In the board's settlement on the strike, Mr. Thompson said that "At the present time there are a large number of costly issues to be resolved and the board feels it is very unfortunate that a strike was called by the union at the present time. At no time has the board refused to continue negotiations and is prepared to resume discussion through the mediator at any future time whenever meaningful progress is indicated. The school board reported that the contract with custodial staff expired November 28, 1978 and negotiations on a new contract began on October 25, 1978 and continued through six meetings with the last one on Friday of last week. After the fourth meeting it was mutually agreed to request the assistance of a conciliator who was present for a lengthy meeting on February 14. 1979. FailinE an classes and all buses are operating except for those on routes in central and eastern areas where school board staff operate four routes ser- ving six public schools. Bring Lunches Sale of food is available only at Bowmanville High School and Cobourg East and Cobourg West Collegiates. Elsewhere, students should bring lunches. The school board says that it is its intention to issue regular press releases to keep the public informed. Custodial staff went on strike once during the history of the Northum- berland Newcastle Board of Education. At that time the strike lasted only briefly. Strie Unidentified member of CUPE local 1206 mans the picket line. Hydro Delays Decision On Darlingt< It will be another month before Ontario Hydro makes its decision on the future of the Darlington Generating Station and other power projects now under construction in Ontario. At two p.m. yesterday, Hydro released the following statement on its review of new powerplants now being built: The board of directors of Ontario Hydro has deferred until April any further decision to adjust its con- struction for committed-generating stations. The board is examining a number Plant of alternatives that would bring its committed generating program into phase with long-term forecasts of future demands for power. Stations involved are Darlington Atikokan and the Bruce B nuclear generating plant. Ontario Hydro Chairman Robert Taylor said that spending on the three stations will be kept to a minimum. "Over the next few weeks we intend to consider most carefully in consultation with the Ontario Government the broader effects of any decisions," Mr. Taylor said. The local study group looking into Testructuring utilities within the Town of Newcastle presented its report to town council Monday and touncil referred the matter right back to the study group for a more, comprehensive report. Council wants the committee to bbtain a consultant's report on Council members said they have had numerous complaints in the past from nearby residents about the noise and debris in the Park and surrounding area during the week of festivities. Some councillors recalled a petition being presented to council hast year by residents opposing the Soper Creek location. Mr. Pooler, restructuring with the cost of the report to be borne by the Utilities. Members of the restructuring committee include Utilities officials, Hydro representatives and coun- cillors. After several months of study, the committee presented council with three possible alter- natives for restructuring. Turn to Page Two Eagles Take Two Game Lead in Series Last night, the Port Darlington Marina Red Eagles won their second game 7-6 with Gananoque G-Men, but had to do it in overtime, Ralph Cryderman doing the job on a pass from Gary Nemisz (16). Third game of the best of seven series goes tonight in Gananoque and the fourth will be here Sunday night at 7:30. however, told council the Jaycees have not received any com- municatioins from people com- plaining about the event or its 'location. He said if they were ap- proached by the residents the Jaycees would be perfectly willing to sit down with them and try to work something out. Chris Tomkins, appearing before council on behalf of the Simpson Avenue residents, said they are mainly concerned about the beer gardens and the disturbances it causes but would prefer that the whole event be moved to another location. The beer gardens are located in the southern area of the ball diamond. Other activities such as entertainment and fireworks are held elsewhere in the park. Mr. Pooler said the Jaycees have thought of relocating some of the events but decided they didn't want them scattered throughout the town and considered Soper Creek a good central location to accommodate most of the festivities. Councillor Maurice Prout suggested the beer gardens and en- tertainment be held in the Darlington Arena where the crowd can better to controlled. Aside from noise which they say continues into the small hours of the morning, the residents are com- Turn to Page Two Trustee Excused The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education will allow Bowmanville trustee Keith Shackelton to miss three more regular board meetings, it decided Thursday night. Shackelton has not attended a board meeting since the inaugural meeting in December due to illness. The board approved his absence and upon request extended its approval for three more meetings. In a letter to the board, Shackelton said he expects to begin attending board meetings April 12. If he does not return by this date, he will be prepared to resign his position as trustee. SPLASH Accepts Proceeds from Draw These crisp $100 bills were turned over to the Town of Newcastle SPLASH Committee following a fund raising project conducted with the assistance of Bowmanville's Miracle Food Mart. Miracle's recent draw on a 157 pound hind of beef yielded proceeds totalling $1221 for the town's indoor pool project. Here, Ann Hilborn of the SPLASH publicity committee accepts the funds from Store Manager Bert Roberts. Dorothy Easton, of R.R. 2, Newcastle, won the beef. Day Care Threatened by Budget Cuts Bowmanville's Edna Thomson Day Care Centre was put on the chopping block by chairman of the Region's social services committee John DeHart during budget discussions last Thursday. But, Social Services Com- missioner Doug Johns said he will take a closer look at the budget to see if the necessary cuts can be made somewhere else. Social services was told Thursday by the Region's finance committee it must pare a further $34,000 off its Bits And Pieces SCHOOL BREAK - Area school children will be on the loose as of Friday afternoon for a week's holiday. Quite a few parents have also arranged vacations at the same time so the roads and air lanes probably will be filled with folks heading out of town, either south or north. In the meantime, unless school mainten- ance workers have ended their strike, supervisory personnel may be hard at work cleaning up any mess that has accumulated and keeping the buildings warm. Have a good holiday, friends and drive carefully. NEW CALL LETTERS - As of next Monday morn- ing Oshawa radio station now known as CKLB will have new call letters that so far are a big secret. General Motors President F. Allan Smith will be on hand to eut the offieial ribbon marking the event. Many changes have taken place at the station since it was purchased by Grant Broadcasting and this is just one of them. Wonder what the new letters will be? Listen in at 9 a.m. Monday and find out. CANCELLED - Bowmanville Senior Public School was to stage a concert tonight but the event has been cancelled because of the maintenance workers strike. It has now been rescheduled for April 9th. Hopefully, the work stoppage will have been resolved by that time. STAY WITH OHIP - The current panic about medical doctors opting out of OHIP so far hasn't spread into Durham Region. Our Queen's Park correspondent Gord Cochrane advises that Health Minister Dennis Timbrell announced Tuesday that 100 per cent of Durham Region's 255 doctors are still in the plan. Oddly enough, in Peterborough County almosthalf of them have opted out. OMISSION - Last week, we chided Councillor Bill Clarke a bit for not being able to cash his cheque at the licence office and then also neglected to mention that he accompanied Acting Mayor Keith Barr and Councillor Jasper Holliday when they made their pitch for Darlington Nuclear's perpetuation at the provincial Select Committee meeting at Queen's Park. It now appears that their presentation may have had some positive effect. At least, to date they haven't cancelled out the project, only postponed a decision until next month. WALTER'S COMING - Next Wednesday's annual dinner for Newcastle and District Chamber of Com- merce has lined up Durham Region Chairman Walter Beath as guest speaker. Anyone interested in atten- ding would do well to contact Bob Willsher at Treasures 'N' Pastimes in Newcastleright away. $20.4 million budget for 1979. Taking into consideration provincial subsidies this would amount to a cut of $150,000. John DeHart suggested the closing of the Day Care Centre may be the only way the committee can reduce its budget. The Centre, which opened three years ago, was a gift from the province. The Region pays all operating costs. It cares for ap- proximately 34 children a day. Closing the Centre would mean a decrease of approximately $20,695 in social service expenditures. Adding provincial subsidies to this amount, the total operating budget of the Centre comes to $136,930. Newcastle Councillor Bill Clarke, a member of the committee, said Monday that during the social ser- vices committee meeting, Oshawa Councillor Ed Kolodzie suggested that instead of closing the Daycare Centre, the committee should chop 10.5 new positions recommended in the budget for the social services department. This would represent a saving of $195,000. Clarke termed DeHart's recom- mendation to close the Centre as "irresponsible." He said such a move woqld force many mothers on- to the welfare role. The Day Care Centre's fate will likely be deter- mined tomorrow when Com- missioner Johns is expected to recommend what programs in the budget should be cut. A group of Simpson Avenue residents is against the Jaycees holding their Bowmanville Week/Canada Day Celebrations in Soper Creek Park again this year. Project Chairman Larry Pooler met with some opposition Monday when he tried to get the calendar of events for Bowmanville Week ap- proved by town council. Offer Three Alternatives in Public Utility Study