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Santa Makes a Hit with Kinsmen Youngsters Bowmanville Kinsmen Club and Kinettes joined forces on Sunday for their annual Christmas party at Memorial Park and the Statesman photographer happened to drop in just as Santa was making his rounds and happened to stop alongside these two young members, one of whom was quite interested in the bearded visitor. Le Wintario's First 1980 Draw Will Be Held at Clarke High School Jan.3rd Wintario's first draw of the new year will take place in this area on Thursday, January 3rd, 1980. STelevision cameras andcrews will set up shop in Clarke High School for live coverage of the draw. Wintario is not a total stranger here, About 3 years ago, one of the provicial lottery draws was sponsored by the Bowmanville Jaycees Club and was televised in the Bowmanville High School auditorium. Doors to Clarke High School will open at 7:00 p.m. and a host of entertainment is scheduled to appear in the auditorium prior to air time. In addition to a variety of out of town guest entertainers, local blue grass artists, Faye and Don WiI Review Pool Projec' This Frid2nay Financing of the municipality's new indoor pool and fitness project will be discussed this Friday morning at a special meeting of Newcastle town council. On Friday of last week, tenders for construction of the project were opened and elected officials learned that the pool was within seven per cent of the estimated cost. A total of six construction companies turned in bids on the fitness centre project to be built at the Bowmanville High School and the lowest tender was $1,229,330. These tenders and other matters related to the financing of the fitness centre will be thrashed out at the Friday morning meeting. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard said at a meeting of council Monday night that he hopes some decisions on the pool will be made at the end of this week. He agreed that there is the possibility of a contract being approved, but this decision will be up to council. At Friday's meeting, council members will consider a report from their engineering consultants who have reviewed the tenders submitted for construction of the building. A review of the SPLASH committee's fund-raising will also take place. Councillor Bill Clarke said, however, that he is reluctant to approve any tender until "hidden" costs such as the price of operating the pool are known. Councillor Clarke said that the town now has a year to build the pool and stated that time is no longer an important factor. Adams, will be featured. For the price of admission, all those who purchase a ticket to the telecast will -also receive -a free chance on the Wintario draw. Global television warm-up will commence at 8:30 and the cross Canada television draw will begin at 9:00 p.m. Suffer Pai Two employees of Courtice Specialty Steel Products are in Scarborough General Hospital's burn centre as a result of an industrial accident Monday, Dec. 10th in the company's Base Line Road East plant. Suffering from second and third degree burns to 50 per cent of his body is Victor Pomery, 32, of Oshawa. Another employee, also of Oshawa, Harry Watson, 57, sustained second and third degree t burns to 25 per cent of his body. . Both men were rushed to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital by ambulance and were later transferred to the Scarborough burn centre for treatment. They were listed in critical condition at the time of the transfer. According to plant manager, Bill Oerlemans, cause of the accident was a combination of a faulty Tickets to the telecast may be purchased at the Orono Town Hall from Friday, December 21st to 28th -between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Any monies realized from sponsoring the Wintario draw will go to bolster Orono Arena's building fund. iful Burns disconnect switch and human error. Mr. Oerlemans explained the men were changing large industrial fuses in an electrical panel when the fuses exploded in their faces. The plant sustained no damage since the electrical flash fire from the fuse panel extinguished itself. Fire Chief Jim Hayman stated it's not unusual for these electrical flash fires to be over in 15 seconds. Ten days after the accident the men are now listed in satisfactory condition. A company spokesman estimates the more severely injured Victor Pomery could require a six month recuperation period, while Harry Watson may be off work for approximately four months. "This is the first accident of this severity Courtice Specialty Steel Products has ever recorded,'" stated the plant manager. IT'S PIERRE - The question of who will lead the Liberal party into the federal election was settled Tuesday noon when former Prime Minister Trudeau came out of his four and a half day seclusion to say he would forego his retirement and run. Now the battle is on and it's anybody's guess who the winners will be. TRAGIC NEWS - His many friends and acquaint- ances here were shocked to hear that Bob Dykstra had died suddenly on Tuesday. He was a candidate for mayor in last year's municipal elections and earlier was a partner with his brother Claude in Dykstra's Delicatessen Food Market on King St. West. Our sympathy goes out to his family. More details are included in the Death Notices. BIG GAME - This Sunday, the arena in Bowmanville should be packed when the Cowan Junior C Eagles will meet Cobourg Cougars, their second place rivals, at 7:30 p.m. They had a great game on Monday and the Eagles tied them so it will be all out for this encounter. Then, there is the All-Star game next Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the local arena. Don't miss that one either. DISCOURAGING - A resident on Wellington Street dropped in on Tuesday, saddened and dis- gusted because he had decorated an outside tree with lights in time so the senior citizens could en- joy them during their annual Kinsmen Color Tour Sunday. Someone stole 29 bulbs so next year he'll probably join many others in refraining from putting up any Christmas decorations outside. Staff Finds Flaws in Pine Ridge School Takeover CouldBe By Peter Parrott Converting the Pine Ridge Training School into an administrative centre for the Town of Newcastle could prove to be more of a liability than asset. That's one of the opinions offered by the town's senior staff in a report considered Tuesday afternoon by Newcastle's elected officials. The discussion paper prepared by à Costly the town manager, treasurer and planning director points out that a complete overhaul of the Pine Ridge property to allow for recreational, administrative, social service and agricultural use would cost $284,000 per year. If only minimal restoration of the property was carried out, the cost could be trimmed to $210,000 annually. Venture "The overwhelming constraint to municipal use of the property appears to be the costs of rehabilitation and the long term maintenance and operating costs," said the staff discussion paper. It adds that a recent architectural study commissioned by the municipality seems to support the idea that the existing buildings could Turn to Page 2 Total Cost: $9.3 Million Find Funds for Sewage Plant Regional officials appear to have found the $9.3 million needed to build Bowmanville's new sewage treatment plant next year. Last Thursday, the region's finance committee recommended that 10 small water and sewer projects funded by the Ontario Housing Action Program (OHAP) be cancelled. And the OHAP funds earmarked for these projects would be channelled into the Bowmanville water polution control,-plant instead. Vik Silgailis, director of engineering for the Durham Region, said "we cancelled and reduced or deferred certain projects to the tune of $2.6 million worth of OHAP financing." With one exception, all of the deleted Drojects are in Newcastle, Courtice or Bowmanville, Mr. Silgailis said. These projects involve the construction of sewer and water mains -- projects which could be re- scheduled whenever growth in the municipality makes them necessary. In addition to the $2.6 million obtained by cancelling OHAP projects, the Ontario government has agreed to make another $420,000 in OHAP funds available for the Bowmanville plant. While Durham's finance committee has approved of the financing scheme for the water pollution control plant here, the project must still be approved by Durham's regional council before a tender can be awarded and work can begin. The earliest date that regional council approval could be given would be January 9, when PIZZA ANYONE? - Quite often members of our news staff are at the office in the evenings, doing pictures or writing stories when the phone rings and the caller wants to give an order for a pizza. One local pizza parlor's number is only one digit different than ours. We've been tempted to let them go through saying what they want on them, etc. and then, at the last minute, letting them in on the fact that they've dialed the wrong number and, so far have refrained. But, one of these days ... LEAF PRACTICE - Want a good stocking stuffer for your young hockey player? The Maple Leafs will be holding a practice at Oshawa's Civic audi- torium on Sunday, Jan. 6th at Il a.m. and Bobby Orr will be joining them on skates if he has time after writing autographs for young fans. Tickets are available at the Civic. Proceeds will go to Dur- ham's Participation House. OFFICE HOURS - Next week, The Canadian Statesman will be published as usual on Wednesday, Boxing Day and the office will be closed on Friday, Dec. 28th although the advertising department will be functioning on that day. There will be no Newcastle Independent next week. CONTEST WINNER - Brenda English of Durham Street is this week's winner of the 'Let's Get Ac- quainted' contest. So, she will have an extra $10 for last ninute shopping if she will drop into the office. Congratulations and keep trying. council holds its first meeting of the new year. The Durham Region had allocated $5.7 million for the Bowmanville sewage project. But this fall, when tenders for the plant were received, Durham found that the cost was nearly double the estimated price. This unexpected turn of events sent the Durham Region on a search for additional money. The hunt ended last week with the decision of the finance committee. The Bowmanville sewage treatment plant would be the last of a series of OHAP projects which have pumped millions of interest- free dollars into water and sewer programs across the Durham Region. Speaking at last week's finance committee meeting, committee chairman John Aker stated that OHAP funding is the only practical way to build the Bowmanville sewage plant at the present time. The finance committee chairman Turn to Page 2 Oshawa Man Killed in One Vehicle Accident A single vehicle accident Saturday evening on Taunton Road claimed the life of an Oshawa man. Dead is Gerald McLellan, 32, of 909 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa. According to Durham Regional Police, McLellan was driving a 1976 Ford Mustang eastbound on Taunton Road when the car went out of control. The vehicle entered the ditch three kilometers west of Leskard Road, struck a culvert and rolled over several times hpfnr'> it v2ma .fnr .rn4 in a farmer's field. Pronounced dead on arrival, the driver was transported to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital by ambulance. A passenger in the car, Dale Joseph Dubeau, 18, Celina Street, Oshawa, was uninjured. Police report the driver did not appear to have been wearing a seat belt. Durham Regional Police Constables J. Berney and D. Mackey investigated. We Caught Someone Kissing Santa Claus This isn't Mrs. Claus planting a warm kiss on Santa's cheek but Margaret Jeffrey, a member of the Golden Years Club of St. Paul's United Church at their Christmas party last Wednesday, Santa brought a brimming sack fuill of gifts, one for each member of the group and all the ladies got to sit on his knee. President of the club is Roland Hopkins and this non-denominational group of senior citizens meet every second week at St. Paul's. Biits An d Pieces --v "a