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f ' • A 1 jr L ' NO V 31983 icycle After pedalling his unicycle close to 12000 miles, Pietro Biondo rode through Bowmanville last week on the final leg of a journey that has taken him around North America. The 23-year-old physical education student is returning to his home in Montreal and expected to be there in approximately 10 days. z by Peter Parrott About eight thousand miles ago, Pietro Biondo passed the world record record for long-distance unicycle riding. riding. The 23-year-old Montreal resident resident said last week that the Guiness Book of World Records gives 4,000 miles as the longest distance ever covered by a ümcÿclist. Blit as Pietro was pedalling through Bowmanville Bowmanville last week on the final leg of his voyage, he was rapidly approaching approaching his 12,000th mile. His odyssey on a machine most of us associate with circuses and acrobats acrobats began July 25,1982, when he left Montreal. When interviewed on the main street of Bowmanville last Friday afternoon, he was hoping to be back in Montreal within 10 days. In the past 15 months, he has completely completely circled North America. He travelled down the eastern coast of the United States, then across the southern U.S., and up the western coast from Baja, California, to Alaska. Finally, he headed across western Canada and Ontario bn the final leg of the voyage home. On the single-wheeled bicycle he designed himself are enough belongings belongings for the trip. He had been sleeping in his tent in the back yards of people he met along the way, but with the onset of cold fall weather, he has had to move indoors indoors at nights. Whet causes a physical education student at the University of Quebec, in Montreal, to become the Marco Polo of the unicycle? Pietro explains that he wanted to do something different and he wanted to meet people. "I started to practise two years before my trip," said Pietro, when he described his interest in the unicycle. unicycle. But he's no stranger to regular, two-wheeled .cycling, since he and his wife rode a tandem bike from Montreal to Vancouver on their honeymoon trip in 1979. In 1980 they travelled from Montreal to San Francisco. Turn to Page Two Mayor Rickard Feels Newcastle's mayor has expressed some reservations over the fact that the town failed to acquire the Pine Ridge Training School. But he said in an interview this week that the municipality must be willing to work with the new owners of the property in order to develop the area. "I think the town missed an opportunity opportunity by not picking up the property," he said. In recalling events which led to the purchase of the 106 acre site by Malaysian interests for $325,000, the Newcastle Mayor pointed out that he had been negotiating on the town's behalf with the Ministry of Government Services. Representatives of the Ministry came to the Town of Newcastle to conduct further discussions, but at that time the councillors present voted to inform the ministry that Newcastle was not interested in acquiring acquiring the property. That decision was made in the ab sence of Mayor Rickard, Councillor Hamre, and Councillor Woodyard. Mayor Rickard noted that it was his understanding that the meeting would be for information only. Mayor Rickard said the town must make the best of the decisions which have been made by cooperating cooperating with the new owners. The new owners of the school plan to use the buildings as a preparatory school for Malaysian students pre-' paring to enter universities and col leges in Canada and the United States. The Newcastle Mayor suggested that land near Pine Ridge may be useable for recreational and cultural cultural facilities needed by the municipality. These include buildings buildings such as a warehouse for parks and recreation programs and a new arena to serve Bowmanville. "We should work with them and try to develop some of the land in the immediate area," Mayor Rickard Rickard stated Monday. r j'-( -V, ^ A , ' :M y M., ■ If : Cl ./S/>/'■', /\.* <;v , ; ... . -. i ft : i ■, ■' !U A. 1 :! : ! : i > .i l : ; ! i \ "■ ' Mi M . : ; !: j. , n il M Mil fl N ./ '-M' Wlf;/ i|' y„\ (; ' • ,/: j #-/■ ; ' ' > ,m Î ! ' / v- , U: ! if.' / .J = . : : ! !.. : ■ : •; J : ' Issue 44 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1983 25 c Copy 129th Year ^ Santa's Parade to Stress Fairy Tales In a few short weeks some of Bow- manville's streets will look like pages torn from a copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales. The story book atmosphere atmosphere will endure for an hour while the annual Santa Claus parade procession procession makes its way through town. Based on this year's theme of Story Books Come Alive, the parade will include an exciting selection of fairy tale floats featuring Pinoc- chio, The Wizard of Oz, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Peter Pan, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood and others. Organizers say that parade plan- more than 20 floats and seven marching bands committed to appear appear in the 22nd presentation of Bowmanville's Santa parade. By tradition the parade will set off about 10:30 a.m. from Central Public School on Wellington Street. The parade committee promises the procession will equal if not surpass surpass the reputation it has earned as the greatest non-commercial parade in southern Ontario. And what's a Christmas parade without that jolly old elf from the North Pole? The committee received received confirmation from Santa this week guaranteeing his presence presence at Bowmanville's parade scheduled for Saturday, November 19th. ning is progressing nicely with Students 9 Enthusiasm "Great" United Way Reaches One-Third Objective Costumed Shoppers Win 9 50 in BIA Bucks ., ■ m V.-M r About/one-third of the United Way's fuhd-raising target has been reached. After only three weeks of the Campaign, $472,282. of the goal of $1,595,000. for the Oshawa- Whitby-Newcastle has been raised. William "Bill" Henry, General Campaign Chairman, said today that he is extremely pleased with the progress of the campaign. However, However, he cautions that the campaign is still in its early stages. The United Way has more than 500 volunteer workers. "I should, perhaps, remind everyone that we have not made our objective yet, so let's all keep going all-out until our goal is reached", says Mr. Henry. "Let's not be too overly confident". Mr. Henry reports that General Motors employees have so far pledged $304,848. which is 39% of their target of $778,400. About 80% of the G.M. work force will have been canvassed by next week. Mr. Henry has high praise for the involvement of High School Students Students in the campaign. "They've been terrific in raising funds for such a worthy cause. Their enthusiasm enthusiasm has been great and, in fact, is rubbing off on us adults". Turn to Page Two Those witches and werewolves you might have seen on the main street of Bowmanville Friday night were not Hallowe'en goblins getting getting a headstart on Hallowe'en. They were shoppers eligible for prizes from downtown merchants. Tracy Badour (right) and Denise Lunney were among the shoppers who received vouchers for $50 worth of goods from the merchants of downtown Bowmanville during last Friday's Hallowe'en shopping spectacular. The event was sponsored by the Bowmanville's Bowmanville's Downtown Business Improvement Area, which offered the "BIA Bucks" for shoppers wearing costumes. This twosome received their prize at Rickaby's Ltd, from Joan Webster. R ; NASTY - Hallowe'en went over Monday night without without much by way of damage, although there apparently apparently was a skirmish or two and a few rolls of toilet paper were wrapped around various lamp posts. The Statesman windows met with some soap scrawling scrawling by someone with a brief but vulgar vocabulary that told us rather explicitly what we should do. All in all, Monday was a poor night for much revelry. v': •. mzm ft? ■■■ v.Ky.:Y;..:': '^mmTiy :• :. v ,, ; i / »* \{ I:?. ■ { / 1 ;.r : V.4 -•-V SHOWTIME - Starting Friday November 4th, the St. Paul's Players are presenting their annual Showtime extravaganza 'Ain't We Got Fun?' in the church auditorium at 8 p.m. Other dates are November 5th, 11th and 12th. ! H BIG SALE - This Friday, the Salvation Army at 35 Division St. is holding a giant furniture and rummage rummage sale that will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 8 p.m. with loads of bargains. TOPS RALLY - A rally is being staged by the TOPS club at Bowmanville High School this Sunday, November 6th, starting at 1:15. BLOOD CLINIC - If you receive this newspaper Wednesday afternoon, there will still be time to drop in at the Lions Centre, Beech Avenue, to donate a unit of your much needed high quality blood. Your contribution is sorely needed at the moment to restock restock supplies for surgery and emergencies. The clinic ends at 8:30 p.m. and they'll be delighted to see you. . CHRISTMAS SEALS - Cecil the Sensible Seal will be making a special visit next Wednesday morning to Regional Chairman Gary Herrema's office at Durham Region where Cecil will deliver the campaign campaign flag and first sheet of Christmas Seals. All this unusual activity is tied in with the official Kick-Off of Durham Region Lung Association's Christmas Seal Campaign and will take place about 9:30 a.m. REMEMBRANCE - If the weather stays as comparatively comparatively balmy as it was on Tuesday, there should be a large crowd at Bowmanville Cenotaph this Saturday Saturday at 10:30 a.m. for the annual Remembrance Day service. Legion members, the Ladies Auxiliary, and Scouting groups will be present at the servicq as usual. Following recent events ini Grenada and Beirut, war and its consequences in human suffering suffering may at the moment be uppermost in people's minds. Let's pay our tributes this Saturday to those who have sacrificed their lives for freedom. i. j, PC POTLUCK - Clarke-Newcastle Progressive Conservative Conservative Association is holding its annual Potluck Supper this Friday, November 4th at 6 p.m. in the Odd Fellows Hall, Orono. Memberships will be available available at the door. See Coming Event for more details. details. SCUGOG - Work is proceeding on installing new storm sewers on Scugog St. at the west end of town and it's apparently developing into a big and lengthy job. If and when it will be finished is not certain, but it certainly has been quite a nuisance for the past several weeks. SURPRISE - We acknowledge with sincere thanks the receipt of an attractive appreciation plaque from the Kendal Senior Eagles ball team for oui- support over the past season. Unfortunately, we had other commitments and couldn't be present at the dinner where it was officially presented. It's been a real privilege to work with the Ontario champions from Kendal and we wish them all the best for next season. FALL FASHIONS - Don't forget the 'Focus on Fall Fashions' by Leisure Lady and sponsored by the Bowmanville Progressive Conservatives at B.H.S. this Thursday at 8 p.m. : . V: 1 ; 1 ' i : if . ' ! V M ' ' ; ' .. V. . . V ; H «V,- -P BUDDY RICH - There are about 60 tickets still to be sold for famous drummer Buddy Rich's concert at Bowmanville High School on Sunday evening, November 27th. Anyone interested in picking one up, should contact the school where Rotarian Charlie Charlie Clarke will be happy to take care of them. r-'StMlNl; ;ti jV Odd Fellows Highest Honor Presented to Harry Wade Taking part in the 'Meritorious Service Jewel' presentation to Past Grand Master Harry Wade on Thursday night were, 1-r, Bro. Glen Wanamaker, A party was held to honour Bro Harry P.G.M. Bro. Bill Wade, Mrs, Mabel Wade, Harry Wade, P.G.M. and Bro. Orville Christie, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ontario. Harry Wade, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ontario l.O.O,F„ Tliurs., Oct, 27th at Nightingale Centennial Temple, Bowmanville. The program opened with O' Canada, Bro, Era Archer. M.C, then welcomed all, and entertainment was provided by the male quartette, Boss Allin, Ernie Held, Howard Anyan, and Hobble Robinson, and musical numbers by Eric I .ambler. Bro. Bill Wade then escorted escorted Ills lather, Bro, Harry Wade to the platform. Bro. Glen Wanamaker, P.G.M,, delivered an informative address of Bro, Wade's Involvement Involvement In the I.O.O.E. Order and his community, Bro. Bill Wade invested Bro, Harry Wade with a 'Meritorious 'Meritorious Service Jewel", the highest honor that can tie bestowed upon any member of the I.O.O.F. Order, In recognition recognition of their outstanding services, services, to their Lodge and Community. Congratulations were offer ed by Bro. Jim Caswell, Noble Grand of Florence Nightingale Nightingale Lodge, Bro, Ern Archer, District Warden of District 42, Bro, Herb Kniff, District Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Hon Wanamaker, Regional Director of Area 111, and Bro. Orville Christie, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ontario,