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I Pinocchio Tries Out tns fuiuui/ If Jason Hoar, the costumed Pinocchio above, were to tell you that he's not prepared for the Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade Saturday, he would be fibbing. And, what's more, his nose would grow an inch. Jason will be riding with Jimminy Cricket on the float entèred by the Long Sault Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club. Parade organizers say that only last minute finishing touches remain in the planning that will see the procession begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning from Central Central School on Wellington Street. Bands, floats, fillers, clowns and other surprise entries will make their way down Silver Street to Church. The march will continue west on Church to Scugog, down Scugog to King Street, east on King to Liberty and down Liberty Street to the Memorial Park Clubhouse. Before and during the parade, booster button sellers will be looking for support from the crowd. Button buyers are reminded that several lucky buttons will be in circulation. Holders of the special buttons may claim their prizes from Yogi Bear following the parade in front of the Bank of Montreal. ! Man's F oot Crushed in Cement Plant Accident by Donna Fairey The medical outlook for Gerry Ruelland has improved since last Friday night when it appeared an industrial accident at the St. Marys Cement plant would result in the amputation of his foot. The Bowmanville man was working working on the repair of an outdoor conveyor conveyor system when his foot became caught in a pulley. Newcastle's Fire Department was summoned to help free Mr. Ruelland's foot and leg which had been severely mangled by the pulley apparatus. Fire Chief Jim Aldridge said it took more than an hour to extricate the victim's leg. "We were working on an outdoor platform, 50 feet above the ground," he stated. Once he was freed, Mr. Ruelland was lowered lowered to the ground on a basket stretcher attached to the fire department's department's aerial ladder. Bowmanville ambulance personnel personnel and a doctor administered med- ; Calling all kids! Altogether now, in the key of "C" for Christmas - You better watch out, You better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. As sure as reindeer can fly, Santa will soar into Bowmanville about 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning for the 22nd annual Santa Claus Parade. He's making a list And checking it twice Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice, Santa Claus is coming to town. And on his Christmas list for the (■:} ' >- ' • : i : : ;,j : ' :■ J.4 ÉTSjg l Û . --V' n. à ■\/ Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade, he'll be bringing more than 30 exciting exciting floats featuring hundreds of story book characters, bands, clowns, horses, crazy cars and more. He sees you lohen you're sleeping He knows when you're awake Heknowsifyou'vebeenbadorgood, So be good for goodness sake. Whether you're sleeping or awake, remember to be especially good since the jolly old elf will be in town this weekend. You will see him riding on his sleigh from Central Central School, downtown via King Street, ending at the Memorial Park Clubhouse on Liberty Street South. With little tin horns And little toy drums, Rooty-too-toots And Rummy tum-tums, Santa Claus is coming to town. And along with horns and drums, there'll be bagpipes, cymbals, flutes, trumpets and glockenspiels in the seven marching bands which will herald Santa's arrival. And curly head dolls, That toddle and coo, Elephants, boats And kiddie cars too. Santa Claus is coming to town. Don't forget to give him a big wave Saturday morning! f0* 1 r VfiT f| It] ü ■ 1./. If mk... ry ^ 28 Pages \\ :i ' V \ r. j A, ,r m ! ' ; v : c- y > :•! , • :\ v 14 a IN h ;A-y A" r' •; a b-i ^ ..y~Fy H ik là |H yji-:! Û $ fhna % m / / x>- * V v » V f Vy / v v v Xy x y \y Issue 46 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1983 25 c Copy 129th Year Hospital Revises Renovation Plans ical care to Mr. Ruelland during the tedious extrication process. According to John Willan, St. Mary's employee relations officer, Mr. Ruelland has already undergone undergone two operations since he was rushed to Oshawa General Hospital. Hospital. "The situation looks a lot better than it did Friday night," he stated. Mr. Willan said optimistic indications indications are now that the badly crushed foot and leg can be saved although more surgery will be necessary and the recuperation period could be anywhere from three months to a year. The Ruelland accident represents represents the first major lost time mishap mishap at the cement plant this year notwithstanding a number of lesser industrial accidents. Both the Durham Regional Police and the Ministry of Labor conducted conducted routine investigations, however, however, the results have not yet been made public. Memorial Hospital has taken its plans for expansion back to the drawing board and has come up with new ideas designed to meet the needs of this community over the next 15 years. These plans include construction of a two-storey addition east of the hospital's newest wing. The older wing of the hospital, which was damaged by fire in 1980, would be renovated for office space according according to the most recent draft of the hospital plans. Cost of the expansion has not yet been determined. However, Hospital Hospital Administrator R.E. Elston estimates estimates that it will take about one year to prepare detailed design for the project. He added that the Ministry of Health must give the hospital permission to proceed with the detailed plans. . j Mr. Elston said last week mat Memorial Hospital ; is meetiiij? Thursday with representatives of the Provincial Ministry of Health in order to discuss the future development development of facilities at the hospital. One of the highlights of the hospital hospital plans is a new chronic care and . rehabilitation area capable of holding 30 patients. "To do a proper job, the renovations for long-term care beds within the confines of the existing hospital itself would not be feasible," said Mr. Elston. The new building would be able to contain chronic care patients. In addition, the facility would include include more space for outpatient care and a day hospital. Mr. Elston said the new additions would bringthetotalcapacityofthe hospital to between 100 and 102 beds. At the moment, the hospital has 89 beds. The administrator said that the hospital hopes for a favorable hearing hearing when it meets with Ministry of Health officials this month. He noted that availability of funds will i. lie a major "issue. "A lot of it will depend on the ^ adequacy of funding. However, we think we have a viable financial plan for them," said Mr. Elston. Newtonville Holds Remembrance Service Newtonville residents Bill Clarke (left) and Frank Stapleton conducted conducted the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph last Friday. In spite of raw, rainy weather several Newtonville and area residents along with the local public school students joined in the services. Project Tied to New Shopping Mall Region Okays Baseline Trunk Sewer A $360,000 trunk sewer needed to serve new development in southwest southwest Bowmanville was approved last Wednesday by Durham's regional regional council. The pipe will serve a new shopping shopping plaza planned for the corner of Waverley Rd. and Baseline Rd. In addition, it will allow the development development of approximately 392 residential residential units in the area west of Bowmanville Creek. The move will also ease basement flooding which has been known to occur on Hunt St. H 1 a I PARENTS' NIGHT -- Courtice Secondary School will be holding a Parents' Night next Monday, Nov. 21 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sorry we missed the trampoline trampoline show on Tuesday, but everybody at this office was tied up, putting our papers together. No doubt the Cougar news staff will supply a report next week. JR. CITIZENS -- Several nomination forms have been picked up by readers for the Ontario Community Community Newspapers Association Junior Citizen competition, competition, but to date none has been turned in. This is just a reminder that all nominations must be completed and sent in by the end of November. OPEN HOUSE -- The renovated hall at Hampton is planning an Open House this Saturday, Nov. 19th to show citizens the tremendous improvement that has taken place. Festivities include a bake and craft sale from 10 a.m. to 4'p.m. and a dance from 9 to 1. See Coming Events. SHOPPING -- Anybody who has his or her Christmas shopping done for this year is better organized than most, including the author of this column. We just took a moment to check the days left on the calendar until that fateful day. The total is 39, so there is still plenty of time. Better go watch Santa ho-hoing all over the place in the parade this Saturday and get in the mood. Or, drop in at the Visual Arts Centre this Friday, Saturday or Sunday to see their annual Yuletide show. More details in a story in this edition. In voting for the $360,000 extension extension of the sewer system, elected officials officials agreed that most of the costs would be recovered through an agreement agreement with Pythbow Developments Developments Limited, owners of the planned planned shopping plaza on the corner of Baseline Rd. and Waverley Rd. The Durham Region's agreement with Pythbow states that the regional regional municipality would receive a contribution of $216,000 from the developer in 14 installments. That decision raised the ire of some members of Newcastle council council who argued that building the trunk sewer should not hinge on the approval of the controversial 160,000 square-foot shopping mall. Councillor Diane Hamre questioned questioned the wisdom of makingthe approval approval conditional upon the project. project. However, her effort to have the conditions removed from the re commendation were rejected by regional regional council. "It is intended to get the Town of Newcastle on the hook," she told Regional Chairman Gary Herrema. "You're not even being subtle about it." Councillor Hamre said she did not intend to discuss the merits of the shopping centre development but added that the region could pay for the pipe through funds contained contained in an OHAP (Ontario Housing Housing Action Program) loan. *10 Jump in Hydro Bills Householders in the Town of Newcastle can expect about a $10 increase in their Hydro bills beginning beginning in January 1984. The Newcastle Hydro Electric Commission announced earlier this week that rates will increase by 7.9 per cent next year. Following its annual review of current rates, Newcastle Hydro manager Morley Watson said the Commission was moved to endorse the hike to electricity customers in order to remain viable. Mr. Watson said the increase works out to about $4 more per 1000 kilowatts of electricity used. The average household consumes about 2500 to 2700 kilowatts per 60 day billing billing period. The local increase was endorsed following an Ontario Hydro hike of 8.0 percent to municipal commissions commissions across the province. LIBERALS -- Next Wednesday evening, the Durham-Northumberland Liberal Association has a fund-raising dinner planned for the Flying Dutchman Motor Hotel. Guest speaker will be the Hon. David Smith, Minister of State (Small Business Business and Tourism). Tickets are available from any member of the party executive and the amount paid is tax deductible, which helps. SACRED CONCERT -- This Saturday at 8 p.m., the Salvation Army takes over the Liberty Pentecostal Church, 69 Liberty St. where a giant Salvation Army Choir from Hamilton will present a sacred concert. The public is invited, it should be a memorable memorable evening. Incidentally, the new Liberty Pentecostal Pentecostal Church at the corner of Hwy. 2 and 57 is certainly looking more impressive every day. It's going to be an imposing structure at the west entrance entrance of town. TOY DRIVE -- Gord Barnes of Family Trust advises that his firm will again be organizing a Community Toy Drive. Last year, the firm's representatives collected collected more than five thousand, three hundred gifts that were distributed by local charitable organizations organizations to many grateful children. This year, they'd like to do even more. Give them a call at 623-6622 if you can help. ROAST BEEF -- Pork producers may be complaining complaining about discrimination one of these days following Trinity Church's most successful roast beef dinner on Saturday. Now, there's another one in store, put on by Bowmanville Lions Club this Sunday, Nov. 20th, Tickets available by calling Nelson E. Osborne at 623-4738. There may be a few left if you are lucky. SAVE-A-HEART -- We're a bit late for announcing announcing Durham's Save-A-Heart Week Nov, 7 -12, but not too late to mention that a CPR Instructor's course is being held for Uxbridge-Scugog, Brock, Newcastle, Bowmanville and Oshawa area on Nov. 23,30, Dec. 7,14. Anyone interested in taking the course should call 571-1152 for more information. information. Qualified instructors are taking bookings. . iU'-üiw Eagles Beat Lindsay in Fight-Filled Junior C Game Sunday Tim Preston raises his arms alter scoring the first when both benches cleared for a fight that su of two goals on Sunday night during a fight filled game between the Bowmanville Red Eagles and the Lindsay Muskics. The second period could not be finished with more than three minutes remaining iw 10 players ejected from the game. The Eagles were able to hold off the Lindsay attackers in the third period to earn the 4-3 victory, extending their unbeaten streak to 11 games.