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Town'* uxiSw/Bo«ff: TEMP= h :" l i U 7,M LiC-JW h,W ;.Y :Y:ii ' i ■ V-\ Ad • - 7 - ; ; The new year was nearly two days old before the town's first 1984 baby was born at Bowmanville Memorial Hospital. Shauna Boyle entered entered the the world at 8:14 p.m. Monday evening, January 2nd, making her Bowmanville's New Year's baby. The second child of Tom and Marsha Boyle of Oshawa, she weighed in at six pounds, 9-1/4 ounces or 2977 grams. Mom and babe are shown above with Shauna less than 24 hours old. JANUARY A flag-raising New Year's morning morning marked the 125th anniversary of the town ofBowmanville. Former Bowmanville mayors Ross Strike, Q.C., and Lawrence Mason, Q.C., raised the flag of the former Town of Bowmanville to officially commence commence the year's festivities. The flag-raising took place at the Police and Fire Building. The year's first baby was born to Douglas and Grethe Ashton, ofBowmanville. ofBowmanville. Karen Ruth arrived at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, January 5. John Finlay became the area's new agricultural representative. Mr. Finlay, formerly of the Uxbridge Uxbridge office of the Ontario Ministry Ministry of Agriculture and Food, took over his duties at the Bowmanville office as of January 4. Newcastle's town council found itself on the receiving end of a $107,000 grant to ease local unemployment. unemployment. Town council was awarded this amount from a $100 million federal-provincial job creation creation program intended to provide work to individuals who had used up their unemployment insurance benefits. Elected officials also imposed a five per cent ceiling on tax increases increases for 1983. The ceiling applied to all spending under the control of the local municipality. Guidelines called for full-time positions positions on town staff to be filled only with the approval of council, while ineffective programs were to be trimmed. A break-in at Bowmanville's Salvation Salvation Army headquarters occurred occurred New Year's Day. Intruders ransacked ransacked an office, destroying a brass band instrument and stealing a quantity of cash. A Bowmanville family, along with some of their friends, received top honors in the 1982 Santa Claus Parade float competition. The award went to "Browns' Berry Box", which featured Strawberry Shortcake dolls. Turn lo Page 7, Section B r; Â'À ,f. : " V. - "pi 26 pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1984 25 c Copy 130th Year Committee Accepts Plan For 182 Ft Ceramic Mural V Plans for a 182-foot ceramic mural which will eventually decorate decorate Bowmanville's public library were accepted by a committee of Newcastle council on Tuesday and will now be forwarded to town council for final approval. The mural is to be created by several several hundred local elementary school students and will decorate a 10-inch band of concrete running the length of the entire library. Elfriede Haunsberger, co-or- dinatof of Bowmanville's Visual Arts Centre, told members of the town's general purpose and administration administration committee, that the bas- relief ceramic project will have a historical theme. Depicted on the sculpture will be the development of this community from the days of the North American American Indians to the present. Mrs. Haunsberger noted that this mural which is being assembled during Ontario's bicentennial is similar to a "tree of life" which students students at Lord Elgin Public School created last year for Bowmanville's 125th anniversary. She estimated that the cost of the work would be $3,000, with funds to be raised privately and through a grant from Wintario. She explained that the library has indicated it would accept the project and she added that the town's authorization is necessary because the planned artwork would be located in a public building. building. Mrs. Haunsberger expects that students at Mitchell's Corners Public Public School and Maple Grove Public School would be working on the project. She added that there's the possibility that a third school may also join in the project. Students are currently in the process process of researching the mural and between May and June there will be sessions at the Visual Arts Centre to complete the project. Both school staff and the Visual Arts Centre will be providing the technical knowledge necessary to develop the finished product. fW r Jim OMISSION -- Just before Christmas an advertisement advertisement acknowledging contributions to the Legion's Poppy Fund was published in this newspaper. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, the areas of Hampton and Courtice that made sizable donations were not included. The Poppy Fund officials regret the omission and extend their appreciation. , 1 , 1 ] t i j r-' lc: ; ' ■ •' h t . '> ■ i j ' f m I , ' , y ®Yf , f| • p . 'l : .i (.:! • / fe £ , stmas an advertise- LOST IS FOUND -- S Former Resident Drowns in Lake The body of a former Bowmanville Bowmanville man was found in the frigid waters off Toronto Harbor Monday night, the apparent victim of a boating boating accident. Dead is Garfield Graham, 31, a Toronto Toronto resident for the past several years who was working as a self-employed self-employed carpenter. Information pieced together by police and family members indicates indicates that the victim accidentally fell from a kayak into the sub-zero waters of Lake Ontario, not far from Ontario Place. A family spokesman said Mr. Graham was committed to the hobby of preserving the ancient Inuit art of kayak building. When the accident occurred, it is believed believed he was water-testing a recently recently constructed boat. A coroner's report revealed that Mr. Graham died from hypothermia and drowning. A cause for the accident accident has not been established. An intensive water search which ended shortly after midnight produced produced Mr. Graham's body and the demolished kaydk which had somehow somehow been snapped into two pieces. The victim. <?x>«5rienced by.the.nn:. vi'aii 'ji AivVhr.^yUxs, '■ Uwiring Uwiring a lifejackjMt the time of!the accident. Services will be held Thursday morning at Northcutt Elliott Funeral Funeral Chapel. Interment Bowmanville Bowmanville Cemetery. Mr. Graham is survived by his father James, a former employee at Bowmanville's Goodyear plant, and two brothers, Gordon and Gregory. Durham East MPP Now a Queen's Counsel Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz has been appointed a Queen's Counsel. Mr. Cureatz was among 143 members members of the legal profession who received received the designation in the annual annual New Year's list from Ontario's attorney general. In addition to practising law in Newcastle, Mr. Cureatz has served in the Ontario Legislature as MPP for Durham East since 1977. He is the former deputy speaker of the Legislature and is currently serving serving as parliamentary assistant to the provincial solicitor-general. V 1 '■ - ■ v '.V *v • i /; . " v-A; ' . >V v V 11 ' Mayor Cuts 10th Birthday Cake at First Levee Mayor Garnet Rickard cuts the cake to mark the 10th anniversary of the Town of Newcastle, during the Mayor's levee on New Year's Day. This wa^ crowd was in attendance for the inaugural New Year's Day event. In the above photo are, Mayor Garnet Rickard, Rod and Diane Hamre, Annabelle Councillor and Mrs. Bruce Taylor. .the fiKî s.jriTTvfor the Mayor's lej^e and à large '\ RickarrLand C( Js~rrr.--- - ?r:~-- Faste I Site Hearing Wanted The town's elected officials have repeated their call for a public hearing into plans for the development development of a nuclear waste disposal sit- in or near this municipality. At its meeting Tuesday, January 3, the general purpose committee reviewed the latest developments surrounding attempts by Eldorado Resources Limited to establish a waste disposal site for radioactive material. The committee has recommended recommended that council ask Ontario's energy minister to publicly support the holding of hearings under federal federal environmental assessment legislation. In addition, the committee suggests that federal and provincial provincial officials be asked to provide funding which will help citizens' groups to participate at the hearings. hearings. Town council has also asked Eldorado Eldorado Resources Ltd. to submit themselves to the environmental assessment process. "We're looking at the establishment establishment of the first permanent low level nuclear waste site in all of Canada," said Councillor Diane Hamre. She warned councillors that Newcastle could wake up one morning to discover that it has the site for the disposal of all nuclear waste in Canada. In a recent letter to town council, Eldorado stated that during the next 12 months it will be exploring three possible means of dealing with radioactive wastes. These methods include the building of mined caverns under the existing Port Granby waste site, mined caverns under Eldorado's former refinery site at Wesleyville, and engineered engineered burial north of the Lakeshore Rd., at Port Granby. Councillor Hamre noted that the letter from Eldorado contains numerous errors. She added that the federal government seems to be hiding behind Eldorado rather than dealing with the matter. Both federal and provincial agencies agencies have urged a consultative committee committee composed of representatives representatives from town council and citizens to resume meetings with Eldorado in order to resolve matters related to the establishing of a new waste disposal site. That committee adjourned last year after deciding that it would not resume meetings until Eldorado promised to widen its search for a nuclear waste disposal site. A report contained in this week's agenda of the general purpose committee committee notes that various methods for coping with low-level radioactive radioactive wastes are currently in use throughout the world. These range from shallow burial on land to dumping at sea and placement in abandoned mines. The general purpose committee is recommending that its determination determination to see a hearing on the waste disposal site also be conveyed to Durham-Northumberland MP Allan Lawrence. y r YOUNG CANADA DAY -- This Saturday, one of the biggest hockey events of the current season will take place at the Darlington Sports Centre, when local teams will host visiting squads during Young Canada Day. It's an all day event that always produces produces exciting action, well worth seeing. Awards are presented at the conclusion of each game. Support Support by fans always helps the teams to play their best hockey. LOST IS FOUND -- Somebody in the community is probably searching all over the place for a green toque to keep their ears warm this winter. We are happy to report that it is waiting for the owner at The Statesman office, where it was left. Please come pick it up before one of the staff tries it on. It might fit. SNOW SWIRL -- If you didn't have enough dancing on New Year's Eve, the Bowmanville Progressive Conservative Association is doing its bit to keep you in shape during 1984. They have a Snow Swirl Dance planned for Saturday, Jan. 14th at the Lions Centre, Beech Ave., Bowmanville. For tickets, contact contact 623-2257 or 623-6695. ! i I i ■J b : !i i I 10 s BABY SEATS -- Apparently, the Jaycettes were anticipating a larger crop of babies than has come to pass so far this season and at the moment, they have a surplus of car seats for babies in stock and available for rent to anyone who could use one. Call Louise Aasen at 623-4768 for details. LEVEES -- A surprising number of citizens from all over the Town of Newcastle showed up at the Mayor's Levee on New Year's Day and, from all reports, reports, it was a great success that might well be repeated repeated and expanded in years to come. The one held each New Year's Day at Bowmanville Legion started out in a small way, but each year seems to get bigger and better. These affairs become close to a home coming, with many former residents attending to renew friendships. 10th ANNIVERSARY -- A unique group called the Oshawa District Ostomy Association celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, providing assistance and guidance to those unfortunates who have undergone undergone this misadventure. They'll be marking the anniversary Wednesday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. at Room 1002-F, Oshawa General Hospital and invite all members to attend and bring a friend. It's also Ostomy Ostomy Awareness Week Jan. 23 - 28 and there will be a display in the lobby at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville Bowmanville from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17th. MILDER -- After the recent cold spell, the weather officials are predicting a few more days of comparatively comparatively mild temperatures which should melt some of the snow and change it into sloppy slush. Even Florida is beginning to warm up they say which is nice for them. Maybe those college football upsets had something to do with changing the chilly air as frustrated coaches blew off steam. Happily, there are only a few more football playoffs to watch before the season ends and the golf telecasts begin, a sure sign that Spring is not far off. , * h ' < <is !>i V' Y "v'YYVf-Y s l5W:HYY'■ ! California Hockey Team Presented with Lapel Pins Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz, presents Pro- kie Williams, of the No real Blazers. At right is vincc of Ontario lapel pins to John Lang, and Jac- coach Howard Jcnks.