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I I NEWCASTLE LI B R A R Y / B 0 W M A N V ■' L 62 TEMPERANCE ST. Steeple in Plae BOwm,VILLE 0N L!C - 3A8 . L:T t T i; , ■ a,';.. , ' " :: • B.':T ; ' - , V> : ?■ ; i- !, . :. ■' . - : : ■ ' 1 • . ' ' ' i _ ■ ' '■ TV 3 ■■ T 1 ;:. .. ■ /\ . T-w A* ' 7 t: & -T T"*-' ;V4l-?V 7«j With the installation of this 29-foot steeple on Monday, the Liberty Pentecostal Church is rapidly approaching completion. The steeple shown here weighs nearly 5,000 pounds and is made of solid steel. It was manufactured by Tipping Motor Bodies, in Schomberg, Ont., and installed with the aid of this machine from Cooper Crane Rentals in Oshawa. The new church is being built largely by volunteers, with members of the congregation giving their free time towards the project under the direction of superintendent Murray Bell. The church consists of a main auditorium capable of seating 500 to 600, along with a full- sized gymnasium and a large banquet hall/meeting room downstairs. The building's 22,000 square feet of useable space also includes offices, a library, nursery, kitchen, and Sunday school meeting, rooms. The building will be completed by the spring. Three Groups Announce Events During F ebruary Newcastle's town council has agreed agreed to proclaim February as Heart Month in this municipality. In a letter to council, the Ontario Heart Foundation campaign chairman chairman for Bowmanville also requested requested that the flag of the Heart Foundation be flown at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Police and Fire Building during the month. The Heart Foundation was one of three organizations to announce special events planned for Feb- ■i T. i i:< v E\. ruary when Newcastle council met this week. The Big Sisters' Association of Ontario noted that February 12 to 18 has been designated Big Sister Week. Newcastle council agreed to help publicize this organization by proclaiming these dates as Big Sister Sister Week in the town. In addition, White Cane Week has been proclaimed from February 5 to 11. The theme of white Cane Week is "Blindness is Everyone's Concern." Approximately 540 Town of Newcastle Newcastle taxpayers attended a special Open House held in Bowmanville last week to explain property re-assessment re-assessment to the public. The Open House was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Revenue and held Wednesday, January 18, to Saturday, January 21, at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Police and Fire Building. E.C. Aldridge, valuation manager for the local assessment region, said last week that he was pleased with the turnout. "We're pleased with the interest that the people are showing and that they're coming in to see us," said Mr. Aldridge. He added that residents may still contact their regional assessment office if they missed the opportunity opportunity to attend the Open House. Most taxpayers who attended the sessions in Bowmanville last week were persons who have seen an increase increase in taxation as a result of reassessment. reassessment. Mr. Aldridge said, however, that the process of re-evaluating property property values has produced few dras tic changes in assessment. At the request of the Town of Newcastle council, the municipality municipality has been re-assessed by the provincial provincial Ministry of Revenue. As a result, property assessment (on which taxes are based) has been founded on more recent 1980 market market values. Mr. Aldridge said last week's Open House represents a discussion discussion stage in which ratepayers can seek information and ask questions of the assessors. In some cases, assessors assessors will immediately re-adjust values to the correct rate. Mr. Aldridge noted, however, that landowners who were unsuccessful in having their assessment adjusted adjusted in this initial stage can appeal appeal their re-assessment to the assessment assessment review board. At this board, the ratepayer and the assessors present their evidence evidence before an official who makes a ruling on each case. Ratepayers also have a right to appeal their assessment to the Ontario Ontario Municipal Board, Mr. Aldridge Aldridge said. 36 Pages i ! 7' : \ . . '■> r /Xj 1' j > f! E,., e Issue 4 Æ"\ A' 7 S : / vV-. A--'. ; ;/x; lit Vv> BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984 25* 130th Year Town Wants to Hear of Bicentennial Projects If your community organization has plans for celebrating Ontario's bicentennial this year, the Town of Newcastle's Bicentennial Committee Committee wants to hear about them. Committee Chairman Herb Tink announced this week that this committee committee of citizens representing each ward of the municipality will help co-ordinate various groups hosting bicentennial events. In order to assist in the celebration celebration of Ontario's 200th birthday, the Bicentennial Committee is asking for information on the date, time, and general nature of local events. While the town's bicentennial committee has a limited budget, funds may still be available for community projects through the provincial Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Program "Celebration Ontario." The deadline has passed for events planned between April 1 and July 31. But funding will still be considered for celebrations occurring occurring between August 1 and December December 31. Anyone planning an event between between those dates has until April 30 to submit an application to the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture (416-963-2147). A second source of bicentennial funding was recently announced by the federal government through the. Secretary of State for Canada. Funding will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis and information is available from the Ontario office of the Department of Secretary of State (416-966-6138). The Newcastle Bicentennial committee is now reviewing a number number of possible municipal projects which will be implemented during Ontario's 200th anniversary. Anyone interested in contacting the Bicentennial Committee may do so through the Newcastle Town Hall (623-3379) Foresters Sr. Citizen Complex The Canadian Order of Foresters, completed construction of its new senior citizens complex in Bowmanville Bowmanville well within budget. Milt Dakin, president of the Foresters' Eastern Group, explained Monday that the total cost of the 56-unit apartment building building on Liberty St. is $2,182,767. That represents a price almost $50,000 below budget. In a report to Newcastle's town council, he attributed the success of the project to the voluntary work which was done by the Foresters themselves rather than by hired staff. "We feel that commercial enterprise enterprise cannot possibly do as much and be on a personal basis with our residents," said Mr. Dakin. a V a ALOHA -- Probably our Yelverton correspondent Harvey Malcolm and wife Corrie are back home from Honolulu by now, with Harvey's eyeballs back in their sockets after taking in all the scenery. Thanks for the colorful postcard, the beach sure looks inviting and that is certainly an unusual hat the girl is wearing. No doubt he'll be invited to describe describe their trip at some of the Women's Institute meetings. Now, that would be worth hearing. i.. SEXIEST MEN -- Make sure you check the story on the front of the second section this week about the search being on for the 'Sexiest Men in Newcastle.' Newcastle.' This should be a real competition and all for a good cause. Get those entries in today and hope for the best. VISUAL ARTS -- From January 29th to February 5th the "Winter's Harvest" show will be held at the Visual Arts Centre, featuring work of representative artists in textiles, metal, clay and wood. The official opening is at 2 p.m. this Sunday and continues through the week from 12 noon to 4:30 each day. For further information, call the Mill Gallery 623-5831 or Jenet Coates at 726-9793. BUTT OUT -- Join with us today and see if you too can get through the day without smoking one cigarette. It's weedless Wednesday, but it will be about over for most of you by the time this reaches you. Maybe you'd like to try it on Thursday instead. Right now, we're smoking up a storm, trying to dream up some hilarious items for this column, like our son John had in his front page column of the Amherstberg Echo last week, but we don't have pets to work on. He has Champ the Wonder Dog that's always good for at least one item. Last week, Champ ate some spaghetti and highly seasoned sausage that reacted rather violently. We'll let your imagination work on that one. It made quite a story. SNOWARAMA -- The weather is somewhat sloppy at the moment, but should tighten up before the weekend for the annual Snowarama for Timmy at Port Perry this Sunday. Organizers hope to raise more than $35,000 for crippled children at the event, but good snowmobiling weather is needed. LIBERALS -- Don't forget the Durham East Liberal meeting at Hampton Hall tonight with Sean Conway, M.P.P., Renfrew North as guest speaker at 8 p.m. He reported that Forestree Place, which was officially opened in September, has never had a vacancy vacancy and has a waiting list of over 30. He added that the Canadian Order of Foresters is willing to assist assist other groups which may be interested interested in developing their own housing programs for seniors or for others. "We would like to be of assistance assistance to the Town of Newcastle in any way we can," said Mr. Dakin. One of the highlights mentioned in Mr. Dakin's report on Forestree Place was the low administrative and legal costs required. This was due to the fact that the project was self-administered by the Canadian Order of Foresters. While a project of this size could expect to pay $67,000 for legal and administrative work, the Foresters held these costs to $15,OO0. "And this in itself is a real accomplishment accomplishment in this day and age," said Mr. Dakin. In thanking the Town of Newcas- Turn to Page 15 Rotary Club Celebrates 60th Birthday i > r* n Rotarians and their guests celebrated the club's 60th birthday on Saturday night, during Rotary's Ladies Night at the Lions Centre. Many speakers from neighbouring clubs brought greetings and congratulated the local ciul^for their community work during the past six decades. To commemorate the event, Rotary members and their wives pieced together a "Happy 60th" candle greeting. The completed birthday greeting greeting is shown above with Rotary president Jack Locke, exchange student Jill Hockin, Rotarian Ross Strike and exchange student Jane Passant. Mr. Strike had the honor of placing the first candle, with 56 years of service in Rotary. Council Wants Another Look At Sending Staff to Frobisher An employee of the Town of Newcastle Newcastle who had been invited to go to Frobisher Bay to assist staff in that municipality was grounded Monday night as the result of action by council. A confidential report from town staff recommended that the employee employee be allowed to travel to the Northwest Territories for three days in order to help instruct municipal workers there. However, council wanted a closer look at the request and has referred the matter back to staff for a report. POPULAR WIN -- The Kellys of Brantford finally showed up to claim their nearly $14 million lottery prize and they made a hit with almost everyone. He's a truck driver (or was) and she worked for years in a cleaning establishment and appeared to be unaffected by all the attention. They played it very smart and we only hope they live many years to epjoy it to the fullest. Luck of the Irish as they say, it's great. BEEF PRODUCERS--The Durham beef producers will hold their annual meeting and banquet on Friday, Friday, January 27th, 7 p.m., in Orono Arena. Mr. Ross Proctor, a renowned beef producer from Brussels, Ontario, will be the guest speaker. SYLLABUS -- The Northumberland Music Festival official syllabus is now available at Woody's Smoke Shop and Jim's Variety, in Cobourg. Closing date for entries is Friday, February 10th, L SUPER BOWL -- With 72,000 paid in the Tampa stadium and millions more watching on television, the Los Angeles Raiders had a big day Sunday at the expense of the Washington Redskins. The final score was something like 39-9 in one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. ANNUAL MEETING -- Mr. Sam Hughes, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of Cobourg and District Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday, February 1st at Victoria Hall, in Cobourg. For tickets tickets phone 372-5831. 'L- :■■■: ,!,Æ; • V Councillor Marie Hubbard objected objected to the town's reluctance to part with the unnamed staff member. "I do feel the attitude of some members of council could be labelled labelled chintzy," said Councillor Hubbard. Hubbard. She added that the town is ' being short-sighted in giving up this opportunity for staff to contribute expertise to another municipality and to learn something in return. She added the trip is a chance to put the town on the map in a "positive "positive way." Federal funds were available available for the trip, she said. mm ""Wj m harA| m m m ft Orange Lodge Makes Donation to Hospital Fund This $300 cheque from the Loyal Orange County Lodge of West Durham will help the Memorial Hospital Hospital Foundation towards its goal of raising funds for construction and renovations of Memorial Hospital, Hospital, Bowmanville. The contribution commemorates commemorates the 100th anniversary of the County Lodge which received its Warrant on February 8,1884. The Lodges of Blackstock, Purple Hill, Kendal, Tyrone, and Bowmanville are all part of the County Lodge and contributors towards the hospital donation. Making the presentation to Norm Allison, vice chairman chairman of Memorial Hospital Foundation, is Henry Wotten,. county master. From left are R.E. Elston, executive director of Memorial Hospital; Harry Locke, chairman of the hoard of directors; Mr. Allison, Allison, Mr. Wotten; and Jack Niddery, past County Master. Master.