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!. Mayo ^RARY/BOWMANVÏL , .(.,v TPM PE R AN CE ST.. ROWMANVÎLLE ON L1C-.JAS i New Supermarket ntWimi itytptti*-**»*?, EiWWK;- y :". •1 :.*x- V V WKG. et i *:N: / jr - T 1 ilt ^ - . * # . «• ' '< ' ■/ - * ÿî; Last night at an informal reception, His Worship store, which today opens for business under the Mayor Garnet Rickard officially cut a ribbon to wel- trade name of Gilhan. Those attending the reception come the owners of Bowmanville's newest super- were impressed by the many improvements that market. He is flanked by Greg Guilfoil, left, and Doug have been made to the premises. Hann who have taken over the former Dominion 954 Appeal Assessment Owners of approximately 954 properties in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle are appealing their assessment, according to the latest tally from the provincial assessment office. E.C. Aldridge, valuation manager with the local office of the Ministry of Revenue, estimates that about seven per cent of properties in the Town of Newcastle have been referred referred to the assessment review board, p Deadlines for appealing the re- ■■ cent re-assessment of properties in the town closed this month. Mr. Aldridge Aldridge added that he believes the number of appeals launched this year is somewhat less than the number number received when properties v/ere first re-assessed for market value approximately four years ago. Ruth Kaaz, chairman of the Town of Newcastle Ratepayers' Assoca- tion, said last week that her group is willing to offer advice to any citizens citizens planning to appeal their assessment. assessment. The chairman said that although responsibility for an appeal rests with the individual property- owner, her group is willing to provide provide any information which might simplify the process. Meanwhile, the ratepayer group is planning to make municipal assessment assessment a major issue when the next provincial election takes place. Mrs. Kaaz said a petition of approximately approximately 1,000 names has been circulated to each of the three pro vincial government leaders. That document expresses the ratepayers' disappointment over the introduction of re-assessment based on 1980 values. The chairman said her group will continue to remind the public of the re-assessment controversy even though the government may prefer to see the issue dropped. "I think they hope it will fizzle out," said Mrs. Kaaz. But she indicated indicated that the matter should be raised during elections so that the full implications of the issue may be debated. The Town of Newcastle Ratepayers' Association has been Turn to Page 11 ■iJy 623-3303 25° Per Copy . t: 'J A : . ., : 1: ! Ç j : -i \ ' . ; - ■' : y- 'l aV"'- ; r : sE; ■'Y-V- : ;'Jy : ; [•] , i \\ 11 • j p ;j !. ■! -V T ! t!J " 1 ; • 1: ' I," : v V ■" X. v <' - ! V, 26 pages issue 13 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,1984 130th Year Council Wants More Info About Special Tax Break Granted to Senior Citizens School Board Trustees Accept Budget Newcastle council wants to know more about a special property tax break granted to senior citizens living living in the City of North York. The scheme allows the municipality municipality to credit or refund part of a senior homeowner's property tax bill. In turn, the amount is registered registered as a lien against the property, recoverable in the event of an ownership ownership change. Ward three Councillor Diane Harare brought the matter before her elected colleagues Monday night saying she is concerned about members of the senior population who are finding ii difiioult to bear the municipal tax burden. Councillor Harare later revealed that she is aware of cases where seniors could lose their homes if a measure of relief from property taxes is not provided. "It's a serious situation," she stated. Some of the elderly living on fixed incomes are clearly unable to keep up with the cost of municipal taxes, she explained. Elected officials supported Councillor Councillor Harare's bid, calling for a report report from town staff detailing the structure of the tax break system which assists North York seniors. Administration has been given one month to undertake the invest;-,/ gallon before bringing a 'report to < the town's general committee for consideration. Jaycees Hope to Establish New Park Near Soper Creek The Bowmanville Jaycee club in tends to establish a small park on Highway Two adjacent to Bowmanville Bowmanville Zoo, pending Town council approval. approval. Plans for the 1.5 acre park proposed proposed for the municipal parcel just east of Soper Creek, were unveiled during a meeting of Newcastle council Monday night. : Jaycee project chairman, Rick Keeler, told council the planned park is designed to contain a picnic area, amùsement playground and parking section. ! ■ A; ■ . V '-T 7 ,. V -, ' ' ' ' . "We feel that this park will provide provide a rest area for visitors to our Town and also provide a playground playground for children in the vicinity," he stated. Mr. Keeler said that plans include include the construction of a cinder path down hill from the Bowmanville Bowmanville Mall plus a bridge across the creek in order to make the park safely accessible for children in the area. "The actual building of the park and its maintenance will largely be Turn to Page 11 Thi NTT Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education trustees have approved a budget for 1984 marked by restraint in most areas. The $61,765,700 budget represents represents a 6.21 per cent increase over the 1983 budget, not far off the board's goal of a five per cent hike. The province pays 60 per cent of the total, approximately $37 million, and the taxpayers of Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle pay the rest. Finance Committee Chairman Bill Carman told the board in his written report that 1984 "was again Cancer Society Hoping to Reach $29,000. Goal' > During this year's April campaign, campaign, Canadian Cancer Society volunteers in Bowmanville will be working to raise $29,000, Campaign Chairman Glenn Prout said last week. The 1984 objective matches that of last year. "With the generous support of Bowmanville and area residents and people like them throughout the province, the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society hopes to raise $13.2 million in 1984," he said. "This money will be used to fund ongoing cancer research, research, patient services and education education programs." The Canadian Cancer Society is the only cancer-related fund-raising fund-raising charity with a national charter and with fully organized divisions in each of the 10 provinces." a most difficult year to reconcile a restraint guideline of five per cent with declining enrolment and declining declining provincial grants." The resulting resulting increase in the local average average mill rate -- the important figure for taxpayers -- is 5.79 per cent, a far cry from the. more than 13 per cent increase in 1983. Mr. Carman said at Thursday's meeting of the board "this is not a bare bones budget, but it's very close to it." He explained the draft budget presented to his committee committee by the administration featured featured an increase of nine per cent, so the trustees sent it back with orders orders to pare it to five per cent. The end result was the 6.21 per cent hike. M Vf?*?! trustees revealed missiv- / '/'ings' about the cuts madd and the ' /priorities of the budget. 1984 I marks the year Northumberland : and Newcastle -- together with all I school boards across Ontario -- in- ; troduces OSIS, a revamping of grades seven through twelve that will result in the elimination of grade thirteen in a few years time. The board had planned to hire a consultant to oversee the OSIS changes at the grade seven and eight stage, but the 1984 budget rules out this expenditure. Trustee Russ Walker said OSIS represents "the biggest changes (in intermediate curriculum) since the mid 1960s," and the board should see if the consultant "could somehow somehow be financed." An OSIS consultant consultant would not start until next September and the cost for 1984 would be in the neighbourhood of $13,000 for the four months remaining remaining in 1984. Trustee Wilf Day laid the blame for the OSIS situation at the feet of the provincial government. He said the board was forced to cut the consultant in part because the Ministry of Education introduced the new curriculum but did not provide provide any money for its implementation. implementation. Mr. Carman said all the board could do was "keep (their) fingers crossed for money from the ministry ministry to implement OSIS. Newcastle trustee Bob Willsher joined the discussion on the budget cuts, saying the board's budget should not be trimmed without realizing that the quality of education education may suffer. Comparing it to a town budget, he said "motorists can Turn to Page 11 The concehis' ôï a Bowmanville homeowner captured council's attention attention Monday night causing them to reconsider the ramifications of a previous subdivision ' endorsement. endorsement. High Street resident, Reg Will- atts, told members of council that if a subdivision underway behind his house is permitted to proceed according to plan, an access road will be located a mere four feet from his bedroom window. The subdivision which is being undertaken by Cean Investments Limited in Bowmanville's north end, is bounded by Third, High and Bernard Streets and the C.P.R. tracks. ' Mr. Willatts asked council to re- cind the approval which permits the developer to build a;i access route alongside his home. He pointed out that two other access access routes exist which make more sense in terms of normal traffic flows. Mayor Garnet Rickard suggested that a recommendation by Bowmanville Bowmanville Councillor Marie Hubbard Hubbard which would have arbitrarily cancelled the approved road alongside the Willatt house was not appropriate. Instead Council agreed to be fair to all parties and referred the matter matter to administration. Staff has been directed to arrange a meeting with the developer and concerned homeowners in the High Street area in an effort to resolve the problem. problem. - FAST ACTION -- We'd just finished an editorial suggesting that anyone interested in becoming a candidate in the upcoming federal election should start campaigning soon, when things began happening. happening. Earl Malley from this community submitted an announcement saying he would be seeking the NDP nomination. Shortly after his note arrived, another was received from Port Hope saying that Darce Campbell from that town is throwing his hat in the ring for the Durham - Northumberland Liberals. No doubt others may now get the urge and join the race. Mr. Malley is membership secretary of the Durham East NDP. Mr. Campbell is a well known real estate agency owner. FIRE CALLS -- Just received another item about problems over phone numbers being only- one or two numbers from the one used to report a fire in Bowmanville. It is 623-3300 and Bowmanville Baptist Baptist Church number is 623-3000. In the excitement of trying to dial while your house is going up in smoke, it would be quite easy to make a mistake apd call them, Dennis Pizzeria or The Statesman that is 623-3303. They receive quite a few wrong calls, but don't say whether they are for fires, for pizzas or to put advertisements or news in this newspaper. Maybe something should be done about it. 60TH ANNIVERSARY -- This Sunday, April 1st, the Royal Canadian Air Force will be celebrating its 60th anniversary with a parade and ceremony honoring the unfurling of the new Air Command Flag at Canadian Forces Base Trenton. The parade begins at 1 p.m. followed by the flag presentation and the official opening of the new CFB Trenton RCAF Museum Library that will be open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. GRAND OPENING -- This week marks the Grand Opening of Bowmanville's newest supermarket 'Gillian' in the former Dominion store. See their advertisement for more details. MURAL PROJECT -- The interclub committee of Bowmanville's service clubs has advised the Visual Arts Centre that will be contributing $800 to help them finance the mural at Bowmanville Library as a bicentennial project. CELEBRATIONS -- As part of the Salvation Army's Centennial celebrations, there's a concert at B.H.S. auditorium on Saturday at 7, featuring the Canadian Staff Band and the B.H.S. band. On Sunday, at the new Citadel there is a Holiness meeting at 11 a.m., a Praise Meeting at 3 and a Great Salvation Meeting at 6:30 p.m. We hope all these events arc as successful successful as last Saturday's parade that was blessed with fine weather and a great crowd. CARNIVALS -- Both Newcastle and Manvers Figure Figure Skating Clubs are holding annual carnivals this weekend, but Bowmanville's club is apparently foregoing one this year. Newcastle's is Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. The one in Manvers is at 2 p.m. Sunday. MISTAKE -- An advertisement about dog licence renewals last week had an error in stating that anyone anyone whose 1984 licence had expired should do something something about it. It should have read 1983, we've still got a way to go in 1984. AMBASSADORS OF PEACE -- At the Oshawa Unit 11 Korea War Veterans Association dinner-dance at Oshawa Legion on Saturday night, seven Ambassador Ambassador of Peace medals were awarded to veterans, including two Bowmanville residents, Reg Roberts who was a prisoner of war for 2 Vz years and posthumously posthumously to Charles Johnson, with Muriel Johnson accepting. accepting. 30,000 Daffodils Ready to Brighten Area Homes Mary Tillcock, left, who inspected the cartons along with Doug and Rose Hately, members of St. Paul's Couples Club who will be assisting. On Friday, On Tuesday afternoon, 30,000 daffodils from British Columbia arrived at Bob Carruthers' apple farm north of Bowmanville for storage until this weekend when volunteers will be selling them to raise Cancer Society funtjs. They year's crop appears to be in excellent condition, according to Daffodil chairman iples Club who will be assisting. „, Durham E. MPP Sam Cureatz will be taking over his usual spot at the Bank of Montreal, starting at 2 p.m. and he's looking forward to being kept busy,