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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 13 Jun 1984, p. 1

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\ Gemini ( $ Fiesta Queen •H (K- "1 ' • -ST' ■>•;. ■ ;. t S N Chantal d'Entremont, of the Oshawa Gemini Gymnastics Club, has been chosen to represent her organization as one of Oshawa's Fiesta Queens. Chantal, a Bowmanville resident, is a coach with the Oshawa Geminis in programs offered at Bowmanville and Oshawa. Bowmanville's Chantal d'Entremont d'Entremont has been chosen to represent represent the Oshawa Gemini Gymnastic Club in this year's annual Fiesta Week held in Oshawa June 17 to 24. Chantal, a grade 11 student at Bowmanville High School, is a member of the Oshawa Geminis. She was in competitive gymnastics for eight years and now serves as a coach with the Oshawa Geminis. Chantal recalls that she first joined the club at eight years of age. During Fiesta Week, her duties will include taking part in the kickoff kickoff parade as well as visiting the 37 pavilions located throughout the city. "I'm looking forward to seeing the other pavilions and making friends with other Fiesta queens," she said. No doubt Chantal d'Entremont will also make a fine Fiesta Week ambassador for this municipality. vd v :./ -- ■mm ■ / U & $ « *3P V wxJv U/ O When the Sri Inai International College was searching for a principal-designate principal-designate to launch a new preparatory preparatory school in Bowmanville, it found that a candidate uniquely suited for the job was already living in town. That man is Duncan Bradley. Mr. Bradley, a science teacher at Courtice Secondary School, is not only a seasoned professional of 28 years. He also taught in Malaysia during the mid 1960s through a two- year program sponsored by the Canadian government. Between 1964 and 1967, Duncan v Bradley, along with his wife and family, lived in Malaysia. He recalls the experience of teaching at a state science college as one of the highlights of his career. Not only did he learn the culture of the newly-formed Federation of Malaysia. He also picked up some of the language of the country. As fate would have it, one of the educators he met in Malaysia 15 years ago was organizing the new Sri Inai College in Bowmanville and asked him if he would be interested interested in assisting. Mr. Bradley applied to the North- V ;V {•£/ ■ U ;> :•;/ umberland and Newcastle Board of Education and was granted a year's leave of absence so that he could serve as principal designate. When interviewed this week, the Courtice Secondary School teacher was looking forward to the upcoming upcoming year. Keeping active through trying new challenges is one of his philosophies of life. In addition to working overseas for two years with Canada's external external aid office, he has worked with student council, coached sports, helped in drama club productions, Turn to Page 2 Duncan Bradley yyv i ïifVfh if"! • i ~<y VI li ïà> ; i J}& & ? „ f 5 ®*»-' v if/x/ W II w Issue 24 32 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1984 25 e Copy Citizens Show Interest In Zoning Meetings V oiimteers Gave 60,602 Community Care Hours Volunteers provided 60,602 hours of service last year so that senior citizens in the Durham Region could continue to live independently independently and in their own homes. "The time and dedication of the volunteers who work with Community Community Care continues to be impressive," impressive," said Executive Director Paul Tuttle in his report to the annual meeting of the Durham Region Community Care Association. The meeting took place Wednesday, Wednesday, June 6, in Port Perry. Mr. Tuttle told members that 1983/84 has been a very productive year, with demand for services continuing continuing to grow. Both the mileage driven by volunteers and the over all units of service increased. In fact, volunteers drove over 228,000 miles in total. They also gave 8,000 more units of service than the previous year. "It is clear that we are continuing to build on a solid foundation of reliable reliable accessible service delivery while at the same time entering new spheres of activity. The coming year will prove exciting as we continue continue working on projects initiated this year while at the same time facing facing new challenges," said the executive director. As of March 31, there were 2,573 clients on file with the seven Community Community Care offices operating in the Durham Region. Several public meetings were held last week to inform Town of Newcastle residents of the proposed proposed consolidated zoning bylaw. "There will be a number of zoning changes to conform with the Durham Region official plan," said Terry Edwards, director of planning. planning. In addition, the consolidated bylaw brings individual bylaws governing governing parts of the town into a single document. Nuclear Protesters Hit Hydro Offices A total of 30 people were arrested and charged with trespassing at Ontario Ontario Hydro headquarters in Toronto Toronto during Monday's anti-nuclear demonstration. The group, representing the Campaign Campaign for Nuclear-Free Ontario, a coalition of peace groups, was protesting protesting the ongoing construction at the Darlington Nuclear generating station. J The relatively calm protest ' ended with the use of force as pjolice dragged yelling demonstrators demonstrators out of the building located located near Queen's Park. About seven of the group leaders, having a sit-in in the lobby, were hauled away by police later in the afternoon. Four other protesters were forced to remove themselves from their squatting positions inside the tower's revolving doors where they spent the day sipping water from straws held by friends. Fifteen demonstrators were arrested arrested earlier in the day for trespassing trespassing after having refused to leave the upper floor of the hydro complex where they were distributing distributing pamphlets to the employees. Another twenty or more were escorted escorted out of the building peacefully, peacefully, after being threatened with arrest. Meetings were held in Newcastle, Bowmanville and Hampton and Mr. Edwards reports that the June 6 evening meeting in Bowmanville was very well attended. "This meeting meeting was better attended than our official official plan meeting." Residents raised some concerns and a major question was rezoning of the beach areas. Mr. Edwards indicated indicated that a large portion of the beaches is environmentally protected. protected. Mr. Edwards will be meeting with representatives of the Ratepayers Association at the Port Darlington Marina on June 21. "We hope to clarify the beaches issue at that meeting." The next public meeting concerning concerning the new rezoning bylaw will be on July 3 and a report will be submitted submitted to the general purpose committee committee on July 16. "Then council council will be in a position to give second second and third reading of the bylaw at the July 23 council meeting," Mr. ;Edwards said. SjHydro Commissioners To Get 3.9% Pay Raise A salary increase for thé commissioners commissioners and the chairman of the Newcastle Hydro Electric Commission Commission was approved by Newcastle town council at Monday's meeting. The 3.9 percent pay hike raises the chairman's annual salary to $1,800 from $1,680. A commissioner will now collect $1,500 a year, an increase of$30. There are four commissioners and one chairman on the Newcastle Hydro Electric Commission. The raises had already been approved approved by the Commission and were referred to Newcastle council, for endorsement. Magic Act Enjoyed at Kinsmen Carnival r Don and Ginny Masterson of Masterson's Magical Productions displayed displayed their talents at the Kinsmen Carnival last Friday and Saturday evening. Hire a Student Next Week Summer means school is out, causing a great influx! of students into the labor market. jynelS to 22 has been designated as "Hire A Student Student Week" for the Town of Newcastle Newcastle to help alleviate the problems problems these students face in trying to find a job. Student placement officer Angela De Jong, of the Canada Employment Employment Centre For Students, believes believes this promotion week is a very good idea. "It's for a good cause as students face the challange of finding finding a summer job." Miss De Jong introduced "Hire A Student Week" with a presentation to Newcastle town council at Monday's Monday's meeting. Buttons and posters promoting hiring a student will be highly visible during the next week. Most high school students will be available for full-lime omy ti/ymeui within the next couple of weeks. The C.E.C.S. has several college and university students on file also seeking employment. According to Miss De Jong there are 495 students currently registered registered for employment at the Centre. "To date over 120 students have found employment through the Centre or on their own." "These students are available for any kind of work such as baby sitting sitting or yard work. They'll do basically basically anything," Miss De Jong said. Mayor Garnet Rickard said that it is most important to give students an opportunity to work and to know what's going on in the community. The C.E.C.S., located in the Bowmanville Bowmanville Mall, is open Monday to Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 n.m. HYDRO TOURS -- Starting this weekend, the Infor mation Centre at Darlington Generating Station will be open every day from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Two Bowmanville Bowmanville girls, Pam Zakarow and Andrea Dalrymple have been hired as summer tour guides. DAD'S DAY -- We don't want to press the point, but there are only a few days left before Father's Day this Sunday. ^SteSS@à81iliSêls : i : OPEN HOUSE -- This Sunday from 2 to 4, Silvia Ruegger's neighbors in Newtonville are staging an Open House at the Community Hall to let her know how proud they are of her achievements. Silvia will be competing in the Olympics later this summer in Los Angeles. Anyone interested in meeting Silvia Silvia is invited. PAPER DRIVE -- This Saturday, Bowmanville Boy Scouts will be prowling the town during one of their paper drives. Please have bundles on the curbside early, like 8:30 a.m. BIG BASS DERBY -- Scugog Chamber of Commerce Commerce has another Big Bass Derby coming up on Saturday, June 30th. Somewhere in the waters of Lake Scugog there will be a tagged bass waiting to be caught and it's worth $30,000 to the angler who hauls it in. There are other prizes as well. It should be quite a day. OFFER A PRAYER -- We've just heard about an upcoming event that should draw a capacity crowd at Lord Elgin School on Thursday, June 21st. The Bowmanville Rotary Club's lobb ball team has been challenged to a game by the Ministerial Association, with the proceeds going to the chapel project at Memorial Hospital. Game time is 6 p.m. Holy Moses, that should be a dandy! . PHOTO SHOW -- This evening from 7 to 9:30, the opening reception for the 1st Annual Juried Show of Photography will be held at the Visual Arts Centre, sponsored by the Centre and Soper Creek Photography Club. The show continues daily from 1 to 4 p.m. until June 21st. MARKHAM CAR SHOW -- Anyone interested in exotic exotic cars should visit Markham Fairgrounds this Friday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday where they'll be able to see some real beauties. It's a car show, an auction and a flea market all in one and there's even a car corral where individuals can buy, sell, trade any make, model and year of car from private owners. Show opens Friday from noon to 9, Saturday 9 to 9 and Sunday 9 to 6. OTTAWA BOUND -- Liberal delegates, alternates and a few camp followers will be heading for Ottawa this weekend to take in the leadership convention. Battling Ed. Schamerhorn has taken Sunday off from his St. Paul's pulpit to attend the historic event. He's predicting John Turner will be the winner. winner. Our Independent reporter-photographer from our Cobourg office Tom Grimmer is also taking in the show and no doubt will be sending along some articles for next week's papers. HERITAGE -- This weekend is Newcastle Historical Historical Society's big Heritage celebration with a full day of events on Saturday, a service on Sunday, plus an unveiling. KIDNEY UNIT -- Remember the Sexy Man contest to raise funds for the Kidney Foundation. Well, those Ransberrys are at it again and now daughter Joan is heading up a Durham Unit of the Kidney Foundation and they are holding a meeting on Thursday, June 28th in Whitby Legion Hall at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and for more information, call Joan at 683-5110 at Ajax. Newtonville Brownies Present Book to Hospital Ward On Thursday evening, the 1st Newtonville Brownies visited Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, where they presented a special scrap book they had put together over many weeks. They were doing their best to make certain any young boy or girl ip the children's ward would have some entertaining reading to pass the time while recuperating. Tak ing part were, front row 1-r, Michelle Landry, Joanne Dyck, Roxanne Pollard, Lorianne Pitt, Heather Lynn ; middle row, Barbara Carr, Claire Turner, Kristina Hendricks, Heather Carr; back row, Tawny Owl Jan Carr, Brown Owl Marion Knapp, Nursing Supervisor Audrey Stephen.

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