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"mu mm kJEHPEItm ST. BOnsmiuE, ammo urns sovLfg mnue Honors Massey Family As part of Newcastle & District Historical Society's Heritage weekend celebrations, this historical plaque was unveiled Sunday afternoon, afternoon, honoring the Massey family. The plaque was erected by the Ont. Heritage Foundation at the old Massey home, 97 King St. East and unveiled by Mrs. Louis Breithaupt, great niece of Chester Massey, and Brian Long, President of Combines and Farm Equipment Division, Massey-Ferguson Company. May Honor 11 Citizens Newcastle's elected officials want to hold a banquet this year to honor 11 of the town's outstanding citizens. But after close to 45 minutes of discussion, the general purpose and administration committee was unable to nail down details of the program. The major stumbling block was , whether Newcastle's outstanding citizen would be chosen by town council or whether the task would be assigned to an independent committee committee named by the municipality. The town's chief administrator was finally asked to prepare a new April Construction Almost $ 2 Million New construction activity reached almost $2 million during April, according to the latest report from the Town of Newcastle's building departments. Permits were issued to projects valued at $1,993,800 in April. That amount is $600,000 higher than April of 1983. Information on construction activity activity in the municipality was received received for information during a meeting of the town's general purpose and administration committee. committee. ' t\ ,-r Newcastle's elected officials have asked that the Durham Region act immediately in order to prevent raw sewage from being discharged into the Bowmanville Creek. This decision was made Monday at the town's general purpose and administration committee after councillors were told that faulty underground underground connections in Bowman- ville's Waverley subdivision have resulted in household sewers emptying emptying into the creek. The problem will cost an estimated $74,000 to correct. In a letter to town council, Durham's public works department noted that 921 homes in the Waverley Waverley Gardens and Bowmanville Heights subdivisions have been tested for improper underground hij 6 --I. n r .;v. « e , V sewer connections. Of these, 18 were found to be discharging discharging sewage directly into the storm sewer system which empties into the Bowmanville Creek. Durham suggested a three-year program to eliminate the hazard by re-connecting the underground services. services. However elected officials at Monday's Monday's council session decided that three years is too long to wait and that the correction should be made at once. "It's a health problem that we're condoning by not responding to it immediately," said Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard. Elected officials agreed to request request that Durham make the repairs repairs immediately. Moreover, the C) Cl Ft 0 ' psi Town of Newcastle is recommending recommending that council pay its share of the costs of correcting the problem. Both recommendations will be forwarded forwarded to council for approval later this month. Last year, a similar number of sewer cross-connections were reported reported in the Beau Valley subdivision subdivision south of the Bowmanville Mall and adjoining the Soper Creek. In that case, the Durham Region and the Town of Newcastle shared the cost of re-connecting the pipes. No one knows exactly why the storm sewers and sanitary sewers have been cross-connected. Public Works Director Ron Dupuis told committee members that the installation occurred in 1974 when the Durham Region was being formed. Therefore, it's uncertain uncertain whether the Town of Bowmanville Bowmanville or the Regional Municipality of Durham is responsible for the problem. "This all occurred at the time the Durham Region was coming into being," the director said. He also mentioned that some of the problems could be caused by homeowners connecting household plumbing into the wrong pipes. In this case, they would be responsible responsible for correcting the problem. Since the Regional Municipality of Durham was formed, sewer and water services are the responsibility responsibility of the Durham Region while storm water drainage is managed by local municipalities. ; ' i.i ! ! F IU ; ! Issue 25 28 Pages A. Fif vF A \%1 GiX ;V : j if "Cj rf v \ H V i M ' !-.; [,i ■1 1 <! ! :.-W A 1: •v>' :><„!: ,H,! N ^ &É §1 k û iè 8 il V. D . Gf BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1984 . 25 e Copy 130th Year Separate School Funding Decision Catches Local Boards by Surprise set of guidelines for selecting and honoring the town's top citizens. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard said eleven recipients would be selected in order to provide one outstanding citizen for each of the municipality's first 10 years. The eleventh citizen would be the award-winner for IS34. "The idea is that we will do this every year and name one person," Mayor Rickard said. But members of council could not agree whether to have the recipient selected by council or an independent independent committee. "I really feel it is imperative that there not be political involvement in this thing," said Councillor Diane Hamre. Mayor Garnet Rickard said that he agreed there is merit in keeping the selection outside of council. But Councillor Marie Hubbard indicated that elected officials should be in charge. "Why do we always end-run the elected representatives representatives of council and go outside for this information?" she asked. After lengthy debate, the only resolution resolution councillors could agree upon was to refer the subject back to staff for a new report. "We have to have everyone happy on this thing or it's going to be a nightmare," said Councillor Ann Cowman. The provincial government's de cision to fund secondary school education for separate schools has caught both the separate school board and the public school board by surprise. The separate school board is pleased with the decision. Public school educators are cautious about the ramifications of the move. And both boards are waiting for further details on how the planned funding of the catholic high schools will be accomplished. At present, the Province of Ontario Ontario pays for separate school education education at the elementary level and also provides partial funding for grades nine and ten. Mayor Reports on Industry Meetings Recent meetings between representatives representatives of local business and town council will result in a list of recommendations for future industrial industrial promotion and development. "We will be bringing forward comments and suggestions," said Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard at a meeting of the town's general purpose purpose and administration committee Monday. He added that there was no commitment to establish a permanent permanent industrial commission for the town. He was reporting on two meetings which were organized between the business community and elected officials officials to discuss ways of boosting Newcastle's industrial potential. The meetings included a breakfast breakfast discussion late last month and an evening meeting on June 14. The town's chief administrative officer will be bringing forward a series of recommendations arising from the latest round of talks. "It's going to take a great deal of planning and a lot of research," said Ray Rigby, superintendent of business for the Peterborough, Victoria, Victoria, Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Roman Catholic Separate School Board. But he added that the board is very happy over the surprise announcement. announcement. In addition, he predicted predicted growth in the separate school system. "We're probably going to get more pupils and need more facilities." The business administrator pointed out that the separate school system operates only one high school and that school is located located in Peterborough. St. Peter's High School operates grades nine and 10 with provincial funding but the remaining three grades are considered considered a private school where stu dents must pay tuition in order to attend. Ontario will be phasing in its funding of high schools in the separate separate system. But if St. Peter's were to receive the same grants that a comparable public high school receives, receives, the contribution from Ontario Ontario would grow by one million dollars, said Mr. Rigby. In addition to St. Peter's with its 715 pupils, the separate school board is starting a high school in Cobourg this fall. Doug Sifton, director of education education for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board ofEducation, said he has some personal reservations over the alterations proposed for Ontario's educational system. The director feels that public, schools have welcomed students from all faiths. "We have created a good, non-sectarianenvironment in our schools," he said. But Mr. Sifton added that he does not feel the changes will be unworkable unworkable and he can understand parents' parents' desire for funding in senior high school grades. He suggested that educational authorities will now find it difficult to resist other private school operators who wish to receive funds from the province. Dr. Ian Wilson, chairman of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board, said after a school board meeting in Cobourg last week that trustees have not yet met to discuss the ramifications of the announcement announcement by Premier Davis. As of last Thursday, neither the public nor separate school boards had received detailed information on the proposed changes in separate separate school funding. 1 w * ' iM n . s'Y-j f.9 v' v '-j-i :■/ ..'-«1 t [) O V ij V, ■. i ' ,!'] Hi vV\-,, kY 6) U d !;(. U : ; Vy! V i ;A ■ A A,.:,. u:/:..::,, 1 .. ....... . f V. ■ • fin; STRAWBERRIES -- We are delighted to report that the strawberry season is now in full flight. Just this morning, some kind soul from the Kent farms brought in a basket of nice big berries for us to taste. We have sampled them and they are superb, but have to be a bit careful, because other growers in the area are also advertising this week. Any additional additional samples brought in will be thoroughly tested by staff members. We now suggest you check the advertisements for more details on where to find the 'pick your own' spots. However, if you don't bend too well, check the Coining Events for strawberry socials coming up. There are quite a few of them. UNBELIEVABLE -- If we hadn't heard and seen it in person, we would never have believed that public school students could remember all the lines in that harbor play at Newcastle, Saturday morning. They did a magnificent job and are to be congratulated. Congratulations are also extended to the Historical Society for all the Heritage events that took place on the weekend. RALPH TOOLE Y -- A few years ago, a chap named Ralph Tooley from Tooley's Mill west of town, wrote a few articles for this newspaper about his family and bygone events. A chap at Oshawa is attempting to do a story on Mr. Tooley and would appreciate any. information that can be relayed to him. He is Vince Jewison at 576-4667. Unfortunately, we don't have a file on Mr. Tooley who died some years ago. ANNIVERSARY COINS -- A note was received this week from Mrs. Inez Jackman, one of the anniversary anniversary coin committee members. She told us that an air mail letter had just been received from Saudi Arabia ordering three of the town's bicentennial coins. They certainly are getting around. She didn't say who ordered them. OVERSIGHT -- We neglected to mention a couple of champions who attended the park opening ceremony ceremony at Solina a couple of weeks ago. Harold and Roy McLaughlin of Blackstock area agreed to attend attend and give a demonstration of horseshoe pitching pitching for the benefit of the many visitors. They certainly certainly haven't lost their skills at this unique sport. HOSPITAL BIRTHDAY -- The Auxiliary to Memorial Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, will be celebrating its 72nd birthday at a party to be held at the Lions Centre next Wednesday, June 27th at 2 p.m. In addition addition to wine and strawberries, Leisure Lady will be staging a mini-fashion show. For tickets phone 623- 1632. m EAST BEACH -- All concerned taxpayers are cordially cordially invited to attend a meeting of the East Beach Community Association regarding the proposed Zoning By-law 84-63 at the Port Darlington Marina Hotel, Crow's Nest, 7 p.m., Thursday, June 21. wmmmmmMmmmmm--. > e mbî ï CANADA DAY -- It looks now as though there will be a full day of events at Port Darlington Marina on Sunday, July 1st to mark Canada Day. As usual, Port Hope is making the most of Canada Week with events starting June 22nd, climaxing in a gigantic parade on the holiday, July 2nd. Of course, it is also the hilltop town's 150th anniversary, but they certainly certainly do enjoy celebrations. Newtonville Fire Does *35,000 Damage to Home Damages have been estimated at $35,000 following this fire in a home north of Newtonville last Friday, June 15. The house, which is owned by Sid Wybenga, is located on the Third Concession, north of Newtonville. Newtonville. Newcastle Fire Chief Jim Aldridge said most damage was confined to a garage, breezeway, and a shed. Structural damage was estimated at $25,000, while contents valued at $10,000 were lost. Cause of the fire is under investigation.