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t The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 26,1984 < l ' f i SMALL TALK - ■ < % F V _ By Donna Fairey j Family Night Celebrated at Lions they're out. Instead, according according to a Paris manufacturing manufacturing firm, what's "in" is the electronic matchmaker. No, it's not like a computer computer dating service. Rather, the device, called "le Flashing" is a pocket size gadget that beeps furiously when it comes within 10 feet of someone carry ing another Flashing tuned to the same frequency. frequency. The device, in ; fact, does away with the need for opening lines and, more important, embarrassing rejections. rejections. When one Flashing Flashing sets off another, the message is clear - available available and looking. Moreover, the gadget is programmed with tour available wave lengths which indicates the bearer's sexual preference. preference. The Paris manufacturer manufacturer covered almost almost every base, didn't he? Owner operation is simple. First, turn the Flashing on. Set the dial, for instance, to heterosexual. Then aim for the nearest singles hangout and wait for Tiny Zebra Born at Bowmanville Zoo your Flashing to beep. There's no need to sift through the crowd dropping phrases like, "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" Your pint-sized date detector will do the work for you. However, there's one problem. Your Flashing Flashing begins to beep and a few feet away stands the Flashingee. Immediately, Immediately, you don't like him. He's a two on a scale of one to ten. But not to worry. The owner's manual suggests that the gadget simply be turned off until the unacceptable candidate is out of range. The device which fits into a jacket pocket or purse became available available in Paris last Spring. Apparently purchasers range from members of the sophisticated set to the shy and timid. The Flashing is set to hit Los Angeles later this year where it will sell for about $110. While the price tag may seem a little steep, to the guy who shudders at the devastating thought of hearing, "Bug off creep" or "Get lost buster" - the Flashing Flashing may seem cheap at twice the price. What will those Europeans Europeans think of next? Life in the colonies sure is dull, isn't it? Abbatoir Turned Do wn -V-<: Twenty-five pound Nellie had only a five per cent chance of survival last Tuesday morning but after only a week she has improved considerably. Her baby-sitters, Alan and Karen Connell from the Bowmanville Zoo are pictured pictured here with the Nellie as she hams it up for the camera. His group also expressed the concern concern that the facility may pollute the water table. Of the 21 residents living closest to the site, 17 have signed a petition opposing the rezoning. A total of 91 households have registered their opposition by signing the petition. Bryan Davies, solicitor for the applicant, applicant, said the slaughterhouse would be consistent with the surrounding surrounding agricultural land use designation. designation. "There is no significant disruption to the neighbourhood," he said. He added that the proposal is an adjunct to the existing business which consists of a family-owned meat cutting and smokehouse operation. operation. "The important thing to keep in mind is that this is a small scale activity," said Mr. Davies. Some members of council attempted attempted to delay the final decision by seeking a staff report on the subject. subject. Councillor Bruce Taylor stated that the town should reevaluate reevaluate the points raised over the last two weeks and attempt to find common ground. But his resolution to send the report back to staff for further research was rejected in a 4-3 vote. Councillor Ann Cowman said after Monday's meeting that she feels an immediate decision was required required or else the town could be accused of playing with the lives of the individuals affected by the rezoning. rezoning. She said she agreed with the outcome. outcome. "To call the slaughterhouse an extension of that (agricultural) use is pushing it to the limit." m r t , V; "Family Night" at the Lions Club last Monday evening featured dinner with the Lions' wives and children and entertainment from a master of magic, Ivan Boucher. Mr. Boucher (alias The Wanderer) is a member of the. International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Oshawa Chapter. The Wanderer Wanderer is pictured here trying to teach a member of his audience how to perform magic tricks. Hydro Electricians Settle From Page 1 expenses if they live more than 97 kilometres from the construction site. The electricians currently receive receive a subsistence allowance of $33 per working day if they must travel more than 97 kilometres to work. That amount will gradually decline to $20 during the life of the contract. At Atikokan, Hydro's northernmost northernmost project, electricians are eligible for up to $36 per day for room and board if they live further than 97 kilometres from the job site. At the Bruce Generating Station, a fee of $32 per day would be available available to those who qualify by living more than 97 kilometres from their work. That's a decrease of $1 per day. During the strike at Darlington, approximately 1,000 construction workers had been laid off. Of that number 750 have been re-hired and another 250 will be back on the job by the end of the year. Funds for Nuclear Clean Up Fire Recommendations by Catherine Denny When little Nellie was born last Tuesday morning, she only had a five per cent chance of surviving. Today she's known as Killer. Although the 25 pound baby zebra at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Zoo is still only half the size she should be, she's rapidly growing and gaining gaining strength. "Nellie is pretty wobbly on her legs and still quite a bit underweight," explained Alan Connell, "But we think she'll make it. Every day she lives, the better better her chances are." Alan figures that by giving giving Nellie the nickname of Killer, she will become more confident in herself and maybe pull through her weakness sooner - he's seen it happen with dogs before, so why not zebras. Nellie's unstable health was the result of a 20 year- old mother called Spot, who was too old to be living let alone having babies. Not only was Spot unable to produce produce a healthy offspring, she also lacked the ability to sufficiently nurse and care for Nellie. "When we came down to see the baby in the barn, she was starving," said Alan, "She was too weak to stand up and feed from her mother, so we brought her up to the house and began nursing her there with bottles." bottles." He went on to say that usually a baby isn't taken from its mother until they are at least a week old, but this case was an exception due to the condition of the new-born. When asked why the family-owned family-owned zoo had named their new addition Nellie, they were more than honest. honest. CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE PUBLIC NOTICE TO ITS CITIZENS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR The Council of the Town of Newcastle is pleased to announce the creation of a Citizen of the Year Award. Any resident of the Municipality is invited to submit in writing, the name of a person who, in the opinion of the nominee, is worthy of consideration. Consideration for nomination for the Citizen of the Year Award, may include, but not be limited to persons who have made a significant and valuable contribution in the areas of community volunteer work, sports, the humanities, or who have been recognized generally for their contribution to society. Current Members of Council, Municipal Employees, and members of their families are ineligible. The names of nominees and the selection will be kept confidential until the person selected as Citizen of the Year has been determined and proclaimed by Council. Residents of the Town of Newcastle are requested to submit the names of nominees in writing and provide a short history of the nominee's contributions to the life of the community. All submissions are to be forwarded to the Clerk of the Town of Newcastle and should be clearly marked "Citizen of the Year Award." Nominations will be accepted until October 12th, 1984 & m ■rn Date of Publication: September 26th, 1984 David W, Oakes, B.A., A.M.C.T. Town Clerk Town of Newcastle 40 Temperance St. Bowmanville, Ontario. File: 10.2.22 "We thought she was going to die," admitted Mr. Connell, "and we didn't want to waste a good name on her." But the striped pony seems to have fooled everyone. Now she appears to be quite healthy frolicking frolicking about the zoo grounds, following visitors, and hamming hamming it up for cameras and reporters. However, when baby Nellie Nellie is, at any time, ignored by family or friends she suddenly adopts the traits of a cranky twenty-five pound child. She plays dead to frighten her owners, and even knows enough to kick, cry and scream - all to get the attention she's used to. "She's become really spoiled," said baby-sitter Karen Connell. "That zebra even refuses to sleep unless she has first been fed and walked, and even then she still demands feeding every hour," Karen added. One thing is for certain, if Nellie does pull through, which the Connells have every reason to believe she will, there won't be any problem getting her used to humans - sometimes she thinks she is one. Council Briefs Town council has declared declared October 21-27 as Block Parent Week in the Town of Newcastle. A special designation for these seven days was requested requested by the group in order to promote National Block Parent Week. Council also agreed to fly the organization's (lag at the Police and Fire Building. Building. Newcastle has been invited invited to participate in the Recycling Council of Ontario's Ontario's fifth annual conference conference to be held October27. "Since efforts and interest interest in recycling have increased increased markedly over the past year, the conference should be of interest to the elected officials in your municipality," said the Council in a letter to the town. A request by the Loyal- Orange Association of Tyrone regarding the purchase purchase of the old Tyrone Hall has been sent to town staff for recommendations. David Johnston, chief administrative administrative officer for the Town of Newcastle, is currently currently considering the disposition disposition of the old Tyrone Hall. In a letter to council, the Loyal Orange Association noted that it would be willing willing to purchase the building for $1 and would agree to take over taxes and insurance insurance costs. The association added that it intends to continue to operate the hall so that it is a benefit to the entire community, The federal government government should establish a fund to cover the costs of cleaning up nuclear waste contained in a site at Port Granby and two neighbouring locations. locations. That's the recommendation recommendation of a public committee committee established to monitor the disposal of nuclear wastes at the Eldorado Nuclear Li- clean-up, the group has also asked that the government government launch a nation-wide nation-wide search for a permanent low level nuclear waste disposal site. Once the site has been found, producers of radioactive wastes should foe asked to pay disposal ; fees which would defray the costs , , of managing nuclear mited waste manage-. was te, according to the committee recommen- ment facility in Port Granby. Members of Newcastle's Newcastle's town council supported supported the recommendation recommendation Monday evening after hearing a resolution resolution from the Port Granby Nuclear Monitoring Committee. The committee's views were outlined by John Veldhuis, chairman of the six-member group. In addition to asking the government of Canada Canada to establish a fund for the Port Granby dations. "What we are saying from here on is: If you make the mess, you have to pay for the mess," Mr. Veldhuis explained. He added that this scheme would contribute to a reduction reduction in the amount of nuclear waste produced. produced. "We hope groups such as Eldorado produce produce less wastes. It would be to their finan cial advantage," he told council. Mr. Veldhuis is optimistic optimistic thata change in government will result in a decision on waste management in general and a cleanup of Port Granby in particular. "We know that the new government is predisposed predisposed to our position," position," he said following his meeting with council. council. He added that he hopes the target date for the decommissioning decommissioning of the Port Granby facility can still be met. Previous plans called for waste to be removed from the Port Granby site beginning in 1986. The spokesman for the monitoring committee committee was happy to see council back the group's recommendations. recommendations. "I'm very pleased with council because they've endorsed every one of the suggestions that we put to them." From Page 1 Town of Newcastle when popula- tion. tion or other development warrants such a building. He suggested the need for such a station be reviewed in three years. Councillor Bruce Taylor questioned questioned the study's conclusions regarding regarding the need for a northern fire station. He said a fire station would provide niore equitable service for the entire municipality and indi- cated the building is needed soon. However, the consultant replied that the he does not feel the number of alarms received from the northern northern portion of the town justifies the half-million dollar cost of building and equipping the additional sta None of the recommendations introduced introduced last week has been presented presented to council for debate. However, However, items in the report which do not represent large-scale costs will be considered immediately and recommendations recommendations will be sent to council on these items. Other topics will only be decided lafter staff reports have been completed. completed. Councillor Bruce Taylor noted that although he doesn't agree with all the findings of the report, it does represent a step in the right direction. direction. "I think it's going to be a worthwhile worthwhile document," he said. Raise *2,260 Organizers of the weekend Terry Fox Run for cancer research estimate that $2,260 has been raised by Bowmanville and area runners. Jim Schell, chairman of the Bowmanville Kinsmen Club committee which planned the event, added that 42 participants took part in the event. All proceeds from the project will go to the Terry Fox Fund for cancer research. research. Van Bene Floral Shoppes ... much more than a flower store! 4 STORES 4 * Hlghwiy No, 2 • King St. E„ Oshawa •SlmcoeSl.N., Oshawa VAN BELLE* ' "f, •Trademarks of Van Belle Gardens Lid CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville, Ont. 1984 Municipal Taxes FINAL INSTALMENT Ratepayers are reminded that the final instalment of 1984 Realty and Business Tax is due September 28,1984 1984 Taxes are payable only at the locations detailed on the tax bill. PAY PROMPTLY TO AVOID PENALTY R.C. Bryden Tax Collector Wes Fice Buys a 'Talking Car 9 Wes Fice is shown here with his 1984 New Yorker, a brand-new car equipped equipped with the latest devices for telling him when a door is ajar or when fuel is low. A voice, produced by a computer gives him a variety of warnings. It will tell him, for example, when headlights have been left on, when keys have been left in the ignition, or when windshield washing fluid is low. It even advises that "all monitored systems arc functioning" when no problems are encountered. Wes, who is 84 years old, recalls that his first vehicle was. a 1916 Ford which he drove when lie was 15, His New Yorker is equipped with personalized licence plates spelling out the first names of Mr. Fice and his wife, Ida. 33 King St. E. Psst! Looking for Value for your money, honey? Give Maggie B's fashions a glance. She'll get you Covered! MAGGIE B's Bowmanville