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û i'.:-/, ville ■ : :-:?£Sfi!,'CE ST, ©77ILLE, SS;;r:r Larry Grown UC3A5 E5UL1S mm inville Ontario's treasurer, Larry Grossman, visited Bowmanville Tuesday morning for a breakfast meeting with delegates to the provincial leadership conference. The candidate is shown here as he chats with some of those attending the meeting. From left are: Scott Prescott, Ivan Lloyd, Paul Bellefontaine, Mr. Grossman and Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz. 7v ' . 'TO . ; Ji, v ; .-y■' - : t7 S/fc y M ■ 7 r! / i-'.c by Catherine Denny Still haven't finished your Christmas Christmas shopping yet? Not to worry, the downtown merchants in Bowmanville Bowmanville are open until 9 p.m. through to Christmas to help you find those last minute items. Of course, shopping downtown means more than just friendly personal personal service, it means selection, low prices and best of all -- no charge for parking all week. Wait! There's more. Aside from free parking, the downtown sector will be featuring various holiday events such as special visits from Santa, a pre-Christmas Madness Sale, and one more shopping spree give-aways. Santa will be at the Veltri Complex Complex for his final visit before Christmas Christmas this Saturday from 10-12 noon and 2-4 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come down and put in their final requests and the children will receive receive a free photograph to remember remember their visit with the jolly old man. r/7- 7/ r; Also, the downtown merchants will be giving away one more shopping spree worth $300 to be awarded before Christmas. The winner will be chosen at random from the "Ho-Ho Money" receipts collected from participating downtown downtown stores. The first draw winner was Brenda Ballard who won $100 in downtown certificates last week redeemable at all participating stores. But the biggest event of the season season is definitely the pre-Christmas "'7 7 . 71 f : ■ v ( y fi/ Madness Sale taking place tonight in the downtown core. The local merchants involved in this gigantic reduction sale will be keeping their doors open until midnight to bring you great holiday savings. If you have already finished your shopping, Bowmanville's main street is a great place to visit to catch some of that holiday spirit, radiated through every store window, window, every decorated street light, and every old fashioned Christmas carol played. 1iS 7 Issue 51 v < • mAmi ivutifU; r ,srf « ,01jr, Om kk 1 xn 11 ■\ BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1984 35 c per copy v V 130th Year J Mayor Assures Hooper of No Impropriety by Staff Member by Diane Pickett Mayor Garnet Rickard has told Ken Hooper that there-has been no impropriety on the part of the staff member whose expense açcoùnt Mr. Hooper had questioned. Mr. Hooper, having examined the expense accounts of town employees, employees, claimed to have found an irregularity irregularity of $361.24 for mileage in one of the accounts. In a letter dated December 14th the Mayor responded to Mr. Hooper's allegations as follows: "The nature of your allegations . relate to personnel matters which are dealt with, in confidence, by Council....After extensive examina tion, I wish to advise you that I believe believe there has been no impropriety by the staff member in question and I believe that the matter has been dealt with in accordance with the policies of the Town." Mr. Hooper appeared again be-, fore the Council on December 17th,7 disatisfied with the answer he had v been given. He denied that he had alleged any improper behaviour and complained complained that the question of the $361.24 remained unanswered. Though he did not elaborate, Mr. Hooper indicated that he had other questions to bring to Council in the near future. Building Report Shows Increase of $5 Million Since Last Year Nineteen eighty four was a $22.5 million year for the Town of Newcastle's Newcastle's builders, according to data presented at a meeting of the general general purpose committee Monday. The number of new houses under construction this year is more than double that of the previous year, In a report on the first 11 months of building activity, council was told that permits were granted for $22,415,409 worth of construction. By contrast, the municipality had granted permits to construction valued qt just over $17.5 million as of the end of November, 1983. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard noted that the rate of building activity activity was higher than estimated in the municipal budget for 1984. Homeowners Stuck for Costs by Catherine Denny A Bowmanville family was recently recently horrified to discover that raw sewage had been accumulating underneath their basement floor for the past seven years. Although Paul and Kathy Pappas had noticed a terrible odor coming from their basement floor several years ago, the actual cause of it wasn't revealed until early last week. "At first we thought that the trap had gone dry," explained Paul Pappas. Pappas. "We were running water into the drain, and pouring bleach into it to kill bacteria." When these attempts failed, the Regional Department of Public Works was called to investigate their home, located in the Waverley Gardens area. It was then Mr. Pappas and his wife realized the odor was caused by a pool of raw sewage that had been building up underneath their first home. "When the drain was opened there were no pipes to be seen," said Mrs. Pappas, adding that "when the clean out cap was removed, removed, it was obvious that the sewer pipes were severed as well.' Now the Pappas are faced with the cost of repairing their basement estimated at between $2,500 and $5,500. Legal advice obtained by Kathy and Paul Pappas indicated that they could bring the case to eoilfrt. However, they were also told that the party most likely to be responsible responsible for the problem is the builder. The builder went bankrupt several years ago. Apparently, when the house was constructed, frozen soil was used to backfill the basement rather than sand and gravel, and this was not compacted before the concrete was poured. In the spring, the soil thawed, allowing allowing the house to settle and gradually drop. With no solid ground to support them, the sewer pipes became disconnected. In despair, the couple called Hudac for some assistance but couldn't make a claim because the five year warranty had run out. They were also informed that the Department of Works was not at fault because they're only responsible responsible for the pipes three feet from WON'T BE LONG --Every year, Christmas seems to creep up on you, doesn't it? With no snow on the ground, it doesn't feel as though there's only five days left before the big event, but this edition is the final one and it s filled with greeting messages from local firms and organizations. We're not quite certain what's going to happen next week. Our office will be closed December 25th and 26th. There will be some Statesman distribution to stores that are open on Boxing Day, with the mailed and carrier delivered papers going out Thursday, Dec. 27th. Right now, it appears that Monday, Dec. 24 will be a busy day trying to get everything done before we begin holidaying. If you have anything that must be included next week, better try to have it in our office as early as possible. outside the home. Similarly, the Town of Newcastle Planning and Development Department Department refused to accent responsible responsible for the situation because the footings of the house seemed secure secure and there were no cracks in fho foundation of (he house. "What has happened to the Pap- ias is unfortunate," commented Councillor Marie Hubbard, adding : ,iat, "It's out of our hands now." Unhappily resigned to the fact that they would have to face the financial financial burden themselves, the Pappas phoned a local contractor to make the necessary repairs. Because of the harmful sewer gasses being uncovered, Kathy, Paul and their two children were also forced to move out of the house for a week, but were spared the expense expense of hotel accommodations thanks to the generosity of neighbors. neighbors. "The job is complete and we are now trying to settle back in and get into gear for Christmas with an empty bank account," Kathy said. "Who would hâve thought that we would have to go through this nightmare nightmare just for the satisfaction of owning our own home?" !*C! L'V ||||g v.-:./' LIVING NATIVITY - Members of St. Paul's United Church congregation had a rehearsal Monday Monday night for their Living Nativity scene performance performance starting Thursday and continuing until Sunday Sunday evening at 7:30. Everyone is invited. !i PEE WEE TOURNEY - Last week, we enjoyed a Christmas cake brought in by Henry Downing who, with Fred Brown, is in charge of a Pee Wee hockey tournament at Bowmanville and Darlington Arenas, starting Dec. 27th and finishing on Dec. 20th. It's going to be a big one with one team coming all the way from Amherstburg and others from Oshawa, Cobourg, Scarborough, Belleville, Trenton and Port Perry, West Seneca, New York, Mississauga, Mississauga, Wexford, St. Mike's, Sault Ste. Marie and Welland. Plan now to drop in on some of the games. The players will be delighted to have a crowd watching. Incidentally, the Christmas cake was delicious and was enjoyed by staff members at coffee break. HEATING UP -- The campaign for the leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party still has about a month to go. Up to now it's been a relatively quiet show, but there are signs that it may be heating up just a little. A story appeared recently in the dailies that Frank Miller is leading the pack and the other candidates are tossing jabs his way. The only candidate to visit here so far has been Larry Grossman who was in town Tuesday. No doubt others will be arriving shortly to make their pitch for delegate support. In Ottawa, the PC government is encountering flack over its proposal to alter the rules on universality of such things as family allowances, pensions, etc. The suggestion is that they may still make the handouts, but will take them all back in taxes from those whose incomes are over a certain figure. Any way you look at it, the means test probably is coming back disguised as something else. Should be quite a battle. i APOLOGY -- We took a picture recently of Brian Caswell presenting a cheque for $50 to Capt. Ellis Cuff for the Salvation Army's Christmas Fund from the Florence Nightingale I.O.O.F. Chapter. Unfortunately, it didn't turi " " ' about that. YULE MAIL -- Postmaster Larry Skuratow has added a further note to his earlier one about mail over the holidays. In order to meet transportation deadlines, the street letter box collection on December December 24 and 31 will be on a Saturday schedule starting at 10:00 a.m. turn out satisfactorily. Sorry DON'T SPOIL IT -- Just a brief reminder that a joyous Christmas and New Year's eve can be spoiled quite easily if there is over .08 in your blood when one of the boys in blue stops you at a random check. Marathon Dancers Raise Money for B.H.S. Band I could have danced all'night! These girls were jii.J: iiv-k of over £0 students to participate in the Bowmanville High SchooPDance Marathon held Friday December 14th. The purpose of the all- night dancing was to raise funds for the band's trip to Boston. Letter Annoys Town Council by Diane Pickett Town councillors are annoyed and upset by a letter from Mr. John Winters, Chairman of the recently formed Town of Newcastle Development Development Group. The Development Group involves some 50 local businessmen who are concerned that the Town is discouraging discouraging development by tying up investment projects with red tape. The letter from Mr. Winters outlines outlines their concerns and contains suggestions as to how the town's elected officials might better promote promote industrial growth. The businessmen's businessmen's concerns were brought to light during a meeting on November November 12th at the Bowmanville Country Country Club. Councillor Marie Hubbard said: "I'm deeply concerned...we do not discourage development." As an example she cited the $33 million development in Courtice and added, "we can stand on our record." record." The group wants to improve communication communication between the local busi ness community and Town officials. It would like to form a liaison committee committee so as to keep Council better informed of the changing needs of the business community. The members want to be informed informed of new developments and new businesses in the community so that they can be more active in welcoming them. It is also suggested in the letter that the Council should promote the Town more fully, perhaps through the establishment of an in formation system whereby newcomers, newcomers, or others interested in settling in Newcastle, could find out about the community. Council's response was to invite the members of this group to come as a deputation to a Council meeting. meeting. Councillor Ann Cowman referred to them as a "generic group," and it can be gathered from other disparaging disparaging remarks made by some councillors that it will be quite an interesting meeting. Î58Q feXasriXs Greeting's l o « Æ I lui XtiuUi | ,7; -A' , , :y | » €l|j7 © rttïtititit SMiitetiMSti $ Ribbon Cutting Officially Opens Brenda's Artistic Interiors It was cold and snowy outside but warm and festive inside at the Grand Opening of Brenda's Artistic Interiors on December 14. Brenda, and her husband Peter Cox, are seen here cutting the ribbon with the help and good wishes of MPP Sam Cureatz (on the left), Mayor Garnet Rickard and Councillor Marie Hubbard (on the right), and the staff of the new design shop,