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1 emiiVÎUF LIBRARY s? ÎFflPERANCF ST. : 80WWWIU.F. flWTHRIfi Youngi llCSftB EOtil.ïg 856731 with Sleeping Disorder I : 'W- ï~i?: : • v,' .T; :>;■ r ■ , te;-,te; isp. is Sleep Apnea victim Brandon Smith is hooked up to a belt-like monitor and alarm system before going to sleep each day. If the three-year-old stops breathing the alarm will activate within 24 sec onds. The side board and box containing the apnea alarm were designed and constructed by local resident Ken Hooper. See Story on Page Three Few Incidents During Storm The Town of Newcastle seems to have avoided the worst of Monday's blizzard, although weather conditions conditions were still a nightmare for motorists. "I don't think we were too badly hit here," said David Gray, deputy director of public works for the municipality. He added that New castle appears to have avoided the brunt of the storm which paralyzed much of Toronto. Students living on Northumber- land-Newcastle bus routes were sent home at one p.m. Monday due to the weather. And a number of school bus routes in the central and eastern area of the school board Council Suggests Reward For Cemetery Vandalism by Diane Pickett Newcastle Councillors are prepared prepared to offer a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who caused approximately $16,000 damage damage in the Bowmanville Cemetery. "The taxpayers are held to ransom!" ransom!" said Councillor Marie Hubbard. Hubbard. She agreed with Councillor Ivan Hobbs' suggestion of the reward. reward. Community Services Director Bud Fanning told the general purpose purpose and administration committee that the crime was'discovered late last week. A total of 52 tombstones were vandalized, vandalized, many of them over 100 years old. They were knocked down, broken, and spray-painted. Some can be cleaned and repaired, but others will have to be replaced altogether at great cost. m Councillor Diane Hamre's comments comments reflected 'the feeling of all ' the councillors: "I'm appalled! The message has to go out...this is not accepted or tolerated in this community." community." As is usual in cases of vandalism, the damage costs will be shouldered shouldered by the town and in this case are not covered by insurance. Administrator Administrator David Johnston told the councillors that insurance for a cemetery would be "expensive and difficult to obtain." Mr. Fanning told the councillors that his departmènt is trying to contact surviving relatives of those buried in the vandalized plots. The pieces of the broken marble and granite tombstones have been collected and are being stored in the town's maintenance building. Durham Regional Police are continuing continuing their investigation. ^ w 1 ri t ) O - eLu lJ 9 JP 1L/ by Diane Pickett Town staff are considering the implementation of a noise by-law in Newcastle intended to control "any noise likely to disturb the inhabitants." inhabitants." Among other examples described as likely disturbancess are: power lawnmowers, barking dogs, and of course "the sound or noise from or created by a radio or phonograph." The law would be enforced by the police on a complaint basis only and guilty " parties could be expected expected to pay a fine of up to $1,000. Town councillors agreed in principle principle with a noise by-law at the gen eral purpose and administration committee meeting on March 4th. Mayor Garnet Rickard commented: commented: "the by-law will give the police an opportunity to do something something about people who deliberately deliberately disturb the peace." However, the committee agreed that public input was needed. "We have to address a noise by-law in this municipality...but we need input from business," said Councillor Councillor Bruce Taylor. He recommended circulating the suggested by-law to organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, BIA, the Newcastle Development Group, and the Federation of Agriculture. Agriculture. The councillors were concerned that exemptions be made for agricultural agricultural activities and existing industries. industries. Town Clerk David Oakes told the committee that the Durham Regional Regional Police have little difficulty enforcing a similar law in the city of Oshawa, but the councillors still expressed some concern about the reasonable application of the bylaw. bylaw. The noise by-law was referred back to staff for further consideration consideration of exemptions and to gauge public opinion. w ,/# 623-3303 35 c Per Copy (y^ k xxf I A v I gWify lïiWif Viif -S% I rlSfH b i r i i 1 Issue 10 30 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1985 131st Year were closed Tuesday morning, although although all schools were open. The municipality has approximately approximately 500 miles of roads to plow and sand. Mr. Gray noted that school bus routes and major traffic areas are given top priority but he added that a crew of about 35 employees employees was keeping pace with weather weather conditions. And although the winter of 1985 has not been a mild one, Mr. Gray believes the public works department department is operating well within the funds allocated by town council. "We still feel that we're within our 1985 budget," he said. | j .He added that the- public ; works department recently re-atoeked its supply of sand and salt by transporting transporting salt directly from mines near Windsor. This means the town is in no danger of running low on either material. Mr. Gray estimates that about 500 tonnes of a sand and salt mixture will be used on the roads during the most recent storm. And within urban areas, approximately 50 tonnes tonnes of salt are required. Police departments reported relatively relatively few accidents as motorists either stayed off the roads or drove with extra caution. Ontario Provincial Police at Newcastle Newcastle recorded four minor accidents accidents with no injuries. A similar number of accidents were reported by Durham Regional Police. m Si C3ts§2 CHAMBER DINNER -- The Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce will be holding its annual dinner meeting meeting Wednesday, March 20th at the Flying Dutchman Motor Hotel. Guest speaker will be Dennis McQuade, Technical Manager at the Darlington Hydro Generating Station. Tickets are available at the Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal and National Victoria and Grey Trust. Everyone is welcome. welcome. MUSIC NIGHT -- Tonight at Bowmanville High School there's a Mid-March Music program, featuring featuring the BHS Senior Band and the Central School Band, starting at 7:30 o'clock. OMB Appeal Will Be Withdrawn if Restriction Lifted Pythbow Developments Limited has agreed to withdraw an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board if the Town of Newcastle removes a "holding" restriction on the proposed proposed development site. The current zoning designation would not permit the construction of a shopping mall, but does allow other types of commercial development development once the "holding" restriction is removed. Town staff have no objection to the Pythbow request, nor to changing changing the boundary of an environmental environmental protection zone, and have prepared prepared an amendment to the comprehensive comprehensive zoning by-law. However, the Region of Durham has objected to the removal of the "holding" restriction, wanting another site plan agreement with foythbow since the O.M.B. rejected /%!<!,ps for .7: mail. / pi: "Lis «lu al Vin cannot be resolved resolved prior to the hearing which begins',on begins',on March 11th, the matter will have to go,to the O.M.B. anyway. If Pythbow is unable to convince the Board at the hearing that the Region's requirements are inappropriate, inappropriate, then only the Environmental Environmental Protection boundary will be changed in the Newcastle by-law. Eagles Win! The Junior C hockey final is all tied up. Last night, the Cowan Eagles played in Lakefield and won 4-2, according according to a report from Bob Marshall, Marshall, who must have been talking to our answering machine early this morning. We haven't heard any more de- tails, buj; that certainly was good news for Eagles' fans who were somewhat upset when they lost the opener on Sunday. The third game will be played in j Bowmanville Arena on Friday at 8 i p.m. You'd better come early. Statesman Wins Provincial Award my Ip MS? üA-i a ÿS-l mi W itïçi ««KW**.***» ES W « m v •js'æSr Tiré Canadian Statesman was honored on the weekend when the 13l/-year-old newspaper received an award for the Best Front Page in its'category. The award was presented during the Ontario Community Newspapers Association's annual convention in Toronto. Above, Plant Manager Don Bishop accepts the plaque from Jo Shrier. Teachers Vote for Strike Secondary school teachers with the Northumberland - Newcastle Board of Education have voted 69.9 per cent in favor of strike action. However, the outcome of the March 4 vote does not mean teachers teachers have any immediate plans to leave the classrooms. And both sides are still looking for a negotiated settlement. Any strike against the board would require five days' advance notice. • "Obviously the teachers are interested interested in getting a negotiated settlement. settlement. They'll be getting back to the negotiating table as soon as possible," possible," said Brian Rapsey, president president of District 49 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Federation (O.S.S.T.F.). The results of the strike vote were announced shortly after noon hour on Tuesday. Poor weather delayed the counting of votes, but teacher representatives said it did not affect affect the number of ballots cast. A teacher spokesman explained that 279 votes were cast in favor of strike action and 119 were opposed. There was one spoiled ballot. The secondary school bargaining unit has a total of 453 eligible voters. voters. John Gowing, eastern area superintendent with the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board, said Tuesday that he expects arrangements arrangements will be made for another meeting between teachers and their employers. Turn to Page 16 I CANCELLED -- The Paul Don and his trained rabbit rabbit show at Newcastle Town Hall on Monday, March 11th has been cancelled for some unexplained reason. Maybe the rabbit wants a March Break, CORRECTION -- We erred in a story last week about the mayor and a councillor deciding that the present site was the best for a new police station. Our staff member thought they were talking about the location on Church St., but has since learned they were referring to the lot at the corner of County Rd. 57 and IIwy. 2. That was purchased some time ago. She's new here and didn't know about that one. WINTARIO -- Tickets are still available for the Jaycee sponsored Wintario show and draw at Bowmanville Bowmanville High School this Thursday, March 7th. Doors will be open at 6:45. Don't forget to get a ticket. There's a grand prize of $200,000. OLD SOFTIE -- Some people have the wrong impression impression of one of our letter writers on council matters, Ken Hooper..They probably picture him as a tough, critical person. We know better, he's a real softie. Recently, we learned that he makes racks for holding holding playing cards and gives them to senior citizens who need them. And there's a story in this edition about a youngster who has a real problem and needed a particular frame made. Ken was contacted and made one quickly, no charge. REGISTRATION--The annual registration for upcoming upcoming baseball and soccer players is being held under auspices of Tyrone Athletic Association at the new Community Centre in Tyrone from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 9th. BALL CLINIC -- Softball, slow pitch and baseball coaches, parents and fans are urged to attend a Level 1 Baseball Clinic at Bowmanville Senior Public Public School March 26th and 28th. The clinic is sponsored sponsored by T.O.N.B.A. See the advertisement for more details. MARCH BREAK -- School pupils who aren't taking off for warmer spots during March Break should know that the Fitness Centre in Bowmanville has a full program lined up to keep them entertained. It runs from Monday, March 11th to March 15th and includes a maple syrup demonstration, tobogganing, tobogganing, skating, movies, swimming, gym games and a magic show. For more information, see the advertisement advertisement in this newspaper or call Community Services Services 623-3379. f .'iWRvyiWtVTOtiWï» «Sali w&ss DRUGS -- On Monday, March 25th at 7:15 p.m. special special speaker Norm Panzica will be discussing the topic 'Your Teen and Drugs' at Bowmanville High School auditorium. WHAT A GOOF--The writer of this column resolves to pay more attention to details in future. In his excitement over the amazing number of entries in the Music Festival in Oshawa, lie listed Al Rundlc as having something to do with Kinsmen, but it should have been the Kiwatiis Club of Oshawa. Our humble, apologies, we do have lapses. RMS * : It ' ■' • y.r.' 1 m , - yy f- . I. ' ■ ' ' > -te: , ;.te .tete L -V v -""•À» ;te r : l#',' ,i te r " r . : • 1 ■ ? - r,c. I m V * Sam Acclaimed as Progressive Conservative Candidate Arms raised in victory, Industry and Trade East Riding Association nomination meeting Minister Andy Brandt (right) and MPP Sam where Mr, Curcatz was acclaimed as the Progrès- Curcatz practice for the upcoming election, The sive Conservative candidate, Minister was the guest speaker at the Durham