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A large, L-shaped barn at Kuzenko Stables, in Darlington Darlington Township, was demolished by fire on Sunday night. An exact estimate on the losses has not yet been tallied but the Town of Newcastle Fire Department. Department. reports that two horses along with some farm equipment and riding gear were lost. Platoon Chief Gregg Corden said the call was received at 23:57 Sunday but the building was fully engulfed inflames upon arrival. Firefighters were at the scene for about seven hours and managed to save several adjoining adjoining buildings at the Lot 28, Cone. 4 site. Liberty St. Parking Possible Flags to Beautify Downtown As part of . its ongoing effort to make Bowmanville beautiful, a business association will festoon the downtown with colourful Ontario Ontario flags. The Bowmanville Business Centre's board of management, with the cooperation of the Newcastle Newcastle Hydro Commission, will install •horizontal flag mounts on the vertical vertical section of the lamp posts along the main street. In order to maximize visibility and reduce the risk of vandalism, the mounting mast will hang the flag out over the street from just below the streetlight arm. George Webster, the board's chairman, was pleased to hear that council meeting in committee had approved the idea. "It will add colour colour and excitement to the downtown downtown landscape," he said. The project will be costly for the Newcastle Running Risk Granting Special Perm,its Business Improvement Area. Mr. Webster estimates the cost at $2,500, but half of that will be a one time only expenditure for the purchase purchase and installation of the hardware. The flags will probably need replacing every other year. B.I.A. chose the Ontario flag because because it is colourful and appropriate. appropriate. Each flag will be supported by a bracket which will prevent it from becoming tangled with the light standard. They will go up in early summer, but will be taken down for the winter months. The Town of Newcastle could be running a considerable risk by granting special event permits without asking for insurance certificates certificates from the organizers. The management of permits is of concern to the Town's insurance company, Frank Cowan Ltd. Councillors Councillors met in committee on June 17th with Dave Reed, a representative representative of the town's policyholder, and he told them that this was the area where the potential for improvement improvement was greatest. When outside organizations ask the Town for permission to hold S !M- ; &§ ■■ a. special events, they must be asked to file papers, proper evidence of insurance, said Mr. Reed. Otherwise Otherwise Newcastle could find itself in a similar situation to a town in Ontario Ontario which found itself liable when a child was accidentally killed in the Santa Claus Parade. Mr. Reed told the councillors to be mindful of this when granting permission for Fall Fairs, helicopter helicopter rides, motorcycle or bicycle races, or any special event where the Town could be responsible for insurance. I Late Tuesday 1 afternoon, "he Progressive Conservative government government at Queen's Park was defeated on a non-confidence motion to end its 42 years in power. What happens next is up to the Lieut.-Governor. John Black Aird, but it is expected that he will call on Liberal leader David Peterson to form the government with support from the NDP. Needless to say, the PCs dont appear too thrilled about the whole affair. PRESIDENT'S TOURNEY -- Keep in mind the Chamber of Commerce President's Golf Tournament Tournament at Bowmanville Country Club next Wednesday, June 26. There is still room for more participants. WELCOME -- A card came in recently announcing that J. (Bernie) O'Hallarn has assumed management management of the Toronto-Dominion Bank branch on Temperance SI . We hope he will enjoy his stay here. If he is a ball player, he might be able to get sworn in as a member of town staffs team that will be playing Rotary's squad on June 27th at Lord Elgin P.S. to raise funds for hospital expansion. But, he should be warned that these Rotarians take the game seriously. They even practice, we hear. CELEBRATION -- St. Paul's energetic minister Ed Schamerhorn has a special celebration service coming coming up Sunday morning at 10 to mark the completion of his 12th year here. Everyone is invited to the service service and afterwards there will be a social time, plus refreshments such as strawberries and ice cream. It's no place to lose weight. GRADUATIONS -- On Monday evening, the 23 graduates of Durham Christian High School appeared appeared to be having a good time although the wet weather prevented picture taking outside. Today, they were due to leave for a holiday at Algonquin Park, a treat the grads look forward to each year. There are three ceremonies to go. Both Bowmanville Bowmanville Sr. Public and The Pines Sr. Public will be holding their graduations next Tuesday, June 25th. M.J. Hobbs follows on Wednesday at 7. No doubt staff and students are eagerly awaiting the summer holidays. GOOD SHOW -- The directors and members of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association who attended the directors meeting and annual golf tournament here last week were most impressed with the friendliness and facilities of our town. And they were amazed at the prizes donated by local business establishments. Thanks for helping us entertain entertain these publishers from many parts of Ontario. Ontario. One prize from Hooper's Jewellers wasn't acknowledged with the others last week. Our thanks. Liberty Street residents' parking difficulties may be over, if the Region Region of Durham's Works Department proceeds with a plan to establish a parking area in front of their homes. Councillor Marie Hubbard described described the area in question as very difficult for parking. It is on the west side of Liberty immediately south of the intersection on King Street. The Region will be resurfacing Liberty Street, in Bowmanville, from Highway #2 to Baseline Road, and may provide a parking area for the residents as part of the reconstruction reconstruction project. Director of Public Works Ron Dupuis advised the general purpose purpose and administration committee at its meeting on June 17th, that the Region had a possible solution to the parking problem by knocking out the existing barrier curb, replacing replacing it with a drive-over curb Staff Member Offers i Help To Barrie Victims fjl An employee of the Newcastle -3 •• Work;* Department has vol • 'lunttM'iiii i-isUeivicLZ tl ;he pooplb Ttsf Barrie, to.'assist in ihe clean-up |after'the disastrous tornado which | destroyed as many as 300 homes 'and businesses. Nick Turkocio will contribute his time and effort if Newcastle can provide a truck from the town's vehicle vehicle fleet. "This way the Town of Newcastle can do its part to help Barrie," said Public Works Director Ron Dupuis, "they may not even need us, but at least we can offer." Mr. Dupuis told councillors ofMr. Turkocio's offer at a committee meeting on June 17th. All the councillors praised Mr. Turkocio's initiative and generosity generosity and voted unanimously to approve approve the supply of a vehicle, but asked that first Works staff address some of their concerns regarding insurance and whether this noncash noncash donation would be eligible for consideration under the province's three-for-one deal. BALLY DUFF BARBECUE -- Still on the church news circuit, we should mention an event of considerable considerable importance, the annual pork barbecue to raise funds for Ballyduffs 132 year-old Presbyterian Presbyterian Church. It's being held this Saturday, June 22nd from 5 on, with tickets available at the door. Say Hello to Rev. Fred Swann when you get there and he'll be happy to show you what a great job they've done renovating the old building. That pork barbecue may put you in the mood for another feast and there's one at Newtonville United Church on July 1st from 4 to 7 p.m. See Coming Events if you are still hungry. THEM'S THE BREAKS -- No doubt Tuesday, June 18th will live for some time in the Hon. Sam Cureatz's memory. He's been a cabinet member for only a short time and probably is just becoming accustomed accustomed to all the perks and responsibilities that go with the job. If all things have gone as predicted, he will be reverting soon to a private member on the opposition benches of the legislature. Oh well, it was good while it lasted. Things could have been worse. He might have been on that hijacked plane in Beirut. I STINKY SNEAKERS -- We're not sure who invented this contest that sounds somewhat nauseating but it's become a popular feature of Children's Games ; Day at the Museum, 37 Silver Street. This year's big i event will be held this Saturday, June 23rd from 2 to 4 p.m. HELP NEEDED --We've just received another call for help in outfitting members of Trinity United Church with vintage garments. They would like to borrow short or long wedding veils, men's suits in the 311s or 40s, (we're still wearing ours), a lady's wedding suit in the same period, wedding gowns from the 1820s or prior to 1000,1020 shoes and spats. Please contact Audrey Martin, 023-3224 or Jean Sumersford, 023-5305. and establishing a proper parking area. Mr. Dupuis added that the Region has asked if the Town would consider consider making a financial contribution contribution toward the project. "My recommendation is no - it's a regional road and a regional pro ject, it's their responsibility," Mr. Dupuis told the committee. The councillors agreed and approved approved a motion from Mayor Garnet Rickard that Newcastle request the Regional Works Department proceed proceed with the project, and finance it with funds from the Region's coffers. coffers. Host Wins Newspaper Golf Tournament More than 50 representatives from weekly newspapers met in Bowmanville last week for the annual Ontario Community Newspapers Association golf tournament. The tournament was hosted by The Statesman this year at the Bowmanville Country Club. Rick James, sporting this official OCNA tournament shirt, took first prize with a one- over-par score of 73. He is shown above receiving the Imperial Oil plaque from representative Richard O'Farrell. The low net score of the day was recorded by OCNA Executive Director Ted Lydan. Both first place winners received tickets to play at Glen Abbey, home of the Canadian Open. --" "j-' B, ,v i* .•%»,"*" ► I * . • rvut/vM - 1 . .1. * • v tv I . , . , . - . ; % ' ■ T - I % . I j Ik Ajax Man Sustains Serious Injuries When Car Hits Tree Firefighters were called to the Sixth Concession of Clarke Township early Sunday morning as the result of a single vehicle accident in which a car left the roadway and collided with a tree. Twenty- one-year-old Andrew M. Carr, of Tulloch Dr., Ajax, suffered extensive injuries in the collision, The accident accident occurred at approximately one a.m, miwmiLt tmm -- i M ÏEflPERAHCF Si, Two Horses Killed t mmimille. Ontario Arlington Barn Fire n WA A u . / -/v A /f / M, Ê $!/'& ES É Hjj/b f. by Diane Pickett The Town of Newcastle will be paying $128,800 for insurance coverage in 1985-86. This figure represents represents a 44 per cent increase over last year. In view of the prices faced by some other municipalities in Ontario, Ontario, Newcastle is getting off lightly. The Region of Durham's premium will increase 80 per cent this year, to more than half-a-mil- lion dollars. 3 •J 4„y A.v M j\h I Dave Reed, a broker with the Frank Cowan Insurance Company, explained the increase to Newcastle Newcastle councillors at a committee meeting meeting on June 17th. The two major factors contributing contributing to the increased cost of insurance insurance for municipalities across the country are larger claims and lower interest rates. "We should not overestimate the effect of the Brampton case (where the court awarded a $6 million set- w cJ tlement to a boy disabled in an accident accident on municipal property)," said Mr. Reed, "there is an appeal being made." Nevertheless, large claims like this one have moved insurance companies to raise the price of liability liability insurance, and municipalities municipalities have increased the amount of liability insurance they carry. Newcastle's Newcastle's liability insurance will in- Turn to Page 2 35 c Per Copy Issue 25 sue ^asuBtai! 623-3303 i-P'V A W la | ; | i h xk ..<•-■ <- ' ,/>.," - f Jh A-i fa 1 )/ -, . h s, h vf' h h ; J _. w JL K/tij || M yLOJl hi| ^ V fw+W v v v x/Lb v x' f BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,1985 Jim 2 0 B: 131st Year I