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? V 1 B08HANVILLE LIBRARY 62 TEMPERANCE ST. B08HANVILLE. ONTARIO 11C3A8 bohlib 868731 ick to School Time for Local Students ' ' ■ ■ aL., - . ~XK / ■ -X vrt U Xl X. 1 '% . . ,y ' ^ i ' v : , • • IfS PM ■ I t. '?V;'-. -, y»êî>f sap éÉÉill «• rv a, Mg 5BB6 » re m " Ù Sm b ■ 1 • n r- H VxA.. 1 Bl I Looking only slightly apprehensive, these grade one pupils from Central Public School in Bowman- ville took their places for their first day as full-time students on Tuesday. While the calendar may say that there are a few weeks of summer left, the return to school after Labor Day usually signals the beginning beginning of fall. Shown above, from left, are: Viera Ripel, Melissa Boyce, Eric Living, and Sarah Boyce. am i . by Diane Pickett The Goodyear Parade is shaping up to be a highlight of 1985 for Bow- manville. "Community involvement has been just fantastic," said Goodyear spokesman Hugh Laing, "ninety per cent of the parade is Bowmanville residents, it really is a community event." Preparations for the parade, v/hich will celebrate Goodyear's 75th Anniversary in Bowmanville and in Canada, are now well underway underway with only a little more than a week to go. September 14th is the date, and the impressive collection of antique antique and modern vehicles and floats will follow the same route as the Santa Claus Parade. Participants will assemble on Wellington Street at 1 p.m. and the parade will commence commence at 1:30 p.m., lasting approximately approximately one hour. The parade's main feature will be an assortment of vehicles both old and new, all on Goodyear tires of course! These include: a 1923 Ford; a Corvette dragster; the oldest operating tractor (a Massey-Harris) in the world; Wayne Allen's drag tractor; a 1916 Packard transport truck and a Labatt's "Streamliner"; and two beautiful old Indian motorcycles. motorcycles. The Bowmanville parade will be honoured with the presence of Goodyear Canada's President Scott JSL Buzby. He will lead the parade no one of several LeBaron convertibles convertibles donated for the day by Chrysler. "It certainly speaks well that he was able to set aside the time to come to our parade," said Hugh Laing, who has played an integral part in the parade's organization. Mr. Laing explained that as the parade moves by the spectators, it will be like a trip through time; the oldest attractions coming first followed followed by later models. This should prove especially interesting with the collection of fire trucks on display, display, Goodyear having manufactured manufactured the fire hoses. Turn to Page 17 623-3303 Per Copy ^ / xz' n - - H >». \.i r~ JfjfxW | v -' ' 0:.fctoO. v fir,.v ! ..4vL -i i -U53L.IC ... !.:XïARŸ: Issue 36 30 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985 131st Year Hooper will Run for Mayor Courtice Residents Stranded by Diane Pickett Four Courtice homes are stranded on "an island" surrounded surrounded by construction machinery machinery and holes 16 feet deep. Brian Clarke, Peter Wytik, David Clayton and Mr. Morrison spoke in turn to a committee of Town council on Tuesday, describing their plight. These Tooley's Road homeowners homeowners have been denied road access to their houses for nearly two months, as construction crews install install sewer and water pipes for a new subdivision. To make matters worse, they had no warning "until the contractor came to our doors and asked us to move our cars." The construction activity has also .interfered with the water table which supplies their wells. "Three of the four wells are affected," said Mr. Clarke, "they're filling with sand." Mr. Clayton agreed: "There is no doubt in my mind that the quality and quantity of our water has been affected." Furthermore, according to Mr. Clarke, the residents would be de- Fair Starts this Thursday nied permission to extend their septic systems by the Ministry of Health. They would have to hook up with the communal water and sewer system and pay the "exorbitant" "exorbitant" Regional frontage fees. "We were not told that it (the development) development) would affect us this way...we would have liked the opportunity opportunity to sit down with the town and the developer before all this...I feel these objections could have been resolved to our satisfaction," said Mr. Clarke. "No consideration has been given to us and we feel the Town has not safeguarded us...Newcastle! is responsible responsible for bringing the develop- Former Bowmanville councillor Ken Hooper has announced his candidacy for the position of mayor in the November 12 municipal elections. elections. "I am not satisfied with the present present leadership. I think they've lost control of the operation," said Mr. Hooper in revealing his intentions last week. Mr. Hooper is running on a platform platform of improved administration and more control of the town purse strings. "I feel that with the proper leadership, the administration can be cleaned up and the taxpayers' money put to proper use," he said. He added that taxes can actually be lowered without decreasing any of the necessary benefits. As his campaign progresses, he will provide provide further evidence of this fact, Mr. Hooper said. At the moment, too much money is spent that is not. reportable to ment ou t there, disrupting our way ; ^mncil, said Mr: Hooper. . of life and our environment." x - Vuj „ at1 5n „,i The annual Orono Fair starts Thursday, September 5, and organizers organizers hope to attract as many as 15,000 to the popular four-day event. Opening ceremonies begin tomorrow tomorrow night with the Miss Durham Central Fair contest at the Orono Arena stage, commencing at 7:00 p.m. This will be followed by the official opening in which Irene Vermeulen, Vermeulen, Miss Dominion of Canada, will preside. Miss Dominion" of Canada will be one of the many special guests at the Orono Fair this week. Mac Ransberry, fair manager; notes that there will be a number of new attractions for fair-goers. One of these is the new 40 x 70 building building devoted to agricultural exhibits. "This is a whole new building and it's full of agricultural displays," Mr. Ransberry explained. The building will have exhibits by the Ministry of Agriculture, vari- Turn to Page 17 One of the main concerns is, the problem of access' toj the houses should there be a tireur a medical emergency. Mr. Morrison spoke on behalf of his mother, a 62-year-old resident on Tooley's Road, and expressed expressed extreme worry that a fire truck or ambulance wouldn't be able to get up to the houses quickly. Before the committee could deal with the problems confronting these Courtice residents, Councillor Councillor Anne Cowman introduced Turn to Page 17 "I can show in the budgets where is going right down the money chin in." , 'Ken Hooper qomes to the 1985 ! mayoralty race with nine years of experience as a member of the Town of Bowmanville council. In addition to serving as a Bowmanville Bowmanville councillor, he also chaired the police commission for six years and was chairman of the public utilities commission for three years. A retired Goodyear employee, the candidate has been active in the United Rubber Workers Union at the Bowmanville Goodyear plant. He held an office in the. union for almost all of his 34 1/2 years with Goodyear. For 16 years, he was union president. Mr. Hooper also feels that Bowmanville Bowmanville has failed to get its share of the industrial and commercial growth which is occurring elsewhere elsewhere in the Durham Region. Compared Compared to Oshawa and Whity, we are "short changed" industrially and commercially, he said. An opponent of regional government government when it was introduced in: 1974, the candidate says: "Wè are in so deep with the Region now that we can't affort to be in it and we can't afford to be out 5f it." M . 1 I Ken Hooper Baseline Repairs Approved Siaii m BBS mm ■m'iÆ S£te3 m Sri STILL GROWING -- Do you suppose it's the weather that is stirring all these woula-be candidates into announcing that they'll be 'having a run' at being elected this fall as the mayor of this municipality or as a member of council. The latest recruit to toss his hat in the ring is former Councillor Ken Hooper who really has never strayed too far from council although he has not been on council recently. Are there any more waiting in the wings, the field is still wide open? PARENTS MEETING -- Anyone interested please attend a parents meeting on Sunday, September 8th at 7 p.m. at Maple Grove United Church to decide whether to continue Beavers and Cubs. Direct enquiries to Dave Tonks 623-5162. This is an important decision, so please let them have your thoughts instead of waiting to find out why it was decided to abandon the work. 1 A $173,506.09 contract for the reconstruction reconstruction of Baseline Rd., in Bowmanville was approved last month at a special meeting of town council. Director of Public Works, Ron Dupuis, said the road improvements improvements on Baseline from Simpson Ave., to Mearns Ave. should begin in the next few weeks. The project is expected to take approximately one month to complete. Mr. Dupuis said the project will be similar to the road improvements improvements already occurring west of Liberty St. The job entails replac ing underground services, removal and replacement of the granular base, installation of curbs, gutters, and catch basins, and repaving. > . Eventually, all of Baseline Rd. in Bowmanville will be upgraded, said Mr. Dupuis. But last month's contract included one of the sections sections in poorest condition. "The section that we have succeeded in getting funds for is the worst," he said. The Cobourg firm of Harnden and King Construction was awarded the contract Aug. 23rd. The company submitted the lowest of seven tenders. tenders. Mr. Hooper said that he also believes believes more of the business taxes paid in the town should go back into expenditures which will improve the businesses. "We're taking business business tax and we're not putting that tax back into the business section," he said. "We're going to tax business right out of their stores." Mr. Hooper said that the fact that there are so many citizens interested interested in running for mayor indicates indicates a vote of non-confidence in the present leadership. "The faults lie, to start with, at the leadership," To date, three Town of Newcastle residents have indicated their intentions intentions to run for the mayorality. Mayor Garnet Rickard, who has been head of the municipality since 1974, has not yet indicated whether he will be seeking another term in the mayor's post. GOOD SHOW -- The other morning we were watching the television while eating breakfast when suddenly on came Harvey Kirck who was doing a feature on our own Frank Stapleton of Newtonville, the world champion auctioneer. We enjoyed it to the fullest and began thinking what council would be like if Frank were elected as a member. If he ever let loose with some of that rapid fire lingo he uses as an auctioneer it would certainly throw all the others for a loss, probably including any press people who were present. TERRY FOX RUN -- We're happy to report that there will be a Terry Fox Run here on Sunday, September 15th. Start time at Memorial Park is between 9 a.m. and noon. Sponsor sheets are available at McGregor's IDA Drug Store and other merchants. For more information, please phone Jim Schell at 623-5573. Ï- SOME WEEKEND -- There were so many Ontario championship ball games going on last weekend that we were scampering all along the lakeshore trying to keep up. Sunday night came news that Bowmanville Midgets were heading home from London with an Ontario championship which was great news. We'd already been in Port Hope where their Kinsmen Tykes had beaten Blenheim for an Ontario title and on Monday we were again present to watch the Port Hope Sr. Walton Flyers down Oshawa Legionnaires for another title. While all this was going on, our Legion Bantams were being ousted from playoff action. We still haven't heard any of the details, but sympathize with them. It's always more fun when we come home winners, REOPENING -- The Children's Toy Library will be reopening Tuesday, September 10th at Trinity United Church, Bowmanville, from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. and every Tuesday following. New members are welcome. Please phone 728-8781 for more information. DISPUTE ENDS -- The current dispute at Town of Newcastle Hydro-Electric has concluded although as this is being written, no details have been released. SHOWS CLOSE -- No details have been released yet, but there are many indications that the theatres at Bowmanville Mall are closing. REGISTRATIONS - Bowmanville District Registration for Beavers, Guides and Pathfinders takes place Thursday, September 5th from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Salvation Army. And tonight (Wednesday) (Wednesday) it will be registration for iltli Bowmanville Bowmanville Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and Group Committee, Waverley School Foyer, 7:30 to 9 p.m. ORONO FAIR -- Let's hope the inclement weather that arrived this morning is long gone by the lime Orono Fair opens on Thursday and ideal conditions continue through Sunday. VOLUNTEERS -- A volunteer group, the Happy Helpers, at Strnlhavcn Nursing Home will be holding a meeting this Thursday evening at 7 in the boardroom and will welcome any guests. The big need of course is for more volunteers, Please come. isKIW. . ■ ; , - . v ' , •" -'••••• - • ' ' < . ip i 'V*. W&mm x"'* f / ' S y •. fmü «6 rs> :w. HRKr .#*'*•*- m : ; ÇiiJmmÈy • Select Committee Tours Darlington Generating Station Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz points out some West; and Chris Ward, MPP for Wentworth. The of the features contained in a model of the Dar- group toured Darlington as part of the process of lington Nuclear Generating Station. With him are finding out more information concerning Hydro some a few members of the Select Committee on generating stations. Hearings into Ontario Hydro ac- Energy who toured Darlington last week. From left tivities and the future of the Darlington Nuclear are: Philip Andrevves, MPP for Lincoln and chair- Generating Station will take place throughout Sop- man of the committee; Jim Gordon, MPP for Sud- tomber and an interim report will be presented to bury; Mr. Cureatz; MPP George Ashe, ol Durham the legislature in mid-October.