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I BOHHANVILLe library 62 TEMPERANCE ST. . " WILLE ' mm Workers Risk Lives to Save Alleged Victims l in ad . Darrin Hockney and Gord Weir are attempting to snag a subcompact car which disappeared into Lake Ontario early Saturday morning at Bowmanville's Cedarcrest Beach. It took just two attempts before the chain caught hold of the sunken vehicle and it could be hauled ashore. By this time, rescuers were virtually certain that no passengers were inside. However, early reports claimed up to four people were trapped. Sunken vehicle is winched ashore, and rescuers discover discover that the car is empty. The car was removed by Bob's Towing, of Maple Grove, approximately three hours after police and firefighters first arrived on the scene. Police and firefighters initially feared four people were trapped inside inside a car which was sinking in the icy waters of Lake Ontario early Saturday morning. But when the late model subcompact subcompact was finally winched from thè lake it was empty. Durham Regional Police and Town of Newcastle firefighters arrived at there were passengers inside at the time the car went out of control and broke through the ice approximately 25 feet from shore. Before the car disappeared completely, completely, firefighter Don Forsey and Durham Regional Police constable Ron Klosinski climbed aboard the vehicle to look for passengers. Using a backboard and ropes as approximately 2:00 a.m. and ob served the front half of the vehicle was submerged in the lake. And a 25-year-old Oshàwa man who was identified as the driver claimed bumper, smashed the hatchback window window with a nightstick and looked inside. inside. The rescuers were warned that the car was about, to sink and they were pulled ashore moments before the vehicle disappeared. When the driver was questioned again, he had altered his story to say that only his wife was in the vehicle. But a telephone call by police revealed revealed that his wife was, in fact, at home. i A suspect has been charged with impaired driving and exceeding the legal alcohol limit of .08 per cent. He suffered only minor injuries. The vehicle was later extracted from the lake by Bob's Towing, of Maple Grove. Two Representatives Part of Taskforce „ , md nvnovinnpn Pives me great reason to hone that we Durham Northumberland MP Allan Lawrence said Monday that local communities are well-represented well-represented on a federal panel which will study the process used in choosing choosing a low level nuclear waste disposal facility. "I'm delighted that there are at least two people on the task force who know the local area so well," Mr. Lawrence said. He was referring to Gerard Gervais, a former commissioner of economic development with the Durham Region and Marilyn McIIolm, a long time resident of the Port Hope area with many years of municipal government experience. The two members of the task force are among seven experts in science, social issues and the environment, who will study the issue of nuclear waste disposal. The formation of the panel was announced announced December 11 by The Honorable Honorable Gerald S. Merrithew, Minister of ' State (Forestry and Mines). It follows a commitment from the Minister to establish an independent panel which will examinera broad range of options for the site selection of low level radioactive waste disposal facilities facilities in Ontario. "The creation of this task force givès me great reason to hope that we will be able to resolve this challenge in a spirit of co-operation rather than setting communities and government against each other," Mr. Merrithew said in Ottawa last week. He noted that the task force's primary primary mandate will be to investigate the most promising approaches for site selection that might be employed within Ontario. It will look at the most promising technologies for low level waste disposal. disposal. and the most suitable areas within the province to utilize these technologies, including transporta- Tui'n to Page 2 I f 1 lift m ft 1 BOXING DAY RACE -- A special day of racing will be held on Boxing Day at Kawartha Downs this year. Check the advertisement in this edition for details. TOUR OF LIGHTS -- This Sunday, Dec. 21, Bowman- ville Kinsmen Club is again sponsoring a tour of Christmas Christmas decorations and lights throughout the area, starting starting about 6:30 p.m. from Memorial Park Clubhouse. Any senior citizen who would like to go along or needing needing transportation is asked to phone McGregor I.D.A. Drugs at 623-5792. All citizens who are proud of their Christmas Lights are asked to have them on so the seniors will also be able to enjoy them. The Editor and his wife were doing some news gathering around the country north and east of here on the weekend and were amazed at the tremendous displays at quite a lew rural and town homes. The glistening crusted snow added a sheen that was also remarkable, but the rain and thaw may have destroyed some of that. CHRISTMAS CONCERT -- Combined choirs of Oshawa and Bowmanville under direction of Cory Kuipers will be featured in a Christmas concert Saturday, Saturday, December 20th, 8 p.m. at Mafanatha Christian Reformed Church, Bowmanville. There will also be a concert on Sunday, Dec. 21st, 7 p.m. at 1st Baptist Church, Oshawa, featuring Gord Galloway as trumpet soloist. And tonight, the bands of Bowmanville High School will be performing at the school starting at 8. As well there's another Christinas concert tonight at Trinity United Church, featuring choirs and band of the Ontario Christian Music Assembly. There certainly certainly is no shortage of Christmas entertainment. PLANE DOWN -- As this is being written Tuesday evening, we're receiving reports of a small plane crashing into a house, about a mile east of Oshawa airport. The two occupants were not killed and have been taken to Oshawa Hospital. More details will be available before this paper reaches you, but there have been a couple of additional events this past week that will be spoiling Christmas for local people. The Thorntons of Tyrone area whose house was gutted early Saturday morning will be needing all the help they can get to recover from their tragic loss, and their friends in Tyrone have rallied to provide it. The chap whose car was driven into Lake Ontario, also on Saturday morning about 2 o'clock certainly caused some problems for Bowmanville firemen and police that he won't be allowed to forget for a while. We'd like to have a few words with the driver, after standing for three hours in -3 degree (F) temperatures wailing to find out the true story. But, our problem is minor compared to rescue workers who risked their lives to save llie driver's alleged passengers. Makes you wonder wonder how some people's minds work. FEATURED IN SUN -- If you missed Sunday's Sun, firefighter Don Forsey and Police Constable Ron Klosinski appeared on Page 2 following their needless rescue attempt on Sunday morning in the icy waters off Cedarcrest Beach. It is reassuring to know that we have some of the best rescue workers right here in town. Over the years we've been chasing fire trucks, we seen the local volunteers take quite a bit of abuse from the "professionals" of the big cities. The big city boys can talk all they like, but we know who we would rather have cutting us out of a wrecked car. Keep up the good work guys...and Marion! ROUGH WEEK -- Oddly enough, another vehicle nosed into the harbor at Port Hope last Thursday >vhcn it skidded on ice and one female passenger got soaked trying to get out to dry land. It just isn't good swimming swimming weather. But, the nastiest Christmas story we ve heard in recent days is about vandals who broke into St, John's Anglican Church in Port Hope last Wednesday Wednesday ami did their best to wreck the place for about $10,000 in damages. This same church was planning its special Christmas story program for Sunday and Monday. If it was held, more power to those who look part and spoke about 'Goodwill to men' especially those who did the wrecking. by Rob Savage A major breakthrough in the development development of the new Bowmanville Arena was reached on Monday as council voted to build a $4.9 million single pad arena and community hall at Highway Two and Regional Rd. 57. "Our time is running out with respect respect to the end product," Chief Administrative Administrative Officer Larry Kotseff told council as he presented them with the necessary figures to make their decisions on Monday. And council agreed, voting for the single pad arena which seats 1,000 people and the community hall which seats 350. The move comes five weeks after elected officials delayed their decision decision because of outstanding concerns o 77 II t * m r if / j s M I I/S/ <Cy related to water service and hydro costs. Those costs and all others were presented presented on Monday when council was shown six construction scenarios and their total prices. The figures ranged from a $3,826,640 arena to a $6,490,000 arena and included estimates for the sites at Hwys. 2 and 57 and at Martin and Baseline roads. For the $3.8 million estimate, Mr. Kotseff said council could have a single pad arena with no community hall at Hwys. 2 and 57. The $6.5 million estimate was for a twin pad arena with a community hall which is also located at the Highway Two intersection. In his two examples at Baseline and Martin roads, both arenas contained a community hall and were priced at $3.8 million and $5.4 million for the single and twin pad facilities respectively. respectively. Mr. Kotseffs report also showed a $1 million difference between servicing servicing costs at Martin and Baseline roads and the site at the two highways, highways, although new information reduced reduced the figure to a $700,000 differ- Still, Mayor John Winters said the savings confirmed statements he had made earlier and he presented council council with estimates of how they could utilize money they would save by building at Martin and Baseline Roads. Turn To Page 11 Approved by Rob Savage Town council has approved "in principle" a parks report which includes includes $427,000 in renovations to parkland and a new policy for land developers. The interim report, prepared by parks policy subcommittee chairman Milt Dakin and Newcastle Chief Administrative, Administrative, Officer Larry Kotseff, recommends substantial capital projects projects for the town and an official plan amendment which would apply to developers. developers. "It is a lot of money, but we're looking looking at trying to upgrade the town so everybody has the same rights and privileges," Mr. Dakin said during a delegation to council. For the town itself, the report identifies identifies four major areas of, "parkland deficiency": Newtonville, Enniskillen, Enniskillen, Bowmanville (in the Martin/ Waverley Rd. area) and Courtice. Mr. Dakin said one area which has to be addressed is the great discrepancies discrepancies between those areas and others in the town. He said some' areas have a proper amount of park iaeiliiies, while the four targeted areas and others have very little. Adding that he doesn't want to offend offend previous councils, Mr,. Dakin Candidate Seeks NDP Nomination said the parks policies of the past show some shortcomings. "Somebody should have been hung from the rafters," Mr. Dakin said. As recommended improvements, the town will look into acquiring three acres of land for park development development in Enniskillen and improving parks in Burketon and at Maple Grove East Public School in 1987. For the upcoming year, the town will also consider the development of Courtice West park and will look into obtaining equipment for the par- kettes at Cherry Blossom and Gatehouse. Improvements are then scheduled to continue at other parks right through to 1990 at a forecasted cost of $427,150. Those improvements have now been referred to the 1987 budget. The subcommittee also recommended recommended acquisition of specific sites for park development, and council passed a by-law approving the gratuitous dedication of lands at Turn to Page 2 Hall Costs Known Soon by Rob Savage Final details of the estimated $5 million renovations and construction at the town hall will be known on Jan. 12. In a report to council on Monday, Chief Administrative Officer Larry Kotseff said the architectural firm of A. J. Diamond and Partners will be presenting final drawings and costs to councillors during their Jan. 12 meeting. "I believe it is more or less, on schedule as originally proposed,"'Mr. Kotseff said. He told council they could look forward forward to final architectural, structural, structural, mechanical and electrical drawings during the presentation next month. He also said the costs for that work and the costs of landscaping at the site would become known. And he has advised council to "prequalify" "prequalify" all bidders prior to the actual actual tendering of the contract. The "pre-qualification" process, which council approved during Monday's Monday's meeting, asks all interested bidders bidders to submit information on their qualifications and a certified cheque for $200,000. The architects could then select the most qualified companies from the respondents. Mr. Kotseff predicted that a list of about six contractors would probably be the result of the process. Companies on that list would be invited invited to submit tenders for the new town hall, and those tenders would be included in the presentation to council on Jan. 12. In his report to council, Mr. Kotseff told the councillors that there are certain advantages to the "pve-qual- ifying" process. One is that the town would eliminate eliminate the possibility of receiving a lowest bid from a company that isn't qualified to do the work. He also said the process requires all companies to submit a bid "which is very realistic." And he said the screening method ; helps to ensure the respective contractor's contractor's financial stability and credi- i bility. Advertisements for pre-qualifying companies will be placed in the Daily Commercial News and local newspapers newspapers during the next two weeks. The entire project is expected to cost about $5 million, with construction construction costs alone costing $4.3 million. In a report to council last July, Treasurer Treasurer John Blanchard predicted $2.5 million would be debentured and the building wouldn't affect taxes in 1987. H M ■ Marg Wilbur of RR 4, Port Perry, has announced her candidacy for the New Democratic Party nomination in the new provincial riding of Durham East. The 47-year-old Scugog Township resident was the NDP candidate in Durham-York in the 1981 and 1985 elections. Scugog Township is now part of the new riding of Durham East. Turn to Page 11 Area Man Hurt in Oshawa Air Crash A 62-year-old Bowmanville area man was one of two pilots aboard a .light aircraft which crashed into a house in north Oshawa yesterday evening. The incident sent four people to hospital and caused damages of at least $200,000. Larry Adamson, of R.R. 5 Bowmanville, Bowmanville, is listed in fair and stable condition condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Oshawa General Hospital this morning. morning. The other pilot, Conda Reddy, 37, of Scarborough, is also listed in fair and stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit. Durham Regional Police said two persons inside the 702 Ilortop St, residence residence were hospitalized. They arc Verna and Earl "Buck" Moore. The twin-engine Ccsna 414 clipped the roof of a nearby house and smashed through the wall of the Moore residence at approximately 5 p.m, Tuesday, December 16. The demolished demolished house is about a half mile from the Oshawa Airport. Nativity Scene Depicts True Christinas Meaning This year's Living Nativity Scene will again lie held outside at St. Paul's United Cliuvûh with a new team co-ordinating the project, said the Rev. N.E. Schamcrhorn on Monday evening when a photo preview was held. The presentation will lake place Sunday, Dec. 21st, Monday, Dec. 22nd and Tuesday, Dec. 23rd at 7:30p.m. Here, Joseph ( Larry Welsh) and Mary (Jean Welsh) were dressed for their roles, attending the baby Jesus in the manger.