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% I ) eOWIlLE LIBRARY 62 lEIIPERAHCE ST, BOWIAHVILLE. ONTARIO i L1C3A8 First huvj BOSJLie rj--- - B78731 loomed at Hospital ,>y i,/ The first baby born at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, in 1987 arrived at about 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 3 to Helen Boulter and George Vinge. Weighing in at 7 lbs. and 13 oz., Justin Thomas Vinge was greeted with a special silver mug donated by the Ladies' Auxiliary. Pictured here are Auxiliary President Vivian Cowan and head maternity nurse Judith-Ann Sparrow (standing), along with the new family. To Plan for Nuke Crisis by Rob Savage Fire Chief Jim Aldridge will be or-' ganizing a discussion between town councillors and himself to review emergency procedures in the event of a nuclear accident. The proposed discussion follows a report given by Chief Aldridge to the General Purpose Committee on a recent recent meeting of the Darlington Nuclear Nuclear Station Emergency Preparedness Preparedness Committee. That committee is made up of police, fire and medical workers and Ontario Hydro employees. The purpose purpose of the meeting was to determine the degree of aid which public employees employees could add in the event of a nuclear accident. Chief Aldridge said on Monday that Hydro needs the information in order to submit plans for the Darlington Generating Station to Atomic Energy Control Board. During the Emergency Prepared-' • ness"reeling last November.; a sub,; committee was created tC look Political Parties Plan Nominations Starting Jan. 22 With expectations of a spring election election in the air, nomination meetings for two of the three major provincial parties are just weeks away' The New Democratic Party will hold the first of the meetings on Jan. 22. The meeting is at Durham College in Oshawa and begins at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker that evening is Provincial Provincial NDP leader Bob Rae. The Progressive Conservative Association Association has its nomination meeting on Feb. 2 at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry, commencing at 8 p.m. The guest speaker will be Tom Long, the president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association. Association. 4® II 11 <u , JLiL 4 j, by Rob Savage Newcastle council will be selecting its number one work project this month as PlanningDirectorTerryEdwards PlanningDirectorTerryEdwards completes application plans for the Ontario Program for Renewal, Improvement, Development and Economic Revitalization (PRIDE). Mr. Edwards said on Monday that the application is due at the end of the month, adding it's likely the province province will agree to fund one high-profile high-profile project. He told committee projects like the sanitary sewers and watermaihs for © M "jv y !4 I 1 â m 1 Kg H K 5 i m ffltLJSy ft, Q © CV "?Tî «vrr-* I© t 0.0 A- ■ the old roads in Courtice are unlikely to receive funding because they lack high-visibility. Instead, he said items like the new Bowmanville Arena are more likely contenders. He informed committee that 145 municipalities are applying for funding funding and that he needed council's direction direction to determine which project should be given top priority. Committee responded with a variety variety of areas which they felt might receive receive attention. Councillor Ann Cowman recom mended that top priority be given to sidewalks and street lights on Ilwy. 2. She said such a project would be highly visible and is very necessary in 1987. Councillor Marie Hubbard said increased increased parking in downtown Bowmanville Bowmanville should be looked at. She said business owners and apartment tenants in the downtown area are using valuable parking space which should be available to consumers. Mr. Edwards said funding for improved improved parking would have greater eligibility if the application were for increased parking facilities in Orono or Newcastle Village, since Bowmanville Bowmanville received funding a few years ago to improve parking. As for the case of apartment tenants tenants within the downtown buildings, Mr. Edwards said the problem is that the by-law does not require landlords to provide tenant parking. Other improvement areas discussed discussed included the roads and sewers sewers in downtown Bowmanville. Mr. Edwards said projects like the area storm sewers may be visible enough Turn to Page 2 M X * C Issue 1 24 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY >, 19ft3;~ wr , A , . . ,401 Councillor Is Critical of Federal Works Program further into the amount of help available available from the oublie. That subcommittee will be reporting reporting to the Emergency Preparedness committee in February. Mayor John Winters noted that town council should also be informed of any emergency procedures planned planned in the event of a nuclear emergency. He said a recent by-law being considered considered by council includes plans for emergency exercises and he wondered wondered what actions the towh should be taking as preparation. The committee supported the mayor's concerns and voted to have Chief Aldridge arrange an informa-, tion meeting. Councillor Marie Hubbard said most emergency procedures for Darlington, Darlington, once it's operational, v/ould be similar to the emergency plans at the Pickering Generating Station. 'Thbse plans have bet'.oyvr; t t,ten id,to a public-information package which was reviewed last month by Regional Council. The package was sent back to Ontario Ontario Hydro for revisions when it was. learned that not all maps were ready and some of the maps in the sample information package were outdated. However, councillors did learn of the type of information going to the public. The package gives instructions to residents within a 10 km radius of the Pickering Generating Station in the event of an emergency at the station. It maps out evacuation routes which lead to reception centres at York University, the Canadian National National Exhibition and Iroquois Park in Whitby. It also notes that homes and schools may be used as shelter in some cases and gives advice to the public in case of an emergency. Included in that advice advice is the suggestion that people remain remain calm and ignore all rumors. by Rob Savage A federal government make-work program came under fire duringMon- day's General Purpose Committee meeting. ... 1 . Councillors HaFHcKnight, Arndt Wotten and Mayor John Winters challenged challenged different aspects of the Un- ' employment Insurance Commission's Commission's project which led to the hiring of 24 temporary employees in New castle last year. Councillor McKnight was critical of the program itself. He said the program, program, which is supposed to provide, work for the unemployed, isn't really needed in the Town of Newcastle. He said the money could be better used in other parts of the country where the unemployment rate is higher. "They (the federal government) don't necessarily look at where the problems exist," Councillor McKnight said. He said the Town of Newcastle should consider rejecting the federal government's offer to fund part-time woijv, "rather than just accepting it and saying 'it's like a gift front, heaven' " l! 1 ! "I think we should be trying to rej sist these types of temptations," he added. Mayor Winters said he was not crit- ' ical of the program itself but disapproved disapproved of the program's creation of lead hands from the unemployed workers. ' The mayor said the people in supervisory supervisory positions should be town employees employees who can make sure the job is done.properly. He argued that the people supervising supervising the temporary workers should be setting an example for them. He said he didn't believe a temporary worker could provide that example. "With the amount of employment that's out there today, anybody that's not working is there because he doesn't want to be working," Mayor Winters said. "I question the judgement judgement of this." Councillor Arnot Wotten also felt supervisors should not be among those unemployed workers hired in the Section 38 program. "I really think in this type of project, project, you need a man from the town," he said. He wondered if Community Sei> Turn to Page 9 NDP Meetnig (Tonight VK, MU rsi ir*» i a :••>>/ per copy K of C Fulfills its *10,000 Commitment ■ -Ûï' ' - ... ! /Bit < v V • V ,-M The Knights of Columbus recently fulfilled its $10,000 commitment to Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville. The cheque presentation was made to Hospital Foundation Chairman Tom Cowan, right, by T.V. Bingo Chairman Tony Hortsman, left, and St. Joseph's Parish Bingo Manager Vic Auger. The final pledge payment of over $4,000 was made at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parish Hall on Tuesday, December 30. The Bingo Chairman and Manager wish to thank all the bingo supporters. Protests against group mailboxes, mailboxes, and the fate of nine of this area's 16 rural post offices, will be voiced this Wednesday (January 7) at an NDP meeting in Bowmanville. Post offices were to be closed under the original plan, set by the federal Cabinet last October 17, if they were within 8 kilometres of another one. Hampton, Orono, Newtonville, Campbellcroft, Cavan, Caesarea, Nestleton, Greenbank arid Prince Albert would lose their post offices, says Wilf Day of Port Hope, president of the Durham- Northumberland New Democrats. The government has now conceded a review of this decision, but no new decision has been given on the fate of the nine post offices, says Day. "Once again, we must keep up the fight to get this Ü11È WMËËù'ï: government to back down from a blunder," he says. Many area residents are upset about cuts in postal service, says former Manvers Township Councillor Linda McLaughlin- McLaughlin and Day will I lead a discussion on .postal cutbacks at the NDP's public meeting at Bowmanville High School at 7:30 p.m. New subdivision residents across this riding, as elsewhere in Canada, are upset at being made second- class citizens, says Marg Wilbur of Scugog, Secretary of the riding's New Democrats. New subdivisions no longer get the home delivery taken for granted by most Canadians, but instead must walk to group boxes, Wilbur notes. The New Democrats' meeting will also vote on resolutions and choose delegates for the NDP's national convention to be held in Montreal this March. A New Sub-Division Coming? • devplopmen 5 nature of,tit will Xv o'/fftcr .;. _X:..-.by Rob Savagê '• 1 / i . "A iOzo.nhigi^pplicat.ior.][Üesignt.d to launch plans for 113 residential lot's near the Bowmanville Creek, south of the Goodyear plant will soon be coming to Newcastle council. Discussions of the application began during a public meeting on Monday, with council delaying then- decision until all commenting agencies agencies have had time to respond to the proposal. The rezoning application would see the industrially-zoned property at Durham and Hunt streets in Bowmanville Bowmanville changed to a residential area. Among the residents expressing some concern was Ian Wilson, who said he feared that the rezoning could lead to further development in the future. future. However, Planning Director Terry Edwards told Mr. Wilson that further development wouldn't necessarily arise from the rezoning. He explained that much of the area near the creek has been zoned Environmental Environmental Protection. 1-Ie said that designation wouldn't change. Mr. Edwards said the only change would be in the 20 acre property al- r«a|dy zoned for development. Me , stiifl ,it's Only the nature of.the'cle- Xéil opulent which will pÿ different. He added approval or the rezoning application does not mean the subdivision subdivision application for 119 residential residential lots would necessarily be permitted. permitted. A separate application would have to be made to regional council for the subdivision. Council's decision will come after Mr. Edwards has received comments from all concerned agencies and made his report to council. He said illness and the Christmas holidays had prevented some reports from getting getting to him. Of those he had received, attention was drawn to the possible flooding problems in the area. The Community Services Dept, said the town requires the gratuitous dedication of flood susceptible lands associated with the Bowmanville Creek. And the. Ministry of Natural Resources Resources said the owner of the property property should provide stormwater and erosion control plans before grading or construction begins. They point out that some of the valley valley land near the creek is very eroded and should be stabilized. RECEPTION -- Recently, the Editor received a book in the mail entitled "Tug of War" Ottawa and the Provinces Provinces under Trudeau and Mulronèy. He took it home, planning to go through it at the earliest possible moment, moment, after reading other political books received over the Christmas gift period. What he didn't realize was that "Tug of War" was written by Bowmanville native David Milne, professor of Political Studies at the University University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown. That information just came to light this week, along with information that a reception for Author Professor Milne is being planned for Bowmanville High School at 8 p.m. on Monday, January 19th at 8 p.m. Now the book will be read with much more interest and a new priority. COURSES -- Maybe those seniors, instead of eating too much at that pot-luck supper, should be enrolling for - one or two of the 235 extension courses at Durham College in Oshawa. Then after graduation, they would have a hobby or occupation to keep them busy and productive in their declining years. Check out the insert insert in this newspaper, and you may find a course that would appeal to you. BIG WINNER--We happened to notice in Dude Hills' column in our Port Hope - Cobourg Independent that Sicgi Rohr of Bowmanville was the winner of the 50-50 draw at Legion Branch 30 in Port Hope and, if we arc not mistaken he netted about $1289 for a nifty Christmas Christmas bonus. Congratulations. QUIT PUFFING -- We have another National Non- Smoking Week coming up on January 15 - 21 sponsored by the Cancer Society and it looks very much as though they are gradually winning the battle of the puffers as more and more get on the anti-smoking bandwagon. An advertisement is also running in our papers this week promoting a "Breathe Free" Stop Smoking Clinic to begin Tuesday, Jan. 13 at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, It lists a couple of numbers to phone if you are interested in attending the five-day program. Think of all the money you'll save and the burn holes you'll avoid. NICKEL ARRIVED -- As this is being written, the Editor is sitting at his desk looking at a pinkish colored envelope with a shiny nickel showing through the cellophane cellophane hole at left. It's from the Reader's Digest Sweepstake folks and demands his immediate attention. attention. But, they aren't getting it, yet because he's wondering wondering what the gimmick is. After that note in a recent edition, he knows that there arc quite a few other folks in town who also have received similar enticing letters. Decisions, decisions! In the meantime, another letter has come in. He's been chosen for a spot in a "Great Garden Giveaway Contest." But he really doesn't need a set of keys for a new Chrysler Le Baron. It's a problem. AMAZING -- We hadn't better start crowing too soon about how mild it's been so far this winter, because it could change very quickly tomorrow. Probably the best thing is to enjoy it while we can and not plan on it continuing. However, we have passed the longest day of the year and Spring may be just around a couple of corners, if we're lucky. EVANGELIST -- There's an advertisement in this issue giving details of a Miracle service to be held at Liberty Pentecostal Church at the west end of town on Sunday, Jan. 11th at 7 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday at 7:30. In charge will be evangelist the Rev. Bill Pran- kard. They'll he delighted to see you. AHEAD OF OURSELVES -- If you happen to look at the datelines at the top of pages in Section Two, you » will notice that we are ahead of ourselves. They read ■ "August 20, 1987." Fortunately, someone noticed the < error in time to correct it in the rest of the paper. h ! 5 , It V~ 41 wf.1 +L£&' 1 .-c ...I-»#. t»- -l|4 =4 » -«;-k i.. i . .... : . 1 • Vs! 6... L. i.,« . I » ; l.l.i ", . SENIORS --Those Bowmanville Senior Citizens have another meeting planned for the Lions Centre on Tuesday, Jan. 13th at 5:30 p.m. when they will he having having a good time at a pot-luck supper. For bus pick-up please call Kcitlia Alldread at (123-5800. Citizens Welcomed to Mayor's New Year's Levee Building, Those attending were treated to coffee, the guests to the January 1st event.