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J I ST - UCJ/19 boulib 970731 Truck Demolished in nu. v jrning Fire on West Beach Road W-V 7 ' v ", *UA \ lM=£S ; School Board Adopts Alternate Decision at Ontario Street fP< - - J -•V R |^\ : HI Â IP fêîjly'V-' P'; ' '/ ^ 11 »> '.Mfims SS^spte Durham Regional Police have charged a man with a liquor violation and a minor traffic violation following this single motor vehicle collision on West Beach Road last Sunday morning. The accident occurred at 2 a.m. Damage included the total loss of the front end to the 1984 Chevy half-ton truck and the entire inside was gutted by flames. The estimated loss is $7,000. M by Rob Savage Grade four five and six English program students currently enrolled in Ontario Street School will not be moved to Central Public School next year. Instead, the Northumberland-New- castle School Board plans to solve Ontario Street's overcrowding problems problems this year by having all kindergarten kindergarten students scheduled for Ontario Ontario Street in September transferred transferred to Central. ; The board endorsed the motion from Newcastle Trustee David Gray which is intended to be a one-year U If® Cl Ci fl. Cl ULCyra y wwr u Mi / -j i move temporary solution. The idea is to give the board more time to find a long-term answer to Ontario Street's problems. "I feel that it would be a short-term solution to relieve the overcrowding at Ontario Street," Mr. Gray said. The motion was made during a regular regular school board meeting at Clarke High School where 200 citizens were in attendance. Five delegations addressed the board to debate an initial administration administration proposal which would have seen grades four, five and six English language language students in Ontario Street transferred to Central. That proposal was based on enrolment enrolment figures which showed 52 new students entering the French Immersion Immersion kindergarten classes in September. September. To keep up with enrolment at the school, administrators said the school had two options open. One was to provide three new portables and the other was to make plans to transfer transfer some students to Central Public School, where there is a declining enrolment enrolment and three empty classrooms. Residents addressing the motion Turn to Page Two (323.3303 APR 3 0 1987, . • PUBLIC LlfeRAWv; I i 400 Per Copy Issue 17 BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,1987 133rd Year JF M rl Qtfffi M 1 ir i M I II Police Request More Staff by Carolyn Hepburn The president of the Durham Regional Regional Police Association says that the regional police force faces a serious shortage of manpower. "We don't want to endanger our people or society", says Dale Allan. "With additional duress on members, members, it becomes difficult to perform duties," he added. This year, the Durham Regional Police will be hiring an additional 23 officers, three cadets, and eight civilians. civilians. However, the association pres- Study Finds Fire Station Requires Replacement by Carolyn Hepburn The fire station in Bowmanville is inadequate to meet the needs of the fire department, according to a recently-completed recently-completed report. The document, produced by the Fire Underwriters Survey, recommends recommends that a new station be built. Such a station ought to be capable of housing all fire department apparatus, apparatus, with sufficient quarters and - • , office space for personnel and firefighter firefighter training. Fire Underwriters Survey is a Toronto-based Toronto-based company which conducts conducts surveys for insurance purposes in Ontario municipalities. In its report, the firm states that as a result of the growth of Bowmanville, there have been increased emergency calls. It adds.that due to the general unavailability of volunteer volunteer firefighters at Fire Hall #1 (Bowmanville), (Bowmanville), consideration should be given to hiring at least eight full-time firefighters for the daytime period. This would allow for the manning of Bowmanville's four major pieces of apparatus (in conjunction with available available volunteer firefighters). It would also provide a back-up crew for the volunteer fire halls. A copy of the findings of Fire Underwriters Underwriters Survey has been given to individual members of Newcastle council.. Though it has recently been decided decided to extend the boundaries'of the Orono Fire Station, the report from Fire Underwriters Survey"reveals that there is still a large area in the northern part of the municipality which is too far from the present four fire halls to provide prompt response. response. The report recommends that a fire hall, equipped with a pumper, tanker truck and ti minimum of 15 active vol unteer firefighters, be built in the area of Enniskillen. 1 .The report found that there could be an inadequate amount of water available available to fight a major fire in the Orono community during a peak day, even with the installation of the new well. The water supplies for Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Courtice and Newcastle are adequate from a fire protection point of view. The fire department is under good management and the equipment was found to be in good repair, according to the report. Additional apparatus has been purchased to replace older equipment, and the modern Orono facility will serve the Town for many years. The report did recommend that additional pumpers should be provided at Fire Hall #2 (Newcastle), and Fire Hall #3 (Orono), and a tanker truck at Fire Hall #4 (Courtice). (Courtice). ident says that even with the extra personnel, Durham's staff level still lags behind other police forces in Ontario. Ontario. This has led the Police Association to ask the Ontario Police Commission' for an investigation into the operation operation of the Durham Region Police Force. "We are asking the Commission to investigate and see if the strength of our force is adequate." says Mr. Allan. The Association, which represents most of the Durham Region's over 400 police officers, has requested substantial substantial increases in staffing to keep up with the Region's growth. "The Police Commission has al- Turn to Page Two Drop Night by Rob Savage : ' ' Newcastle Council plans to spend less time in the dark. They voted on Monday to reduce the nightly meetings of council to one per month, leaving only the council meetings held during the fourth week of each month for evening audiences. "I think we're much sharper in the morning to go along and get the town's affairs done," Councillor Arnot Wot- ten said of his motion for the change. The action reverses, in part, a decision decision made by the present council in March of 1986 to switch council meetings meetings to the evenings. At that time, the intent was to allow more members of the public to attend the meetings. It created a situation where two of the four meetings among councillors were held at night. General Purpose Committee meetings were held during during the day and regular meetings of council were in the evening. Turn to Page Two 3rd Hole Yields its Treasures Diving for treasure may conjure up images of hidden jewel chests or sunken sunken galleons. But a pair of modern-day treasure hunters are going no farther than the Third Hole of the Bowmanville Golf Course to find a motherlode of twentieth twentieth century booty. They're diving for golf balls. And there's even the occasional golf club, according to Jeff Wood and Paul Orchard, of Merk-e-MacWaters, a business devoted to retrieving sunken sunken golf balls from various water hazards in golf courses around the area. The circumstances under which the clubs landed in the water are not known. But any duffer with imagination imagination can understand how they got there. The partners in Merk-e-Macwaters estimate that there are up to 50,000 golf balls in the Third Hole water hazard. And the balls are not all that' easy to retrieve. 1 For one thing, they're under a certain certain amount of weeds and mud. And then there's the presence of a large, and legendary snapping turtle who >.-yi-ives in the pond and doesn't like to f be disturbed. [ ' ([here's a turtle: in there the size T of this earth," suggests Paul Orchard. 1 However, that may be a slight exaggeration. exaggeration. Others suggest it's merely the size of a Volkswagen. Jeff Wood encountered the turtle on one of his dives and vouches for the fact that the turtle is certainly a large one. Mr. Orchard, who notes that he and his partner have been in the golf ball retrieval business for the past two years, explains that Bowmanville is the scene of their first..dive of the year. The loot will be divided betwen the Bowmanville Golf Club, which will sell the balls at the pro shop, and the divers. Estimates are that it will take about a week to reclaim the treasures from the golf course's water hazards. After that, it will be on to a new golf course . for Murk-e-MacWaters. And the resident snapping turtle of the Third Hole will be left in peace. At least, until a stray golf club comes hurtling in his general direction. I FUND-RAISER - Keep in mind, TJ's 1st annual May Day Celebration to raise funds for Memorial Hospital. Hospital. It gets underway this Saturday afternoon at 2 with a wide variety of special events. See the page advertisement advertisement in this edition for more details. FAREWELL OPEN HOUSE - Friends and neighbors are invited to an Open House "Farewell to Marilyn" at Bowmanville Travel, 19 King St. W., on Thursday, Thursday, April 30 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served and everyone is invited. SPRING CONCERT - On Sunday, May 3rd at 7:30 p.m. a Spring Concert will be held at Trinity United Church, Bowmanville. The junior choir will present "Joseph's Technicolor Dreamcoat," a musical interpretation interpretation of the old testament story. Alan Mote and friends will add some lively moments and the senior choir will round out an exciting musical evening. SPECIAL OPENING - Many distinguished guests will attend a special event this Saturday, May 2nd at Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village, north of Whitby. Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander will begin the restoration of Lynde House Museum and officially open the 1987 Tulip Festival, followed followed by a concert provided by the Queen's Own Rifles Rifles band and a tour. FUTURE TENSE? - Today, 200 girls from grades 8 lay, and 10 at area schools will be meeting at Orono United United Church to discuss choices that young women are making with regard to career planning. There will be 12 workshops, each led by a woman in a non- tradltional career. Guest speaker Karen Fraser will address the group on the topic "Arc You Future Tense?" ABJECT APOLOGY - We plead insanity and beg forgiveness forgiveness for quips the past couple of weeks in this column about a Dinner Theatre project in Newton- ville. Apparently, some folks down that way didn't appreciate the Editor's weird sense of humor and the local pastor made representation on their behalf behalf in no uncertain terms. From all reports, the project was a great success in spite of our remarks. Congratulations. BLOOD DONORS - Another Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic is coming up next Wednesday, May 6th at the Lions Centre In Bowmanville. With summer approaching approaching and traffic on highways building every weekend, weekend, there are bound to be many accidents and Injuries Injuries where blood Is a life saving commodity. If you can provide some, please attend the clinic. There's also a clinic at Courtice Secondary School this Friday. Friday. SILVER ANNIVERSARY - St. Paul's United Church Women will be in charge of a special service Sunday Sunday morning at 11 to mark their organization's 25th birthday. Guest speaker will be Margaret Ann Lamb, President of Presbyterial U.C.W. After the service, there will be a reception complete with lunch. TENSE MOMENTS - Don Wright of Newcastle Village has to be a bit uptight at the moment. Tomorrow evening, April 30th, he'll be one of the 66 finalists in the Match 3 "Million Dollar Sweeps" show in Toronto. Toronto. He's assured of winning $10,000 as a minimum, but may win $1 million, which wouldn't be hard to take. We wish him good luck. HOSPITAL TAGS - On Friday, May 8th, ladies in their pink smocks will be on the streets in Bowmanville Bowmanville with their collecting boxes, selling tags during Hospital Tag Day. Please give them a great reception, the money they raise will be put to good use at the hospital. VOLUNTEER AWARDS - Several well-known local volunteers will be among those to be honored at a ceremony ceremony Friday, May 1st at the Holiday Inn, Oshawa. Bronislaw Hoinilt and Wladyslaw Koblak, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, will receive their 15 year pins as will Mrs, Marianne Marianne Zakarow. Mrs. Pauline Storks of Newcastle Village will also receive a 15 year pin and the Rev. William Picrccy of Mlllbrook will be awarded a 10 year pin. WRONG NAME - In Inst week's Statesman, the name of the person portraying the king in the play "The Pale, Pink Dragon" was incorrect. The actor in the photo was actually Erica Gunn. ... « -.-I.-....-,:-,.., ... ...... , Six-Pound Rainbow is Opening Day Catch §1 s ws.- St v . Lyle Nezon, of Toronto, was among the hundreds of anglers who lined area creeks on the weekend with the opening of the trout season. And he wasn't disappointed with the catch. Lyle landed this six pound trout in the Bowmanville Creek between the Goodyear Dam and Highway Two. £'-7x7--- ■ - This Hole's Even Wetter Than the Nineteenth Now that's a water hazard. But Jeff Wood, of Uxbridge, Uxbridge, is equal to the challenge, since lie's equipped with just the kind of golf accessories that will come in handy on the difficult shots. Actually, Jeff Wood and his partner, Paul Orchard, of Port Perry, were clearing golf balls from the bottom of the pond at the Third Hole of the Bowmanville Golf Club. Retrieving golf balls (and the occasional club) is a business venture for the two. They were hoping that the Third Hole water hazard will yield about 50,000 balls.