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JOmMLLE LIBRARY 62 TEMPERANCE ST. VOmwlLLE, ONTARIO Opens Doors at Memorial Arena The Skate '88 Office officially opened July 6 in the Warm Room of the Bovvmanville Arena, with a little help (and horseplay) by (from left): Deputy Director of Community Services Joe Caruana, Mayor John Winters, Fund Committee Chairman A1 Strike, Eleanor Colwell, Secretary of the Fund Committee and Director Garnet Rickard. The office will be used to receive donations from businesses, groups and individuals to help build a new sports complex in Bowmanville. The office will be open Thursdays. by Jeff Hubbell D ur h a m-N or th u mbe r 1 a n d MP Allan Lawrence has described last week's vole on the return of the death penalty as "a mistake" and "hypocritical "hypocritical nonsense". "I think it's a mistake," he said, in describing the 148-121 vote against re-establishing capital punishment. That vote took place early Tuesday morning, June 30. "The majority of Canadians wanted a return to the death penally. The last week of speeches did nothing to inform inform anybody or change anyone's mind," Mr. Lawrence explained. The death penalty vote, a campaign jL promise made by the Mulroney government government during the 1984 general election, was a bitterly contested event brought to the forefront by a Tory M.P from Peterborough, Bill Domm. Capital punishment had originally originally been banned in Canada during the Trudeau administration in 1976, when it was scrapped by only six votes in Parliament. Although initial polls taken earlier this year showed that the death penalty penalty was likely to be passed, the evidence evidence was that by the start of the week, the vote would not carry. No one was less surprised than Lawr- e cis ion "I rather expected it," he said. "There was no question in the last 48 hours that it was going to be defeated. defeated. "The opponents (of capital punishment) punishment) were certainly very heavily organized. organized. They went on a mail campaign campaign -- I have around 400 to 500 letters letters on my desk against the vole." But Lawrence insists that the majority of people in his riding favored the death sentence. Lawrence, however, says that he bclicvos^^y^JJw^cath penalty shoKuf be an optioiilof the courts, ratli:r 111 an UW55cSRitic sentence, Page 2 Issue 27 24 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987 Active Year for Community Services by Carolyn Hepburn The Town of Newcastle Community Services Department has had a very busy year to date according to a report report submitted to the town's general purpose committee on Monday. The department has filled 39 summer summer positions, mainly in the Parks and Cemetery Maintenance Division and the Aquatic Program Division. The outdoor pools in Newcastle Village and Orono opened their doors to the public on June 28th, and the summer swimming season is now underway. Under the parks development and upgrading part of the community services services department, work has been intense. intense. Two parks in Courlice are slated for public use for the spring/summer of next year. The Courtice North baseball diamond is now fully operational operational with the completion of the base line fencing work. In Orono Park, fence repairs have been completed and the tennis courts are now in full swing. Barbeques and a foot bridge have also been added to the area. In Memorial Park, Newcastle, staff are working to negotiate property as parkland dedication for the development development of a play area. Park benches are on order and will be installed upon delivery. Fences have also been completed completed for this area. Soccer will be coming to Mearns Rotary Club Donation Starts V ideo Collection A donation of $5,000 from the Bowmanville Bowmanville Rotary Club has launched the Town of Newcastle public library's library's videotape collection. "Through a very generous donation provided by the Bowmanville Rotary Club, the Library is now able to add a service which its users have requested requested frequently," said Chief Librarian Librarian Barbara Baker. The videotape collection will be available available for library patrons at the Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Clarke, and Newcastle Memorial branches. A videocassette recorder will also be on loan in each of the three branches. The chief librarian adds that the service is expected to begin operation operation in late 1987. Library users who might expect to borrow the latest video release from Hollywood through their local library library will still have to patronize the commercial video stores. The collection will not include commercial movies. However, the videotape library will consist of general interest tapes in areas such as travelogues, dramatic productions, and how-to tapes. The Library expects that this collection collection will add pn extra dimension to home recreation and personal education education since some information can be presented more effectively in a visual medium than in print. The Library will use the $5,000 donation donation from the Rotary Club in an application application for a matching grant from the lottery program of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Purchasing can only start after grant approval. While the Library has attempted to add a videocassette collection for its users in the past two years, budgetary restrictions did not permit it. The Board and staff of the Newcastle Public Public Library are very grateful to the Bowmanville Rotary Club for this opportunity opportunity to improve services. Ave. East, as the equipment for a soccer soccer pitch has been ordered and will be installed in 1988. Under the program division, fitness centre programs are running at capacity. capacity. Summer registrations for the Newcastle Fitness Centre are 311. At the Newcastle Lions Pool there are 35 people registered for the summer and 59 more have signed up at the Orono Pool. Aquatic staff are looking into expanding expanding programs to include: snor- keling, special needs programs, rescue rescue patrol, and expansion of preschool preschool programs. The Fitness Centre also ran the very successful Participaction Challenge Challenge Day on May 27, 1987. While Newcastle swept the neighbouring communities, the town was also 122nd out of 257 communities who participated across Canada. Park facilities are now in demand as baseball has once again taken ovgr the diamonds. / There are a total of 156 teams; .within the Town of Newcastle, of Turn to Page 2 Shhh! New By-law Asks for Silence by Carolyn Hepburn Noise makers beware! A noise by-law may soon be in place for the entire Town of Newcastle. At Monday's committee meeting, a recommendation was made to council council to bring into effect a noise by-law for the entire town. A by-law was drafted in 1985 and considered at the committee level but it was not approved. It was that same draft that was presented at Monday's meeting. Presently, with no by-law in place, many people take advantage of the situation, according to Brian Irwin, by-law enforcement officer. "You'd be surprised how many Turn to Page 2 Private Contractor May Collect Town Garbage The town's general purpose committee committee has recommended that garbage garbage pick-up and disposal in Bowmanville Bowmanville be provided by a private contractor from Courtice. That recommendation came from the Town Public Works Department at the committee meeting on Monday. However, the decision must be approved approved by Newcastle council later this month. The proposal is that Browning-Fer- ris Industries Ltd., with the lowest bid of $19,068.99 per month, ($228,827.88 annually) be awarded the contract to provide collection and disposal services from August 1987 to December 1988. This firm is currently under contract contract with the Town of Newcastle for garbage pick-up in Newcastle Village and Orono, and according to the public public works report has been providing satisfactory service. Presently, all garbage from Bowmanville Bowmanville goes to the Darlington Landfill Landfill Site, which is slated to close sometime sometime later this year. Actual costs of garbage collection . and disposal in Bowmanville for 1984, 1985, and 1986 were approximately $265,000.00, $218,000.00, and $302,000.00, respectively. The 1987 .budget was set at $376,297.00. taking in lb account travel lime to the Brock West Landfill, upon closure of the Darlington site. According to the public works report, report, if the Town staff are to continue garbage collection, it would require the purchase of two one-man packers, at a cost of approximately $200,000.00. The budget for 1988, provided the two trucks were in operation, would be approximately $300,000.00 or $450,000.00 to go to the Brock West Landfill Site. If the decision to contract garbage collection and disposal is passed by town council, then the two present full-time employees will be reallocated reallocated to other jobs in the public works department, according to Public Public Works Director, Gordon Ough. One result of the contract may be the disappearance of the large blue bins behind many commercial sites in downtown Bowmanville. Earlier this year, Newcastle council council voted to amend the by-law to allow pick-up from'those bins twice a week. With the garbage contract that would not change, but according to Mr. Ough, the contractor has indicated that he would try collection without the bins. Kinsmen Carnival Brings Out Smiling Faces w* f ! V v A.y H ' M V-Lai** IS - *§1 - $ À 1 ' A \\ Taking a turn at the wheel of the fire engine is Jennifer Denny. She was one of many happy carnival-goers who visited the Kinsmen Carnival at Waverley Road Park, which ran from July 1 to July 4. Activities included rides, games, bingo, a dunk tank and plenty of candy floss. Monster Coloring Contest Kicks Off Sidewalk Sale /: SAVED AGAIN - We are once more indebted to Ron Mutton and mechanic Bob Wallace at Cowan Pontiac- Buick who came to our rescue on Tuesday when an essential essential pump assembly ,broke down on our newspaper, press, shutting production down at a crucial time. : They made the necessary repairs in short order and got us back nearly on schedule. Many thanks to all concerned. Also, we learned that well-known Bowmanville Bowmanville residents if not natives, Cec and Dorc Mutton Mutton are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this week. Thanks to son Ron for the information. BIG WINNER - On Saturday, the Newcastle Lions Club held their annual carnival and dance in the evening, including an exciting bingo game in the hall prior to the dancing. Later, we learned from retiring President Roy Hopkins that Allan Hutche- on, Gibbon St., Oshawa, was the winner of the big draw for $1,000 with ticket 2824. Roy also advised that the club expected to clear at least a couple of thousand, including more than $1,000 from the draw, with Treasurer Ed Majer again the biggest ticket seller. You just can't say "No" to Ed. Bowmanville Bowmanville Kinsmen haven't advised how much they made on their four-day carnival at Waverley, but from reports, they had a good night on Wednesday. Bowmanville Lions won't be holding one this year. Guess they have their hands full with catering. BABYSITTER'S COURSE - We are just a bit past taking taking advantage of this item. Due to popular demand, Durham Family Education Resource Centre is delighted delighted to offer a second Babysitter's Training Course at Bowmanville High School. It will start on Tuesday, July 14 and run for five mornings, 9 to 12 noon and there are a few places still available. We won't tell you the charge, but you'll make it back in short order, there's a big demand. To register or obtain more information information call 579-2021 or 983-9800. Some busing is available through the Board of Education. WINCHESTER GUNS - Check the story in this week's Statesman about the newest display at Bowmanville Museum. It's fascinating and deals with products made at the Winchester plant that used to be located in Cobourg. You'll also learn that we have a bona fide collector in town. That should arouse your curiosity enough to first read the article, then drop in to the Museum. BIG GAME TONIGHT - If you are looking for some action tonight, drop over to Soper Creek Park, down by the Visual Arts Centre and take in the Orioles Orioles game that gets going at 6:30. Who they are playing doesn't really matter, they'll put on a good show that will make you proud of them and their coaches. They are playing again Sunday at 1 o'clock. Unfortunately, we don't have a schedule at hand, right now. ALL STAR SOCCER - Just a bit more sports. There's an All Star soccer game featuring outstanding players from the east and west segments of the league, this Saturday at 7 p.m. taking place at the field south of Courtice. If you enjoy the game, there's the place to be to see the best players handle the round pigskin with their feet and heads, they're amazing. FIDDLE CONTEST - This week we received an announcement announcement that brought back memories of one of our favorite people, the late Jim Coyle. He kept us and everyone with whom he came in contact, up- to-date on all the latest in country music, especially especially fiddle playing. And he would have been looking forward to being at Blackstock on Saturday, July 18th, where they are holding their first big fiddle contest as part of their centennial celebrations. When the rest of us go to that event, we'll spend a moment or more thinking back to some of those jamborees that Jim loved to run at the old town hall, now being reconstructed. wam wwmmmm™* Bowmanville's downtown businesses businesses are in the midst of a monster of a coloring contest. There are entry forms available at all participating D.B.I.A. merchants in downtown Bowmanville but the town's young Rembrandts will have to hurry because the contest closes Monday, July 13, at 4 p.m. Completed pictures may be turned in at Strut ladies' wear store or at Ter- ribrac Pet Store. Prizes will be awarded on July 16, the first day of Bowmanville's monster sidewalk sale. Winners in all categories will re ceive BIA bucks totalling$30 for first prize; $20 for second and $10 for third. Of course, the coloring contest is just the start of the big sidewalk sale which runs July 16, 17, and 18. Other events will include a parade of monster costumes, a live elephant and tiger, dunking tanks, hot dogs and cokes at old-fashioned prices, and much, much more. There's even going to be a guest appearance appearance by the 30-foot tall king of the monsters himself. But that's another story. Stay tuned for further details next week. aSE New Office for Oshawa Handi-Transit A new office for Durham Region's Handi-Transit opened in Oshawa on July 2. The office, which is located on William St., will serve the Newcastle, Scugog, Oshawa and Uxbridge areas. Helping with the opening ceremonies are: standing from left, Nelson Nelson Tills, Board of Directors, Handi-Transit; Jim Hutchison, President Board of Directors; Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor; Newcastle Mayor John Winters, Jim Pollicary, representative of Oshawa; Uxbridge Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor. Sitting from left: Paul Manuel, Handi-Transit Manager; Bill Chambers; and Regional Chairman Gary Hcrrema.