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1 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 5,1988 Section Two Newcastle Lions Welcome Two New Members Forthcoming Marriage Sapps» mæm 1^55 ■ » 'tsassm Curvply Workers Man the Picket Lines Workers at Curvply in Orono picket the factory! Members of the United Steel he Workers of America, they have 12:01 a.m oeen on strike since Sunday, September 25 at Picketers are filing up and down in front of the Curvply factory in Orono, demanding demanding better wages and benefits benefits from the company, a commercial chair manufacturer. manufacturer. On Saturday, September 25 at 12:01 a.m., Local 49U of the United Steelworkers of America walked off the job expressing dissatisfaction with the negotiations which had proceeded sporadically since May 31 when their contract expired. In all, 73 workers are on strike, participating in the first walk-out in the company's company's history. Those on the picket line complained about the rate of pay and benefits which they nave worked for ini the past. "We need new management, more money, and more benefits," announced announced one particularly disheartened striker. ! "In 22 years there has been a $4.83 raise here," she said. CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Plan to visit your Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week October 9th -- 15th, 1988 OPEN HOUSE Will be held daily commencing October 10th From 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Bowmanville Station No. 1 and at Courtice Station No. 4 Visit the Fire Department Display at Bowmanville Mall Thursday, October 13th and Friday, October 14th 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 15th 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. While there fill in a ballot for the FREE DRAW J. Aldridge, Fire Chief "We've been keeping Bowmanville and area residents warm for over 60 years!" • Top quality Imperial Oil products for Domestic, Industrial and Rural use. • Automatic delivery maintained by a fleet of modern tanker trucks. • Dependable 24-hour service. .i - ASK US ABOUT OUR TOTAL HOME COMFORT PROGRAMME Telephone 623-5516 Esso HARRISON FUELS 12 Sturrock Road Bowmanville >«< TBFT nit ! ; i « i .JL i.;2F• ten ' iJr TSH ! • 1pm Fred and Mary Anne Cummings are happy to announce announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Lisa Michelle to Darrin Eugene, son of Sal and Heather Caruso. The wedding to take place on Saturday, Saturday, November 19,1988. Other strikers were more conciliatory. "We're ready to go back to the bargaining table right now; we're just waiting on the company." offered offered one man. "We don't want to close them down. Company spokesman David David Steel was unavailable for comment. Successful Bazaar for Rebekah Lodge Friday, September 23 was a very busy and successful afternoon lor the members of Beehive Rebekah Lodge. Sis. Doris Wollstein Noble Grand of the Lodge welcomed welcomed everyone ana introduced introduced Sis. Ruth Bray Dist Dep. President from Port Hope, who officially opened the Bazaar. The Home Baking all di- appeared very quickly. There were many articles for sale on the Crafts table which captured the eyes of the customers. The numerous prizes on the Penny Sale tables were drawn at 4.00 p.m. The Quilt draw lucky winner was Mrs. Edna Elliott Newtonville. The Afghan was won by Mrs. June Siebarth Bowmanville. Bowmanville. There were many interesting interesting and unique articles for sale on the variety and white elephant table. After Shopping many customers relaxed and enjoyed enjoyed afternoon tea with their friends. Beehive Rebekah Lodge would like to take this opportunity opportunity to thank all those who attended and made their Bazaar Bazaar an enjoyable affair. The Newcastle Lions Club welcomed two new members into their ranks last Wednesday, September September 28. Bill Thomerson and Dave Robinson are shown here along.with the members of the Lions Club who were part of the installation team. From left are: Brent Rickard, Pat Blaker, Murray Patterson, Bill Thomerson, Dave Robinson, Ed Majer, Norm Smith, Richard Lovekin and Roy Hopkins. E.O.B.A. Wins Bantam Tourney Sept her 16 - 18, 1988, Clarke/ Lome Park Baseball Association Association hosted the first annual All-Star Bantam Baseball Tournament. The Eastern Ontario Baseball Association (EOBÀ) entered a team representing representing the ten teams of the 1988 Bantam League. The main purpose of the tournament was to provide' the coaching staffs and scouts of the provincial youth team and the Toronto Blue Jays an opportunity to see the up and coming players in action. The 19 players from the EOBÀ under the coaching of Steve Terry (Peterborough) played each game to the full limit of their abilities and managed to defeat teams representing seven other baseball associations for the tournament championship. The EOBA played their first game Friday, September September 16th against the team representing the Inter- County Baseball Association. The game was a classic pitcher's dual going extra innings innings before tne ICBA team prevailed by a 4-3 score. At the plate Jeff Levy (Ajax) tripled in his only at bat driving driving the first run of the game. The other hero at the plate that night was Gary Shaw (Little Britain) who drove in the game's tying run with a solid single in the bottom of the 7th inning. Shaw went to 2nd base on tne throw to the late with no outs. The fol- owing batters were unable to bring the winning run home. ICBA went on to score in the top of the 8th off of Chad Stone (Oshawa) who took the loss. Jamie Watters (Whitby) started on the mound for the EOBA pitching pitching 3 innings of perfect ball and striking out 7 of the 9 batters he faced. The second game for the team was played on Saturday, Saturday, September 17th against a team representing the eastern eastern portion of the Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA). The GOBA team had also lost the night before meaning the loser of this Fc game was eliminated from the tournament. EOBA found themselves on the short end of a 4-2 score going going into the bottom of the 6th inning. After Chad Stone struck out Gord Shannon (Peterborough) singled. Curtis Curtis Hodgins (Oshawa) doubled doubled and Mike Baker (Whitby) (Whitby) walked before the COBA third baseman made a throwing error with two out to allow theEOBA to score the go ahead run. Taking a lead into the top of the 7th inning inning Chad Stone was able to hold on for the win and redeem redeem himself for the loss the the previous night. At the plate Curtis Hodgins was 2 for 2 with an RBI and scored 2 runs. Jamie Watters again pitched the first 3 innings striking out 4 and giving up 1 hit. Brendan Donohue (Bowmanville) pitched the middle 2 innings and Stone completed the game for the win. • The third game' was against a strong.team, from the London. District Baseball Association! KLDBA). • .The i EOBA got off to a fast start scoring 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning on a walk to Watters, an error that allowed allowed Hodgins to reach base and a single by Corey Stillman Stillman (Peterborough) that scored the 2 runners. The EOBA lead was never threatened threatened as theyj went on to win by a 4-1 score. Shane Locky- er (Peterborough) went 2 for 3 at the. plate and Curtis Hodgins was table to pick up 2 RBI's. The story of the game was the pitching of Jamie Jamie Watters. He had the LDBA batters off guard all game long with a good assortment assortment of fastball s and off- speed pitches. Watters faced 23 batters, striking out 10, walking 3 and allowing 1 run on 3 hits. The win over LDBA put the EOBA into the semifinals semifinals against a strong team from Toronto. Chad Stone started on thè mound for the EOBA but was unable to keep the Toronto bats quiet for more than 3 innings. Jeff Levy attempted to shut down Toronto but he too was unsuccessful. For the first time in the tournament Simon Gosgnach was able to hold Toronto to only 2 hits over the last 3 innings. The EOBA was only able to push across 1 run during the first 6 innings of the game and it appeared the weekend might finally be over. However, the bats came alive in the top of the 7th inning, inning, and with some aggressive aggressive running on the bases the EOBA was able to come out on top with a 4-3 win. For his efforts on the mound Simon Gosgnach was selected the MVP for the game. Again it was Lockyer with the not bat going 3 for 4 at the plate, including including a triple and the game winning RBI. Brendan Donohue pitch-hit in the 7th, doubling in the game tying run. As the team from COBA west entered the ball park for the championship game, the talk around the field was who was this team from EOBA and how did they get this- far?- The > EOBA 1 again found themselves down late in the game, by a 4-2 score. Gosgnach started the game on tne mound but was only able to last 2 innings. Mike Baker (Whitby) came on to pitch in the 3rd inning allowing allowing only 2 hits for the rest of the game and striking out 4 COBA batters. As has been the case in the previous games the EOBA got their bats going in the top of the 6th to pull in front and then added an insurance run in the top of the 7th to pull out a 7-4 win and capture the championship. In the final game at the plate Jeff Pickell (Oshawa) was 2 for 5 with 3 RBI's, Corey Stillman was 2 for 4 with an RBI, Gary Shaw was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's, Chris Roebuck (Belleville) (Belleville) was 2 for 3 with an RBI. As was the case in the semi-final game the winning pitcher Mike Baker was named the game MVP. For the weekend Shane Lockyer finished with a .586 batting average, Gary. Shaw batted .400 with 4 RBI's, Jeff Pickell had 5 RBI's, and Curtis Curtis Hodgins had 3 RBI's. The pitching was led by Watters with a 0.69 earned run average, average, and 21 strike outs in 13 innings of pitching. Other members of the team were Charles Hall (Co- bourg), Mark Harmsworth (Ajax), Shayne Keddy (Whitby), Jason Kiely (Bowmanville), (Bowmanville), Mike Reardon (Ajax), ana Mike Reid (Little Britain). Curtis Sparkes (Pickering) and Brad Robin-, son (Port Hope) were also named to the team but were: unable to compete on the ■ weekend. Head coach of the ", team was SteveTerry (Peter- ' borough) assisted by Al Bàk- > er (Whitby), Bob Snodden. ' (Oshawa), and Doug Stone (Oshawa) who served as. pitching coach. Manager of. the team was Randy Pickle, commissioner of the EOBA Bantam League. Think Canadian^ Elect HAL MCKNIGHT Mayor KELLY LEGAL SERVICES 41 TEMPERANCE.ST„ BOWMANVILLE, ONT. Mervyn B. Kelly, B. Comm., LL.B. 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