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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 19 Oct 1988, p. 3

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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, October 19. 1988 3 Bis Brothers Announce Winners of Annual Coloring Contest Candidate Attacks Free Trade at Campaign Office Opening Big Brothers Association of Newcastle held a co- louring contest during the month of September in honor of Big Brothers month. The entries, 84 in total. way, age 10-13 category; Michael McLeod, Brett For- sey, Rebecca Archibald and Jessica Archibald ajl in the age 7-9 honor of Big Brothers month, xne entries, o» in Luuai, a g e 7.9 category; Derek John Heerschop,'Clint were judged recently and the winners are pictured Krimmenacher, Christie Stevens and Melanie For- here. From left are: Kelly Ann Heerschop, winner ot gey a jj ^he age 4-6 category. Big Brothers wish to the 10-13 age group; Alicia Hart, winner of the 7-9 thank all their sponsors. The entries of all the con- age group; Justin Labrie, winner of the 4-6 age group ' and Big Brothers president Harry McClurg. There were several honorable mentions as well: Tara Rad- 1/llUUJV Ull UllVlt u^viik/v/A UI * -- - -- testants will be on display at the Bank of Montreal in Bowmanville. /ere several honorable mentions as well: Tara Rad- _, v» • r Lookins for Bids at Hospital Foundation Auction r OllCC OTieiS Durham Regional Police Durham Regional Police have charged two youths and charges are pending against another man in connection connection with an assault which occurred Sunday night in Newcastle Village. Police report that shortly after 8:30 in front of the Greenleaf Restaurant on King Street in Newcastle, a man threatened some youths with a knife. After fleeing, the youths apparently returned with baseball bats and attacked a 37-year-old Port Hope man. inflicting head injuries and bruises on his back. Two under-age suspects were charged and taken to Oshawa, and a police spokesman said that charges are in the works for the victim victim when his condition improves. improves. There .was a break-in sometime on Friday, October October 14, at TJ's Road House, 68 King Street East in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Durham Regional Police report that someone smashed through the front door and stole approximately approximately $3700. No arrests have been made in connection with the robbery. fUS by Chris Clark Roughly 60 Liberals turned out Monday night in North Oshawa to help their candidate in Durham, Doug Moffatt, open his campaign office. Mr. Moffatt thanked everyone everyone for the support they have offered to this point in the campaign and encouraged encouraged them to work hard and ensure a Liberal victory in Durham and nationwide on November 21. After being introduced by Allan Furlong, the Liberal MPP for Durham Centre, Mr. Moffatt proceeded to highlight two issues he feels will he winning ones for his campaign and Tor the Liberal Liberal effort in general. They are the Free Trade Agreement and the environment. On both of these issues the former former New Democrat MPP lashed out at the Conservative Conservative government's record. "The dump problem across Canada is a failure of the Tory years," he stated. "One of the reasons I got back into politics was the environmental environmental issue -- which is an important issue in Durham." Durham." "Metro almost sees Durham Durham as one whole garbage dump with a few houses in between," he continued. He then outlined his own proposal proposal for dealing with the waste management dilemma dilemma which many Canadian communities face or soon will face. It includes expanded use of the blue box recycle program, program, the use of old mine shafts to bury waste as is done with nuclear waste, and development of industries industries which use waste as a resource. resource. "It's costly," he admitted, admitted, because of the large influx of government money required. "But the cost of not doing it is worse," he added. On Free Trade, he declared declared that, "people are concerned concerned about the trade deal Hooper Seeks Regional Seat Durham Liberal candidate Doug Moffatt (right) £nove ne is n r e 'P^ n T ™ help a fhom ïbout^O supporters. b^oSa^Liberal candidate Ed Whife. and worried about the last Progressive Conservative government. They know that if we elect a majority Conservative government we'll he on the road to becoming becoming a part of the United States." "I don't want to sound anti-American," he insisted, "hut I want to be a Canadian." Canadian." He ended his speech with the prediction that, "we can win it with your help. We can go on to a great victory on the 21st." The Liberal office in Oshawa is located at 133 Taunton Road West. Trustee Acclaimed Allan Brunt, a Bowmanville Bowmanville resident and father of three, declared late last week that he would be seeking election to the Public School Board in Ward Two (Bowmanville) (Bowmanville) in the municipal election. Mr. Brunt said that as a lifelong resident of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, he believes he has a good understanding of,the educational requirements within the community. "I want to ensure that the process process and facilities are moving moving with the population growth," he said upon declaring declaring his intention to run. The first-time candidate is an employee with the Ontario Ontario Ministry of Revenue where he works as a computer computer professional and was acclaimed to the position in Ward Two Monday night. Citing an ever-increasing tax burden, burden, particularly on senior citizens, Bowmanville native Ken Hooper has announced he will run for the Regional Regional Council seat in Ward Two (Bowmanville). ! "My basic philosophy is to hold the taxes down. It can be done by cutting frills and only keeping necessities,' explained Mr. Hooper. "We're getting getting too many frills," he continued. "When I talk to elderly people around town I don't know now they meet their bills," the retiree said. Mr. Hooper said he is well qualified qualified for the job. "I've had 10 years' experience experience on the old Bowmanville Council and three years as chairman of Public Utilities. And I've lived in town for 63 years." "I feel we need a strong voice at Region," Region," he declared, "and I feel I'm qualified to fill that position." : A Harvest Ball was held on October 14 to raise money for the Memorial Hospital Hospital Bowmanville Foundation as well as to help celebrate the hospitals 75 anniversary. anniversary. The evening was the major fund-raiser for the Hospital Foundation. -For $50 a person, those attending enjoyed a dinner and a dance as well as participating participating in an auction. Pictured performing the duties of auctioneer is Ward 1 5councillor Amot Wotten. Ten items were donated for the auction including three Ipairitings by local artists. as election gets underway 's ARE HERE WE MUST CLEAROUT OUR REMAINING 88'S FAST. NO REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE REFUSED. Check out the hot new 89's. CHECK OUT THE HOT DEALS ON 88's. HURRY IN TODAY! '88 Pulsar MSL $15,17*0 Clearance Priced from $13,998- Plus Freight Tax. Prep. MIDWAY MOTORS 1300 DUNDAS ST. E. WHITBY 668-6828 IIIUI vvv wwn-w HWY. 7 JUST WEST OF THICKSON OUR VOLUME MEANS YOU SAVE! They're off and running. Nominations for the municipal municipal elections officially closed Monday at 5:00 PM, and there are 22 candidates in the race for six scats on Scugog council, plus one acclamation. The only candidate who won't have to go through the election campaign is Don Cochrane. He was acclaimed for the area council seat after serving two terms as the Ward 3 rep for Scugog Island. And Durham Public School Board nominees Joyce Kelly or Blackstock and Bobbie Drew of Port Perry arc breathing a little easier today as they both are in by acclamation as well. As for the rest, well this is the most hotly contested election in the Township since Scugog was formed in 1974. There are four in the race for the mayor's chair, being vacated by Jerry Taylor who is retiring after after a decade. In one of the wards, there are five candidates, and in two of the wards there are four seeking election. election. And two current members of council are going to battle it out for the important scat as Scugog's rep on Regional council with the retirement of Lawrence Malcolm. Here are the candidates for the various scats on council. MAYOR There are four in the race for the top job. Harvey Graham, Howard Howard Hail, Stan Taylor and John' Woltcrs. Both Graham and Hall are current current members of the council. Welters Welters has been a councillor for a couple of terms, and was a mayoralty mayoralty candidate in the 1985 clcc- V $ * 1712 BASIIUNH Rl). WEST AT COURTICH KD BOWMANVII.l.H 43ft-1054 lions. Taylor is a retired farmer living near Blackstock. REGION The two candidates in this race are incumbent Ward 1 rep Yvonne Christie and Ward .4 rep Neil McLaughlin. AREA v Present Ward 3 rep Don Cochrane Cochrane has been acclaimed to'ihe seat, the only candidate to win by acclamation in Scugog this election. election. WARD 1 In what will be a hotly contested contested race, there arc four candidate seeking election in this Ward (Reach) They are Connie Southern of Grccnbank, Neil Hunter of Grccn- bank, Tia Woodcraft of Prince Albert Albert and Harold Westcrman who lives south of Prince Albert. WARD 2 The Port Perry Ward has five candidates this election, and it is believed that this is the first time there- has ever been this many seeking one scat on the Township council. They arc Marilyn Pearce, Keith Charles, Miriam Price, David David Mount and Don Harper. WARD 3 With Don Cochrane acclaimed for the area seat, the race on Scugog Scugog Island is between two political political newcomers, Allan Goreski and James Tower. Ward 4 In what also promises to be an interesting campaign, the Cartwright Cartwright seat is being contested by four candidates. They arc Benny Witteveen of RR 2, Blackstock; Glenn Malcolm Malcolm of RR 1, Ncstleton (he's the son of Lawrence Malcolm) Jim MacLeod of Ncstleton and Tom Vandercndc from Caesarea. There are three candidates seeking election as the English trustee on the Durham Separate School Board. They are Tom Adams of RR 1 Beaverton; Sandra Corrigan of RR 4, Port Perry, and Kathleen Lc- Fort from Port Perry. One will be elected to represent represent Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge Townships on the Separate Board. Now that die election campaign campaign is officially underway, the present council takes on a "lame duck" status, and it is most unlikely unlikely that any serious municipal decisions will be made by this council in the two meetings remaining remaining between now and November November 14. The new council will be officially sworn into offfice on December 5. There arc over 13,300 eligible voters in Scugog Township, and they will cast their ballots at 39 polls throughout Scugog, four more than 1985. On voting day November 14, the Township will hire some 115 workers to make sure things run smoothly. There will be two advance polls, on November 5 and November November 10, both at the Township office from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The voters lists have been set, but anyone who is not on the lists can still vote by securing a clerk's certificate from the municipal office. office. As of now, there is one candidates candidates meeting scheduled. That will be on November 2 at the Latch- amc Centre for mayor and Regional Regional candidates only. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. The War Amputations of Canada a tradition of amputees helping amputees War Amps Chief Executive H. Clifford Chadderton and Champ Karl deWit have something in common -- they're both amputees. The War Amps was first established established in 1918 to assist àmputee veterans. Now the war amputees pass their many years of experience along to the younger generation through the Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. Champs receive receive artificial limbs, counselling and financial assistance. What is our future? When there are no longer war amputees, we will become the Canadian Amputees Foundation. Graduates.of our CHAMP Program will carry on The War Amps tradition of amputees helping amputees. The War Amputations of Canada, National Headquarters, 2827 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1V 0C4. 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