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mwilll IIBR6RÏ 62 lEUftmCt SI. Mmmut, omfikio L1CJA8 80VU6 890/if • cej by Andrea Adair Mayor Marie Hubbard says residential residential growth must "slow down" in the Town of Newcastle. She said the Town must "take stock" of the infrastructure that serves the growing areas of the municipality. municipality. Kicking off her first term of office, Mayor Hubbard, in her inaugural address, address, said it was time to question Bits & Pieces VARMINTS - The Downtown Business Improvement Association Association of Bowmanvillc members went to a considerable amount of effort and expense to make the town more attractive for the Christmas season, but some misguided misguided souls did them in. On Saturday, Santa and his helpers had a cosy spot at the Bank of Montreal corner, protected from inclement weather by bales of straw. Ancl alongside was a beautifully decorated tree, complete complete with colored lights. Between Between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, a wrecking party destroyed the shelter and removed the lights. No doubt the perpetrators will be bragging about their achievement. Makes one wonder, doesn't it? DIDN'T BUY - The Editor received received an unusual complaint after last week's Statesman was printed. It had a photo ot two women who had won a total ol $150 in vouchers from Miracle Mart. The gimmick was tied in with the United Way campaign. The caption said the women had bought tickets which apparently was incorrect; they just filled out free coupons. Some of their fellow church members were not too impressed. impressed. Participating in lotteries lotteries is a "No, No" in their religion. religion. SANTA MAIL - This week we publish the first letter addressed addressed to Santa from a local admirer admirer so we thought it would be a good time to let all our young readers know that we welcome such letters and will do our best to pass them along to the chubby St. Nick. Letter writers may cither drop them in our letter slot at 62 King West or mail them to The Canadian Statesman, P.0 Box 190, Bowmanvillc, L1C 3k9. Don't forget the postage, please. DONATIONS - Donations for the "Gift of Christmas" are accepted at the Bank pf Montreal in Bow- manville. Please place unwrapped unwrapped toys or nonpcrishable food in the box on display in the lobby. Donations will be distributed to needy families in Durham Region. Region. Your support will be appreciated appreciated and help provide a Christmas for those less fortunate. fortunate. It should be noted that the Salvation Army is now accepting applications for Christmas assistance. assistance. Please phone 623-3217. Also, the Army would welcome cash donations which will be put to good use. SENIORS - This item was received received too late for the Around the Town column so we're inserting inserting it here. The Bowman- ville senior citizens club will hold their Christmas dinner meeting at the Lions Centre next Tuesday, Dec. 13th at 5:30 p.m. and an interesting program has been arranged. For bus pickup please call ICeitha Alldred at 623-5800. Also, better make a note that the annual Kinsmen/ ICinette Christmas lights tour for seniors is coming up Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. Memorial Park Clubhouse. If you'll need a ride, call 623-9816 or 263-8111. CONTEST - Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of the Outdoor Christmas Lights and Display Contest sponsored by the Newcastle & District Chamber of Commerce. To enter your home just call 987-5253 daytime or 987- *4987 after 6 p.m. Please call before before Dec. 21st. MOONLIGHT - Members of Orono's Business Improvement Association have a gigantic "Moonlight Madness" project all set to go on Thursday, Dec. 15th starting at 7 p.m. and continuing until midnight. There will be entertainment entertainment plus loads ol Christmas Christmas carolling and, no doubt, special gift items in all of their stores. TREE SALE - Bowmanvillc Optimist Optimist Club's 3rd annual Christmas Christmas tree sale has already started at Bowmanvillc Mall and will continue until everyone is supplied. They have also signed up seven new members to help them and this Saturday, Dec. 10th are holding their annual toy collection ai d free movie at the Mall. Don't forget to bring a toy for admission. See Coming Events for more details. f-j 77 S if~ Ê If iO? if ÈfÈ 6j W £>' È fUJ W t'i 6 U il fj I : what sort of community "we wish to become." She made her remarks at the inaugural meeting of Newcastle council held Monday, December 5. Calling the Town the "masters of our own destinies" she mentioned the many challenges before council and the way to meet those challenges. Before facing those challenges, however, she suggested slowing down to review where the municipality is and to develop a proactive strategy for development. She said she was proud of the steps the previous council had taken regarding regarding strategic planning, citing it as important to meet the long-term objectives objectives of the Town. Newcastle does have many challenges challenges before it, she says. She mentioned the importance of a transportation network in the area X J and the potential of GO Transit reaching the borders of the municipality municipality in 1991. She said it was time to push for development development in the western areas of Courtice and Bowmanvillc. New recreational facilities in other other parts of the town, continued review of the waterfront in Bowmanvillc and the war against Metro Toronto's trash were just a few of the challenges she felt were ahead WW _.ie ways to meet the chal- she continued, is for council to work as a team. "I can't do the job on my own nor can council," she explained. She also took the opportunity to remind remind the new council that they are not the administrators of the town, merely merely the policy makers. "Let us do our job and let our staff do theirs,"' Mayor Hubbard concluded. concluded. 1 \s . v-X„" w 625-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, December 7, 1988 Bowmanville, Ontario 42 Pages 134th Year Issue 49 504 Per Copy Lions Present $37,000 to "Lifeline" ap Padpe. R Supplement of Durham College Winter Programs In this Issue Residents Distressed by Landfill Plans See Page B Look to Spring of '89 for Power from Darlington ^ / _ . 1 . . , fîn nl cfnrrpQ nf nrCOaHV by Andrea Adair After close to a decade of construction, construction, the Darlington Nuclear Generating Generating Station is almost ready to produce produce its first electricity. The first of four nuclear reactors at Darlington is scheduled to start pro duction in the spring of 1989. At the moment, all signs point to that event happening on schedule. Station Manager Vern Austman said Unit Two, the first reactor to start producing, is in an operable condition condition now but it has not yet been loaded S| asm > * ? t'V Wm Working toward the first reactor being operational in the spring of 1989 mechanical maintainers and operators have been cleaning the reactor fuel channels. Pictured here is Stan Barber, a mechanical maintainer, torqu- ing and sealing a closure plug. These channels (there are 480) are where fuel bundles are loaded. with fuel bundles. Eleven years ago, in July 1977, the provincial government granted approval approval for the gigantic generating station frequently described as the largest construction project in North America. The total estimated cost of the station station rang in at $11.4 billion of which $7 billion has been spent so far. Four nuclear reactors, a vacuum building, an administration building, building, an information centre, and a tritium removal facility are among the many different components of the station. The electricity-producing components, components, the reactors, are scheduled to begin operations at different times in the next four years. The unit two reactor reactor will begin operating in 1989 followed followed by unit one in 1990. Unit three will likely start producing power in 1991 and the final unit is expected to start operating in 1992. The reactor's job, when operations begin, is to produce heat that will turn water into steam. The steam drives a turbine that powers a generator, thus Skate '88 F und At $1,220,000 The Skate '88 fund-raising committee committee has collected $1,220,000 to date, but still has its sights set on a final goal of $1.5 million. Skate '88 Chairman Garnet Rickard Rickard said in an interview this week that the committee is in the process of contacting potential donors from Bovmawme and area who have an ' interest in the project but have not yet made their contribution. "At the present time, we're sending out letters and printing a notice in The Statesman," Mr. Rickard said. There are not enough volunteers to approach everyone individually, but Skate '88 is hoping that approximately 300 individual letters and the general notice in this week's nnuer will alert Turn to Page 2 © Sue Cochrane couldn't believe it when she won $100,000 on last week's Wintario draw. But she believes it now. She bought the winning ticket at Garrow's Variety store in Bowman- ville, where she also works. But it wasn't until the day after the draw, December 2, that she found out she had won. She said she didn't watch the draw and let her boss, Karen Garrow, check her tickets for her the next day. 9 "She (her boss) said I didn't even win a free book," Sue recalls. It was only when she went to post the winning numbers for customers that she discovered she had won. Still a little dubious, Sue called her mother to ask her to double-check the numbers with another variety store. Her mother told her she was definitely definitely a winner and by now, Sue was "shaking like a leaf." Her boss drove her down to Toronto 1 :i! © that day (last Friday) to claim her prize. She said she has no plans to change her life. "I'll leave the money in the bank and live just as I did before," she said. One thing she has purchased since her big win was a Christmas tree. She said she didn't have a tree and didn't think she would be able to buy one. But, thanks to Wintario, she has one now and has even got it decorated. decorated. PIE' : ■ «?' I >&•.< >1 # sg ifjM 1 Mans Sup Cochrane (centre at rear) couldn't believe she tured with her are store owners Jim and Karen Garrow, won $100 000 from Wintario on December 1. She bought along with their daughter, Ashley. The Garrows were the ticket from Garrow's Variety on Ontario Street in with Sue when she collected her prize last Friday. Bowmanvillc, where she is employed as a cashier. 1 m- making electricty. Sue Stickley, community relations officer at Darlington, compares the reactor to a giant coffee cup turned on its side ana honeycombed with numerous numerous tunnels. There are 480 horizontal tunnels in the reactor that hold 13 fuel bundles each. This results in a total of 6,240 fuel bundles in a single reactor. There are 37 tubes in the fuel bundle, each one containing 30 uranium uranium fuel pellets. Unit Two, the first reactor scheduled scheduled to begin operating, is going through the final stages of preparation. preparation. Mechanical maintenance staff and reactor operators have cleaned 280 of the 480 "tunnels" in preparation for loading the fuel. Although fuel bundles are on site now, none have been loaded into the reactor. The first loading will be done by hand while subsequent loads will be done by an automated fuel loading machine that will load the reactor while it is operating. Turn to Page 2 Santa Claus Came to Town Saturday It may be a little more than two weeks until Santa Claus makes his official official visit. But he was here in Bowmanville unofficially on December 3. Visiting Visiting Santa at the Bank of Montreal corner on Temperance St. are (on the left) three-year-old Tyler Calhoun and his six-year-old brother Miles. Bowmanville Downtown Business Improvement Area has asked Santa to return to Bowmanville on December 10 and 17. He mil be available on both dates from 10 a.m. to noon and from two p.m. to four p.m. Many Show Interest In Seniors Complex by Chris Clark When Newcastle Council is ready to do something with the old Bowmanville Bowmanville Arena property, the group hoping to build a senior citizen non-profit housing complex will be ready to act. Their proposed building consists of 104 single bedroom apartments and 20 two bedroom units. As well there will be a recreation area, a sitting room, a chapel, a crafts room, and a library among other items. Jack Locke, who is spearheading the committee, reports that they have received 123 responses from people who are interested in the concept. The response came from an advertisement advertisement published recently in The Statesman and The Independent. "There is certainly a need and a desire desire out there," he said. The financing will be in the form of a conventional mortgage, but the Ontario Housing Corporation will subsidize the interest rate. Mr. Locke predicted that Town Council will call tenders if it decides to sell the arena land. "We've met with the OHC. We've got all the architectural architectural work done, and we're working working on a needs study," he stated. During the recent municipal election election Newcastle's new mayor, Marie Hubbard, suggested that she would like to keep the land in the Town's hands and develop it into a park facility. facility. If his group does get the land, Mr. Locke said they are planning for a 1992 completion date. New Chairperson For School Board The Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education school trustees have elected Diana Stewart as their new chairperson. Mrs. Stewart, chosen at the inaugural inaugural Board meeting December 1, has been a trustee on the Board since 1985. Wilf Day, a lawyer from Port Hope, was elected to the position of vice-chairperson. Mr. Day has been, a trustee representing Hope Township and Port Hope for the past six years. Mrs. Stewart, in her acceptance speech, listed the issues she thought the Board will face in the next Few years. She cited the funding of education, student accommodation and declining declining provincial funding as some of the problems that must be faced. "At the same time," she said, "We must bear in mind the increasing demands demands on the local taxpayer." The Codrington resident continued continued by saying "I ask, too, that we never forget the most important part of the educational system, the individual in the classroom."