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CARPET Ï/AREHOUST: EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES nmmm mmmgtimm bohiwiville library 62 temperance ST BOmmiLLE, ONTARIO IICJAS. JOWL;?, 9 037 7 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, July 26,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 50 Pages 155th Year Issue 30 50» Per Copy PRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville "Bat fans " Among Many Shoppers at Bowmanville's Do wnto wn Sidewalk Sale d i i# $ _ ' / V I A M • i: , v'CokM EU Su \ - iltij mi ■ïskï=.,_ Holy bat bubbles, Batman! These three batfaris were amongst the crowd at the Bowmanville Sidewalk Sale last week. From the left, the uncaped crusaders are: Jamie Jamie Riddell, Sean Kent, and Ryan Kent. Committee Decision on Ganaraska Development Overturned Monday Council Rejects Estate Homes mmnnl Board (OMB), Despite the endorsement last week of the General Purpose and Administration Administration committee, a proposed development development of 14 estate-residential homes east of the Oshawa Ski Club was turned down by Newcastle council on Monday. The reversal occurred largely because because one councillor, Larry Hannah, was ill and absent from Monday's meeting. He had voted in favour of the controversial development during the committee meeting. Joining Councillor Hannah had been Councillors Arnot Wotten, Frank Stapleton, and Diane Hamre. All three again voted in favour of the development this week. Councillors Pat Deegan and Ken Hooper voted against it, as they had the previous week. Joining them this week was Mayor Marie Hubbard who had not voted on the matter during the committee meeting because she was acting as chairman and there had been no call for a recorded vote.. This week, however, when it came time to endorse the actions of the committee committee meeting, Councillor Hooper requested requested a recorded vote. The mayor, who had spoken against the development development earlier in the meeting, cast the final vote, creating a 3-3 tie. The tie quashed the motion. The seven members of council also constitute the GPA committee. Katherine Guselle, president of Save The Ganaraska Again (SAGA), was pleased at the outcome of the meeting. She addressed council at both meetings, pleading each time for the defeat of the proposal which would have put 14 homes on a 15.2 hectare piece of land on the northwest corner of Regional Road Nine and Carscad- den Road. Her group, however, may have won only a battle and not the war. Councillor Councillor Stapleton indicated that the town's planning director, in recommending approval of the proposal, had speculated speculated that the application would be approved approved if appealed to the Ontario Mu- Environmentalist Offers New Use for Old Gravel Pit 83933! : 1 Injury Sidelines Town's Fire Chief t SAMARITANS - We are overjoyed overjoyed to report an incident that took place here recently. A 77- year-old woman was let off the bus at the travel agency at. the west, end of town. She was supposed supposed to be picked up by a friend at the Castle Hotel, but didn't know where that was. Two boys standing nearby were asked for help and they jumped on their bikes, went to the Castle and found her friend who came to rescue rescue her and her bags. She wrote The Editor from her cottage in Fenelon Falls, wanting to thank the lads for their assistance. WINNER - Congratulations are extended to Mrs. Newton (Tine) Selby of Newcastle Village area who, we're informed, won 1st prize at this year's C.N.E. with her entry of a cross stitched afghan. afghan. CIRCUS - Members of Durham Regional Police are busy these days, not just on normal police work, they are also promoting the sale of tickets on a circus they are sponsoring. It's the well-known Garden Circus and is coming to Oshawa Aug. 11th to 13th. Might be a good idea to mark the dates on your calendars calendars now and purchase some tickets to help the cause. HELP NEEDED - The Men's Slow Pitch Baseball Association is holding a dance August 12th at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex to raise funds for Skate '88. To help reduce costs they're hoping a community group might know where they could borrow chairs and tables for the event. "Felony" is the band and tickets are available at Hooper's Jewellers Jewellers and Toby's Clothing. Phone 623-2964 for further information. by Chris Clark On a frozen day in late February last year, Newcastle Fire Chief Jim Aldridge Aldridge was battling a blaze which Jiad engulfed a Newcastle Village home. - He and Douglas McCurdy were standing standing on the first floor of the home, dousing dousing the fire which already had shot through the roof. Suddenly, the floor above gave way and came crashing down on them. The chief felt a pain in his lower back, and that was the end of his career as chief. Since then, Chief Aldridge has had to adopt a whole new lifestyle to cope with what seems very likely to be a permanent condition. "One of my vertebrae had popped out," he explained. explained. "Normally they just fuse it, but they discovered that I am missing two little bones. They would have to do a bone graft and then fuse it." Doctors have ruled out the procedure procedure because the damage is so far down his spine that they would risk paralysis of some sort. As a result, "I wear a brace when I am up, but I can't sit or stand for long periods." If the chief ever had another accident involving his back, his condition condition could worsen dramatically. One of the worst parts of the injury has been well-meaning friends who continue to inquire about his condition. condition. After the first 50 explanations, the story becomes a little tiring, a little little depressing. "I can't do the things I used to do such hs golfing and swimming. swimming. I can go for walks, but I've got to come up with some oth'er things to do like painting or playing a musical instrument," instrument," he explained- Next week, Chief Aldridge and his wife, Linda, will leave Newcastle for a home they nave in southern Nova Scotia. Scotia. They will stay there indefinitely. The chief is currently on. workers' compensation. Next February, one year after his accident, he will undergo undergo a medical examination to determine whether he will be classed permanently permanently disabled and receive long-term disability disability payments. In the meantime, Deputy Chief Mike Creighton has been the acting chief. Newcastle Chief Administrative Officer Larry Kotseff said that the town may hire a permanent fire chief or it may continue with the present situation. "We have some options," he stated. Unfortunately, one of those options is not to reinstate Jim Aldridge as chief of the Newcastle Fire Department. Department. Always on the prowl for an environmental environmental project, Newcastle activist John Veldhuis has proposed a solution to a problem which, as yet, does not When the Morgan Road gravel pit, northwest of Newtonville, has supplied supplied its last truckload of gravel to the Town of Newcastle, Mr. Veldhuis would like to get to work transforming the large pit into a Gardens of the World attraction. The 40 acre site is owned by the Town of Newcastle and will not be used past 1990. Mr. Veldhuis is concerned concerned that the pit may go the route of others before it and become a dune buggy track and catch-all for various waste. He was inspired during a recent recent visit to the Niagara area and the various bdhutiful gardens throughout the peninsula. "I would like to set up a self- sustaining corporation to put the garden garden together at no cost to Newcastle citizens." The garden would pay for itself itself through admission fees, he predicted. predicted. On Monday Mr. Veldhuis asked Newcastle council to study, the proposal proposal and consider entering into a leasing leasing agreement with the corporation he plans to form. He later said he will bring in botanical experts to help with the design and construction of the project. project. nicipal Board (OMB). Councillor Hannah, contacted on Tuesday, said that he had received a number of calls during the week and suggested that he might have reversed his vote of a week earlier in favour of the development. "I was planning to Turn to Page 5 Fatality Was Hit-and-Run Police have charged a Prince Albert man following an exhaustive search for the driver of a vehicle which struck down 11-year-old Jamie New last Thursday evening near Courtice. The youngster was killed when a car, described as full-sized with a dark coloured bottom and a light coloured roof, ran him down from behind as he was cycling north on Townline Road. He was with two friends also on bicycles. bicycles. One was on the road with him and the other was riding on the sidewalk. sidewalk. An ambulance took the boy first to Oshawa General Hospital and later to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He had sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead in Toronto shortly after being admitted. Police received dozens of phone calls from witnesses and others offering information. information. Some of the descriptions of the vehicle have differed from each other. However, Constable Joe Bennett Bennett said on Monday that the common theme of all the vehicle descriptions was a dark bottom and light top. Constable Constable Bennett had urged anyone who was in the area of Townline Road between between Kang Street and Adelaide Avenue Avenue between 9:00 and 9:15 p.m. on Thursday to call police. He also asked people to report anyone who stopped driving a car fitting the description. The boy's funeral was held on Monday Monday at Harmony United Church in Oshawa. Following the service, he was buried at Thornton Cemetery. Neighbours Lack Interest In Co-op Homes Meeting LIBERAL PICNIC - Information just arrived concerning plans for a Liberal picnic on Aug. 11th from 4 to 8 p.m. This year, it will be held at Camp Samac, north • Oshawa and Premier David Peterson will be guest of honor. Three ridings are combining for the event, Durham East, Durham Centre and Oshawa. The information information came from former area resident, now Durham East President Marilyn Pearce of Port Perry. WHAT A DRAW! - Organizers must be hoping to wipe out the debt on St. Thcrcsc's Church in Courtice with a draw they are sponsoring. The prizes arc great, starting with a 1990 red Corvette, plus 200 other prizes for a total of $80,000. Only 3,000 tickets will be sold at $100 each, so the chances of winning arc better than 15 to 1. Draw will be held at noon on Nov. 5th. Tickets may be ordered by mail from St. Thcrcsc's Church Debt Attack Draw, 68 Varcoc ltd., Bowmanville, Ontario, Ontario, LIE 1N2. J A meeting scheduled for tonight (Wednesday, July 26) between representatives representatives of Bowmanville Valley Cooperative Homes and residents opposed opposed to a co-op development may be in some jeopardy. Bing Wong, representing the developer developer working with Bowmanville Valley, Valley, told council Monday evening that they have made "every reasonable effort effort possible to meet with the residents." residents." But, he added that no meeting had taken place. In early June, council stipulated that the developers meet with a group of citizens living near the proposed location location south of Jackman Road, north of Bowmanville Creek, and west of Scugog Road. At that time Dr. James Shipley represented a group of 32 ■ homeowners who were worried about the impact on Jackman Road of a 72 unit townhouse and apartment development. development. Council referred the matter back to staff for further study following the public meeting and asked that the tvvo S s get together. Such a request is ara Newcastle council procedure when residents have concerns about a given development proposal. On Monday, Mr. Wong asked council council to give tentative approval to the housing project before breaking for the August recess because the delay may jeopardize funding. He said that after repeated attempts to nail down a meeting date, he simply had mailed notices to surrounding houses informing informing them of the meeting location. He is not sure if anyone will show up. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 tonight in Courtroom #1 adjoining the fire station. Council did not grant tentative approval. approval. However, it called for the report report to come forward at the next General General Purpose and . Administration meeting, scheduled for September 5 at 6:00 p.m. lage For New Li) Soon seniors who have trouble negotiating negotiating stairways will be able to ride a chair lift into the basement of the Newcastle Community Hall where the Lions room and a bowling alley are located. located. The Newcastle Lions Club has just received a $27,774 grant from the Ontario Ontario Ministry for Senior Citizens' Affairs Affairs to construct a stairway and chair lift into the club's meeting room. Lion, Brenton Rickard said that the club must match the grant and look after everything from the architectural design design of the stairway to the actual construction. construction. "We started looking into it in January. January. It was kind of a rush to get the application ready by April 1, but the applications come up for approval twice a year in April and October," he explained. "We expect it will be used quite a bit, We will be able to get to the Lions room separately without going through the hall." Toronto Streets Become Speedway for 60,000Molson Indy Race Fans , O V: '•V\; ; ' \ ,.. 1 1 ' ■ - . - - i ' : - ■ - The speed limit on the streets of Toronto took a beating beating on the week-end as top racing teams competed in the annual Molson Indy. Drivers Danny Sullivan and Emerson Emerson Fittipaldi, shown below, were the crowd favorites before before the race but finished behind pacesetter Michael An- & V trt ■ m ,, X 1>. mm dretti. More than 60,000 fans watched the race on Sunday on the road course at the Canadian National Exhibition. Exhibition. In the top photo, Danny Sullivan in his Penske PC-18 leads the pack during the early stages of the race' but lost the race after a problem, in the pits.