The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

An estimated $50,000 worth of damage resulted from this fire that occurred at a business on the Fourth Concession, Concession, north of Newtonville, last Thursday night. The building was used as a small repair shop, an office and a silk screen business. Mike Creighton, acting fire chief, said the suspected cause of the fire is "electrical". Firefighting Firefighting units from three stations assisted in extinguishing extinguishing the flames. An International import/export company will open its doors in a Cour- tice industrial park next year. Tsai International Trading Company Company Ltd. has announced that it will begin begin construction of the first phase of development on 23 acres that it currently currently owns in the Durham East Industrial Industrial Park located at the southwest corner of Baseline Rd. and Courtice Rd. The initial phase will consist of a new office and warehouse building. In a statement released Monday during a meeting of the Town of Newcastle^ Newcastle^ general purpose and administration administration committee, the firm stated that 15 full/part time employees will be hired. In announcing his plans for the Town of Newcastle, Company President President David Tsai added that he is "extremely "extremely optimistic about the. business future of Tsai International ... and its niche in the global market." He said that he is equally happy to be part of the economic growth of the Town of Newcastle. The firm noted that a second phase of building will follow. It is the goal of Tsai International to develop the entire business/ industrial park for a prestigious type of industrial condominium and professional professional offices. The announcement from the import/ export firm follows extensive efforts by the municipality to lure Pacific Rim investors into the Town of Newcastle. A 12-day visit to Hong Kong last June was part of plans to promote Newcastle's industrial and commercial potential overseas. The visit cost an estimated $54,700 and produced a total total of 23 serious prospects interested in follow-up meetings to discuss investing investing in Newcastle. Firms which are considering relocation relocation plans in the Town of Newcastle include textile and garment manufacturers, manufacturers, automotive parts and supplies manufacturers, developers of industrial industrial and office buildings, and developers of tourist facilities. The trading firm is the first of the potential investors to announce definite definite plans for building in the municipality. municipality. Newcastle's efforts to recruit new commercial and industrial investors have included promotional brochures and videos. The town's promotional package also contains a community profile listing statistics on the labor force, land values, community facilities, facilities, population forecasts and other data of interest to investors. The Town of Newcastle's assessment assessment statistics indicate that 16 per cent of the municipality's assessment comes from industrial and commercial property while 84 per cent comes from residential property. Tritium Leaks From Darlington Page 2 St. Marys Cement Holds Public Forum Page 6 Belgian Wildlife Artist Visits : Newcastle WIN AND HEAD FOR HAWAII - Not only is this week's Wintario Draw coming to Bowmanville High School on Thursday, they will also be giving away 20 free trips to Hawaii. All you'll need are the right numbers. Doors will be open at6:30 and Kinsmen hosts will welcome you with entertainment entertainment at 7 with Wayne Hodge as MC. Tickets available' at the door. Wearing a grass skirt probably won't help win a trip. TURN 'EM. BACK - Before we forget, this is the weekend when we gain back the hour that was lost last Spring when we went on Daylight Saving time. Just remember remember to turn timepieces back an hour before hitting the sack Saturday night. You can wait until Sunday morning if you prefer, prefer, but you may be either early or late for church. PARTIES - Looks like Friday |j and Saturday will be party jj nights around town. Kinettes are jj sponsoring a Youth Dance at jj Lord Elgin School Friday for ages 10-13, with tickets available at McGregor's IDA. The same . night there's a family party at Base Line Community Centre, starting at 8. And on Saturday, there's a Teen Dance at the Recreation Recreation Complex from 8 to 1. Tickets at BHS or St. Stephen's. j| It's put on by BMHA Toros. Join !j ini MANY THANKS - Several staff ij members have had a good time jj this week eating Canada's national national dish, apple pie and cheese or it's also good with whipped or | ice cream if you can handle it. Appreciation Appreciation is extended to Garnet 1 Rickard for dropping off a hamper of giant sized Courtlands. ; We hear they were so big that only j one would make a pie. CANCER BAZAAR - This Saturday, Saturday, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Court Venture 4892 Canadian jj Foresters are staging a Bazaar and Luncheon at Memorial jj Park. It will be at Memorial Park j Clubhouse with proceeds going for Cancer Research, so please j lend a hand. TREASURES - The Museum in Bowmanville is promoting a different different exhibit this Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30. They are asking citizens citizens to bring along their private treasure collection of antiques, walking sticks, rocks & minerals minerals and royalty items. We understand understand this is an exhibit not a sale. Tom Little will perform on the 1904 restored Dominion piano and refreshments will be served. Small charge to get in. FIGHT NIGHT - Must say, we en- j joyed that hockey game Monday j : between the Leafs and New Jersey Jersey Devils, although it did seem a bit ridiculous for adults to be engaging in an all out slugfest on the ice. Especially when those | adults are paid up to and induct- I] ing a couple of hundred thousand, But, nobody got hurt j and it was good to sec the Leafs showing some fight for a change. They're looking good! ris A / MlA 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, October 28,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 36 Pages 135th Year Issue 43 50<|: Per Copy PRESTON Call us before you list. Your next move could be both professional and profitable 623-4433 Bowmanville Students Learn Secret Behind Apple Cider Students at Courtice North Public School spent a day last week learning about the many different uses for apples. Apple cider, applesauce and apple head dolls were just a few of the items created for the students. The day's events were part of an apple and plant unit in environmental studies. At the cider press, making cider, are (from left): Brad Found, Laura Augurusa, Tammy Tammy Kaufifeldt and Chris McPhail. The students are all in grade five. Heliport Gets Approval _ by Andrea Adair Memorial Hospital Bowmanville has received approval to construct an air ambulance landing pad on land east of the hospital parking lot. Last week, hospital president Richard Richard Elston, received verbal approval for the $70,000 heliport from the provincial provincial Ministry of.Health. Joan Dunnigan, public relations consultant with Memorial Hospital, said the hospital is able to get the heliport heliport because "we have the land space to bring in one." The ministry will be providing funding funding for the landing pad but it will be owned and operated by Memorial Hospital. Hospital. , f Currently, when a helicopter is "v'/ieededi to transport patients to or from I Toronto it lands at Vincent Massey Public School and the patient is transported transported there by ambulance. Benefits from having an air ambulance ambulance service, Ms Dunnigan explained, are safety and convenience for the patient. patient. She said, for example, that if a patient patient was being taken to Toronto by ambulance it could take anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half. Transporting a patient by air, she mentioned, will take 15 minutes. "The difference in time in getting the patient there is fantastic," she added. The construction of an air ambulance ambulance facility, she added, "will eliminate eliminate the need for excessive movement of the patient" from land ambulance to helicopter. Hospitals in Whitby, Ajax/Pickering and Port Perry, according to Ms Dunnigan, Dunnigan, all have landing pads. "We're not the first one but we have the land space for it," she said. The attending physician will make the decision on transferring a patient and a central dispatch at Oshawa General Hospital sends the helicopter Committee Vetoes Plan Newcastle's general purpose committee committee has voted against a planned 90- unit townhouse development located just north of King St, in Bowmanville's east end. At a meeting of the committee this week, town staff had recommended approval approval of the development, provided that requirements set by the municipality municipality could be met. However, elected officials voted against the proposal of Nor Arm Developments, Developments, Some of the councillors cited the density of the project as an area of concern. Citizens in attendance at the meeting meeting objected to the density of the development development and expressed concerns over its impact on the surrounding lands. Joanne Draper and Sophie Pridie were among the residents who addressed addressed town councillors. They told the committee that they were also concerned over the fact that the developer had put up a for sale sign prior to receiving approval from council. "He has kept the sales trailer and the cardboard houses up too," said Sophie Pridie, in reference to the large billboard at the site. The protesters stated that they were fearful of the long term impact of the development on wildlife and the traffic congestion that would arise from the town houses. Also of concern was the trash that would inevitably appear in the protected woodland area as more people made use of the property. property. A number of government agencies had commented on the development and the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Conservation Authority was among the agencies agencies stating that the development is acceptable, provided that certain conditions conditions are met. The Ministry of Natural Resources requested that the owner of the lands prepare drainage and erosion control plans and erect à chain link fence along certain lots. In addition, a walkway walkway was requested for students and pedestrians to allow access to schools and King St. "The Ministry is now satisfied with our latest proposition said Scott Ka- puscincki of GM Sernas and Associates, Associates, of Whitby, the planners hired by Nor-Arm. "We will have retention fences to prevent erosion and retain water in the retention pond, Mr. Kapuscincki assured the committee. 637th Draw to Broadcast from B.H.S. Tickets Available For Wintario Show The travelling Wintario road show will be making a stop in Bowmanville this week. Tomorrow night, the 637th Wintario Wintario draw will be broadcast live from Bowmanville High School. Proceeds from the admission tickets will go to the Bowmanville Kinsmen Club who will use the profits for their contribution to the Bowmanville Arena Arena Complex. Mark Borutskie, a member of the club, said the Kinsmen pledged $75,000 to the arena and have $25,000 left to contribute. He said that advance tickets are still available and added that persons wishing to be part of the live TV audience audience can purchase tickets at the door tomorrow night. here. The helicopter is based at the Buttonville airport. Ms Dunnigan said because of the close proximity of the 115 Highway, victims of traffic accidents are usually transferred by helicopter. Jack Wilson, vice president of corporate corporate services, said there are normally 12 visits a year from helicopters. He said the size of the air ambulance ambulance landing pad will be approximate ly 100 x 100 feet. It should be completed completed in four to six weeks. The federal Ministry of Transportation Transportation has approved the helicopter's landing and takeoff approach to be in a northeasterly direction in order to minimize the noise and inconvenience to the residents of Bowmanville, a press release states. Ms Dunnigan stressed that the landing pad was not part of Memorial Hospital's capital expansion program. Mayor Anxious to Clean Lakefront Beach Study Welcomed ■ Mayor Marie Hubbard thinks it is time to control development in the Bowmanville beach area and welcomes a study on the lakefront proposed 'by the provincial government. At the Regional Council meeting Wednesday, October 18, the mayor said: "We in Bowmanville have been trying to do something with our waterfront waterfront for years." Premier David Peterson last week announced that David Crombie, who was appointed by the prime minister to head the federal Royal Commission on the Toronto Habourfront, would also look into waterfront development issues from Bowmanville to Burlington. Burlington. Mayor Hubbard cited one of the problems in the beach area of Bowmanville Bowmanville as "fragmented" ownership. She listed the federal government, the harbor company, the conservation authority and the Town of Newcastle as entities which all own portions of land in the area. "And it's taken us many years to establish establish who has title to the land," she said. She mentioned the lake and headwaters headwaters near the beach as areas that should be protected. "To me, Bowmanville harbor should be returned to the people," she said, adding that the power of the other groups holding land there should be diminished. The Newcastle mayor stated that "We should enshrine public public access" to the beach. "I welcome the report from the commission. commission. I think it is critical and I think the province has made a good decision." "It's time to get it (the beach) under control," the mayor concluded. She has requested that a copy of the provincial order in council outlining the plans for the lakefront study be obtained obtained by the Durham Region. Mr. Crombie is to have the waterfront waterfront study done by June of next year. Pre-show entertainment, emceed by Wayne Hodge, will feature Johnny and Claude, Ken Brignall, the Har- monicats and Four the Moment. , The doors open at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment Entertainment starts at 7 p.m and the draw, hosted by Faye Dance and Greg Beresford, begins at 8:30 p.m. With admission, members of the audience audience receive a free Wintario ticket. Tickets can be purchased in advance advance at McGregor IDA Drugs and Beaver Lumber or at the door tomorrow tomorrow night. A 60 second video on Bowmanville, that will be aired the night of the show, has been put together by the Kinsmen Club. Trains Roll Into Bowmanville High School Dedicated model railroader Gord Pringle came all the way from Graven- hurst for Saturday's model railroad show here. And he brought his track layout layout and trains with him. He was doing some fine tuning when the photo was taken, but soon had everything operating perfectly again. The model railroad show at the Bowmanville High School was sponsored by the Soper Valley Model Railroad Club.