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4; -♦ BO!#M.';LtE LI3PARV B2 TEMPERANCE CT , BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C3A8 50HL r -, o ; for JgV-'jLdlt At Local Schools Developer to Build New Swimming Pool For Newcastle Village Huge Crowds Take in 138th Annual Orono Fair Bowmanville Eagles Have 70 Players At First Practice by Andrea Adair The provincial election in Durham East last week had more suspense in it than an Agatha Christie novel. But, for a couple of candidates, the suspense lingers, even after the final chapter. NDP candidate Gord Mills unofficially unofficially won the election with a 63-vote lead over Progressive Conservative candidate Kirk Kemp. His victory ended ended a nail-biting evening that saw the lead flipflop between the Tory and NDP candidates. After the last poll was counted Thursday night, Mills was in the lead CARPET WAREHOUSE i CARPET AT EVERY DAY DISCOUNT PRICES fnu itriMA m • imoFtssioMAi mrr* ua non 149 KINGS ST. W., QSHAWA 728-4601 SPORTS SWAP - Area athletes and their parents facing the purchase purchase of new fall and winter equipment should make a note that there's a Sports Swap coming coming up. It's at Cowan Pontiac- Buick, King St. E. this Saturday, Sept. 15 from 11-1. Bring your stuff Friday 5 to 7 or 9 to 11 on Saturday. MOOSE CALLER - Ron Farrow . of Newtonville won the Ontario Champion Moose calling title on Saturday, but ran into opposition for the World crown on Sunday and came third. He won the World in 1983 and this is the third time he has won the Ontario. Ontario. Neighbors may hear him practising to get in shape for next years competition. OPEN HOUSE - All interested citizens are invited to attend the Open House being held at this community's newest Fire Station this Sunday from 2 to 5. That's at Enniskillen or No. 5 Fire Station on the northeast corner of Highway Highway 57 and the 8th Concession. You can't miss it. No doubt most of our proud councillors will also be there to participate in this function. So, if you have any beefs, they will be delighted to see you. OPENING - We just heard from ■ former supermarket owner Mu- ray Paterson of Newcastle that a Guardian Drug Store will hold its official opening this Thursday morning at 9:30 in Newcastle Village. Village. We seem to recall that he's involved in real estate now, like so many other prosperous retirees. retirees. OPTIMISTS - We've also learned that this area's newest club, the Newcastle Village Optimists Optimists will have three tables at the Village's Fall Flea Market in the Community Hall on Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 22nd. Assorted treasures treasures will. be on sale and Fran Harvie will be giving facials with proceeds going to the club's treasury. treasury. This should be a real treat for the ladies as they prepare for the dance that night. AWARD WINNER - Congratulations Congratulations are in order for Ajax CHOO radio station who won the "Country "Country Music Station of the Year" award on Saturday. It was announced announced during the annual TV extravaganza that conflicted with the Miss America pageant, as we recall. It was difficult to keep track of both programs. . FALL FAIR - No doubt the directors directors of both this year's Port Perry and Durham Central Fall Fairs will be greatly encouraged by the record-setting results of those two events and looking forward forward to next year. This weekend, weekend, Port Hope's production will take place, starting Thursday. Wo wish them continuing good weather. TERRY FOX RUN - No doubt there will bo a large crowd at the Memorial Park Clubhouse on Sunday morning at 9 all sot to lake part in this year's Terry Fox Run to raise funds for cancer research. research. Bowmanville Kinsmen will bo on the job registering your entry and also manning the chock points along the route as they hope to gather in at least . $2,000 this year. Please help thorn raise it by being there. New Democrat Gord Mills Edges Out Progressive Conservative Kirk Kemp by 63 Votes .© fr-sm © lttk by eight votes. The official tabulation by the returning officer on Friday increased increased Mills' lead further but it may be a week before the newly-elected member will know for certain if he will be heading off to Queen's Park. The Progressive Conservative party has requested a judicial recount of the ballots. Joe Dalrymple, campaign manager for Kirk Kemp, said the riding association, association, in requesting the recount, doesn't believe anything criminal or sinister had taken place during the voting. He said the recount was called because "the tabulation of the vote may not have been conducted properly." The results of the election put Mr. Mills in first place with 10,962 votes; Mr. Kemp in second with 10,899; and- Lib'eral candidate Marilyn Pearce in third place with 7,837 votes. Family .Coalition Party candidate Tim Croo- kall had 2,495 and Confederation of Regions candidate Harry Tunbridge polled 1,286. ■ Francine Newton, Returning Officer for Durham East, said the change in results resulted from a mix-up that occurred occurred when some Deputy Returning Officers called in the results. She said the DROs were told to give the results ; in alphabetical order but three DROs last week gave the poll counts in reverse order. Two of those polls were large ones, she said, which brought about the change. After the result of the final poll was known around 11 p.m. Thursday, Mr. Kemp arrived at his campaign office to inform party workers that a recount would be called and that "we certainly aren't giving.up at all." Speaking to reporters, Mr. Kemp said he felt "really good" about the election results. 1 He said campaign workers had done a tremendous job and, noting the tide that had swept through the province, said Durham East had a tight PC Association. Association. Liberal candidate Marilyn Pearce, said the election results definitely indicated indicated a protest vote. "A majority government was predicted predicted 15 minutes after the polls were closing," Mrs. Pearce said early Thursday Thursday night at a party held in her honour. honour. She said the Liberal party lost here because of that protest vote. It was something former Premier David Peterson didn Y t expect, she said. © 'T "I was totally shocked by the overall provincial results," Mrs. Pearce stated. Tim Crookall, Family Coalition Par-: ty candidate, said he was fairly happy with his results. The party had never run a candidate candidate here before and he said the riding association was formed just five weeks before the election. "Seven and three-quarters per cent of the vote is a good foundation for FCP," he said. , Mr. Crookall said he didn't expect the NDP to form a government and was surprised by the results. Turn to Page 2 . <$► w 683-3303 Fax 416-683-6161 Wednesday, September 12,1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 24 Pages 136th Year Issue 37 60* * Per Copy [PRESTON] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville 1 ,'Y- N.D.P. Candidates Sweep Durham Ridings New Democratic Party candidates Allan Pilkey, Mayor of Oshawa, and Gord Mills, of Orono, congratulate each other on winning seats in Oshawa and Durham East on Sept. 6. Although Mr. Pilkey won by a wide margin, Mr, Mills' 63 vote victory in Durham East will be subject to a judicial recount. Mr. Pilkey and Mr. Mills were celebrating the NDP victory at the Canadian Auto Workers' headquarters in Oshawa. New Democratic Party candidate ■Gord Mills can't cite a single factor that led to his victory in Durham East last week.. It may have been his honesty or his self-described "grandfatherly" appearance. appearance. He thinks that his "life of experience" experience" was also a factor in his success. The 62-year-old retired tax inspector inspector and auditor with the Ontario government government is a former military police officer officer who served across Canada, in Europe and with NATO forces for 21 years. He is also an ox-alderman for the City of Barrie. Most recently, he has been employed employed in an editorial and marketing capacity with the Orono Times. Despite a wide range of life experiences, experiences, the candidate seemed somewhat somewhat surprised with his victory. "I didn't realize I could win," lie said after after the results had been tallied last Thursday. Gord Mills tossed his hat into the ring on August 14, just days after he had signed his membership card to join the NDP. By that time, the Ontario election campaign had been in full swing for over a week. With 10 people running his whole campaign show, including canvassing for voters, Mr. Mills was amazed at how many obstacles he met up with during his campaign. "We hit every obstacle that could come about. From renting a headquarters headquarters to getting brochures out," he recalls. recalls. He and his campaign workers relied heavily upon the door-to-door portion of his campaign. And the brochures he had prepared were not distributed until until the last weekend of the campaign. But, all in all, Mr. Mills thinks he did rather well, considering that this is the first time in 14 years that the riding has not been held by a Progressive Progressive Conservative. The last NDP provincial representative representative was Doug Moffatt who lost to Sam Cureatz in 1977 by a margin of about 22 votes. _ A judicial recount took place at that time and a recount has also been requested requested following last Thursday's close vote in Durham East. Council Turns Down Revised Plan Newcastle's elected officials have turned down a revised plan for the development development of housing for physically disabled adults in Bowmanville. The Participation House project proposed for Concession St., in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, was rejected again on Monday Monday due to a tie vote by Town Council. The tie meant that a resolution to approve the latest plans for Participation Participation House was lost. Mayor Marie Hubbard and Councillors Hannah and Hamre voted in favor of the project. Councillors Stapleton, Wotten and De- egan were opposed. Councillor Ken Hooper was absent. "Give us a chance to proceed on the positive rather than yielding to the negative," said Charles Ewert, a spokesperson for Participation House. He appeared before Town Council on Monday and asked elected officials to consider a revised plan for the 3.5 acre Concession St. property. He noted that the revisions would ^ reduce, the number of rent-geared-to • income' units to 16. There wojild-bn 19 units available at market value and five units for the physically disabled. Mr. Ewert pointed out that eventually eventually Participation House would designate designate additional units in the townhouse complex for use by the physically disabled. disabled. The building is designed in such a way as to permit 13 units to be used by the disabled. Initially, five apartments apartments would be occupied by Participation Participation House tenants. However, that number would increase as funding and staff became available. Generally two persons share each unit. "The entire focus of the Bowmanville Bowmanville property was to create a capital toehold for the disabled in the,Town of Newcastle," Mr. Ewert said. -He also attempted to ease fears that plans for the Concession St. property would add significantly to the high concentration of "affordable" housing being planned for this portion of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. He noted that objections to Participation Participation House were based, in part, on the fear that the area would become a "ghetto" or a "slum." "If there is not a ghetto there now, 16 units is not going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back," he said. "We are at the end of our rope," he told Council. He noted that the organization organization has no other options. And he warned that if the Participation House project does not go ahead, the land may fall back into the inventory of government owned property. In that case, the government may still seek g ermission to use the land for aflforda- le housing. Joan Skelton, of the Durham Re- g 'onal Access to Permanent Housing ommittee, also spoke in support of Participation House. "It will not only • provide housing to at least 10 physically physically disabled persons but will supply much-needed . rent-geared-to-income units," she said. She stated that studies have indicated indicated the value of property does not decline due to nearby subsidized housing. housing. She noted that the Ministry of Housing researched this matter in four Ontario communities. "The study clearly showed that the value of property property was not affected," she said. She estimated that the Town of Newcastle currently has 275 "affordable" "affordable" housing units planned for five sites. If all of these units are built, the Town's rent-geared-to-income housing would still be less than one per cent of the total housing in the municipality, she added. Murray Clark, who lives in an apartment administered by Participation Participation House in Oshawa, also spoke in favor of the Bowmanville project. He wishes to live in Bowmanville where members of his family already reside. Councillor Diane Hamre introduced • a resolution on Monday which would have approved the revised plans submitted submitted by Participation House. In her comments, she stated that rent-geared-to-income housing does Turn to Page 2 cy Removed from Newcastle A citizens' committee formed to advise advise the federal government on.the future future of nuclear waste at Port Granby does not want the waste to remain in the Town of Newcastle. That's the opinion of Garnet Rickard, Rickard, chairman of the Newcastle 1 Community Community Liaison Group (CLG). His committee has been formed to advise the government on the public's views concerning 360,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste stored at Port Granby. Granby. "We certainly are not looking at keeping it there (at Port Granby)" said Mr. Rickard. A representative of both the GLC and the. Siting Task Force on Low- Level Radioactive Waste Management appeared before Newcastle Council Monday. Members of Council were concerned that the CLG may be considering the option of leaving the radioactive material material within the Town of Newcastle. In the jargon of the Siting Task Force, communities which have radioactive t wastes that require disposal are "source" communities and those which agree to accept the waste are "host" communities. The Town of Newcastle strongly objects objects to the possibility of becoming a ost to a site for the permanent disposal disposal of radioactive waste. "This community for a long time, has very loudly stated we are not a volunteer host community," said Councillor Councillor Diane Hamre. And some members of Council stated stated that as a source community, the only concern of the municipality is the quick and safe removal of the Port Granby waste. Councillor Frank Stapleton questioned questioned the need for the process described described at Monday's meeting. He described described the Port Granby dump as "a festering blemish on the north shore of Lake Ontario." He added that the citizens citizens clearly want to see the material re-located outside the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. Turn to Page 2 Recount in Durham East The identity of the now MPP for Durham East may not officially bo known until sometime in October. That ,mny bo the earliest date a judge can perform a recount to determine determine the results of the September 6 provincial election here, Joe Dalrymple, campaign chairman for Progressive Conservative candidate candidate Kirk Kemp, said an Ontario Court Provincial Division Judge will bo carrying out the recount. The application application for the recount is being reviewed reviewed by Mr. Justice Richard Love- kin. Madame Justice McFnrlnno, ho said, will bo sotting the date for the recount recount on Thursday. However, Mr. Dalrymple added that ho spoke with a court clerk in Whitby who suggested the earliest date a re count could take place is in October because the court calendar is full. He said at least two days will be needed for the proceedings. Francine Newton, Returning Officer for .Durham. East, said she had contacted contacted Elections Ontario and was informed informed the recount usually happens within the first week after the election. election. 'Tin hoping that will happen this time, Mrs. Newton said. The Returning Officer, her clerk, and candidates and/or their representatives representatives will bo present during the recount. recount. Whether the judge performs the counting of each ballot himself or if the Returning Officer and her clerks perform the task is up to the judge, Mrs. Newton explained. a**-.»-. m m 138th Annual Fair is Another Success for Orono The 138th Orono Fair enjoyed another successful four as usual, tho harness horse races on Sunday afternoon, days as area residents wore treated to such events as the Above, two of tho entrants in one of tho early races bat- fair queen pageant, two parades, a demolition derby, and tie it out for first place right down to tho wire.