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O I by Andrea Adair The Town of Newcastle has established established a special committee to deal with matters relating to Ontario Hydro. At a council meeting Monday night, a resolution was passed in a vote of 4 to 3, that all members of council will be members of the committee. They will meet once everv two months and the committee will operate operate in a manner similar to the general purpose and administration committee. committee. The committee will have no decision making powers and will make recommendations recommendations to council only. E CARPET WAREHOUSES P 5 CARPET AT EVERY DAY figff DISCOUNT PRICES see 'SjgB ESTIMA TES • MOFESStONA L INSTALLA TtON _ mSm ii9 kings st. w„ i 700 Afini 65 affla&QSHAWA M 728-4601 ^ IgMF Hli MYSTERY - All the folks who have been admiring the colorful pumpkin, complete with face, in our front window, will be interested interested to know the following: It was supplied by Empire Orchards Orchards and Gail Simpson of The Emperor's Table on Taunton Road must have been the person who thoughtfully presented it to us. Many thanks, the mystery is solved. BONANZA - Area children should have a great weekend and it starts Friday at 7. The drama Workshop is presenting "Put on the Spot" at BHS, with repeat performances Saturday at 1:30 and 4. On Sunday at 1:30 the Harmony children's series will continue with Charlotte Diamond performing, also at BHS. Not forgetting forgetting the Cushion Concert series, series, "Yes, we have no bananas" at Hampton Public School at 11 on Saturday. GOBLINS - Tonight's the big one for all those trick and treaters. treaters. The best and largest Hallowe'en Hallowe'en show we've seen is across from the fire hall at, Enniskillen where Linda and Allan Westlake- have really done a magnificent decorating job, apparently for the past several years. Drop by and enjoy if you are touring the area, it's spectacular, especially at night. Drive carefully tonight or the goblins will getcha. BLOOD DONORS - If Dracula doesn't get it all tonight, there should be a good response next Wednesday when the Red Cross Society holds a blood donor clinic at the Lions Centre on Beech Avenue Avenue from noon to 8 p.m. to restock restock their blood banks. They would be happy to see a crowd of new donors to put their quota over the top. Who knows, you might get some of it back one day. REMEMBRANCE - Most of the annual Remembrance services in the area will be held on Sunday, November 11th. However, we have noted in the Orono correspondence correspondence that theirs will be held at the cenotaph in the village village at 2:30 this Sunday, with assembly assembly at the church at 2 p.m. Veterans should govern themselves themselves accordingly and be on parade parade in large numbers, hopefully in warm weather. GUEST SPEAKER - Recently elected MPP, the Rev. Dennis Drainvillc, who won the Victoria- Haliburton provincial scat in the recent election, will be back in the pulpit this Sunday at 7 p.m. It's Pontypool United Church's Annual Thank-Offering service. No doubt, he will be able to enlighten enlighten the congregation on the intricacies of his new job at Queen's Park. OPEN HOUSE - No doubt many local citizens who have never been inside the Goodyear plant here will want to see what goes on there and what machinery is used to produce those huge belts that go all over the world. Thursday, Thursday, Nov. 1st is their opportunity to do just that. The company is holding an Open IIouso and inviting inviting everyone to visit them. Don't miss it. BEST WISHES • Wo have just learned that Gary Horromn, Durham Durham Region's popular Chairman has undergone some serious surgery surgery that may well keep him off the job for some time. At this point, details are skimpy, so wo can only wish him the speediest recovery possible. Wo understand understand that the mayors of the various various communities in the region' will carry on temporarily. The committee will deal with matters matters such as fire protection and training training of town firefighters to deal with emergencies at Darlington N.G.S., and will identify and develop information and solutions to problems that have contributed to disputes between the town and hydro regarding the building code and the fire code. Three councillors wanted more time to review the resolution before agreeing agreeing to establishing the committee. Councillor Pat Deegan wanted the matter referred to the legal, department department before he approved it. "A motion of that length can't just be plopped down and expect us to absorb absorb it, he said. He said he didn't think the town could take Ontario Hydro to court and then sit down to talk with them. But Mayor Marie Hubbard said the town's legal advisors stated that any issue under arbitration with Ontario Hydro would not be addressed by the committee. She said a meeting was held previously previously between councillors and Hydro 'The collective decision I saw that day was that we get back to the table," she said. Councillors Larry Hannah, Ken Hooper, Diane Hamre and Mayor Hubbard voted in favour of the special committee. Sue Stickley, community relations officer at Darlington, said she was pleased about the committee being established. established. Ontario Hydro officials saw the proposal proposal before it came to council and agreed with what council was presenting. presenting. "We agreed because the staff at the town and Ontario Hydro officials will work closely together and will produce consensus type reports on the issues," she said. Although hydro officials won't sit directly on the committee, Ms Stickley said, much of the work will be done by staff before it reaches the committee stage. Ms Stickley said the arrangement is agreeable. "As long as we have a chance to work together with them ... however it is done it's good," she stated. Hydro and the town used to meet as the Hydro Liaison Committee in the past. That committee consisted of members of council and two hydro officials. officials. „ Turn to Page 2 Whatfs Inside... Occupational Therapy „ Week at Hospitals d> Commencement at , Bowmanville H.S 4: Eagles Extend Win Streak to 8 Games H Goodyear Marks F 80th Birthday 117 ÂI b' 623-3303 Fax 416-683-6161 Wednesday, October 31,1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 46 Pages 136th Year Issue 44 50* Per Copy PRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Welsh School Competes With Courtice S.S. in International Match -sf ■ 'He! : X There was a rugby game at Courtice High School last Friday afternopn with an international flavour to it. Gower School, located in Wales, was on a one-week tour of Canada that included stops at Mowatt High School in Scarborough, Port Perry High School, and Courtice. The Courtice team plans to make a return trip to Wales in late February of'91. As for the score of the game, Courtice Courtice were gracious hosts, allowing their visitors from Britain to end their tour with a 17-0 win. Population Growth Responsible for Unanticipated Increase in Students School Enrolment Up by Laura J. Richards There has been a significant increase increase in enrollment within the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education, said Pauline Janitch, the board's communications officer. "Based on projected numbers, the increase is higher than we actually expected," expected," said Ms. Janitch. This has meant hiring more teachers teachers and the moving of classes into portables at some schools. . "We have added 20 portables into our district and 10 others from Plain- ville," said Ron Sudds, Superintendent of Business and Treasurer • of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. This number is over and above the 27 portables put into the system in 1989. With the opening of two new schools in the last two years, it is hoped the increase of students in these schools will be managed. The Dr. Emily Stowe Elementary School in Courtice was opened this fall; S.T. Worden Elementary School opened in 1989 and the addition to the Vincent Massey School in Bowmanville Bowmanville is now being completed. Ms. Janitch said the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education increase is "not as high as the Durham Board increase." The increase here is due, in part, to the sudden population growth in the area and "the province is spending less money for new schools," she explained. The increase does not look as large as it is when broken down into schools but it still adds up. There are 762 extra extra students in the elementary schools and 73 more students in the secondary schools. There has also been a rise of 67 students in Centres for Individual Studies across the school board district. district. A total of 274 new students have enrolled in the 15 public schools in the Bowmanville and Courtice area. There has been a decline in enrollment at the secondary school level in Bowmanville Town to Take Of Recycling Program Collection of recyclable materials will bo carried out by the Town of Newcastle beginning December 1. At the last Durham Regional Council Council meeting, council agreed the region would assume the cost of collecting the material hut municipalities would be responsible for the actual collection. Larry Kotscff, Town of Newcastle Chief Administrative Officer, said "it would appear this is the boat short term solution." But ho said the municipality is concerned concerned about what happens alter December December 1991. Mr. Kotscff said the director of public public works is looking at the long-term scheme in detail. "WoTo going to recommend some financial financial arrangements stay in place," lie said, but couldn't comment at this point about any future long-term recommendations. recommendations. Councillor Larry Hannah said considerable considerable discussion occurred at, Regional Regional Council when the issue emerged regarding who pays I "I'm not in favour of the coi ferring onto the municipality," Coun- i the costs, costs transit* transit* i cillor Hannah said. The blue box program has been operating operating in the Durham Region since 1986 and in the town since 1987. A staff report states that roughly 1,500 tonnes of rccyclnhlcs are collected collected in the Town of Newcastle each year. The Town of Whitby has called a cooperative cooperative tender on behalf of area municipalities municipalities in the Region for recycling. "One of the features of the tender is that the Region's 18 vehicles for blue box collection will be made available to the contractor at a nominal cost," the staff report said. Councillors agreed to accept the operational operational responsibility of collection from December 1, 1990 to December 31. 1991. Town staff will lie looking at the possibility of extending recycling services services to all areas of the town in a future future report. Laidlaw Waiting for Decision from Province Site Desperately Needs Extension Laidlaw is awaiting word from the Ministry of the Environment regarding regarding an emergency extension at their landfill site in Newtonville. Don Tefft, site manager, said that the Ministry hasn't officially informed them of a decision yet. But David Scott, chairman of the Committee of Clarke Constituents, said Monday that the extension had. been denied. Mr. Scott addressed a Newcastle Council meeting to inform councillors about correspondence the committee is sending to the Minister of the Environment Environment regarding the application. He said the Town of Newcastle and the CCC weren't advised of the application application and only learned of its existence through an Orono Times newspaper interview with Mr. Tefft. Mr. Scott said there was only a period period of two days between when the committee committee first heard of the application and its subsequent denial. "We find this lack of communication to be very unsettling and (if the decision decision had been different) potentially prejudicial to our interests." If a denial has been given, Laidlaw has yet to hear about it. Mr. Tefft said-'in an interview yesterday, yesterday, that if a denial does come forward, forward, the company "can operate at its present capacity for quite a few months." Currently, Laidlaw has cut its business business by 90 per cent and is only accepting accepting household waste. Roughly 40 tonnes of waste a week is being accepted at the site where 400 tonnes were accepted previously. Mr. Tefft said that 600 businesses rely on their operation. Right now, garbage is being transported to Pickering, Pickering, Napanee and even Ottawa. 'Trucking waste across the province is not good for the environment either," either," the site manager said. Laidlaw has been operating the Newtonville site for roughly three and a half years. Mr. Tefft said equipment at the facility facility has been completely renewed Turn to Page 2 Second Reactor Started at DGS. The second reactor at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station went "critical" "critical" this week. Don Terry, communications officer at Darlington, said this means the reactor reactor has experienced a sustained nuclear nuclear reaction and is producing power. The reaction was achieved on Monday. Monday. A small amount of power is being produced while commissioning tests are being conducted, he said. Acting Station Manager Grant Childerhose said the unit should be producing full power by Christmas or early in the new year. Mr. Terry noted that in 10 to 14 •days, On tario Hydro will seek permission permission from the Atomic Energy Control Board to raise the unit's power to 10 per cent. After more commissioning tests and permission from the AECB, the unit's power will be raised to 25 per cent, 50 per cent and then 100 per cent. The first reactor unit at Darlington was declared commercially in-service on October 9 after full power was reached on July 4. The unit has been producing enough power to supply a city the size of North York with electricity. electricity. and Courtice. Last year at this time there were 2,096 students enrolled in the Bowmanville High School and - Courtice Secondary School while this year there are 43 fewer students. "The proposed (new) schools in the Bowmanville-Courtice area are. high on the Board's list," said Ms. Janitch. Mr. Sudds said the school board is already looking at designs for new schools to be opened within the next three years. The first ones will be in Cobourg and Port Hope along with a major addition to the Baltimore School in 1992. In 1993 the Courtice North Public School will be opened. 'rum to Page 2 United Way Hits 46% of Campaign Alter four weeks of fund raising, the United Way of Oshawa, Whitby, Newcastle, Newcastle, has reached 46 percent of its goal. To date, $1,380,008 has been raised in the six week long campaign. Rob Owens, spokesperson for the organization, organization, said the United Way has raised two per cent more in funds this year than last year. The reason, he believes, is that when there is a recession, public attention attention is shifted to United Way agencies. agencies. The organization supports such agencies ns the Oshawa and District Unemployed Help Centre and the Distress Distress Centre as well as offering credit counselling. Mr. Owens said the public response to the campaign has been "fantastic." "I hope it keeps up," ho added. He noted that campaigns locally have been successful. Newcastle Hydro has received 100 per cent participation in their employee employee canvass, something that Mr. Owens said doesn't happen with businesses too often, Goodyear has raised $19,000 to date and canvassing is still occurring. The amount raised by Goodyear is three times the amount they raised in 1987, Mr. Owens said. And World Records in the Town ol Newcastle has raised $1,200. The United Way's campaign goal this year is $3 million. Carvers Ready to Create Perfect Pumpkins If you're going to carve a Jack-o-Lantorn you first have to have a perfect pumpkin as those two boys discovered, Lloyd Hayes (sitting) and Marc Michaud Michaud were two of many area youngsters who attended the Frank Real Estate Estate eighth annual pumpkin giveaway on Saturday. Children were invited to carve their pumpkins and returned with the finished Jack-o-Lantorn to ho eligible eligible for a prize.