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V What's Inside... by Andrea Adair The No Ganaraska Dump Committee Committee won't be getting any financial help from the Town of Newcastle. Councillors on Monday were unable to come to an agreement on whether the $5,000 the committee requested as initial start-up funding should be granted. The committee approached council last month for assistance to help them in their fight against a possible Durham Durham Region landfill site in the Kendal area. At a meeting last week, the request was sent to the town's solicitor for a legal legal opinion. Dennis Hefferon, the town s solicitor solicitor said, "In my opinion, Council has the legal authority under Section 113 (1) of the Municipal Act to make the grant requested ... if Council is of the opinion that the grant for the purposes described by Dr. Magder, is in the interest interest of the municipality." A motion to deny the request and a motion to approve the request were both defeated because of tie votes. John Magder, chairperson of the No Ganaraska Dump Committee, said he was "dismayed" by what happened. "The municipality has asked for our support to fight the dump and they aren't there to help us." He said this "flies in the face" of the town's decision to set aside $100,000 to oppose the dump site if it is selected. selected. Councillors Arnot Wotten and Pat Deegan had initially made the motion that the $5,000 be denied. Councillor Wotten said he thought Î ran ting the money would be prece- ent setting. Money was set aside by the council to oppose the dump in the future, he said, explaining that he thought the dump should be fought by the council. But, he said, he wasn't in favour of having a dump site in the town. Councillor Ken Hooper also is opposed opposed to the dump but also didn't want to give the anti-dump committee the money. He said council put money aside to fight it and that "I think we can have too many hands in the soup." "We're opposed to the dump. I think we have to fight it as a council," he said. Councillor Frank Stapleton, however, however, suggested council had a moral obligation obligation to the committee. "I can't sit here as a councillor and not lend some support to those residents," residents," he stated. He explained that the No Dump Committee had completed a home education education process about waste reduction and, by the end of a four-week period, was able to reduce waste from some local local households to one pound a week per person. "The residents should be given eve- Tum to Page 2 Delta Faucet to Close in 1991 ...2 Foundry Marks Safety Milestone ...2 Port Granby Report Is Expected Soon ...3 Mojacks Extinguish Eagles' Fire ...7 1 BETTER HURRY - We've just spent about five minutes trying to establish how many shopping days there are before Christmas Day. It's different this year because because of the influx of Sunday Shopping. There is one six-day I week and three days left in November, November, plus three full weeks and five days in December. That comes to 35 days. So, don't delay. Don't the town's festive decorations decorations look nice? -- TAKE CARE - Should you be driving north, it would be wise to keep a wary eye out for wander- ! ing deer. This week's Port Perry Star reports that seven have been hit and killed in that area, including one that collided with a police cruiser. Luckily, the officer was not seriously injured. It's a costly way to find out how venison venison tastes. CHANGES - The main street in Bowmanville will soon have a couple of new commercial buildings buildings that will be attractive addi- | tions. One is on the north side of t King St., east of Liberty, and • 1 looks as though part of .it ; might |j house a bank branch. In the next ( t block west of Liberty on the I south side, next to tne Velvet Bear, another good-looking building building is taking shape. So far, we don't know what's going in there. As well, new houses keep popping popping all over town. GIFT GUIDE - You would be ! wise to pay special attention to an extra tabloid section that's included included in this week's newspapers. newspapers. It's a special Christmas Gift Guide, packed with gift sugges- j tions that will be hard to resist. [ We suggest that you check it over j carefully because the merchants have spent considerable time acquiring acquiring items that your friends I and relatives will love to receive. TREE NEEDED - The Museum in Bowmanville is planning another another Edwardian Christmas Open House on December 8th and 9th and is sorely in need of a special Christmas tree if some kind soul will donate one. The volunteers are planning to decorate decorate the museum on. Dec. 4th, so we would need the tree by Dec. 3rd, if you would be so kindly. Many thanks in advance. EVENTS - Waverley Public School has an artwork raffle at Bowmanville Mall being under way on Thursday , Nov. 22nd, at Bowmanville Mall from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Proceeds will be used for playround equipment. Please help. There's also a craft and bake sale at Tyrone Community Centre this Saturday from 10 to 3 and Lord Elgin School's 2nd annual annual Bazaar goes this Saturday from 9 until 2 with free admission. admission. Have fun. NOT BITING - The current situation situation in the Persian Gulf is in about the same category as the Oka problem we had this summer summer in Canada. Saddam Hussein refuses to get out of Kuwait and return to Iraq with his forces and feels fairly certain we won't attack attack so long as he's holding some of our people hostage. And behind behind the scenes, the opposition forces are hard at work questioning questioning our strategy. It's a mess. NEW ROOF - Even the churches churches are getting into the refurbishing refurbishing act. Much of the construction at St. Joseph's on Liberty South has been done, so this week the watchers had a field day keeping track of sure-footed roofers plying their trade precariously on the steep roof at Trinity United. And on Monday, there was even a small fire to add a couple of fire department vehicles for excitement. excitement. Here Comes Santa ... The Jolly Old Elf had plenty of helpers on Saturday when he arrived in Bowmanville for the 29th annual Santa Claus Parade. Everyone from Mickey Mouse to marching bands was on hand to greet him and to officially kick off the Christmas season. For more photos, see the front page of section two. -Plan Has More Homes Than Originally Planned Subdivision Plan is Lost by Andrea Adair A Bowmanville subdivision has failed to receive the municipality's approval approval because it has 41 more units than originally proposed. At a general purpose and administration administration committee meeting, The Fram Building Group's plan for a 528 unit subdivision on the east side of Middle Road had received approval from the town's planning staff. The committee however, voted Monday Monday against approving the increased number of units contained in the plan. Councillor Frank Stapleton said when the development yas submitted it went through the planning process as a 487 unit subdivision and a number number of professional people were present to make comments on it. He said he thought a precedent was beginning. The changed formula of the development development was to increase the number of houses with an 18 metre frontage from 108 units to 230. There would be reductions reductions in the number of houses with 12 m frontages (to 123) and 15 m frontages (from 51 to 23). One hundred hundred and thirteen street townhouses and 39 block townhouses were also proposed. Mayor Marie Hubbard said all types of housing types had to be available available that people can afford. She said she thinks municipalities have to re-think how they house people people in the future and that the public in general has to be considered when the question of housing is addressed. Councillor Diane Hamre agreed saying that at the last health and social social services meeting with the region, statistics for welfare cases, showed that the number of people on welfare Second Opinion for New Doctor's Office A doctor will be allowed to practice medicine in a residential area of Newcastle Newcastle Village. Membèrs of a Town of Newcastle Council committee changed their earlier earlier decision on the issue on Monday after after hearing comments from a number of village residents in support of the proposal. Two weeks ago Dr, Eleanor Vincent's Vincent's application to open a medical office office in a house on Baldwin St. didn't receive the committee's approval. After hearing six Newcastle Village residents, including a direct neighbour, neighbour, speak in support of the proposal the committee reversed their previous decision and approved the office. Reg Tressider, a resident of Caroline Caroline St., said he knew the arena was in the area before he purchased bis home and he wasn't complaining about it. He noted, however, that the hours of the doctor's office and the traffic involved involved would be better than the hours traffic is going to the arena. He suggested there is no better place for a doctor's office to be located than across from an arena. Cathy Abraham said the office will be accessible to her and her children when the Edward St. extension takes effect and she will be able to. walk to the office. Dr. Vincent told council she bought the house a year ago in response to overcrowding at the office where she currently works. > She explained that she believes she bought a house in a good location, sny- was low in comparison to other regions. regions. When she asked staff about that she was told that York was an elitist community where only the wealthy could afford to live. "Is this the type of community we want to create?" she asked. Councillor Pat Deegan said he felt the development before the changes already already provided a good mix of housing and wondered if tne developer wasn't simply trying to get more homes on the site. Mayor Hubbard said the concept of "residential intensification" was something something council would have to grapple with. , , i • "We need to get planners to explain what this means because I think the academics are missed on occasion," sVi0 sâid A motion to approve the application was lost. V Makes V Desperate Appeal The United Way is appealing for the public's help. At the conclusion of their six week long fund-raising campaign, the organization organization is short of reaching its $3 million million goal. To date, $2,370,200 has been raised. That's 79 percent of the objective. Rob Owens, public relations person with the organization, said if the goal isn't reached, over 40 organizations will be asked to cut some of their services. services. Mr. Owens said every year, after the major businesses have completed their canvassing, the donations start to trickle off. There was a 1.2 percent increase in the total goal this year, Mr. Owens said. "It was a very conservative raise," he said, explaining that the organization's organization's accountants forecasted tough economic times last February. "The agencies worked hard to keep the increases low," he noted. The United Way is still optimistic, however, that the goal can be reached. The campaign has been extended and the doors of the United Way office will remain open to accept donations until December 25. ; Man Loses Arm A 47-year-old Town of Newcastle man was injured in a farming accident last Saturday. Durham Regional Police said Peter Parker, of the 7th Concession, was digging digging post holes with a tractor and auger auger when his arm got caught in the auger. auger. The man's arm was severed above the elbow. He was flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Toronto. ing she would never be able to generate generate the amount of . traffic the arena does and felt the location would be even more suitable once the Edward St. bridge was completed. Where she is now, there is a lack of parking spaces but in her new facility there will be 11 spaces in total (two for staff and the rest for patients). The building will have a large waiting waiting room, three examining rooms and a treatment room. In response to Councillor Diane Harare's query about locating in the downtown core, she explained that there wasn't a large amount of commercial commercial space downtown and that she didn't feel her practice was a commercial commercial venture. Turn to Page 2 G.M. Announces Layoffs for 7,600 An estimated 7,600 employees at General Motors will be laid off during the Christmas holidays. For some of the GM workers, the layoffs will begin as early as December 10. The company announced Monday that 3,700 employees from Plant Number Number One will be laid off for the weeks of December 10 and 17. A further 3.900 workers in Plant Two will bo off the week of December 17. A decline in North American car sales was cited as the reason for the temporary shut-down. The Town of Newcastle unveiled its new pumper truck last week. It will be used at the fire station in Orono. The truck has a completely enclosed crew cab which increases fire fighters' protection en route to a fire and keeps them sheltered from the weather. Mayor Marie Hubbard handed the kevs for the truck over to district chief Terry Hardy. Also at the unveiling wore (from left) Jack Mercer, Deputy Chief; Newcastle Councillor Frank Stapleton; and Hugh Doherty, Deputy Chief, Newcastle Fire Department. 1990 Pumper Put in Service In Orono Area The Newcastle Fire department is the owner of a brand new pumper truck. It's the first Town of Newcastle Newcastle fire vehicle to have a fully enclosed enclosed crew compartment which also contains the controls for operating operating the pumper. Made in Red Deer Alberta, the truck was purchased for $198,000. Hugh Doherty, deputy fire chief, said the vehicle provides greater protection for the firefighters because because of the enclosed cab. In addition, the equipment in the cab is kept dry and is not exposed to the elements. The new pumper is a 1990 Ford cab and chassis with a diesel engine and an automatic transmission. The vehicle has a water pump with the rated capability for pumping pumping 1,050 gallons per minute. Contained in the crew compartment compartment is the control panel of the pump, which allows the operator to work without being exposed to the elements of heat, smoke and weather. weather. Beginning this week, November 19, the pumper was put into use to respond to emergency calls. The week prior to being put into service, it was used to give Station Three (Orono) firefighters the required required training. The vehicle is to be based at the Orono Fire Station The pumper was delivered fully equipped. /N* tprnm 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, November 21,1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 40 Pages 136th Year Issue 47 50$ Per Copy Huge Crowd Welcomes Santa Claus to Town « » [PRESTON] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville