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\ 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 30, 1991 Robbie Burns Night Celebrated With Traditional Haggis ■ ■ Supporters of Affordable Homes Plan Strategy Hydro Cancels Tours Jim Curran, Pipe Major with the Hanover, Ontario Pipe Band, addressed the Haggis at the annual Robert Robert Bums dinner at the Baseline Community Centre on January 26. Burns is the poet laureate of Scotland who wrote the traditional Address to the Haggis. It is People with their roots in Scotland celebrated the birth of that countiy's most famous poet, Robert Burns, here at the Baseline Community Centre on January 26. Part of the tradition of celebrating the poet is a dinner featuring a favourite Scottish dish called haggis. George Kerr and George Findley of the Bowmanville Legion Pipe Band piped in the traditional food. [TRUST mil AN> € .I.I V$ WILLIS FINANCIAL 243 King St. E., Bowmanville Mall 623-6957 41/2 Cambridge St. N., Lindsay (705) 324-9898 Rates subject to change spoken every year in his honour at dinners celebrating celebrating his birth. The haggis is being brought to the table" in this picture. Over 120 people attended the dinner which was sponsored by the Purple Hill Orange Lodge. Housing Plans Go to Hearing An Ontario Municipal Board hearing regarding the rezoning of lands for an affordable affordable housing development development began in Bowmanville on January 29. Representatives of the OMB began hearing evidence evidence related to the Bowmanville Bowmanville Valley Cooperative Cooperative Homes Inc. co-op development, proposed for Jackman Road. The OMB will decide if the. municipal by-laws should be amended to permit permit the development or if it should be amended in a different different way. The Town of Newcastle has taken no position on the application. Cynthia MacDougal is the lawyer representing Bowmanville Valley Co-op while Sharon Brooks is representing representing the neighbours. Evidence is being heard from .witnesses on both sides. At press time yesterday, it wasn't known when a decision decision is expected. The hearing hearing will continue until Fri- Bolide'Briefs A beige four-wheel drive ATV with a New Brunswick license plate: AT52340 was reported stolen from a farm on Baseline Road, west of Holt Road. A 19-year-old Courtice man has been arrested for walking out of a Petro Canada Canada gas station with approximately approximately 20 to 25 Hostess beef pepperoni sticks without paying for them. ' Two young offenders were arrested after two youths were observed searching through vehicles on Lillian Crescent in Newcastle Newcastle Village. The two male youths, a 13-year-old and a 12-year-old, were released unconditionally. A 15-year-old young offender offender from Bowmanville was arrested for bending an aerial and a wiper arm on victim's vehicle. The vehicle had been parked within the underground parking garage at 206 Simpson Ave. at the time of the incident. The accused accused has been released unconditionally. unconditionally. A Newcastle Village resident resident reported Monday, Jan. 28, the theft of his cellular phone from his vehicle on Andrew Road. Death SCHAFFLER, Rudolf. At Memorial Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, on Monday, Monday, January 28, 1991, in his 82nd year. Rudy, beloved husband husband of the late Paula. Dear friend of Leslie Bergmann and Geza Jankovics of Bowmanville. Friends may call at the Morris Funeral Funeral Chapel, Bowmanville, on Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Funeral service complete in our chapel on Friday at 11 a.m. Cremation Cremation at Thornton Crematorium, Oshawa. ' 5-1SN Read All Aboutit! In the Pages of The Canadian Statesman A subscription to The Canadian Statesman keeps you informed of all the local news, sports and advertising specials in your community. Subscription Order Form l I Renewal I I Change of Address Name: Address: Postal Code:. New d] or Renewal CH . Telephone No.. Foreign - $74.90 18 months-$23.84 6 months-$13.91 Includes O.S.T. Please pay by cheque, VISA, MasterCard or money order. VISA/MC Number Expiry Date. Please clip out and return this form with your payment. Efit Canadian Btalesman P.O. Box 190, 62 King Street West Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 623-3303 Four Community Nowapapor Sinoa 1884 On Monday, Jan..28, just before 1 a.m., two sexual assaults assaults were reported by a 33-year-old Bowmanville resident. The sexual assaults assaults were perpetrated by a person known by the woman and both incidents happened happened recently. The victim's clothing was seized as evidence evidence at the time. On Jan. 27, a Newton-- ville home was entered by an unknown person or persons persons and a clothes drawer was ransacked. Nothing was found to be rpissing and the point of entry is unknown. On Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. a Bowmanville resident reported reported that unknown suspects suspects had entered his garage and stolen u large tool box full of tools and air power tools. The building was entered entered by an unlocked north side door. A 1979 dark color Cliev Malibu was observed fleeing the scene. A Bowmanville resident reported on Jan. 26 that an unknown suspect broke her glass front door with a marble. marble. A Ncwtonville area resident resident reported on Jan. 26. the theft of a skidoo and trailer overnight. by Andrea Adair The "Not In My Back Yard" attitude is the biggest challenge developers of nonprofit nonprofit housing projects face. And breaking that attitude attitude sometimes can be difficult. difficult. A panel discussion at the quarterly meeting of the Durham Regional Access to Permanent Housing Committee Committee dealt with some of the opposition affordable housing projects face and how to deal with the opposition. opposition. Harry Vender Velde, from Lan tana Non-Profit Homes, said that if there is a strong NIMBY element, the project may have to be built first before the community community turns around and says "YÏMBY," Yes, in my backyard. backyard. He said housing is like food, education and health care. "It is a basic human need and should be a basic human human right." But the other reality of building the projects is that the projects are going, in many cases, into established areas and may meet opposition. opposition. In Pickering, Mr. Vander Velde said, residents were opposed to townhouses going into their neighbourhood of single family homes. He noted, though, that municipalities are going to have to start dealing with the situation of urban intensification intensification because urban sprawl will continue to gobble gobble up farm land. "There needs to be an intensification intensification of our land or we will have urban sprawl from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe," he warned. He said one of the important important things about approaching approaching the neighbourhood with a proposal is to get a dialogue dialogue going in the early ■ stages. "Don't ask the neighbourhood neighbourhood for their permission. Tell them what you are going going to do and ask for their support," he said. Valerie Cramner, from the _ Durham Non-Profit Housing Corporation which was formed in 1985, said the corporation Jias eight occu pied affordable "housing developments. developments. Two developments developments are being proposed for the Town of Newcastle. "At the present time, most of our projects go through smoothly," she said. She noted that the ones with the most difficulty and opposition opposition are the very first developments. developments. The corporation lost a site for a project only once and the loss was attributed to NIMBY. "To get to YIMBY from NIMBY you have to understand understand where NIMBY is coming coming from," Ms Cramner said. The attitude evolves mainly from fear and the uncertainty of what financial financial impact a development will have on people's homes. Ms Cramner said to win the support of the local council, tne project has to be in the appropriate location and must adhere to good planning practices. Kichard Franz, from the Housing Advocacy Task Force, Ministry of Housing, said the ministry has provided provided funding for a number of housing developments. He noted that while the ministry can control purse strings of. developments, they don't have the control over all the decisions that can affect the project. He suggested the most important thing a group can do is to organize supporters. He noted that it is hard for politicians to approve a development when all they see is v a room full of people saying no." Mr. Franz said approaching approaching unions, churches and service clubs for support will also provide an opportunity to further educate .people about affordable housing. Outreach to these groups, he said, will explode some of the myths surrounding the developments. Lower property property values and medium density blighting the neighbourhood neighbourhood are some of the myths, Mr. Franz said. He added that the Housing Ministry has proven them wrong. . Ontario Hydro has cancelled tours for the general public at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station as a "precautionary "precautionary measure" during the Persian Persian Gulf crisis. Sue Stickley, community relations officer at Darlington, said that bookings bookings with school groups or identified groups will be maintained. Members of the general public, however, however, who call the station asking for a tour, are being asked to call back in a month. This will enable officials, Ms Stick- ley said, to be "better aware of who is going into the station." News reports of possible terrorist attacks from Saddam Hussein supporters supporters in allied countries has raised concerns of area residents about attacks attacks at Darlington or Pickering. "We don't really expect a terrorist, but we want to make it as secure as. possible," Ms Stickley added. ■ j No Cutbacks for United Way Although the United Way was short of reaching its 1990 campaign goal, the agencies supported by the organization organization won't feel any financial pinches. Anne Kinsella, campaign director, said "we still will be able to make our financial commitments." She explained that the organization has a cushion. Donations collected during the campaign campaign were put in the bank. Interest earned on tne funds could help them reach the $3 million goal. Grant allocations to funded ageri- ' cies are paid out monthly, which 1 means funds will be monitored and - any changes in the agency may impact ', the grant, Ms Kinsella said. - • ; "We won't have as much in ré- 1 serves. It will still be nip and tuck, but I think we'll be able to handle it." Donations continue to come into the. office, bringing the total amount col- lected late last week to $2, 908, 000. " " NOTICE The owner of the Wallpaper Centre in Oshawa, Ajax & Scarborough would like to inform you that every roll of wallpaper & border has been marked down from their everyday low discount prices. We also will pay the G.S.T. M B1 _ 00 ^ r Welcome to: Port Darlington Marina Hotel Bring along this coupon anytime (one per person) and take $000 OFF in our Dining Room, Lounge, or Brig Down East Newfle Dance Saturday, Feb. 2 8:30 p.m. $5.00 per couple 3 pc. Newfie Band Thurs. ■ Frl. - Sat. 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