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: / 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 13,1991 • y^x -r-, q j 1 Posta.1 HikoS Hit St8.t6Sni8.Il ^ ia ^ esman Publisher Made Honorary Chairman of Tourney vrono r-lo r llOt Lrlad. We will also be offering subscribers the option of picking up their newspaper at our offices any time after 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Such subscribers will be given a card to present each week when they pick up The Statesman. Since no delivery delivery costs apply, your paper will cost $20.33 per year (GST included). . Subscribers in Bowmanville Bowmanville rural routes, Newcastle, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Kendal, Pontypool, Hampton, Hampton, Blackstock, Janetville, and Nestleton, have the option option of receiving their paper by our own courier on Wednesday nights. In this case, the cost will be $31.03, including GST, basic subscription subscription fee, and delivery. For our remaining subscribers, subscribers, delivery will take place by mail. Our readers in Bethany, Campbellcroft, Cavan, Millbrook, Brooklin, Oshawa, and Whitby will pay $36.38 per year, including including postage, subscription and GST. From Page One Anyone else living outside outside the Town of Newcastle (excluding Blackstock, Pontypool, Pontypool, Janetville and Nestleton) Nestleton) will be charged a rate of $50.29 per year. This includes includes the basic subscription rate, $28 for postage, and the GST. Please remember that these rates are based on the best available information supplied to us by the Canadian Canadian Community Newspapers Newspapers Association. Although we have tried, we have not yet received confirmation on the rates from Canada Post. But, due to the fact that the rates went into effect as of March 1, we felt obligated to inform our readers of the changes that will occur. To help offset the impact of the higher rates, we will be giving each new subscriber subscriber or renewal customer a Statesman voucher equivalent equivalent to the value of the subscription subscription postage. This can be used just like cash for classified ads, printing, or photo copying. . D. SLOAN INCOME TAX Computerized Income Tax Returns and Related Services 111 King St. E. Bowmanville (next to the Legion) OPEN FRIDAYS ONLY 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Call Fridays for a Friday Appointment Credit Union -11.25 % -11.25* -11.25 % -11.00 % - ii.oo % 1 2 3 4 5 year years years years years Closed, mortgages, with special repayment privileges. 136 King St. E. Bowmanville 623-6343 15 Charles St. Oshawa 728-4658 Manager: Paul Muller Those readers whose subscriptions subscriptions will be expiring in the coming months, will be contacted directly by our office office to make arrangements for the balance of your subscription subscription delivery. Further details about the Canada Post rate hike are on Page 10 of this edition and also in this week's editorial. editorial. If you object to the new Canada Post rates and would like to tell MP Ross Stevenson how you feel about them, please see our advertisement on page two. Big Plans for Library Board In Next Year From Page One Susan Hendricks, chairman chairman of the library board, appeared appeared at a budget meeting with council on Monday ana explained that if the community community centre opens between 18 and 24 months, the library library will need time for the selection, acquisition and processing of a collection for the branch. "We're putting the situation situation in your hands," Mrs. Hendricks said, adding that if the centre is going to open in that time, the library . needs project staff to prepare prepare for opening. Councillor Diane Hamre said that if all approvals. were given, from shovel to opening, it would be 18 months before a building was ready. She said council was expecting expecting a report on the centre centre from the community services services department and no decision has been made prior to that report. Noting she has been called "hlunt" by her critics, she said "It's an election year. When an election happens happens the whole process winds down." While discussing the branch in Courtice, Mayor Marie Hubbard said she wouldn't support the final community services budget without the community centre centre included in it. "We can't tell the people of Courtice they can't have essential services," she said. Councillor Dairy Hannah, Hannah, who represents the western part of the municipality, municipality, said the community centre had to be addressed by council. Councillor Hamre, however however explained that the centre centre isn't in .the budget docu- • ment becatise it is ,up to council to make a decision on it, not staff. Concerning the operating portion of the library budget, budget, councillors heard that no new services or staff are planned in 1991 but some increases are outside of board control. One example of such an increase is pay equity requirements. Mrs. Hendricks noted that circulation and processing processing costs have been cut by 50 per cent because of the automated circulation system. system. Councillors will make a decision on the library budget budget after hearing from the treasurer. Resilvering Event Put a new shine on your silver before Easter during our Resilvering Event 0 OFF ALL ARTICLES \ brought hi during the week of March 18th to March 23rd. WILSON SILVERSMITHS March 18th to 23rd Factory Representatives will be in our store on Tuesday, March 19th FREE ESTIMATES Hooper's Jewellers 39 King St. W. Bowmanville Telephone 623-5747 To Return to Germany A former Orono resident, who flew an F-18 in the Persian Persian Gulf War, has recently arrived home. Amie Tate landed safely in Bonn, West Germany around 1 p.m. our time on March 9. Karen Martin, a childhood childhood friend of Mr. Tate and his wife, Lisa, said she had called her friends on a whim that day and was pleasantly surprised to learn of his homecoming. "I talked to him and Lisa briefly. They both sounded joyous and ecstatic," she said, noting that the couple hadn't seen each other in three months. "Arnie said it was great to be home and thanked us for our letters and packages. He said the mail kept people going." Mr. Tate was one of the first pilots to fly in a combat mission for Canada in the Gulf. | The former Orono resident resident and graduate of Clarke High School, has been in the armed forces since he was 25. The 29-year-old was stationed stationed in West Germany in July, 1990 until he was sent to the Gulf on December 3. ■ TRUST COMPANYG.I.C.'S ANNUAL INTEREST L |1YR.| R.R.S.P.'S 191/2% I l 2YR TBI 3YR -H? YR l 19 3/4% |9 3/4% I The Canadian Statesman's Editor and Publisher, John James, was honoured at the Oshawa Times' Pee- wee Hockey Tournament on Monday night when he was presented with a plaque for his continuous and elfish dedication and service to Bowmanville and unset the Durham Region in all areas of development and recreation. The presentation was made during the opening ceremonies of the tournament at the Civic Auditorium by (from left): Dutchy Turner (Tournament (Tournament Co-Chairman), Ed Cassavoy (Oshawa Times' Managing Editor) and Rab Reid (Tournament Co- Chairman). John James is honorary chairman of the Times 1991 tournament. WILLIS FINANCIAL 243 King St. E., Bowmanville Mall 623-6957 41/2 Cambridge St. N., Lindsay (705) 324-9898 Rates subject to change 508 % VS r - i On March 1st, 1991, that's how much Canada Post increased the cost to mail: each of these publications. We think that is unfair! If you agree, please sign your name below and return it to our office by March 22nd, 1991. Or phone 623-3303 and we will come and pick it up. Attention Mr. Ross Stevenson, M.P. As a reader of The Canadian Statesman, we feel the price increases implemented by Canada Post are excessive and unfair to Canadian Community Newspapers. We ask that you please lobby on our behalf to have Canada Post reconsider its decision and produce new rates that will not jeopardize the future of our community newspaper. Signed Telephone For more information about how these new rates will affect you, please phone our office at 623-3303 HtU Canadian gtatmtau 62 King Street West, Bowmanville 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Since 1854, Our First Concern Has Been Our Community For complete details of the rate changes, please reler to the advertisement of Page 1U in section One and the Editorial on Page One of Section Two