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BOMVILLE LIBRARY 62 TEMPERANCE ST. T.flUMAMUTt LE. ONTARIO M.P.P. Defends Ontario Budget 2 Students Head for CD Can. Science Fair... <d) Is There a Ghost At the Museum? .. (Û9 Woman Coaches Special Olympians. Section 2 jpMCTONlj We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville SBL eSs ? W r.r WE DID IT - Well, the NDP government government certainly lived up to its advance billing by presenting a budget that's shocked the heck out of conservative business thinkers. Tuesday morning's Toronto Toronto Sun columnists and editors were having a fit over thé size of the budget deficit and the giveaways. giveaways. About all we can say is that the voting public usually gets the government they deserve. deserve. We elected these folks, now we have to live with what they have in mind until it's time to review their actions, several years from now. Good luck . MAD MIDS - This Saturday, the remaining members of the Midland Midland Regiment recruited in this area for World War II, some 50 years ago, will be holding vet another another reunion. It is being held in Lindsay with headquarters at the Legion branch there. As usual, there will be a parade to the cenotaph cenotaph where wreaths will be laid and the personalities of fallen comrades recalled. A dinner and dance will follow,. It's a time for remembering. TIME OUT - With this newspaper newspaper in the stores before noon and delivered to most homes in Bowmanville Bowmanville before six, there's still time to head for the Lions Centre on Beech Avenue. There, the Red Cross nurses and helpful staff will be delighted to enrol you and any friends you bring along for a contribution of some of your precious precious blood to the bank. No doubt, your donation will be put to good use in the months ahead. It's open until 8 this evening. QUIET OPENING - Frankly, the opening of the trout season hasnft been the same since Van- stone's dam succumbed to the big flood. We can still recall when both sides of the pond below the dam were packed with anglers, shoulder to shoulder, waiting for that big Rainbow to strike. Now, pretty much the same thing ha- pens at the Goodyear dam, but the setting is not as spectacular. The fishermen don't seem to mind as long as they're biting. SCOUT PLANTERS - An estimated estimated 700 Boy Scouts from West Durham will be assembling at Hydro's Darlington Generating Station this Saturday, all set to plant more than 12,000 trees. Their effort is part of this year's Trees For Canada program and it's been taking place annually for the past 15 years. No doubt, leaders and Scouts will be hoping the gorgeous warm weather will continue for the duration of the project. ON BALANCE - Congratulations Congratulations are extended to Durham College President Gary Polonsky and his staff who have been successful successful in balancing their 1990/91 budgets with a year end surplus of $6,000. Thais not much in a budget of more than $40 million, but it's certainly better than racking up a big deficit because of economic conditions. Somebody must be looking after the store, as they say. ENCHANTED - It looks as though St. Stephen's High School thespians who are presenting "Blood Wedding" next weekend May 8 to 11, arc going to have some opposition in the dramatic field. The drama club at Clarke High is performing 'The Enchanted" Enchanted" by Jean Giraudoux in the school auditorium at 8, May 9-11, Starting tonight ana continuing continuing until Saturday, the BUS Drama Club will be in action in the school auditorium, presenting "Ladies of the Jury" by Fred Ballard. Ballard. Loads of entertainment. #?# IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN Ü8S YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES ON JUL 31 1991. A RENEWAL FORM HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON PAGE 2 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. 9 'QJt 'O S/\ B by Laura J. Richards Newcastle Council has reversed a decision which would have prevented Bowmanville's downtown businesses from holding special events on Temperance Temperance St. this year. A motion passed by council Monday night allows the Bowmanville Business Business Improvement Area (BIA) to close Temperance St. to vehicle traffic for five special events. These include the Heritage Week auction, a Strawberry Festival, Sidewalk Sidewalk Sale, Apple Festival and Christmas Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. . George Webster, the chairman of the Bowmanville Business Improve- s ment Area, asked town council to rescind rescind a motion passed on Febriuary 25. That motion ruled that Temperance Temperance St. between King St. and Church St. could not be closed for special events. In his remarks to members of council council Monday night, Mr. Webster said Bowmanville needed "happenings" to draw people to the area. Otherwise, he warned, the downtown could become a "tired old town" which "would not be a pretty sight." Core decay is something the B.I.A. has been combatting with its beautification projects throughout the years. 7 C_y É/ 1 0>~8 'Ol/ 1? jfi "Derelict towns don't pay taxes," he observed. The downtown stores provide more than just goods and services, the BIA spokesman added. The stores also add their own characters to the town. "I'm one of those characters," Mr. Webster said. Mr. Webster reminded councillors that the BIA is requesting only the closing of one short block of a street for seven days out of an eight-month period. He pointed out that in Port Hope, the entire main street (Highway Two) has been closed for special events. Mayor Marie Hubbard told Mr. Webster that the council has always supported the work done by the B.I.A. and the Town of Newcastle had always always contributed to events such as the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The Newcastle Mayor stated that last year she had received phone calls from persons objecting to the street being being closed and she added that the objectors objectors used "four letter words." Mayor Hubbard said: "You have divisions in your BIA." Town Council voted 5-1 in favor of allowing the DBIA to close the street for special events. Bowmanville Re- •V n Vti ni . J A l j If G 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, May 1,1991 Bowmanville, Ontario 26 Pages 137th Year Issue 18 56$ + 4$ G.S.T - 60$ gional Councillor Ken Hooper was the only elected official opposed to the decision. decision. He voted against allowing the B.I.A. to close Temperance Street when the motion came up, and said he based his opinion on a "personal confidential survey" he took of the three bank managers managers and business owners along that section ofTemperance Street. In. speaking to two out of three bank managers during his "personal investigation" investigation" he found they were against the closure of the street for special events. He did not speak to the third manager Turn to Page 2 "CARPET*"" 5T WAREH EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES 3E1 728-4601 149 King St. W. Oshawa Arsenal of Hand Guns and Rifles Seized After Local Man Arrested V at ■ ■ ' , WMT A Bowmanville resident was arrested and charged last week after a firearm was sold to a person without a Firearms Acquisition Certificate. In addition, the resident resident was charged with selling firearms without a permit. Sixty rifles and nine handguns, some of them pictured here, were seized in the arrest. Staff Sergeant Doug King, of the Durham Regional Police Intelligence Branch, is pictured with the weapons. A Bowmanville man has been arrested arrested and charged with selling a firearm firearm without a permit. Durham Regional Police report that an investigation by the Intelligence Branch led to the arrest of a 39-year- old Lamb's Road resident, Richard Du- beau, on April 26 after a firearm was purchased without the purchaser possessing possessing a Firearms Acquisition Certificate Certificate (F.AC.) Sixty rifles, including shotguns and old World War One and World War Two weapons and nine handguns were seized at the time of the arrest. Police report that some of the firearms firearms are high-powered military-type weapons. The accused was charged with selling selling a firearm to a person without an F.A.C. and carrying on a business of selling firearms without a permit. The matter is still under investigation investigation and further charges are pending. The accused will ne appearing in Bowmanville Court on May 28,1991. Private Sector Mav Plav a Large Role in Funding Courtice Facility Ideas for Centre by Andrea Adair A wave pool, children's theme area, and an adult fitness area are some of the facilities a new community centre in Courtice may contain. Joe Caruana, Community Services director with the Town of Newcastle, said at this point only ideas for the centre are being generated. Nothing final final has been decided. However, he said Newcastle Council has authorized the Community Services Services Department to proceed with bringing bringing the centre to the community. "I've taken it on as a personal goal to get a centre in this area," Mr. Caruana Caruana said last week. The Community Services director discussed the community centre at the general meeting of the Courtice and Area Community Association on Tuesday, Tuesday, April 23. He informed those in attendance that a feasibility study on the centre was completed in 1990. Now his department is investigat- g establishing the centre througn a mlic/private partnership. in, pu The town will be looking for investors investors to help finance the building which Igloos Help Recycling Program in Newcastle by Andrea Adair The igloos have arrived. Durham Region's latest recycling initiative was officially launched in the Town of Newcastle at the Wilmot Creek residential development last weekend. Newcastle Councillor Larry Hannah, Hannah, chairman of the public works committee for the municipality, is pleased the igloos are here. "It's great to have this system in place. I'm looking forward to having more of them across the region," he said at the launch on Saturday. The large, plastic, igloo-shaped containers containers are being used as recycling depots. depots. There are three separate containers in a depot. One igloo is for cans, one is for newspapers and one is for glass. Made in Germany, the depots cost $4,200 and are being sponsored by corporations corporations in the region. The owners of the Wilmot Creek development development arc sponsoring the containers containers for the benefit of the residents. Councillor Hannah explained that the igloo depots will be taking the place of the blue box program in rural areas because they are more effective. The containers at the Town of Newcastle Newcastle public works yard are also being replaced with recycling igloos. John Aker, chairman of the waste reduction committee with the Durham Region, said he was pleased to have Wilmot Creek sponsoring the program. He explained that although corporations corporations are adopting igloos, the region is responsible for handling the materials. The chairman added that individual involvement in reduction programs is essential. "If the government docs it all, there are no incentives for individuals to participate," he noted, adding that it would be costly for governments to do everything. Through various initiatives in the region, 18.4 per cent of the waste has been diverted. The province has established a waste reduction target of 25 per cent by 1992 for municipalities in Ontario. "Wo arc definitely going to reach that goal," Councillor Hannah said, School Board Approves 7% Increase in Budget by Laura J. Richards The public school board has approved approved a $131.4 million budget for 1991. This year's financial blueprint for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education was approved at" a school board meeting held last Thursday Thursday night at the Enniskillen Public School. The approved budget will see a 6.35 per cent increase in the mill rate for the educational portion of the Town of Newcastle tax bill. The average increase increase in the education mill rate for all Northumberland and Newcastle communities communities is 6.98 per cent. "This increase is attributable, in part, to our continued enrolment growth, the upward pressures of inflation inflation and the impact of federal and provincial provincial government initiatives and legislation legislation such as Pay Equity, Goods and Services tax and the new Unemployment Unemployment Insurance contributions," said Allan Brunt. Mr. Brunt, a Bowman- I Ontario Hydro has advised the Town of Newcastle that it will begin construction of a second 500 KV double double circuit transmission line between the Lennox Generating Station near Napanee and a switching station near Bowmanville. The additional line is needed to maintain a stable and reliable electrical electrical supply to Ontario Hydro's customers customers in eastern Ontario, said Hydro in a letter to Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard. Hubbard. The new line will be on an existing right-of-way acquired by Ontario Hydro Hydro during the construction of a 500 KV transmission line in 1981. The new line should be in service in early 1994. ville trustee, is chairperson of the board's operations and finance committee. committee. All of these factors, he said, take a toll on "labor intensive" organizations organizations such as the board of education. The board of education is, perhaps, the largest employer in Northumberland Northumberland County," said Ron Sudds, the Superintendent Superintendent of Business for the board. He noted that about 75 per cent of the total board budget goes to sala- ; ries and benefits. ■ "The 1991 budget again emphasizes ! the board's commitment to maintain the quality of education in the jurisdiction jurisdiction to meet the expectations of stu- ; dents and their parents, even in the face of declining provincial support in : times of increasing enrolments and recessionary recessionary pressures," said Mr. Brunt. There will be money spent on the eight-year preventative maintenance program for schools. Many schools in the board's area are more than 30 years old and need maintenance work on items such as boilers. tn u The project is set to start this' summer, summer, with right-of-way clearing and access road construction and foundation foundation installations. Tower erection starts in the spring of 1992. Stringing lines is set to start in the fall of 1992 and restoration and clean-up are due to begin in the fall of 1993 and the spring of 1994. The construction will begin at the Lennox Generating Station and will move westward to the Bowmanville Switching Station. The letter considered by town council council on Monday also states property owners and tenants have been advised of the project and that council will be kept informed of the project's progress. is expected to cost $15 million. "Traditionally, pools and arenas lose money ana cost a lot to operate," the director commented. A facility based on this type of partnership partnership could combine retail, commercial commercial and residential components that will attract the private sector, Mr. Caruana said. He stressed that this was a theory they were working on and is something something directed by tne market. He noted noted it is difficult to solicit investors when the economy is bad. "But I'm excited. I think the economy economy is going to pick up ... Newcastle has a sign up that we are open for business, he said. The centre is for a site at the corner of Highway 2 and Courtice Road which surrounds Courtice Secondary School. He said the centre may be 87,000 square feet in size and will be a "family "family oriented" facility. Turn to Page 2 Heritage Week Begins May 25 May 25 to June 2, 1991, will be Heritage Heritage Week in the Town of Newcastle. On Monday night, Newcastle council council approved the May 25 parade which will kick off the festivities. Opening ceremonies will take place at the Town Hall Square prior to the parade. "It is difficult to draw our varied communities together," Heritage Week Committee Chairman Sher Leetooze told council. "Heritage Week allows us, to come together with case from the 14' corners of the Town of Newcastle." Heritage Week is not being planned with only adults in mind, Mrs. Leetooze Leetooze added. There will be events for children too. One of those is the Teddy Boar Clinic. "Heritage Week is for every sector of our far-flung community," tne committee committee chairman said. è ; -i * VA - C.*, Anglers Try Their Luck in Area Creeks Avid fishermen could be seen up and down the banks of any of the crocks in the municipality last weekend as trout season officially opened on April 27, Jim Russell of Brantford, Ontario, was one of the lucky ones. He caught this small female rainbow trout in the waters of Bowmanville Creek on Saturday.