: i. v.f Ahv I Ll:. L* z-RARV mmililLi ONTARIO i bow_:3 9:2^31 Rac On Ward II Ballot 2 Memorial Hospital ~ Balances Budget..... 2 Highlights from <r ,. Strawberry Festival <d> Great Weather for 0 Museum Fund Run 0 [PRESTON] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanvllle III ; '<|r mmm CANADA DAY - You can't help wondering just how many more Canada Day holidays we shall be able to celebrate as a complete entity. We've done very well for almost 125 years and, if enough of us want tnis country to continue continue to function, prosperously and peacefully,. we'd better do everything everything we can to make it happen, rather than ignoring the situation, situation, hoping it will go away. DEADLINE - Naturally, with the July 1st holiday coming up next Monday, the deadline for classified advertisements in our papers has to be backed up to Friday, June 28th at 4:30 p.m. This adjustment will enable us to publish at the usual times, next Wednesday if something untoward untoward doesn't happen again. We had a disruption Tuesday morning morning when the electrical system on our newspaper press went dead. Fortunately, good old George Moore again came to the rescue and had one of his staff, Leonard White, drop in and make repairs. Bless him. BENEFIT DANCE - Former Kirbyites Clarence and Margaret Margaret Allin had a tough break recently, recently, accordingly to a Mrs. Lowery who phoned in this information. information. They are now living in Woodville and recently woke up in the middle of the night to find their house on fire. Luckily, they were able to get out, but lost everything when it burned to the ground. Some of their friends are planning a benefit dance in Woodville Legion this Saturday, June 29th ana would sure love to see considerable representation from this area. Ladies, please bring lunch. PLASTIC BAGS - Student placement officers with area Canada Canada Employment Centres for Students Students will be collecting the clear plastic bags to be used for items to recycle on Friday, June 28th. We understand the students will be cruising the sidewalks with carts of some kind to collect the bags, previously dropped off at local local businesses. The project gets under way at 10 a.m. BARBECUE - We've had this item on our desk for some time concerning a great annual event that always attracts a huge crowd of hungry customers on Monday, July 1st. It's being held at Newtonville United Church and usually features several huge roasts of beef turning slowly slowly over charcoal until they are cooked to perfection. That's where the customers come in, if they have purchased their tickets ahead of time by phoning 786- 2239 or 786-2953. Start time is 4 p.m. and you'd better be hungry. GREAT SHOW - A letter just came in from Ron Hooper, Chairman Chairman of the Promotion Committee at the Bowmanville Business Centre who staged that most successful successful Strawberry Festival and Pageant on Saturday on Temperance Temperance Street. Mr. Hooper was extending extending thanks for the support we gave them in our newspapers. He also happened to enclose a flyer flyer about their next big event, the "Bowmanville Stampede" coming up in July. More on that one later, later, Have an enjoyable holiday on Monday and watch out for school from ay kids, they're on the street now until September, So far this year, i ha BERRIES - -- , most of the people we know have enjoyed several feeds of succulent strawberries. However, the season season may not last too much longer, so we would urge you to check the advertisements on our classified classified pages and elsewhere and give those back muscles a workout workout by picking your own at one of the several strawberry pick-your- own farms in the area. Don t delay. delay. This year's crop is delicious. EDITORIAL COMMENT 9 Irresponsible, outrageous, incredible... incredible... just plain dumb! We cannot believe that Newcastle Town councillors could approve a pay increase for senior staff members without knowing how much those employees employees actually make. Under the Freedom of Information Act, town staff members claim that their salaries are confidential, and o that councillors and taxpayers do not have the right to know how much they earn. Hogwash! Information such as this should be available to anyone who asks. How else can the general public, let alone council members, be sure that their tax dollars are being spent wisely? After After all, in all levels of government the ft* it 'd TW /H iÇV j J a, T% M a 1/1 1 W 11 (K V major portion of any budget is dedicated dedicated to wages. So, what exactly do public officials make these days? Well, although we don't know exactly, we all know that secrets are hard to keep. We suggest that the pay for chief administrators of a city, town or region and the pay for directors of education is hovering around the $100,000 figure. And we also suspect that senior management for all of the aforementioned groups will be drawing over $60,000 per year, plus all the little goodies that come with thé job. Not many equally qualified qualified individuals make that kind of dough in the private sector. And who would make the decision on staff base salaries and performance ratings if council is not privy to the in- rsa> 633-3303 Fax 416-033-6161 Wednesday, June 86,1991 Bowmanville, Ontario 24 Pages 137th Year Issue 26 56f)! + 4$ G.S.T. = 60$ formation? The staff members themselves, themselves, of course! A bad situation becomes becomes even worse. Bottom line...we can't afford it. Hopefully clearer heads will prevail and the Freedom of Information Act will not be applicable. If not, it's just one more example of how rapidly this town and province are cartwheeling into a financial catastrophe that wifi take many casualties with it. EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES zi 149 King St. w. 728-4601 Oshawa New Life for Three Romanian Children & • tv - V ; ' ' " ' ' i, ' ■ \ 'Aï { • 1 i- JT3TW ; >■ ' - ! •:)' ... I «Sfc.v. i -V" '•••""• -, A ■ ■ ■ ■ ' '.-Vies. Tony and Rita Klompmaker went to Romania as a couple, but came back last week as a family of five. Krista Krista Jannette, Sarah Anne and Garrett Antnony, their le- tefeiï'è'M îkl:-,-- I ;• gaily Jdosted children tyoJtt RomaAia, are lighting up the Klompmakers' lives \vitii smiles, laJq by Laura J. Richards The community has responded with overwhelming support for a Hampton couple who travelled halfway around the world to adopt the family they always always wanted. "When we arrived home on Tuesday, Tuesday, we found set-up cribs, toys, car seats, clothes, and food in the fridge," said local real estate broker Tony Klompmaker. Last Tuesday, June 18, Tony and Rita Klompmaker returned to Canada with their new family of three children, children, all under the age of two. They were adopted during a nine-week trip to Romania. "The support has been just overwhelming," overwhelming," said Rita Klompmaker, Tony's wife. "While we were in Roma nia friends and family members would call us." The telephone calls, which came at times when they were finding the bureaucracy bureaucracy hard to withstand, were most welcome. Since the family's return last week, there has been a steady flow of company company including many friends of the Klompmakers. Their three children: two-year-old Krista, one and one-half year old Sarah Sarah and four month old Garrett were legally adopted by the couple while they were still in Romania. "They are all from different families," families," explained Tony Klompmaker last Friday morning. "They were absolutely absolutely just given to us." The children will be told about their , laughter and songs. natural parents and family when the couple feels they can understand the situation, Tony added. The Klompmakers even have pictures pictures of the children's parents, brothers brothers and sisters. Many adopted children, children, Tony said, do want to find their parents when they reach a certain age. He knows his children would find that the lives of their birth parents are much different from those of their adoptive parents. "Their parents are a lot different than parents we know here." It seems children are not seen as assets assets to many rural parents living in Romania, said Tony. He did admit that not all parents hold the same views about children, but many did. Turn to Page 13 © 0 •W r J L u. cnLVkei task us* © A by Laura J. Richards What was supposed to be an information information meeting at the Tyrone Community Community Centre, last Thursday afternoon quickly became a confrontation between between opponents of Highway 407 and representatives from tne Ministry of Transportation. Roy Dalzell and Lynn Helpard churned up opposition to the proposed 407 link that is to run through the Town of Markham and across the Durham Durham Region to Highway 35/115. Plans call for the highway to be eight lanes wide through most of the Town of Newcastle, expanding to 10 lanes at Courtice Rd. "They're not bloody well going to get away with that this time," said an irate Mr. Helpard. 'There is no need for them going to carve up another area unnecessarily." Mr. Helpard demanded to know why the information centre was not a public forum so everyone could hear the questions being asked and answered. answered. The format of the information centre allowed residents to view plans for the highway on an ongoing basis throughout the afternoon and evening "Most of the area farmers are too busy out in their fields to come here today. It's haying season!" Mr. Hol- rd pointed out. /e stopped a low-level nuclear dump from being in our community," said Mr. Helpard in reference to efforts efforts made several years ago to halt a planned Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. waste dump from being established near Tyrone Tyrone or Starkville. "We're not going to let the bureaucrats run our lives. That is not acceptable." Mr. Dalzell, added some of his own thoughts on the 407 link. "My farm is within a seven minute drive of the 401," said Mr. Dalzell. He told Ministry representatives and the consultants at the Tyrone Community Centre, he does not want Turn to Page 13 pare Courtice residents may be one step closer to having their hydro rates reduced. reduced. At present, the residents of the Courtice urban area are outside the umbrella of the Newcastle Hydro Electric Electric Commission. As a result, they are served by Ontario Hydro and they pay rural electrical rates. Larry Hannah, Newcastle's Ward One Regional Councillor, said Monday night that provincial authorities have promised a speedy resolution to the Courtice hydro rates. The Newcastle Hydro Commission has endorsed the concept of buying out portions of the electrical system in the Town of Newcastle that it doesn't al ready own. However, the idea of buying buying parts of the rural hydro system is being studied by. the provincial government. government. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs Affairs said in a recent letter to Councillor Councillor Hannah that 'The review should be completed very soon." Councillor Hannah explained that in 1988, Ontario Hydro estimated that it would cost the town's electric commission commission $14.5 million to buy the entire rural electric service from Hydro. The Hydro Commission and the town council have been reluctant to purchase the entire system, but are interested interested in acquiring the new urban areas of Courtice and Wilmot Creek. Turn to Page 13 Council Approves Mystery Salaries Newcastle's elected officials have been told that they may not be legally allowed to see salary figures for their management staff. At a meeting of Town Council in Bowmanville on Monday night, raises of 4.5 per cent were approved for both union and management. But town councillors admit that they have approved approved the increase without knowing exactly what are the present salaries of senior staff. Bowmanville Regional Councillor Ken Hooper objected to the pay hikes for the non-union staff on the grounds that the salary information was not. available. He attempted to delay ap proval of the increase until further details details were provided. "I can't give an increase on some-! thing when I don't know what it is," he; said after this week's council meeting. Members of council went behind closed doors to discuss Councillor Hooper's request that the salary hikes be delayed. But, when they returned to their seats, they voted 6-1 in favor of the raises. Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard said afterwards that the municipality is seeking further legal advice to clarify clarify the claim that salaries are part of an employee's personnel record and,' Turn to Page 13 Over 200 residents of the Hampton area have demanded action against gypsy moth caterpillars. In a letter to Newcastle Council, a spokesperson for the residents stated that the area has been plagued with the pests for the last four weeks. "The Hampton area has a large amount of nurseries, farmland, and forests. forests. We . do not want to lose this," said., 1 Susan Crann. Her letter added - t,ha + j A.though there may be complaints by j "environmentalists" about the spraying, the insects are affecting the "quality of life" in Durham Region. In their petition, the Hampton and area residents stated that surrounding municipalities have conducted spraying spraying on public lands, but added that the Durham Region did not opt for aerial spray because it did not want to spend the money. "It's too late to do anything about these pests this year, but we have to act now to stop them next year and let Durham Region and the Town of Newcastle Newcastle know there is problem," the residents residents added in their petition. . Newcastle Council voted Monday night to refer the document to the Durham Region "for consideration under under the gypsy moth spray program." Councillor Frank Stapleton said after after the meeting that the gypsy moth spray program is a concern of the Durham Durham Region and the conservation authority. authority. Introducing ...Miss Strawberry Princess After being interviewed on stage and having their strawberry recipes tested tested by judges Margaret Gilpin, Barbara Pogue and Marie Marano, the new Miss Strawberry Princess was chosen from the seven contestants. She is Catherine Saulnier (Miss Norm's Delicatessen) pictured here with Garth Gilpin, Gilpin, the Bowmanville Business Centre's Business Manager and Sarah Bernard, Bernard, Miss Strawberry Princess 1989. The Saturday event, jointly sponsored by the Business Centre and Ted Watson Farms was a sellout, with 370 customers customers enjoying strawberry shortcake under the tent on Temperance Street in Bowmanville, sp M s W 11 v- i®. IB1 ÿ# 1 Canada Day ... Ifs Great to be a Canadian , eh!