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( i. 12 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, January 8,1992 Looking Back at the Highlights of 1991 JULY 1991 Many students looking for jobs this year have hàd to settle settle for part-time jobs in the Town of Ncwcasde. Student placement officer Frances Lazzaro said 60 per cent of the students who were placed into jobs in June went into part-time jobs. Thirty per cent of the 126 students registered registered were able to obtain fulltime fulltime employment for the summer. Durham Region Council voted to endorse a plan to put part of its regional head offices offices in downtown Oshawa. The council, in a 27 - 7 decision, approved a development that includes regional offices in Oshawa's redevelopment. plan. x . A confidential report which listed different pay categories categories for Town of Newcastle's Newcastle's senior employees was released. In it was the listing of salary ranges for management management staff which are based on 19 levels. Currently only one position is in the 19th level-- the job of Chief Administration Administration Officer. That wage is rated rated between $70,446 and $93,478. The Town of New- . castle claims that exact salaries salaries cannot be given out since, under the Privacy Act, the information is considered personal and confidential. Plans for a new community community of 4,300 persons on the Newcastle Village waterfront were unveiled at a meeting of the General Purpose and Administration Administration Committee on July 8. The development would be on a 215 acre site south of Highway 401. The project, proposed by Bramal- ea Limited, foresees a maximum maximum of 1,650 homes to be developed. The proposal includes includes four apartment buildings, buildings, a 70-unit inn and convention convention centre, a restaurant, and a large amount of park land and open space. Residents of Pcnfound Dr., in Bowmanvillc, found themselves battening down their windows and hatches during two weeks in July due to dust problems. The dirt came from property just off Baseline Road where heavy equipment was preparing a site for a new subdivision. The dust problem had to be turned over to the Ministry of the Environment who struck a deal with the development company to spray die ground. Durham Regional Councillors Councillors were told developers would not be willing to come to the area if a proposed 22 per cent increase in lot levies was put into place. If anything, anything, a standstill would be likely to occur, said the chairman chairman of Urban Development Institute, Claudia Fcidcr. The lot levy increases would help to pay for garbage pick-up and recycling programs and for "soft services" like hospitals, hospitals, policing, and social services. services. Residents concerned about the lowering of their property values, their children's safety, safety, and the protected flood plain voiced their opinions at a public meeting on the Kennedy Kennedy Youth Detention Centre. Centre. A Town of Newcastle council committee heard 11 people discuss many factors including: safety, the environment environment and the fact that no one knew where the young offenders were from, regarding regarding die proposed centre. The ■report was referred back to municipal staff. The proposed Family Resource Resource Centre drew fire from abutting landowners at another another General Purpose and Administration meeting. The proposed centre would be located located in the former Multi- Care Unit in Newcastle Village. Village. Bob Willsher, on behalf of neighboring residents, said: "This proposed project will have a negative impact on our property values." He was also concerned about the increase of' traffic and noise in die largely residential area. Participation House was approved by the Ontario Municipal Municipal Board in late July. The project would provide for 18 market rental units and 16 units that would be rent- geared-to-income. The town- house project would be built ' on 3.5 acres of land purchased purchased by Participation House in 1975 and located on Concession Street East. AUGUST 1991 Former Port Granby resident, resident, John Veldhuis, look up a protest sign and gave up eating solid foods for 11 days beginning on Sunday, Aug. 10. Mr. Veldhuis wanted wanted the federal government to let him know when it would begin moving on the issue of unwanted low-level nuclear ' (fattanaAÂ*, REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY Invites you to attend A Public Open House on Their Conservation Strategy Date: Time: Location: Wednesday, January 15,1992 Afternoon 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Evening 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. GRCA Office North West Corner of Highways 28 and 401 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Gayle Hall Chief Administrative Officer ' • - Box 328 Port Hope, Ontario L1A3W4 416-885-8173 \/ Formal Presentations will Start promptly at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. waste in Port Granby at the former Eldorado Nuclear Limited waste site. Eleven days later Mr. Vclhuis received received word that Patrick MacCulloch would head the next committee and that a schedule for the committee meetings and a budget would be announced. Town of Newcastle residents residents were told they may be playing host to a long-term landfill site in the future. This information came from representatives representatives of the Interim Waste Authority Ltd. (IWA). Spokesperson John Steele told members of the public who attended a public meeting meeting that there arc six phases to the site selection process. A short list of preferred sites is expected to be announced by February 1992, with preferred preferred sites to be announced by August 1992. A committee of four local citizens is to help design and develop the Newcastle on the Lake waterfront development, development, said Larry Gold, planning planning coordinator, on behalf of the developer, Weslcom Construction. Construction. The proposed project project is to be on the property south of the Canadian National National Railway lands and bordered bordered by Lamb's Road on the west, Bennett Road on the east and, Lake Ontario to the south. SEPTEMBER 1991 Durham Regional councillors councillors voted to comply with an order from Environment Minister Minister Ruth Grier to build a temporary waste transfer station. station. The facility will look like "a factory," said regional chairman Gary Herrema and will be built by the end of 1992. The facility is due to cost tax payers in the region between $10 to $12 million. Temporary mail pick-up centres continue to operate in the Town of Newcastle as Canada's postal strike entered entered its 11th day. Town of Newcastle residents were able to pick-up their mail at three locations. Postal Union Workers were looking for an increase in pay since they had not had one in three years. Job security was another topic topic in the negotiations. There is another person in the race for mayor of the Town of Newcastle. Matthew Morra, a 56-year-old developer, developer, threw his hat into the ring. He told The Statesman he wants to see the Town become become more active in attracting attracting industry into the area. He also wanted to see a bigger ' push towards recycling of resources resources and look into job retraining retraining for people who have lost their jobs. The Town of Newcastle may require demolition companies companies to post bonds of up to $150,000 to ensure that they properly clean up their sites. The proposal by councillors to go this route is due to a mess found in a field in Maple Maple Grove just west of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The proposed performance performance bonds would be used to make sure that a properly that is demolished through the efforts of a demolition demolition contractor would be cleaned up according to bylaw bylaw standards. "It's referendum time in Newcastle." That's how Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard Hubbard described her plans to deal with the controversial question of the Town of Newcastle's name. Mayor Hubbard said she has always been in favor of using a referendum referendum to approach the name change issue. The question regarding the name change issue issue is to be on the Nov. 12, municipal ballot. Police arrested a male suspect suspect following the slaying of a Bowmanvillc woman. A detective detective with Durham Regional Regional Police said on Sept. 10, the discovery of a parked car which had been ticketed by police in Cobourg preceded the arrest on Saturday, Sept. 7. Bryan Hellam, 35, of no fixed address was charged with the second degree murder murder of Darlene Burgess. Ms Burgess' body was discovered discovered on Sept. 3, at her Centre Street home, Bowmanvillc. Hampton area residents are divided over whether to have a full-sized soccer field, a mini-field or no field at all. For the die-hard soccer players the full-sized field is the way to go. However, not all citizens feel that way. Some citizens would rather see a park area with passive and active areas for all people to use A protest at Clarke High School which included 150 students took place outside the school on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The walk-out followed followed a change in the school's dress code which banned headgear. Students thought that once their hats were taken away from them, then a stricter dress-code might follow. Fourteen residents of Port Granby took exception to "the recent demonstration at the nuclear dump site." A petition petition supporting their protest was received for information by the Town of Newcastle, councillors on Monday, Sept. 16. The demonstration referred referred to is the 10-day fast and hunger strike by one-time resident of Port Granby, John Veldhuis. The residents wanted wanted people to stop referring to the location as the Port Granby Granby dump site since "it is not situated in Port Granby and gives the area undue adverse publicity," read a letter from one of the residents. A Town of Newcastle resident resident told Town of Newcastle councillors on Monday, Sept. 16, he doesn't want "an institution" institution" in his back yard. John Garvin spoke in opposition to plans for the D'Arcy Place Development Centre's proposed proposed home for physically challenged individuals. The report, Mr. Garvin commented commented upon was sent back to staff by the General Purpose and Administration Committee Committee for further information. and common facilities. The study also sets down guidelines guidelines for improving the Bow- manville Creek Valley. The Town of Newcastle's deputy fire chief resigned from his position. Hugh Doherty Doherty said he is proud of the work he accomplished while at the Newcastle Fire Department. Department. But, he declined to comment further on his reasons reasons for leaving the post. Fire Chief Mike Creighton told The Statesman that Deputy Fire Chief left due to personal personal reasons. Ten days after the resignation resignation of Newcastle's deputy fire chief, Town of Newcastle councillors recommended a review of the fire. services ' here. A confidential report regarding regarding the resignation of Deputy Chief Hugh Doherty has also been recommended. The review, which is to take up to six months to complete, was introduced to the committee committee by Mayor Marie Hubbard. Hubbard. Former Newcastle Mayor John Winters wasn't given the chance to regain his old job in November. Newcastle's Newcastle's Town Clerk ruled the nomination papers filed by Mr. Winters literally moments moments before the deadline on Friday, Oct. 11 were not acceptable. acceptable. Mr. Winters was disqualified because a form necessary to complete the nomination process had to be faxed to the clerk's office from Florida. The Newcastle Family Resource Resource Centre proposal received received unanimous support from town council during a meeting on Oct. 14. The centre centre will give an opportunity to children to participate in leisure, leisure, cultural and recreational activities, said proponent Katherine Blake. Bob Will- shcr, an opponent of the proposed proposed project, said he and his neighbors have concerns over the proposed uses of the centre. centre. The former seniors' residence residence on Mill Street will be used as day care facilities, health and information offices offices and facilities for other community activities. It isn't the press which decides decides what the issues are during during an election campaign but the taxpayers, said one candidate candidate for the position of mayor for the Town of Newcastle. "Escalating taxes" are the main issue people talk about, added Regional councillor Diane Hamre. Plans to build a youth detention detention facility in Darlington J, "l/l/e Make It Eas ii A- - Handling your insurance claims - Paying your $50.00 deductible on ALL WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS. 1 FREE PROMPT Mobile or Pickup Service for Customer Convenience ' MOST Installations in less than one hour with a WRITTEN LIFETIME GUARANTEE. 157 Baseline Rd. E., Unit 2 Bowmanville can 697-1221 Locally owned and operated by Glen Morris 24 HOURS Township have been withdrawn. withdrawn. Kennedy Youth Services Services Inc., decided not to pursue pursue the re-zoning of a 50-acre property cast of Rundlc Road. Ed Blazo, executive director director of Kennedy House Youth Services, confirmed on Oct. 22, the rezoning application application had been withdrawn. He said the objections raised over the development of the site and the extensive environmental environmental studies which would have been required were among the reasons why the development won't be pursued. Durham Region taxpayers won't be called on to dish out $49.5 million for a waste transfer site, said the Chairman Chairman of the regional council. Instead, there are three options options facing the region. They are: to start using the Metro Toronto site, going to the private private sector for a site already zoned or to begin maximizing Brock West. On Friday, Nov. 1, the sod is to be turned for Parkview Heights, a 66-unit town house complex in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Located on Freeland Avenue, off Liberty Street N„ this complex will have four units for physically disabled. disabled. The project had been in the "works" since March 1989, said Dr. Mofeed Michael, Michael, general manager of Durham Non-Profit Housing Cooperation. NOVEMBER 1991 There were two incidents on Halloween night in which individuals were throwing eggs at motorists in Newcastle Newcastle village and Bowmanville, said an official with the Durham. Durham. Regional Police. However, However, there were no reports of individuals being assaulted with eggs, said Staff Sgt. Edward Edward Forgette 16th Division, Bowmanville. Mosport Park Limited has filed a counter-claim against the Town of Newcastle as the result of a legal dispute over a proposed 1990 outdoor concert. concert. The concert, organized by Truly Amazing Production Production in August of last year, had to be moved from Mosport Mosport because agreements could not be reached between concert promoters, Mosport and the municipality. An eight-year-old Bowmanville Bowmanville girl took a one-day dream vacation at Disney World, thanks to the Sunshine Sunshine Foundation. Jolene Braun celebrated the end of her chemo-therapy and radiation radiation treatments at Toronto Sick Children's Hospital. On Nov. 6, she and 76 other children children participated in the "Drcamlift," as did a multitude multitude of chaperones and medical medical staff. After a sec-saw battle with Ann Cowman, Diane Hamre eked out a 34-votc decision to win die election at 12:48 a.m. Ms Hamre received 5,195 votes, while Ann Cowman Cowman had 5,161 ballots cast in her favor. Incumbent Mayor Marie Hubbard received 2,619 votes and Matthew Morra received 1,032. Town of Newcastle residents residents voted 59 per cent in favor favor of changing the name. The actual count was 7,873 to 5,470. The question put to the voters during the Nov. 12 election and at advanced polls was: "Are you in favor of retaining the name Town of Newcastle?" The Nov. 12 municipal election put three new local councillors into die Town of Ncwcasde council chambers. New to their jobs arc Mary Novak, Ward One; John O'Toole, Ward Two; and David David Scott, Ward Three. The election also put a new regional regional councillor into office for Ward Three. She is Ann Dreslinski. She joins Ward One Regional Councillor Larry Larry Hannah and Ward Two Regional Councillor ' Ken Hooper. Town of Newcastle councillors councillors have all but ruled out the possibility of contributing to a Trent University scholarship scholarship program. The general purpose and administration committee voted on Nov. 18 to receive for information a report by the Treasury Department. Department. A staff report stated stated the request for a $25,000 scholarship to be contributed over a five-year period would set a precedent. St. Paul's United Church will be proceeding this winter widi a $313,000 expansion project. The church will see the enlargement and improvement improvement in its Christian Education Education wing. The project also includes re-roofing the church, kitchen and Christian Education Building. Courtice North Public School could be getting a $2.9 million addition by September September 1993, Courtice residents residents were told on Nov. 19. The money would be used in building an extension onto the existing building on Nash Road. Currently, the school has three classrooms within the main building and eight portables in tire back yard. The school is to become a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 school when the addition is built. The majority of Newcastle's Newcastle's town councillors decided decided they lack the clout needed to crack down of pornographic pornographic videos. Town Councillors ruled to not back a request from a municipality which sought stronger federal and provincial laws aimed at controlling controlling adult and Triple X- rated videos. DECEMBER 1991 The Town of Newcastle's mayoralty race finally ended at noon on Friday, Nov. 29. The recount of mayoralty votes called for by Ann Cowman Cowman ended with a final tally of 5,185 votes for Diane Hamre and .5,147 votes for Mrs. Cowman. Bowmanville Ward Two public school trustee, Mike Slocombe, was acclaimed to the position of chairman of the Northumbcrland- Ncwcastle Board of Education Education on Dec. 5. Mr. Slocombe, Slocombe, who was first elected in 1980, had previously served as vice-chairman. Public . and separate schools alike took part in remembering remembering the 14 young women who were murdered at Ecole Polytccnique, Montreal, Montreal, two years ago on Dec. 6, 1989. Teenagers and school staff members wore white ribbons as symbols of remembrance while youngsters youngsters were encouraged to think about others. A meeting at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Legion regarding a planned Seniors' Activity Centre met with criticisms and questions from a number of seniors who braved a winter winter storm to attend. Seniors questioned the idea of one senior centre at one location and the segregation of seniors from the rest of the population. population. Gary Herrema was returned returned to tire office of Chairman Chairman for the Durham Region. He and councillors will need to make some tough decisions decisions on some" tough issues over the next three-year mandate mandate of the council, Mr. Herrema Herrema said. The Toxic Taxi is on its way to die Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. The Toxic Taxi will take paint cans, paint thinner, antifreeze, antifreeze, insecticides, pesticides, pesticides, driveway sealer, small : propane tanks, white gas containers containers and motor oil. It will also take corrosive sink and toilet dccloggcrs or cleansers still in the containers. To request request pick-up call 579-5264 and ask for the Toxic Taxi. Darlington Nuclear Station Station staff restarted Unit One reactor after approval was received received from the Atomic Energy Energy Control Board of Canada on Dec. 16. The reactor had been shut down in October for scheduled maintenance. General Motors Corporation Corporation is to broadcast an hour- long press conference via satellite satellite on Wednesday, Dec. 18 to communicate key portions of the company's profitability program. The company announced announced lirai it was planning to slash 74,000 jobs from its North American workforce in order to improve profitability. There has been no announcement announcement concerning where most of those jobs will be cut. An unidentified flu-like illness, which has an incubation incubation period, in adults, of five to seven days, and half of that for children is charting a course for Durham Region. Symptoms include: a cough accompanied by a fever, muscle muscle aches, fatigue and possible possible nausea. Another Schickcdanz Christmas Classic hockey tournament ended during the last week of 1991. A total of 62 teams participated in the tournament which wrapped up on Dec. 30. All games were played at the Darlington Sports Centre and the Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreation Complex. Complex. The Toronto Dominion Bank lost an undisclosed amount of cash during a robbery robbery on Dec. 27. The man handed a teller a note demanding demanding money. The unknown unknown suspect did not appear to have a weapon and there wasn't a vehicle involved in the robbery. Trent University at Durham College Spring Session: 27 January-28 April Introductory courses are offered two evenings per week (Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs): • Cultural Studies 100: Studÿ of modern culture • English 120: Varieties of heroism • Psychology 101: Introduction to psychology • Sociology 100: Introduction to social analysis By study in Oshawa alone, it is possible to obtain a Trent degree in any of eight subjects: Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, History, Political Studies, Psychology, Sociology. For further information or for a brochure please call (416) 723-9747. Getting business, labor , and government to work together together and move towards a strong economy is a challenge challenge Premier Bob Rae is ready to meet. However, confrontations confrontations in Ontario that now go on, must stop, Premier Premier Rae told a business luncheon meeting of the Durham Durham Region Manufacturers' Association on Sept, 19. 1991. Everyone needs to know that they will play an important part in the province's province's economic renewal, the premier stated. However, he said, "There are no magic solutions--just solutions--just hard work," Durham Regional Council is balking at projected costs of a garbage transfer site. What was once considered to be a $10 million to $12 million million project has now risen to a $49.5 million proposal. The proposed location of the transfer station is the Brock West Sanitary Landfill site. Staff at the Registry Office Office on Liberty Street, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, packed up and moved on Friday, Sept. 20. They headed to a new headquarters headquarters at Whitby. The deci- 1 sion to merge the Bowmanvillc Bowmanvillc Office with the Whitby office was announced last summer by the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Affairs. OCTOBER 1991 Bowmanvillc should try to • keep its "unique" historical atmosphere while trying to build up its commercial core. This is one, among many, findings of a team of architects, architects, planners, and students who visited the town for a weekend CAUSE (Community (Community Assist for an Urban Study Effort) study held at the end of September. Team members members said Bowmanville needs to set up guidelines for developers developers which would look after lot size, public transportation, TABWCLÆND CANADA'S LARGEST FASHION FABRIC DISTRIBUTOR _ JANUARY '92 Calendar Sale CLIP THIS CALENDAR FOR HANDY REFERENCE! 9. 15/9% Sale in effect Jan. 9-15. Each offer valid only 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. on date specified on in-stock merchandise only. Not valid with any other discount offers. Sat. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. p -per 0 ' pfl, cè SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 6 BIG DAYS TO SAVE!! STARTS ON THURSDAY DON'T MISS OUT!! Entire Stock! LINING and INTERFACING Assorted types individually | priced. Our Reg. Price FRIDAY 10 Entire Stock! SEWING NOTIONS '(excludes only patterns, crafts and dress forms) Our Reg. 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