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416-623-3303 20 Pages Wednesday, September 2,1992 Bowmanville, Ontario 138th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 35 "Preference Night" Gives Residents Opportunity to Select New Town Name by Laura J. Richards Area residents will get a chance to select their favorite name for the municipality during 11 town-wide Preference Nights, said the chair of the Name Change Committee. "A Preference Night is like a voting voting station, except we will be there to give information to the voters," David Wing, told The Statesman on Monday, Aug. 31. The first "Preference Night" will be held in the foyer of the town hall in Bowmanville. "We will set up near the kiosk and use the town's backdrop. There will be a drop box-ballot box and we will be patiently waiting for people." people." "We're looking for a steady stream of people," Mr, Wing said. There will be three members of the committee at each of the 11 nights. Each member will be volunteering volunteering five or six nights, Mr. Wing said. The Preference Nights are not set up to be like public forums, he said. "When people drop by, we will have a brief explanation for each name, but this is not an open forum where people debate the names," Mr. Wing added. The Preference Nights are set to begin next Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Administration Administration Building, Bowmanville, and end there on Saturday, Sept. 26 between between 12 noon to 5 p.m. The Preference Nights in between between are to start at 7 p.m. and finish finish at 9 p.m. at these locations: • Thursday, Sept. 10 - Mitchell's Comers Public School; • Monday, Sept. 14 - Enniskillen Public School; • Tuesday, Sept. 15 - Wilmot Creek Wheelhouse;. • Wednesday, Sept. 16 - Hampton Hampton Public School; • Thursday, Sept. 17 - S.T. Worden Public School; • Monday, Sept. 21 - Orono Public Public School; • Tuesday, Sept. 22 - Kirby Centennial Centennial Public School; • Wednesday, Sept. 23 - Newton- ville Public School; and, • Thursday, Sept. 24 - Newcastle Village Town Hall. "The schools have been very Continued on Page 2 FORMER MAYOR DIES - After a lengthy battle with leukemia, Nelson E. Osborne, former mayor of the Town of Bowmanville, died at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, last week and was buried on Monday. Sincere sympathy is extended to his wife and family. LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - After having nearly an extra week of summer holidays, school children and their teachers will be heading back to the classrooms on Tuesday. But, before that happens, there will be one more holiday to enjoy next Monday, called Labor Day and it will be quite a spell before there's another one, so make it a good and safe one. DEADLINE CHANGE - Because of the Monday holiday, the deadline deadline for Classified advertising in next week's" Statesman will be set back to Friday, Sept. 4th at 4:30. Also, because our staff will be one day short, it would be appreciated if any contributed news or sports stories, including correspondence, could be sent in earlier than usual. That would enable us to put it all together in time for our regular publication publication time. Many thanks in advance. SPELLING BEE - As a special event at next week's Durham Central Central Fair at Orono to mark their 140th anniversary, there's an old- fashioned Spelling Bee with cash prizes for winners. Students who were in grades 3 to 8 during the last school year, are invited to participate. participate. They should register beside the arena stage at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Friday, Sept. 11th and be ready to show off their spelling skills at 6:30. Come, have fun and win money to spend at the fair. The Spelling Bee is only one of the many attractions planned for this year's historic event. A note also came in from Shirley Brown of Newcastle Village urging gardeners to stop at the Fair office on Wednesday, Sept. 9th and enter as many of their late blooming flowers as they wish. •••■••■■••■a POTLUCK SUPPER - Being one of them, we have to look after our seniors who were a bit late with the notice about their next meeting meeting at the Lions Centre on Tuesday, Sept. 8th at 5:30. This time it will be one of those famous potluck suppers when you get to chomp away on some of your own and somebody's else's specialties, if you are lucky, and everybody has a good time. Those who don't overeat get to play cards later, no money changing hands in the process. ••••#••••••• LATE BLOOMERS - Since late last week, the coffee breaks in oùr plant lunchroom on King Street have been things of beauty, thanks to a gorgeous bouquet of the most exquisite gladioli of varying colors one could imagine. They came from the tenderly tended gardens of Arthur and Bertha Barnes on Base Line Road, who have been brightening brightening our days on a regular basis every year for some time. The glads were late bloomers this year because of the weather, but made up for it later in the season. Many thanks, we did enjoy. ■eeeeeeeeeee LOTSAMUD - By late Friday, everyone connected with Blackstock Fair must have been wondering if they would be able to hold the demolition demolition derby that evening and their big fair on Saturday. Actually, it would be almost impossible to cancel a fall fair at the last minute, so .many attractions would have to be rescheduled. Again this time, good fortune prevailed, the mud was replaced on the track and the weatherman weatherman came through with cool, but dry conditions for Saturday. This weekend, it's Port Perry's turn for three days. We are proud to report that one of our front office staff members, Nancy Pleasance, won second second place in the media milking contest at Blackstock. HAPPENING - Would you be at all interested in the environment that's all around you...and would like to do something to protect and possibly improve it? If so, members of the Port Granby Newcastle Environment Environment Committee would welcome you to their regular monthly meeting, the second Wednesday of each month. They meet Sept. 9th at 7:30 p.m. upstairs in the Newcastle Village Town Hall and if you'd like more information just call 983-9667. WE GET LETTERS - So many letters have come in this week on a wide variety of subjects, that we have had to hold some of them over. The Stork Market J/ I l BILLING - It's u Boy! HOOS - It's a Boy! ff r MAGUIRE - li's a Boy! NORTON - Ii's a Boy! -L- RICHARDS -It'.. Hoy! l Seepage 12 Total This Year Boys 79 Girls 80 Blackstock Fair Celebrates 125th Anniversary of Canada The heavy rains and overcast skies dispersed in time for the 127th edition of the Blackstock Fair on Saturday, August 29. The fair, included livestock shows, 4-H Club Achievement Days, commercial exhibits and various special attractions which included a milking contest, horse pull, cooking demonstration demonstration and magic show. One of the highlights of the Black- stock Fair is the parade to the fairgrounds which officially launches the exhibition. This year's theme for the parade was Canada's 125th anniversary. Here, Mary Van Camp gets some make-up applied by Jill Van Camp just before the parade started started to roll. AMO Meeting Says Applications Should be Available Within 90 Days The streamlining of Ontario's planning process came under discussion discussion last month when municipal leaders gathered in Toronto for the annual meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. . } "In the sessions discussing planning, planning, we were told the ministry is working on how to streamline the application process," said Ward Three Regional councillor Ann Dreslinski. The application process is just too long, councillors who attended the sessions were told. f The processing of an application could be carved down to 90 days rather than the several months it now takes for an application to go through the different ministries. "In streamlining an application it would go through the ministries in a circular motion rather than being Local Recyclers to be Honored with Awards Accolades will be handed out this year to four nominees who have gone beyond the normal Blue Box system to reduce waste, said an official with the Town of Newcastle Waste Reduction Reduction Week. On Monday, Sept. 28, Mayor Diane Hamre will present an award to an individual, a business, a community community group and an institution/school. "We're looking for someone who, in the past year, has gone above and beyond the normal Blue Box recycling recycling system," said Judy Hurvid, a Waste Reduction Week coordinator with the Jown of Newcastle. Nominators will be asked questions questions about the nominees' efforts to reduce waste, educate, or otherwise promote the Three R's of recycling. "The timing of this is rather fortuitous, fortuitous, coming around the time when the three potential dump sites will be announced," said Ms Hurvid. "The announcement should spark extra interest in Waste Reduction Week, Sept. 27 to Oct. 3," she added. So far, Ms Hurvid and Evylin Stroud, the coordinators of the Town of Newcastle Waste Reduction Week, have a number of events planned for the week at the end of September: These include: • a Zero Garbage Shopping Tour on Monday, Sept. 14, at Graham's IGA, Bowmanville; • a proclamation by Town of Newcastle Newcastle Mayor Diane Hamre on Monday, Monday, Sept. 21, at the town's Municipal Administration Centre, Bowmanville; • awards presentation to waste reduction reduction achievers at the Town of Newcastle council meeting on Monday, Monday, Sc])t. 28.; • an-information booth with volunteers volunteers at the Bowmanville Mall from Thursday, Oct. 1, to Saturday, Oct. 3.; and, • a Rc-usc Art Workshop on Friday evening, Oct. 2, led by Kathryn McHolm at the Newcastle Library on Temperance, Street, Bowmanville from 6:30 to 8:30. Ms Hurvid also said she has been contacted by both Memorial Hospital Bowmanville and Bowmanville High School. Staff of both the high school and the hospital would like to contribute contribute events to the town's Waste Reduction Reduction Week. sent back to one person to have that person send the application back out again," Councillor Dreslinski said. The issue of disentanglement from provincial programs was talked about by David Cooke, the minister of municipal affairs. The information discussed during the meeting brought out details that had not been focused on before, said Councillor Dreslinski. "I was under the impression that the province would take over the funding of welfare on Jan. 1, 1993. However, now it looks like that won't happen until late next year. " The province's decision to take over paying welfare means the regions regions will have to look after another jurisdiction, though. "We are looking at taking over roads," said Councillor Dreslinski in reference to the suggestion that regions regions may be asked to take charge of roads currently the responsibility of the province of Ontario. "I don't like that," Councillor Dreslinski said. "However, it isn't written in stone. It is all still very much in the air." On the issue of conflict of interest, interest, the A.M.O. hasn't formalized anything at this time, the Ward Three representative stated. ."This issue is going to affect everybody," everybody," she added. The Town of Newcastle did not have any resolutions to add to the agenda. However, Councillor Dreslinski Dreslinski did say that she found some of the municipalities from the northern part of the province had some interesting interesting resolutions on fishing rights, and the Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP). Although the Town of Newcastle did not have any of its councillors elected to the Board of Directors, the Town of Ajax did. Regional Councillor Roger Anderson was elected to a director's position. Oshawa Councillor Linda Dionne is going into her second year of a three-year appointment with A.M.O. Councillor Dreslinski attended ■the three-day conference at the Royal Royal York Hotel along with Mayor Diane Hamre, Ward One Regional Councillor Larry Hannah and Ward One Local Councillor Mary Novak. by Lorraine Manfredo Grade nine students at Bowmanville Bowmanville High School will be going through more than just the usual transition from elementary to senior grades this fall. The new arrivals will also be part of a test project to usher in the "de-streaming" of grade nine students students one year ahead of other public high schools in the area. By September of next year, however, however, all public school boards in Ontario Ontario are expected to de-stream grade nine classes, according to the Ministry of Education timetable. Under the pilot project at BHS, students who would normally be channeled separately into either advanced advanced or general levels of study, will be merged into one single category. category. In addition to this combined "open" level, (which will accommodate accommodate fully 90% of the grade nine population), a basic, or "remedial" level will be maintained. The school will also keep its gifted gifted and learning-disabled programs intact, with no changes to established established standards. BHS Vice-Principal Rick-Essex is confident that casing the new sys- HIGH MMSCHOOL tern into place one year early will belter prepare faculty for the full- scale de-streaming scheduled in 1993. Technically, though,, what BHS has come up with this September is not complete de-streaming, Mr. Essex Essex said. "It's sort of a half-way point between what die Ministry of Education has indicated that we should have in place by next year and what we had last year." The specifics of what will be introduced introduced across the board next fall are yet to be determined, as ministry staff now analyze data from 60 similar similar pilot projects conducted at schools across the province last school term. Mr. Essex predicts the major change under de-streaming will be the different approach teachers will have to adopt in teaching a classroom classroom of students with a wider range of abilities. But, teachers and department heads at BHS, arc well prepared for the challenge, the vice-principal pointed out. Consultation with staff at a Northumberland school which ran a de-streaming pilot project last year has given the BHS personnel good insight. Continued on Page 3 i'0- PRESTON Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville WÈÊÊÈSN&ÊSSmlm Guest Speaker Tells Rotarians How to Invest With Low Rates See Page 4 Waterskier Now- Driving Boats at C.N.E.'s Annual | Water Show See Page 9 CARPET WAREH0UÎ EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES King St. W. 728-4601 Oshawa -■