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l BOM : -LE L ILPAPu' 62 TFJiPEPAWCF. ST. EOUKAMVlLLEi ';i-jTAR1 1 -' UC3A8 EOWLÎE 9'3813 to Completes Repairs with No Loss ol Power ---tnr." - ;rmcr at a substation has been Bowmanville fixed. There are still some permanent repairs repairs to be completed at the Spry Ave. site, but officials at the Newcastle Hydro-Electric Hydro-Electric Commission are hoping to complete the rest of the work in the spring. David Clark, manager of Newcastle Newcastle Hydro, said yesterday that he no longer anticipates any power interruptions interruptions stemming from the substation transformer. The station was back on line as of late Tuesday afternoon but it was handling handling only a partial load. Newcastle Hydro had issued a public public appeal over the Christmas weekend asking customers to cut back on hydro consumption during the peak winter use hours between 4 and 8 p.m. ; "Any discretionary use of power that can be shifted to other hours would be greatly appreciated," said Mr. Clark. Continuing to cut back wherever possible during peak times would cause less strain on the transformer and keep supply costs from Ontario Hydro down as well. "We'd like to thank our customers for their response to that appeal," said Mr. Clark. 4= 416-623-3303 14 Pages Wednesday, December 30,1992 Bowmanville, Ontario 138th Year 560 + 4# G.S.T. = 600 Issue 52 J 1 Canadians to Help Finish Nuclear Plan in Romania by Lorraine Manfredo A team of 350 Canadians will.be heading to Romania in the next few months to assist in' the completion of a nuclear power station there. The team will assist in the preparation preparation of the new unit, (which should take two years), and then remain remain in the country for another 18 months until the Romanians are comfortable with the operation of the CANDU reactors. Construction on the Cemavoda Project is now underway 200 kilometers kilometers from Bucharest. Although it is the Atomic Energy Control agency which holds the contract contract to install the unit, crews for the project are largely made up of staff from Quebec and Ontario Hydro generating stations. Thirty-six of the positions were filled by workers from Darlington. When staff at Darlington were first informed of the Romanian opportunity, opportunity, almost 800 workers expressed expressed an interest in going. But, after consultation with spouses and hearing the first-hand To Page Two LOOKING BETTER - As we near the end of 1992, we'll have to admit admit that there were many times during that 12 month period when the world and national news was dreadfully depressing. Day after day we were bombarded with television pictures of starving children in Somalia, Somalia, shot dead adult civilians lying on the streets in Yugoslavia and every morning one or more murders, either in this area, in Metro Toronto Toronto or another city. Mixed in between these items were the constant reports of layoffs and bankruptcies throughout our industrial sector. After watching those reports, there were times when it must have been a struggle for many folks to be cheerful and upbeat. Even Her Majesty the Queen was affected, apparently. But now, with a brand new year coming up shortly, there are signs of business improvement and more help for the starving now that the United Nations is finally getting some help. So, with some luck,we can look for better news in the upcoming months of 1993. SHORT WEEK - Our thanks to our hard-working correspondents who, instead of staying home and overeating during the recent Christmas Christmas holiday season, were out digging here and there for news that could be included in this week's Statesman or Weekender. No Newcastle Newcastle Independent will be published this week. Their efforts were certainly certainly appreciated and, no doubt, will be welcomed by readers, who will be receiving their papers at the regular time this week. Next Monday, Monday, the school pupils head back to classes and our publications and office hours will be back to what we laughingly call normal. iniiMim IT'S LEVEE TIME - Citizens have quite a choice of New Year's Levees to attend, starting with at least two we know of on New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 1993. Should you really want to hit the big time, the place to go is Queen's Park where Lieutenant-Governor Hal Jackman who led our Santa Parade, will be holding forth. Closer to home, members and guests of Branch 178, Royal Canadian Legion will be greeted by President Jim Connell and great quantities of food will be arrayed on lengthy tables. The whole idea of the feast is to offset offset the effects of whatever celebrating you did the night previously at one or more of the parties and dances that are being held in the town, Mayor Diane Hamrc and her Council will wait until Sunday, Jan 3rd at 12:30 to welcome their subjects at the Council Chamber in the old Town Hall on Temperance Street. And MP Ross Stevenson and his wife Elaine will host their Levee at Col. Sam's Parkwood estate in Oshawa on Sunday, Jan. 10th. BUSY PEOPLE - We herewith acknowledge receipt of several publications publications from die local office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, now located in Port Perry. From all appearances, they arc certainly preparing for an even more successful year than in 1992 when a number of their 4-H teams won awards of various kinds. Agriculture representative John Finlay summed it all up in an editorial wishing everyone in the farming community a happy holiday season and all the best for 1933. They appear to be doing their part to make it happen. Our very best to them, we'll be happy to help. MAKE IT A SAFE ONE - Just a short reminder that the RIDE program program will be operating on New Year's Eve and it would be a heck of a way to end 1992 by spending some lime cither blowing into a brcalha- lizcr, filling out accident forms or greeting ambulance attendants, so please do yourself a favor and lake it easy. Who needs the hassle? ••■•••••■•a* KEYS FOUND - Two sets of keys have been turned into our office. If you vc lost yours, drop in and check our supply. r ,r r------ 1 \ : zd i ne otoi K McUkel i psJ TT L rTcfjut t BROOME-It's a Girl! ■ KEllOE-ti's aGirl! ! Seepage 12: Total This Year Boys 109 Girls 108 Â IV by Laura J. Richards While 1992 was the year for studies in the Town of Newcastle, 1993 will be tire year for action, says the town's Mayor. "It's going to be a very, very busy year," predicted Mayor Diane Hamre. "With all the final reports coming coming in, we'll be following up with action." However, the action that follows these reports must recognize the municipality's municipality's financial limitations. "It is more important to keep the tax impact down," Mayor Hamre added. Looking backwards to the high times in the mid-1980s, Mayor Hamre said: "After the '82 recession we had .it really good. Real estate went up aqd people came to expect high levels of living and services." However, the down side is that the municipal council must now try to keep costs down and maintain a comparable amount of services for those who expect it. "I don't think that those times are going to be back again. At least not for a very long time." For the mayor and town staff, that means "working harder with less money while striving to give the excellent level of services" people people have grown used to. Some tilings will be put on the back burner while waiting for the economy to get better. For example, new parks will take longer to complete than they did before. before. "To have everything may take a while," she said. Things like gazebos and sports fields arc not always on the top of the list in a community. "We will try to do what we need to do to have a good quality of life here," said Mayor Hamre. To better the industrial and commercial commercial economic base in the municipality, municipality, the town's Planning Department Department is working on the first Town ? of Newcastle Official Plan. This will enable businesses and industry wishing to locate within the town to plan their actions without going through as many regulations as are now in place. "Once the Official Plan is completed, completed, developers' applications will be processed much more quickly," Mayor Hamre predicted. The town will have an added advantage advantage once tire name change process process is completed, too, she noted. "We're looking at a five-year plan to promote and enhance the town's image," Mayor Hamre remarked. remarked. The promotion of the new name, if passed at both the regional and provincial levels, will be "up-beat and positive." Mayor Hamre said she is pleased with the new name for the town. She claims that she did not have any preference for any of the six names the Name Change Committee had produced during last summer's selection process. "Clarington," she said, is the preferred preferred name the town's residents chose. She reminded this reporter that she had made sure there wasn't any political interference in the selection selection of the new name. Looking back over her first year of her first term in the mayor's chair, Mayor Hamre is satisfied with how things have developed. "I feel very, very good about 1992. "I was nervous going into the To Page Two » Mayor Diane Hamre X Please pardon the mess at Memorial Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, during the next lew months! To cope with increased demands upon various outpatient programs, several departments departments arc being relocated to enlarged enlarged areas within the hospital. Under Under the direction of Mel Green, Director of Engineering Services, renovations to die following programs programs will be occurring: Mammography, Mammography, Echocardiography, Ultrasound Ultrasound and Laboratory. All of the aforementioned programs have existed existed at the hospital for some time according to Eric Hanna, Executive Vice President, however, with the increased emphasis upon outpatient care and preventive care, these services services have outgrown their existing areas. The cardiac program is experiencing experiencing tremendous growth: with the addition of two new physicians, Dr. Bhargava, a Cardiologist from Oshawa and Dr. Batu, an Internist, the program now has medical support support from a complement of four physicians. Dr. W. Hcslop is developing developing a blood pressure monitoring clinic aimed at monitoring blood pressure and prescribing treatment at an earlier stage, versus admission to a hospital bed if the ailment is not detected early in a patient. A new ultrasound machine will soon be on order to complement the existing machine. The new technology technology will enable the hospital to perform perform colour flow and doppler (both studies of the heart). The mammography program is also undergoing a program enhancement. enhancement. Currently, the existing program program is predominantly diagnostic related. However, under the revisions, revisions, the program will incorporate teaching breast self examination to women so that they may conduct examinations examinations at home on a regular basis. basis. Women entering the program in the near future can expect a four- step process including an interview to determine if she falls into a high risk category, "a breast examination by a health professional, instruction in performing breast self examination examination and a mammogram. Breast cancer cancer continues to be the leading type of cancer in women and, although no identification of the source of cancer is known, it has been rccog- To Pngc Two EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES » Ktojaw. 728-4601 Oshawa Salvation Army Benefits from Generosity of Local Groups See Page 7 Plaque Honors Past Presidents Of Bowmanville Hockey Assoc. See Page 8 Ü Ü warn PRESTON „ ]Î1 623-4433 Bowmanville