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x \ o~JP 416-623-3303 22 Pages Wednesday, January 13,1993 Bowmanville, Ontario 139th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue Two Mr iy A. Oshawa Report Indicates Interest in St. Marys' Dock by Laura J. Richards The issue of an expanded docking docking facility for St. Marys Cement reared its head again at Monday evening's meeting of Newcastle Council. A report. from the City of Oshawa Planning and Development Department accentuates the fact that the Oshawa Harbor is seeking a "new vision." Consequently, the city is looking for alternatives to using the Oshawa Harbor for industrial purposes. An alternative mentioned in the report is the utilization of the St. Marys Cement wharf in the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. "The Southeast Oshawa Planning Study investigated the possibility of alternative locations for industrial port uses from the Oshawa Harbor and identified the St. Marys Cement Corporation's wharf in Newcastle as the primary alternative, subject to facility improvements at St. Marys. to provide the sheltered wharfage necessary to accommodate various heavy industrial uses," states a report report from the City of Oshawa The document was received for information , after discussion on Monday night. Councillor John O'Toole told fellow-councillors, fellow-councillors, "it is obvious that Oshawa's position is clearly defined." defined." ' A Town of Newcastle council committee discussed St. Marys Cement's Cement's proposed dock expansion at a meeting last week. The expansion would occupy an additional 79 acres and accommodate accommodate the simultaneous handling of two maximum-sized seaway ships. The General Purpose and Administration Administration Committee members voted to accept recommendations from the town's planning department which suggested that the expansion of the dock not be approved until the concerns concerns of all agencies have been met. MORE KEYS LOST - We can almost picture the scene at the Bank of Montreal parking lot on Saturday, January 9th, when a car driver tried to get into his or her vehicle. He/she reached into the right pocket pocket of the coat he/she was wearing, in search of her/his car-house key - only to find it wasn't there. Panic may have set in at that point - or he/ she may have been lucky and was either carrying another set of keys or someone else with him/her had a spare set to get them on their way home or elsewhere. Now, just to make this lengthy item a bit shorter, please be advised that we have the one car-house key attached to a leather fob. The owner can retrieve it at our office - no charge. UNBELIEVABLE - Recently, this writer received a large letter with big type splashed all over it, announcing that our name had been chosen chosen as a final phase candidate, which placed us in a choice spot to win $10 million. It had to be a sure thing or Ed McMahon, whom we've admired for decades, wouldn't have allowed his name to be associated with the project. What was most unusual was that nobody else on the staff had received a similar letter. But, for some reason, most of them were skeptical and felt there had to be a catch. Nobody is going to -1 hand over $10 million just like that. Well, we still have the letter, but I haven't done anything with it. Maybe we should take some action, i we've just heard that Ken Holt, a 41-year-old Courtice resident, won J nearly $1.2 million in the Jan. 6th Lotto 649 draw. 7 •••eieeewee TEENAGE CONFLICTS - The Bowmanville Senior Public School will be the place where parents of the Community-School Association may get some help with any problems they are having with their teenage teenage son or daughter. There's a gathering at the school on Thursday, January 14th from 7 to 9 p.m. with guest speaker Cliff Lehman of the Durham House Child and Family Centre. He will be talking on the topic "I'm on your side: resolving conflict with your teenage son or daughter." All interested parents and community members are invited to attend. Sounds like it could be beneficial. CANVASSERS FOR HEART - The Heart and Stroke Foundation is in the process of lining up house to house canvassers for its campaign in February - especially in the eastern section of the town. Everybody knows the Foundation needs funds,. so should you be interested in joining the Newcastle Village canvassers, please call Andy LeFran- cois,(987-3928) or Helen Kraayvanger (987-5400) as soon as possible. possible. In Newtonville, Dorothy Imlach is the person to call at (786- 2685). The more canvassers they have, the easier it is to complete a successful campaign. As we have not heard from the Bowmanville group, possibly they have enough canvassers or we'll hear from them next week. There have been several canvassers for other purposes knocking at doors in Bowmanville recently. FREE TUTORING - Anyone having problems or wanting to expand their knowledge might consider attending classes being offered by the Baha'is of the Town of Newcastle. They are providing free tutoring on general subjects such as Math, English, Economics, Literacy and English as a second language, The lessons will be offered at the Court-Fire building on Church St., in Bowmanville, beginning January January 14th, 1993, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. For more information, please call 623-2936 and please hurry, January 14th is tomorrow. Goodyear's Giant Conveyor Belt Cassette Headed for Bulgaria The minds at Goodyear Bowmanville have proven, once again, that to get special orders, field specialists must be ready and willing to come up with ideas. One such idea is threading an 885 metre long conveyor belt through two spools to form what looks like a giant cassette tape. Once braces are attached, this cassette will be sent to the Ellatsite Copper Mine in Bulgaria. Bulgaria. The plant received the order for 16 such cassettes in late Noveipbcr 1992 and shbùïd cïijmpiétè ijlie Ordei'by the end of Febmary, 1993. "The order for the continuous belt will save the company in Bulgaria time and money splicing the belt together," together," said Ludi Engel, Chief Engineer of Development and Engineering with Goodyear. Here, Doug Hatherly, Manager of World Class Steel Cable Belting Upgrade and Mr. Engel stand with three of the 16 cassettes ordered by the Bulgarian company. company. The^deal^is valued at $ 2.6 million. , k r , ,v: - y • f : 7 . V' -- Photo by Laura Richards ••■••••••••a STORM WARNING - By the time you get to read this item, it may already be too late for you to do anything about it, other than stay home and start digging. Apparently, this area will be hit by another one of those overwhelming winter storms, featuring freezing rain early early Wednesday morning, followed by several inches or centimetres of snow. We could have predicted it because we had arranged with the Licence Bureau in Oshawa to try and work us in for a road test sometime sometime on Wednesday. This will be the third time we have sat and waited waited for an hour or so for this to happen before our birthday arrives. We happen to be in that four score plus age group requiring testing every year. GOT 'EM GUESSING - It looks very much as though Saddam Hussein of Iraq is doing his best to test tne United Nations and retiring retiring U.S. President George Bush to sec just how far they will go at this stage in the change of command process. He appears to be taking a few swipes at die restrictions the UN has placed on his country and is almost daring the UN to do something about it, such as making an air strike. So far, he seems to be getting away with it. We'll have to wait and see. , *7, • Seepage 16 Stork Market Report : PERFECT-It's a Boy! REINHARD - It's a Girl! ROKA-It's n Girl! Total This Year Boys 2 Girls 5 by Laura J. Richards The Town of Newcastle coffers got a boost of $400,000 by the Campaign Campaign Chairman of Skate '88 on Monday night, Jan. 11,1993. "Skate '88 is pleased to report our final .contribution of $400,000," Garnet Rickard told town councillors. councillors. The many Skate '88 volunteers began with an objective of $750,000, then raised it to $1.1 million. million. Finally, they raised the goal again to $1.5 million, Mr. Rickard recalled. "Our contribution tonight brings the total to $1,525,000, and it is not over yet," Mr. Rickard noted. Relating some of the historical points of interest, Mr. Rickard told councillors and the chamber full of citizens that when the official kickoff kickoff of the campaign began in May, General Motors Cutting Jobs at Oshawa Plant General Motors of Canada is planning to slash .1,000 jobs in Oshawa by early next year. The cutbacks will take place in connection with the re-tooling of tire Lumina model assembly operations this fall. Oshawa's No. 1 and No. 2 car assembly assembly plants are slated to close in November for retooling. The next generation of Luminas will be corn- ring off production lines in early 1994. At that time, the company will need about 1,000 fewer production workers. General Motors of Canada President President George Pcapplcs announced the layoffs and cutbacks Tuesday, during the Montreal Auto Show. He said GM's objective in Oshawa, and across North America, is to produce more cars with fewer people. 1988 the length was to have been three years. However, "circumstances "circumstances have caused it to carry over to the fifth year," he said. When the final total is calculated Mr. Rickard sees it being "in excess of $1.6 million." With.the whole campaign having been done by volunteers and all expenses expenses having been paid for, the $1.6 million is free and clear of any debts. The Skate '88 Community Campaign's Campaign's objectives were to raise $1.1 million from voluntary contributions, contributions, make the campaign a total community involvement and to promote promote and enhance a spirit of community community pride and identification. Mr. Rickard asked the council if 'they would like to have the materials materials and records that have accumulat ed since the beginning of the project five years ago. "There have been calls from many parts of the province wanting information regarding our campaign. campaign. I have a whole filing cabinet full of material that would be useful. . "If the town would like the material material may I suggest that it be assem- • bled with input from the committee, as there is probably some information information that was not written down." Mr. Rickard then presented a cheque for the $400,000 to Town of Newcastle Mayor Diane Hamre. "The Skate '88 Committee has done one fantastic service for our community," Mayor Hamre said. "It has more than doubled the original amount. "As for the records, I am positive Mrs. Rickard would Want to get them out of the house," Mayor Hamre said on a teasing note. Mr. Rickard thanked her and the council. He acknowledged the time and effort that the campaign's treasurer, treasurer, Iain Maciver, pul towards keeping accounts for the project. Mayor Hamre told council "I can remember when this campaign started. started. The hospital had started its fundraising fundraising campaign. Area citizens have more than supported the request request made to them." Mayor Hamre thanked the Skate '88 project volunteers for their time and effort. The Skate '88 fund-raising project project represented a portion of the cost of building the Bowmanville Recreation Recreation Complex at the comer of Highway Two and Regional Road 57. / by Laura J. Richards Town of Newcastle councillors will be re-examining the proposed Highway 407 once the town's report on Economic Development Strategy is completed. In the meantime, the Highway 407 debate continues. On Monday, members of Ministry Ministry of Transportation staff were on hand to field questions raised by Town Council in a recent letter. Elected officials had earlier asked that the Ministry review alternatives to the construction of Highway 407. However, the Ministry of Transportation Transportation representatives at Monday's Monday's council meeting claimed that Highway 407 is still needed, even if the alternatives arc considered. "Highway 407 remains a base re quirement," said Patrick Reynolds in response to a question from Ward Three Local Councillor David Scott. Mr. Reynolds, along with Cliff Lumley, area manager for the Ministry Ministry of Transportation, were in attendance attendance at Monday's council meeting. meeting. In reviewing some of lire alternatives alternatives to a second major freeway through the Town of Newcastle, the Ministry of Transportation considered considered the possibility of eliminating the 407 corridor through the Town of Newcastle, but linking Highway 407 and Highway 401 with a major north/south highway to the west. "Given the objectives of the Highway 407/Transit corridor to serve not only local needs but also the provincial needs this is not con sidered a reasonable alternative," states Mr, Lumley's letter to council. council. Mr. Lumley also looked at the need for a 407 Highway if the Town of Newcastle opted for a "No Further Further Growth" scenario. The Ministry of Transportation replied even then the highway would be needed. "However, in theory, a reduced number of interchanges in Newcastle Newcastle could be considered," town councillors councillors were told. Local Ward Two Councillor, John O'Toole, wanted to know if the proposal was a "fait accompli" for the town, regardless of the stance of local council. However, Mayor Diane Hamre Continued on Page 2 [PRESTON] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville : Top Athletes of 1992 Selected For Award from The Statesman See Page 11 ;/.> ÎI4; ■m School Board Looks to Next Century with New Programs See Page 14 CARPET' WAREHOUSE" EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES ; King St. w, 728*4601 Oshawa