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r lb. vk::. ' ~ 1C" 416-623- ^ dnesday, June 2,1993 Bowmanville, Ontario 139th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 6U0 Issue 22 Many Events Planned to Celebrate "Durham '94" by Laura J. Richards Celebrate Durham '94 is a yearlong yearlong birthday party for Durham Region, Region, Town of Newcastle councillors councillors were told on Monday night, May 31, "The intent is not to create events, but it seems that where there have been voids, special events have been created," Regional Economic and Development Commissioner, Pat Olive said. One of those events is called Cycle Cycle Durham. It Will take place on the Victoria Day weekend next year and will see cyclists touring all of the eight municipalities in Durham. Norm Leigh, another member of the regional Economic Department, told Councillors: "There is a major sponsor interested in die tour." A special event that could be sponsored by General Motors is a car rally. Mr. Leigh also said that since dedicating time towards the project, the committee has "found out that an awful lot of people don't know what the region has to offer." Currently, the Durham Region has 200 tourist attractions, several of which are in this area, including the Bowmanville Zoo which will be celebrating its 75th year of operation operation in 1994. The committee has been hard at work promoting the idea which is similar to the Canada 125 concept of piggy-backing onto already existing existing events to celebrate the year-long parly. So far, the committee has had a distinctive logo created and a promotional promotional package. They are working on a calendar of events and the committee committee has even introduced a song competition. "We've had a number of interested interested phone calls regarding the song competition," Mr. Leigh told council. council. The song selected would extol the virtues of Durham Region to all those who hear it. As the committee strives to meet commitments, they have extended the deadline for community groups to submit dates and events to be included included in a calendar. The calendar will be distributed to all the homes in the Durham Region, Region, Mr. Leigh noted. NO RAFT RACE - A news flash just arrived informing us that the Heritage Week Corporate Raft Race which had been scheduled for this Saturday, June 5th, has been cancelled, due to unforcsèen circumstances. The Heritage Week Committee apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause and says, "Watch for them next year!" Other Heritage events should be proceeding as announced. •■eeeeeeeee# MAYOR FLOORED - Her Worship Mayor Diane Hamre was impressed impressed by the Sea Cadet inspection on Sunday afternoon at Newcastle Newcastle Memorial Arena. In actual fact, she was floored, when the folding chair she was sitting on, gave way and she landed on the floor. Fortunately, Fortunately, no serious injury resulted and she was able to take her place on a sturdier chair Monday night to preside over Town Council. REUNION TIME - Attention, all former students of Bowmanville High School from the class of '83. Your 10-year reunion is being held on Saturday, June 26th at the Baseline Community Centre. Any persons persons who have not been contacted, or who haven't replied to Janet Munday or Scott Irvine (both in London), should get in touch with Mary or Jack Munday at 623-7095. Get moving, Guys! IN THE NEWS - A lengthy list of appointments recently announced by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food included an item of local interest. Under the Farm Products Appeal Tribunal, the name of Jim Rickard of Bowmanville is listed. He has been re-appointed as Chairperson for three years. The Tribunal provides an independent, accessible avenue of appeal in matters relating to the Ontairo Farm Products Marketing Act and the Milk Act. It also serves as a licence review board under four acts and hears applications relating to the conduct of members of commodity boards. REFORMERS MEET - The Durham Riding Association of the Reform Reform Parly of Canada is holding a Public Information Meeting tomorrow, tomorrow, Thursday, June 3rd at 7:30 p.m. in the Baseline Community Centre. Centre. The keynote speaker will be Ian Smyth, the candidate for Durham Riding Association who will contest the upcoming federal election. This forum will provide an opportunity for those attending to find out more about the Reform Parly and what they stand for on important issues issues such as deficit reduction and parliamentary reform. LET'S BARTER - If you arc sick and tired of parting with your hard-earned dollars and cents for goods and services you need, you might want to lake a look at the Local Employment and Trading System System (L.E.T.S.). They arc holding their next membership meeting on Wednesday, June 23rd at the Community Care office, 98 King St. W„ Bowmanville at 7:00 p.m. And they arc lookng for new members. You can also obtain more infonnation about their bartering operations operations by contacting Janice Kraft, COPE administrator at 623-4123. LUCKY WALTER - Earlier in May, the surviving members of-the Midland Regiment held an annual reunion at die Royal Canadian Legion Legion in Lindsay. By sheer coincidence, 36 of the vets marched and others rode to the cenotaph for the wreath-laying tribute to their fallen comrades. During the dinner, it was revealed that another 36 comrades comrades had passed on since last year's get-together. In spite of their diminishing diminishing numbers, a session is planned for next year, also at Lindsay. Lindsay. Of interest to Legion friends here was the news that Walter Park of Tyrone came home the winner of S50 in a draw. CAVAN HERITAGE - The Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society will be front row and centre this Sunday, June 6th, at Lang Pioneer Village, 10 miles S/E of Peterborough. The Cavan 4th Line Theatre Company will he presenting scenes from a new production called "Traill/Moodic" and "Cavan Blazers. " There will also be Cavan pioneer pioneer demonstrations and pioneer foods and drink, ns well as horse and wagon rides for all. The Village is open from 1 to 6 p.m. and there will be lots to see and enjoy. FIREWORKS AT SOLINA - Don't forget the final event of Heritage Heritage Week which will take place Saturday at dusk, if it isn't raining, in the park beside the Community Centre at Solina. If it's rained out, the event will! take place on Sunday at dusk. ' The Stork Market Report GAMMON - It's » Old! GRAHAM - It's a Hoyt Sec Page 12 Total This Year Boys 32 Girls 41 J) j -, ■ " v > '•'* ■; rf^if Up, Up, and Over the Bar Jason Hoffman, of Bowmanville High School, clears the bar with ease during the OFSAA Regional junior boys' high jump event at Civic Fields in Oshawa last Thursday. The best high school track and field athletes from across the province will be at Civic Fields this Friday Friday and Saturday for the two-day OFSAA meet, ■ \ ' -Jm 1 . x <' a • < ' ;'v « *\m f'l «. • . * "; . 1 \ W&lit 5 4 (> V, v 1', T* 1 ,.. 'Vv- *■* ' - v e* jg 4 jm ' Town to Re-examine Options After Hearing Citizens Committee by Laura J. Richards Newcastle's town council is studying a proposal which would avoid the construction of a new Highway 407 freeway through most of the northern part of the municipality. municipality. The alternative introduced by a citizens' group would sec Highway 407 start at an interchange near Courtice. The highway would extend extend northward to a point above Taunton Rd. It would then follow the previously-planned cast/wcst route parallel to Highway 401. Previous Ministry of Transportation Transportation plans for the major new highway highway have always ended the freeway at a point near the junction of Highway Highway 115/25. Lynn Helpard, of the Concerned Citizens Committee, described the new proposal at a Council meeting in Bowmanville Monday. • "Our group, with endorsements from other concerned and important sectors of the community, supports an alternative routing dial would Special Week Urges Workers to Ride Bikes To Promote Cycling June 7 to 13 is "Bikc-to-Work" Week in the Town of Newcastle. "Bike to Work Week events arc an excellent way to promote the benefits of cycling," states a letter from David Hunt, the Senior Planning Planning Advisor with the Ministry of Transportation. Newcastle's town council will be observing the week by examining the possibility of creating cycling paths in the municipality. This year, most municipalities arc holding this week between May 17 and June 13. The week recognizes the ministry's ministry's "commitment to support cycling cycling as a safe, environmentally friendly method of transportation. Also, because of that, the ministry ministry announced last July (1992) its Conllnuod on Pago 3 , h?.vc the new highway's eastern tra- 'tieciory terminate in the southwestern southwestern part of the Town of Newcastle Newcastle .--- joining the 401 cast of Courtice," Mr. Helpard explained. After hearing this proposal, councillors councillors agreed to rc-cxaminc their options. The Town of Newcastle Council will be reviewing its position on the Highway 407 situation at the next council meeting, Monday, June 14. "The balance of the proposed technically-preferred route from the "The balance of the route from the Solina area over to Hwy. 35/115 would be removed" Solina area over to Highway 35/115 would be removed from all current consideration," Mr. Helpard told council and a packed council chamber chamber on Monday evening, May 31. The major north/south route cast of Courtice is already part of the plan for the Highway 407 project. However, the Ministry of Transportation Transportation secs the highway as a link to Highway 407 as it crosses the municipality municipality to the north. The latest alternative alternative would see the pro|)oscd connecting link become part of Highway 407 itself. The advantages to a route which docs not join Highway 35/115 arc as follows: • the province would save money money by not having to build nearly 20 kilometers of highway, including several overpasses and interchanges within tltc town; • environmentalists say this would protect grccnlands and many of the cnvironmcntally-scnsitivc areas areas within the town from development development pressures in the future; • funnelling the 407 into the in- dustrial/commcrcial areas in south Courtice would provide opportunities opportunities ami economic benefits to the town; • the commercial transportation experts sec it as a logical cast-west connection to eastern Ontario and beyond; • local and regional planning staff would see opportunities to manage die growth of the municipality municipality while keeping such growtlt in tltc southern Inkeshore corridor where service expansion is "more cost-effective;" and, • the four heritage villages in the northern half of the town would be protected from development pressures pressures and die disruptive effects of a major highway. Mr. Helpard told Ncwcasde Council the 407 was "conceived primarily primarily to meet the expansion programs programs of the Greater Toronto Area - and more specifically to serve large population increases expected in the eastern sector of Durham Region." Questioning the need to expand, the Concerned Citizens Committee, through Mr. Helpard, states: "In its relationship to Newcastle, We have consistently questioned this perceived perceived need, as well as the concept of aggressive growth in Durham's eastern sector." With the province's rejection of the Durham Regional Official Plan's concept of aggressive growth for tills area, Mr. Helpard secs a positive sign for the municipality. "We hope that this rejection signals signals a provincial interest in protecting protecting the agricultural base cast of the G.T.A. (Greater Toronto Area) " While reviewing the proposed technically-preferred route of the transportation ministry, the committee committee wondered about the types of traffic traffic to use the route stretching east and then northwards near the Skewing Skewing Road and the junction of the 115 and the 35. "Because of tiie 'Z' configuration created by Highway 35/115 connector connector between the proposed 407 and the existing 401, even representatives representatives of the Ministry of Transportation Transportation agree that commercial transports transports travelling cast or west arc not Continued on Page 3 Newcastle Wants Limit Placed on Number of Tires at Recycling Site The Town of Newcastle Council is sending a letter to tltc Ministry of the Environment requesting that a Certificate of Approval for lire storage storage at Newcastle Recycling Ltd. be limited to those tires already on site. The letter is in answer to a notification notification of the issuing of a Provisional Certificate of Approval by the Ministry Ministry of tltc Environment and Energy regarding tltc company's storage of used tires. Tltc letter to R. Beckman of RR#1, Orono a copy of which was received by the town, tltc Durham Region, tltc fire chief and William Hale, owner of Newcastle Recycling, Recycling, states there arc approximately 250,000 used tires on the site. Local Councillor David Scott told council members at Monday night's council meeting he docs not want to sec additional tires going into Newcastle Recycling. "It is already one of the largest tire storage facilities in Ontario," councillor Scott said. lie is concerned that once die company has approval for the storage storage facilities, it will expand its stockpile. Town of Newcastle Fire Chief Mike Creighton", told council members members the company worked witit the fire department and the Fire Marshall's Marshall's office to meet the newer safety requirements die Ministry of tltc Environment laid out after the Hagcrsvillc lire fire a couple of years ago. "They have broken the larger piles into smaller ones and have put in fire breaks and access routes to easily contain a fire" if one should break out, tltc fire chief explained. Mayor Diane Hamre told councillors, councillors, "the site met all the requirements requirements and they did a considerable amount of work to upgrade where they had previously dumped the tires willy-nilly." Mayor Hamre also pointed out that experiments arc being carried out by tltc region using tires in road construction. But, other than that, "there .is no market for the tires," site noted. However, the explanations did not satisfy all of the councillors and they voted to send a letter, via fax, to the ministry speaking to tltc issue, issue, Heritage Week Activities in 1993 Section Two See Page 1 * j & « Medal Winning Performance by Courtice Gymnast See Page 0 w V ur. V 4 [preston] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville