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Car and Truck Burn on 401 Clarington Fire Stations One and Four responded to a vehicle fire on Highway 401 late Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 26. The vehicle, which was a propane-fueled truck, was carrying a car on a trailer. The fire occurred in the eastbound lane just east of Bennett Road. 905-623-3303 26 Pages Wednesday, November 3,1993 Bowmanville, Ontario 139 th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 44 GOBLINS GONE - Another Halloween has come and without any major damage. There were no eggs thrown businesses and no soap on windows. All in all, it was a good night, with many youngsters having a good time and collecting enough candy to keep the local dentists in business for some time to come. Haven't heard too much about the masquerade dances last Friday and Saturday, so presume they were successful. ouuai contract Causing Concern for United Way The United Way needs your help, "Now, more than ever." To meet the needs of 80,000 residents residents in Whitby, Oshawa and Newcastle, Newcastle, the United Way must raise over $3 million dollars this year. Already at the halfway mark of its fall fundraising campaign, organizers organizers have received only $730,234 in pledges. "We arc having a little trouble in the public sector," campaign manager manager Bob Howard admits. • People whose salaries have been affected by the social contract know they won't be getting a raise for the next three years, he explains. The United Way becomes an unwitting target because of that, he says. Those who have a job should remember remember they are not so badly off as the homeless, the severely handi capped, the frail elderly, or the hundreds hundreds of families in Durham facing crisis situations. Last year, $695,000 went to help people with physical impairments and developmental handicaps. Over $1 million went to help people deal with crises in their lives. And $24,000 went to support educational, educational, social, and recreational programs programs for youth. Last year, the United Way fell short of its target. That has meaint that services and staff have been stretched to the limit. A growing tide of needy individuals has been affected by a stubborn recession. Howard is confident that the generous generous spirit is still alive in Whitby, Oshawa, and Clarington. He encourages encourages those who have donated, to Continued on Page 2 HELP THE BANK - After a two-week appeal for blood donors, the Toronto and Central Ontario Blood Centre has collected 8,967 blood donations, 1,033 below its target of 10,000. That means the 800 units of blood needed every day in the 61 area hospitals will not be available unless more donors show up at local clinics to make up the shortage. Today, there is an important one here at the Lions Centre. It will be open until 8 tonight, so please try to pay them a visit. It's important. STILL GOING STRONG - Early reports indicate .that the capacity of Bowmanville's Recreation Complex is going to be tested this Saturday at 6 when the Itech NHL All Star Old Timers play Bowmanville's Townsports Old Timers in an exhibition feature. Many well known hockey pros, including Henri Richard, Frank Mahovlich, etc. will be playing and if you haven't picked up your tickets yet, you'd be smart to hurry. Last we heard, more than 900 had been sold. They're available at Hooper's Jewellérs, Heavy Haulers Truck Stop or call Roy Jeffers at 623-3241. MISSED AGAIN - Apparently, we have every reason to be thankful that we weren't hit by the snow storm on the weekend that piled a considerable amount of the white stuff on communities as far away as Montreal. Once again this area was fortunate. Many youngsters may have been disappointed, but the rest of us aren't complaining too much. There's a certain appeal to the dry sidewalks that we prefer. FOURTH SEMINAR - The Memorial Hospital of Bowmanville, the VON, the Canadian Cancer Society and Dr. E. Vincent will be presenting a fourth seminar on Breast Care at the hospital on Nov. 10th at 12:30-4 p.m. Registration is required. It will include techniques on Breast Self Examination, Diet, Mammography and the physician's role. This is not quite in this writer's field of endeavor, but seems to be an interesting topic among quite a few local folk. For more information or registration please call 623-3331 ext 5400. TESTING EXPERTS - Statesman staff members are becoming quite proficient at testing various types of food that have been submitted for review. The most recent included new products from the shelves of Ross Graham's IGA in town, including some new cookies, potato chips, etc. They came in a large carton and lasted several days, at coffee breaks, meeting with approval from our most fastidious employees. Should there be any other establishments out there who would like their food products tested, our staff members have indicated they would be pleased to accept the challenge. BIG TYPE PHONE BOOK - For anyone who has trouble reading the tiny numbers in the Bell Canada phone book, you'll be interested to know that The Statesman will be publishing its own large type phone directory for Bowmanville, Hampton, Orono, Newcastle, Ncwtonvillc, Courtice, and surrounding areas. If your number is listed incorrectly in the new Bell Canada book, please phone our office and we will make the correction. Also, if you live in Courtice, but your phone number is printed under the Oshawa listings, please contact our office to have it included in our book. Our large type phone book will be distributed free of charge to every home and business in Clarington on November 27, so please phone your changes to our office (623-3303) by November 12th. r ' The Stork Market > Report TAYLOR-WESLEY-ll's n Hoyt rl WOODLEY-ll's a Boy! III i Sec Page 12 Total This Year Boys 79 Girls 97 % h k tC * > o \jr \ %cjÿ" Taller Poles to be Used to Clear Row of Spruce Trees by Lorraine Manfredo , A row of mature spruce trees at Enniskillen Public School will not be coming down after all. Last summer, elementary school teachers and students appealed to Ontario Ontario Hydro to spare 25 trees in the proposed path of high voltage wires going up. But, following a meeting in September September between Ontario Hydro and school officials, it was agreed that special measures could be taken to save the 60-year-old trees. And, just yesterday, Ontario Hydro formally presented three red maple trees to the school as a gesture of goodwill, "This sends an important message to the children," said principal Linda Gardner. "They have seen that adults can sit down peacefully and arrive at workable solutions. It's an important example." Ontario Hydro is proceeding with its wide-scale upgrade from 4,800 volt lines to 16,000 volts along the road in front of Enniskillen Public School To ensure that the high voltage lines have a safe clearance above the trees, Ontario Hydro will install taller poles (an extra 15 feet higher) and move the wires slightly away from the trcctops, closer to the road. It's a move that will add approxi- G.M. Produces 1.5 Millionth Oshawa Truck An Oshawa bus driver is the proud owner of the 1.5 millionth C/ K truck to come off the General Motors Motors assembly line since renovations to the truck plant were completed in 1986. Joe Byrne will take possession of Ills two-tone, teal-green and silver, full-size, extended cab, short-box Chevrolet pick-up after pre-delivery service from dealer, Roy Nichols Motors, in Courtice. This will be Mr. Byrne's eighth General Motors-built truck. A special presentation was held last Friday, October 29th, at GM where Mr. Byrne was handed the Continued on Pago 3 matcly $15,000 to the original voltage conversion cost, says Bob Scanlan of Ontario Hydro. But, compared to other other options presented over the summer by concerned neighbors, this is the most economical route, he added. Suggestions at that time included burying the hydro lines or moving the poles to the opposite side of the street. But, burying the lines might have cost over $70,000, and homeowners across from the school did not want the poles on their side. At the September meeting, Ontario Hydro representatives also addressed concerns parents had about increased electro-magnetic activity from the new lines. According to Ontario Hydro analysts, analysts, electromagnetic effects from the new 16,000-volt power lines will be negligible, and significantly less than what the average person is exposed to through televisions, microwaves and hair dryers. School Board trustee David Gray participated in the process to find a solution. solution. He said: "The students are the ultimate winners." Many children at Enniskillen P. S. had Written letters to Ontario Hydro hoping to save the trees. Lois Alloway, representing the Parents' Association at Enniskillen, was pleased with the outcome. "There are a lot of very happy, very contented people because of this," she said If it weren't for the trees and the shade they provide, the playground would be almost unbearable in the summer, she added. She herself enjoys sitting under a shady row of old spruce trees behind the school, eight of which narrowly escaped being chopped down years ago, just like their counterparts at the front of the schoolyard. Today, the eight trees still jut out into one comer of the baseball field and prevent outfielders from throwing the ball home easily. But, Alloway says the adult lob ball teams who play at Enniskillen have agreed that whenever a batter hits the ball through the trees, they can only take two bases. In reference to the donated maple saplings, principal Gardner said: "The red maple leaf is a symbol of Canada to the children. And that is very appropriate, appropriate, with the Canadian unity question being so important today." Of the three trees, one has been planted near the schoolyard swings, another is in a thriving natural habitat tended by students, and the third is planted on the front lawn, by the flagpole. flagpole. by Laura J. Richards The Clarington Planning Department Department has closed the file on a compost compost business proposed by Courtice Auto Wreckers at a site west of Enfield Enfield Rd. The decision to close the file occurred occurred because the company "never submitted a proposal," said Planning Committee Chair Mayor Diane Hamrc. During the Planning Committee meeting held on Monday morning, Nov. 1, the committee members decided decided that the company's proposed application for a yard waste composting composting facility in Clarington would never become a reality. But Skip Ambrose, owner of Courtice Auto Wreckers, who appeared appeared as a delegation to the meeting meeting on Monday, said lie "will be putting putting in a rezoning application before the end of the week to get the project project moving." As of Monday, the department staff had not received an application regarding a facility that would have been built on Lots 31 and 32 on Concession Road 10 at the outer edges of the municipality. In mid-February 1991, Ambrose asked the committee for its support for the establishment of a composting composting site for Durham Region. He did so again in March of 1992. It was then that the residents in the area where the composting would take place learned of the plan and banded together to oppose it. . Alan McKay, a Concession Road 10 resident, told the Planning Committee Committee members on Monday that the initial proposal seemed innocent, but took on greater implications as one read further into it. "Yard waste, then expanding to include different types of composta- blcs like food processing waste, paper and paper sludge, composta ble construction and demolition debris, debris, institutional kitchen waste, restaurant restaurant waste, and chicken manure," would be future additions to the composting site, McKay said. The number (10 to 30) of trucks rumbling down their narrow country roads and the fact that the location is an environmentally sensitive area -were among the reasons given by McKay in opposition to a composting composting facility in that location. Also, the fact dial the same location location had been in 1977 "turned down as a site for a landfill" by the Ministry Ministry of die Environment was brought up to the council committee members. members. There is also the fear of spontaneous spontaneous combustion occurring within the compost piles. This, along with the fact, dial "water is not readily available" in diis location, adds to the fear of area residents. Continued on Pago 2 CARPET EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES KirSw. 728-4601 Oshawa Hockey Star's Father Helps Sleeping Children Around the World See Page Two Local Veterans Discuss Wartime Experiences See Page One Section Two PRESTON We Move it! 623-4433 Bowmanville