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i Delivered j Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of Zfjt Canadian àtattsman i wwÆMm wÆ&Mwffi, 1 wMMz Wm ■ y, , ; '.s'- ' IM Wm Æ ■ 1 • • . ' ■• ! . Biflllllllllli !.. :teK :■:■;<.! «FiB-SS- ïvi ; 14™ ;v ^wp***W -iSABStl SSlii™ MM BHS Students Score High in English Tests by Laura J. Richards The marks are in and the teachers at Bowmanville High School are confident their students have some of the best reading and writing skills in the Northumberland and Clarington Clarington school board. The marks are the result of the provincial review of writing in grade 12 English. The tests were done in the fall of 1991 and spring of 1992. Bowmanville High School Principal Principal Jack Taylor told The Independent Independent on Thursday, Jan. 27: "We exceeded exceeded the provincial expectations of 80 per cent." The 215 B.H.S. students participated participated in the three levels: Advanced, General and Basic English/ Language skills. In all categories but one, they tested higher than the public school board averages and provincial averages. The students in the advanced level level scored 82 per cent in the assigned task and 70 per cent in their chosen piece. The students in the general level scored 85 per cent in the assigned assigned task and 92 per cent for their best piece. Basic level students received received 50 per cent for the assigned task and got a perfect score in the best piece. Most of the scores for B.H.S. students students were at least 12 percentage points higher than the board average, average, except for the basic level assigned assigned task which came in at 25 percentage percentage points under the 75 per cent average. Only six BHS students are represented in the sample of work from the basic level. The tests within the provincial review review consisted of two pieces of writing. One was an assigned task which focused on the environment and the second was an assignment which could be pulled from work the student had done previously. The assigned writing piece had to take the form of persuasive writing, explanatory writing, narrative writing writing or expressive writing. B.H.S. English Department Head Mike Lindop told The Independent on Thursday afternoon, the students did not get the chance to pick the form of writing on which they would be tested. Instead, the students students were randomly told which style of writing to use. Thé students then had three to five English class periods to complete complete the assignment. Pontypool Couple Strike it Rich A Pontypool couple won $2.1 million in the January 22nd Lottario draw. Martin and Verna Dwyer's total winnings amounted to $2,174,831.40. The Dwyers, who are longtime longtime residents of the Pontypool Pontypool area, have two children and one grandchild. Martin Dwyer, 54, is a heavy equipment equipment operator and Verna, 51, is a homemaker. The Dwyers said they plan to share some of their windfall with their children, invest some of the proceeds and also travel. Mr. Dwyer said previous prizes he had won in Lottario were less than $100. Nevertheless, Nevertheless, he has been playing since 1978 on an almost weekly basis. The couple discovered they had won when they checked their numbers in a newspaper on Sunday morning. But, they still weren't totally convinced they held the winning ticket "I wasn't really sure for a while, until I had a print-out on it," Mr. Dwyer said. The winning ticket was purchased at the Pontypool Foodmaster store. The Dwyers' winning numbers were on a "free play" ticket A spokesperson for the Ontario Ontario Lottery Corporation said the $2.1 million Lottario prize was higher than usual, since no jackpot had been drawn for the previous eight to nine weeks and the prize money accumulated. The usual jackpot in Lottario Lottario is $250,000. The Pontypool residents were not the only people to win a major lottery prize in the past week. Sam And Jac- quie Galea, of Newcastle, were winners of $121,534.10 from a Lotto 649 ticket. They held a second prize ticket in the Saturday, January 22, draw. The haggis was escorted to a place of honor at the head table on Saturday, January 22nd, during the annual Robbie Bums Night Supper. The traditional traditional Scottish delicacy was carried by John Westover and Doug Delaney. Pipers Andrew Cairns and George Finlay were also part of the procession. Bob MacFie delivered the "address to the haggis." The banquet paying tribute to Scotland's most famous bard was held at the Baseline Community Centre in Bowmanville. different criteria. Lindop said the students selected the work on the basis of its technical Continued on Page 2 Bowmanville begins on Monday, Jan. 31. Clarington residents who want to voice their opinions during the hear- by Laura J. Richards ing should register on Monday Clarington Council Chambers in j»dj side of the issue and fee munie . . morning Jan 31 Bowmanville. The proceedings will ipality. mraoccrmrnAm T . he O 11 ] 3 ™ , Mun , lcl P al Board Area Uidents who want to sit in see a large number of experts speak- Markborough Properties, Ghod The sSoKSe of work was tTSlT 5, * ° ή on the proceedSgs are welcome to ing on the proposed plaza and Builders, and Clarington are amon* chosen according to a number of 18,580 square metre ^ Qarington Planning Director discussing how much retail floor the participants. . SnSS g l 200 ' 000 f00t) P la " of Frank Wu said on Thursday mom- space Clarington needs. The Bowmanville Mall is ar- 11- t. . J 27 The proposed plaza, plus park- gumg that, given Bowmanville t The hearing begins at 10:30 a.m. ing, would take up an area of 23.55 current population, there should no The Municipal Board members acres along the southern side of be any commercial expansion pas ask at the end of the day if the pub- Highway Two, east of Green Road the Bowmanville Creek, lie would like to sneak on an issue and west of the Canadian Tire Store. As for Ghod s Builders, Wt broughtup^diuingthesesskm It will include a supermarket and a says, "They didn't get what the> Dr °If a lof o^peopte spoke^n favor department store. wanted from the municipality." of lh<? plans foMheproposed 1 plaza^ The owners of the Bowmanville While Ghod's Builders did ge, their opinions could actually help Mall have asked for the Ontario Mu- the McDonald s Restaurant approv- the municmalitv Mr Wu said nicipal Board hearing because of al from council, they also wanted tc "We (Clarington) don't have a amendments Clarington has made to be able to provide for more corn- destination place to shop," Wu ex- its official plan. These amendments mercial space, plained. A plaza such as the one allow the extension of the Main Wu figures the solicitors for the proposed would be Central Area boundaries to include Bowmanville Mall will take a long "We (consumers) need more than the plaza. _ . , hard look at the population forecast what the BowmanVille Mall has to Earlier this year, Clarington s for this area of Durham Region, offer," he noted. planning director said the hearing is Monday is the day when the Ten weeks have been set aside bound to become complicated, with OMB asks those present (the law- for the hearing to take place in the a number of lawyers representing Continued on Page 2 A&P : Clarington Realty 2000 Ltd.* Graham's IGA* Maxi Drug ("indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 d. J : 1c •i >t, ■ >y i! i