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■N 905-623-3303 26 Pages Wednesday, February 16,1994 Bowmanville, Ontario 140th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 7 m School Board Trustees Freeze Salaries for '94 Trustees with The Northumberland Northumberland and Claririgton Board of Education Education decided to bypass an increase in their pay for another year, This is the fourth year in a row when trustees have decided to take a pay freeze. The unanimous vote on Thursday, Thursday, Feb. 10, followed the receipt ol information about trustee salary levels levels at other boards According to the report, the majority majority of Ontario trustees have taken no increase in the past year. The report report also shows that the average honorarium for the Northumberland - Clarington Trustee is 3.1 per cent below the average for many Ontario public school boards. Ward Three Trustee Bob Willsher Willsher told The Statesman on Tuesday afternoon Northumberland - Clarington Clarington trustees get $7,900 per year plus mileage. •" He believes that, considering the number of hours worked, the remuneration remuneration is not large. However, one can't equate the quality of the job with the time involved, involved, Willsher noted. He did state that the Northumberland Northumberland - Clarington Board of Education Education will never be in the same position position as the Scarborough Board which, is among the large school boards paying trustees the equivalent equivalent of full-time salaries. "I don't believe in full-time trustees," trustees," he said. Willsher went on to add that full-time trustees try to become become administrators rather than doing doing what they should be doing. SOMETHING NEW - If you are interested in spending an evening away from the Olympics and your television set, you'll have to act fast because the following is happening tonight. It's John Deere Day '94 at Evergreen Farm & Garden Ltd., on Taunton Road, at the north end of Orono, starting at 8:00 p.m. You'll enjoy the food, fun and prizes while learning a great deal about tractors, snow blowers and other equipment they have for farm and garden use. Their slogan is "Something New For Everyone." Everyone." No charge for attending. ALL DBIA MEMBERS - Following a Board meeting, all members of the Downtown Business Improvement Area (Bowmanville Business Centre) are advised of an All-Members dinner meeting which they should attend. It will be held at the Base Line Community Centre on Wednesday, March 9th, starting at 6 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner at 7. They hope to have the municipality's new Economic Development Officer, Todd Letts, as guest speaker. Many important matters will be discussed, so please purchase dinner tickets early for $15 each. Tickets for sale from Ron Hooper 623-5747, Edgar Lucas 623-6411 or Kevin Anyan 623-4168. MORE VOICES WANTED - Friends of The Happy Trail Singers will be delighted to hear that this informal group has resumed meetings now the holidays are over. They are a group of seniors who just enjoy .singing and get together every Thursday morning at the Lions Centre at 9:45 a.m. They have plenty of room for more participants, if you'd care to join in, especially male voices. For additional information, pleas call Jean Sumersford at 623-5395. MUSIC AND FOOD - An article in this newspaper on page 6, gives details of An Evening of Music to be presented at the Bowmanville Seventh-day Adventist Church, BowmanvEe, on Saturday evening, February 19E at 7:00 p.m. After you've enjoyed Ee religious and classical music recital by area artists, you wE be able to enjoy some vegetarian cooking samples. Also, at Eat time a Vegetarian Cooking School will be announced for Ee end of March, conducted by Leona Alderson from Kingsway College. Everyone welcome to this Free program. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER This year's World Day of Prayer will take place on Friday, March 4E, 1994, at 2:00 p.m. in St. Paul's United Church, Bowmanville. The theme is "Go, See and Act" and Ee speaker will be the Rev. Nancy J. Knox. All are .welcome and Eere will be babysitting and refreshments available. For Ee Newcastle area, Ee World Day of Prayer will be held on March 4E, wiE a service in St. Francis of Assisi Roman CaEolic Church wiE Ee service commencing at 7 p.m. BOWL FOR MILLIONS - Join Eefun. Pledge and Bowl for Big BroEers of Clarington on Celebrity Day Eis Saturday, February 19E at Liberty Bowl. Bowling times are 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. For more details, please call 623-6646. This is an important function Eat helps raise funds for Ee worthwhile work Ee Big BroEers organization docs in Eis area. Please lend a hand. FRENCH IMMERSION - No doubt all parents of kindergarten age children who will be entering Ee French Immersion classes at Ontario Street Public School, will be attending a special meeting to be held on Tuesday, February 22nd, 1994, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Ontario St. Public School. The Stork Market i See Page 10 GREEN-It'sa Boyl ROBERTSON-It'sn Boy! • •■•••ee . ■ •••••••• BARREN - It's a Boy! VERMEULEN - It's it Boyl REKKER - It's a Boyl WRIGHT-It's a Boyl Total This Year Boys 16 Girls 15 Bowmanville Man Killed in Head-on Crash Early Sunday Morning A fatal collision occurred on Hwy. 2 near Bennett Road on Sunday, February 13, at approximately 1:50 a.m. A westbound 1978 Chevy Nova apparently entered Ee opposing lanes on Hwy 2 where it collided wiE an eastboimd VW Jetta. The driver driver of Ee Chev Nova, 26-year-old Dwayne Campbell, of Bow manville, was pronounced dead at Ee scene. The driver of Ee Jetta, 19-year-old Gregory Hatton, of Newcastle, was taken to Oshawa General Hospital wiE serious injuries. The accident is presently under investigation. by Laura J. Richards The gathering of data regarding material deposited in a 26-acre low- level radio-active dump site just outside outside of Port Granby is,' almost t% i.ilicd. sayl the Chair of ™e Newtptf* tie Community Liaison Group (CLG) on Monthly night. John Veldhuis told Clarington councillors once the information is in, it will take Ee members of Ee CLG about another year to write Ee reports for Ee council and federal government. After Eat, the major decisions will have to be made by Ee council and of course, Ee federal cabinet However, before Ee reports are written, and before Ee decisions are made, Veldhuis and Ee oEer 10 members of Ee CLG need an answer answer to an important question, "How clean do you want us to go?" The liaison group is seeking viewpoints concerning Ee degree to which the clean-up would be accomplished accomplished The CLG members would like to see all the material taken out of Ee site on Lakeshore Road, but realize their hands are tied if Ee council doesn't agree wiE Eem. The committee is looking for direction direction from council and councillors 4i{£nt to meet wiE jhe members to 'discuss tlie'project. Veldhuis told council members Ee CLG has looked at a number of different options, including what he called "a do nothing option." Veldhuis said for Ee CLG, Ee option of ignoring Ee problem wasn't possible. Engine Failure Forces Town To Replace '81 Rescue Van by Laura J. Richards The Clarington Fire Department scooped up a deal from General Motors Motors last monE in Ee shape of a new emergency response vehicle. "I was kind of surprised at Ee cost," said Ward Two Councillor Ken Hooper on Tuesday afternoon when describing the four-person vehicle. vehicle. The final price Eg for Ee 1990 truck, which had never been used, was $22,940 after negotiations took place Erough Cowan Pontiac and GM. The original cost of Ee vehicle was "in Ee $40,000 range," said Councillor Hooper. The eight-cylinder van was due back from Ee painters on Tuesday, Feb. 15, and . will carry all of Ee emergency response team materials including oxygen tanks and Ee hydraulic hydraulic equipment used to rescue persons trapped in car crashes. The old rescue van broke down in January due to engine problems. It would have cost between $8,000 and $13,000 to repair it. "There is no way Eat you would put $13,000 into a 1981 vehicle," Councillor Hooper sEted. "We can't just walk away from it," Veldhuis noted. On Monday night, Veldhuis presented presented councillors wiE a list of potential potential contaminants at Ee Port Granby Waste Management Site, The listing indicates that Ee chemicals wiE Ee highest "overall: ranking" in Ee prioritized list are: antimony, arsenic, cadmium, uranium, uranium, and cobalt. These chemicals were found to be directly below Ee buried waste and two metres below Ee waste as well. While answering a question from Mary Novak, Veldhuis said Ee chemicals within Ee dump site "will not all move at Ee same rate. It depends depends on Ee type of soil." He said soils like sand would make it easy for Ee chemicals to seep through. "We've looked at nine or more different meEods" to contain and or remove Ee materials, Veldhuis sEted. sEted. From sEbilization to building a wall to capping to excavation of Ee Continued on Page 2 First Monte Carlo Rolls Off Oshawa G.M. Line by Lorraine Manfredo The first 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was driven off Ee production line at General Motors in Oshawa on Monday, Monday, February 14E. As it emerged from behind a Valentine's Day drape, Ee gleaming white couple was greeted by sustained applause from car plant workers, company company brass and Oshawa's Mayor Diamond. All had gathered at Ee Autoplcx to witness the launch of the new car line. GM Canada General Manager Manager George Pcapplcs said Ee event marked an "extremely significant day in Ee history of the Oshawa Car Assembly Plant." Bringing the respected Chevrolet nameplate "back to Ee build" in Oshawa is a great opportunity, he said. Between Ee model years of 1971 and 1981, GM of Canada Canada produced over 600,000 Monte Carlo cars in Oshawa, including Ee Motor Trend, "Car of Ee Year" in 1973. Presently, Ee new Monte Carlos, which replace Ee Lu- mina coupes, arc being produced produced at about a rate of six per day. These carly-mn cars, to be produced in first white, then black and red, will join a special GM fleet for further product evaluation. An earlier fleet of 50 cars ~ - also built on Ee Oshawa assembly assembly line -- took to the road last October as part of a Continued on Rage 17 Driving Oshawa's first 1995 Monte Carlo off Ee line on February 14E is Neil Grccntrcc, a GM employee wiE 38 years service to his credit. His faEcr and nephews, whose combined years of service top 60 years, accompany him. The sleek and sporty coupe is in Ee final stages of testing and will be available available in a full range of colors by early summer. GM hopes to gain dominance in Ee mid-size car market through production of Ee Monte Carlo coupes and Ee Chevrolet Lumina sedans. [preston] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville - ÜH Hospital Obstetrics Unit Welcomes 400 New Arrivals Each Year Sec Page 3 • Winter Sleigh Rides at Enniskillen Conservation Area Sec Page 18