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905-623-3303 32 Pages Wednesday, March 30,1994 Bowmanville, Ontario 140th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 13 Lin and Dorothy VanDriel Bowmanville Family Shares Encore Win Worth $250,000 A local family is sharing a quarter of a million million dollars thanks to the Lotto 649 Encore draw. "My advice to people is to always play their Encore," said Bowmanville resident Dorothy VanDriel. Mrs. VanDriel and her husband, Lin, of Bowmanville, along with their sons, Leslie and Scott, of Oshawa, are sharing an Encore jackpot jackpot of $250,000 from the March 23 draw. The winning ticket was purchased at the Smokers Plus variety store in the Bowmanville Mall. The VanDriels are regular Lotto 649 players, although previous wins have never been more than $10. They first learned of their good fortune on Thursday morning, when they checked their newspaper. Lin and Dorothy VanDriel, who are retired, have five grandchildren Their eldest son, Leslie, works for General Motors and their son, Scott, is a teacher with the Durham Board of Education. To Discuss Women by Laura J. Richards ;; Municipal Councillors want to provide a forum for residents concerned concerned with the idea of establishing a battered women's shelter in the municipality. ïj Clarington Mayor Didne Hamre fold councillors and residents who attended the Monday night council meeting she would write to the Ministry Ministry of Community and Social Services Services to seek a mediator. "I will want to know if they can refer us to anyone to host a meeting to address concerns," said Mayor Hamre. SPRING FORWARD •-- As of this week-end, you will lose an hour's sleep when local chronometers move forward to reflect reflect Daylight Savings Time. If you want to stay up late, the official official time to adjust your clocks is 2:00 a.m. Sunday. But, you won't be breaking the law if you set them before you go to bed; or when you rise in the morning. We still remember the time a few years ago when a similar notice was accidentally published a week early, and everyone arrived at church an hour before the service. Although he regretted the mistake, the Editor was very | impressed with the power of Bits and Pieces. LOST STROLLER -- Two weeks ago, we reported that someone had lost a pair of baby booties, which by the way, are still unclaimed. This week, a baby stroller was recovered outside outside of Orchard Park furniture. If it belongs to you, please phone 623-1131 to retrieve it. POLICE ON BIKES -- Durham Regional Police are ready to start a Bike Patrol program on April 15th, but still need about | $1,200 more in financial support to get the bikes rolling. The police are providing the manpower and Canadian Tire is providing providing the bikes, but there are some specialty accessories needed needed to complete the program. Using the bikes, police will be able to better patrol downtown areas in Bowmanville, Orono and I Newcastle. Sounds like a great idea and it should be well received received by local merchants. If you can help, please call Inspector Jim Adams at 579-1520, ext. 288 for complete details about the program. INK ON YOUR NOSE -- While attending our provincial newspaper convention on Friday, we checked out one of the new 3D features that you may have seen recently in the Sunday Sun: If you stare at the blurred image long enough, it actually becomes a three dimensional picture. By holding the newspaper image against your nose, and then slowly moving it away, the 3D picture will eventually come into focus. The only drawback of the demonstration was that everyone was walking around with ink smeared on the tip of their nose! UMPIRES ALL NAMED AL -- You may remember a few years ago when one of our in-laws commented how odd it was i that all the umpires at a Toronto Blue Jays game were named Al. She saw the AL on their hats and didn't know that it meant "American League." This is the same person who heard a news report about a person who had died from numerous gunshot wounds to the head. She asked if it was suicide. But, there is hope. Last week she made a profound observation that you drive your car on a parkway, but park your car in a driveway. Tough to argue with that one. TAX NIGHTMARES --- From one of our income tax friends comes this cute story about someone who paid to have their tax return completed. While going through the various T-slips, the accountant asked where the T4 slip was from this person's part- time job. She responded with, "Oh, you don't have to include that one, I've already spent that money!" Makes perfect sense tous. It has become obvious to her and the councillors that the community needs such a meeting. She told reporters after the council council session while a privately-funded shelter like the proposed Bethesda House of Mercy would be accountable accountable to a board of directors, the community community wants a shelter that is accountable accountable to more than that. Clarington is in the position where it would like the Bethesda House of Mercy shelter committee ,i to address the concents raised by many residents within the area of the proposed shelter. These concerns Mayor Hamre spoke of were outlined at last week's planning meeting which looked at the rezoriing of a property located on Ontario Street in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The Bethesda House of Mercy committee has its eye on a residential home to serve as a women's women's shelter. During the council meeting on Monday, Mayor Hamre said the municipality municipality could not interfere with the running of an abused women's i shelter. Planning Director Frank Wu told councillors that he is bound by the .... t DAFFODIL DAY 1 V Volunteers, with the Clarington branch of the Canadian Cancer Society were out in hill force Friday Friday afternoon and were hard to miss with their bright overcoats and baskets of daffodils. Edna Laughlin (right), a ten-year veteran of Daffodil Day, hands a bouquet of yellow buds to six-year- old Milria Freethy while volunteer Jim Coombes looks on. Sold at $3 per bunch, the proceeds go to help fund cancer research. -Photo by Lorraine Manfredo Summer Job Program to Benefit 21,000 Students by Lorraine Manfredo Young people across the province province are hoping that a $52 million these jobs are not going to have students students wandering about the countryside countryside picking up papers or just doing "terms and conditions within the job creation program announced last tasks to get a job. Each job will have Dlonnmi. Aot " ...mi .• .L-!_ tin educational nr IrflinrniT rnmnn- Planning Act. Francine Nicholas, the spokesperson spokesperson of Alliance House Women's Shelter and Support Services Inc., said, "At the March 21,1994 council council meeting, we stated clearly, once our concerns are addressed, (which are safety and the well-being of abused women and their children) Alliance House will fully support Continued on Page 20 week will improve their prospects for finding summer jobs. Durham East MPP Gord Mills revealed revealed the news Friday to students at Bowmanville High School. More than 21,000 government-funded jobs will be created through the job- sOntario Summer Employment program program to help fight youth unemployment. unemployment. "One vital component is that Arrest Made After Attack On Trio in Bowmanville Durham Regional Police have arrested arrested a 21-year-old Bowmanville man in connection with an attack which occurred on three men outside outside Bowmanville's 7-Elevcn store last week. On March 20, six persons attacked attacked three men outside the store at the comer of Highway Two and Liberty St. The incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. Durham Regional Police arrested 21-ycar-old Jason Smalc of Queen Street, Bowmanville on Monday, March 28, said 16th Division Inspector Inspector Jim Adams. Smalc faces three counts of assault assault and will appear in court on Friday, Friday, April 15. ' Inspector Adams told The Statesman Statesman that a second warrant has been issued for a man who lives in Sarnia. Sarnia. The suspects are believed to be part of a gang of six who attacked a 28-ycar-old and two 24-ycar olds. The three men were taunted by thugs around 1:45 a.m. inside the 24-hour convenience store at Hwy. 2 and Liberty Street. List week, Durham Region Staff Sgt. Sandy Ryric said the trio were tormented and then attacked over a 15-minutc period. The victims were kicked, punched, and knocked down during the assault and suffered cuts to their heads and bodies. an educational or training component component to it" Mills said. Jobs will be open to unemployed youth aged 15-24 (or up to 29 for people with disabilities). "These will not be menial jobs," Mills stressed. "Every job will be meaningful." The majority of the jobs will come from within provincial ministries, ministries, although it is hoped that private private enterprise will funnel opportunities opportunities through the program as well. Most positions will pay minimum wage, except those where the students students work alongside employees in collective agreements. Mills was unable to say how many of the 21,300 positions would be available locally. There will also be a student venture venture program which provides loans of up to $3,000 to students who want to operate their own enterprise. BHS students who crowded into the gymnasium bleachers Friday to receive the news reacted with reserved reserved optimism. Even teens in the lower grades arc anxious to start building up their bank accounts. They arc aware that post-secondary tuition fees arc going going up. Students also need to start saving for oilier essentials, such as cars, said one grade 10 student. Another teen, who spent almost every day last summer passing out resumes and visiting the Student Employment Centre, expressed concern concern about how high tuition fees might be by the time she graduates. And, With the memory of last summer's dismal employment statistics statistics still fresh in their minds, the sense of urgency deepens. Continued on Page 3 Eagles Drop Two Games to Even Napanee Series ..«Page 6 Karate Kid Ready For Canadian Championships ...Page 11 Easter Seals Tammy Promotes More Education And Freedom ...Pg. 1, Sec. 2 r The Stork Market ^ AlxuX / . 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