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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 31 Aug 1994, p. 20

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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, August 31.1994 Section Two ^ Young Equestrian Does Well at Fair VOLUME 115 20 Pages BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, lOliil 15ÿ Per Copy NUMBER 38 Grand Prix Race on Saturday At Port Hope Fall Fair on Saturday, 13-year-old Lisa Nicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Nicks, Lovers Lane, did exceptionally well with her horse "Sundance", a seven-year-old hunter. Miss Nicks is shown above with her ribbons, trophy and cup, and also' in an action jumping picture. She won the Red Memorial Trophy and cup for first prize in the Class B Working Hunter class (ages of rider 11 to 14 years). Competing in the Open Working Hunter Class (open to all ages) she took the second prize ribbon. There were 12 obstacles 3'6" high in this competition. She took third prize in the Open Jumper Stake,- going over 12 obstacles 4' high. Miss Nicks and her 'cowboy' father also entered the Family Fun class where they won the second prize ribbon. If the weather is favorable, this weekend at Mosport should be one of the big ones of the year for the Player's Grand Prix of Canada. Practice runs will be held on Thursday, with qualifying trials for the Formula One cars on Friday and the big race on Saturday afternoon. Advance tickets for the event are being sold in Bowmanville by Frank's and Bryson's Variety stores. At the gate, the price is $4.00 on Friday and $8.00 on Saturday. Fans will save a dollar each day by purchasing tickets here rather than when they arrive at . the track. . Preliminary races will take place, starting at 9:30 on Saturday morning and the main event will get underway between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. Further details of the race and drivers are published under Sportop- ics on page nine of this edition. Approve Advance Poll Council Decides Municipal 1lection Will be Held Dec. 1st Dairymen Complain of Stench Set Up Picket Line to Stop Storage of Animal Entrails In Vats Near Newfonville £PR Signals Dedicate Memorial to I Former Pastor I At the 125th anniversary of j St. Andrew's Presbyterian j Church at Eldon on Sunday, I Sept. 14th, a memorial was dedicated to the memory of the late Rev. Alexander G. ! Scott, pastor there from 1928 'I Dairy farmers and residents!homes. to 1933. along the old Highway 2 about The leased gravel pit has be-1 T |, e memorial was dedicat- a mile west of Newtonville arelcome a temporary storage pit et j by the present minister, I up in arms over the storage of i for tne slaughter house residue Rev M c Young. Special "iy I I yv -animal entrails in storage tanks!before it is shipped by ta nk| spe a ke ' r 'f or ' ^e dav was the Knocked V^veri in a 6 raveI dum P near their trucks to processors In Toronto. ( Eev - B E Howell, Toronto, j " • On Friday the farmers, aided On Sunday morning at j SOLLY'S COl'RT WINS by members of the Durham A large crowd was on , county New Democratic Party hand last night for the jAssomtion,^ up a_pi_cket line 2:25 o'clock, Harold Daniel Harris, 23, Mill St., Newcastle, Newcastle, lost control of his car on Scuror St., and knocked over the signal lights at the CPU crossing. He received a bump on the head and the car sustained sustained considerable damage. Workmen spent most of the day putting the lights back into operation. benefit game between Sully . , .. , ... , and His 6 Court and Knapp's l£™ e jin front of the entrance to the Towing Ladies. They tell us that the " scorekeeper had problems trying to keep everything under control, what with the players running running the bases backwards, etc., but Sully and his hoys finally emerged the victors. take their truck loads of animal animal entrails straight through to Toronto. Two storage tanks in the pit area are said to service service over 30 slaughter yards In the united counties. Ryan De Uries, a dairy farm I (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Former members and fri ends came from great dis tances to attend. The church was filled at both services, showing the influence this CNIB Committee Prepares for Fund Campaign on Oct. 20 Mrs. Ronald Hawthorne, Chairman of the Bowmanville- West Durham Advisory Committee Committee to the Canadian National National Institute for the Blind, presided at its meeting held recently in the Lions Com- munty Centre. She announced announced that word had been received received from C. G. Hilbom, Peter borough, CNIB Field Secre tary, that there are five newly newly registered blind people in this district, She told the Advisory Committee Committee meeting that two of the church has had on the lives!recently registered blind in of many. j this area are in the teenage 'category, and both of these : girls are attending the School GIRLS SOFTBALL FINALS Rabbits Burned on Sunday Morning - -t VAts LutV A small rabbit barn on the properl y nf Ai l Knmminfia, R,R. 4, Bowmanville, v destroyed in a fire lain Sunday morning. Bowmanville firemen were called In the srene and extinguished the blaze, Later, as it was in Clarke Township, Oil h's brigade were called and completed the job. No information was available on b'ii c of the blaze that did approximately $1,500 damage to the building and rU's'i' 1 S'j.Otlll worlli of rabbits and I heir rages. The Krmm'ncrc were at church Wi. ,i the blaze was noticed by a neighbor who phuiv ' in tir il Tin. , Photo by Pat Gould for the Blind at Brantford. One of the other three re ferred to by Field Secretary Hilbom Is taking lessons at home from a teacher, and another another has a talking book. Chairman Hawthorne also (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Cobourg and Courtice ladies ladies softball teams will play what could be the deciding game of the finals here, at Memorial Park, on Thursday Thursday evening. BITS n® PIECES ! NEW CARS -- This is the month when the gleaming new car models are announced and you begin wondering wondering whether that heap you are driving will last another year or if you'd be ahead of the game to invest in a new one. We would suggest you visit the various showrooms and discuss the matter with some of the salesmen on duty. Advertisements inside this edition will provide information on the openings, t t t Y T NAMES -- Last week's court news listed a Jack Taylor charged with careless driving, but gave no address. There are several around with that name and one of them on 8 Anne Street wishes it known that he wasn't the one charged. 7 T t t t DESPERATE -- West Durham Scout Council needs volunteer helpers. This year, several who have given service over many years, have found it necessary to retire. Especially needed is a husband and wife - team as Secretary-Treasurer. Contact Pat Blaker at Newcastle 987-4827 or attend the next meeting at the Lions Centre Tuesday, Sept. 23rd, at 8:00 p.m. T t ' t t t WINTER -- On Sunday morning, Manager Roy Neads officially opened (lie Arena for the season with several hockey practices throughout the day, The ice is in good shape and the interior bright and beautiful with a new coat of paint. So we begin another season of the blades and put those ball gloves away. t i t t t RETURNS -- Senator Jim Coyle advises that Don Messer will be back on television with his musicians this Friday at 7:30 over Channel 11, Hamilton. Incidentally, Incidentally, Bill Lcask advises that Cable TV installations installations arc proceeding at a rapid rale with customers delighted with the improved reception. If you arc interested, it is suggested you contact their office as soon as possible while the special free installation bargain is in effect. f 4 f f MASTER -- The Village of Tyrone will experience experience n real first on Sept, 23rd when the Grand Master of the Orange Lodge of British America, Rev. Dr. Moffatt, will address an open meeting in the community hall. He will lie accompanied accompanied by several of Ills Grand Lodge officers, officers, Public invited. Meeting starts lit 8:00 p.m. t t t t ' t BETTER -- The changes taking place at Bowman- ville's main corners arc providing more room for traffic on the corners and generally making a great improvement in the appearance of the intersection. Street Dance Planned Here By Cable TV Bill Leask of Cable TV advised The Statesman this morning that arrangements are underway for a free street dance here on Friday evening, Sept. 26th. The event will be televised and shown on.a Cable TV channel channel to Bowmanville customers. customers. A good band will be providing music. Later, on Saturday, Sept. 27th, there will be an official official opening of their new office on King St. W„ formerly formerly Brock's Barber Shop. More details next week! FREE DRAW WINNERS Prize winners of the free draw at A. L, Wearn Fuels Texiaco exhibit at Orono Fair' are: George Evans, 46 Marcus Blvd., Toronto; J. A.: Rosevear, Bowmanville R.R. No. 1; Art 'Youngman, Tyrone Tyrone R.R. No. I; Gerald B. Gibson, Newcastle R.R. 2. Prizes not picked up at fair may be picked up at A. L. Wearn Garage, Enniskillen. Enniskillen. Ont. The local municipal election year on Saturday, November will be held on Monday, December December 1st, and polls will be open from nine o'clock in the morning to six p.m. The Nomination Nomination Meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, Court Bulding, Church Street, on Thursday evening, November 20th, commencing at 7:30 p.m. The Town Council meeting held on Monday evening of this week decided that an Advance Advance Poll will be held this 29th. Councillor Robert Dyk- stra, seconded by Councillor Leslie Coombes, moved that a By-Law be prepared ,to authorize authorize the Advance Poll on the. last Saturday before the date of the election. Councillor Dykstra pointed out that an Advance Poll would give any members of the public who might have to be out of town on election day (TURN TO PAGE TWO) $200 Guitar Stolen SCREWBALL EXHIBITION On Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Woodvlew Park Juvenile champions will play an exhibition ball game against Zion Cuties (men) on the soccer field at Zion community park. This should be quite an entertaining attraction. Rock Groups Moving Out Find Town Hall No Better For Their Practice Sessions Enrollment at BHS Lower Than Last Year The present enrolment at opening date and the end of Bowmanville High School Is 590 compared to 604 students who were there at this time last year. But although this High School has 14 less students students than it did at the same date in 1968, the present enrolment enrolment figure is still tentative because each year previously It has. increased between the September. New teachers at Bowman- ville High School are as follows: follows: J. L. Campbell (Commercial (Commercial subjects) Typing, Marketing and Mathematics. Mrs. L. Ellis, English, Physical Education, and Health. Lloyd Johnston, Industrial Arts. Mrs. (TURN TO PAGE TWO) At Council on Monday night "Councillor Colin Cooke said that the rock and roll band that had asked council's help in finding a place to practice, had been using the Town Hall auditorium for the last two weeks on Wednesday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. He told council that a guitar worth $200 had been left there and had been stolen. Mayor Hobbs reminded council that these bandsmen had been told that they would have to be responsible responsible for their own instruments instruments and equipment. "Do they have to have their amplifiers amplifiers turned so high There (TURN TO PAGE TWO) Car Demolishes Verandah on Liberty South Mr. and Mrs, Robert Lockhart, Liberty St. South, were awakened with a jolt early Sunday morning and their son John, watching television, also had quite a shock when their cement block verandah collapsed after being hit by a car, Gary Woolncr, 23, of (15 Hunt St. was driving cast on Ontario St. and failed to make the turn onto Liberty Si. S. The vehicle jumped the curb, crossed lawns, leaped a hedge and went smack into the Lockhart verandah that fell on top of it, doing considerable damage, Woolncr managed to escape from the debris and was taken tn Memorial Hospital by ambulance for treatment of a lacerated finger and eyebrow. eyebrow. The car is at left in the picture, the cement,floor of the verandah at right, while Mr, Lockhart surveys the damage. He line! spent considerable time last week repairing the structure. .

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