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I ( Fire Dept. Welcomes Its Newest Recruit by Lorraine Manfredo A 13-week-old Dalmatian has earned a spot on the Clarington Fire Department. The rambunctious, polka-dot pooch is in training to be the department's department's full-time mascot. It's a job most dogs would envy. Once trained, Lucky will greet tours at Station One m Bowman- ville, visit area schools, ride the fire truck in parades, and be a round-the-clock companion for the changing shifts at Station One. He won't go out to real emergencies, emergencies, Chief Michael Creighton told the Statesman. He won't be used as a rescue dog. In fact, the puppy is learning to retreat to his big kennel cage whenever he hears the siren blow. As mascot, he'll be a boost to Turn to page three Mascot namecT'Lucky" Municipally, Seeks Financial Adm from BÉêMMS Si Jarmy 2Z MeetiM ij el 1 !)' U CO y v„ ' S-J A îslï [j p ii i| " i 1 ' V;. by Laura J. Richards Councillors will hold a special meeting this Friday morning to decide decide how Clarington will face the provincial government cutbacks. The public will be invited to discuss discuss matters such as user fees and other budget issues at a later meeting, meeting, which is set for January 22. Both meetings arc in response to the fact that Ontario has chopped almost. $1 million from its 1996/97 grant to Clarington. Clarington Council hopes to absorb absorb the million-dollar reduction in provincial funds without requiring a tax increase. At the General Purpose and Administration Administration Committee meeting held on Monday, Jan. 8, councillors bandied back and forth their concerns concerns over the cuts. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamrc pointed out that the ideas they were trying to discuss were better left to their meeting this Friday. The session on Friday should help to gel councillors' views on ideas submitted by the departments, she said. It will also highlight ideas the town's department have been working on since the provincial government introduced its financial reforms in late November. Councillors spent some of Monday's Monday's meeting debating the wording of an ad which will be used to solicit solicit the public's views on municipal municipal finances. The public notice states that the Municipality of Clarington will be meeting on January 22nd to "review "review and discuss any and all ways to accommodate the reduction in Turn to page three The Prosperity Package Nokia 2120 or Motorola TDMA Ultra Plus Digital Portable • 36 months of unlimited evenings/weekends • 30 FREE peak minutes per month • 50 cents per minute • S60 Activation Included * O.A.C. $ >Q95 All this for only Hï? /month On a Source Advantage Lease NOKCOM CELLUL.R Hell Mobility Centre 595 King St. Hast, Oshawa (905)432-00 88 NORCOM CELLULAR SOTaunton Rd. E. Oshawa. (905) 438-0088 NORCOM CELLULAR Hell Mobility Centre Oshawa Centre (905) 571-0088 NORCOM CELLULAR 8 Slrathy Road, Unit #2 Cobourg (905) 373-4475 Bell! MobiSSty 6 A A X Internet - can.. 14 Pages Wednesday, January 10,1996 / "-V,. : • y | J I'.'-'A | TjX,' ! f, !■: C I i : vf . /.! ! i : ^ X ,v ' ' 7 v v ,Xv ( Bowmanville, Ontario 142nd Year 700 + 50 G.S.T. = 750 Issue 2 Re-Zoning Approves Cinemas, Restaurants by Laura J. Richards A 10-screen cinema complex, a video arcade, and two restaurants were approved in principle by a Clarington planning committee on Monday, Jan. 8. The committee recommended approval of the rezoning required for the complex located just west of Bowmanville's fire station. The complete approval will come after the applicant, Willsonia Industries Ltd., enters into a site plan agreement with Clarington and provides a Letter of Credit for its contribution to the urbanization of Woman Robbed at Knifepoint A 24-year-old Newcastle woman woman reported being robbed at knife point while at the CIBC Instant Teller in Newcastle on Monday night, Jan. 8. The two male suspects fled on foot, northbound between the bank and the Newcastle Town Hall. 16 Division Inspector Jim Adams Adams noted the robbery took place at 7:30 p.m. ori Monday night, but was not reported until about 10 p.m. "She was quite upset with the incident," incident," the inspector said. The inspector said the suspects were both white males about 16 years of age weighing 130 pounds. One was about 5'5" tall, wearing a black ski mask, a black baggy coat with baggy jeans. The oilier was about 5'8," wearing a dark ski mask, a dark baggy coat. The Durham Regional Police arc investigating this incident and would appreciate any resident knowing anything about the robbery robbery calling the department at 579- 1520. | j h 1 1 vf i U M I■; j J I !(V\C l TAKE NOTE - A flaw has been noticed in some of the S| 1996 Memorial Hospital-Bowmanville lottery calendars. ; In an unknown number of them, the months of February j; and November were duplicated and March and October were omitted. The defect will in no way affect the calendar owner's chances in the monthly draws for cash prizes, and j! the flaw is in only a limited number of copies. Those who ! have found the flaw in their calendar and want it corrected, i can drop by The Statesman office at 62 King West, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, to have corrected pages inserted. EXTRA CLINIC - Regular blood donors and any newcomers newcomers who .would consider becoming involved, are advised advised that the Red Cross has scheduled an additional clinic for Wednesday, January 17th from 12 noon until 7:30 p.m. : It will be held, as usual, at the Lions Centre, on Beech Av- :ij enue in Bowmanville. New donors are requested to bring • ; identification. We understand the blood banks need to be : restocked because the demand for blood products has been : exceptionally heavy. : ' LUCKY THIS TIME - Our heartiest gratitude must be ■ extended to Mother Nature for somehow diverting last : weekend's mega-snowstorm from this area for a change to : give us time to clean up from the previous one. At the 1 same time we pass along our sympathy to friends south of the border who are experiencing the joys that go along with coping with a downfall of eight inches of snow, with- ; out adequate equipment to dispose of it quickly. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT RECYCLED -- The ? | Clarington Medical Equipment Recycling Program : collects and refurbishes equipment which can be re-used and also distributes the equipment to those who require it. : Anyone needing devices such as walkers, wheelchairs, : crutches, etc., is invited to contact this organization. And they would also appreciate donations from those with medical equipment they don't need any longer. For further information, contact the Red Cross at 723-2933 or call Jo Harris at 983-1107. ****** CHOPPING BLOCK - Between now and Monday, Jan- ; vary 22nd, Town Council members and all department personnel will be concentrating on ways and means to re- | ducc costs. Council is also asking for help from ratepayers who may have "some ideas of their own on how the town can chop expenditures to offset the million dollars the : province is cutting from provincial grants. So, let's all get our thinking caps on and come up with some positive thoughts that might contribute valuable ideas to be dis- : cussed at that January 22nd meeting of council at 9:30 a.m. The Stork Market Report ANN1S -- It's nBoyl ****** IWtllY- li's « Ciirll ****** COLLINSON - It's ii Girll ****** ORKRN-Ii'r a Boy I See Page 12 Total This Year VUK - It's n Itoyl ♦ * * * * * SHATON - It's a Oirll * * * * *• * WIIITH - It's a Girll ****** WRIGHT-It's n Hoy! Boys 5 Girls 4 Highway Two. Discussions on Monday, Jan. 8, centred on the inclusion of a 24- machine video arcade within the building. Councillor Pat Pingle questioned the placing of 24 video arcade machines machines at the theatre complex. She noted she would like to sec only the three machine's that were agreed to previously. She also wondered about the development's development's proximity to two future future schools for the area. Councillor Mary Novak told the committee she had no problem with the 24 machines being included. Councillors Debate Size of Video Arcade in New MovieComplex 1 She'related Row over the holidays holidays shi look iter children to trie movie theatre in Oshawa, where she saw no problems with the arcade. arcade. "I was pleased to see how well supervised the arcade was," Councillor Councillor Novak remarked. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamrc told councillors, "Please keep in mind that this is a 10-theatre complex complex and they won't be putting something in to lose their renters." She told her council she has found out that "the business won't make money when limited to just three machines." Times have changed since the limit was put into place, and like time, attitudes towards arcades have changed too. The mayor pointed out to the committee, that the arcade would only be open to people during the same hours as the theatre complex. "This is going to be one classy development," Mayor Hamrc noted with a smile. Having a (Beach) Ball Pre-schoolers were having a ball at the YWCA's Florida Beach Day aclivities last week held at Trinity United Church in Bowmanville. These happy campers wore their sunhals and shades, and were all set to give winter the cold shoulder with a friendly beach ball toss in the gym. Activities also included crafts, stories and songs. 006 , \\ Of s i! r\ If A v v\ (C. V u ,c IQ i I by Laura J. Richards I-Iopc Township wants die mothballed mothballed electrical generating station at Wcslcyvillc to be considered as the site of a proposed fusion experiment experiment facility in Canada. Hope Township Reeve Ian Angus Angus told The Canadian Statesman last week, he and the council have been in touch with Ontario Hydro in regards to the Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Project. However, "nothing lias come of it," Reeve Angus said. But, lie noted, "we have had a meeting with Mr. James of the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) office." Reeve Angus said after a meeting meeting held last year, he received a call from James in which James noted that the Canadian ITER Council is already looking at potential sites at Darlington and Bruce generating stations. Reeve Angus, said James noted that perhaps in the future, if one of the two sites doesn't live up to expectations, expectations, Wcslcyvillc could he placed on the list. Reeve Angus noted the Wcslcyvillc Wcslcyvillc site is a block of land 1,800 to 2.2(H) acres owned by Ontario Hydro. Hydro. Next to it is 600 acres owned by CAM ECO. Empty Powerplant Building Sits on 1,800 Actes "The building is virtually empty except for storage by Ontario Hydro." Hydro." The Wcslcyvillc site was built as an oil-fired generating facility. But the oil crisis intervened. And, as a result, Wcslcyvillc was never completed. completed. "It was never used as a generating generating station," the reeve said. Hope Township found out about the ITER project through the Internet. Internet. Reeve Angus said the ITER project project concept is fascinating. "Fusion is the energy of the future." "This would be a pilot plant operation operation and would provide an enormous enormous advantage for this area." lie also stated "the project would attract the brightest and boldest scientific minds." With that, Reeve Angus noted that Hope Township is putting together together a small information package for the ITER team here in Ontario, lie stated it won't be anything like the package prepared by Durham Region or Bruce County. But it will show the township's interest in the project, lie said. While the ITER project is on the list of complementary uses of the site, it is not the only choice for the moth-balled station. "We arc, in our own quiet way, letting certain businesses know that we have land and services available," available," Reeve Angus said. Donald Dautovich, of the Canadian Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Project, Project, told The Statesman the Wcslcyvillc Wcslcyvillc site is one that "is quite familiar to Ontario Hydro." i And, while it is a good site with lots of land, "it is not a developed nuclear site and would require significant significant money to develop it." Dautovich noted, "we appreciate Hope Township's interest. The Wcslcyvillc site would be a reserved reserved option, but not one of Canada's Canada's choices at this time." The Darlington Nuclear Generating Generating Station in Clarington and the Bmcc Nuclear Generating Station in Bruce County "will continue to be the two sites we offer to the ITER Council members," Dauto- vicli said. Man in Lingerie Faces Charges A 38-year-old Peterborough man was arrested by Durham Regional Regional Police after two incidents in which a man entered a doughnut shop on Hwy. 115/35, dressed in lingerie. The man is a suspect in two reported reported incidents of criminal harassment harassment and two counts of indecent acts at the Coffee Time Donut Shop on the 115/35 Hwy, Clarington. Clarington. 16 Division Inspector Jim Adams Adams noted the man "allegedly en tered a coffee shop on two occasions occasions while dressed in lingerie." The first incident look place on Saturday, Nov. 4, 1995. Inspector Adams noted a man "entered the Coffee Time Donuts at Orono wearing a black brassiere, a mini skirt and handcuffs. "11c had a siring attached to the cuffs and mini-skirt, When lie lifted his hands the string lifted the skirt and lie exposed himself," the Inspector Inspector said. Turn lopngo 14