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• Total Market Coverage of Clarington from the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Saturday, June 21,1997 143rd Year Circulation: 20,550 Little Big Cat Orono Jungle Cat World education director, Justinian Scott Creed, shows zoo visitor Monica Zwart, age 5, how to bottle-feed the new crop of jungle cats. Czarina, a Siberian tiger, was born eight weeks ago at the zoo. She is part of a recent baby boom there that includes a black jaguar cub, Arctic wolf and Arctic fox pups, a spider monkey baby and many others. The babies are now on view to the public. -Photo by Lorraine Manfredo by Laura J. Richards Staff Writer The manager of the LCBO store in Newcastle is upset with a proposal proposal to place a Brewer's Retail store in the village. Wayne Bell told The Independent on Monday, June 9, he has not heard officially when this could happen, but predicted this type of store will wipe out at least one full-time job at the LCBO store in Newcastle.' "They (Brewer's Retail) say the new store will create employment, but in this area, they will only employ one or two people," Bell said. He added that one of those employees would probably come from another Brewer's Retail, and would not represent a new job for the area. Bell says the combination store he manages gives consumers what they are looking for -- including cold beer -- as do other combination combination stores in Bewdley and Millbrook. In addition, "the profits from the LCBOs are turned over to the provincial government whereas, with Brewer's Retail, the profits go back to the company which owns the business." LCBO profits arc funnelled into programs like health and social ser vices and reinvested back into the LCBOs, Bell said. The Newcastle store employs two full-time and two causal employees. At present, one-half of the store's weekly revenues are from beer sales, Bell explained. He estimates that, if a Brewer's Retail store opened, then one-half of the sales from the Newcastle LCBO would be gone, because the LCBO , would no longer retail beer. Bell says the combination stores give consumers "one-stop shopping" shopping" for their alcoholic beverages. The placing of a Brewer's Retail in the village comes after "the LCBO has already established a market for beer, here," Bell adds. In fact, "there was no talk about a Brewer's Retail until recently," he said. What he finds ironic is the fact that LCBOs purchase beer and similar similar products from the breweries, and sell them at the same, prices as they would go for at a Brewer's Retail store. He added that his store "carries 90 per cent of the beer brands that are out." Bell noted that, to fight Brewer's Retail plan for additional stores, the employees of 21 combination stores across Ontario will be asking people Continued on page 3 Hospital Check-Up Executive Reviews Challenges and Achievements by Laura J. Richards Staff Writer Memorial Hospital Bowmanville is stepping up to the challenges and changes thrown its way by the provincial government. On Tuesday night, June 17, the hospital's board of directors heard good news from Tom Schonberg, president of the hospital, and Stephen Wilson, the chair of the board of directors. "This past year was a very challenging challenging one for the staff, medical staff, management, volunteers, committees, committees, and the board of directors. It was another year of significant accomplishments and the recognition recognition of an outstanding hospital," Schonberg told about 30 people at the annual general meeting. Accomplishments Some of those accomplishments include the three-year accreditation by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation. The award, by the national, independent independent body which establishes quality standards and assesses compliance compliance with those standards, is an "endorsement of the hospital's commitment commitment to the client-centred approach, quality improvement and team-work," Schonberg said. Everyone at the hospital has met the challenge of providing more services. services. "Some examples of increased service volumes include: 28 per cent for same day surgery, 35 per cent for in-patient surgery, 10 per cent for physiotherapy, 40 per cent for echocardiography, 17 per cent for ujtrasound procedures, six per cent for in-patierit medical unit and five per cent for the special care unit," Schonberg noted. Improvements was the moving of the obstetrics/maternity program "to a new location with increased facilities facilities for parent education and teaching, teaching, improved aesthetics and accommodation accommodation choices," Schonberg observed. Challenges and Issues Wilson noted there are two challenges challenges facing the hospital,"And from these two, other issues naturally naturally develop," he said. "The first challenge challenge is accommodating the dramatic dramatic growth in our community. The second is integrating ourselves into a larger health care system." Wilson said the hospital corporation corporation has been successful in efforts to glean additional operating money "in the form of 'growth funding'" from the Ministry of Health during the past two years to help maintain programs and services that may have otherwise been cut back. "This past year, we received $503,909 on top of $645,632 last year for a total of $1,149,541, obtained only because we lobbied for it," Wilson said. Continued on page 12 A 20-year-old Hastings man was airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, following a two-vehicle collision near the Fifth Wheel Truck Stop on the South Service Road, Bowmanville, on Monday afternoon, June 16. The Chrysler mini-van the man had been driving was travelling east on the South Service Road when a tractor-trailer, which was travelling west, made a left hand turn into the truck stop, stated Sgt. Jim Grimley, of the Durham Regional Police. , The van was struck and the driver had to be extricated by the Jaws or Set. Grimley noted the young man was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital due to "major blood loss." He added that the driver is alive "thanks to the air bag and seat belts. The driver of the tractor-trailer, who is from Quebec, has been charged with making an improper left turn, Sgt. Grimley said. Also, two major initiatives -- the kfter Hours Clinic and the consoli- lation of outpatient services -- lave helped "to improve )atient/family access and conve- lience, as well as workflow." Among several improvements by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer , Jennifer Cooke knows her job -- now she wants to know about yours. Cooke has been the town's Marketing, Tourism and Economic Development Officer for two years, and it's her business to know what businesses businesses are popping up in the area. Keeping track of new ventures is not an easy task, she told members of Independent Flyers *A&P (Prices in effect from Sun., June 22 to Sat., June 28/97) *Beaver Lumber (Prices guaranteed until July 5/97) Canadian Tire (Prices in effect from Sun., June 22 to Sat., June 28/97) *Graham's IGA (Prices in effect from Sun., June 22 to Sat., June 28/97) *Home Hardware (Prices in effect until June 28/97) the Clarington Business Group at a Tuesday morning breakfast meeting, especially with corporate downsizing spurring the growth of so many fledgling home-based operations. "The number of businesses currently currently listed on the town's business directory is about 1,500 and I would suggest there are that many more, working out of their homes. And we can't help them because we don't know they're out there." She said: "We rely on businesses to contact us to get on the list. It's a totally voluntary thing." The printed directory is sold for $5 (to offset print and production costs) but is often part of a "Welcome to Clarington" package given to busi- *M&M Meats (Prices in effect from Sun., June 22 to Sat., July 12/97) 'Memorial Hospital - Bowmanville (Indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in ®Ije Clavinston/Courtire Sntiepeubent, please contact our office at 623-3303. handy information to know what services services and products are available locally. New companies, can also ask the Economic Development office to include them on the list of bidders contacted for municipally tendered contracts. In order to get the perspective from this new breed of small business operator, Cooke asked about 30 regu Continued on page 3