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PAGE 2THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JULY 11,2001 Goodyear named Corporate Citizen of the Year Company marks 90 years of business BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE Being "number one in conveyor belting" may not make headlines but its worked for Goodyear Canada, Bowmanville. which celebrated 90 years in business in 2000. In recognition of its contribution through those years, the company was recently presented the Corporate Citizen of the Year 2000 award by the Municipality of Claring- ton. "It's a real honour," says Wally Hicks, plant manager of Goodyear Canada, Bowmanville. "Particularly being the inaugural inaugural award. 1 really think the people who worked here over the years deserve a lot of the credit. If they hadn't been so competitive we would have been shut down like so many others. And the retirees here are unbelievable. unbelievable. They're still so interested interested in what's going on." The company was chosen chosen for its contribution to the community including donations and pledges to numerous causes within Durham Region including a pledge of $25,000 to the Durham College university university program, a pledge of $25,000 to the new YMCA and $31,000 contributed to the United Way. As well, the plant is currently in the process of leasing, for a nominal fee, part of its property in downtown Bowmanville to the municipality municipality for the Valleys 2000 valley lands naturalization naturalization and trail program. The long-term lease will allow the municipality, in conjunction, with the Valleys Valleys 2000 committee, to develop the land for passive passive recreation use for residents residents and visitors to Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Goodyear Canada Bowmanville Bowmanville plant manager Wally Hicks with the company's award. Goodyear purchased the property in October, 1910 from the Durham Rubber Co. That year it employed about 150 people. people. Wages, considered "quite high" at the time were 12 cents an hour for production workers and 27 cents ' an hour for lire builders, says Mr. Micks. By 1916, the plant had grown to employ 700 people people and a second plant was built in west Toronto. The following year, the Bowmanville Bowmanville plant became the first Canadian location to produce industrial rubber products and during the Second World War supplied supplied the Canadian Armed Forces with a variety of rubber products. The products products ranged from more than two million feet of rubber hose (in 50 foot lengths) to heels and soles for soldiers' boots, mud flaps, and truck fan belts. Today, the plant mainly manufactures conveyor belting - both steel cable and textile - and has the largest steel cable conveyor conveyor belt in North America. The corporate citizen award, presented by the mayor's office, will become become an annual honour for large and small business alike which "make a contribution contribution to the well-being of the community," says Jennifer Cooke, Claring- ton's tourism and marketing marketing director. Alzheimer support group meets BOWMANVILLE - The Alzheimer Society East Durham Support Group will meet Tuesday, July 17. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lakeridge Health Bowmanville, Bowmanville, in Lecture Room B, 47 Liberty St. S. Parking Parking tokens will be provided. provided. All caregivers may attend. attend. For further information, information, call 905-576-2567. AIR CONPITIONINO BLOWOUT SALE From §1,299.00 lnslallcd v LIMITE» QUANTITIES ÜÜ . 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HIGHWAY #2 EAST END OF PORT HOPE 905-885-4573 Eight grads get Rotary bursaries BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - Their aspirations aspirations include medical careers, engineering and making the world a better place to live. The Rotary Club of Bowmanville Bowmanville honoured eight of Clar- ington's top high school graduates this week with $ 1,000 bursaries for the post-secondary institution of their choice. Jessica Krccklo, winner of the Kay Vice Memorial bursary, said although she plans to specialize in urban studies at the University of Toronto, the most important part of a university education is the learning learning process. "You don't go there to get a job. That's how I've always thought of an education," the Bowmanville Bowmanville High School graduate told Rotarians during their lunch meeting Thursday. That thought was echoed by Clarke High School graduate Rosanna Yankanah, winner of the Ernie Harvey Memorial bursary. The grad, who plans to study life science and medical research, noted, "The most important part of an education is it belongs to me... You can lake away every material possession a person may have but you cannot lake away a person's education." Caroline Cutler of Courtice Secondary hopes studying commerce commerce and communication will The Rotary Club of Bowmanville recently presented eight bursaries to Clarington students in recognition of their academic achievement and community participation at a luncheon in the students' honour. In back, from left, are Bruce Harvey, Tratham Kovaloff, Caroline Cutler, Rosanna Yankanah, Ryan McGill, and George Moore. In front are Al Strike, Joyce Harvey, Davina Lansing, Krystle Campbell, Samantha Hess, Jessica Krecklo, and George Vice. help launch a career in marketing and advertising. She says university university is just "the next step in a lifetime journey" of education. With the bursary, said Krystle Campbell of Clarke High School, "I will be able to fulfil my desire to be a nurse, a very important position." position." Davina Lansing of Bowmanville Bowmanville High School is also interested interested in pursuing a medical career, as a doctor. She hopes one day to practice in Bowmanville or a town like it, she says. With the current doctor shortage in Clarington, she said she suspects getting a job won't be a problem. "I've wanted to be a doctor for I don't know how long. My mom is a nurse and I've always heard wonderful hospital hospital stories." Rotarian Al Strike said hearing the goals of the graduates convinces convinces him the bursary program, now in its seventh year, must continue. continue. 'That settles it. We now have doctors and nurses built in. We'll have our own healthcare system," system," lie joked. Samantha Hess, who served as Prime Minister of the student council at Bowmanville High School, excelled at math and science. science. 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