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eotro News Mediao Tour Se oIl To C heck.Out Even though the holding celîs at Pine Ridge School 'aren't exactly the ritz' according to Superintendent Art U-TndrlsaQ!n- nmetimacs hnucs are dtainerl 4,them as la1 rpr- i~ftrh:ir altei1rnaives a~ ,il-LaT I by Liz Armstrong Grand In answer to charges of articiE brutaiity and inadequate, 'dis- Up C. graceful' facilities at Pine of Toi Ridge School, officiais at the accoui institution opened its doors to, Weitz, the media on Friday in an gist w attempt to relieve some of the the Pi pressure. the lai The open house approacli Asî seemed to work weil, thougli Liberi further governiment investiga- Smith tion of the situation will follow iature in the months to corne. Ridge Criticism of the school's "brut. practice of using detention ruptivi celis, better known to the loiti students as the 'digger', came For last week from a Durham Gran Volume 122 2OcPer Copy year the cells were used on 10i occasions, for reasons ranging from 'going AWOL,' to assaulting staff or m 0 students at the school. Sometimes, the boys themselves request time in the celîs in order to have some Peri t pivacy. Mr. bandelsman, at ight in the photo, gave several members of the news media a tour of Pine ýMl Rig on Fniday following charges by Liberal leader Dr. Stuart Smith that the holding celis were 'brutalPa andmetalydiruti eJut o ndcae hatthng aent llbad at Pine Ridge, Mr. bandeisman stated *~ u e ' that last year several of the boys wanted to come back at Christmas time for a visit with the staff. The site for the Participa- ConcessionS db tion House residence in Bow- Ridge Train manville wiii be rezoned for rezoned fort Deee 0 ft e tictioLn f om construction as quickiy as to cancel the D elu.tl',ze"'0 ft.,%.e&b riepossible, members of New- the rezoning -aru ,dacastie council decided at a Mr. Robin R ef esh n en T JJ meeting on Monday night. cil that Ont 10 h'DI<)TD.MAR ufal 'ei cie Bl wBowmanville Jaycee Jim accepted ani .N.~FUU..EU'Robinson asked the council to Participatior. Tt ., nq g A idp , h('ni,-, ____________ allow the proposed site on parcel of lai tee of the Whole April 26 to delete a portion of the refresh- ment vehicle bylaw which limited the operation of sucli vehicles to 200 feet from any public, park or other eating establishment. JimRobinson, amemnber of the Bowmanviile Jaycees, Iécently approached a session o-f council indicating difficult- ies with that section of the byiaw. Mr. Robinson expiained that if such a regulation were passed it would not only eliminate the catering trucks from serving the crew whom the Jaycees had employed for clearing operations in Soper Creek Park, but wouid also keep them from attending bal games and other such activit- ies. Coun. Ken Lyall reiterated the opinion on A'Pr. 26, sug- gesting that a hail game is a legitimate place for sucli operations to seli their wares. The ýcommittee was also approached April 26 by Earl Davis operator o f the Burger Bus on the IGA parking lot. Hold Gymnastic Finals at High School MAJOR UNDERTAKING Approval has been grant- ed for a new recreation- facility at Durham College that will get underway iînmediately. Trent Univrersity will also start construction in mid- ,May on a large recreation facilitv. Complete stories on the projects will be included next week. Cost of the Dur- ham College project is $3,750,000 and the Trent facility $2,350,000. id Jury report and an that îe entitled "We Still Lock On? %ildren" in the May issue Mal )ronto Life. The magazine nvE unt was written by Don In z, a consuiting psycholo-, that w'ho formerly worked at pot mie Ridge centre during caw ate sixties. cell a resuit of the article, the: ýa1 leader Dr. Stuart vari ih charged in the legis- unti - last Tuesday that Pine i ýjuveniles were put into Bi tal and mentally dis- greE Ie!' solitar confinement the .mes last year. cell ýits part, the Durham equi d Jury recommended ligi ~~'nû BOWMANVILLE St. beside the Pine ning Schooi to be the residence and ýusual $250 fee for grequest. son told the con- tario Housmng has offer of $20,435 by )n House for the tnd. 24 Hour Police, Urged for Town The Durham Regionai Pol-, ville k l population on ice at Division 16 in Bowman- warrants 24 hourr ville should be on duty 24 police service. hours a day instead of closing Th uysrpt their office at 4 p.m., accord- Th juysrpt ing to a report by a Durham Justice J.D. Cromai grand jury. indicates that they foi Af ter making an inspection jail facilities and off tour of the office on April 15,' Division 16 ta be ii the jury found that Bowman- condition., Brutality Charges it the Department of the Pine Ridge Superintendent period of 24 hours until he abudsman, under Arthur Art Handeisman answered the responds sufficiently to be put ioney, shouid conduct a fuli charges by saying that the back with the rest of his, peers. restigation into Pine Ridge. detention units are used "only Mr. Handeisman stated that 'lie jurors' report stated as a last resort. " under very unusuai circum- it the detention centre was He explained that "many of stances the boy miay be kept tentially dangerous' be- the kids at Pine Ridge have for more than 24 hours but his use of broken glass in the very poor impulse control and stay in the ceil neyer exceeds [ doors. Other buildings on end up here after every other two days. institution's grounds were alternative fails." Before He emphasized that the staff riousiy criticised for being placing a boy in the detention visits the boy every 15 minutes Lidy, too smali, cluttered or celi the staff prefers to use a whule he's being detained, and reed of better equipment. range of options first. "For some of the boys even request ut the issue that caused the example, if the boy is agitated, to spend time in the digger for -atest outcry was the use of we'Il take him for a walk to trY privacy and an opportunity to >10 by seven foot holding to cool him down. get away from it ail. The cells Is which are sparseiy If these initial alternatives were used eiglit times during ipped with a bed, waii fail, the boy wîll be detained the month of April. ht, toilet and sink. "for his own good" for a u~ulat, mzu E. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1976' 32 Pages Number 18 Historic Occasion for Newcastlie United Churcli )f 13,000 regional to Mr. ty also .und the ffices, at in good Education Bd. Turns Down At a special meeting day, April 27th, the Nori beriand and Newcastle of eýducation approv, recommendation tabied1 administration dealing the King study on restri ing Northumberland Cao "Lt is our firm recomîr tion that for educatior poses the interests oi public will be best s wîthin the foreseeablef by maintaîning the ex Last Wednesday afternoon, over 100 young gymnasts gathered at the Bowmanville bigh School gym to compete in the, Northumberland and Newcastle'Board of Education County Finals. bere, nine-year-old Tracy Reynolds of bampton Junior Public School 'psyches' herself up prior to the floor routine. She had a little help from some stuffed animals which served as her warm-up mascots. Tracy performed beautifully on. the mats to place first in the junior girls' floor routine. With a score of 8.4 she was well ahead of about 20 other competitors in this event, and went on to place second in the vaulting competition. According to her mom, every room in the Reynolds home serves as a gym for Tracy.' Altering Boundaries Tues- jurisdictional. boundaries and and reduce both Northumbe 'thum- organizationai structure," adan atîg o1pr ,board sttdteamnsrtos matley 17,500 students. jed-a brief, prepared by Frank , Accordinrgt'o Mr. Thom ïý il by the Thom director of education. ministry of education sugges with Some of the more conten- an optimum enroiment figlu .ctur- tious issues in the King report. for a jurisdiction of 20,000 )unty ,. include the recommendation 30 000 students. "A step whic ienda- to transfer Newcastle into would reduce both HastinI 1 pur- Durham county and Trenton and Northumberland belo )f the to Northumberiandý county. the Ministry's figure shoî 3erved Mr. Thom pointed out that this only be taken for vei future wouid increase Durham to a compeîîing reasons," suggeç dsting, student _population of 52,500 ed Mr. Thom. BITS & P1 E CESg FREEZE PAY - House of Commons MPs set the Ontario Legislature's MPPs a worthwhile example on Monday by voting to freeze their pay at current rates for one year. Surprisingly, in the Ontario bouse, some members of the NDP are the ones urgiîng either an increase for members or a freeze on civil service salaries. The government is opposing an increase at.the present time. DONOR CLINIC - Don't forget, today there is a Red Cross Blood Donor Clinie at the Lions Centre with new hours of operation frorn 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Please help with your donation of precious blood. FIRST TAG DAY - Volunteer members of the Women's Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital will don their pink smocks and take to the streets on Friday, May l4th from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for their first tag day ever. They will be trying to raise funds for Special Care Unit equipment, so please be generous, you mayneed it sometime. COURTICE BAND DRAW - The Parents Association of Courtice Secondary School's band will have a quilt on display at Cliffcrest Cleaners in the near future, if it is not already there, and they are selling tickets on it for a draw to be held May 2th. Funds raised will be used for supporting the school band. If the cold weather continues, the quilt may corne in handy, so drop in and buy a ticket, you might be a winner. TAKES STEAM OUJT - Bill Newman, MPP for Durham-York and Minister of Agriculture certain- ly took the steam out of statements that have been going the rounds for some time,' that prime agricultural land is being taken out of use by housing and industry at an alarming rate. Recenýt studies show that in several areas, including Durham, there has been an increase rather than a decrease in farm land available. GRAND OPENING - The Sporting Gesture at 67 king St. West will hold an Officiai Opening with many special bargains on Thursday, Fi-, day and Sat urday of this week. See the large advertisernent on page nine of this edition for details. COMES TO OSHAWA - Controversial Hon. Roy McMurtry, Attorney General of Ontario will be the guest speaker at Oshawa Rotary Monday noon, when he will also spend some time answering queries about his stand on undue violence in professional sports, with particular emphasis on hockey. Should be rnost interesting. ber- 'xi- file csts iure )to [ceh îgs 0lW iuld ery est- The restructuring study re- commends that both public and separate education be a function under county council and that ail tax-supported schools should be combined within a single educational system. Mr. Thom believes that this proposai would be "ýcontrary to certain guaran- tees provided for in the British North America Act and would also require extensive revi- sion in the Education Act. -Cobourg Star TOO MANY PICTURES We regret to advise that quite a few pictures that Statesman photographers have taken recently have been held over until next week. Most of those cover- ing the Rotary bazaar, the Kinsmen Bike and Trika- thon on Sunday, plus several others wiIl appear Inter, along with stories that also have been crowded out., Sunday was another historic occasion for Newcastle United Church when the author of their recently published history book "Fromn Saddle Bags to Seventy-Five" Mrs. Marion Rickard Farr, was present to autograph copies following the morning service. Harry Jose, who lives in the Asa Wall bridge house where the first service was held in 1824 by the Rev. Anson Green, is shown here at right with Mrs. Farr and the Rev. T. b. Smith, the church's pastor who has been a moving force in having the history prepared and published. be will be retiring later this year. Couunc lil Agrees to D*iscus $50 Million CEl dorado Plant by Peter Par 'rott, Newcastle Town Council voted Monday night to enter into discussions with Eldorado Ltd. concerning the possible construction of a new pro- duction plant on a site in the southest corner of the munici- pality. The decision to have the Newcastle Industrial Com- mission discuss the Eldorado plans passed in a 6-1 decision with Councillor Ken Lynl voting against the motion. Councillor Lyail had recom- mended that the motion be tabled for two weeks of "sober consideration by the Council". The motion passed by Cun- cil reads that "Eldorado be encouraged to consider the feasibility of building a new production facility on the lands it now controis In the southeast corner of the mun- icipality." The motion aiso calîs for Eldorado to "Make representation ta council on tis subject." Council's posi- tion will be made known to the regional industriai develop- ment committee and the Regional Planning and De- veiopment Commîttee. The motion adds that ail discus- sions be under the auspices of the Industrial Commission for the Town of NewcastlIe. Councillor Kirk Entwîsle made the motion in Monday's meeting after lie and Mayor Garnet Rickard had met with Eldorado representatives Monday afternoon. Counicillor (Turn to Page Two) DEAR OLD MOTHER Just a last, minute remind- er that Sunday will lie cele- brated as Mother's Day when ail the kids corne home to pay homage and give thanks to the lady of the house who, for the rest of the year, doesn't ask for or re- ceive mucli reward. Bar gains Galore af Ro tary's Big Bazaar and Auc flan Ail afternoon and evening on Saturday, Bowmanville bigh School's gymnasium was humming with activity as customers flocked in to buy homemade cooking, play miniature golf , toss basketball, guess the number of beans in a jar or engage in other activities for a nominal price. ln the evening, an auction sale was held up while Mayor Garnet Rickard and Councillor and possible contender Keni Lyall'played a challenge golf matchwith'the mayor sinking a hole-in-one to take the honors. Coun. Ann Cowman was the ump who kept them honlest. This picture was taken as the big auction sale got underway, with from left to right, Charlie Reid, Joe Pinto, Dr. Keith Slemon and Cliff Pethick with the bullhorn in charge. It was a great success with a reported profit in the neighborhood of $6,000, which is not a bad neighborhood.