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t i t Events Make 1989 a Very Interesting Year ■ L1,c otaresman, tiowmanville, Dt Students Raise $500for Hospital Burn Unit From Page 16 JULY The study for growth in Hampton was completed in July of this year and it recommended recommended growth in the area take place only on an infill basis until the Region of Durham completed its regionwide regionwide study of all hamlets. hamlets. An idea to change the structure of the school year was kicking around this month when the province released released an all-committee report report recommending a switch to year round classes. The school year would be divided into four nine-week periods of instruction broken up by four weeks off between sessions. sessions. Spokespersons from the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education wanted more information information on the changes before they offered their support. Residents in the Wellington Wellington Street and Temperance Street areas in Bowmanville learned about a proposal this month for a condominium condominium project for the Specialty Paper Products property. Some residents were concerned concerned about saving the historical historical building (it used to be the home of the Dominion Organ Piano Company) from destruction. Mayor Marie Hubbard credited the economic mission mission to Hong Kong as a reason reason for Hong Kong businessmen businessmen visiting the municipality in search of investment investment property. Mayor Hubbard explained months were spent researching the trip after she decided following following the elections a year ago that the town needed something something to increase its tax base. The Newcastle Community Community Hall had plans for.a facelift facelift after the Newcastle Lions Lions Club received a $27,774 grant from the Ontario Ministry Ministry for Senior Citizen's Affairs. Affairs. The money was planned to be used for the construction of a stairway and chair lift into the club's meeting room (they meet in the basement of the hall). The club was planning on matching the grant and looking after everything from architectural design of the stairway to the construction. construction. AUGUST -. > ••••• Construction on Highway two between Courtice Road and Regjonal Road 57 began early this month. The highway highway was to be reconstructed from two lanes into five at a cost of $4.5 million. Bell Canada had plans in 1989 to spend $1.1 million placing cable to serve a 377 unit Liberty and Concession Streets subdivision. In addition, addition, plans were in the works to upgrade facilities in the Liberty Street south area and to install fibre optic optic equipment in the switching switching centre. An environmentally concerned concerned committee in the Town of Newcastle, the GOOD _ Committee, entered into a joint project with the Region of Durham to discover discover the most effective method of decreasing kitchen wastes. Digesters and corn- posters were two of the methods tested. Paul Rebel, a wheelchair athlete from Bowmanville, travelled to Great Britain to compete in an international track meet and returned with four gold medals and three world records to his credit. Premier David Peterson paid a visit to Durham Region Region as part of a series r.f picnics for party faithful. In six days he attended 14 picnics. picnics. At Oshawa, he was met by angry Pickering and Ajax residents who didn't want a dump site, in the Whitevale area. A fake bomb at Darlington Darlington Generating Station was discovered in unit four at the station early one morning morning in August. It was found be a worker on the site who notified Hydro security who, in turn, contacted Durham Regional Police. It turned out that the bomb was, indeed, indeed, a fake. A 15-year-old Newton- ville resident returned home from Saskatchewan with two gold and a one bronze medal for her performance in the 400 metres, the 4 x 100 metre relay and in the 200 metres. Both the separate and the public school boards in the Newcastle area found that more classrooms would be needed to meet enrollment enrollment demands in the "booming" "booming" Town of Newcastle area. SEPTEMBER School board trustees increased increased their salaries by 20 per cent this month to bring them in line with the honorariums honorariums school boards of equal size in other parts of the province receive. They decided to increase their pay from $5,464 to $6,590. Bobby Orr's visit to the Bowmanville Recreation Complex was a big hit in the town this month. Mr. Orr was the guest speaker at the Rotaiy Club's Skate '88 Thank You Dinner. Number four reminded those in attendance attendance that drugs and sports didn't mix. The AECB (Atomic Energy Energy Control Board) delayed issuing a start-up licence to Ontario Hydro for the Darlington Darlington Generating Station because of safety concerns and the differences between the Town of Newcastle and Ontario Hydro. Hydro eventually eventually went to low power testing a couple of months later. The United Way kicked off its fund raising campaign this month by announcing its $2.9 million goal. The agency had a few problem reaching the goal this year The campaign was contin ued past the traditional six week period. Newcastle Town Council approved the plans for construction construction of a new fire hall in Enniskillen. The town had budgeted around $370, 000 for the station but had tenders come in at almost double that amount. The Town of Newcastle and Ontario Hydro finally reached a settlement this month in a dispute which began in the eàrly part of the year. The agreement saw Hydro pay the town over a million in building permits and an additional million more for improving fire fighting facilities. Hydro also agree a to help with fire fighting protection. OCTOBER A 42-year-old Bowmanville Bowmanville man's body was found near Maple Grove Road in the early part of October. The body was found after a three day search. A 23-year- old Oshawa man was charged with murder in connection connection with the case. in an industrial park in Courtice. Tsai International Trading Company planned to hire 15 full and part time employees. The provincial government government announced plans for a special study of waterfront development from Burlington Burlington to Bowmanville. Mayor Marie Hubbard said she welcomed the study because the town has been trying to do something about the Bowmanville waterfront for years. She said it was time the beach was returned to the people. NOVEMBER The Newcastle Public Library Library system went automated automated this year and opened its computerized card catalogue to the public officially during during November. A total of $152,000 was the price tag for the new system that includes includes computerized library • cards. 'f? il Mayor Marie Hubbard told residents of Courtice that the area would need one new school every three years to keep up with development development in the area. But before before the province would provide provide funding, 80 percent of the school population had to be in place. The federal government made a number of cuts to the VIA railway line, including including a run from Havelock to Toronto. Ross Stevenson, Durham MP, said there was hope the line would be retained retained in some form or another. another. High levels of tritium were discovered in Unit Two at the Darlington Generating Generating Station this month during during a routine sampling of the heat transfer system. A spokesperson from Hydro said the levels weren't high but were higher than expected. expected. Ontario Hydro planned to investigate how it happened. happened. Members of Durham Nuclear Nuclear Awareness, a local environment environment group, erected a stone cairn to mark the ' opening of Darlington Generating Generating Station. Included in the cairn was a time capsule containing written submissions submissions from people representing representing the different sides of the nuclear debate. The time capsule will be opened in seven generations (140 years from now). Memorial Hospital Bowmanville Bowmanville received provincial approval to construct an air ambulance helicopter pad on a section of land east of the hospital. The province provided provided funding for the project ($70,000) but the helipad is owned and operated by Memorial Memorial Hospital. An international import/ export company announced plans to open a development Darlington Generatin Station received approva from the Atomic Energy Control Board to start its first reactor at one per cent power so it can continue with its testing. Durham Region's Nuclear Emergency task force committee committee approved an emergency emergency plan for Darlington on the condition the issuance of the evacuation zone and a baseline health study are resolved resolved by the end of 1990. Durham Regional Council approved the committee's recommendation a few weeks later. A tragic accident on Highway 401 just west of the Oshawa/N ewcastle boundary claimed the live of a 20-year-old Kitchener man. The OPP reported the man was eastbound in an Allied Van Lines moving truck when he struck a Trans Canada Truck Lines transport parked on the shoulder. The man in the parked truck, who was asleep at the time, was not seriously injured. College teachers across the province, including those at Durham, voluntarily ended ended their month-long strike and returned to their classrooms. classrooms. Both sides in the dispute dispute decided to get back to negotiations under a new mediator. The issues involved involved in the dispute were job security, sick leave and wages. The Town of Newcastle decided the preferred option for the Mill Street Bridge in Hampton was to build a footbridge over the Bowmanville Bowmanville Creek. Council could have built a larger bridge able to hold pedestrian and vehicle traffic but it would have proved too costly. Residents in the Durham Region found out this month that in 1990 their water and sewer bill would be increased increased by an average of 9.2 percent. Water ana sewer construction projects arc some of the factors contrib uting to the increased rate. A rumor about the closing closing of the Newcastle Village Post Office turned out to be just a rumor. The postmaster postmaster for Newcastle Village and the MP for Durham both hadn't heard any plans to close the facility. Town of Newcastle Council wanted government officials to hold a public meeting to explain future postal plans. DECEMBER Newcastle Town Council approved a recommendation to increase the cost of parking parking at municipally owned lots and on the street by 25 cents an hour to pay the taxes taxes they will be charged on the lots by the Province of Ontario in the coming year. The increased rates take effect effect January 1. The cost for building the town's northern fire station is almost double the amount budgeted in the 1989 project. project. A Bowmanville company, company, Gerr Construction, was selected to build the station at a cost of $580,000. The United Way fell $70,000 short of their campaign campaign goal this year. They planned to extend the campaign campaign until December 31. No decision had been made concerning concerning cutting funding to any of the more than 40 agencies the United Way supports. Durham Region approved the principles of a deal that will let Metro Toronto dump some of their garbage in the region. The agreement, initiated initiated by Durham, will net the municipality a large sum of money. The site "would be used as an interim site only. Metro has yet to approve the deal. Ontario Hydro's request to increase power on their first operational reactor at Darlington Generating Station Station has been deferred by the Atomic Energy Control Board because of issues of safety and firefighting. The reactor currently is operating operating at one percent power. Jim Shaw, a resident of Newcastle, recently won a gold medal in the discus and set a world record at the Junior International Disabled Disabled games in Miami. ■ ' k ' \\ •): ,74\ Canada .Post may soon be announcing the .location of the much anticipated Cour- . tice Post Office. The next stage in clearing up the g ostal woes in Courtice will e the announcement of a proper mailing address, j Ontario Hydro's 25 year plan for energy in the future includes three nuclear generating generating stations. The president president of Ontario Hydro said demand for electricity will continue to grow in the future future but said the number of facilities available to meet that demand will decrease. Darlington and Wesleyville were two of four potential sites for additional nuclear generating stations. The Rameses Burn Unit at the Hospital for Sick n „ A ,. ,, , Children was the benefactor from a fund-raising event m g i d a( : ce P tir }g the cheque are from the left: Jack organized by students at Bowmanville High School l ay p " nc, P al at . Bowmanville High School; Jona- The students raised $500 from the sale of locker rïr n £' P n ™ e m ™ ster of the student council; Rob- shelves. 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