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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 62 TEMPERANCE ST. BOWMAN VILLE, ONTARIO 900731 BOWLIB f V f Vg ' < « ? , --' •" . ..4d* •' - SECURITY SYSTEMS Wireless Installations FREE Demonstrations NORTH STAR SECURITY 723-5988 986-4348 CHANGE - Apparently, someone at Branch 178 Royal Canadian Legion has been asking if the branch is involved in tne town name change protest. Legion officials officials wish to state that a Legion branch is not permitted to be involved involved in political issues. The branch merely gave permission for the marchers to assemble on the parking lot Monday night. CORRECTION - We must apologize apologize for an overstatement in our lo*;d editorial this week. We mention mention 7,000 signatures on the petition petition to change the town name, but now hear that the total was only 6,000. That's still quite a lot of dissatisfied citizens, but we wouldn't want to mislead anyone. 101st BIRTHDAY - One of our photographers took a picture of longtime friend Amy Tait at her 101st birthday party, held Feb. 9th at Strathaven Nursing Home. Unfortunately, there was a problem in the dark room and the photo didn't turn out.. So, we'll just have to say "Happy Birthday, Amy " and let it go until until next year on her 102nd. MEMORABILIA - Anyone interested interested in loaning pertinent memorabilia memorabilia for the Bowmanville . High School 100th anniversary reunion June 22, 23, 24, is asked to contact Gail Preston 623-5433 or Donna Heard 623-7292 between between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. Suggestions Suggestions include scrapbooks, gym- suits, cadet uniforms, crests, etc. All former students are urged to attend NOT just graduates. LAST CALL - Mac Ran sherry says tickets are not going as well ns he expected for the 10th annual annual Kidney Foundation Dance, being being held Saturday, March 3rd at Newcastle Community Hall. Music Music is by the ever popular Tradesmen Tradesmen and funds raised will add to the Ran sherry's grand total of donations donations to the Kidney Foundation. Foundation. It's a great show where everybody everybody has a good time. WRONG FELLA - Last week on the front page, there was a photo of a group supporting a name change of the town. One chap was identified ns George Forscy and it did look very much like him, but it really was his brother, Shirley. Our apologies. CHAMPIONSHIPS • Orono Arena is the place to be this Saturday Saturday and Sunday if you like figure figure skating. The Eastern Ontario Sectional Interclub Championships Championships will bo hosted there by Orono Orono Figure Skating Club. They'll bo doing figures Saturday, 8 n.m. until 12:20 p.m. and Sunday from 8 until 10:45. Free Skate goes Saturday 12:35 to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 n.m. until 4:15 p.m. Meals will he served up- stairs. BREW PUB • All citizens of the ■ community are advised that The Flying Dutchman Hotel's now Brow Pub "The Lighthouse" will lie open to the public on Friday, March 2nd. Drop in and enjoy this exciting now project and inspect inspect all the many renovations that have boon made to the premises. premises. by Andrea Adair A $60 million hotel and condominium condominium resort project is planned for undeveloped undeveloped lakeshore lands east of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Town of Newcastle officials announced announced that the development will be located on a 58 acre site bounded by Lamb's Road in the west and Bennett Road in the east. The 225 room resort will include conference rooms and public facilities, restaurants, shops, indoor/outdoor swimming pools and a marina. A public public road will run through the centre of the site. Information about the project was released to the public Monday during a special reception that transformed the Town Hall into a hotel lobby and the council chambers into a beach. David Crombie, who is heading the . Royal Commission on waterfront lands, attended the reception and said he was impressed with the willingness of the Town to look at the development in the context of the waterfront plan. He stated that watersheds belonged to everyone and that his commission would make recommendations concerning concerning the project. He also said that Newcastle had the opportunity to develop the waterfront lands and to "do it right". Lawrence Gold, of the Toronto law firm Walker Gold Fox and Schwarz is representing the developers of the project. project. Mayor Marie Hubbard declined to identify the investors behind the project. project. 'They want to remain private," she said. She explained that an application for the project has been submitted to the Durham Region with the request that planning staff participate with the Royal Commission in bringing the development to life. The development could come on stream within a year or two. "I think this is the only way to go (with the lakefront). It's the people's waterfront...we have to give it back to the people," Mayor Hubbard said. The development will be a "tourist oriented development...not more housing," housing," she said. It will also have a boardwalk and bike paths and will be, as many officials officials said Monday, a "people place." The mayor also stated that she thought there is phenomenal potential for developing the site and mentioned the possibility of a hover craft commuter commuter service to link with Toronto. A study has been done on the area, the mayor continued, and consultants found that the area is the "catchment fringe from Montreal to Toronto". She said business people could stop here for a night or two on their way to Toronto. Throughout the reception bell-hops were serving snacks to guests, or offered offered treats such as hot dogs, ice cream or popcorn in the council cham- bers/beach area. The cost for the extravaganza, the mayor assured the guests, wasn't being being paid for by the taxpayers. Newcastle Council Monday night approved the project in principle and requested that the application be referred referred to David Crombie and the commission commission studying lakeshore lands. Council also asked the Durham Region Region to expedite the application. 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, February 28,1990 Bowmanville, Ontario 34 Pages 136th Year Issue 9 50* Per Copy PRESTON We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Bowmanville Boosters Stalled at Council Newcastle Council has ignored the pleas of close to 6,000 residents who have asked for a change in the municipality's municipality's name. By a vote of 5-2, Town Council decided decided Monday to receive for information information a petition and verbal request for a change in the name. Such a motion frequently means that Council won't be taking further action on an issue. Opposition Continues. But proponents of the name change say that they will not let the issue die. "We are not going to give up," said Louise Lyle, one of the organizers of the petition. And she suggested that Council failed to listen to the citizens presentation on Monday night, adding that elected officials had made up their minds before the meeting. "I feel it was all set up before we even got there," she said. Supporters of the petition were forced to wait outdoors in near-zero weather for over half an hour before being let in for the 7 p.m. meeting. And fewer than half of the estimated 200 protesters were allowed into the 150-seat council chambers. At least four uniformed Durham Regional Regional Police officers were on hand to keep order and ensure that the wood en stakes attached to the signs being carried by the group were not allowed into the Town Hall. Misunderstanding? Many of the councillors at Monday's meeting claimed the name dispute is ' merely a matter of a misunderstanding. misunderstanding. "There has been a very sincere misunderstanding misunderstanding of the municipal structure structure on this matter," observed Councillor Councillor Larry Hannah. He noted that Bowmanville had the advantage of being being the headquarters for the entire municipality, while the surrounding municipalities which formed the Town of Newcastle gave up their right to be the seat of local government. And, in reply to claims that the Newcastle name was irobbing Bowmanville Bowmanville of its identity] Mayor Marie Hubbard stated that this Was not the case. : 'The Town of Bowmanville remains remains the dominant urban area -- the ; dominant business sector,"'she said. Mayor Hubbard, the chairman of Dur- ; ham's planning committee, added that 1 Bowmanville's status as the dominant ! urban area is backed by Durham's Of- ficial Plan. Councillor Diane Harare said the allegations allegations that Bowmanville lacked its own identity left her confused. "I'm very confused because of the fact that we have all kept our own names," she remarked. She noted that individual areas have their own mailing addresses and other evidence of a separate identity. "It seems to me that the very thing you've asked for is what we have had for the past 16 years," she told Ron Hooper, a spokesman for the group advocating advocating a new name for the Town of Newcastle. Heritage In his presentation, to Town Council, Council, he noted that his group feels Bowmanville's Bowmanville's identity is at stake and added added that the name Newcastle is not satisfactory. "We're here asking Council Council to give tis ihftck our name 'and our identity as the Town of Bowmanville," he added. Specifically, he objected to the fact that the fire hall in Bowmanville,' Bowmanville,' along with its library pool complex complex and town hall all bear the name Newcastle. Mr. Hooper suggested that a change Turn to Page 2 Winners Strike it Rich...for the 3rd Time! Here are the Bowmanville Boosters who assembled at the Legion parking lot on Monday evening and marched to the Town Hall where they were met by Durham Re- g ional police. Only 150 citizens were allowed into the all, leaving more than 100 outside, unable to hear or take part in the name protest. Council took no action af ter listening to several speakers, for and against any change. Inside the chambers, there were only a couple of tense moments when the protesters expressed their feelings feelings with applause and shouts. Mayor Hubbard responded responded by calling for order and pounding her gavel. AECB Grants Licence Despite Opposition from Town by Andrea Adair Ontario Hydro last week received n licence for 100 per cent power on the unit two reactor at Darlington Generating Generating Station. This is the first reactor to begin producing producing electricity at the $12.5 billion site. Sue Stickloy, communications officer officer at Darlington, said workers at the facility were happy about the licence coming through. "I think we really need the electricity. electricity. It's really good that we can start serving the people of Ontario and the people of Newcastle," she said. The Atomic Energy Control Board B anted the licence to Hydro last mrsday and John McCredie, project manager at the station, said on Friday More Heart Drugs Stolen For the second time in two weeks, heart drugs have boon stolen from Memorial Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. Durham Regional Police report that between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, five vials of heart medication were taken from a crash cart located in the special care unit on the first floor of the hospital. Memorial Hospital president Richard Richard Elston has stated that additional security measures will bo taken to prevent prevent similar thefts from occurring. Officials explained that the crash carts in the hospital arc needed by doctors during critical conditions such ns cardiac arrests and pulmonary insufficiencies. insufficiencies. Equipment and supplies needed during those instances are on tho cart and drugs, such us tho ones stolen, "must he accessible immediately for tho patient", n press release from tho hospital states. The drawers of the crash cart aren't locked because the drugs contained in it arc non-narcotic. Memorial Hospital states that tho drugs arc chocked by the nursing stnlf every shift. "YYo must maintain a balance between between having those non-narcotic, life- saving drugs quickly and readily available available to tho physician for these emergency emergency situations, while nt tho same time, maintain a reasonably tight security. security. A time lapse of oven seconds to roach for a kov to unlock the drawer could potentially threaten tho life of a patient," Mr. Elston said. Security alarms for these areas that would detect unauthorized people entering entering tiro included ns part of tho renovations renovations currently taking place nt Memorial Memorial Hospital, On Monday, police said they were investigating n suspect. they expected to increase the amount of electricity produced that day to 20 per cent. "We're very pleased to get the licence...We've licence...We've worked long and hard with the AECB to achieve this goal," he said. Tho utility could bo producing full power beginning sometime from mid to lato March. "This is good for us and good for the people of Ontario and hopefully we can convince tho Town of Newcastle that it's good for them," he said. The Town of Newcastle made a presentation to the AECB asking that any 100 per cent power licence issued would exclude tho Heavy Water Management Management and Tritium Removal Facility Facility building. AECB stnlf indicated that the buildings buildings didn't have any effect on tho operation operation of the reactor. Tho Town of Newcastle, however, has sonic concerns about tho unit starting full power without a fire plan in plncc. Mike Creighton, Newcastle Fire Chief, said the lire safety ulna is "not complete and in place" and that there arc still some outstanding building code issues, lie said Ontario Hydro mid the Town can't roach an agreement on some of tho wordings and details of tho fire plan. "They want us. to approve a section dealing with the THF building," ho Turn to Hugo 2 Alan Rose and Joanne Myers scored a lottery hat trick when they banked a Lotto 649 cheque for $211,410.60 on Monday. It was literally the third time lucky for the Courtice residents who had earlier won $120,915.60 in Lotto Lotto 649. Prior to that, they pocketed $10,000 from a Wintnrio draw. Their string of good fortune began began on June 24,1976, with tho Wintnrio Wintnrio win, Then, on August 24, 1988, they cashed in on yet another lottery win ... a second prize in Lotto 649. Tho latest winnings also represent represent n second prize in Lotto 649 from February 24. You may no to that each of the couple's wins came on a lottery hold on tho 24 th day of the month. Alan Rose said on Monday that winning tho two previous lotteries did not discourage thorn from buying buying more tickets. "Wo never give up," ho said. "Everyone bus tin equal chance," Alan added. "I have no idea why I should have any more chances than anybody else." The last time Alan and Joanne won big with Lotto 649, they bought a house. This time, they have no definite plans for spending the money, although although they will be sharing their good fortune witli close family members members and Alim plans to buy n Sea- do. The rest, they'll put in the bank. Alan, 45, is a supervisor with Nurse Chov Olds and Joanne, 39, is an insurance broker with an Oslmwn firm. Alan recalls that lie used the "Quick Pick" to win their latest prize. lie said lie hud 15 tickets for tho February 24 draw. And will they continue to buy tickets alter striking it rich three times in the past 15 years? Alan answers in tho affirmative. In fuel, he's already purchased tickets for tho next draw.