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Tl Tj iW^r^7viftp* v ;hr ,^;A -a, Gï \ X y A .7 T; ,\\- A fH * ll.AV i- \]I ,„ S' V ; ,/ p| I 111 LyiilGsIl w v 416-67j-jjUJ oz Pages Wednesday, November 20,1991 Bowmanville, Ontario 137th Year 560 + 40 G.S.T. = 600 Issue 47 A Family Owned Weekly Newspaper Serving Bowmanville and its Surrounding Communities Since 1854 One, Two, Three... Mayoralty Recount Starts Next Week- by Laura J. Richards It is now official. A recount of the mayoralty ballots has been requested by Ann Cowman. "I have requested the recount because my supporters have asked me to," Mrs. Cowman told The Statesman on Monday Monday afternoon. "The earliest time for a recount would be after six days, and I'm not sure whether that is six working days or six calendar days," she said. "In my letter, I have asked about the procedure and the agents I can have present," she said. The recount procedure will happen next week, said Town of Newcastle Returning Returning Officer Patti Barrie. She is unsure unsure exactly how long the recount will take. "I don't really know. I anticipate two to three days, since every ballot will be counted," she said on Tuesday. The process will take place in the council chambers and the ballots will be counted by three people. Each person will look after the counting of one ward. The only other people allowed to attend attend the recount will be Ms Barrie, all the mayoralty candidates and/or their agents, and scrutineers selected by the candidates. Ms Barrie said she will be writing letters letters to all the candidates to advise them of the recount and when it will take place. She does not foresee any problems arising during the recounting of the 13,983 ballots cast for the mayoralty race. Mrs. Cowman gained seven votes last week when the official numbers were posted on Thursday, Nov. 14. On Tuesday Tuesday evening mayoralty candidate Diane Hamrc received 5,195 votes, while Ann Cowman had 5,161 ballots cast, in her favor. Those numbers were later revised, giving Ann Cowman 5,168 votes. Diane Hamre's total was unchanged. 'itswmx&K ALL GONE - The municipal election was only a week ago, but already there are few outside signs to indicate that an exciting race had taken place here. We must commend all the candidates and their helpers for their fast action in taking down and removing the flood of signs that covered the landscape, especially near the end of the campaign. Maybe they are saving saving them for next time, but they certainly disappeared quickly from view. Now, all we have to wait for is the recount result to determine who will be the town's mayor for.the next three years. SNEAKY - We hear that some enterprising enterprising souls from outside, the area may have cut into the sale of Santa Parade buttons on Saturday with some special parade banners. Without any advance warning or j approval, they appeared out of nowhere, selling these banners along the parade route, route, much to the annoyance of the parade committee. With the recession under way, some of the button sellers were having difficulty making sales as it was, without unauthorized additional competition. CARVERS - Something different is coming coming up this Saturday from 10 to 4 at the Lions Centre on Beech Avenue in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The Bowmanville Wood Chips Wood Carving Show and Sale is the event which should draw a large crowd of folks of all ages. It's a hobby that isn't too costly costly to get into and doesn't require great amounts of energy or education; It's creative creative and packed with satisfaction at all levels of expertise. Just a great way to spend your spare time and forget about the world's problems. Just clean up the mess when you're through. Drop over and enjoy the results of their efforts. MANY THANKS - Ebenezer United Church had a big day on Sunday when they celebrated their 125lh anniversary with a great program outside and inside. A tremendous amount of organization must have been involved, but our special thanks go to Brooks and Bernice Pearce who helped us identify the folks in some of tire photos taken there. If tire names are incorrect, please don't blame them, we have a problem reading our writing. HELP SAVE IT - A letter just arrived on our desk urging area citizens to write tire Premier, the MPP and Natural Resources Minister, giving support to saving the Or- ono Provincial Tree Nursery which is being being threatened with possible closing. The letter stresses that we need tire trees and Orono's nursery is the most economically viable in the province with proven top quality production that must be kept operating. operating. Join the protest if you agree. We don't know who is circulating the letter. I'VE BEEN SHOT - One of our local informants informants tells us of a humorous tale that happened during Santa's Parade on Saturday. Saturday. Apparently, a spectator was leaning on a railing with his back to the soldiers, who periodically fired their muskets. The blast startled him enough to fall backwards backwards through the less-than-sturdy railing, much to the delight of those sharing a Christmas cheer with him. Ho, Ho, Ho. The Stork Market Report IlliECH - It's a Boy! CARTER-TENNANT - It's a Boy! METCALF - It's a Girl! 11!!^ 1 Ml STEVENSON - It's a Girl! WOOD - It's a Boy! ' : vi WOODCOCK-It's a Girl! Total This Year Boys 104 Girls 113 See Birth Notices on Page 12 <36 RUNS AGAIN - Whosoever ends up on the Town of Newcastle Council as Mayor this year, will still have to participate in another election, along with the three Regional Regional Councillors from this community. The inaugural meeting of Town Council will take place here on Dec. 2nd followed by the Regional Inaugural on Dec. 4th. At that meeting a Regional Chairman will be elected, Our information is that Gary Her- rema will again seek that office, but we have no information on any possible opposition, opposition, although certainly there are defeated defeated or retired candidates around who may be interested. We'll have to wait and see. IN SHOCK - One has to wonder just what's happening in another section of the political process. On Monday night, the federal Liberal party, meeting in Columbus Columbus to elect 12 delegates to an upcoming convention next February, found itself overwhelmed and outvoted by members who had, in fact, taken over the local party party about a week or so ago, by submitting about 200 paid-up memberships. Only one of the present executive survived the onslaught by an anti-abortion group. Wonder what they hope to achieve? They must think the Liberals will win the next federal election. TOUCHE - No doubt Uxbridge postal workers took plenty of flack for a note one of them put up on the inside of tire post office door Nov. 11th. It read: "While you work, we have an excuse for a day off - We remember - that we work for the Post Office." The office is just steps away from the Cenotaph. The incident brought forth a comment that Remembrance Day services recognize those, who served. Many Canadians wonder if postal employees employees know the meaning of the word. Glad to sec nothing like that happened locally. locally. V. John Winters Appeals Ruling on Faxed Form by Laura J. Richards A would-be mayoralty candidate in the Town of Newcastle has been doing a lot of thinking about lip election dmjngXi this past week. "I've been sort of thrashing it around in my mind," said John Winters. "My lawyer has filed appeal papers," he added, in reference to a judgement made last month against his method of filing registration papers to the town clerk. Mr. Winters has decided to appeal the decision which, in effect, ruled that a municipal election candidate is not allowed allowed to file his or her registration papers papers by facsimile (fax.) "This has been a tough decision, but my democratic rights have been violated," violated," Mr. Winters said on Monday, Nov. 18. The former Newcastle mayor faxed his Notice of Registration to Town Clerk Patti Barrie during the last mo ments before the candidates' nomination deadline of 5 p.m. on October 11. 'Now, he said he wants to "have the Nr.ife clarified": so there .won't be any :;.rue clan tie; îi'torè mistakei itore mistaken ideas in the future. f"I want to meet with (Mayor-elect) Diane Hamre to go over the problems and to clarify the policies," Mr. Winters said. He wants to know if the disallowing of a faxed form "is a question of law or interpretation." He would also like to see the registering registering and nomination process simplified or "streamlined," he said. Mr. Winters applied for a judicial review review after Town Clerk/Retuming Officer Officer Patti Barrie disallowed his registration registration papers on the grounds that a fax that Mr., Winters transmitted from Florida did not contain his original signature. A judge ruled the faxed form was not permitted under the legislation governing governing municipal elections. 4-H Club Wins Provincial Competition University Request for Funds Denied by Town Councillors Town of Newcastle students attending attending Trent University are going to have to put any thoughts of receiving a scholarship scholarship from their hometown on the back burner. Town councillors have all but ruled out the possibility of contributing to a Resident Goes to Council for Tree by Laura J. Richards A Courtipe resident is seeking a directive directive from Town Council in order to get a tree placed on her property. On Monday, a municipal committee recommended that Town Council grant that approval. Joanne Kay has been trying since the summer of 1990 to have the trees promised promised to her by the developer placed on her lot. After numerous phone calls and letters, letters, the Kingswood Dr. resident finally was told she would have to go to Town Council to get her tree. "On Oct. 31,1 was told that I cannot Continued on Page 2 Trent University scholarship program. The general purpose and administration administration committee voted on Monday to receive receive a report by the Treasury Department Department for infonnation. This means it's unlikely that any further action will be taken on the university's request for money. Committee member Diane Hamre told her fellow-councillors no other municipality municipality has granted the funding for such a scholarship. "Our taxpayers just can't handle it," she said. "The day has come when we have to look at how we deal with taxpayers' dollars," dollars," added Councillor Hamre. The report from staff stated that the request for a $25,000 scholarship to be contributed over a five-year period, "departs "departs from the norenal practice of assisting assisting local community organizations through municipal grants. Staff added that the move could be considered precedent precedent setting." Trent University's President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. John Stubbs, approached approached Town Council on September 16 requesting funds for the scholarship. by Lorraine Manfredo Four exceptional young people have brought glory !e the Durham East 4-H Club by earning this year's provincial title title in the "Go For The Gold" competition. competition. The four-member Durham East team was selected last August by a panel of 4- H judges who based their decisions on the ability of each local 4-H participant to correctly answer questions of general and practical knowledge. Sally Barrie, whose husband was the coach of the winning team, said: "These kids are all going to be successful leaders leaders in the future. They were all on top of what they were required to know." The provincial championship, took place on the weekend of November 9th and 10th at the Royal Winter Fair at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds in Toronto. The Durham East team stayed at the Holiday Inn during their Toronto visit. Three other top regional teams competed competed at the Fair. The other teams were from Dundas, in the east; Manitoulin Is land, in the north; and Chatham from the west. The Durham East team also won several several local and regional contests before advancing to the finals. Contestants were. asked a series of questions on current events and general knowledge. Participants were also asked to solve common sense problems and answer questions on issues related to 4- H ideals. The four H's stand for Head, Hands, Heart, and Health. The Durham East 4-H Champs are Eric Barkey, who plans to attend Guelph University next year; Nancy Green, a recently-graduated recently-graduated public health nurse; Glen Barkey, attending Guelph University; University; and Andrew Frew, who is a senior at Port Perry high school. The team was coached by Tom Barrie, Barrie, who has been a 4-H leader for 21 years. The monetary prize awarded to the Durham East team was donated to the 4- H club. These members of the Durham East 4-H team are the 1991 provincial "Go For The Gold" Champions. In order to achieve this honor, the team had to beat out three other regional champions at a general knowledge competition earlier this month at the Royal Winter Fair. Pictured here, from left to right are: team members members Eric Barkey; Nancy Green; and Glenn Barkey; (all of Blackstock); Tom Barrie, Barrie, the team's coach; and team member Andrew Frew, of Ncstlclon, arc also in the back row. Barbara Weese (centre), the Durham East rural organizations specialist specialist from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, was on hand to congratulate the winners. EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES King Sr W, 728-4601 Oshawa Ebenezer United Church Marks 125th Anniversary See Page 5 See Our hncrmue vi tt vni/hp uni loiiiidiS vjiii xj iiiiit. For Your Holiday Shopping Eagles Set Sights - On Second Place With More Wins See Page 8 PISTON j We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville