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y News/5 Wooden boats arrive in port Sports/l 1 Gaels set for Founder's Cup CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 Canabtan Statesman Pressrun 24,150 Wednesday,August 4,2004 • 32 Pages • Optional 3 Week Delivery $5/$l Newsstand durham region.com Get ready for Wal-Mart in Bowmanville Retail giant picks location BY SHELLEY JORDAN Staff Writer ' BOWMANVILLE -- It's official. Wal-Mart has chosen a Bowmanville site for a new store. Speculation throughout town is that the building will be located located northwest of Hwy. 2 and Green Road. Councillor Jim Schell confirmed the location. "It's the same site as the present present Loblaws," he says. "The application application says department store, but we all know it's Wal-Mart, for all intents and purposes." Coun. Schell said the application application did not come directly from Wal-Mart, but through a Canadian company called Metros, which wants to develop the property. While the new store will not be as large as the Wal-Mart, located located on Harmony Road in Os- hawa, some small business owners owners are nervous about welcoming welcoming a big box store to Bowmanville. Bowmanville. "Typically, from what I've read, when Wal-Mart comes, the downtown slowly dies," says Karen Vella, co-owner of Family Gathering clothing store, who says she doesn't want Wal-Mart in Bowmanville. Kevin Grab, manager of corporate corporate communications for WaL Mart Canada says the company makes sure it is à good fit for the community "We would never ; benefit from wide-scale unemployment," unemployment," says Mr. Groh. Mr. Groh says Wal-Mart pumps $15- to $20-milliôri into the local economy from construction construction to charitable investments investments long.before it opens its doors, and it don't take those investments investments lightly. Ms. Vella says she feels the store in Oshawa is close enough for people living in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, but considers the opposing opposing argument. "The only benefit I can think of...is that it may keep more people people shopping in Bowmanville, £ ONTARIO'S DRIVE CLEAN • SERVICE • PARTS MON., WED., FRI. 7:30 am - 6:00 pm TUES. & THURS. 7:30 am - 8 pm SAT. 9 am - 4 pm ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY WHITBY OSHAWA Honda 300 THICKSON RD. S. WHITBY 0 666-1772 honda www.honde1.com , rather than going to Oshawa." Mr. Groh agrees it is most likely, that a store in Bowmanville Bowmanville would help local businesses. businesses. ."Bowmanville has great growth prospects and a healthy economic environment," he says. "In many communities, thé starting point for a healthy retail environment is Wal-Mart coming coming to town. It often leads to higher sales for local businesses and increases the number of businesses surrounding it." Before moving into a community, community, Mr. Groh says Wal-Mart must first ensure there is a large enough customer base to support it from the town as well as from outlying areas. "In most communities people are waiting with open arms," he says. "We draw consumers to the community and help keep consumer spending in tow." Wal-Mart has been interested in. Bowmanville for five years, though the application for the 80,000-square foot store is only a year and a half old, said Coun. Schell. He said there are a few areas that need to be ironed out before construction can begin. "If (the Wal-Mart study) says the population and all parameters parameters support the prtiposed Wal- Mart, they will continue to move forward. (If not), they can appeal their own decision," says Mr. Schell. ; . V Louise Koslik, co-owner of Rona Hardware in Newcastle and a member of the Clarington Board of Trade, says she doesn't feel threatened by Wal-Mart because because of the ' diversity and uniqueness of products offered " in her store. ' "In a family business, we aie able to build a unique shopping experience," she says. "People See HOME page 6 Wild water Celia Klemenz/ Statesman photo Local children are having a blast at the 'Kids of the Marsh' Environmental Camp at Darlington Provincial Park. 'Friends of the Second Marsh' host the weekly camp for kids ages 6-11 Hudson Czarkowski and his fellow campers got a little wet during the Water Olympics water relay where participants had to pass à leaky cup to team members while trying to fill a bucket. The Morphys fight for freedom BY SHELLEY JORDAN Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE -- The night before his brother was captured captured by the Germans during the Second World War, Vale Morphy had a dream in which he saw his sibling on the other side of'a barbed-wire fence, but lie couldn't couldn't reach him. . . And when the telegram arrived arrived on Christmas Day, 1944, saying his brother was missing in action, everyone believed he was dead. Mr. Morphy, however, always always maintained his brother was still alive. And he was right. Neil Morphy survived to the end of the war just like the other seven brave Morphy brothers who enlisted. Vale currently lives in Bowmanville Bowmanville with his wile Mary, but Vale Morphy, pictured with his wife Mary, and his seven brothers served Canada in the Second World War. when war broke out in 1939, the Morphey family was living in Zealandia, a town southwest of Saskatoon, Sask. Eldest brother Victor entered the army recruiting recruiting office immediately. Each male in the family of 14, consisting consisting of nine boys and five girls, eagerly awaited his opportunity to follow suit, but the war ended before the ninth boy reached age 18. ■ Victor joined the army while Carl, Basil, Harold, Charlie and Vale joined the Air Force. When Neil and Willis came of age, they followed Victor's lead as army recruits. Mother Ruth and father Benjamin, who was a station- master for the Canadian National National Railway, raised the brood. Olive, Sybil, Velma, Gwen, and Iris, who died at the age of two,' made up the list of sisters. Vale said the ninth brother, Dean, always carried an ounce of resentment, because he was never able to share in his brothers' brothers' experiences. Vale was part of the ground crew for the North Atlantic Squadron stationed in Gander, Newfoundland. He repaired aircraft aircraft and loaded bombs on the bomb racks. "You'd put your 40 bombers in the air, and 35 would come home," said Vale, "It was a strange feeling because you knew why they didn't return. There were shrapnel holes in the aircraft. They had to be repaired before you could send them out See EIGHT page 6 More money, more time offered to Lakeridge Health BY CARLY FOSTER Staff writer DURHAM -- More time to balance the books, and increased increased funding to the community community will help, but Lakeridge Lakeridge Health Corporation will still struggle this year. The statement comes from Brian Lemon, the hospital group's chief executive officer, officer, after the Province said it was only giving Ontario hospitals hospitals half the funding increase increase they were hoping for. Lakeridge received a $2.1- million boost from last year, bringing total contributions from the. Province to $214.6 million. LHC had asked for $20 million in extra funding. "We will have to look at some fairly significant cost decreases in order to balance the books," Mn Lemon said, adding that he couldn't be specific specific as to what those (decreases (decreases would be. "We have a number number of weeks of work to do before before we can say what our concrete concrete plans will be." Lakeridge has faced many increased costs, Mr. Lemon said. Insurance rates have gone up, as have energy costs (by. 40 per cent), along with drugs and medical supplies (7 to 8 per cent). The Province introduced a new funding modël this week, which divvies up monies based on the characteristics of the hospital, the population it serves and the facility's efficiency. efficiency. But there was some good news from the Ministry of Health: Minister George Smitherman promised a $987- million investment in such community-based services as home care, long-term care facilities facilities and mental health services. services. That funding will take some strain off of hospitals, Mr. Smitherman said at a press conference Monday. "We are building effective community services and promoting promoting prevention and healthy living," he said. "This will relieve relieve stress on hospitals, which have been asked to do too much for too long, and will free them up to provide the acute-care services they are built to provide." Mr. Lemon agreed. "The reality is the Ministry sent a very strong message that they were changing and reforming health care to have hospitals do less work and have more work provided by the community," he said. He gave the example of elderly elderly patients in hospital waiting waiting for a spot in a long-term care facility. More money to those facilities would mean a patient could move out of the hospital sooner and free up a bed. 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