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Page 8, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, May 4, 1994 No p lans y et to remove soil By Mike Kowalski Contaminated soul on an abandoned Wlýitby industrial site wilI stay put for the time being. Town officiais are not y et ready to order a clean-ur of a former smelting pIlan t yard on Warren RoaT Mavyor Tom Edwards confirm.s. ÀAnumber of issues must stili be resolved before owners of 112 Warren Rd. can b. forced to remove soul containing high levels of copper and chromium, Edwards says. However, the public is in no danger from the, contamination he stresses, so the. soul can remain where it is until the. municipality takes action. "We've had a numb4r of assurances that there is no imminent danger " said Edwards. If there was, tbat would b. a "diffrent situation," b. conceded. But since the soul poses no threat in its current location, Town council can wait until it is sure of its legal eti , Edwards said. W egetting a great deal of information on the. comnlexty of the matter," said Edwards. "Alifrmation bas confirmed that w. took the. right course," b. said. The Warren Road site bas been inactive since the. first of several fires bit tbe aluminum smelting plant more than 20 years ago. However, an engineering report prepared for a neigbbouring business owner wbo once considered buying the property, indicates levels of copper and chroniium tbat exceed provincial standards. Last montb, councillor Joe Drumm demanded an immediate clean-up of the site, but council opted to wait until it was sure of its options. Council was worried that it migbt become involved in another Prince Edward Island ferry boat situation if itpoeeded too quickly. (Te ferry sat in Wihitby harbour for several years before Town officiais bad the autbority te order the boat's owner te remove tlue vessel. (The -problem was corpipounded b y the presence of PCBs in the. boat's transformers. Various levels of moernent battled over where the. PCBs wouldgo until'Whitby Hlydro agreed te allow the PCBs to e stored on its premises.) While the. contaminated soil does not pose any bealtb threat, tiie question of wbo will pay for, its removal remains unclear. AltbougPh owned by Markham residents Jack and Leonard LaMbersky, the. Royal Bank holds the motae on tbe property. But Ryal spikesperson Chris Anderson said the bank bas no legal rigbt te make a decision on the. spi ty. aving lost a "significant amount of rnoney' tbrough delinquent mortgagýe payments, the. bank is flot prepared ta, take possession of the. site at this time, Anderson added. Meanwhile, tbe niunicipality bas also loat revenue from non-payment of taxes. But lik. the. bank, it, teo, is in no hurry to seize the. property. I don't intend te niake any recommendation unless danger is imminent or w. can b. guaranteed some chance of success " said Edwards. "This has been banging fire for over 25 years, it won't be settled over nigbt," b. said. "17m fot anxious ta, spend taxpayers' money unnecessarily." Drumm, wbo estiniates the cost of removing the soul and ridding the site of old tires and other debris at $1 million, bas demanded the. Royal assume responsibility for it. Last week, Drumin informed council that b, had written J.E. Cleghorn, pesdent of the. Royal Bank of Canada, requesting that be assist in finding a solution. "Why talk te tthe bisbop wiien you can talk te tthe Pope?" b. quippd. Lhnb uins G;ST overview for small business owners Document Shredding # High volume equipment will reduce your shredding cost # Secure locked containers at no extra cost # Bonded drivers #*100% of paper is recycled # Certif icate of destruction + Volume discounts available year-end, clean-outs -CALI NOf (905) 427-3605 (Derrick) f ÀffÀ 0 fBÀ Cz7 WASTE SYSTEMS Durham College is offring an evening prograin te ielp small business owners understand the goods and services tax (GSI.). Designed and presented by Revenue Canada, the. course provides a detailed overview of the. G& as it relates te small business and shows how te complet. GST returns. The. course is for entrepeneurs, accountants, bookkeepers and others who provide GsT accounting services te small businesses. Included in the, lO-hour course is an overview of the. GST, recovering the. GST paid, completing the GST return, the, q *k method for small buinss and dealing with Revenu. Canada. The course runs Tuesdays and Thursdays froni June 2 to June 14, 6 ta, 8:30 p.m., at Durham College Oshawa campus. The. course began yesterday (May 3) Pro touch at the 'Zone' ByErin O'Conmor Experienced banda provide the profession ai toucii at Me Image Zone, the. hair salon that recently opened at 311 Brock St. Witii a combined 23 years in business, co-owners Bey Vallance and Luisa Infusino hope ta offer the, best service ta, their custa- mers. In addition to the. traditional cut and style, Tii. Image Zone aiea offers specials sucb as 'baby's tirst haircut' whicii in- cludes a picture of the newl- groomed cbild, an occasion paek- age wbicb includes a style, mani- cure and makeup, and a pern special from, Monday ta Wednes- dray. 'Vallance, Who was previously an educator for Sebastian bair products, and Infusino, Wiio bas ben in the. bair business for 10 years, use only Sebastian and Wella Salon products, "because we feel tiiy are the. best pro- ducts out tiiere for aur custe- mers,'" says Vallance. Also available at Tii. Image Zone are manicures, acrylie nails, facial waxing and make- overs. Club's trade (rair May 14 The Durhami Business and Professional Women's Club will hold a trade fair and exposition Saturday May 14 at the, Metro East Tracte Centre in Pickering. Businesses wull promote pro- ducts and services, several booths bave been designated for use by community groups, there will b. an artisans corner and live entertainment. There will b. draws for prizes, including a raffle for a trip ta Las Vegras. Tme. fai is from 10 a.m. ta 5 p.m. Proceeds from the fair will boost.tbe clu's ]bMr$ary4Ilp 1 at the. Uxbridge campus and runs until May 12 fromn 6:30 te 9 p.m. The cost for the. course is $21.40. For more information registration, cali 721-3000. Liveir talk at Sandoz As part of a series of activities organized to inform Whitby's Sandoz Canada Inc. exnployees about the. pharmaceutical industry, Sandra Cresoman, a Durham Region Employnient Equity Network (DREEN) will hold a luncheon meeting Tuesday, May 10 at Oshawa Holiday Inn, Guild Room East. Registration begins at 12:45 p.m., followed by the meeting from 1:15 to 3 p.m. Ouest speaker is lawyer Barbara Humphrey who will address the issues of human rights as they apply to the current Iaws and legisiation (harassment, same-sex benefits). The cost is $25 per person. To register, cail Cathy Lloyd at the City of Oshawa (436-5663) or Carol Ann Hastings at Manpower Services (433-1433). Buns store relocates By Sharon Stevenson Better exposure prompted owner Ann Kwvan ta move B uns Master Bakery from 1380 Hop- kins St. te a corner location a short distance nortb on the. same street. Kwan is in the. former SMS Marine building, 750 Hopkins, so that the. bakery would stand out more for customers. Kwan says the. new building, formerly SMS Marine, is 'beauti- fuI.' She attributes B3uns Mas- tees increased business ta the advantagesefi a carier lot. liver recipient, is today (Wednesday) discusing ber experlence with transplantation. Before ber transplant in Auguat, 1987 she did not think that six. could have cbldren. Now she is the. mother of 15-month-old Sarah Lynn, alo present during ber talk. Cressman bas also been busy giigtalks for the. Canadian Red Cosand the. Canadian ILiver Foundation. Sandoz manufactures Sandimmune (cyclosporine), the. immunosuppressive agent wbich bas, permitted Cressman and more than 10,000 otiier Canadiens ta bave a "second chance at life." MleCro0 fair held A 'Micro Business Fair' was held at Westminster United Oiiurcb on SaturdaIy, April 30. The. churcii, in conjunction witii Durham Colle ge and the. Federal Business Develpment Bank, ran a self-employtnent training programi in the past year. With scbool over and business start-up underway, the. fair gave the, first and second classes of the entrepreneurial program a chance ta display their products and wares to the. community. Ini last week's edition, an incor- rect telephone nuxnber was given for information about thie Èn e- preneur of the Year Awards. The number siiould have been Notice of Liquor Licence Application The foiiowing establishment has applied to the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence Act: Application for a Sale Licence Buffet Appetite 3050/3100 Garden Street, Unit 23, Whitby Any resident of the municipaiity may make written submission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interesi having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. Submissions must be received no later than June 4, 1994l. Please include your name, address and telephone number. Note: The LLBO gives the applicant details of any objections. Submissions to be sent to: Licensing and Permits Branch Liquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lake Shore Blvd. E., Toronto ON M5E 1A4 Fax: (416) 326-0308 ~IIOntario -Drumm told The Free Press h. received a reply frqm Cleghorn's office acknowledging bie fax message and that the. matter will be investigated. Italo Monaco, manager of customer relations at the Royal's head office in Montreal, conflrmed this fact, but could not discuss it furtiier. Its difficuit for us to comment at this point," said Monaco. "We're flot familiar with it. We have to wait for more information," he said. Meanwhile, Drumm bas also sent a fax message to Ontario Minister of Environment and Energy Bud Wildman. Drumm asked Wildman why he bas not heard from ministry staff regarding bis Independent" demand that the province do its own soul testang. <Drumm asked the ministry, on bis own, ta examine the property after he failed to convince council to go along with his cail for testing.) Drumm complained to council that heliad to learn from the. newspapers tbat the niinistry will not test the soil. Sbawn Murray, communications assistant to Wildnxan, said government officiais met with Town staff reoently to explain the ministry's position. Altiiough the site is a bit of a mess " it does not meet ninistry criteria for ordering a dIean-up, said Murray. It was Ieft at that," h. said. But a reply to Drumm's letter will b. drýafted, Murray proniised. In a previous interview, Murray said there is nothing te prevent the sou from being dumped in a landfihI site. While copper and chromium levels are higb, they are not considered dangerous, h. said. The ministry's involvement is limited wben it's not a health and safety bazard, Murray said.