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lu Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 23p Whistlin 'Dixie Look Who's Sixty vvaîz love Jrom yourfamily Council Briefs The General Purpose comn- mittee quickly denied an application of rezoning wicb would bave allowed Victor Hane to establisb atiditionai parking, an accessory building and a second access 10 bis proposed restaurant that is 10 face King Street just west of Liberty Street. ,There is no objection to the restaurant on King Street but the rezoning was to allow deveiopment to take place in a residential zone with the laneway entering upon Queen Street. Residents of Queen Street lotigeti objections 10 the proposeti development into the residential zone. A request from Jeff Bugden of Orono for some exemption from the refresbment vehicle by-law bas been referred te staff. Mr. Bugden wishes 10 locate a refresbment vehicle near the beer store in Bowmanville. One bundreti and four building permits were issued during the month of May comparing with 265 in May of 1992. In total 557 permits have been issued Ibis year. 0f Ibis number 164 have been for residential buildings. Commercial construction amounteti to almost haîf million dollars with ail activity Council accepted a staff report in'Ibat no change bc made in the Ward boundaries within the Town at Iis time. The same wards are to continue through te the election in 1994. The report stated that Ward 1, Bowmanville showeti a slightly higher voter population than the other two Wards. Il stateti that projecting figure aliead 10 the year 2005 great inequities will exist without some change in Ward boundaries. The greatest growth is expecteti in Bowmanville and Courtice. The General Purpose committee bas recommendcd that Bennett Pavîng be granted the contract to repair ail deficiencies in the Newcastle Mcadows Phase 1 as required. by Public Works. The funds arc to be drawn from the Subdivider's deposits which have hecome available. Queen's Park Report from Gord Mlls, MPP Durham East In my closing remarks in last week's column, I said that the presenit session is due to end on June 24th, however the delaying tactics engaged in by both opposition parties suggested we could sit well into July or even August. The opposition bas accused the Government of stifling debate hy turning to time allocation and closure motions to put legisiature through. We, have been forced to move time allocation to overcome the opposition's automatic and constant filerbusting of al government legisiation. By stalling the entire Legisiature agenda, the opposition bas obstructed the passage of Bis that would help create jobs and boost our economy. These include the Economic Development Act, OTAB and the Capital Corporations Act. The opposition is not only obstructing important legisiation, they are hurtingthe taxpayer by wasting legisiative time that costs 1/4 million dollars per day. The opposition parties have been stalling government legislation since the government was first elected. Liberal and Conservative govemnments passed more than 30 Buils each sitting, that's a law every two and a haîf days. Opposition stall tactics have liniited our government to 13 Bills per session, or a Bill every week and a half. 'Me opposition parties have bceen engaging in long debates on 3rd Readings, which usually go through in minutes as a matter of course. Under the previous Liberal governiment, debate on 3rd Reading averaged il minutes. Under the Conservatives, debate time for 3rd Reading was less than five minutes. 3rd Readings debates now average two to three hours - that's stalliîng the house and costing the taxpayer lots of money. By comparison, the 32nd Parliament - Conservativc., - avcraged 37 Third Readings of Bills per sitting. The 34th Parliament - Liberals - averaged 31 Third Readings of Buils per sitting. Our govemnment, the 35th Parliament - has averaged 13 Third Readings per sitting. The opposition has a right to oppose, to criticize, and to amend but it is irresponsible, to automatically obstruct alI legislation. The legislation to permit casino gambling has been described as yet another scam that will hurt the poor. 1 refuse to believe that poor people are less able to manage their money than those more affluent. Recent race track betting statisties show 21% bet less than $30 - 26% bet between $30-$70 - 19% between $70-$100 - 22% between $100-$250 - 10% more tian $250. 62% of people going to horse races would go t0 a casino, while 78% of race track betters arc aged between 35 and 54 years old. 66% of race track patrons carn between $35,000 and $55,000. 18% carn hctwecn $55,000 and $75,000, while 14% earn over $75,000. 0f the total people whio gamble 3% arc unemploycd. Needless t0 say, the top topic ai the Legisiature Iast week was the Soc ialI Cont ract. Emoriiou s pres sure is being brought on MPPs' to make them "sec the folly" of their support for the Social Contract. The heat will bc turneti up more than a notch or two down at Gananoque, site of the Provincial Council meeting, with the attendance of thousands of protesting public sector employees. Despite ahl of this, I still remain committed 10 the Social Contract wbich will reduce public sector costs in the fairest way while preserving jobs and services. The position 1 have decided to take undoubtedly will bc a factor in the next provincial election but whatever happens, I wîll still be able to look at myself in the mirror, and that means a lot 10 me.' Further on the Social Contract, Dr. Tom Dickson, the Ontario Medical Associatîon's president has said that demoralized doctors won't work at '"inconvenient times" and will stick t0 an ight hour day if the Bill passes. If tbis be the case, I amn wondering what medical residents will say, who are paid salaries and benefits by the government, ranging from $42,000 to $61,000 per year, while training to become SDpcCialists. Recause, at the present Lime there are 2,400 such residents in training and half have 0111? billing numbers. Many of tbese residents in training 'moonligbt" by providmng services in nursing homes and walk-in clinies. This costs OHIF about $28 million on a full year basis. These folks sceem 10 be enjoying a work day longer than eighî bours! Until next week - Advice is seldomn welcome, and those who- need il the most, like it the least - take care. Principals changing-in NN sohools The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education bas announced a number of changes of principalships within the juris- diction. Margarete King leaves the Courtice South Public Sehool 10 become principal at the Dr. M.S. Hawkins Public Sehool in Port Hope. Ron Tuttie leaves the M.J. Hobbs School in Hampton as principal to become principal at the Central Public School in Port Hope. Carol Yeo leaves the vice- principalship at the Pines Senior Public School te become principal at the M. J. Hobbs Senior Public School in Hampton. 1Ron Henry leaves the Ontario Street Sehool to become principal al the Waverly Public Sehool in Bowmanville. Patricia Van Scggelen, vice- principal at the Dr. Emily. Stowe Public Sehool, Courtice, is 10 becomne principal at the Courtice South Public School. Chcryl Brown, vice-principal at the M.J. llobbs school is 10 bc becoine principal at the Howard Jordon Public Sehool ini Port H ope. Nv.ewcastle Community Liaison Group Update -by John Veldbuis The work of the Newcastle CLG is progressing as planned. There are basically four major pieces of work that need t0 be donc and they are: 1. Involving andi informing the public; 2. Setting dlean-up criteria; 3. Developing a plan of action for the removal of the material; 4. Environmental impact statement. The first part of Ibis plan involves addressing the needs of the public.. We held a series of community scoping meetings andi learned from you your concernis. We have followed Ibis up witb a Neetis Assessment and Survey whicb went one step further and founti out a few more details about the concemns that were expresseti. We are aise continuing with these kinds of meetings, calleti Outreach Meetings and a series o f them are being belti in the next couple of weeks. We continue t0 provide articles for the newspapers sucb as Ibis one andi we invite you 10 attend ourmeetings, ail of them are open te the public. The second part, which is setting of the dlean- up criteria is nearing ils completion. We have bad a series of weekly meetings with subeommittees Ibat we called to deal with particular aspects of the problemn of setting dlean-up criteria. We have met on a rotaîing basis and the CLG's of Hope Township, Port Hope and Newcastle bave worked together as mucb as possible tu set up common or generic dlean-up criteria. We are now ready to write the report and it wil l be available for your input in the next few months. The next major step is another subcommittee which will be set up t0 look at all the technical options available for the actual removal of material in Port Giranby. There are many questions that need 10 be answered andt Iis committee Winl look at ail of these and finally corne up with a suggestion as 10 whicb is the most feasible, most economic and defmnitely the safest mehod of removing the material. Foilowing Ibis, the experts and specialists will gel together to draw up an enviromnental impact statement for the Environment Assessment. Wben Ibis bas been done, it will once again become available for your input and we invite you to look aI it. This of course will corne further into the process and will not even be starteti until the faill We invite you 10 continue wiIb your interest in our process 10 make your concerns known, to0 provide us wiIb your suggestions and 10 help us identify areas where we agree andi identify oIber areas wbere we need further study of clarification. Ail of the meetings are open to the public andi we invite you 10 corne. By reading the ads in Ibis paper or by calling 987-7786 you can finti about the meeting closest to your residence. & Celebration Centre 3rd Anniversary Sale Continues Selected gowns up to 751% off Headpieces and bats.. 33% off Many more specials 623-0351 King & Scugog St, Bowmanville CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL SEMESTER Il FINAL REPORT CARDS and NEWSLETTERS may be picked Up onl WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3OTH, 1993 9:.00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ........... L- rmmmmm(