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Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmnnvillc, September 1G. 1987 11 Participants on Foot and on Wheels Joined Terry Fox Run Angus, the Elephant, Greets Friends After Performance Action on Courtice S o now you can jog to the corner and get some cash. You can also make deposits, transfer your money, pay your bills and check your account balance* Welcome to Bank of Montreal Instabank? Instabank is fast and friendly and provides Day and Night Service for your banking convenience.** So you can pick the time that's best All you need is an encoded MBB® or ### - r# MasterCard® card. If you don't already have one, apply at any Bank of Montreal branch. So jog on in and let us show you what Instabank can do for you. Find out more. ■ Deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and account balance subject to certain limitations. "When unit is outside of branch, except when restricted by mall hours. "Registered trademarks of Dank of Montreal. "Bank of Montreal is a registered user of the MasterCard trademark owned . by MasterCard International Inc. ■ " Doing more for you. Bank of Montreal s I V, P. £ The crowds at the Bowmanville Zoo on Sunday, September 13, were treated to an extra look at one of the animal show participants. Angus, the seven- year-old African elephant, performed with Charlie the Pot-Bellied Pig in one of the free animal shows throughout the day. Angus' companion, Sheba, was attending a parade in Toronto and it fell to trainer Leslie Pon Tell and Angus to carry the show. Zoo visitor, Jennifer Saunders, and many of the audience, audience, decided to take a closer look at the 2000 pound beast once the show was over. LETTER TO EDITOR Dear Mr. James: It is now one year since Eldorado Resources Limited's Limited's announcement that options had been purchased purchased on agricultural lands in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle for the purpose of establishing establishing the world's first permanent low-level radioactive waste disposal site. Much has taken place $ MIDWAY MIDWAY MIDWAY MIDWAY MIDWAY § MIDWAY MOTORS 1300 blindas St. E., Whitby ^ 668-6828 jS q DURHAM REGION'S No. 1 IMPORT TRUCK DEALER § MIDWAY MIDWAY MIDWAY MIDWAY MIDWAY£ since that time -- most notably notably that we, the people, had our voices heard on Parliament Hill and across Canada. The Right Honorable Honorable Mr. Brian Mulroneÿ, in his infinite wisdom, sent Mr. Merrithew, Minister of Mines and Forests (State), to force Eldorado to withdraw withdraw their proposal. I am dubious that Mr. Mul- roney's timely intercession into this "confrontational" issue and his fear of losing this riding in the next federal federal election are purely coincidental. The umbrella group (Citizens (Citizens for a Safe Environment), Environment), comprised of citizens citizens from all corners of the There's a new way to get your money. Town of Newcastle, still meets monthly. In June, 1987, a draft copy of the Site Selection Process was forwarded forwarded to the Citizens for a Safe Environment, for comments comments and recommendations. recommendations. I believe that a final Site Selection Process proposal is to be presented to Cabinet this fall for approval, approval, rejection or modification. modification. Finally, a potential host community will be sought within the province of Ontario to accept Port Granby's waste, as well as future low-level radioactive radioactive waste. It must be remembered that the Port Granby site is still leaking and eroding into Lake Ontario. Furthermore, Furthermore, .of equally great concern concern is the fact that the" site is still being utilized. I believe believe that annually (in September) September) the site comes up for license review under the jurisdiction of the Atomic Energy . Control Board. Is the Town of Newcastle Newcastle participating in this year's review? And, I further understand that the Town of Port Hope wishes to dispose of their radioactive-contaminated radioactive-contaminated sewage sludge at Port Granby. Why should the Town of Newcastle Newcastle be continously honoured honoured with Port Hope's waste? Although the topic is no longer a headline issue, until an environmentally, morally and socially sound location is established, Port Granby is still being utilized. We must recall that this Water Woes by Gretchen Ballantyne In an emergency meeting meeting early last Wednesday morning, the Durham Region Works Committee Committee finalized their recommendations recommendations for the first course of action to be taken on the Courtice water crisis. The recommendations were presented to Regional Regional Council shortly alter the special meeting and in a surprising move Council approved the report report without debate. "The important thing is to get moving on the Courtice problem and these recommendations start the process. To hold the whole project up sorting out details is the last thing we want to do or the Courtice residents need," said Councillor Ann Cowman after the meeting. As is well known, the Courtice Urban Area residents residents have been facing water problems for several several months. The water in some of the wells is contaminated and other wells are producing insufficient insufficient amounts of water or have dried up altogether. Courtice residents have waited through the summer for some concrete concrete steps to be taken to relieve their water crisis. Region's move last Wednesday got the ball rolling. "It's taken us so long to get this far and we need answers now. What are we going to do for the winter? Will we ha've to go back to our contaminated contaminated water or start buying' buying' bottled water? We have no answers!" Said one disgruntled Courtice Courtice woman after the meeting. Two engineering firms are being retained in order to design the watermains needed in the area. Totten Sims Hubicki Asssociates will work on Nash Road from , Tooley's Road to Trull's Road on Highway 2, on Phair ^(vénue and on Prestonvale Road. ■ Proctor and Redfern Limited will design the watermains on Nash Road from Townline Road to Varcoe Road, on Varcoe Road, on Darlington Darlington Boulevard and on Townline Road. Recommendations for financing were also put forth by the Works Department. Department. Under existing existing policies, homeown- matter has been slated for resolution for over ten years, yet another delay, albeit albeit in the right direction, is at hand. My hope is that a speedy and safe resolution resolution is on the horizon. Yours truly, Helen MacDonald R.R. #1, Newtonville, Ontario Ontario The FirePlaces by Vermont Castings. Savings up to $200 Buy any 2'door model now and save on the options. Offer expires October 31st. ftrepl ate Plus' 900 Hopkins St. at Burns WHITBY (416) 668-3192 The Bowmanville Kinsmen Club held their fourth annual Terry Fox Run on the weekend. This year, the event attracted a total of 34 participants, including including runners, cyclists, and even a skateboard-rider. Organizers estimate that the project raised about $1,500 for cancer research and participation on Sun- ers with properties abutting, abutting, but unconnected to existing watermains will have to pay full frontage and connection charges using standard rates. However homeowners abutting future water- mains will pay only 40% of the cost of hook-up. The Ministry of the Environment Environment will pick up the remaining 60%. This re-, duced rate for homeowners homeowners is due to a policy adopted in 1986 whereby the Ministry will provide a grant for new communal communal water systems. The Works Department Department recommended that the Region of Durham apply to the Ministry of the Environment for this 60% funding of the costs for the total project, including the cost of the engineering drawings now under way. Courtice residents present at the Regional Council meeting were less, .than satisfied with the .financial arrangements arrangements but were content that the Region was at least facing the Courtice problem. "Honestly I don't think we should have to pay for the mistakes of the Town and the Region. I don't even know how some of my neighbors are going to come up with the money to pay for hook up. We are talking about thousands of dollars. So many of us were counting counting on our wells, which the developers have drained, to last for years." said one resident. resident. Time now remains the pressing concern of Courtice homeowners. Water service is being provided to many of the homes by means of a pipe laid on top of the ground. ■ These temporary temporary services will, of course, freeze during the winter months. , Water will have to be provided by some other means such as a temporary tank or periodic filling of wells. day, September 13, was slightly higher than last year. Runners, who are shown here at the starting line at Memorial Park, travelled a 10 kilometre course around the perimeter of Bowmanville. Participants could join the run at any time Sunday morning. Introduced to Visiting Exchange Student ACCIDENT OR TRAFFIC TICKET? CALL The Bowmanville Rotary exchange student, Nathalie Mingelbier, attended her first Rotary meeting last week after having arrived from Belgium only two weeks ago. Nathalie will stay with host families during the next year as she learns about Canadian life and culture. She is flanked by her first host Paul Morris (left) and Rotary president Harvey Partner. Regional Chairman z Gary Herrema recognized recognized this need, "These residents are going to encounter encounter a great deal of difficulty this winter. We have to do something for the interim period before before hook-up to the pipes is possible." The Works Department Department admitted that the procedure of notifying each owner and gaining Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) approval will take about three months. It will be mid-December mid-December before home- owners see any work begun, assuming none of the homeowners objects to the costs or the project. project. Objections would only hold the project up in hearings at the OMB. 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