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I < i i nés ] ights un vniciiiu litle Durham College Set New Goals With Strategic Plan Tiny Balloon Makes Long Trek To Newtonville What Were the Town's Top Stories 25 Years Ago? Laidlaw Protesters Voice Opposition at Meeting by Chris Clark The continuing battle between Laidlaw Laidlaw Waste Systems and Newcastle residents residents over company plans for a landfill landfill site near Newtonville erupted again last week at the Newcastle Village Village town hall. At issue is a Laidlaw application to extend the life and capacity of the dump by shifting two natural gas pipelines pipelines south from between two existing mounds of garbage. The space created would allow the company to accept approximately approximately 325,000 additional tonnes of refuse over a proposed seven year span. Although the boundaiw of the site will not change, the height of the garbage eventually will reach nearly 200 metres above sea level, an increase increase of 25 metres above the present level. Local residents insist that the facility facility should be closed because it is environmentally environmentally unsafe. Brian McKenzie, one of 50 protesters marching outside the hall Wednesday night, said, "that landfill site has never had an environmental environmental assessment. If there is something something they're hiding I'd. like to know about it." CARPET „ WAREHOUSE)^ EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES Si 149 728-4601 King St. W. Oshawa MAY FLOWERS - Maybe we didn't get as much snow as usual during the winter, but Mother Nature appears to be doing her best to make up for it now...with rain. If the trend continues, the May flowers should be magnificent. magnificent. But, it's not doing a thing for our office parking lot, it's a,, marsh. ,» ..«/ ./ amt or CDS. Hovüver.'lhe Am. it able to accept the job and CD contract. Its bid was the lowest; I OSHAWA -- Oshawa Transit \| ready to strike to back contract; . tween the CAW members and j Commission ended on Friday wi in sight. Bus drivers and mechan on a possible strike. Although month or more away, both side! to dig in their heels. The workeri " with TTC emiri x " . if - Ken Hockin Old 'limers are really winding up their hockey season in great style. Last week, they sponsored a most successful hockey tournament tournament here, enjoyed by many out of town and local teams. And they are following this Saturday with their annual dance at Newcastle Newcastle Town Hall. Call Art Hester Hester 987-4050 or Dave Green 623- 3483. FLAMINGO TIME - Tuesday morning a call came in from Newcastle, Newcastle, alerting us to a news story. Apparently, Councillor and Mrs. Frank Stapleton's lawn in Newtonville Newtonville is covered with 40 flamingos, marking their 19th wedding anniversary. We extend congratulations and best wishes. Somebody better gather up those birds or Frank will sell them. YOUNG FARMER - This week's Port Perry Star has a great story about Donovan Smith of Blackstock. He was honored at a Jaycees banquet in Pickering as the Outstanding Young Farmer for Central and Eastern Ontario and will now compete for further honors in Calgary this October. Mr. Smith, 35 and single, farms 242 acres and feeds 50 I-Iolsteins. MANY COURSES - An aerial photo in full color of Durham College College in Oshawa invites readers to delve into the contents of a tabloid tabloid that appears in this week's Statesman and Independent. It details the extensive choice of courses being offered at the college. college. Why not plan to sign up for one today? HELD OVER - A large crowd of visitors toured the Museum on Silver Street during its Open House on Sunday. Many changes and improvements have been made over the winter months to make the building and its contents contents more interesting. MAURICE PROUT DIES -- We just received word that former councillor Maurice Prout passed away Tuesday night. He is resting at North- cutt-Elliott Funeral Home. Several people claimed that Graham Graham Creek has been contaminated by leachate which they believe is seeping into the creek from the site. Elgin Heard warned, "when neighbour's cattle cattle are aborting their young and fish are deformed you wonder where the leachate is going." The manager of the landfill site, Don Teflt, took exception to the residents' residents' claims and pointed out that five water samples taken from five locations locations in the creek last year showed that provincial water standards were being met. "We're not really changing anything," anything," he insisted, 'Wept tne height. There is no change in the footprint (circumference) of the site." He explained that Laidlaw expects its application to the Ministry of the Environment to be considered under the Environmental Protection Act, rather than the lengthier Environmental Environmental Assessment Act. "There are lots of precedents for increasing the height under the EPA," he said. Michael Pullen, an engineer working working on the infill project for Laidlaw, explained why Laidlaw is anxious to be considered under the shorter of the two processes. "Trans-Canada Pipeline is committed to building a trans- Atlantic pipeline in 1990 which will take two years. If we don't get approval approval for them to move their pipelines this year, we have to wait until 1992 because because it's not a high priority with them." "And we don't want to shut down the site; it would cost an awful lot of money," he admitted. Moving the pipelines is also a good idea from the viewpoint of safety, according according to the engineer. He said that they were built originally without any buffer and with a required easement between garbage and the pipelines of only 18 metres. When they are moved south of their current location, Trans- Canada Pipeline will build a buffer and a larger easement of 25 metres. Repositioning the two gas lines is expected to cost in excess or $3 million. Protesters, though, scoffed at the company's request for EPA consideration. consideration. Mr. McKenzie suggested, "they're trying to ride on the garbage crisis to push it through. They're businessmen and it's a gold mine." TurntoPage2 ipn Over 50 protesters assembled at the Newcastle Community Community Hall on Wednesday, March 29, to show their opposition opposition to Laidlaw's proposed infill project at a landfill site northwest of Newtonville. Laidlaw was holding a public open house at the time. F 683-3303 Fax 416-683-6161 Wednesday, April B, 1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 38 Pages 135th Year Issue 14 50$ Per Copy PRESTOH We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Dinosaur Promotes Programs at VAC Last week, a rare sighting of a dinosaur was reported at the Bowmanville Mall. The prehistoric reptile appeared at the request of the Visual Arts Centre Centre to help promote their spring and summer art courses for children. This summer the VAC is offering "prehistoric" camps for children. The dinosaur (Randi-Lea Micklewright) and the clown (Kristy Micklewright) have both taken taken Kids' Art through tne VAC. If you are interested in the summer camps or the spring art programs call the centre at 623-5831 for more information. 911 Misses Some Areas by Andrea Adair . In its attempt to launch a 911 emergency emergency telephone service, the Durham Region has received the backing of every municipality except the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle Council has yet to give its support to the $1.7 million regional service because there will be some areas areas in the town not covered under 911. The special three-digit phone number number could be dialed in the event of any sort of emergency. It would eliminate the need for callers to look up three , difijirent numbers for fire, police or • aujihlsfyco services. | Yin emergency call to 911 would be automatically directed to the police or ambulance ny central dispatch centres. centres. Fire departments presently have their own emergency numbers so a new system would have to be developed developed to include fire emergency calls in the system. Last week, Durham's finance and administration committee approved the principle of the emergency number - a matter that has been under study for three years. Newcastle's mayor and three regional regional councillors are among the region's region's elected officials who will be asked to deal with the matter at a regional regional council meeting today. At a Newcastle general purpose and administration committee meeting on April 3, members of the committee agreed that if the service was to come into Newcastle it should be available to all parts of the town. Mayor Marie Hubbard explained that a letter from Regional Chairman Gary Herrema stated that Newcastle was the only municipality which has not responded in support of bringing the number into the region. Mayor Hubbard said the principle of 911 was good but the problem with the system was that only a portion of the municipality would benefit from the service. She said it would cost the town $175,000 to initially bring the service in and $200,000 a year to keep it operating. operating. In spite of those costs, the num ber wouldn't be serving all Newcastle residents. Deputy Fire Chief Mike Creighton explained that Courtice, Bowmanville and Newcastle Village would be included included in the service but outlying areas areas where it is long distance now to call the fire department won't benefit from the number. Mr. Creighton added that facilities Turn to Page 2 Cancer Campaign Starts Canadian Cancer Society volunteers in the Town of Newcastle will be cart- vassing their neighbors and local businesses businesses throughout April to raise $53,000.00 for ongoing Cancer Research, Research, Education and Patient Services Services programs. The objective represents a 5.6 percent percent increase over last year's $45,000.00 goal. "With the generous support of the Town of Newcastle residents, and people people like them throughout the province, the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society hopes to raise $19.2 million in 1989," Ernie Eves, the Town of Newcastle Campaign Chairman said, noting that, Ontario residents annually donate almost half the money money raised nationally by the Society. The Canadian Cancer Society's 1989 National Campaign objective is $38 million. New Leaders for United Way by Chris Clark The annual meeting of the Oshawa- Whitby-Newcastle United Way consisted consisted of a little business and a little pleasure. Under the heading of business was the election of a new executive for 1989. Whitby businessman Mike Ambler Ambler is the new president of the agency, agency, succeeding Robert Stone of Bowmanville Bowmanville who remains on the board as immediate past-president. The meeting, held in Bowmanville at the Lions Centre, also elected Oshawa lawyer Bob Alexander as first vice-president. Durham Region Chief Administrative Officer Don Evans is second vice-president, and Whitby res ident Ken Catherwood is secretary- treasurer. In all, 24 people were elected to the new board of directors at last Wednesday's Wednesday's meeting. The entertainment portion of the meeting was left up to guest speaker Joel Aldred, a celebrated Scugog resident resident who is in his second year of a three year term on the National Advisory Advisory Council on Aging. His message was a simple one: aging is everyone's business and concern, particularly as Canada's population continues to live longer. He stressed "how important it is that various levels of government recognize recognize the dignity of our aged and ag- Go-op Receives Support by Andrea Adair A co-operative non-profit housing project in Bowmanville has received the support of the Ontario government. government. The Ministry of Housing has conditionally conditionally allocated 72 housing units to Bowmanville Valley Co-operative Homes Incorporated. Bing Wong, a development consultant consultant with Bowmanville Valley, says this means the province has financially financially committed itself to the co-operative by providing funds needed to hire an 1 architect and to begin the rezoning process. A letter from the office of Chaviva Hosek, minister of housing, explains that funding for the program comes from a non-profit initiative of the pro vincial government called "Homes Now". One priority of the Homes Now program, program, tne letter continues, is to "ensure "ensure that the highest possible percentage percentage of the units developed" will be for low-income residents. At a public meeting in February, Mr. Wong explained that the complex would consist of 48 townhouses ana 24 apartments. Co-operative housing projects are a form of home ownership where owners have a controlling interest in the project. project. A site for the Bowmanville Valley housing co-operative has been acquired, acquired, and a rezoning application has been submitted to the Town of Newcastle's Newcastle's planning department, ing citizens, their wealth, their welfare. welfare. We enjoy our way of life today because they contributed before us." "Those of us over 65 are not necessarily necessarily passive and dependent. Generally Generally speaking, we are active and independent." independent." He added that the council soon will be releasing the results of a national survey dealing with barriers to independent independent living. "We believe the results will alter some areas of federal and provincial thinking," he predicted. "Just as you volunteers for United Way believe wholeheartedly in your work, so do we in ours." The Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle United Way last year raised $2.75 million million for its 42 agencies throughout the area. M.P. Predicts Tough Budget by Chris Clark The upcoming federal budget likely will be the toughest of the govern-' ment's current term according to Durham Durham MP Ross Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson was commenting on the government's Throne Speech which signalled the beginning of the second session of the 34th Parliament on Monday. "The deficit problem cannot cannot be corrected in one budget. It will be a multi-year process, but this budget budget may be the toughest," he said. The rookie MP expects reduced government government spending and higher taxes to help cut the annual deficit which last Turn to Page 2 Thespians Ready for Upcoming Production Lana Rickard and Fred Archibald rehearse a scene from next week's Bowmanville Bowmanville Drama Workshop production entitled "The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild". Roy Wild is depicted here along with Bertha, the landlady, in the upcoming upcoming Paul Zindel comedy which is directed by Pat Rundle. The show takes place at 8:15 p.m. on April 13, 14 and 15 at the Bowmanville High School Theatre. Seniors are invited to attend a preview of the performance free of charge on Tuesday, April 11, commencing at seven p.m.