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[PRESTON] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanvllle RUNS AMUR - Uur aging editi- or-publisher likes to think Tie's as agile as ever, but we know better. On Sunday afternoon, he was taking photos at Kirby ski hill and says he took a tumble trying to take a short cut over a small section of snow fence. It was not too graceful as he fell face first on his camera. It survived, but he broke his glasses and is sporting a magnificent, colorful shiner or mouse as it's known in boxing circles. circles. We thought you should know it's not true that his wife caught him with a left hook. Many thanks to the skier who lent a hand and helped find the lenses in the snow. BEST WISHES - Sorry to hear that the hardest working member member of McCabe's Cheez-Nook staff, Jean McCabe, is resting in the Oshawa General Hospital. We wish her well and hope she will soon be back on the job, making making that good soup and other goodies that neighboring Statesman Statesman staff members enjoy for coffee coffee break and lunch. SPORTSFEST - Had a visit Tuesday morning from Super Sports Fan Terry Kelly of Oshawa and his associate Joe Bosco. They were promoting the 4th Sportsfest to honor the Memorial Memorial Cup Champion Oshawa Generals. It will be held Thursday, Thursday, March 14 at the Polish Hall, Stevenson's Road North in Oshawa, with all proceeds going to the Oshawa General Hospital Fund Campaign for $20 million. Terry will again chair the event and Brian MacFarlane will be the M.C. Tickets at $25 are tax deductible and can be purchased at any Walter Frank office or the Civic Auditorium. Previous Sportsfests have raised more than $100,000 for various worthwhile worthwhile charities! Get your tickets today while they last. OPENINGS - On page 14, there a large advertisement announcing announcing tne arrival of the M & M Meat Shop, King Street East. There's also a photo to show you exactly where it is located. We also have learned that the Velvet Bear, closed for several weeks because because of the extensive construction construction on site, will be resuming operations operations next Monday. Drop down their way and extend best wishes. POLITICS - Durham East NDP Riding Association will host their annual meeting on Sunday, February February 24th at 7:30 p.m, in Hall C113 at Durham College, Oshawa. Guest speaker for this occasion will be Peter Kormos, Minister of Financial Institutions & Consumer and Commercial Relations. Relations. No doubt many members of all political parties will be on hand to welcome Mr. Kormos to this area and hear what he has to say. We would think Gord Mills, our local MPP, would also be addressing addressing the gathering. AWARDS - The federal government government is searching for Canadians who have made considerable contributions contributions to the quality of our environment. The Hon. Robert de Cotret is offering Environmental Achievement Awards to those who have made efforts to protect and restore the natural world on which our Health and prosperity depend. We can think of a number number of people in this area who would qualify for such an award. Nominations should be sent to the Minister of the Environment in Ottawa, postage free. The Town of Newcastle may soon be home to a central composting facility. Skip Ambrose, from Ontario Disposal Disposal Limited, said the Durham Region site would be on Concession 10 on the borders of Oshawa and Scugog Township. Township. "Back yard composting is not sufficient sufficient to deal with the material being generated," Mr. Ambrose told the members of the general purpose and administration committee Monday. Ontario Disposal Limited has been managing the composting operation at the Garrard Road Recycling Centre in Whitby since March of last year. "We feel we have gained the knowledge knowledge and experience to come into the Town and operate a compost facility in a satisfactory manner." Composting, he told councillors, is a key strategy for reaching Durham Region's Region's goal of reducing waste by 25 percent by 1992. The facility would accept 25,000 tonnes of waste per year, consisting of leaves, grass ana bush. Provincial approval would be needed needed to accept organic waste materials into the site, he said. He appeared at the committee meeting to inform the town about the plan and to engage their support for the proposal. The facility, to be housed on 45.9 acres of a 180 acre site, would provide 10 permanent jobs. Mr. Ambrose also said the facility would reduce rural dumping in the area of the municipality in which it is located. Compost will be produced at the site and taken to markets for sale. Members of the committee decided they will support composting as part of the three R's and are advising Mr. Ambrose that they are prepared to consider an application ana zoning amendments for the proposal. Newcastle Man Dies in Single Vehicle Accident A single-vehicle accident in Newcastle Village on Saturday afternoon claimed the life of a 42- year-old Newcastle man. Dead is Fred Martin, of 207Andrew St., in Newcastle Village. Village. Police said he was westbound when his car went out of control and swerved off Hwy. Two at North St. The vehicle became wedged between two trees after travelling part way down an embankment. embankment. Emergency vehicles including a paramedic unit and a rescue unit were called to the scene. The victim, who suffered massive chest injuries, was extracted from the car by firefighters using heavy hydraulic rescue equipment. equipment. The accident occurred at about four p.m. 623-3303 Fax 4i6-623-6161 Wednesday, February 20,1991 Bowmanvllle, Ontario 22 Pages 137th Year Issue 8 56<t + 4$ G.S.T - 604 CARPET WAREHOUSE^?: EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES 728 4801 King Oshawa Jumper Flyin' High at Oshawa Ski Club Orono's Jeremy Blackburn soars through the air after leaving the 40 metre jump at the Kirby Ski Hill during a competition on Saturday afternoon. Jeremy, Jeremy, in his fourth year as a member of the Oshawa Ski Jumping Team, describes describes his flying exploits as feeling like "a lift." For a complete story on the 15-year-old sensation, turn to page 9. , by Andrea Adair The Laidlaw landfill site near New- tonville is running out of space. And the company wants to know why an amendment application recognizing recognizing the existence of the site is being held up at the town. Representatives from Laidlaw appeared appeared before a committee of Newcastle Newcastle council on Monday, questioning councillors about the length of time the application has been with the town. Laidlaw has applied for an official plan amendment and a rezoning application application in connection with a proposal for infilling at the site. The company is seeking permission to enlarge its capacity capacity by creating a landfill area between between two existing waste disposal sites. "A considerable amount of time and money has been spent by my company," company," Jack Marsh, regional manager for Laidlaw, told councillors. He added that the delays mean higher costs in managing landfill. "Your professionalism and sense of fairness is resting on how you deal with this," he said. He told councillors that when the Official Plan was created, it didn't recognize recognize the existence of the landfill site, even though the site had been operating operating long before the official plan was developed. lie said this was brought to council's council's attention two years ago and Laidlaw Laidlaw applied for an amendment to the Heavy Erosion Endangers Cottages on Cedarcrest Beach Lake Destroying Beaches by Laura J. Richards Without quick action, some of the land, and maybe even cottages, on Bowmanville's Cedar Crest Beach are going to be sliding into Lake Ontario. Over a 24-hour period, from Feb. 13 to Feb. 14, six to seven feet of one Cedar Cedar Crest Beach resident's property disappeared into the lake. By Monday, Feb. 18, there had been no further damage to report, said Rose Wynn, a year-round resident of Cedar Crest Beach. However, on Tuesday morning, residents residents found that several more feet of property had slipped away during the night, Mrs. Wynn said that the residents decided to meet last night (Tuesday, February 19) to discuss the problem. Local councillors have been notified of the situation as have the offices of MPP Gord Mills and MP Ross Stevenson. Stevenson. "It is frightening for the others," said Mrs. Wynn in an interview last Thursday morning. "Our house will be /' okay - we're,safe, she added. That's because she and her hus- ' band, Terry, have installed gabions (also called breakwaters) to stop the lake from encroaching on their piece of land. But the Wynns are worried about neighours who do not have similar protection. One man, who lives in Florida this time of year, might have some problems problems locating his back yard at the cottage cottage this spring. It might be in the lake and, as for nis cottage, that could be in Rochester, said Mr. Wynn. However, this is less likely to happen happen now that Mr. Wynn has told the man about the situation and a gabion wall will soon be put into place. Mr. Wynn and the employees of the business he and his wife own, will be building a gabion of rock and wire netting. netting. The lake waters will beat against the gabion instead of the unprotected shoreline. "We are totally dependent on Mother Mother Nature here," said Mrs. Wynn. She estimates that she and her husband have spent $15,000 on their gabions. And that doesn't include the hundreds of hours of labour that were also required. required. Mr. and Mrs. Wynn recall that when they moved to their home on Cedar Cedar Crest Beach, the lakeshore had a pebble beach. Eighteen months later, that beach did not exist. It had been swallowed up by Lake Ontario. 'We love the lake, so did others. Once the erosion started, some people moved, but we wanted to stay here." The gabion in their back yard has replaced their beach. The frothy winter winter waves crash into the breakwater, sending water into the back yard and occasionally up as far as the Wynns' house. At least, it is not taking their land out into the.lake, she said. Driving along Cedar Crest one can get a good idea why living without a gabion is risky. On Feb. 14th, even though the breeze was light, fairly large waves were beating against the shore. „ Turn to Page 2 by Andrea Adair Newcastle Councillor Larry Hannah has an idea to reduce waste without initiating a "user pay" system. And il' s a system that "isn't driving costs up like Peterborough, but bringing bringing costs down," he said. The City of Peterborough has recently recently decided to implement a system where residents will have to pay for the number of garbage bags they put out for collection. Councillor Hannah said with tipping tipping fees continuing to increase, municipalities municipalities will have to look at the rising rising costs of disposal. He examined the proposal of Peterborough Peterborough and found that under two different different scenarios, a resident would either either be paying $234 or $312 a year for putting four bags of garbage out for collection. "I looked at it and thought there had to be a better way," Councillor Hannah said. He developed an idea called the "Waste Reduction Credit System." Essentially, Essentially, the program is an incentive program to encourage people to cut down on the waste they produce. Councillor Hannah explained that blue boxes and "igloos" for centralized recycling had to be in place throughout throughout the municipality before the program program could begin. Currently, everyone in the municipality municipality has a separate charge on their tax bill for waste disposal. Residents are entitled to six bags of garbage per week and pay $165 à year for the service. service. What councillor Hannah sees as a possible waste reduction strategy is a credit system. Under the system, residents would be given 312 stickers, which would equal six bags of garbage for 52 weeks'. At the end of the year, the resident can turn his/her stickers in for a credit on their tax bill or use them towards next year's costs. Councillor Hannah believes this method would encourage the resident, who is not recycling or composting, to turn to reducing by cutting down bags from six to three. The cost on the tax bill could be reduced reduced in 10 percent increments, he SUBgeSted ' Turn to Page 2 Laidlaw Demands Quicker Rezoning plan in April of 1989. Newcastle Councillor Diane Hamre, said Laidlaw knew when they purchased purchased the site from the former owners owners that a rezoning of the property was required. She said staff decided the infill proposal proposal was not a minor change to the plan. "Let's not fool anybody here this morning that we are holding you up," she said. Mayor Marie Hubbard said that official official plan amendment applications require require comments on the applications from a number of agencies. She said the company was required to submit additional information to the Ministry of the Environment. "We're not here to stall anything," the mayor stated, adding that if tne detailed data had been submitted, the process would be proceeding faster. Additional technical data required by the Ministry has recently been submitted, submitted, Mr. Marsh noted. Councillor Hamre explained that until the MOE supplies the town with its position on the application, the town can't complete the application. Laidlaw currently has 1,400 tonnes of capacity left at the site. They arc receiving receiving between 30-50 tonnes of waste a week. An engineer with the firm, Mike Pullen, said the north mound is in the process of being closed and added the site will close when it reaches capacity and when the site contours arc full, Extensive Damage in Early Morning Blaze on Highway 115 The Ontario Fire Marshal's Office has been called to investigate the cause of this fire which occurred at a restaurant restaurant on. Hwy. 115 early Monday morning. The Town of Newcastle Fire Department received the call at 3:45 a.m. and at the height of the blaze there were 30 firefighters, firefighters, four tankers, two pumpers, one rescue unit and the aerial ladder vehicle on the scene. To add fuel to the fire, a gas leak occurred when flames melted the gas meter. meter. The gas company was called in to shut the gas off at the main. The North End Restaurant, located about 1.5 miles north of Kirby, sustained extensive damage in the fire. There were no injuries. .