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What's Inside The Statesman NDP Candidate Dies in Accident ....2 Best Rd. Rezoning In O.M.B.'s Hands.. Champion Glads Grown Right Here.. ....3 Dream Kitchen Won in Contest 15 We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville STILL TIME - If you are one of our early readers, this is a last minute reminder that the annual Beef Barbeque at Orono's beautiful beautiful park will be opening at 5 o'clock this afternoon and continue continue until 7 or all the hungry ones are served. Proceeds go to the Orono Arena Improvements and Projects Fund, a most worthy cause. We hear there is fabulous entertainment, but the main item is the food. You can start or resume dieting tomorrow, but live it up today. FANTASTIC - We don't like to brag, but now and again on rare occasions, feel justified and hope you will agree. We're talking about amazing results from items published in this _ newspaper. Last week, we advised readers that the Drama Workshop needed needed metal hangers so they could do a complete overhaul of all their , accumulated costumes. Jean Sheridan phoned the following following day to tell us that by 3:30 on publication day they had received more than 300 hangers and the calls were still coming in. GEARED UP - Quite a few residents residents of the Village of Newcastle have devoted a considerable amount of their time and energy to writing Letters to the Editor this week expressing various and sundry points of view. Most of them appear in the second second, second, but they made such interesting interesting reading that we did a brief tour just to see first hand what all the discussions were about. We now have some understanding understanding of Bob Willsher's concerns over the proposed use of the Multi-Care Multi-Care building; he lives directly behind it. And we are truly amazed at the Sunset Blvd. park developments described in another another letter. If the village continues continues to expand its residential area as rapidly in future as it has recently, recently, it will soon need a new name; village won't fit any more. RAMPANT RUMORS - Possibly the excessively hot days this week may have had something to do with the rash of political rumors rumors flying about, connected with this fall's municipal elections. elections. Although there are several months to go before election day, there does appear to be considerable considerable interest. On Tuesday, Ward II Regional Councillor Ken Hooper Hooper announced he's holding a news conference for this Friday and we've been speculating on just what he has in mind...Suppose he could be after the mayor's job? He's talking but not saying. And what are Ward III Regional Councillor Diane Hamre and Local Local Councillor Frank Stapleton up to? Guess we'll just have to wait for the answers. SAD FACT - We've now had about two and a half years since a municipal election was held in .this community and readers of this newspaper have on many occasions occasions expressed their views on things that were going on they didnft like, But now, with an opportunity opportunity to do something about it, only about a dozen of the Town of Newcastle's thousands of adult residents arc interested in participating as candidates to help operate it efficiently. What a bunch of wimps we arc! What's your excuse? THANK YOU - A message came in this week from Gil Parentcau, who lost everything in the Cliff- crest Cleaners fire that also burned his apartment. He wanted wanted to say thanks to the many old and new friends for their tremendous tremendous outpouring of generosity. generosity. They not only provided material material and financial support but also gave a much-needed boost to his morale. He says he'll bo grateful grateful as long as ho lives. C7-. Æ3trT C-M CT UULb by Laura J. Richards The owner of the Bowmanville Town Centre Corporation must clean up debris on the former Dominion Organ Organ and Piano Company property. Jayson Schwarz was told he is the owner of the property; therefore its condition has been deemed to be Mr. Schwarz's responsibility. He appeared at the Town of Newcastle Newcastle Property Standards Committee hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 7, claiming claiming to be without assets to make the clean-up of the property possible. Mr. Schwarz said the Town, of Newcastle Newcastle is on a "witch hunt." The witch hunt includes himself and his wife as victims, he told The Statesman while the committee met in private to discuss discuss the situation. Under the . Safety and Property Standards By-law, land must be kept clean and free of rubbish or debris and other material which could cause unsafe unsafe conditions. During the Property Standards Committee hearing, Mr. Schwarz said, since he is no longer the owner of the property at the corner of Wellington and Temperance Streets opposite the Bowmanville Library, the Town of Newcastle should not be harassing him and his wife. "I am not personally liable under this by-law," declared Mr. Schwarz. He contends his bank is the real owner of the property, since all of his assets have been frozen. However, Tim Hill, lawyer for the Town of Newcastle, told committee members, Mr. Schwarz is the "sole shareholder of the Bowmanville Town Centre Corporation." Six separate orders were filed: two to the corporation, two to Mr. Schwarz and two to his wife. Harassing his wife, said Mr. Schwarz, was uncalled for, since she did not have anything to do with the corporation. "How can you lay a charge against my wife?" he asked the committee and the Town's lawyer. "She has no idea how the business is run, she literally has nothing to do with it." The responsibility for the clearing up the site was to be shouldered by Henry McKinnon, a man he had previously previously hired and paid to do the job, Mr. Schwarz said. But, according to Mr. Schwarz, much of the debris left on the site is what he considers to be "construction material not industrial waste." 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday, August 14,1991 Bowmanville, Ontario 18 Pages 137th Year Issue 55 4$ G.S.T. = 60$ He told the committee the demolition demolition of the building is incomplete. The bricks still at the site were to be crushed to make a base for a driveway driveway area once the construction of the Bowmanville Town Centre began, said Mr. Schwarz. "I want you to define what is and isn't waste," Mr. Schwarz told the committee and Town of Newcastle representatives. representatives. "Identify rubbish, and identify what can be done. All the rough stuff was taken out." Mr. Schwarz stated a child could Turn to Page 2 SE) EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES Memorial Park Facility is Skateboard Heaven Mark Murphy was flying high at Memorial Park recently as he and a bunch of his friends were more than willing to display their acrobatic talents on their skateboards to our photographer. The skateboard facilities at Memorial Memorial Park have been very popular with kids all summer. m i i\ m r t TO J L I n q] jb »/X, H i 1:1\ \i "I JL : jl a *-5 iwueser ra by Laura J. Richards The Town of Newcastle may become the guardian of a long-term landfill site for the Durham Region, Starting in 1996. This doesn't mean the municipality will become the site of a landfill operation. operation. But it does mean that the search for a dump site is under way again. On Sept. 12, between 4 to 9 p.m. at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex, town residents will be able to tell the Interim Waste Authority Ltd. (IWA) what the criteria for the search should include, says a spokesman for the IWA. "The IWA is the first agency to document document the proposed site search process process and ask for public comment before before undertaking the site search," said Erv Mclntrye, General Manager, IWA. "These documents (the Draft Approach Approach and Criteria--DAG) represent an opportunity for the public to participate participate in the actual design of the process, process, which will be used to choose the landfill sites." The public meetings are included in each stage of the six-step site selection process. "Everything will be open to the public public at that time," said John Steele a spokesman for the IWA. "The criteria will be open for discussion as will reasons reasons why we would rule out some areas areas rather than others." After the IWA receives input from the public through 27 open houses and nine workshops, the criteria agreed upon will be used to identify candidate areas and a long list of candidate sites. The criteria involved include agriculture, agriculture, biology, geology, hydrogeology, hydrogeology, land use and socio-economic issues. _ The long list for potential dump sites is expected to be announced in November. A short list, which will bo put together together using public input, is expected to be announced in February of 1992, Veldhuis Will. Maintain Vieil Until Prime Minister Responds to Letter John Waits for Brian by Laura J. Richards He has been carrying a picket sign in front of the Port Granby nuclear dump site since Sunday, Aug. 11, at high noon. John Veldhuis has undertaken a one-man-vigil and fast in an effort to bring the Port Granby situation, to the attention of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Specifically, Mr. Veldhuis wants to know when the government will take the next step towards a permanent clean-up of the Port Granby dump. "I'll be here for however long it takes for Brian to answer my letter," said Mr. Veldhuis from his post in front of the former Eldorado Nuclear Limited waste site. Mr. Veldhuis sent a letter to Prime Minister Mulroney at the end of June or the beginning of July asking for a date for the beginning of the next phase into hearings which would de cide how and when the dump can be moved. This stage (known as Phase Four in the relocation process) would begin with the selection of a new Task Force and concentrate on a number of issues including tourism, and property values. values. He has since received a letter from Durham MP Ross Stevenson saying Mr. Veldhuis should be receiving an answer from the Prime Minister soon. "I want an actual date as to when this will begin," Mr. Veldhuis said. His vigil, although supported by his colleagues within The Port Granby Newcastle Environment Committee, is separate from the committee. Members Members have provided him with coffee, juice and company through his first night. And. he foresees them helping him throughout the next while. "I decided to do this several weeks ago," he said. This vigil and fast is the culmination culmination of the "frustration" he feels regarding regarding the many unknowns connected connected with this issue. "I've been thinking about it (the vigil) vigil) for quite a while. It grew out of the frustration I feel with the government." government." Mr. Veldhuis explained he has not Turn to Page 2 /\/V x i - ÉÉÉ •/ • .• •/. x Z\ z\ V„tXfcr aaa jwm VVv A If \,/\/\ / 1 ■ a, A A z Z \ The Things You Find In "Lost and Found" with preferred sites announced in August August 1992, said Mr. Steele. The documentation under the Environmental Environmental Protection Act and the Environmental Environmental Assessment Act is to be completed for submission for review by the Ministry of the Environment and the public by March 1993. The earliest start-up date for the landfill sites is early 1996. The province is beginning a search for three sites in the Region of Peel and Durham and a shared site for Metropolitan Toronto and York Region. Region. Permits Rise During July Builders in the Town of Newcastle applied for permits on construction projects valued at just over $6.6 million million during July. As of the end of July, construction activity in the municipality was up by approximately $2.2 million over last year's statistics for the first seven months. As of the end of July, builders received received permits for projects valued at $36.1 million. At the same time in 1990, buildings valued at $33.9 million had received permits. According to statistics released by the town's planning department, residential residential construction accounted for the largest slice of building activity last month. Permits for residential construction valued at $5,957,000 were issued in July. Commercial projects valued at $117,000 also received permits, while "other" projects valued at $573,000 accounted accounted for the remainder of the new construction activity during the month. No permits in the "industrial" category were issued. , by Laura J. Richards Missing items that have been, turned in to the local police headquarters headquarters have been as large as a boat and as small as a pair of earrings. In fact, Durham Regional Police 16th Division,, at Bowmanville, has hact^ome interesting material in their storeroom qver the years, sdys the Division's Division's Staff Sergeant. "We have had everything from firearms, firearms, and fraudulent documents to narcotics in our storeroom." said Acting-Staff Acting-Staff Sgt. Edward Forgette. WVe've had bicycles, abandoned motor motor vehicles, explosives and liquor too." Items like explosives are disposed of by people trained to do so. Liquor is dumped by the Property Clerk at Number 17 Division. "Contrary to popular opinion, we don't drink it," said the sergeant In fact, the liquor is dumped because because it just might tainted. Sometimes when items are found, they are viewed as evidence. So they take on two labels -- that of being "found property" and that of being "evidence" "evidence" to an unknown crime. This past spring a number of baggies baggies containing a white powder and sometimes needles too, were found in the Courtice area. The contents of the bags were sent away to be analyzed and were found to be a leavening agent commonly found in many people's people's kitchens. There are a few items along with explosives, liquor and narcotics which are not given back to finders. These in : elude firearms and ill-treated live? stock or other animals. Livestock is rounded up by the Town's pound keeper. If an owner is able to regain custody I i Turn to Page 2 John Veldhuis Unit One reactor at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station will be re_- starting and will approach 100 per cent power by the end of August. "It's starting up now at one per cent power for the first time since mid- March," said Community Relations Officer Officer Suzanne Stickley. The start-up approval for the unit was received from'the Atomic Energy Control Board on Friday. Tests and inspections are taking place while a few outstanding items are completed and then the power level level can be raised. "We shut it down for maintenance work but decided to inspect the fuel to make sure there was no fuel damage as with Unit Two," Ms Stickley said. Unit Two remains shut down while an investigation continues to' find out the cause of fuel damage discovered in January 1991. The same type of damage has not happened in the Unit One reactor. However, the operation of Unit One provides information to Darlington staff concerning the possible cause of the fuel failure in Unit Two. Tests and inspections of the Unit ' One reactor and turbine generator will continue while it runs at full power until mid-fall. At that time, the unit will be shut down for a planned outage. outage. Units Three and Four are still under under construction and are to be in operation operation in 1992 and 1993. Classic Car Buffs Converge on Optimist Club Show and Shine The Bowmanville Optimist Club welcomed about 150 shown herc alongside their 1929 Dodge :v they await a visit from the judges. For more photos, please turn to )pti vehicles to their annual "Show and Shine" car show held at the Enniskillen Conservation Area on Sunday after- . )a „ 0 ^ noon. Dell and Chris Trudeau, of Bowmanville, arc 1 ' t '