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Newcastle Community Liaison Group Reports That Work Progressing Well Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, June 9, 1993 5 Clubs and Organizations Past Presidents Honored During Rotary Club Meeting By John Veldhuis The work of the Newcastle CLG is progressing as planned. There arc basically four major pieces of work that need to be done and they arc:- 1. involving and informing the public. 2. Setting clean-up criteria.' 3. Developing a plan of action for the removal of the material. 4. Environmental impact statement. statement. The first part of this plan involves addressing the needs of the public. We held a scries of community scoping scoping meetings and learned from you your concerns. We have followed this up with a Needs Assessment and Survey which went one step further and found out a few more details about the concerns that were expressed. expressed. We are also continuing with these kinds of meetings, called Outreach Meetings and a series of them are being being held in the next couple of weeks. We continue to provide articles for the newspapers such as this one and we invite you to attend our meetings, all of them are open to the public. The second part, which is setting of the clean-up criteria is nearing its completion. We have had a series of weekly meetings with subcommittees that we called to deal with particular aspects of the problem of setting clean-up criteria. We have met on a rotating basis and the CLG's of Hope Township, Township, Port Hope and Newcastle have worked together as much as possible to set up common or generic clean-up criteria. We are now ready to write the report and it will be available for your input in the next few months. The next major step is another subcommittee which will be set up to look at all the technical options available available for the actual removal of material material in. Port Granby. There are many questions that need to be answered and this committee will look at all of these and finally come up with a sug gestion as to which is the most fcasi- blb, most economic and definitely the safest method of removing the material. material. Following this, the experts and specialists will get together to draw up an environmental impact statement statement for the Environment Assessment. Assessment. When this has been done, it will once again become available for your input and we invite you to look at it. This of course will come further into the process and will not even be started until the fall. We invite you to continue with your interest in our process to make your concerns known, to provide us with your suggestions and to help us identify areas where we agree and identify other areas where we need further study or clarification. All of the meetings are open to the public and we invite you to come. By reading the ads in this paper or by calling 987-7786 you can find out about the meeting closest to your residence. residence. Barbara Macklin. B&P Club Members Attend Provincial Conference in Oshawa , imumi j j vviuviui ' «, >n mmmom Past-presidents of the Bowmanvillc Rotary Club were honored at the Thursday, May 20th meeting. Long-time Rotarian Garnet Rickard delivered a speech highlighting the good works of the club's earlier leaders. Pictured above, from left to right, are Rotarians George Vice, Garnet Rickard, Howard Rundle, and acting President Don Welsh Denise House Benefits from Miniature Dollhouse Exhibition The Business and Professional Women's Club held its 47th annual provincial conference in Oshawa on Saturday, May 29. Some of the members of the Bowmanvillc Business and Professional Women's Club who attended the conference arc shown above, along with the Ontario President, National President President and the guest speaker. From left arc: Dora Cook, Ontario President of the Business and Professional Women's Club; Shirley White, National President; Judy Hagerman, of the Bowmanville Business and 'Professional Women's Club; Barb Hicks, also of the Bowmanville B&P Women's Club; guest speaker "Dianne Poole, MPP for Eglinton; Roxy Barnes, President of the Bowmanville Business and Professional •Women's Club and Irene Konzclmann, also a member of the local club. The provincial conference was hosted by the Durham Business and Professional Women's Club. Toastmasters Members Discuss Heritage m IïHbü üeI . Si Chairman for the June 1st cve- .'.ningV 1 ToasMasfer West. His theme • "Heritage". In some areas of the • -.world people are bom in a Heritage ...of violence. Our greatest Heritage is freedom, no only to do what we want but freedom from all forms of violence. violence. My family have lived in the Baltimore area for nearly 200 years and no one has even died as a result DURHAM REGION PUBLIC NOTICE DURHAM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM REVIEW You are cordially invited to participate The Region of Durham in cooperation with the Ministry of Transportation is initiating a comprehensive update of the Regional Transportation Plan. THE DURHAM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM REVIEW will guide urbanization of the Region, complement policies contained in the Region's Official Plan and be sensitive to issues respecting the social, natural and economic environment. Furthermore, the study will support the process whereby Regional transportation projects are completed under the Environmental Assessment process. The basic premise of this study is that the established community, environmental groups and other interest groups are encouraged to participate early and continually throughout the overall study. YOUR INPUT COUNTS! The first Public Meeting to introduce and review the scope of the Study and to consider study objectives and methodology, will be held at the following time and location Thursday, June 17,1993 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Bowmanville Fire Hall 132 Church St. 2nd Floor Bowmanville, Ont. ENQUIRIES ARE WELCOME AT ANY TIME. For your convenience a list of contact names is provided below: Tony Provedel - Duiham Works Department - 668-7721 Harold Dalkio - Durham Planning Department - 728-7731 Doug Allingham - Totten Sims Hublcki Associates (Consultants) - 668-9363 Written comments or submissions can also bo made at anytime during the course of the Durham Transportation System Review which is expected to bo completed by August 1994. Ploaso contact us at: Durham Transportation System Review Mr. Tony Provedel Regional Municipality of Durham Works Department, P.O. Box 023 Whitby, Ontario I.1NGA3 CS-NI-W-5772 V.A. Sllgallls, P. Eng. Commissioner of Workn of war, famine, earthquake or flood.. .Toastmaster Barnes reflected on Heritage. We have the choice to choose the good from the bad. Table Topics Master Toastmaster Lise brought many chuckles to Toastmasters. Toastmasters. His theme was "On A Raft". Due to cutbacks and hard times each Toastmaster had to make a point, CnotûT Coolo Thdnko give reasons, examples and summar- Luulvl VvClIu lllulliAO izc why Toastmaster Lise should in- l < r\ . •• elude them on his raft out in the mid- OfltaflO SnOWHlODllefS ". The Small Wonders Miniaturists' Club, of Bowmanvillc, held a display of dollhouses on Sunday, 'May 30,' at the Memorial Park Clubhouse in Bowmanvillc. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Denise House women's shelter. At least half a dozen dollhouses were featured, including this building building which was created by Bob and Helen Turner, who arc shown above. They estimate that it took about four years to complete the project. Details include 2,000 wooden shingles on the roof. The Turners' next project is to landscape the dollhouse. Other displays on Sunday included an exhibit of front porches and miniature rooms contained within a three-sided box. die of the Ocean, ie. Superintendent of Ed., Union Leader, Weather Forecaster, Forecaster, Story Teller, Hockey Player. Spark Plug award for giving input and enthusiasm for the business meeting was presented to Toastmaster Toastmaster Christl. Table Topics award went to Toastmaster Lcctoozc for her excellent excellent 1 minute presentation on Weather Weather Forecasting. Truth or Fiction. Speaker #1 Manual Speech "Sleep" Toastmaster MacGregor fulfilled fulfilled her objectives and kept everyone everyone awake. Speaker H2 Manual Speech "Good Vibrations" Toastmaster Archibald entertained Toastmasters with his flamboyant acting and had everyone participating in making sounds through vibrations. Award for best Evaluator was won by Toastmaster Holder. Toastmaster MacGregor received the best speaker trophy. General Evaluator for the evening, Toastmaster Neapolc emphasized that evaluation is an ongoing process. Congratulated all members on their careful research and attention to organization organization of successful speaking. Meetings arc held 7:30 - 9:30 every every Tuesday evening in Parish Hall at St. John's Anglican Church, 11 Temperance Temperance St. Bowmanvillc. For further information contact - ShcnrcU Lcctoozc - 623-9147, Connie Nelson - 623-2243, Joe Christl - 436- 2306. Snowmobilcrs in Ontario arc The Easter Seal Society's top fundraisers, bringing in more than half a million dollars for children with physical disabilities. disabilities. Fifty-one separate Snowarama events held around the province raised $495,000 in 1993. The annual Ticket to Ride draw, held by The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) on May 15, raised an additional additional $59,000. Usually hosted by local snowmobile snowmobile and service clubs, Snowarama is The Society's oldest and largest fundraising fundraising event. Since 1975, thousands of snowmobile riders have braved the elements to ride various 100- kilomctrc courses around the province. province. Each rider collects pledges of donations donations for kilometres completed. A portion of the funds raised through Snowarama is distributed by service clubs to families within the local communities communities who need the assistance of The Easter Seal Society. The rest is directed to province-wide camping, nursing, and community service programs. programs. In the 18-year history of Snowarama, Snowarama, $10.5 million has been raised for children with physical disabilities. Now in its third year, the Ticket to Ride lottery was a huge success, Almost Almost 30,000 tickets were sold for the draw in which four snowmobiles were given away. Bikkens PATRICK G. 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