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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, November 9,1994 3 Companies Honored by Region for Reducing Waste Jim:Gibson and -D0ah Stone:of:Dupont, Norm Bassett and Wayne Butwell of P.P.G. and Diane Law- son of ;fh'e;bhtarib : ; Waste : Èkçiiàngé:- are congratulated by Elaine Collis (far left) of Durham Region's Wastb--MWgfe^ntWp^ttoW:Ttiey ; people received Merit Awards on behalf of their companies for the effort they ;haye. put into Reducing the amount of waste produced :or for having promoted waste re- dûctte'!tob;aw4S'Wbte:hmiledi'- put: during the Durham Region's 2nd annual Industrial, Commercial &Ins¥tütidn5;:Waste:Rédi]ictionSéhiinarheldNov. 2. ; Do you know that the purrent proposal proposal of Clarington Hydro Electric Commission to take over apportion of dlarington currently , serviced .by Ontario Ontario Hydiro will, change your hydro rates significantly jit the near, future? •• ! i These changes 'could result should the passing Of-the;"boundaries législation". législation". by- the Ontario ' Government take place, which .would allow annex-, ation of parts or all of the former Darlington and Clarke Townships. This legislation would, allow Clar- ingtonH.E.C. to take defined areas. . This legislation opens the doors for Joans from the Ontario .Govem- iriçnt arid also debentures to be taken bylClarington Hydro Electric to ena- , • blej thém to purchase lines, arid sta- » tiotis Currently owned by Ontario Hy- ' dro.: Where is this -motley . coming • from? Does your government need / .additional debt? • - C' Should this annexation occur, you • as residents of Bowmanville, New- : . castle Village and Orono who are ; ^currently Clarington Hydro custom-. ;, ërs Will automatically be expected to ' ; pay increased rates of 2-5% in the • year of the take over. (This informa-. Election Issues Dear Sir: For the sake of setting the record straight, I would like to present the following facts to your readers and the voters of Glaring ton. There are no Municipal credit cards available for the use of the Members of Council. At no time are municipal funds used to pay personal expenses of the Mayor or Members of Council and during the course of this term of office, the practice of paying Council Members' expenses to go back and forth to meetings at the Town Hall has been dispensed. Should any of your readers wish to verify this information, it can be done by contacting the municipal staff in Clarington. Thanking you for your interest in this matter as well as your ongoing coverage of the municipal election campaign, I remain Yours truly, Diane Hamre tion was released via a media release onfOctober 13, 1994 from Pauline Storks,Commissioner). } ' - - ;lf the rural customers for example ' in Courtice, compare the current rates ? : of Ontario. Hydro with the current rates of Clarington H.E.C. based on ' am example of 1000 kilowatt hours per month, there would be a difference difference of $6.11 per month, Clarington ' H.E.C. being approximately 6% less. Wë should also keep in mind Ontario Ontario Hydro's rates are currently frozen frozen at a 0% rate increase with a man- . date for low or no rate increases in the future. Can Clarington H.E.C. guarantee the impact the proposed h annexation will have 1 on Our rates over the next 5 year period? : All areas are now fully serviced by their respective suppliers, so I ask you why should the residents of Bowmanville, Newcastle Village, and Orono be asked to shoulder an immediate 5% rate increase to Clarington Clarington Hydro to reduce the rural rates by 1%??? Perhaps now is the time to ask those who seek public office in the upcoming election - do we really need this and why would we as rate payers want it? ' Brent Neill Resident of Bowmanville Customer of Clarington H.E.C. There have been a few topics over the past week or so that I've kicked around. But, with the election election coming up on Monday, I've really been concentrating on my role as a new voter to this area and as a reporter. Next Monday, I, like many of you, get to vote in my first municipal municipal election for the Municipality of Clarington. During the last municipal election election I lived in Oshawa and voted for candidates who either didn't make it, or won by a landslide. . Not too bad! This election, I have already made up my mind for the municipal section of the voting schedule. By the time this column is published published on Wednesday, Nov. 9,1 will have attended another all candidates' candidates' meeting and figured out who to vote for regarding public school board. While the candidates have been many, l am glad that I do not live in Ward One (Darlington) where there are more battles being played out than many people realize. There have been a few things that have been bugging me about this election campaign and thought I would share these thoughts with you. One of the things I am having difficulty with in this election is how negative some of the candidates candidates are. I have never seen sô many péople with a negative attitude. As my youngest brother would say, "Laura, some of these folks need their attitudes adjusted." It would be one of the few times I would have to agree with him. On Friday-night, 1 went to the allcandidates' allcandidates' meeting held at Bowmanville Bowmanville High School. I wore my "regular citizen" cap and went as a voter, not as a reporter. Sponsored by the Bowmanville Business and Professional Women's Club, this forum was one example of what I mean by a negative atmosphere. atmosphere. I was amazed at how much venom venom was being swirled around the auditorium by a number of candidates. candidates. Am I naive? Is this really what politics is all about? Do I want people in office who can't say anything nice about the community they live in or their neighbors? What kind of economic development development will they bring in, if all they can do is complain? What kind of people are those who constantly tear strips off others? others? I certainly don't want to vote for someone who does that. Just imagine imagine how they will handle others doing it to them. What is it . that brings out the worst in some of those who are running? running? Some people say it's taxes going up. That sounds kind of strange, since taxes were kept at a zero per cent impact this past year over the year before and has been reaching this point over the first two years of this council's term. Some folks just like making other other people or governments look bad. To me that isn't politics. That's bad manners. One fellow from Ward One seemed to have his act together when he talked about Clarington as a whole community, not just Cour- tice this and Courtice that. Another thing I don't like to see or hear about during an election is sign- stealing. In Ward Three, where I : live, there seems to be plenty of that going around. At least one candidate's signs seem to have been ripped off their moorings by some unknown culprits. culprits. However, they seem to be the only signs that have been hit. Other signs have been victims of the soggy weather we have been experiencing experiencing over the past week or so. Speaking of signs, I hope they will be coming down after the election, election, folks. They aren't what could be considered as environmentally- friendly. The last thing that bothers me about elections, is the poor attendance attendance of voters at candidate meetings. meetings. I must admit that I did not make it to the candidates' meeting held in Courtice a couple of weeks ago, I have been attending others since then. The turn-out at the one held at Continued on Page 4 "One Very Thick Pay Cheque' When you sit down to calculate your tax return next year, remember to think of the name, Frank Stronach. More importantly, think of the $40 million million pay cheque he received last year as chairman of auto parts giant, Magna International Inc. His salary of $200,000, a bonus of $7.3 million, other compensation of $4.5 million, million, and stock options worth $27 million easily pushed him to the top of Canada's highest paid executives. The next closest multi-millionaire entrepreneur was Lawrence Bloomberg of First Marathon Inc. who earned a measly $6.9 million. The average Canadian worker earns about $29,000. Under provincial securities regulations, publicly traded companies are required to list the pay of the top five executives for the benefit of shareholders. With a T-4 slip of more than $40 million, you would think those shareholders might be outraged outraged at such remuneration for Stronach. But, apparently not. Under Stronach's control, Magna has soared in growth, creating huge returns for investors. In 1991, the company had a market value of about $100 million. Today it's worth over $2 billion. With stellar performance performance like that, you can see why happy shareholders are staying quiet. I wonder if he needs a partner? "Hallowe'en Goons" After seeing police officers and fire trucks being pelted by eggs on Hallowe'en, I was more than a little surprised surprised when we received letters and phone calls from parents who objected to the heading "Hallowe'en Goons in Bowmanville" on the front page of last week's Statesman. As I drove through the mob of 150-200 teenagers last Monday night, I was infuriated infuriated by the lack of respect for other pedestrian, pedestrian, motorists and their property. The police police did well to keep a lid on a very dangerous dangerous situation, finally breaking up the melee around 10:30 p.m. Anyone I've spoken to in the last week was equally annoyed by the situation. When speaking to election candidates, they've told me that youth violence and vandalism in the downtown is the number one issue they hear while campaigning and door-knocking. Despite all this, some callers to our office office said police over-reacted on Hallowe'en, and that these kids were doing doing nothing wrong. Even though one youth was seen tossing a small molitoff cocktail, one parent said that anyone passing through the downtown should expect this type of activity since it's Hallowe'en. If the general public doesn't like it, they should stay out of the downtown on October 31st! Proving once again that when it comes to somebody's son or daughter, blood is thicker than common sense. "Remember "The Blob?" If actor Steve McQueen were still alive, we could film the sequel to that horror movie "The Blob" after our refrigerator decided to take a holiday early Monday morning. I suspected it wasn't running at 100% efficiency on Sunday when the ice cube tray...wasn't an ice cube tray. I figured the fridge was still running enough to keep things lukc cool, but a package of dough figured otherwise. As the temperature rose, so did the dough, taking over the lower section of the refrigerator. When I came home for lunch at noon on Monday, Kim had managed managed to get it onto the kitchen counter, but it was still kicking and growing. A frozen package the size of a pie plate had swelled to cover half the counter. In an effort to mitigate our losses, Kim quickly baked a giant loaf of bread from the creature, but I think the damage was already done. If it were a steak, the middle portion would be considered quite rare. As I recall, didn't Steve McQueen freeze "The Blob" and take it to the North Pole? Even though I learned a long time ago never to criticize my bride's cooking, even she agrees this monstrosity deserves the same fate. "A Little Seasoning" Sharp-eyed readers of The Statesman's Stork Market Report may have noticed an oddity on last week's front page. There were two birth announcements for parents named "Pepper" and "Sage." Those who excel in the kitchen may have thought we were trying to add a little spice to the feature, but not so. These names arc legitimate and thymely.