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Total Market Coverage of Clarington from the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Saturday, May 16, 1998 144th Year Circulation: 20,600 Business Park Proposed for West End of Bowmanville Clarington councillors have been told of plans to develop a new, 19-acrc "business park" in west Bowmanville. A public meeting was held Monday, May 4, to introduce a rezoning request for the parcel of land at the northwest corner corner of Green Rd. and Hwy. 2. The properly may become the Clarington site for the Millwork Home Centre The proposal was sent back to Clarington's Planning Department for further processing. The applicant was identified as Green Martin Developments Ltd. and Green Martin Properties Ltd. A report from Clarington's Planning Department said potential land uses under the rezoning rezoning could include automotive automotive sales and services, major furniture and appliance appliance stores, motels, hotels and building supply centres. centres. If rezoning proceeds, the property may become the Clarington site for the Millwork Home Centre. The site is currently zoned for agricultural purposes. Speaking in opposition to the rezoning was Bob Martindale. He' spoke on \hehalf of Glenn Willson, ■who owns property near the Green Rd. and Hwy 2 intersection. " ; Martindale told councillors councillors he wanted to ensure that the guidelines binding Willson would apply to Green Martin. Willsonia Continued on page 2 Meet Elmo Natalie Mctcalf-Tcnnant, age 7, was tickled to have her arm decorated by Elmo during a Children's Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness Day held Saturday at the Bowmanville Family Chiropractic Clinic. The event also featured child ID cards and fingerprinting by the Durham Regional Police. -photo by Lorraine Manfrcdo VPs Address Bowmanville Crowd Hydro Steps Up Communication With Neighbours by Laura J. Richards Staff Writer 200 Tour Operating Rooms at Bowmanville New Surgical Suites Help More Patients by Lorraine Manfredo " Staff Writer The operating rooms at Memorial Hospital Bowmanville were unusually unusually busy last week, with a record 200 people going through on Tuesday. None were patients, however. All were taking an open house tour of the third floor surgical suites. A seven-month renovation renovation was completed in January to turn what was once a pediatric ward into Watch These Moves! About 75 Clarington residents went to the Ontario Hydro Open House held at Bowmanville High School on Wednesday night, May 13. Here, a local resident talks with Mike Fox, of Reactor Maintenance, who demonstrated the movements of the Andros Romctcc robot. a modern surgery section, consolidating the same- day-surgery and the operating operating rooms. The main operating room was previously in a cramped corner on the ground floor. Hospital workers found it was becoming too small to adequately adequately house equipment needed to perform complex complex new procedures, which require large microscopes, microscopes, video monitors and laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) tools. Trish Downs, the surgical surgical program director at MHB, says the new circular circular layout with everything on one floor allows for better patient flow. And moving the OR off the main level, away from the administrative offices and general hospital traffic, traffic, gives patients more More Front Line Officers The Harris government has decided it is time to top up the number of police officers in the province through the Community Policing Partnership Program. James Flaherty, Ontario's new Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services has issued a call to municipalities municipalities and regions to participate participate in a five-year $150 million commitment to enhance community safety safety announced last week. "The people of Ontario have a right to not only he safe in their communities, but to feel sale," Flaherty said, during ;a visit to the Whitby Community Office of the Durham Regional Police, Chief Kevin Me Alpine of the Durham Region Police Service is impressed with the announcement. "I am very encouraged by this offer of assistance. Every new officer we can get out Continued on page 2 privacy. Increased volume and a growing trend toward outpatient outpatient surgery were also key factors behind the move. "Our days are full," Downs says. A staff of nine per shift, plus various visiting consultants, oversee oversee approximately 20 operations a day -- mostly mostly out-patients, but some in-patient. Same day surgery has jumped from 3,200 procedures procedures in 1996/97, to 3,500 in 1997/98 Over 1,300 ophthalmology ophthalmology procedures were performed last year, almost double the number the previous year. Joining the surgical room tours on Tuesday were a few dozen donors who were invited as part of Continued on page 2 Open communication is the key to getting this community community to trust Ontario Hydro. That's what 75 local residents and hydro employees were told during the first Darlington Station open house held at Bowmanville High School Wednesday night, May 13. Carl Andognini, Ontario Hydro's Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, told the group that "in 1997, Ontario Hydro decided to turn around its operations operations towards first class performance." This decision included ensuring that citizens who are neighbours of nuclear power plants arc given the in for-: mation they need. Andognini noted the meeting on Wednesday night is to be ihe first of many annual forums. Hydro has also initiated initiated quarterly meetings with its neighbours. Safety First Despite what many may think about nuclear power and stations, Andognini noted, "safety is, and always will be, our number one concern." Bob Stricken, the On-Site Vice President, says only a total of eight employee days were lost due to accidents at Darlington last year. Not only is Ontario Hydro accountable to local residents residents but also stakeholders and employees. "I say, if it's not safe, don't do it," he said. "At our stations we monitor and measure our performance performance against world standards," Andognini said. He told the group that the performance measured is not just job- related but also in areas like preserving the environment. However, improving Ontario Hydro is not an overnight task. "It didn't get bad overnight, and it won't get well overnight," he said. : Andognini was brought in by Ontario Hydro to fix it; In the opening stages, both Pickering and the Bruce plants have been put into what he called "lay-off mode" and Darlington will be reaping the rewards with the increase of personnel. " More Staff ; Darlington will be hosting 150 to 180 temporary transfers, he added. Stricken told the group when all the systems are up,_ the local generating station "provides 20 per cent of the province's electricity," There are 1600 regular staff members, 200 non-regular non-regular staff members and there should be an increase of 400 staff by the end of the year. Darlington is also home to the tritium removal facility facility which serves all of the nuclear plants in Canada. Stricken s'ays since the generating stations in Ontario are measured against the best worldwide, each successful successful result in reaching a benchmark cannot rest. "We must move forward," he vowed. With the attainment of the ISO 14001 certification one and one-half years ago "we're challenged to continue improving." No Gum Allowed Running a tighter ship has meant that everyone's performance performance has been under scrutiny. Even having a candy or a piece of gum while on the job is against the new set of rules. "We have a set of policies, including tests we must do. There's 100 pages of policies of how we do busi ness in the plant," Strickert said. One of these testing policies is to find out how much of a radiation dose the public is getting from the plant. 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