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SINCE 1854 • AMALGAMATED 1999 WITOfl, NGTflN THIS WEEK * 34 Pages Wednesday, April 3,2002 Mazda keeps zooming along Wheels Pull out tional 3 week delivery $5/$l newsstand Orono hooks Ontario title Sports, page 13 Gas the coal plants: coalition BY JACQUIE MclNNES Sniff Writer DURHAM - A provincial environmental coalition is looking for support from Durham council to phase-out the use of coal-generating power plants as Ontario heads toward an open electricity market market May I. The Clean Air Alliance would like to see Ontario Power Generation (OPG) convert convert Ontario's five coal-generating coal-generating plants to gas-generated facilities facilities prior to selling or leasing leasing them to the private sector, Ravi Singh told Durham council. council. "One goal (of the Alliance) is to phase out fire-coal generating," generating," Mr. Singh said. "There is a $400-million economic cost due to air pollution," lie said, noting Ontario's five coal plants produce as much smog as 6.2 million cars. Some environmentalists have expressed concern that, as the electricity market opens, it could mean less control over emission levels as private generators generators produce energy not only for the Ontario market but for neighbouring U.S. markets. A ministry of energy and technology spokesman says that won't happen because the Ontario government has committed committed to the environment with caps on emissions for energy producers. "In October 2001, the government government introduced tougher caps on the entire sector," says Shane Pospisil, spokesman for the ministry. "The minister announced announced the caps for the sector as a whole and committed to new standards that meet or exceed exceed caps south of the border." However, Mr. Singh says OPG's Nanticoke plant, "is Canada's number-one polluter." While that is accurate, OPG spokesman John Earl says, "It has to be taken in context. Only seven per cent of smog precursors precursors come from Ontario coal- fire generation while 30 per Museums to merge New step in history for Bowmanville and Clarke shrines BY JACQUIE MclNNES Stiff Writer CLARINGTON - The Bowmanville and Clarke museums museums will become part of one organizational entity but will remain at two locations with two identities as part of a new municipal policy. The decision follows a cul- ii.i.-i re icw of the municipality's municipality's facilities including the two museums and the Visual Arts Centre, which will not be merged with the museums. As part of the change, the two museum boards will be combined and an administrator and curator will be hired to oversee the collections at both facilities. The Bowmanville Museum is located at 37 Silver St. in downtown Bowmanville in a stalely home circa 1847 and reflects reflects the lifestyle of a merchant merchant family in the early 1900s. It has one of the best antique doll collections in Canada. The Clarke Museum and Archives is located in an old school- house in Kirby just off Hwy. 35/II5. The Clarke Museum includes an historic blacksmith shop depicting the rural heritage heritage of the community. As part of the change, both museums will benefit from more space. The current Bowmanville Bowmanville library building will be used for the two museums' archives and for. display, pro- DON MacARTHUR New board and joint staff will work for the best interest of both muséums. gram and office space. The library library will be moving to a new building on Church Street when construction is completed completed in the spring of 2003. "The main idea of the cultural cultural review was to oversee the best interest of all the facilities," facilities," Ward 2 Councillor Don MacArthur told the general purpose and administration committee, March 25. The councillor, who sits on the Bowmanville Museum Board, said he believes the new board and joint staff will work for the best interest of both museums. But the current chairman of the Clarke Museum requested the committee make the transition transition to a new single board slowly to ensure the needs and goals of Clarke, the smaller of the two museums, isn't forgotten forgotten in the process. "The Clarke Museum does- See CLARKE page 4 Flying high BOWMANVILLE - Tim Collins appears streets in Bowmanville on a clear afternoon poline with some friends. A.J. GROEN/ Statesman photo to be floating in air near Lowe and Beech . He was actually bouncing around on a tram- cent come from the transportation transportation industry. It's not wrong to say Nanticoke is the largest generator in Canada as a point source but you take a quarter- mile stretch of the 401" to compare compare and the statistics change, he suggests. More than 50 per cent of Ontario emissions are actually generated in the Unit- See ENVIRONMENTAL page 4 Old pumper truck put out to training pasture CLARINGTON - It's three times lucky for a 1979 pumper truck that will get a new lease on life training students at Durham College, thanks to a donation from the Clarington emergency and fire services. This will be the third home for the pumper, originally owned by Ontario Power Generation Generation before the electricity j provider donated the tmek to the I municipality when it no longer required it. The pumper was refurbished refurbished and used at the Enniskillen Enniskillen fire station until a re- i placement was approved in 2001, says Michael Creighton, i Clarington's chief of emergency j and fire services, i As part of the fire department's department's tender for a new vehicle, the department requested to trade in the older vehicle. Although Although the successful bidder, Advance Engineered Products Ltd., did include a trade-in discount discount in its price, it informed the municipality it was not interested interested in the vehicle, explained Chief Creighton. Durham College "expressed an interest in the vehicle to assist assist in their fire technology program program and offered to purchase it," added the chief. Although the estimated value of the pumper is $3,500, the municipality municipality already recouped that value in the discount from Advance Advance Engineered Products Ltd. And since that's $3,500 more than the municipality paid for the pumper in the first place, on staff's recommendation, council voted to donate the vehicle to the college to provide students hands-on training. 'This is a good opportunity for Clarington to do its part to train future firefighters to serve our municipalities yet it's without without any cost to our taxpayers," noted Mayor John Mutton. ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY *4X11 (Illkktl murk t|f lliv Province of Onliirlinisucl under licence. Whitby - Oshawa onda 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E., WHITBY LOCAL (905) 666-1772 HONDA www.hondn1.com inside Durham visit will not be forgotten fttataiman „ J r ° End of an era WHERE TO FIND IT --i • n f Editorial Page 8 Wltn P assm g 01 classified 9 Queen Mother Sports 13 by jane McDonald GIVE US A CALL DURHAM Almost 63 General 579-4400 years ago, a 12-car, blue-and- Distribution . . .579-4407 gold frain stopped ill Whitby to Death Notices .683-3005 ll , 1e deli s ht ° f hun F dreds ° r . „ cheering residents front sur- Sincerely Yours rounding towns and villages. It 1-800-662-8423 was the 'Royal' train and King Web site George VI and his Queen C011- durhamregion.com S0It E,izabctl1 wcre its passen- General FAX .. .579-2238 8C T his special memory was Newsroom FAX ,579-1809 evoked last Saturday with news. of the death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, at age 101. It was on the eve of the Second Second World War when the royal couple visited here so long ago. The King and Queen were not meant to head the British monarchy and it fell to Elizabeth Elizabeth to shore up her husband's confidence when the shy and retiring King was unexpectedly thrust onto the world's stage as 'King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India.' This devotion to duty had held her and the monarchy in good stead in December 1936 when her brother-in-law Edward VIII renounced his throne Tor the woman he loved.' As the Queen loyally stood at the side of the new King, their train passed through Pickering, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville and Newcastle enroule to the nation's capital. England needed North America's America's help if the island nation was to survive. The four-week Canadian tour was a resounding resounding success as they went 011 to the United States. Lauded for a sense of responsibility responsibility during the dark days of the Second World War, and for raising a daughter who has also been a dutiful monarch, Queen Elizabeth 11, the March 30 passing of the Queen Mother has brought an era to an end. Called the 'last great Edwardian lady,' she un doubtedly witnessed some of the most momentous and historic historic events of the 20th century. One Whitby resident has been a devoted admirer of the Queen Mother. With 26 royal visits to his credit as former head of protocol for the Ontario Government, Walter Borosa is a staunch leader and member of the Durham chapter of the Monarchist League of Canada. He also has treasured memories of the Queen Mother. 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