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i i Vol. 119 No. 17 Tuesday, March 26, 1985 36 pages Region hopes to stretch dump life Durham Region will probably hire a con- sulting firm to carry out tests to see if the Scugog Landfill site (dump) can remain open for another eight years. Regional council will be asked at its meeting this Wednesday (March 27) to approve about $35,000 for a two part study on the 12 year old landfill site on Regional Road 8, just west of Port Perry. According to a report from Durham's chief ad- ministrative officer Don Evans, if the study pro- ves positive, the dump could stay open until 1993. If not, it could be closed at the end of this year. What the study will at- tempt to determine is whether the centre of the dump can be raised another 10 or 12 feet with garbage before the final cover material is placed over the dump at closure. Raising the centre of the dump would allow for contouring later to pre- vent surface water from seeping underground through the rotting refuse. The Region will recommend that the con- sulting firm of Gartner Lee and Associates carry out the two part study. The first part would in- clude surface water sampling and the testing of underground condi- tions at the site. The Region hopes this preliminary report will indicate the dump can remain open beyond this year. The second part of the study would involve a detailed hydrogeological to meet conditions spell- ed out by the Ministry of the Environment on such things as final design contours, long ferm maintenance and monitoring, description "work coul of the leachate plume and calculation of poten- tial impact at the site boundary. If the Regional council this week gives the go- ahead for the study, et underway this coming fall. How to get rid of the garbage in Durham has become a major issue with the Region, and an interim consultant's report has been com- pleted this week. The Scugog landfill site was opened in 1973 and taken over by the Region a year later. Ontario election called for May 2 Ontario voters will go the polls on Thursday, May 2. To the surprise of nobody, Premier Frank Miller called the election on Monday, putting an end to several days of rampant speculation coming out of the provin- cial capital. In the riding of Durham-York, incum- bent Ross Stevenson is expected to be unoppos- ed when he seeks the Tory nomination at a Party meeting slated for Arena hit by thieves Durham Region Police are investigating a theft from the Scugog Arena last Thursday night. Police report that a quantity of lighters, cigarettes and a micro wave oven from the con- cession booth are miss- ing with a value in excess of $200. Pin ball machines in the arena lobby were slightly damaged and a small amount of coins removed. A police spokesman said there was no sign of forced entry into the building on Regional Road 8, just west of Port Perry. In an unrelated inci- dent over the weekend, Police report that a Blackstock area man had his car stolen. The car, a 1983 Buick Regal two door model, was reported missing from the driveway of a residence on Concession Three. As of Monday after- noon, the car still had not been located. April 2 at the Uxbridge Arena. Mr. Stevenson won the seat for the Conser- vatives by a side margin in the last election four years ago. Local New Democrats have already selected Marg Wilbur of Scugog Township to carry the banner this time around. She won the nomination without opposition at a well attended meeting two weeks ago in Keswick. The Liberals have chosen April 3 as the date for a nomination meeting in Durham-York at the Joseph Gould School in Uxbridge. So far, just one candidate has ex- pressed an interest in running for the Grits. Don Hadden, a Sunder- land area dairy farmer and member of Durham council from Brock Township, announced his intention several weeks ago. He is not expected to get any serious opposi- tion at the nomination meeting. While the May 2 elec- tion call was only made Monday, it was apparent that voters would be go- ing to the polls some time this spring. The local Conservative Associa- tion has been conducting (Turn to page 3) For Lake Scugog Task Force Township council has agreed to contribute a nominal amount of money to the Lake Scugog Task Force, but a decision on whether to contribute to a weed spraying program in the lake this summer will have to wait until coun- cillors set the 1985 budget. The Township will turn over $1000 "seed money' to the Task Force which was set up several months ago and has had' several meetings without any kind of operating budget. Mayor Jerry Taylor, A A BEI APIT ISI IRN 55 oe YMA Ipsos » who chairs the Task Force and councillor John Wolters, who is a member, made the re- quest for the money, stating it may be used for printing and distributing questionnaires on how the public feels about the weed problem in the lake, and what should be done about it. "This is not a great deal of money (the $1000) for the Task Force to try and start getting a han- dle on this problem," said the Mayor. Councillor Wolters noted that it was the Township which initiated usb 11k 7 jou -- Ll ---- Late EO $5 7 Alyn nA ets formation of the Task Force in the face of the serious weed problem that bas plagued Lake + Scugog for the past cou- ple of years. "We should agree to be paying a little to the Task Force so that at least it can function," he said. The Task Force will now proceed to have a questionnaire printed and distributed to as many people as possible, asking for input on the weed problem. "Let's get this thing printed and distributed to find out what people are thinking," said coun- gai? ay id » Just Stroh-ling along This was the scene late Friday afternoon as the LCBO store in Port Perry received 2160 cases of American Stroh's beer. More than half the cases were allocated to local restaurants and taverns and the rest was snapped up at $20 each by thirsty beer drinkers. It was the first shipment since the Council will provide 1000 start-up fund cillor Don Cochrane. But he said that other municipalities that border the lake should also make a contribution to the Task Force's budget. Council, however, declined to make a deci- sion Monday on how much, if any, the municipality should con- tribute to a spraying pro- ject on the lake in early summer. Former Chamber of Commeice president Bill - Barr told the meeting that organization has ear-marked $1000 for (Turn to page 3) lock-out began four weeks ago. However, the labour dispute which cut off supplies of domestic suds ended on the weekend and beer stores were open for business on Mon- day morning. (See photo inside) meg 1 hove pi