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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 12, 1986 -- 17 ound' N'Abou WHITBY A Whitby steel company has been fined $7,000 with regards to a steel furnace explosion which killed a plant foreman and sent two other workers to hospital last year. Lake Ontario Steel Company Limited (LASCO) pleaded guilty in Oshawa Provincial Court last week to violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act. ~The explosion at LASCO's Whitby mill killed 39-year old Bill Puddister instantly when he was struck in the throat by a piece of shrapnel. In a statement of facts filed in court, Catherine Osborne, a special pro-« secutor for the ministry of labour, stated workmen had discovered leaks in the belly ring of the furnace two days before the explosion. When at- tempts to repair the leaks were unsuccessful, a decision was made to postpone the repairs until May 22. when the furnace was scheduled for rofular maintenance. The furnace was operated without the belly ring in place. Osborne said the explosion on May 21 was probably caused when residual water from a water cooling supply pipe entered a dry cooling bel- ly ring on the melt furnace and "super-heated" to an explosion vapor. PICKERING A new Ministry of Environment study has labelled Pickering's Brock West landfill dump as potentially dangerous and in need of immediate investigation. Gary Boretski, the ministry's district officer for York-Durham, said the report is more an inventory of more than 3,300 closed and active sites across the province. The Brock site is one of several which have been given an A-1 reading by the ministry's waste management branch. Boretski said the ministry already has implemented a number of measures aimed at monitoring the dump, such as analysis of surface and ground water. He said the ministry will also start checking wells of people who live in the immediate area and another study will be made to determine the toxicological impact. Regional Chairman Gary Herrema stated Durham is satisfied that Metro Works, operators of the dump, is carefully monitoring harmful em- missions from the Brock site, which takes 88 percent of its refuse from Metro Toronto. The remaining 12 percent comes from Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. - Ian McKerracher, a director of refuse disposal for Metro, said most of Metro's $4.2 million pollution system is now intact and methane gas is be- ing drawn out of the dump and burned. BOWMANVILLE The first phase of work at Bowmanville Memorial Hospital will begin this month according to Health Minister, Murray Elston. Health ministry officials have also promised that construction of a new wing and renovations will begin next spring. The total cost of drainage and grading of land, construction ofa park- ing lot, roadwork, improved lighting and the installation of new water and sewer services is estimated to cost $200,000 of which the ministry is ex- pected to pay half. After the preparation work is complete, construction will actually begin on the $6 million renovation and expansion. About $2.2 million of this was raised locally. Included in the expansion will be a doubling of the hospital's emergency ward, expansion of obstetrical services, a new physiotherapy department and the addition of 15 new. chronic care beds. OSHAWA Durham Regional Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on July 26. The car is believed to be the vehicle that struck and killed 23 year old Dennis Terech on Park Road, just south of Adelaide Avenue. Inspector Bob Brown stated a number of witnesses leads police to believe that a car seen racing through nearby streets just before the acci- dent, and which later went into a ditch, was the same as the one that struck the young man. He said all the witnesses described the vehicle as a mid-70's brown or gold Monte Carlo, with a dark roof. "What we are asking is that anyone who saw the car fitting this descrip- tion, on Punshon, Park or Muriel Streets, to please call police," said the inspector, adding that all information will be treated in confidence. The police can be reached at 579-1520. A similar appeal the week before prompted an Oshawa resident to turn over Terech's badly damaged racer on August 1. Investigation showed gold coloured chips of paint on the bike. The bike has been sent to the Centre for Forensic Science in Toronto for detailed examination. OSHAWA The Oshawa Public Utilities Commission is rushing to install emergen- cy alarms on all its buses after a student driver was recently kicked and punched by a pair of passengers. Commissioner Gord Burnett said the PUC will push to have the special alarms - ordered two months ago - installed as soon as possible. The PUC has approved installation of special radio alarms that will broadcast the exact location of the bus in an emergency. Burnett said the city has ordered the equipment, but has not yet received it from the manufacturer. The PUC will install the alarms in its 30 buses this summer. They will protect the 58 full time and 12 student drivers in emergencies. Drivers presently must call the depot if they run into trouble, but as they share the frequency with the PUC's hydro operations, they often can't get through when the air is busy. IF YOUR AD WAS HERE ... over 12,000 people could have read it this week! That's alot of potential customers for your business. Advertising made easy -- find out more about it! CALL 985-7383 for INFORMATION Does anyone svaad the signs? Three cars parked on Baldwin Street is not an unusual sight. However, look closely. The cars are parked in front of the Brooklin Legion and if you note the sign on the hydro pole, parking Grants aided summer students The Whitby Public Library and Community Information Centre is doing great things this summer with the support of several provincial -and federal grants. Three full-time summer student Library news Travelling troupes this week "The Trent Travelling Troupes send their apologies for the time -er- ror last week & hope to make up for the inconvenience to all by coming to Ashburn Community Centre this Wednesday, August 13 at 10 a.m. They will be presenting Little Red Riding Hood & Sleeping Beauty pup- pet plays. Don't miss this great free performance. Thursday, August 14 from 2:30 to 3:30 a date to remember. The library will be celebrating a Special China day. Along with fortune cookies the kids get a chance to try eating with chop sticks. Should be loads of "hit & misses!" Don't miss these movie days August 18 & 19 from 2:30 to 3:30. "The final park visits will be August 20 & 21st. We would like to thank all who attended our summer programs helping to make them such a success! Congratulations Liz.! Look forward to seeing you at your library! TURMBERG KENNELS Fall Training Classes start August 12th REGISTER NOW! 655-4121 positions made possible with the assistance of the Government of On- tario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and the Ministry of Skills Development are helping provide children's summer programs at both the Main and Brooklin Branches, and film pro- grams at the Main Branch. Two other full-time summer stu- dent positions have been made possible through the federal govern- ment's S.E.E.D. grant. One student is working with the staff developing puppet and summer reading clubs and providing a "library in the park' program at Camp Trafalgar. - The second student is entering the there is a no-no. It should be noted when the photo was taken, these were the only cars park- ed on the entire length of he street. community information file onto a micro-computer. This is being done in co-operation with other communi- ty information centres in Ajax- Pickering and Newcastle and will form the basis for a Durham-wide community information data-base and directory in the future. SHARP -- CANON TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CALCULATORS & Adding Machines PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 Brooklin Home Bakery & Delicatessan 61 Baldwin St ., Brooklin 655-4951 additives or preservatives -- +. DINNER ROLLS Fresh Daily - doz. 4 | ® 10 sarang wrk EVITA fry EE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE Urinary Incontinence Inability to control urination provides a dismal combination of discom- fort, inconvenience and embarrassment. In some cases there is an urge to void which cannot be restrained; others lose urine involun- tarily under stress as when coughing, sneezing or straining; or there may be a constant dribble. 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