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| BE aa Rh A A Ns am AN [rT CoN EC wl Sa 4 ve /, "ly ~ Premier David Peterson special guest at Liberal picnic at Camp Samac The Provincial Liberal Associa- tions of Durham Region are pleased to announce that Premier David Peterson will be their special guest at a picnic to be held at Camp Samac in Oshawa on Friday August 11 from 4:30-8:00 p.m. The picnic is being held in conjunction with the Premier's week-long tour across Ontario in which he is visiting over 14 com- munities in an effort to meet as many residents as possible in a relaxed, social situation. Food, refreshments, live entertainment, and a few short speeches will be featured. Other guests at Picnic 89 in- clude The Honourable John Eakins, MPP for Victoria- Haliburton, Allan Furlong - MPP Durhain Centre, Bill Ballinger - MPP Durham-York, and Joan Fawcett - MPP Northumberland. Vol. 123 No. 37 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1989 Copy 50¢ 52 Pages i mio Supports Hie! FAVE Jump in, folks. The water's fine. That's the word from regional health inspectors in charge of testing the water quality of beaches on Lake Scugog. "We conduct a sampling pro- gram during the summer period and so far the beaches are fine," said chief public health inspec- tor Alex Connor. : Mr. Connor said the health department tests at least 10 samples of water from each beach area twice a week. Mr. Connor's colleague, Jack Conner said all the local beach- es tested are "very good." The pollution level, or fecal coliform count, is 34 at Kins- Scugog beaches gef good rating man Beach in Palmer Park, 56 at Lakeside Beach near Gore- ski's Marina and 20 at. the' beach in Caesarea. Alex Connor said anything over 100 is considered a hazard forswimmers. The Durham health unit tests about 30 beaches in the re- gion, Jack Connor said. So far only one beach near the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital has been closed due to high pollution lev- els this summer. Jack Connor said coliform counts can rise due to run off from agricultural land, high bird populations, and inade- quate sewage systems along a lakeshore. Work is underway to re-route Chalk Lake spring water by Julia Ashton Water service at the Chalk Lake Spring may be disrupted temporarily over the next month. Construction crews will begin work this week to reroute the popular fresh water well to the west side of Regional Road 23. Officials with Durham Re- gion's works department said the spring will continue to flow from the east side of the road during the initial stages of con- struction and every effort will be made to keep the interrup- tion to the spring water supply minimal. . "The water could be discol- ored for short periods. of time while workers drill a new hole in the existing chamber," said project supervisor Michael Wil- son. The spring is being rerouted to the west side to alleviate traf- fic hazards created by users parking on the side of the busy ighway said regional works commissioner Bill Twelvetrees. In the '89 budget, regional councillors approved construc- tion of a parking lot for the spring users but were unable to purchase land on the east side of Regional Road 23. Fortunate- ly, a parcel of land was acquired by the region from a private de- veloper on the west side at no cost to the region, "Ideally, from an enginering point of view, the spring may (Turn to page 2)