The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Jail Inmates To Work for Sehool Board Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvihle, June 28, 1978 15 Ho nor Rotarian for His Dedicated Service Rotarian Ross Strike (left) introduced Bill Morrison of Ontario Hydro who :gave a talk on nulear power in the future to the Bowmanville Rotary Club. Hydro 's Extensive P recautions To Prrotect Public and Staff Exutrplained at JRotary Meeting "This is a radioactive world, " said Bihl Morrison, the r man in charge, of design and construction at Ontario Hlydro's nulear generating station at Pickering. Bill gave a talk and slide ~presentation on how Hydro is Jiandling nulear wastes and -at they plan to do in the ~future, to the Bowmanville Rotary Club at their weekly mreeting on June l5tb. He saîd the public bas a -misconception of Ontario .Hydro's relationsbip to the recent problems caused by ~nulear waste, such as the o~nes at Port Hope. 1He reported that only one :tenth of uranium produced in ,nada is used by Ontario Hýydro and that tbey have had î\ý problems with it as of yet. Mr. Morrison said that r~adioactivity is all around us. .,each person naturally gets 100 'ïmillirems of radioactivity per year at sea level. This figure increases one unit per 100 feet above sea level and more .becomes present in such areas '-as northern Ontario because ;of the many rocks. ,; A person in the direct vicinity of a nuclear powered generating station would only ~receive 5 more units if tbey .were to stay there for 365 -days. People have evolved when there were higher levels of radioactivity caused by natural sources. At the nuclear ,plant, 50 pound fuel bundles are placed in the reactor and remain there for 18 months. When the bundies are discharged, 1.3 per cent of their mass is radioactive and must be protected fromn the public. The other 98.7 per cent can be reprocessed into plutonium fuel. At the present time, it is not economical to reprocess what is now considered nuclear waste into plutonium, but Mr. Morrison said tha t if the price of uranium doubles in the future, 'it will be worthwhile for Hydro to set up a converting operation. Because of this great energy potential for the future, Ontario Hydro is storing their wastes in a retrievable manner at the bottom of a 23 foot pooi or in vertical concrete caskets. If a convertmng operation is set up, Bill said that the portion of a fuel bundie that is radioactive will be e qual to the size of an aspirin tabet. The plan is to encase these small pieces of radioactive waste in glass and place them 100 meters underground in the solid rock of the Canadian Shield. The area that Ontario Hydro have in mind bas been stable for millions of years and the water in that region has not moved for many thousand years. Because of this condition, there is no chance of the radioactive wastes becoming exposed to man and there is no possible way that the water will become polluted and get into our water supplies. Mfr. Morrison cited an example in Africa where a natural nuclear reaction occurred 15,000 years ago. The wastes from that reaction have not moved since then. Another thing that Hydro does today to protect the world from radioactivity is the incinerating of mops and rags used at the generating station. Equipment such as this is transported to an incinerator in protector trucks and burned. The ashes are then put into concrete trenches that have been designed in such a way as to prevent any leaks. Various aspects of the environment surrounding the concrete trenches are also monitored to make sure there is no radioactivity leaking into the atmosphere or the soil and water around it. Mr. Morrison pointed out that nuclear power has many advantages. It provides power without the need of oxygen like gas, oil or coal does. All wastes are locked up in fuel bundles and don't cause such problems as acid ramn. Thirty per cent of Ontario's energy now cornes from nuclear sources. At the Pickering plant, 12 fuel bundles are changed per reactor per day. With four reactors, that means about 50 Boefore ,-You Buy Give us a Try! Cali EarI McQueen at 668-7801 or 623-7166 (Home) for a Top Quality New or Usod Car. 1976 CAMARO ln above average condition, Iow mileage. Priced to selI. Lic KXZ 127. 1975 MONZA HATCHBACK Automatic transmission. This car is also in above average condition, Lic. KE C 913. 1975 MONTE CARLO One owner car in immaculate condition. Low mileage. Stock No. 8497A. Many More fromn Which to Choose! Ail Cars Re-conditioned Above Average. George Davey Chev-OIds LIMITED 3205 Bayly St. E. Ajax bundles are cbanged each day. So far, the Pickering plant bas used 80,000 bundles. Bihl Morrison's talk to Rotary was the last in a series of tbree presentations given by Hydro. Lorne McConnell gave a talk on nuclear power in the past, Sam Horton sbowed the Rotary Club the present-day story of nuclear power and finahly Bill presented wbat Ontario Hydro plans to do in the future. Award'nHonors Principal An honorarium fund was announced ast week in honor of E.S. Taylor, the principal of the M.J. Hobbs Senior Public Scbool during the past 12 years. Mflt Dakin, chairman of the Parent Advisory Committee, said ast week that the fund will provide a $100 award eacb year for an M.J. Hobbs student entering a level two or level four 'high school program. Speaking at a tea and roast for Mr. Taylor on Wednesday, June 21, Mr. Dakin explained that the money is to be beld in trust for two years before being turned over to the recipient for use in bis education or career. The community and persons connected with. the M.J. Hobbs school will be able to make donations to the fund to provide tbe annual award. The successful candidate for the honorarium wihl be chosen by the school's principal or vice principal, Mr. Taylor said . He added that the recipient will be selected on the basis of bis or ber gooci, positive attitude towards work and people, wealtb of common sense, industriousness and ability to work at full capacity in ail endeavors. Thne Wood, FamilyîPicn ic The Wood family picnîc was behd at Thistle Valley Park, on Sunday, June l8th, 1978 with 44 present. The sports committee commenced their program with winners as folhows: Girls and Boys 3-5 yrs (lst) Natalie Wood, (2nd) Tyson Wood. Girls and Boys 6-11 yrs. (lst) Marie Reid, (2nd) Donnie Wood, (3rd) Shelley, Abernethy. Teenage Boys race - (lst) Kevin Wood, (2nd) Barry Wood. Men's Sboe Kick - (lst) Glen Wood. (2nd) Ross Wood. Girls Shoe Kick - Shirley Wood. Boy's shoe kick - Donny Wood. Ladies Clothespin Race - Audrey Reid. Candy contest - Helen Wood. Closest anniversary - Keith and Helen Wood. Youngest cbihd- Colin Newman. Youngest Father- Jack Wood. Oldest Father - Wilfred Wood. Cbild coming the farthest - Natalie Wood. At 4:30 we sat down to a delicious buffet supper, after wbich, Mr. Jim Wood, as President called all to order for a short business meeting witb the new committee as folows: President - Mr. Jim Wood., Secretary - Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wood. Treasurer - Mr. Wes Wood. Grounds Committee - Keith and Helen Wood. Sports- Committee - Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Andy May. The picnic was.a happy and enjoyable day for all who attended and we plan to be back next year on September l6th. Inmates from two local jails will be giving the board of education a hand this summer on jobs such as painting chain link fences and. playground equipment. A pilot program approved by the Northumberland New- castle Board of Education at its regular meeting last week will give four to eight inmates outdoor work this summer. The program was adopted by a unanimous vote by school trustees. And wbile some municipalities have started work programs for convicts, it is believed that the Northum- berland Newcastle Board is the first board of education to make use of inmates' labor. "We intend to start slowly and develop experience"', said Dr. D.E. Gaît, a trustee who chaired a committee which investigated the use of inmates on work crews. Local Jails He said two crews contain- ing two to four persons from the Witby or Cobourg jails would work at school board projects. A crew from Whitby would work in the western territory of the scbool board CATCH TED WATSON'S STRAWBERRY EXPRESS PICK VOUR OWN I.' Expected FROM JUNE 26th TO 27th Mon. - Fr. 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.. Sat. 9:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Sunday 1 1:a.m. - 8:30 p.m. NEW CROP REPORTS phone 623-7252 24 hrs. a day and get a prerecorded crop starting date and picking conditions, plus other crop information ALL TO SERVE YOU BETT ER! FREE WAGON RIDES Have a wagon ride with Dixie and Babeý when available, for your convenience and enjoymnent. KIDS PLAYGROUND We have a playground just for the kids so bring themn along for some fun. ýY1 ARM FRESH PRODUCE RR 2B.,v,ll . '.ntr UC 3K(3 Tel.416)623 7252 wbile a group fromn Cobourg would work in the east. "The work they would be doing is over and above what we can afford or have money for in our budget. "Certainly no staff memnbers would be displaced," Dr. Gaît explained. Union representa- tives of the program, be said. Members of the board were informed that all inmates are carefully screened before taking part in the work program. The inmates were described as being under "ýminimum security"l. Short-term Sentences Trustees were assured that many of the persons working at school board projects will be serving sbort-term sentences, somne of themn less than 60 days. Bowmanville trustee Bob Burke said, "These are people that have been on the street until a couple of days ago. " He added that in some cases they will be released fromn prison in a matter of days. Dr. Gait told the board that the inmates would be transported to their work by Board of Education vans. They would work Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays witb the board supplying- materials needed for the jobs. A supervisor would be in charge of the inmates so that there would be no need for the board to be responsible for keeping the men in custody. George Vice was presented with the Paul Harris Fellow Award at the weekly meeting, of the Bowmanville Rotary Club. He is shown here, from lef t, with Harry Cooke, Rex Walters and ýMorley Watson, president of the club. land Newcastle Board. The vice chairman of the board, TLrustee n esigns Andy Thompson, of Bowman- FS ville said during last week's A school trustee who was that he will be moving to meeting that be expected the elected for two terms by British Columbia where he seat would remain vacant voters in Port Hope and Hope has accepted a position until this year's municipal Township announced his teaching deaf children. He will elections. resignation last week. leave bis trustee's post August Referring to bis career as a G.K. Humphreys informed 3lst. trustee, Mr. Humpht'eys said the Northumberland His resignation leaves 15 "I found it a very challenging Newcastle Board of Education members on the Northumber-- and interesting time.', Hep your I-EART