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Orono Weekly TImou~ Wednesday, kily ~ 1992 - O A Canadian National Champion Report from Queen s Park Pia Schmidt-Hansen is the Canadian National Champion in Artistic Roller-Skating. She won the title at a competition held in Burlington, two weekends ago. Pia bas been skating since she was 6. She bas only recently star"e to compete in the sport. Six days a week are committed te skating. Three days are spent in Burlmngton where she receives ber coaching. The other three days she practices in Whitby. Pia bas attended training camps in Virginia Beach and Germany. Her next competitions are in November in Ohio and Pennsyvania. Artistic roUer-skating bas been a popular sport in the United States and Europe for some years now. It is now becoming more recognized in Canada. Last year, at the Pan Am Gamnes, roller- skating was featured as a demnonstration sport. It will be featured as a demonstration sport at this years' Olympic Gamnes in Barcelona. Consultants suggests need for Seniors' Activity Centre According te Greer Galloway Consultants analysis have shown a need for a Seniors Citizens' Activity Centre in the Town of Newcastle. A representative of the firmn outlining the final draft of their meport on Monday said that three percent of those surveyed in four surveys had shown strong support for an Activity Centre and were willing te support the proposal with their tax dollars. It was stated that some 8000 seniors, 55 year of age and over now reside in the mnunicipality and tijis would inecase te 13,450 by the year 2001 and that by the year 2021 seniors would number one in every five. Council members weme told if they found it necessary te provide a centre at the present time it weuld mequire a building of some 7500 square feet, It was suggested however that an Act ivity Centre could possibly be accommedated at the Bowman- ville Sports complex with some addition. It was pointed eut that the local committee had investigated a number of Activity Centres and Uxbridge was promoted as an ideal solution for the Town of Newcastle. 1Three sites were suggested as possible sites for an Activity Centre but it was felt that in the area of the western secter of Bowmanville would be the preferred site facing on Highway 2. The cost of a Centre was estimnated from $1 .22 million te $ 1.36 million. It was also estimnated te cost upwards of $94,000 te operate annually in the beginning with possible revenuetis of $57,000. This left $37,000 from Town sources for the year. R. Martindale said there were three options for construction. He said the Town could undertake construction. themnselves, enlarge a xsigTown facility or ente r a joint town/private sector agreement which Was considered by the consultants as the most costly to the Town. Council was also told that it may new bc impossible te get provincial funding for an Activity Centre which may leave only the joint Town/Private sector proposal as an option fer the Activity Centre. There was little discussion from councîl other than Couac. Hannah asking if there would be by Gord Mills MPP Durhamn East Rumeurs abounded at Queen's Park last week as to the exact date the House would recess for the summer. Alas, everyone was wrong - sitting continues this week. When the saga ends it will leave MPPs the shortest break on record. The legisiative committees are set te commence on August 4th, and wilI continue into the FALL. 1 didn't'really want a holiday this year anyway. After ail, the weather has been awful! Debate at' the Legisiature continues to be tinged with acid. Eve ryone seem sto be getting really "squirrely", for example, why would a' cabinet minister be called a "foot" for not being aware of an incident that a deputy minister decided te keep te herseit? On Thursday past, I introdujced my Resolution in respect of the indexing of British Old Age Pensions payable by the government of the United Kingdom te ex-patriots living in' Canada. Every seat in the public and members gallery in the Legisiature, was taken up by British Old Age Pensioners who had travelled from across Ontario te watch the debate. When the seats were ail filled, the overflow of pensioners were ushered to a committee roomte watch the debate on close circuit television. Long time staffers in the Legislature told me that they had neyer seen se many people present for a single debate. The Resolution was supported by the govemnment members, and both opposition party members. When the resolution passed, the pensioners started te applaud from their gallery seats. 0f course they were mildly admonished by the Speaker, who in tumn was scolded by the members, for rigidly adhering te the ailes of the House. 1 must say, given some of the gleomy days of late, the events on Thursday, reassured for me how Worth while being an MPP can be. in my co lumn of last week, 1 remarked how pointless I felt it was te attend the present type of "dump protest" meeting. 1 was' prov en right in that assessment, by the behaviour of a few people at the protest meeting on Thursday evening, at Morgan's Road. 1 am amazed how people expect me te respond te their concernis, when there isn't any intention te listen to answers te their-perceived problems. The idea of inviting Don Cousins of the Progressivýe Conservative Party te the protest, with the sole idea of stirring people te near frenzy, was etrefutLy orchestrated. Someone, or some group, or perhaps the a series of centres due te the spread-of the mumicipality or one central centre. It was pointed eut that there could be satilite centres through the Town with one main centre in Bowmanvîlle. ht was suggested this is how many centres operate as in the City of Oshawa. Conservative Party, are spending big bucks on the,,garbage issue. My hunch is that they hav e little real intersest ini helping the people of Durham East in the garbage crisis. Their role 1 beleive, is strictly political, devoid of any meal commitment te work with people in this area. My staff, together with Helen MacDonald, a noted local environmentalist, are working te arrange a meaningful meeting of aIl those who feel threatened in the dump site selection precess. This is the process to follew, a process where information can be exchanged and concerns addressed, all listening te one another. Needless te say, neither my staff or I will attend any future planned demonsiration, tinged as 1 feel they are, with deliberate political exploitation of a serieus concern, and organized by people who refuse te jolin me at the discussion table. Bernard M. Baruch once said, "If you get ail the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right." I agree with that, and that's more reason for sitting down together, and flot continue to exchange facts at confrontational protest gatherings. Until next week - neyer expect the world to look sunny, if you- always wear dark glasses. SITNGTASK FORCE ~ Low-level Radioactive Waste Management MEETING NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY LIAISON GROUP Members of the public are invited to attend the next meeting of the New castle Community Liaison Group (CLG),,to be held Monday, July 27th at 7:00 p.m. at Court Room #1, Bowmanville. A representative of the Siting Task Force Secretariat wiIl be on hand to discuss and seek community input to the proposed work plan. FEASIBILITY STUDY INFORMATION CENTRE WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29,1992 TIME: 1:00 - 8:00 P.M. WHERE: S. T. WORDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL (NW corner of Nash & Var-coe oac;ds> FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: COMMUJNITY SERVICE9 DEPARèÀENT 623-3379 Date of Publication: JuIy 22, 1992 P.O. 4295 a UERa - We;ed Spraying - Crab Grass - Fertilizing - Inseot Spraying - PIug Coraeration Yearly programs available for the month of April only See the Difference Quality Makes 983-559 <Orono, Newcastle)