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Entrepreneurial skill takes over for Atom Reps Deep River partially back on tract for nuclear waste The Orono Leafs Atom Rep team- sponsored by the DoNut Gallery left the ice Saturday morning to take up their entre- preneurial skill in raising money for the teani. With ninety pumplins, a scary season. The coach states they apeman and a shining hearst they are looking forward to a good were out to seIl ail the product season and pass aiong thanks to they could to iaise fund te assist ail those who-supported their with their efforts this winter pumpkmn sale. The storage of low level nuclear waste from Clarington, Port Hope and Hope Township may stili have a home in Deep River. The bal has bounced once more and Deep River is flot out of the running as a host community for the waste. On October l9th the town council in northern Ontario defeated a motion calling for the town' s withdrawal from the federai task force process. It then passed a second motion that there bc an immediate resumption of the technical and social studies necessary to prepare for being a host community. AECL bas informed the council and the task force that it was willing to allow the second choice site in Deep River bc considered for permanent storage of the nuclear waste. AECL, a couple of weeks ago, had withdrawn the preferred site which had been chosen. The move to allow consideration of the second site bas the issue back on track. But there are stili probiems as the twelve members of the, Deep River Community Liaison Group have resigned their position stating that they have not been given enough information to educate those in the community., But the movement in the north does provide the Task Force with two possible options at the prescrnt time, the one in Deep River and a possible storage of Port Hope's waste in Port Hope. Deep River stili has public opposition to the plan to accept the waste from within its own boundaries and from outside its own immediate boundaries. Last Monday, before leaving for the govemment retreat, I was at the Scugog Council meeting te listen to an update made to council on behaif of the Mississaugas' of Scugog First Nation, in relation te their gaming facility. As I sat there and heard the "pi-ogres s report" 1 was reminded ail over again of the rhetoric that surrounded the landfill site issue in the riding. During the "dump selection" issue I always maintained that based upon the selection criteria, which 1 had studied, there would not be any dump inthie riding. 1 stood by that analysis, took it on the chin, feit for my own safety at a meeting held on a bridge over Highway 401 one sweltering hot Juiy evening, and in the end what 1 had forecast came to pass. 1 have never heard anyone give me any credit for being right on that one, but that's politics! Almost the sanie scenario bas been evident in the Scugog Gaming Facility. I was told that such a facility would impact on the suppiy of water, what about an adequate septic system I was asked, what about the traffic impact? The hydro supply wouldn't stand the extra ioadand the resuit would be brownouts everywhere, and 50 on. Scugog Island residents were encouraged to bombard my office with faxed messages and letters. (somne were ,ry nasty) ail of which, in my ~-1umble opinion was an overreaction to the news of a proposai. By what 1 heard on Monday at the council meeting was: there is no problein with a water supply for the facility: there isn't any problems with an adequate suppiy of hydro: there isnt any perceived traffic probiemrs other than the right tuai lane off Highway 7a which shouid have been addressed long ago anyway: the sewage treatment plant proposai more than complies with standards laid down by the Ministry of Environment: and perhaps more important in tough econo mie times, is the fact that the facility will mean jobs to about 250 people, with 80 per cent of the jobs going to local folks. Can it get much better? I acknowledged from the start that many of the concerns about the impact of the proposed gamning facility were quite legitimate and deserved an answer. I also asked iiat everyone give our native neighbours a chance to address those legitimate concerns. On -Monday, that process began. The Scugog First Nation have a lot at stake la their facility. They need te be able to foster and defend a reputation of being responsible stewards of the lands they control and responsîble managers of thei- own social institutions. Their very important goals of rebuilding their communities and the dignity and self-respect of their people depends on that reputation. Even if we don't agree about everything, let us show some respect for other's rights te make decisions, even to make mistakes. We can and wil accomplish a lot more by working together in a spirit of good-will and community with ail our neighbours. The way 1 sec it. An item on the front page of this week's Ontario Farmer suggested that following the cancellation of the forest tax rebate that the farm tax rebate could be next on the hit list. I can assure the farmers in the riding' that our government and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs have no intention of withdrawing the faim tax.rebate. Any comments te the contrary are incorrect. More good news for the riding Kendal- Hall News The first card party of the fal season was held at the hall on Friday, October 2lst. There were fine tables la play. High score was taken by Dean Polley with 102 points, second high, Lavina Downes witb 88 thirdhigh Teresa Langstaff with 83 and foui-ti high, ýJean ONeill with 82. Lavina Downes won the draw. And the draw for free admission to the next card party on November 4 was won by Mvarg Elliott. The Men's Lodge will be meeting on Wednesday, November 2. The Junior Lodge will be meeting on Thursday, November 3 and at their last meeting they accepted 3 new members and had 1 relastatement. The Ladies Lodge will be meeting on Thursday, November 10 when election of officers will take place. Once again this year a Turkey Super will be put on by the Kendal Men's Lodge. This wil be held in the Sunday School room at Kendal United Church on Sunday, November 20, admission adults $9.00, childi-en $4.00, pre-schoolers free. Please bring an article of non-perishable food for the food drive. $1-00 from each admission will be going to a needy famlY in this area. Suppe-r will, be served from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. this week includes; $49,350 te the Municipality of Clarington to provide transit funding for disabled persons; $75,489 to thie Township of Scugog, also for transit funding for disabled persons; and $39,598 to the County of Victoria for the same services. Next week I wili tell you about the ai-oas of concern I raised on your behaif during our ful government caucus retreat in Orillia. Until then - take care. Wood lots disappearing due to loss of tax rebate Rick Monzon, executive director of the Ontario Forestry Association, which recently conducted a survey of owners of wood lots in Ontario in view of the chopping of the tax rebate plan, said that the big losers in al of this is the individuals who are trying te conserve Ontario forests. He has said there has been a decline in the number of new' wood lots and as well there bas been a decline.in the quality of lumber coming out of the wood lots. Monzon said the province talks about forest sustainability but where is the logic in aIl this. ...M .. ±ý i N hI []O ie ML,' 'loY The forest talc rebate was designed to keep rural lands forested by reimbursing the wood lot owners up to 75 percent of their local realty tax. This has been discontinued. It meant a payment of $5.5 million to 9000 wood lot owners. The wood lot properties are assessed on the same basis as residential property. According -te the Ministry of Natural Resources there will be no change in the present system stating that the municipaiities- would register a loss in revenue if taxes were flot ievied on wood lots. SHOP AROUND, GET YOUR IBEST PRICE THEN CAL L US FOR YOUR BETTER PRICE We use the full 7% G.S.T. Credit to give you the maximum $$$ for your Trade-In. 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