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Homestead His Stables News On Sunday, Sept ember 1Oth, Homestead Hilîs Stables riders compcted.at the Orono Fair. In the Lead Line division under 10 years old. Renae Marrett placed lst. In the Novice Division Kim Miller was the Reserved Champion, Natile Miller placed lst in Pleasure, 3rd in Equitation and 3rd in Hunter Hack. Aja Staples placed 5th in Pleasure and 4th in Hunter Hack. Kera Collier placcd 6th 'in Pleasure.. Halle McKinnlon placed 6th in Equitation and 6th in Hunter Over Fences. Joyce Boudreau placed 5th in Hunter Over Fences. in the Low Hunter Division. Nicole Marrett placed 5th in Hunter Under Saddle, 5th in Hunter Hack and 2nd in Hunter Over Fences Speclal 2V9. Megan Carter placed Ist in Hunter Under Saddle and 4th in Hunter Hack. Janet Griffin' Scott placed 6th in Hunter Under Saddle, 6th in Hunter Over Fences and 6th in Hunter Over Fences Special In the Equitation Division, Jill Cooke placed 6th in Equitation and 3rd in Equitation Over Fences. Megan Carter placed 2nd in Equitation and 4th in Equitation Over Fences. Wendy Clarke placed 4th in Equitation Over Fences. Jessica Chlldton placed 6th in Equitation Over Fences. In the Open Hunter Division, Jill Cooke placed 4Ith in Huntrcr Over Fences, 3rd in the Hunter Classîc, 3rd in Hunter Hack and 4th in Hunter Under Saddle. Wendy Clarke placcd 2nd in Hunter Over Fences, 4th in Hunter Classic, 4th in Hunter Hack and lst in Hunter Under Saddle. AUl riders had a great day. Congratulations Fromn The Desk of Bill Stockweil: Clarington CAO, A few weeks ago the MP for Durham, Alex Shepherd, wrote an article qucstioning the value of the International Thennonu-clear Experimen- tal Reactor (ITER) project that the Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology.Project (CFFTP) is promoting, for cither Bruce or Darlington. If you've been following the local press youl know that for the past 'year the Municipality of Clarington and the R-glon of Durham have been veiy supportive of the project and what good things It would do for the economy of both Uhc munic- lpality and the region. You sec, should the project corne to Darlington there would be a ten year building programn and a twenty year operation prograrn. During thc course of this tirne about $8. 1 bil- lion would be spent on the project, Canada's Gross Domestic Product would be lncreased by about $11.8 billion, and nearly 87,000 years of work would be cre- ated with the bulk of the jobs being located in Clarington. This being a joint international project, Canada would be called upon to contribute about $575 million,' over thirty years, with a return of $3.1i billion in perspective, the Federal Govemmnent could make it ail happen by divert- ingjust one percent of theîr total science and technology budget to miake the ITER proj ect a reality. Reccntly the powers that be in Ottawa stated that they would flot assist CFETP financially at this tirne in their bld for the ITER pro- ject. Howevcr, thcy did encourage CFFTP to press on with their bld and Ottawa nay revisit the project at a later date. Shepherds' com- ments at the Urne were, -We don't have $575 million to spend. Governmcnt is al about priorities and what you can and can't afford." (Mr. Shepherd should look up the word "divert" in his Funk and Wagncll). At last report CFFTP wcrc pressing on with the Canadian bld. To wit Mr. Shepherd's recent column giving four reasons why ITER is a bummer. Reason # 1; "The rcality is Canada's science and tech- nol o budget is'smail and this doesn't allow Canada to become involved in al inter- national science projects." As stated, the Canadian cornritrnent in the long haul is about one percent of the science and techniology budget with the balance being funded by Uic interna- tional partners. Both the level of investment and the risk are minimal. We could be seeing a battle to protect existing budgets by the bureaucrats who work in the science and technology field and advîse the federal gov- emnmen ts -on matters such as this. What? Give up one percent of our overali budget to venture into an interna- tional projeet that would take away sorne of our clout? Begone with you. Reason # 2;-, Another real- i ty is that Canada mnust focus on arcas of science where we gain a competitive edge globally such as telecommunications, biomedîcal, research and mine extraction.» In fact, the ITER project does just that. Canada Is a leader in isotope research and tritium technology. It also has, through Ontario Hydro's power generation, an abun- dance of tritium.' ITER would ailow Canada to apply its world-lea ding sills in tri- tium technology and its aval]labity of supplies of tri- tium. Reason # 3; "Ontario Hydro promotes ITER, argu- ing how much energy they cap sell during the testing of the project. 1 rnight add Ontario Hydro is presently running way under capaci- ty." What is wrong with Ontario Hydro, on behaif of the power consumers of the province, to look for new markets for its power.. partlcularly when It bas avallable capacity? New markets mean lower hydro rates for ail subscribers., Reason # 4: ITER would cost you $570 million. It's a joint project wlth Europe, Japan, Russian, and the U.S. We know Russia can't feed itself and I suspect the other countries, like Japan, are going to invest -billions into our cconomy. These counitries would love to gain ITER knowledge and love to stick you with the bill." This reason smacks of the propa- ganda that is sent out by anti-nuke groups like Durham Nuclear Awareness. There will be an ITER in years to corne because the world kceps progresslng forward in spite of those that dlairn the sky Is falling. If such a project cornes 'to Canada the $570 million commitment is real. However, it must be vlewed in the total return to the Canadian economy as, well as the job rnarket. As previ- ously stated, the project would create 87,000 person- years of jobs, with most of them being in this munici- pality. Maybe Mr. Shepherd should revisit his 1993 elec- tion promises when the red- book spoke of "jobs, jobs, jobs." Mr. Shepherd's articles also took some pride in the fact that he visited the JET project in England by way of the -internet rather than joining representatives from Clarington and Durham who attended the site this past summer. Had Mr. Shepherd taken the Urne to visit JET he would have met a bright young Canadian from Scarborough who is under contract to the pro- jeet with responsibiities for safety. This young man's comments on the ITER pro- ject were rallier simple. "If's going to happen because the world needs it. It's safe, dlean, and in the long mun, economical. Canada bas a lot to lend 'to the project because of its wealth of knowledge on the handlîng of tritium'. Fusion is the energy of the future and we would be very short sighted Open Saturday and Sunday 9arn. - 4 p.m. Starting in September if we dldn't take full advan- tage of our knowledge in the field." Mr. Shepherd could have also met wlth the municipal officiais surroundlng the project who are responsible for the local economy. They see JET as a major econom- lc development project with- in their community and have been very supportive of the project from day one. So, ail In ail, nothlng real- ly changes. Politîcians promise things like jobs and then speak out agalnst pro- jects like ITER, wrapping themselves in the flag of fis- cal responsibillty. 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