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RONO WEEKLY TIMES Serving E ast Clarington and beyond since 1937 65¢ GSTIncluded Wednesday, October23, 1996 Bowmanville Zoo Wins Prestigious Award Proposed laidia Transfer Station For Clarington'sCarbage I *. ~ ~ ~z~w N. I Alex hias made a new friend. MP Alex Shepherd was on hand at the Bowmanviile Zoo last Thursday to unveil the Thomas R. Baines Award won by the Zoo for outstanding achievements in the educa- tional category for helping to co-found the Canadian Animal Training Academy (CATA). CATA is a youth internship program in the field of animal husbandry and behavioural management with Human Resources Development Canada. Laidlaw Waste Systems Ltd. has proposed the construction of a waste transfer station as a cost-saving measure for the Municipality of Clarington. The station will be located at 178 Darlington/Clarke Townline Road south, south of Highway 2 at the former Ministry of Transportation Works Depot. Currently Clarington's garbage is hauled to a landfill site at Brock West in Pickering. This site is scheduled to close on November 30 of this year. Laidlaw's proposal for a transfer station means that waste will be transferred to the site, where it will be compacted and trans- ferred to large trucks for haulage to Laidlaw's landfill site near Napanee. This proposal could save Clarington a significant amount of money. Laidlaw has negoti- ated a rate of $66.25 a tonne for the waste disposal if this site is utilized. The other possible solution would be to haul the site to Pebblestone Multi- Services Inc. in Whitby. The rate per tonne for transferral of the waste to that site would be $71.75. This, coupled with a significant reduction in mileage charges, would result in a con- servative saving of $75,000 per year for Clarington. Included in this figure is the $55,000 a year Clarington could make be charging fees for additional Industrial/Commercial/Institut ional (I.C.I) waste that could be brought to the station. The transfer site will also allow Clarington residents to bring excess garbage to a site in Clarington. Presently the only places to dispose of excess garbage is either in Oshawa or Blackstock. Oshawa Council is presently looking at closing their transfer site to all non- Oshawa residents. A flip-side to all of this is that Laidlaw is asking for a two-year contract extension. The cur- rent contract runs out in 1999; the extension would take the contract to 2001, and be on- line with the contracts that the rest of the Region of Durham currently las. A benefit of this to Clarington is that they con- tinue to have garbage disposed of under the current contract as opposed to what could be a much higher rate in 1999. The maximum licensed capacity for the transfer site is expected to be 299 tonnes per day for five years. Laidlaw states that it is not their inten- tion to expand on this capacity, as the current legislative requirements and environmen- tal restrictions are too onerous and cost prohibitive for the site. Clarington's waste is approxi- mately 70 tonnes per day, with the excess capacity being pro- posed to be utilized for I.C.I. waste, "It's not something that can grow beyond it," said Stephen Vokes, Clarington's Director of Public Works. Laidlaw has agreed to under- take all aspects of permitting and siting the facility, the land of which is presently owned by the Ministry of Transportation. Not everyone was happy to receive this report. "I thought there would be some sort of public meeting on this," said Councillor David Scott. "You're asking this Council to support a plan without full details or any continued on page 2 Internship Program At The Bowmanville Zoo Every year the Canadian Association of Zoological Parks & Aquariums (CAZPA) presents various awards to its institu- tional members across Canada for extraordinary contributions made in the zoo and aquarium fields, particularly in the cate gories of education, animal hus bandry, and exhibit design. Various awards are presented including achievement awards and awards of merit, however The Thomas R. Baines Award is the highest distinction pre- sented by CAZPA. As this year's recipient of the prestigious Baines Award. Bowmanville Zoo has been rec- ognized by the association and other Canadian institutions for its outstanding achievements in the educational category for co- founding the Canadian Animal Training Academy (CATA) with Human Resources Development Canada. Bowmanville Zoo and Human Resources Development Canada joined forces 'ack in 1995 to create the Canadian Animal Training Academy (CATA) and develop a youth internship program in the field of animal husbandry and behavioral management. Fifteen interns were chosen to partici- pate in the unique 40 week pro gram which commenced February 1996. The program is due to conclude mid November 1996. The Thomas R. Baines Award has been won by such prestigious zoos and aquariums as the Calgary Zoo, the Metre Toronto Zoo, and the Vancouver Aquarium. The Bowmanville Zoo this year beat out 30 other, parks up for the award. This is only the second time in the award's 20 year history that a private zoo has won. CATA was made possible by a grant from the federal gov- ernment for $291,000. This money was used to build the training facilities on the site as well as hire the needed train- ers. "This is how government should work with business," said Durham MP Alex continued on page 2 howcase" Held at Orono United A showcase of a variety of crafts and products was being shown at the Orono United Church on Saturday. Unfortunately the rain seemed to be keeping everyone away. Here one of the exhibitors, Fran Lunn poses with her helper (grandson Joshua Moffat). The event was put on by the Orono United Churich Women. Volume 60, Number 42 '11-ý-ýýý'Vý-ýW--4ý%%5ý%--mmwwqme,,ýk,ý_.,W-ý-ý--