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à, nn'lle ze* Orono Town Hall RONO WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday, May20, 1998 650 GST Included Volume 62, Number 20 -em ein - e. l iby ead ewcastle,- - -e - e. eOroo nd .ta- - e., Alice in Wonderiand on stage at the Pines An act of vIcIous mischief A piece of broken glass was found by a 5-year-old Newcastle Public School stu- dent, while playing in the sandbox. Upon raking the area, the teacher found sever- al more pieces of glass from broken beer bottles. When police arrived they found glass from 5 broken beer bottles imbedded into the sand. This was not the first time police investigated similar incidents at the school. Anyone with infor- mation on what Officer Ted Dionne calls "this act of vicious mischief' is asked to call police at 579-1520 ext 1687. The Pines Players performed their rendition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, on May 14 and 15. The play was directed and produced by Mrs. Carolyn Wilson. Forty seven students made up the cast and crew, with Lindsay Hawkshaw playing Alice. Happenings... ORONO TOWN HALL CELEBRATIONS Everyone is invited to the 100th Anniversary of Orono Town Hall - May 22 and 23 (1:30 - 5:00 p.m.). See the displays, artifacts, old pictures, scrap books and more. Local talent entertaining. Reminisce, bring and tell us about your personal treasure. Mayor Hamre at opening ceremonies 1:30 Friday. Refreshments served. STARDUST CIRCUS Tuesday, May 26th, 7:30 p.m. - Stardust Circus, a new musical, specifically written for Seniors by Tom Kneebone, is full of danc- ing, singing and life under the big top. Staged in the historic Orono Town Hall. Tickets $8.00 available at Rolph Hardware or Orono Weekly Times. BLOOD CLINIC - BOWMANVILLE The upcoming Bowmanville clinic will be held today Wednesday, May 20, 12:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Rehoboth Christian Reform Church, 130 Scug6g Rd. Bowmanville. The Red Cross needs to collect 180 blood donations at this clinic. CLARINGTON OLDER ADULT ASSOCIATION Join the Tuesday program for older aduits in Clarington on May 26, 1998, from 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Community Hall, 120 Liberty Street South, Bowmanville. Play bridge or euchre from 10:00 a.m.; bingo, games or discussions from 10:30 a.m. Low cost lunch at noon and transportation for a nominal fee can be arranged when ordered in advance by Monday noon. Phone Community Care at 623-2261. GANARASKA REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY Presents Swamp Tromp, Saturday, May 23, from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Ganaraska Forest Centre. Listen to the night-time chorus of frogs, and explore the world of amphibians by taking an evening hike around wetlands and ponds in the Forest. This program is suitable for the whole family. Prices are $5 for adults, $3 for chil- dren, students and seniors, or $10 per family. Pre-registration is mandatory - space is limited. Call (905) 885-8173 to register or for details. Hydro daims new spirit of openness "Please understand, it is a two way communication street, we need feed-back from you," said Carl Andognini, at Thursday's public meeting. Annual public meetings like the one held at Bowmanville High School, is one of the ways Ontario Hydro is focus- ing on their goal of being more open, accountable and respon- sive to neighbours' concerns. "Our job is to prove to you that we are able to operate our plants up to world performance standards," said Andognini, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer for Ontario Hydro. Andognini came to Ontario Hydro 16 months ago to lead the turn around in Ontario Hydro's nuclear performance. "Ontario Hydro did not get bad over- night, and it will not get well overnight," stated Andognini. Report cards are available every month that rate the plants performance in four areas. Public safety, production per- formance, environment, and employee safety are the areas that are evaluated against nuclear industry standards. Bob Strickert, Darlington Site Vice President went over the latest report card, and explained the ratings for each category. category. Strickert stated that 1997 was not a good year for Darlington because the station was down for 5 months. This year they plan to meet and exceed production targets at the plant. Longer maintenance outages are planned for next year, said Strickert, and Darlington is increasing it's resource base by 400 staff. Strickert explained that radi- ation emissions are very low at the plant, yet they intend to reduce them. Quarterly radia- tion index charts produced by Atomic Energy Control Board, renort that the total 1997 radi- ation emission from the Darlington station was 4.7 microsievers. The dose from a single chest X-ray is about 70 microsievers. Emission from the Pickering Nuclear station for 1997 was 13.2 microsiev- ers. In other environment mat- ters, Strickert explained that Darlington received a Durham of Region award for their waste recycling initiatives at the plant. They also received an award for the work of their Wildlife Habitat Council. Darlington is also the first power plant in the world to get ISO 14001 certification. "The employees lost time accident rate at the Darlington plant is 10 times better than the best GM plant," said Strickert. The plant is striving to achieve (continued page 7) CORRECTIONS . Beavers & Scouts Last weeks pictures of the cubs and scouts were reversed, so we had the Beavers names under the Cubs pictures and vice versa. Sorry for the confusion. No seconder In last weeks Council Report, it was reported that . . . John Mutton did not get a seconder for his motion to extend the safety zone around the Nuclear Power Plants extended to 10 km. That was report was fnot entirely cor- rect. Councillor Trim did second the motion, council- lors debated the issue, and referred the motion to staff for a report. 1 1 lu Il PUIJIP a ýý- IMII9311 1 ýlitmm,