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Volume 73, Number 20 GST Included $1.25 Wednesday May 19, 2010 Orono Town Hall Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 Agreement No. 40012366 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 "The fight is not over" ~Woo Clarington councillors Willie Woo and Ron Hooper attended the Queen's Park anti-incineration rally last Thursday. Speakers at the rally included NDP Energy and Environment critic Peter Tabuns, leader of the Green Party of Ontario Mike Schreiner, and policy adviser for Greenpeace Canada Dave Martin. Councillor Woo, who also spoke at the rally, said there was a strong push to see the incinerator project pushed through during this term of council. "Incineration was not on the radar screen as we were campaigning in 2006," he stated. Yet the incineration issue has dominated this four-year term of council, according to Woo. "While we were going through the environmental assessment process, our three Regional Councillors seemed to take their direction from the Region with the Regional Chair quarterbacking the process," Woo stated. While each Clarington Council meeting begins with an invocation which states, "Grant us the wisdom to make wise and meaningful decisions," Woo said, "A burn barrel with a smoke stack is not wise and not meaningful." Clarington councillors Willie Woo (centre) and Ron Hooper (right) participated in the anti-incineration rally at Queen's Park last Thursday morning. On behalf of Councillors Hooper and Adrian Foster, Woo thanked the anti-incineration group for their persistence and input over the course of the environmental assessment process, which began early in 2006. The three local councillors have been united in their efforts to stop the Region from building its $372-million waste incinerator in Courtice. The Region of Durham submitted the final environmental assessment study for the incinerator project to the Ministry of Environment last July. The Minister's decision on the incinerator could come as early as next month. The protest was organized by a number of local anti-incineration groups and was attended by approximately 100 protesters. What's Inside Site selected for new Newcastle fire station Clarington's Emergency Services Department has recommended 1780 Rudell Road as its preferred site for the new Newcastle Fire Station. The Rudell Road site, which is north of the Newcastle indoor pool facility, was preferred over the only other proposed site, at 3355 Highway 2, the old orchard west of the village adjacent to Wilmot Creek, as the site is serviced with municipal water. One of the two consulting firms hired by the municipality to review the location of the new station concluded that an estimated $259,000 would be required for road widening and water main extensions should the Highway 2 west location be selected. However, both sites presented sanitary sewer concerns. Where the Highway 2 site would require a holding tank and tile bed, there could be an option to tie the sewage system at the Rudell Road site into the Recreation Complex sewage system. Depending on the final design, the new station will be between 10,000- and 12,000-square feet in size and will house a new Municipal Emergency Operations Centre. One of the key aspects the Department looked at in considering a new location was to keep the fire station within the community and yet have close access to both Hwy 401 and 115/35. It was determined there were no suitable sites available in the FIREHALL see page 3 See page 6