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BQBfl/lHVILU' LIBiWf Ü2 WER/EE ST, -- -- Wilbur BOUflAHviLLE. ONTARIO Candidate Marg Wilbur is congratulated on her nomination as the Durham East NDP candidate by John Sinclair, president of the Canadian Auto Workers, Local 222 and NDP Leader Bob Rae. Mr. Sinclair nominated Mrs. Wilbur in a meeting held by the provincial riding association Thursday at Durham College. The New Democrats were first speech "The whole area is changing Durham East party to leave the start- rapidly. What has been generally a ing gate in the as-yet-undeclared pro- rural area is rapidly being ur- vincial election. banized," she said. Marg Wilbur, a Scugog Township Given the transition currently coresident coresident and member of the New curring within the riding, Mrs. Wilbur Democrats' provincial executive, was suggested that many of the Durham acclaimed as the Durham East candi- East farmers feel they are "under date in a nomination meeting held at seige". New Democrats would give Durham College Thursday, January the farmers the encouragement they 22. need to continue. "Wè have to recog- Mrs. Wilbur ran in 1982 and 1985 as n ize that land is not just a commodity the candidate for the provincial rid- to be bought and sold, but a heritage ing of Durham York. to pass on," she said. Her candidacy was applauded by The candidate also supported the provincial party leader Bob Rae who concept of an environmental bill of said: "Durham East is a riding we can rights, noting that disposal of waste win. Durham East is a riding we're w m become a major issue in the going to win and Marg Wilbur will be Durham Region over the next few our next MPP in the Legislature. years. Mr. Rae was the guest speaker at An environmental bill would give last week's nomination meeting citizens the right to go to court. It which attracted about 75 NDP sup- would assure them notification of porters. public hearings on environment-re- "We really need a change in lated issues. It would guarantee in- Durham East," said John Sinclair, formation, protect workers from em- Mrs. Wilbur's nominator. Mr. Sinclair ployers who order them to pollute the is president of the Canadian Auto environment, and provide funding Workers Local 222 and a resident of f or intervenors at environmental the riding. hearings. The theme of change was also rein- a publicly-owned car insurance forced in Mrs. Wilbur's acceptance Turn to Page 2 Arena User Fees are Possible User fees at the new Bowmanville Arena are among the options available available to Newcastle council-if the fundraising fundraising committee falls short of its goal. Health Campus Proposed For Memorial Hospital Plans for the development of a full- service community health care campus campus have been announced by Memorial Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. Details of the proposal appear on page two in a news release submitted this week. The health care campus concept is described as a set of comprehensive facilities and services geared to local needs and resources. These would be available in one complex that deals with "the full life cycle from birth to old age." . Chief Administrative Officer Larry Kotseff told council on Monday the alternatives open to them include a user fee, a tax increase or possibly more fundraising. He said council should not vote on which alternative they will choose until they see how successful the fundraising fundraising committee is. However, council did vote in favor, of the memorandum of understanding understanding presented to them by fundraising committee interim chairman A1 Strike last week. That memorandum includes a clause making the fundraising committee committee responsible for the collection of all pledges towards the arena. It also says the town is responsible for any possible deficit if the committee committee falls short of its goal. The fundraising committee's goal is $750,000 towards the $4.9 million project. project. by Rob Savage Arguments that "there is absolutely no need at all" for 24-hour convenience convenience stores in Bowmanville were presented presented to Newcastle Council Monday night. Two delegations addressed the proposed creation of convenience stores at the corner of King and Liberty Liberty streets and at the corner of Ontario Ontario and Liberty streets. John Jeffrey, of Jeffrey's Superette, said the two proposed stores would surround his store and could force him out of business. "I am deeply concerned that if these two stores were allowed to be built, my store would be in serious trouble trying to compete," he said. He added that there is no need for convenience stores to stay open after 9 p.m. He said the amount of business after that hour is small and his store has "had no request from our customers customers to stay open longer hours." Vicky Bowen, of Vicky's Variety, made a similar argument. She agreed that there is little business business after 9 p.m. and that a 24-hour convenience store would be hard on the neighbors. to vehicles pulling in and out?" she asked. Ms. Bowen added that her mother mortgaged her home to buy the store which is only now on the verge of becoming becoming financially profitable. The delegations follow council's previous consideration of the rezoning rezoning applications for the stores at the two sites. The application for the store at Liberty Liberty and Ontario streets was submitted submitted by Pioneer Petroleum. They want to deyelnp-a-eÇnvenience store next [service station. King streets, the ap- outhland Canada (7- Eleven) is to convert the car wash into a convenience store. It would stand next to the existing gas station. Planning Director Terry Edwards has asked both applicants to submit a market justification for the convenience convenience stores. However, Monday's delegations warned that the information in a market market study could be misleading. Mr. Jeffrey said the study would probably speak of the jobs being created by the stores. But he said those jobs would only replace the jobs lost at the existing stores. Ms. Bowen agreed. Turn to Page 2 Citizens Group Upset by New Licence by Rob Savage Flagrant violations of Atomic Energy guidelines should have prevented prevented Eldorado Resources Ltd. from receiving its licence to operate the Port Granby site this year, the spokesperson spokesperson of the Citizens for a Safe Environment Environment says. In a delegation to Newcastle Council Council on Monday, spokesperson John Veldhuis said a licence renewal was granted despite an excess of arsenic in the Port Granby dump on different occasions. "Why was the licence renewed?" he asked during the delegation. He pointed to a recent letter from the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) where the board acknowledges acknowledges that the arsenic level in the dump exceeded the recognized limit on different occasions. He said Eldorado now plans to pipe the arsenic directly into Lake Ontario as a means of diluting it. He argued th ( e company's attitude is that "dilution is the solution to pollution." pollution." His delegation to council was ijart of a regular update which will be pre sented by the citizens' group. On Monday, Mr. Veldhuis outlined some of the upcoming activities of the group, including a meeting with the NDP federal task force on Feb. 5 and a meeting with AECB representatives on Feb. 11. Mr. Veldhuis told council that the problem of erosion at the Port Granby dump site will be addressed in March. For the moment, he presented photographs and arguments which show erosion at the site is serious. The problem presented by Mr. Veldhuis Veldhuis is that ground water from the contaminated site is flowing straight down to the beach below and into Lake Ontario, which is only a few yards away. Using a blown-up photograph of the eroded area, Mr. Veldhuis argued against Eldorado's claims that the ponds used to trap ground water from the dump capture 80 per cent of the water. He said the amount of water pumped from the treatment lagoons to Lake Ontario does not look equal to the amount of water stored in the ponds. And he said the erosion at the site would not be caused by 20 per cent of the ground water. He used the photographs showing collapsed pieces of land outside the dump to support his claim. "I don't believe that 20 per cent of the seepage can cause this much damage," damage," hé said. Other difficulties described by the spokesperson included a possible removal removal of the arsenic limit from the operating guidelines and the difficulties difficulties in determining airborne radiation radiation levels. He noted that citizens do not have access to dosemeter instruments to measure radiation levels in the air. And if they did, Mr. Veldhuis said they only have 24 hours to report the findings. He argued the board will never learn of any possible contamination problems in the air. Meanwhile, he said contamination at the dump includes a 1975 violation where the radon level was 50 times greater than allowed. Newcastle Council agreed that both Eldorado and the AECB are allowing allowing contaminants to get into the environment. The town is currently looking into possible legal suits against the company and the federal government. Mayor John Winters said the trouble is that the AECB trusts Eldorado Eldorado to report any contamination problems to them. "That's like telling your wife you're having an affair," he said. Ward III Councillor to Seek Liberal Nomination Hydro Assures Council Tritium Tmi^ks are Safe !by Bob Savage > V . i;vJlrim'ey on one faoility.mnd risk trt Diane Hamre, well-known municipal municipal and regional councillor, announced announced Monday that she will be a candidate for the Durham East Liberal Liberal nomination. Diane has been a resident of the Economic savings and worker safety are behind Ontario Hydro's plans to truck tritiated heavy water to a removal facility at Darlington, Newcastle Council learned on Monday. Monday. j Tom Carter, the Radioactive Mate- j rials Management Engineer for Hydro, told council the creation of one tritium removal facility at Darlington Darlington is financially practical, but that economics is not the only factor in the decision. He said Hydro always tries to centralize centralize its systems and that Darlington, Darlington, in its early stage of construction, construction, was best suited for a tritium removal removal facility. The argument follows a recent delegation delegation from Durham Nuclear Awareness against the proposed facility. During that delegation, spokesperson spokesperson Suzanne Elston said the facilities should be built at Pickering and Bruce. She said it's wrong to save v?'Vvy - - v - porting the tritiated heavy falong Hwy. 401. Each facility would cost $120 million. million. Mr. Carter said the creation of one facility at Darlington does not create transportation risks. He said the two 4900 litre flasks on each truck meet international standards standards and Hydro's own standards. He said Hydro spent $2.3 million on the "super accident resistant" trucks and that the flasks are designed to withstand the most serious collisions. "Accidents certainly can happen," he said. "The chosen design is based on the knowledge that accidents will happen." He added that the Atomic Energy Control Board and Transportation Canada both approved the design. And in the event of a spill, Mr. Carter Carter assured council an emergency response response vehicle would be on the road within 45 minutes. He said the heavy water would not Turn to Page 2 à: 1 * u Diane Hamre Orono area for the past 11 years and has been an elected representative of Ward Three in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle for six of those years. At the regional level, Diane has been Chairman of the Health and Social Social Services Committee for the past four and one-half years and President President of the Durham Region Non- Profit Housing Corporation for the past year. In her work on Regional Council and on these committees'shc has been in close contact with various ministries in the provincial government. government. She has also served on committees committees of the Association of Municipalities Municipalities of Ontario. On local Council, Diane was Chairman Chairman of Finance for five years and at present is Chairman of Public Works. • For five years Diane served as a member of the Ganaraska Conservation Conservation Authority and is a council appointee appointee to numerous other boards and committees. Diane is currently Past President of the Community Service Order Program of the Town of Newcastle and is a founding member of the board. Before entering public life Diane was Co-Ordinator for Community Care in the Town of Newcastle. Wishing to serve the public interest on a wider scale, Diane is seeking the Liberal nomination for Durham East. i IBi fe. fer;";-;,,.;;;' . WHITE CANE WEEK -- Mrs. Jane Smith, CNIB Secretary Secretary of Hampton, advises that White Cane Week starts on Sunday, February 1st and continues until Feb. 8th. There will be displays at Whitby Woolco Mall on Feb. 3rd and Port Perry High School on Monday, Feb. 2nd. As well, speakers will be available to schools, service clubs and organizations by phoning the CNIB office at Markham (collect) 294-5752. SUNDAY SHOPPING -- We understand that a complaint complaint was made by somebody about the Graham's IGA store being open on Sundays so Mr. and Mrs. Graham have decided to close it to prevent any trouble with the law. However, we can certainly understand their feelings and those of others who have to sit idly by and watch the crowds buying articles at the Flea Market held at Bowmanville Mall. Somehow, there's a principle principle at stake here that sooner or later has to be sorted out by the politicians. JR. C EAGLES -- As this is being written, Tuesday evening, the Cowan Jr. C Eagles arc preparing to lake on the Ajax Axemen in an 8:30 game at Bowmanville Arena. Should they win, the Eagles will have wrapped up first place in their division. They still have a couple of games to play before playoffs start, but as of now it looks as though they might be playing the first round against Cobourg. OUT THE BACK DOOR -- A sad feeling of nostalgia hits the Editor every time he goes past the old town hall and sees that chute used to take out parts of the upstairs that once, not so long ago, was our Opera House. He recalls earlier days when lie and others, most of them long gone, used to perform in that auditorium auditorium at enjoyable minstrel shows, Gilbert & Sullivan Sullivan performances, etc. The acoustics were superb, but the entrances, dressing rooms and back stairs were inadequate to say the least. It's going to be most interesting interesting to sec what will become of it, when it becomes a council chamber. Docs the gallery stay in place lo handle huge crowds? CORRECTION -- In last week's column there was a typographical error we missed. It's not the Heart and Strike Foundation that needs volunteer canvassers for the upcoming fund canvass; it's the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Again, we ask anyone interested in lending lending a hand to call Marilyn Deighan at 623-2940 as soon as possible, the campaign will be getting under way soon. WORLD TITLE AT STAKE -- This Saturday from 9 a.m. until a winner is declared, the annual World Backyard Ball Hockey championship will be held at the spacious outdoor ice surface at the Strike residence residence on Beech Avenue. Teams will be coming from many parts of the country for the event. There may even be one player from the 1980 Canadian Olympic hockey team. Spectators are always welcome although the seating is limited. MUSIC FESTIVAL --• Oshawa-Whitby Kiwanis Music Festival is all set to go on March 30 to April 11th this year. This is its 16th year of operation and is one of the top 10 festivals in Canada, with approximately 18,000 competitors taking part. The festival runs for two weeks, highlighted with a special evening called "The Night of Stars." We'll hear more about that as opening day comes closer. GOOD FOR THEM--We have a report from Port Hope that will make you feel good. An elderly couple, 70 and 71, parked their car in a lot Saturday evening. When they started to get out, there was a young fellow with a shotgun ordering them to hand over the keys lo their car. The woman got out of the car and threw the keys in his face. When he picked them up to get in the car, she slammed the door on his leg and her husband began kicking him. The would be robber crawled across the seat, jumped out and took oil. Police are now searching lor someone With a bruised shin. Luckily, nobody was injured in the tracas. Such resistance is certainly "gutsy" but not recommended by police; they could have been shot. ■ ■■■ Driver Escapes with Only Minor Injuries in This Collision This collision on Highway 401 early Saturday morning morning caused damages of $13,000 but no serious injuries. Ontario Provincial Police at Newcastle report that at approximately 12:13 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, a 1983 Buick collided with an unattended 1987 Kemvorlh truck with trailer approximately 1.6 kilometres west of Holt ltd. The driver of the car, Victor Scharback of R.lt.3 Bowmanville, was taken lo Memorial Hospital with "minor injuries." Damages to his vehicle were estimated at $8,000 while the undercarriage of the trailer received damages estimated at $5,000.