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) SECTION TWO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988 GPjje Canabtan Statesman 623-3303 Durham County's Greet FemMy Journal Established 134 v 134 years sop 3 Incorporating The BowmenvWe News In 1854. The The Orono News Second class me* registration number 1561 Produced every Wedneeday by THE JAMES RUeUSWfO COMPANY UNITED 62-ee King SL W„ BowmenvWe, Ontario L1C 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES Editor--Publisher GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. RICHARD A. JAMES Assistant Publisher BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. PETER PARROTT Associate Editor DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. 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Feelin 'Fine After Close Encounter with Skate Blade Few Nuclear Alternatives Saturday's protest against the treatment treatment of tritiated heavy water at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station Station indicates ongoing uneasiness over the question of nuclear power in Canada. Such uneasiness is also reflected in a recent Gallup Poll which asked Canadians their opinions on the question of nuclear power and its continued continued development. The poll revealed that concern over generating electricity by nuclear power is almost as high now as it was in the year of the Chernobyl disaster. The concern is even higher than it was immediately after the Three Mile Island accident in the U.S. According to the latest opinion poll, 42 per cent of respondents stated that Canada should not develop more nuclear nuclear plants. Thirty three per cent wanted to see nuclear plants stopped. The number of Canadians wishing to see an increase in the nuclear generating generating capacity stood at 16 per cent and those who "didn't know" numbered 10 per cent. By contrast, in the year of the Chernobyl Chernobyl disaster 40 per cent of the individuals individuals surveyed believed that nuclear nuclear plants should be stopped and 37 per cent said they weren't in favor of any more nuclear development. There are some who claim that public public opinion is too fickle to place much stock in opinion polls. That may be true. But on this particular issue there appears to be a general increase in the level of concern between 1976 and 1988. For instance, in 1976 the largest per centage of respondents (41%) told the pollsters that nuclear power .should..increase. Twenty.percent be-, lieved no more nuclear power shotdd be developed and a mëië 14 p'ër cent were of the opinion that nuclear powered powered generating plants should be stopped altogether. A further 25 per cent had no opinion. The decisions to proceed with the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station Station were made in the mid to late 1970s when public opinion favoring nuclear power was somewhat higher than it is now. Of course, the opinion polls tend to over simplify the issue. They may indicate indicate what people are thinking, but they don't necessarily predict what individuals will actually do. Politicians who have put too much faith in public opinion polls have discovered discovered this fact, to their chagrin. That is why, despite the opinion polls, nuclear power remains a fact of life. And, as we all know, the Darlington Darlington plant is proceeding towards completion. The recent tritium protest at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station Station did not gather nearly the number of protesters that one would expect from reading the findings of the public public opinion polls. If, indeed, over 50 per cent of tne public has reservations about nuclear energy, one might think that over half of the Town of Newcastle would show up to express its opposition. Or at least one-quarter of the population should be there. How about one-eighth? That, of course, is not what happened. happened. Although the anti-nuke opponents opponents have a population base of several several million to draw upon, the numbers assembled at the front gate of Darlington Darlington on Saturday probably amounted to only a few hundred The problem is that although people may be apprehensive about certain topics, they find it difficult to come up with satisfactory alternatives. We may he apprehensive about chemical additives in our foods and household products. But wo.uld we wish to do without the conveniences of the aforementioned goods? We may be apprehensive- about consuming prescription drugs. But are we willing to face the alternatives of living without them? We may be apprehensive about industrial industrial pollution. But we are even more reluctant to close down problem industries and throw people on the unemployment unemployment lines. And so, while we may have second thoughts about nuclear power it seems that our alternatives are few. Those who would call for an end to nuclear power or who seek to tie the hands of the nuclear industry have an easy time of it. As critics, they really don't have to come up with workable alternatives. Sure, they can .suggest theoretical alternatives. But they do not have the job of going to work Monday morning and putting those ideas into effect. If nuclear power were to be outlawed outlawed tomorrow, somebody would have to decide where the electrical S ower would come from. Would we ave to burn more coal and add pollution pollution to the atmosphere? Would we have to ration electricity -- a move that would result in unpopular cutbacks cutbacks in consumer habits? And although an accident at a nuclear nuclear power plant would be devastating, devastating, the fact remains that the nuclear industry is more highly regulated than any imaginable undertaking. While the risks-are great, so are the safeguards. Whenever the debate concerning nuclear power arises, it always seems to us that the issue is broader than the question of nuclear power alone. Opponents, of nuclear energy seem to be supporting a world having less emphases on science and .technology, less emphasis on consumerism, concern concern for the ërivironmerit, ànd Support for small scale enterprises rather than major institutions. This kind of change in outlook may, in fact, be desirable. But, unfortunately for the antinuke antinuke forces, it is one which will not occur overnight. The fact of the matter is that although although people may harbour some nagging nagging doubts about nuclear energy in particular and about science and technology in general, they will not willingly live in a world where these benefits are taken away. Nuclear opponents will reply that nobody in opposition to nuclear power really wants to send the world back to the stone age and that they only wish to support the best of science and technology. technology. All of this may be true. But a world without nuclear power is to some degree degree a place that's foreign to our own experiences. And a world without all the other technologies that some have deemed to be dangerous to human life is equally foreign to North Americans. Perhaps, in an authoritarian form of government, somebody would' eliminate the nuclear power, the pesticides, pesticides, the cleaning solvents, and all of the other things that may be bad for us. But in a democracy that kind of drastic change will never occur until the majority reaches the point where it opts for such a change. For the foreseeable future, we may hold certain fears about nuclear energy energy but we'll forego those fears in order to continue to live in the manner to which we have become accustomed. Our thoughts (as expressed in public public opinion polls) and our actions (as shown by attending protests, signing petitions, or voting for anti-nuclear politicians) seem to diverge when the topic of nuclear power comes up. And until there's a more realistic relationship between thought and action action on nuclear power, the nuclear opponents opponents will .continue to be a vocal minority. Letter to the Editor Recently, local businesses and organizations have received received requests for support from the Cancer Research Society Inc. As a result of many phones calls to our offices, offices, we are writing you to clear up any confusion or misunderstanding that may exist. The Canadian Cancer Society Society is not affiliated with, or connected in any way, to the Cancer Research Society Inc., which is n Quebec based organization. Prior to 1981, Cancer Research Research Society Inc.'s fundraising fundraising efforts were confined to the Province of Quebec. But since that time, they have solicited funds all across Canada, although mopt of their research grants are confined to Quebec. The main concentration of cancer research in Canada Canada is done through the National National Cancer Institute of Canada, with about 98 percent percent of their funding provided provided by the Canadian Cancer Society. As far as we have been able to ascertain, the NCIC has never received any funding from the Cancer Cancer Research Society Inc. The Canadian Cancer Society, Society, established in 1938, is the national organization by Gretchen Ballantyne With only eight minutes on the clock, John Hogarth's simple manoeuvre manoeuvre to steal tne puck turned into a battle to save his life. "It was early in the game ar.d I came in behind a player to get the puck. I went down and the back of his skate caught me in the throat," the 28- year-old defenceman explained from his Bowmanville home, ten days after after the incident. The cut extended from the middle of his neck right up to his left ear, severing severing his jugular vein and two carotid carotid arteries. John's memories of those first few moments were vivid. "I put my glove up to my neck and blood was pouring all over the place. I looked at the guy whose skate had cut me and asked for his sweater. I could still feel the blood pumping through ugh ' tne John Hogarth is the first to admit that a neck protector would have saved him from a grisly hockey accident which sliced open his throat and severed three major major veins. However luck was on John's side and he managed to come through the entire ordeal with only a scar. by Carolyn Hepburn My favorite Port Perry columnist, Cathy Olliffe, unknowingly scooped my idea for a column for this week. Last week, Cathy's column was centred on her five years of employment employment with the popular weekly newspaper. As I read her writings, I was quickly reminded of my own feelings about living and working in Bowmanville. Although, Cathy hàs spent much more time at a desk and in the darkroom than I have, I really could relate relate to many things she said. You see, April 9th marked my first full year with The Canadian Statesman. While I had been thinking about doing doing a column on the past year for quite some time, Cathy's column finally sparked me into action. I am still caught off guard when people ask me how long I've been in . Bowmanville. My brain races to quickly tabulate and then the magic figure figure of 12 months appears. I'm talking 365 days (plus a few more by the time this is in print) of life in a place I never imagined I would be living living in. I still remember driving driving slowly eastward on King Street, in search of the Statesman office. While my eyes were peeled to the storefronts, I was also trying to get a general impression of the town.. Because I was more than a few minutes early for my interview 1 stopped at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Museum. I was treated to the grand tour and began to feel a whole lot more comfortable. | Well, the outcome of the interview is quite obvious obvious arid before I knew it I was setting up home in Bowmanville. A year latqr I'm still here and É njoying every minute fit. As*I cast mv mind, back to the first few as- signriiënts I undertook I can only slyly smile at some of the things I did. My first BIG story (and still one of my favorites) favorites) was about the Bowmanville Zoo. That trip was followed by stops at Community Care, the Lions Club and my first council meetings. The last year has been filled with many stories, many more photographs and many many more opportunities opportunities to meet some wonderful people. Because my picture appears with this column (yes, it has been missing for the past few weeks but it will return) it isn't uncommon uncommon for someone I don't know to address me by my first name and proceed to carry on a conversation. conversation. As I carry on about my business around the entire Town of Newcastle, it is a rare time that I don't become engaged in a discussion about current events and issues that are important to the residents. Those are my favorite conversations conversations -- the ones with the many concerned, curious curious or just plain talkative talkative people. I can still remember going to my first large public function. As close as my memory will put it, it was the presentation of the town's awards last year. As I stood in front of a room full of people, my flash refused to work and my face quickly deepened in color. I , managed to finally get the shot, despite the feeling feeling I had that the crowd, wondered who indeed this person was masquerading masquerading as a reporter. The 1 : non-working flash got me in a few more tight spots before I got it fixed. As did some difficulties with my camera. Try being a new reporter and explaining explaining to someone who expected to see their mug in the paper that your camera just didn't work properly. Believe me, they buy that story about as easily as the one about the bridge in Brooklyn. Add to the fact that I never seemed to keep track of all the people in a picture because I was too shy (yep, it's true) to ask them to stay in one place. Now I think nothing nothing of hollering at the crowd in the shot to stand still until I get names ■ and titles. It's amazing how only one year of experience experience will bring out the authoritarian in someone. By far, my greatest gains have come from the sweater so I tried to skate off the ice. I fell. I said to the guys around me I'm dying. Get me to a hospital," John recounted. Only flawless teamwork in the next few critical moments kept John alive. "It was like links in a chain, if one had been broken I never would have made it. I guess this is where my luck started to turn around," he reflected. The tournament in which John was playing was in Bewdley. A spectator in the stands offered his van for transportation to Port Hope which was the closest town with medical facilities. facilities. John was placed in the back where he remained conscious for a few minutes more. "I just lay there looking at the si'de of the van. There was never any pain. I figured I was dead and I slowly slowly passed out," remembered John. the town council meetings. meetings. In the beginning I cc.uldn't tell a general purpose and administration administration meeting, from a motion, motion, from a recorded vote. Although some may maintain that I still haven't haven't mastered the difference difference I will proudly say that in the past year I have learned one heck of a lot about how a town is run. I haven't exactly been quiet with • my thoughts on certain council council actions, but I have always always tried to be fair. (Sometimes not an easy feat.) Perhaps the best part of my job has been the chance to be involved in so many service clubs, schools, community service service groups, and teams, meeting all the great people people that make them happen. happen. Writing about ele phants, lost teddy bears, stray dogs, holding a baby tiger and watching the pig races at the Orono Fair also rate as high experiences experiences over the past year. There are plenty more but time and space are precious in this business. business. One thing is for certain. certain. Life is never dull in this town. With the library library fight hopefully a dimming memory in many minds, attention can now be focused on landfills, Eldorado (a continual battle at best), town development, municipal municipal elections (umm, just when will we know who is running for mayor?) and the future of the farmers in our region. region. As the saying goes: If it's not one thing it's another. Let it suffice to say that one year at the Statesman Statesman could easily turn into many more. And no matter where my journalistic journalistic travels take me the Town of Newcastle will be a hard act to follow. HÜ :m ' r-*" * " - • AMf which provides assistance to cancer patients in a number of ways including drugs, dressings, and transportation transportation to treatment centres. It is also involved in an extensive public nnd workplace education education program. No such services services are provided by the Cancer Research Society Inc. Wo of the Canadian Cnn- ccr Society wish to place this information before you to clear up any confusion between between the two organizations. Yours sincerely, Ernest R. Eves Campaign Chairman. Vincent Massey Students Get First Hand Look at Giant Balloon Up, up and nwny. Some of the Vincent Massey Public Trans Canada Balloons, of Stouffvillo. Although the School students have boon studying balloons. But Inst children kept their feet firmly planted on the ground, week s balloon demonstration was. no ordinary class- this event proved an exciting climax to the winter unit room study. The students gathered in the playground to 0 f study on balloons, see the launching of a gmnt-sizod airship provided by Unconscious for the next three hours, it was only when recouperating recouperating in Toronto John was told of the tremendous efforts made to save his life. The van was met half-way, on its 12 mile trek to Port Hope, by a police escort. Both the police and hospital had been called from the rink. If the van had arrived five minutes later to Port Hope and District Hospital, John would not have lived. As it was, he arrived at the hospital with no heartbeat, the blood supply to his brain cut off and his capillaries close to collapsing, which they eventually eventually did. "They told me later that doctors and nurses were running all over the place at the Port Hope hospital. One doctor was already there and two more were called in. They clamped off the vessels and got my heartbeat revived. I was given ten units of blood and eventually stabilized," John explained. explained. Three hours after his arrival at Port Hope and District Hospital, John was transported by ambulance to Toronto Toronto General Hospital where he went straight into surgery. He regained consciousness during the ride and remembered remembered asking himself why this had happened to him. In six hours, two neurosurgeons grafted an artery from John's thigh to repair the three severed veins in his neck. An additional six units of blood were needed. With surgery complete the waiting began. "No one knew what the damage to my brain would be. Because the blood supply was cut off to my brain there was a strong chance that my speech would be impaired or there would be other complications," he explained. . But Lady Luck was still with John. Shortly after the operation, at the requests requests of the attending physicians, he passed all the reflex tests. Friends and family were behind John during the entire ordeal. "Everyone was at the hospital and it was good to have the support. My parents went through a lot. They were always there telling me I was going to be all right," John's parents had met their son at the Port Hope hospital and from that point on were at his side. Ironically, the game in which John was injured was one in which he wasn't scheduled to play. He was substituting substituting for a friend on a team playing playing in the Bewdley tournament when the accident occurred. Moreover, he almost didn't play that day because he had arrived early at the arena only to find that his teammates teammates hadn't shown up. He went back to Bowmanville where he was called later in the day by members of the team who explained that there had been a mix-up and that he was needed for the three p.m. game that afternoon. afternoon. It's been a little over two weeks since John's brush with death. He is back at home and feeling "as good as new". The doctors concur with John's assessment and he will be able to return return to work May 1. "I was pretty lucky that everyone kept their cool under pressure. Without Without the quick thinking of my buddies and the quick work of the doctors, especially especially in Port Hope, I wouldn't be here talking to you today," he said. College Planning Major Expansion by Gretchen Ballantyne Durham College has been awarded a $5 million provincial grant for a major addition to its main campus. The Provincial Minister of Colleges Colleges and Universities, Lyn McLeod made the capital grant announcement announcement at a press conference held Friday Friday at Durham College. She explained that the expansion will help meet the college's current space crunch, which has resulted from increasing enrollment (limited to 200 new students a year). "I am particularly delighted to be announcing this grant to such a dynamic, dynamic, growing college, which plays such a vital role in the delivery of post-secondary education," said the Minister. The college, which presently has 2700 students, will have full use of the new facilities by September of 1989. The new addition will contain two large theatre-type classrooms and some extra lab space. "We are going to move two programs, programs, the interior and graphic design design courses, into the new labs. With the added space we would also like to introduce some new programs. We'd like to put a law and securities course in place and expand the early_ childhood childhood education program," said the president of the college, Mel Garland. The president admitted that the longer school day (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) created to cope with overcrowding has caused some difficulty at the college. The later class times have interfered with the schedules of single parents and those students holding part-time jobs. "The new space will allow us a flexibility we don't have now, said Mr. Garland. Although there will still be a bottle-neck, he maintains the new classrooms will help the college college handle the annual increased student student enrollment. In 1987 Durham College was allocated allocated $300,000 to develop plans for the expansion. They arc now in the design design stage. Tenders for the project will be called this spring. The provincial government is also contributing $286,000 to the college for renovations, alterations and repair projects.