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rr-p---- \ mmm lmw 62 mfmwe st. MHMimut, ammo Licm mus M/JI Over 200 Town of Newcastle residents residents turned out in the "heart of dump country" last Friday to continue their Ï irotests against a Metro proposed and fill site in the town. With "No Dump" signs and a twelve-foot-long banner declaring "Unsafe - No Metro Dump" the protesters, protesters, many of whom donned orange garbage bags in the early evening evening heat, took their place along the Morgan's Corners overpass on Highway Highway 401. Both eastbound and westbound westbound travellers responded to the residents residents with raised fists, blaring horns and flashing headlights. The message obviously hit home for many motorists as they gave their support to a community fighting to maintain a way of life that many have known for years. "The spirit of co-operation is still alive and well in this community and we're not going to let this community community go down the drain," declared David David Scott, president of the Committee of Clarke Constituents, organizers of the rally. , The CCC group are no strangers to protests and last Friday's gathering t was one of many that have been launched in recent months as the time approaches for Metro Toronto to announce what sites they intend to Dursue in their search for a landfill .ocation. To date, four such locations have been named within the boundaries boundaries of the Town of Newcastle. The people who gathered just east of Newcastle Village on the beginning of a holiday weekend are adamant that the two sites in the eastern part of the town not be given further consideration. consideration. "If Metro expropriates the land for this dump, they're taking away people's people's livelihoods," said Mr. Scott in a brief address to the residents. The 1200-acre site labelled "N3" is located southeast of Newcastle Village, Village, right on the shores of Lake Ontario. Ontario. Much of the land is presently being used for agricultural purposes, and the residents fear that a dump will surely ruin not only the environment environment but their way of life. Another site, known as N4, is situated situated northwest of Newtonville. The privately owned property has already been the subject of two unsuccessful attempts for expansion for use as a dump. According to Mr. Scott, Metro is Turn to Page 2 SEVEC High Seas Distress Students Adventure Centre Complete for Little Looking for Program Brothers Volunteers Page 3 JBage6 Page 8 njwFrfil The Newcastle Freedom Fighters is what these boys call their group of young people who are against a Metro landfill site in the Newcastle area. Chris Druerv (nine), Ryan Oakley (10), and Tommy Gillan (nine), all Newcastle Public School students, stood with their "HONK FOR NO DUMP" sign for several hours in Friday afternoon's heat on Mill Street south in the vil lage of Newcastle. "We just want to stop this dump so we made up the sign and got these orange garbage bags to wear from the IGA," explained Chris. It was later that evening that the organized protest against Metro's plans took place at tne Hwy. 401 bridge on Morgan's Corners Road. 623-3303 Issue 31 Wednesday, August 3, 1988 Bowmanville, Ontario 134th Year 26 Pages 50<t Per Copy New Fish Ladder Nearing Completion New Check-out System for Library The Town of Newcastle Public Library Library will be introducing an automated automated check-out system by early next year. "Hopefully our new automation project will be operating by January," says Barbara Baker, head librarian for the Newcastle Public Library System. System. It was recently decided by the library library board that automation would occur occur not only at the main branch in Bowmanville, but also in Newcastle Village and Orono library branches. Carolyn Sproatt, the chairman of the library board, said that the way in which books are presently checked in and out of the libraries is "quite cumbersome". cumbersome". "The new automation will make a huge difference," she added, "especially "especially to the Newcastle and Oronp branches." Barbara Baker explained the stages stages of the new automation: "We are having bar-codes created for all books, records, cassettes - every item in the libraries (including the new video cassette collection donated to the Bowmanville branch with assistance from the Bowmanville Rotary Club). The big project for the next fey Warning Posted at Beach partment of health, explained that The Port Darlington West Beach has recently had signs posted by the Durham Regional Department of Health recommending that people refrain refrain from swimming in that area. This is only the second beach in the Durham Region to be closed this summer. summer. The other was Whitby beach at the mouth of Lynde Creek. After a three week closure, it was reopened to swimmers last week. Brian Devitt, director of environmental environmental services for the regional de- from May 30 to August 19, water is sampled weekly in 31 spots stretching from Pickering to the village of Newcastle. Newcastle. "We took a geometric mean over the past four weeks at the Darlington beach. The fecal coliform bacteria count just went over 100 per 100 mili- metres which is the point at which we recommend that people stop bathing," he explained. "That is the standard Turn to Page 2 months will be putting the proper labels labels on each item. It's a somewhat daunting project as there are well over 65,000 items to be labelled." She went on to say that the first change the public would actually see will be new format library cards with new numbers. Ï It's a slow process, but modernization modernization of our library system will im- E rove service to the public at all three ranches and improve library management. management. Another ongoing activity in the Newcastle Library System is | the search for a suitable location to house the new Courtice branch. In the February 1988 Newcastle Public Library Needs /Assessment,! it was discovered that there is adequate need in the Courtice area to warrant a branch of its own. Carolyn Sproatt, chairman of the Newcastle Public Library Library Board, says that the board is presently undertaking preliminary planning for the initiatimV of library service in the Courtice area next year. "We've been working toward this for some time," she said. "First we have to rent space for the facility." Until a suitable location is available available to be leased, it is uncertain as to when a Courtice branch might open. GREAT EFFORT - The Committee of Clarke Constituents Constituents certainly did quite a job, organizing that huge dump protest at the overpass on Morgan's Road. Their objective of attracting the attention of the news media in Metro certainly was achieved. Now, we'll just have to wait and see what the result will be. A similar situation is causing a problem in Amherstburg where the Editor's eldest son John owns the newspaper. Windsor is looking for a dump outside the city and an old quarry at Amherstburg has been chosen as one of the possibles. Son John sent a reporter to St. Catharines, whose dump had been cited as a role model. She found the dump was literally a mess that you wouldn't want in your area. Garbage just hasn't got too much appeal, anywhere. TESTING WATERS - Last week, John Turner was catching heck for threatening to use the Senate Liberals Liberals to block the Free Trade deal. This week, the Prime Minister is being met by hecklers and sign carriers in British Columbia as he feels out the electorate to check on the political climate for an impending election. election. Even here, there is some action stirring. Ivan Grose of Courtice, is holding a "Thank You Canada" barbecue this Sunday, Aug. 7th from 1 to 6 p.m. and special guest is Paul Martin Jr. That should be a worthwhile preview for the nomination meeting at Port Perry on August 11th. We still haven't heard from the PCs or NDPs. Maybe the election will be next Spring. by Theresa Vanhaverbeke The fish are a-jumpin'. At least, they will be soon at the Goodyear Dam in the Bowmanville Creek. A fish ladder will be completed in early August allowing fish of all sorts (especially rainbow trout) to reach their spawning grounds upriver. upriver. To reach the top of the dam they will have to go through a series of three foot jumps. Although that seems like a considerable height, it's not beyond the reach of most fish. Dave Lawson, president of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Creek Anglers' Association Association explains: "The fish use the volume volume of water to jump. For this reason we've made the pool before each jump about three feet deep." „ The project was initiated due to the met,of opening the dam for two to three, vkeïks each spring allowing rainbow tr'lptyt fo reach their spawning grounds artinncLTyrone. / "WHen we open the 'dam in the spring; Goodyear has to operate off town water. That costs $2000 for every week the dam is open," Mr. Lawson said. He added that now, not only will trout be able to get through the only obstruction obstruction on the river, but other kinds of fish with different spawning times will be able to get up river at any time of the year. The new fish ladder will be one of only two such ladders on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The other ladder ladder is in Port Hope. Every spring, many spectators gather at the ladder in Port Hope to observe observe the spring run of the rainbow trout. The fish are truly amazing to watch as they jump up the series of stop logs forming the man-made fish ladder. "We'll be building a fence by the Turn to Page 2 The near-finished fish ladder on the Bowmanville Creek will allow fish to reach the water six feet above using three graduated pools. Dave Lawson, president president of the Bowmanville Anglers Association, was one of the people involved in the making of the steel ladder that is now a part of the Goodyear dam. WRONG FELLA - Our very own Richard A. James, was jolted Tuesday morning when he received a phone call from Councillor Ann Cowman, congratulating him on his impending marriage. He'd been away for the weekend and hadn't heard about it. It seems there was a story concerning Jane Pettes signing autographs at Gould's Card & Gifts store during the Sidewalk Sale. She was the illustrator for Janette Higgins' new book on Bed & Breakfast places. It said Jane would soon be Mrs. James and they'd be living here on Horsey St. Actually, it's cousin Ron James who is the groom to be. Mrs. Cowman's call sure scared the heck out of Rick. He's been shivering ever since and it's over 90 degrees Fahrenheit. A near miss! QUITTING BOARD - This week's Port Hope-Cobourg Independent announces that Donna Fairey will not be seeking re-election to the Newcastle and Northumberland Northumberland Board of Education. She was first elected in 1982 as a Bowmanville representative and ran again in 1985, representing Port Hope and Hope. She was board chairman in 1986 and feels it is time for some new blood. Also, she has been reappointed to the Film Review Board for a fourth term. Mrs. Fairey is the second member to announce retirement. Bob Willsher of Newcastle is the other retiree. Unlike some boards, thcN & N Board has not done anything publicly about increasing their just over $5,000 stipend, but that will come before an election, no doubt. DRIVE-IN FILM - Liberty Pentecostal is holding another Drive-in film on their parking lot this Sunday, corner of Martin Rd. & Highway 2, starting at 9:00 p.m. The film is "Fury to Freedom," a dramatization of the true life story of Paul Ries, a former martial arts master and Vietnam veteran. Everyone welcome. SHORT WEEK - We're missing a whole day's production production this week and several key employees are also missing, missing, on holidays. So, your copy of The Canadian Statesman won't be as bulky or heavy as usual. With any kind of luck, next week's edition will be back to normal and then the summer season, and all that heat, will be on the wane as we head toward Exhibition time and then Back to School. BACK TO BASICS - Merchants on King Street had to use some ingenuity on Saturday afternoon when that storm cut off the electricity for nearly three hours. Out came the pocket calculators to fill in for the dead cash registers, but things certainly must have slowed considerably considerably in those stores doing very much business. The air conditioners must have been sorely missed too because because it was hot and muggy. Just one of the joys of doing business and, as usual, they lived through it. WHERE'S THE BEEF? - Once again, we must pay tribute tribute to those folks who do their bit to improve the Arena in Orono. The official name is the Orono Arena Improvement and Projects Fund Committee and they do quite a commendable job, without thought or hope of pay. Right now, they are getting ready for the annual Beef Barbecue Wednesday, August 10th from 5-7 p.m. at Orono Park. For tickets, phone 983-5608 or 983-5858. Join the lineup and find out where the real beef is. TO THE RESCUE - Because of the storm on Saturday, all games in the Tyke baseball championships had to be called due to flooded diamonds. Luckily, there were still two days left of the weekend, but there was quite a bit of water in spots early Sunday morning. That's when the TONBA executive and some helpers went to work on a drying and dragging project. Their efforts were successful because the games were under way again by noon and finished under the lights. Hats off to everyone involved, some excellent baseball took place between youngsters 9,10 and 11 years of age. .-/iz . .Jr Caesarea Beauties Compete for Title of Regatta Queen Caesarea's 56th annual regatta took place all girls winning awards, loft to right, 3rd Princess weekend under almost ideal conditions although a Jennifer Day, 2nd Princess Lisa Mips, 1st Prin- storm Saturday interrupted some of the events. Fol- ccss Loigh Wagland and the Queen. Denise McNal- lowing the gigantic parade Saturday morning, the ly beauty pageant attracted 10 entries, with those four