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Rotary Bi bww:l , e L;3 , ftP? Farewell to P 62 temperance r. Easter Seals - yyhANV; --- ! Vv,rt?lU i ZZZ L1C3AB BOWLIB SVei. Town and Ontario Hydro Suspend Discussions Newcastle councillors have suspended suspended further meetings of the town's hydro liaison committee until a financial financial dispute between the municipality and Hydro has been resolved. Councillors arc also threatening to block the start-up of any nuclear reactor reactor at Darlington until council is certain certain that a satisfactory plan is in place to deal with emergencies at the power station. During the Newcastle council meeting meeting Monday night, elected officials decided decided unanimously to suspend the meetings of the liaison committee. The committee consists of representatives from both Ontario Hydro and. the Town of Newcastle. Its purpose is to' resolve issues related to the construction construction of the $11 billion generating station, station, based on the contents of an S CARPET - M WAREHOUSE) Çw jSvjjjS w 'mrtjifit'i'WyTnj' EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES King 1 St. W. 728-4601 Oshawa WIN AGAIN - Last night at the Complex, the Goodyear Eagles won their second playoff game against Trenton 4-3 in double overtime. Gareth Stone scored the winner. Next two games are in Trenton tonight and Friday. HONORED - Word was received this week by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Etcher of Bowmanville that their daughter Susan's husband, James Amundrud of Big River, Saskatchewan, was honored recently. recently. He was presented with a Leadership Award for his superhuman efforts in getting an education program restarted following following a fire that destroyed the high school where he is principal. principal. FIRE FUND - Following the disastrous disastrous house fire in Newcastle Village Feb. 24th, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Branch there is accepting donations donations for the Archie Evans Fire Fund. The blaze destroyed most of the family's belongings. More details can be obtained at the C1BC branch. BIG ERROR - There was a photo in last week's Statesman showing the town's financial institutions handing over their contribution to the Skate '88 building fund. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, the gremlins took over and listed the amount donated donated as $8,000. It should have read $80,000. Quite a difference. Our apologies for the error. SORRY TO PART - Readers in the Manvers area will be sorry to learn that Beverley Fisher has let us know she is giving up the correspondent's post. This is indeed sad news because she was doing a great job, but found it too heavy a chore. If anyone else is interested in taking it on, we'd be happy to hear from them. ARTS SERIES - From the information information we have received, the St. Paul's Performing Arts Series that begins March 8th should be even more entertaining than earlier earlier ones. Anyone who hasn't yet obtained tickets would be well advised advised to check the program and phone 623-2601 or 623-2086. For details, see Coming Events. DRUG INFO - Anyone interested in learning more about the pre- ! valence of illegal drugs in our I society would be well advised to visit the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bowmanville this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. JARRING - A note just came in about a travelling show coining to the Visual Arts Centre, March 5-12 entitled "Jars • The Performance Performance of Being Filled." Call the Centre at 623-5831 for more on this one. PLAYOFF ACTION - The Ilalmi- nen Homes Midgets will start their playoff series against Sim- coe this Saturday night in Darlington Darlington at G p.m. and then return to the ice for the second contest on Sunday at 5. The Major Atom Toros will meet Orangeville tonight tonight (Wednesday) in their playoff series, again at Darlington. Darlington. Check with the arena for starting times. agreement signed by the municipality and Hydro over 10 years ago. Councillor Diane llamre said there is no point meeting with Hydro any more because council feels Ontario Hydro Hydro has not been honouring that agreement. agreement. In its three-page resolution," council complained that Ontario Hydro has failed to pay all of the building permit fees connected to the Darlington project. project. The resolution notes that Hydro is required to pay fees at the rate of $5 per $1,000 of building value. "Ontario Hydro has failed to fully perform this obligation," town council contends. Councillor Hamre said in an interview interview after the council meeting that there "appears" to be a major discrepancy discrepancy between the building value figures figures the municipality has been given and the price that Ontario Hydro attaches attaches to the Darlington buildings. She declined to mention an exact amount, but said "We're talking millions." millions." Also in dispute is a $5,000 fee charged by a property tax consultant for preparing a report entitled "Reproduction "Reproduction Cost of Tritium Removal Facility Facility and Office Building at Ontario Hydro's Hydro's Darlington Nuclear Power Station". The motion from town council states that despite written requests to Ontario Hydro for payment of the $5,000 owed to the town, the money has not been forthcoming. Councillor Hamre said that the study is indirectly related to the issue of building permits. She explained that there is a differ ence of opinion as to whether the tritium tritium removal facility is a "separate entity" entity" or an addition to the generating station. "As long as Ontario Hydro can show there isn't a discrepancy, there isn't a problem," Councillor Hamre added. Sue Stickley, communications offi- ,cer at Darlington, said Ontario Hydro felt it had paid the bulk of the amount but felt the area regarding "reproduction "reproduction cost of the tritium removal facility" facility" didn't fall within the scope of the study the hydro liaison committee had approved. An agreement entered into in 1977 between Ontario Hydro and the Town of Newcastle recognized that the town should not suffer from the construction construction of the Darlington Generating Station. Station. Ontario Hydro agreed to compensate compensate the town for financial impacts arising from construction and operation operation of the generating station and set up two separate funds from which money can be drawn for compensation to the town. In voting to suspend the meetings, council has stated that it will only resume resume them when such meetings "would be in the best interest of tne Town." Ms. Stickley said Ontario Hydro is disappointed the committee meetings have been suspended. She said the committee had worked well for 10 years, adding it was established established to assess the financial impacts on the town arising from the generating generating station and as a means of communicating. communicating. "The committee has been as much or more to their (the Town of Newcastle's) Newcastle's) benefit as it has been to Ontario Hydro's benefit," she said. She added that over the past 10 years, close to $2.5 million has gone to Newcastle and the Region of Durham from the impact fund for recreational facilities, fire stations and the hospital, hospital, among other things. "It's pretty surprising to us, the action action they've taken," she said, adding that as far as studies have indicated, she doesn't think the Town of Newcastle Newcastle has suffered financially as a result of Darlington. The pending operation of nuclear reactors at Darlington and the absence of emergency response plans was an- Turn to Page 2 '.p&f XljyÿW'/ B Z_ Sa W h \ îk M M F O, j H 623-3303 Fax 416.-623-6161 Wednesday, March 1,1989 Bowmanville, Ontario 52 Pages 1 35th Year Issue 9 500 Per Copy We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Firefighters Injured in Blaze Which Destroys Newcastle Home Fire destroyed this home in Newcastle Village on Friday, Friday, February 24. Part of the roof fell in and injured three firefighters, including Douglas McCurdy (inset) who suffered tom knee ligaments. Chief Jim Aldridge by Chris Clark Three Newcastle firefighters sustained sustained minor injuries battling a house fire in Newcastle Village on Friday. There were no other injuries. The fire, at 36 Church Street, began, in a woodstove chimney and engulfed the home shortly before 9:00 a.m. While standing on the roof of a one- storey add-on section of the home, firefighter firefighter Trent Elyea fell through, landing landing on Fire Chief Jim Aldridge and sustained minor injuries to his lower back. The third firefighter injured, Trent Elyea, was able to return to work on Monday. firefighter Douglas McCurdy. Mr. McCurdy sustained torn knee ligaments, ligaments, and the chief received minor injuries to his lower back. Both men were unable to work earlier this week. Mr. Elyea received some bumps and bruises but was back at work on Monday. Monday. An estimate of the damage was unavailable, unavailable, but the house is "pretty well totalled," a spokesman said. Dave and Ruth Evans and their four children had been living in the house and lost everything in tne blaze. A fund has been set up at the Canadian Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Newcastle Village to assist the family as they begin to rebuild their lives. Donations Donations also can be made at many Newcastle businesses or by calling the bank at 987-4850. The Red Cross soon will present a food vopcher to the family to help them get back on their feet. Independent Study For Area Near DGS Durham Regional council intends to obtain an independent researcher to investigate the health of residents surrounding surrounding nuclear power stations. Council decided at last Wednesday's meeting to seek an independent study because of differing stories regarding previous baseline health studies. Health and Social Services Committee Committee Chairman Diane Hamre explained that this was the first time the committee committee has been asked to deal with a study of this type. She said that they were hearing two different stories on the subject. The question of baseline studies was brought to the committee's attention attention in Januaray by a citizens' group called Durham Nuclear Awareness. At the meeting, Irene Kock and Gail Cockburn, both from DNA, expressed concerns about the health of people living near the Darlington Generating Station and the percentage of birth defects defects in the town of Pickering. DNA also submitted to the committee committee a paper by David McArthur containing containing recommendations for further study on the health of residents near nuclear power plants. The Ontario Ministry of Health re viewed the paper and said that the conclusions made in the paper were incorrect incorrect and that further studies at this time weren't necessary. The purpose of a baseline study is to accurately represent the health of the community before Darlington goes into operation. Subsequent health studies could be compared to the "baseline" study. Three "compendia" on the health of residents near Darlington have already already been completed, the most recent in September 1988. At that time, DNA claimed that the current compendium of statistics paint an inaccurate picture of the health of residents surrounding the Darlington' Generating Station. Mayor Marie Hubbard explained the need for an independent body to review the matter because there have been questions regarding certain aspects aspects of the compendium. She said after the data has been independently independently reviewed, it will then be referred to the Hydro Liaison Committee Committee where "an open, public discussion regarding the data" will be held. Based on that, the mayor concluded, concluded, the committee will decide if more data is needed. North End Fire Station Possible by Next Year The northern section of the municipality municipality may soon be getting a new fire station. Newcastle Councillor Amot Wotten informed members of council Monday night that the purchase of land for the station had been finalized in the early part of February. The station, located in the former township of Darlington, will be on the northeast corner of Regional Road 57 and Concession 8. Councillor Wotten said: "I'm really happy with the purchase. I know the previous council has fought hard for this station and I have fought for the last three years." He added that the site offers "extremely "extremely good accessibility" to serve areas areas north of Bowmanville. Construction may begin at the end of 1989 or in 1990. Simulation Shows Problems F aced by Disabled by Andrea Adair We were laughing ana joking and making light of our situation until the effect of our self-imposed "disability' became apparent. Since we were wearing earplugs, we couldn't hear properly and the bulky goggles over our eyes gave us faulty vision. vision. In fact, as soon as the earplugs were put into my ears I wanted to be left alone. I didn't want anyone to help me and I didn't want anyone who couldn't feel what I was feeling to talk to me. I felt isolated. I felt alone. And, for a brief instant, I felt scared. So began m.y lesson in disabilities HQ Office Shortage by Andrea Adair The Durham Regional headquarters issue may be springing to life once again. At the regional council meeting last week, council approved a study of office office space problems facing several regional regional departments. Don Jackson, regional councillor from Uxbridge, asked the regional chairman and the special committee of mayors to investigate office space for departments and make recommendations recommendations to council on housing the staff. Durham Region has been having problems with overcrowded departments departments for the past six or seven years, Regional Chairman Gary Herrema says. The planning and works departments departments share a building in Whitby while finance, social services and health are located in a building in Oshawa. The council chamber and administrative administrative offices arc located in the county courthouse on Rossland Road in Whitby. Whitby. Mr. Herrema said the mayors and himself will be meeting to look at alternatives alternatives to solving the office space problems. "We'll see what options we might have," he said. Some of those options may include putting office space together in Whitby and Oshawa or constructing an extension extension onto the building on Rossland Road. Some of the departments in the administration administration building in Whitby have adequate space, he says. The chairman explained that a resolution resolution was passed in 1974 creating offices offices and regional headquarters in the county courthouse in Whitby. The chairman said the issue of headquarters may come up when the regional mayors meet. However, the mayors will be dealing with alternatives, alternatives, not relocating, The mayors of the eight municipalities municipalities in the region will be meeting with Mr. Herrema on March 2. and the elderly. On Monday, I and other members of the community participated in a workshop workshop sponsored by the Ontario March of Dimes to acquire first-hand knowledge knowledge about what it is like to have a physical impairment. In total there were 12 of us participating. participating. Representatives from the Town of Newcastle, the Durham Regional Regional Police Force, Memorial Hospital, Hospital, the public school system, Stratha- ven, Community Care, the public library and the Toronto Dominion Bank lived life the way it appears through someone else's eyes for almost two hours. Appropriately, the provincially- funded program is named "Through Other Eyes". It lets participants feel rather than watch, what it is like to have a disability. We each wore devices which simulated simulated the same disabilities and each one of us was instructed to perform the same task. A five pound weight was strapped to my left ankle while a two pound weight was placed on my right wrist. The weights were to simulate arthritis. arthritis. A water-wing was also put on my right arm, preventing me from bringing bringing that arm close to my body. Three pairs of surgical gloves were put on my hands to show the difficulty in trying to use fingers without the sensitivity of touch. Our task, once the "disabilities" were in place, was to walk across the road (the workshop was held in Stra- thaven Nursing Home) to the Bow- Turn to Page 3 _ Hampered with ankle and wrists weights, ear plugs, thick gloves, a water wing on one arm, and goggles which simulated tunnel vision, Statesman reporter reporter Andrea Adair gamed a new perspective on the life of the handicapped on Monday, She took part in a March of Dimes program aimed at helping the community see the world through the eyes of the disabled. Along with about a dozen other volunteers, she was assigned the task of shopping for groceries while facing the same physical challenges that handicapped people cope with every day.