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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 28,1990 Section Two Bowmanville Golfer in Barbados Tournament Citizens Seek Halt To Dump Proposal Warehouse Clearance Centre Opens in Oshawa The Committee of Clarke Constituents has sent the following following letter to Premier Peterson. Last week, Seth "Snuffy " Hunt dropped in on the Editor, complete with clippings clippings and photos of a recent expedition he and Milt Corson of Bowmanville took to Barbados. There, they were involved in the 5th annual seniors (over 55) golf tournament tournament at the Sandy Lane Golf & Country Club in St. James, including 42 players from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, France, Italy and the Channel Islands. Snuffy came in 5th or 6th, he said, and Milt was around 7th. He also must have been recruited to take picitures of Snuffy, at left in the photo, along with Lord Forte, chairman of the Trusthouse Forte group of which Sandy Lane Hotel is a member. He also donated the trophy for the prestigious event. Others in the picture picture include Sahim Geddies of Brighton, England and another Canadian, Dave Wilson, Red Deer, Alberta. Snuffy will be leaving soon for the famous Masters tournament at Easter in Atlanta. Georgia, where he will once more be one of the guards on duty. He also hopes to be able to play that course before returning to his area. Hobnobbing with Harvey By Harvey Malcolm "Footprints in the sands of time are never made by sitting down on the job." Yesiree Bub, I'm considering considering making a "change"! No, not a sex change, ' a name change. This has come about by a long succession of minor misadventures, none of which was earth shatter- Seniors Meet For Supper Bowmanville Senior Citizens Citizens met at the Lions Centre Centre March 13, 1990. A delicious delicious Pot Luck supper was enjoyed convened by Mrs. R. Shackelton and her Social Committee. Mrs. H. Millson, President, President, conducted the business meeting. She then introduced introduced Mr. David Chapman, who is a teacher of Taé Chi Chiian, one of the oldest Marshall Arts. After explaining explaining the moves, he demonstrated demonstrated and invited all to go through the moves with him. Cards were played and the winners were E. Reid, J. Slemon and D. Wollstein. All Seniors are invited to the next meeting, April 10, at the Lions Centre. Leah Bennett. mg singularly, but collectively collectively a pain in the clavicle. "Fur-instance", the setting setting of mouse trap has suddenly suddenly become a traumatic experience. Not that our residence residence is overun with varmints, varmints, but as a precaution we periodically set a baited trap in the back shed to intercept intercept any Mickey or Minnies Minnies who might have an inclination inclination to cohabitate our domicile and raise a family. We have learned by trial and error - mostly error, that you never hoi a a trap once it is set, from the baited baited end. This is particularly true with a rat trap we found to our sorrow - sure is a knuckle-kracking experience. experience. ■ Another frustrating experience experience that we endure weekly weekly or more often, is those plastic bags that come on rolls in supermarkets for your veggies, etc. How do you ' find which end is the open end? They provide you with nary a clue such as "this end is up or down or whatever." To my casual visual visual inspection both ends- look exactly the same. The question is, How do you insert insert a bunch of celery into what looks like a deflated balloon. Taint easy! And to make matters worse, our "Kitchen Aid" comes along and with a twist of her forefinger forefinger (forefinger not four fingers) and thumb and a carefully calculated look of disdain, flips open the bag and incarcerates the offending offending celery with one fell swoop. And take those "Childproof" "Childproof" bottles of baby food, etc. that .one finds on shelves in grocery and drug stores. They are incorrectly labelled! They should read "adult-proof". It's very disconcerting disconcerting to have your 6 year old granddaughter demonstrate now to open same. Likewise those small cellophane cellophane or tinfoil packages or chips, peanuts etc. which playfully suggest that one opens it from this end. Ix- nay! Unless we can find a nail, a knife or a pair of scissors scissors we could starve to death with the offending morsel inaccessible in- our hand. So, we're thinking not so very seriously of changing our name to "Ima Klutz." -How does that grab you? Just please restrain your enthusiasm, enthusiasm, it was just a passing passing fancy. We can't visualize such a cognomess as an attractive format for this column. ONTARIO GOVERNMENT NOTICE GO TRAIN EXTENSION STUDY WHITBY TO OSHAWA As part of the GO Train service expansion program, the Government of Ontario extended GO Train service from Pickering to Whitby in 1988. A. study to assess the further extension of GO Train service from Whitby to Oshawa is now nearing completion. This study is à joint Provincial/Municipal undertaking involving the Ministry of Transportation, GO Transit and Durham Durham Region. Previous Public Information Centres for the project were held in June and November of 1987 and in June of 1988. Following an upcoming fourth round of Public Information Centres, the project will be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for consideration under the Environmental Assessment Act of Ontario. The extension of GO Train service from Whitby into Oshawa is proposed to be implemented in two stages. Preliminary design of the recommended route for this GO Train extension project has been completed to the point where specific details, project staging and property impacts have been identified. The details of the recommended plan for extending GO Train service from Whitby to Oshawa. for both the initial and ultimate stage, will be available at a fourth series of Public Information Centres. Monday, April 2.1990 Oshawa Holiday Inn Guild Room West 1011 Bloor Street East Oshawa, Ontario 6:00-9:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 3,1990 Whitby Municipal Office 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontario 6:00-9:00 p.m. i \ nco oNAi 1 7 7 l TOWN OF I ^ AJAX TOWN OF 1 \ T f - WHITBY z - -k yi >, 1 / ? 1 V ' \ i i * - i \i i y \, A Uz . - ^ ». l.I.O- MUNICIPAUX» OF DUNHAM r " T\t""' f '\ TOWN OF CITY .OF OSHAWA NEWCASTLE "".r. 1 i fc/j )i it : ,. ,V, You are encouraged to attend one of the Information Centres to express your views For any further information, please contact Mr Howard Anders oi Project Manager Toronto Area Coordinating Ollico Ministry of Transportation 1201 Wilson Avenue 3rd Floor, Wont Tower Downsviow. Ontario M3M1 JO Tot (i110)235-39G0 Mr nenoRadolll Consultant Project Manager M M Dillon Limited •V Sheppard Avenue East Willowdalo. Ontario M2N6H5 Tel (<11G) 220-1G-1G Ministry ol Transportation Ontario William Wryo, Minister Mlnlstdro dos Transports William Wryo, Ministre Re: Laidlaw Landfill Site, Town of Newcastle Regional Municipality of Durham Dear Mr. Peterson, Our Committee is writing this letter to you, more out of frustration than anger, to express our concern that the financial interests of a large corporation appear to systematically systematically be given preference preference over the legitimate interests interests of our community and its environment. The Committee of Clarke Constituents for the Environment Environment is a volunteer group of concerned citizens from the (former) township of Clarke in the Town of Newcastle. For the past seven seven years we have actively opposed the expansion of this local landfill site. Our members come from every political stripe, and therefore therefore as a committee we have no partisan 'axe to grind'. However, we do share a common belief that this landfill site is bad for our community and even worse for our environment. A disturbing disturbing pattern of events has developed lately that we think you should be aware of as premier of this province. province. To put these events in the proper context, it is necessary necessary to very briefly describe describe the history of the site. From the early 50's until 1971 is was a gravel pit that became a dump for local gar- bage.Jn 1971 it was licensed to operate as a landfill over an area of 20 acres. (It should be noted that it has never undergone a full environmental environmental review of its su- . tiability.) In 1983, the owners owners at the time (Regional Reclaimers), applied for a 100 acre expansion into prime agricultural land. This request was refused by the Town of Newcastle and the Region of Durham because because of environmental problems. In 1987 the site was purchased by Laidlaw Waste Systems who immediately immediately applied for the same 100 acre expansion. This was also subsquently denied by the Town of Newcastle and the Region of Durham in 1988, again for environmental environmental reasons. Laidlaw then announced that it would submit a revised third application for its 'Main Expansion' Expansion' of 100 acres. In the meantime, (in January 1989), Laidlaw applied for a separate 'Infill' expansion. This interim expansion would allow the current 20 acre site (which is now at or near capacity) to continue to operate while Laidlaw's 100 acre 'Main Expansion' proposal proposal undergoes an environmental environmental assessment. We are very concerned about how this 'Infill' proposal proposal is being processed. Consider Consider the following facts: 1. In March 1989, the Minister of the Environment was strongly urged by our Committee, the Town of Newcastle, and the Region of Durham to designate the 'Infill' proposal under the Environmental Assessment Act. It was well within his Obituary Mary Evelyn (Taylor) Alder Following a short illness, Mniy Evelyn (Taylor) Alder aged. 74, died on Monday, February 26, 1990, in her home at Wilmot Creek, Bow- mnnville. Daughter of N.I-I. (Norman) (Norman) and May Tnylor,she was born in Thunder Bay, and educated in Bowman- ville. She was married December December 31, 1941, to the Into Ron Stanley Alder. A nurse by profession, she had resided in Bowmnn- ville nt 42 Centro Street for 30 years. The past three and n half years she lmd resided nt Wilmot Creek. She had been actively involved involved throughout tho years in swimming, skating, dancing, dancing, track and field (High School). She was also n member of tho Women's Institute, Institute, Wilmot Creek Lawn Bowling Association, nnd tho Bowmnnvillo Lawn Bowling; Club. Surviving nro hor daughter daughter Patti L. Dovitt, son-in- law Wnyno, two grandchildren, grandchildren, son Warren nnd dough tor-in-lnw Carol. Funeral services wore hold on Wednesday nt the Northcutt Elliott Funeral Homo, Bowmnnvillo, with tho Rovorond Frank Lockhart Lockhart officiating. Donations wore received in lier memory from tho Wilmot Wilmot Creek Homo-Owners Association, and tho All Star Tracking hockey team. A beautiful lierai tribute was also received from St. Marys Cement. . Interment Mount Lawn Cemetery Oshawa. discretionary power as Minister Minister to designate it under the E.A.A. It was not an unreasonable unreasonable request given the fact that this site has been allowed to exist (by default) without ever having undergone undergone an environmental review review and the fact that for years our community has been plagued with environmental environmental problems caused by this site. All of the technical data collected by the Town and Region have indicated that the site is environmentally environmentally unsuitable. In our view, it made no sense to deal with the two expansions expansions under separate Acts, in a piece meal fashion. There is only one issue - the suitability of this site as a landfill operation. However, in his July 20, 1989 letter to our Committee, we were advised advised by the Minister that the 'Infill' proposal would be designated separately under the shorter and less comprehensive comprehensive Environmental Protection Protection Act. 2. In an effort to defuse the environmental concerns over the site hydrogeology, Laidlaw subsequently proposed proposed a massive sewer force- main plan for both the 'Infill' 'Infill' and 'Main' Expansions to deal with the leachate from the site. Our Committee Committee requested that the Minister Minister 'bump up' the M.O.E. review of this new proposal to a full environmental assessment. assessment. Given the magnitude magnitude of the sewer forcemain project, its potential environmental environmental impact on the 12 km route ana the effect of doubling our current sewage treatment plant capacity - this was not an unreasonable unreasonable request. However, in his letter of January 8, 1990, the Minister declined our request with the simple explanation that it was a 'private undertaking' and therefore not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. We fail to see the logic behind this explanation. Are 'private' environmental threats less serious than 'public' ones? 3. On November 1, 1989, Regional Council passed a resolution opposing the inclusion inclusion of Section 144(3) of the Regional Municipality of Durham Act in the Consolidation Consolidation Hearings Act. However, However, in February 1990, the Minister of the Environment agreed with Laidlaw that section'144(3)- of the Durham Durham Act should:be included in the Consolidated Hearings Hearings Act and has instructed his legal staff accordingly. We understand that ' this will require an 'Order in Council' from the cabinet. On February 26,1990 our Town Council passed a resolution resolution expressing its 'great disappointment in his decision decision which appears to Council Council to favour the expedition of the establishment of an expanded landfill at Laidlaw's Laidlaw's site in the Town of Newcastle over the legitimate legitimate interests of residents and taxpayers of the Town'. These same sentiments were expressed to the Minister Minister as early as December 1988 in a letter from our Town Mayor, Regional Chairman, M.P.P. and M.P. who urged him not to agree to Laidlaw's demands to circumvent circumvent the normal process emphasis on legalistic tactics tactics than there is on concern for the environment. We are a small rural community community with limited resources resources and we do not think that we are competing on 'a level playing field'. In fact, the evidence evidence to date suggests that the Ministry of the Environment Environment is doing everything within its power to expedite this 'Infill' application. Over the past few years we have been in contact with and made detailed submissions submissions to a number of your Ministers. It has now become necessary for us to appeal to you directly as the first minister, to review this situation to ensure that our community is treated fairly. We understand that your Ministers are restricted by legislation and regulations that govern the review process. process. It is our view that the rights of our community are no less important than the rights of a corporation. But if the review 'process' we are dealing with here does not recognize that fact, then we respectfully suggest you change the process. In summary, from our perspective, these recent developments developments seem to indicate that the legitimate concerns of the area residents, the Town of Newcastle, and the Region of Durham are being swept aside for the sake of expediency. Since events are moving quickly, we look forward forward to your early response. In the meantime, we ask that you impose a moratorium moratorium on the processing of- these applications until- these issues are resolved.ionn • Yours truly,. D.J. Scott Chairman, Committee of Clarke Constituents. Bob and Helen Sherman, of Wilson's Furniture, in Oshawa, have opened a new warehouse clearance centre in Oshawa. Mr. Sherman, president of Wilson's Furniture, Furniture, says that his business offers quality furniture at lower prices because he purchases floor models or inventory surpluses at greatly reduced costs from factories factories and showrooms and then passes the savings on to the customers. Legitimate savings, he adds, are offered on one-of-a-kind items. Wilson's Warehouse is open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is located at 81 Richmond Street West, one ilock north of Wilson's Oshawa showroom. Bob and Helen Sherman are pictured lere. 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