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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 28,1990 3 Tidbits from Around the Children's Multi-Media Mural Promotes Recycling Week OSHAWA - Vacancy rates in the Durham Region r, have risen in the past month although the vacancies .■n are occurring in the high end of the rent scale. Figures I - were released last week that indicate Ajax/Pickering and Uxbridge have the most vacancies with a t rental vacancy rate of 7.3 percent. In Newcastle the rate was 4.4 percent while Oshawa was 1.7 percent and Whitby ' 1.8 percent. OSHAWA -- The ROMP and Durham Regional Police seized more than five pounds of hash oil worth . $40,000 from an Oshawa home last week along with <i' $22,000 in cash. Police had pulled a truck over at Ste- venson Road and Bloor St. last Tuesday, searched the vehicle, and found two pounds of hash oil and a small amount of marijuana. After acquiring a search war- r rant, they raided a Beurling Avenue home and found 1st more of the narcotic. Police hope the seizure will make î|'. an impact on the drug flow in Oshawa. |_j OSHAWA - Construction of a $1.4 million dialysis lif; unit will be commencing soon at Oshawa General !r Hospital. The unit, used to clean the blood of patients !j. with kidney failure, will be available for patients who i* currently have to drive to Toronto for dialysis treatment treatment three times a week. Five units will be installed at the hospital. WHITBY - A 60-year-old Whitby woman was bitten by a pit bull last week when she tried to save her own dog from an attack. The woman was walking her dog when the pit bull charged from a neighbour's property. property. She was bit in the leg as she tried to pull the dog off her dog. The attack ended when the owner, who was outside, called the animal off. The woman received received two stitches. h it Green Paper Will Look At Environment Issues E r 4. S' h PORT PERRY -- The president of the Toronto/ Peterborough Passenger Rail Association is angry about the province's announcement to provide GO bus service rather than GO Train service to the Peterbo- :•? rough area. Paul Pagnuelo said the NDP had promised promised GO Train service, not buses. He said commuters are disappointed with the decision but will keep fighting fighting for train service. As part of Recycling Week '90, a multi-media mural was created at the Bowmanville Library on Saturday, November 24. These are just two of the many young artists, age six weeks to 17 years, who gathered to assemble assemble the mural from recycled materials. Artist W.B. Fraser, from Brooklin, helped to direct the project. In- dividuals and companies donated materials such as wallpaper, fabric, stacks of paper and paint which were re-assembled into a work of art. The mural was formally turned over to the municipality at a Town Council meeting Monday night and it will be displayed displayed at the Town Hall in Bowmanville. I*"- „ r r •-* *"• n« Iv I II 5'£i Ei Pi 1 p hi mï I "Not Tonight, Dear" Man in your life too tired? Christmas lights not up yet? Storms not on? ^ Unfinished projects & carpentry work Call: Spur Of The Moment 6720 Leskard Rd. N. Orono • I 983-5974 Hydro Talks May be 'Premature" The Town of Newcastle shouldn't be discussing Hydro's Hydro's plans for a second nuclear nuclear plant at Darlington, according to a spokesman for an anti-nuclear group. Durham Nuclear Awareness Awareness wants the Town of Newcastle to reconsider the mandate of the committee they developed to meet with Ontario Hydro. Dave Martin, from DNA, explained that the special committee established on October 29 to deal with matters matters relating to Darlington includes in its mandate that the special committee consider consider a "consultative process on the eventual construction of Darlington B." "Any discussion regarding regarding further nuclear expansion expansion is premature, and should be eliminated from the mandate of the committee," committee," Mr. Martin said. He Paint Swapping Plant Durham Regional, Council Council will be looking at con- . structing-a; paint exchange building.in..Oshawa at a cost of $9,000. ■ In today's council agenda, Works Commissioner Bill Twelvetrees wrote that the building, to be located at the Ritson Road transfer station, station, would be used to facilitate facilitate the exchange of usable paint. j ' "A fundamental premise behind Durham Region's program every effort will be made to reduce, reuse and recycle Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) before disposal," disposal," the commissioner explained. explained. The facility will be located located next to the HHW storage building at the transfer station. station. The buildings will include a storage area for HHW, a permanent depot for HHW ..for. residents, and a distribution distribution centre for recycled paint! Meeting for Port Granby A public meeting on the licence renewal of the Port Granby Waste Management Facility will be held in the Bowmanville council chambers chambers on December 12. The Atomic Energy Control Control Board, the licensing body of the nuclear industry, has ■ advised Newcastle Council that the licence and other topics will be discussed discussed beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Board meeting will take place the following day at the Oshawa Holiday Inn, beginning at 10 a.m. pointed out that the province province has stopped Ontario Hydro from continuing engineering engineering work and environmental environmental studies on Darlington Darlington B. Mr. Martin told council on Monday that last June DNÀ had approached the town asking them not to consult with Ontario Hydro regarding construction of a new nuclear station at Dar- New Look for Highway Two of ! is due to be recon- Highvyay Two east iwcastle i Newcast! structed. i. ... , The Ministry of Transportation Transportation has advised the Town of iNewcastlefthat detail designs designs for a 6.9 km stretch of the highway (.3 km east of the CPR structure east of Newcastle easterly to New- tonville) have begun. A letter from the ministry states "the poor condition of the existing pavement, significant significant drainage deficiencies deficiencies and substandard vertical vertical alignment have resulted in a high maintenance demand demand on this highway." The design of the road will follow the existing road and lifts, pavement widening widening and ditching will be completed completed during the reconstruction. reconstruction. An information centre for the public to review the plan will be held in the new year. lington. DNA asked them to oppose Hydro's spending on engineering studies for a Darlington B. He asked council to use the special committee to monitor Ontario Hydro's compliance with the directives directives of the provincial government. government. Mayor Marie Hubbard said that the town "doesn't necessarily accept or is committed committed to any expansion" at the site and noted that the relationship with Ontario Hydro was complex. She felt there are a number of issues that have to be monitored. Councillor Diane Harare said the town endorses the position of the province but she said that monitoring Ontario Ontario Hydro to ensure they follow requirements of the province is a provincial responsibility. responsibility. She explained that the impact fund established by Hydro is designed to offset the impacts of the station in the community. Meeting with hydro again is being done "to see the funds start being used in the interest of the taxpayers." Mr. Martin's comments were referred to the special committee. by Laura J. Richards The federal government is thinking green. And that's not just because of the Prime Minister's Irish background. background. An upcoming Green ■Paper, which will be presented presented to the House of Commons Commons within the next couple of weeks, "challenges every single aspect of the environment environment issue," said Small Business ana Tourism Minister Minister Tom Hockin on Friday. Mr. Hockin, the MP for London West, was in Bowmanville Bowmanville last week to help officially open the new Pow- erscreen of Canada Ltd. plant on Lake Rd. The Green Paper will deal with issues ranging from global warming, to with landfill sites and drinking drinking water. It covers all the issues, Mr. Hockin said. "It's going to be a paper that's going going to give solutions and tar- gets...To clean-up the environment environment and to make it safer for this and the next Items Missing From Speech Some local educators are disappointed that last week's provincial Throne Speech didn't provide more for education. "I'm a little disappointed that no references were real- made to education on 'uesda/s speech," said Diana Diana Stewart, chairperson for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. Education. "It was mentioned that there would be money for repairs repairs and maintenance for public buildings. So, hopefully, hopefully, schools will be among these buildings," she said. Earlier in the 1990-91 academic academic year, the Northumberland Northumberland Newcastle Board of Education drafted a letter called "Window of Opportunity Opportunity which asked that the newly-elected NDP government government stand by its commitment commitment to education by meeting meeting 60 per cent of approved costs for schools. The provincial government government has designated $700 million to go towards repairing repairing and maintenance of pub-. lie buildings. There are ; ^schools in the area, which j have 60-year-old boilers that} need replacing because ' they're so old there aren't parts for them any more. Peter Roach, director of education for the separate school board, does not see in the Throne Speech "an indication indication for us in education." However, he thinks that over time education will be provided for. "It appears that the NDP government is being conservative conservative and issues will be dealt with over their four to five year mandate," he said. generation." With 12 to 14 cabinet ministers working on the paper from around Canada, the paper has taken one and one-naif years to research and write. "Our concerns always are that the treating of environmental environmental problems not be excluded excluded to just regulations," Mr. Hockin said after the official official opening of the new Powerscreen assembly plant. He promised the paper will also include constructive, constructive, new ideas for "marrying industry and environmental environmental protection together." together." Referring to Powerscreen, Mr. Hockin, told The Canadian Canadian Statesman: "This particular particular facility is the best possible example of this." Powerscreen of Canada produces shredders which separate recyclable materials, materials, which help to create new landfill space. This sys tem, said Gordon Mills (NDP MPP-Durham East) at the opening of the plant, has significant impact m retrieving retrieving re-usable materials such as plastic and metals containing containing iron that would otherwise otherwise remain in the dump sites. The company also makes machinery for composting sewage sludge, thereby providing providing a safe process for returning returning it to the environment. environment. Other types of machinery the company makes includes screening plants, conveyors and crushers. crushers. During his official opening opening speech, Mr. Hockin told Powerscreen of Canada Ltd. president Brian Farmer, invited invited dignitaries and guests: "This particular company is going to be an example in all my speeches in the next two or three months when we talk about linking industry with the Green Plan." i sikkens Cetol 1 and Cetol 23 So the natural beauty of your exterior woodwork doesn't: • fade in the sunlight • isn't damaged by moisture • isn't hidden CENTRAL PAINT and WALLPAPER 295 Ritson Rd. S., Oshawa 434-3939 Hooper's Jewellers Antique Pocket Watches & Modem Watch Repairing All work done by Swiss-Trained Watchmaker (W.O.S.T.E.P.) (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Member of Canadian & American Watchmakers & Jewellers Assoc. All work guaranteed. Free Estimates. 39 King Street West Bowmanville, Ontario L1C1R2 1: (416) 623-5747 DANNY HOOPER (Certified Watchmaker) ,, AGENTS FOR: w Rolex oSu Cardinal Caravelle O Omega Seiko . 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