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îOyi'îMWILLE LIBRARY 52 TEMPERANCE ST. SOHMANVILLE, ONTARIO ir L1C3A8 EOl-lIB 910731 QQ Update on q Durham Dump Plans... O Victorian Christmas » At Clarke Museum é Section 2 Toros Gear Up q For Tournament O EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES t by Andrea Adair The number of welfare cases continues continues to rise in Durham Region. And the spiralling welfare costs are eating up more of tne social services department budget. The latest statistics for November indicate that 12,600 people in the Durham Durham Region are collecting General Welfare Assistance and the numbers are pushing the social services department department staff and facilities to the limit. Garry Cubitt, commissioner of social social services, said there has been a 65 percent increase in welfare cases this year over last. Mr. Cubitt said his concern m bringing the figures before council last week was that "the urgency of the issue issue must be before council as you must understand the magnitude ot the situation." . , "We are talking about a major fiscal impact." . , The commissioner explained some of the areas impacted by the increases are the computer systems, telephone lines and the facilities housing the social social services department. He said the 44 Bond St. building, where the department has its headquarters, headquarters, is over capacity as are the computer systems. Overtime averages 25 hours a week. All additional available funds in the Health and Social Services department department budget have been used and Mr. Cubitt said they are attempting to calculate calculate what the deficit will be. In the new year, the region could be facing a 50 to 60 per cent caseload increase, increase, he added. Councillor Diane Hamre, who chairs the health and social services committee, noted that Durham at least is better off than some municipalities. municipalities. Durham is one of the few municipalities municipalities in which the province has shared the cost of acquiring new staff to cope with the growth in the general welfare assistance. | Friday Edition 1 jh All of the elves at The Statesman are busily working on a Christmas $ È SU This e Frida" December 21, we'll be publishing a special pre-Christmas ^ M edition. It wifi contain advertising for the last-minute Christmas shopper _ ét And of course, it will include coverage of the numerous pre-Chnstmas W W events as well as some of our regular features and news. Vk ■k Look for the Friday Statesman at your newsstand, from your carrier, or JÙ -in the case of regular subscribers - in the mail. Our Newcastle Ir.de- ^ W pendent will also appear this Friday. fû H Best of all, your Friday Statesman will be free. We think of it as an ex- (L m tra Christmas present to our community. . a ft yl Merry Christmas, and we'll see you December 21. M tfl Ho!Ho!Ho! fk THANKS, SANTA - We must express express our appreciation to those who have sent Christmas cards to our office and also to Henry at Dari Dream for the tasty treats and our Base Line friend, Bertha Barnes for the gorgeous African violets. Also a word of thanks to our subscribers, bless 'em, who have been sending in renewals in every mail. We wish them all well, and a great Yule season. LETTERS - The folks in this area must be among the best let- | ter writers anywhere. This week's Statesman is filled with them from writers of all ages. Of course, the seasonal ones are special, special, but some of the controversial ones make very interesting reading reading as well. Keep 'em coming. WRONG BRANCH - We hope not too many showed up in their pyjamas at the Bowman ville Branch of Newcastle Library on Dec. 13, with their teddy bears. We erred. It happened at the Newcastle Village Branch in their new location. We misread the brochure that was sent to our office. ------- STINKER - "On Saturday, Dec. 15th, someone who has no sense of respect for others' hard work, stole our wooden Santa from our garden. I know it's only wood, but it was a family project. So, to the person who stole our Santa, Mer- S Hum Bug to you too!" -- from e Wrights. That's the spirit! OPEN HOUSE - An Open House is being held at the home of Kivor and Diana Notton on Dec. 22nd at 4 p.m. to thank friends and relatives for their support; while their son Doug was recovering from an automobile accident this year. The accident happened last February in Clarke Twp. and Doug just came home from hospital hospital on Dec. 15th, after a remarkable remarkable recovery. LAST CHANCE - Time is mining mining out for prospective winners of the "Passport to a Downtown Christmas* draw being conducted conducted by the Bowman ville Business Centre. The entries must be deposited deposited in one of the draw boxes by 12 noon on Friday, December 21. 1990 to qualify. The winner will receive a Panasonic Camcorder Camcorder which is worth over $1,400. The draw takes place Friday, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m., so you are running running out of time. TORNADO FUND - Information Information has just been received that the Bank of Montreal, Bowman- ville Branch, has set up an account account to accept any donations to the tornado relief fund,..'Readers certainly will recall the storm that dia so much damage in and around the Starkville area, a few weeks ago, causing considerable damage to several farms. HELPFUL - We have a note about a Good Samaritan who performed performed an act of kindness bn Sunday, Dec. 9/90, involving an elderly man with a driving problem. problem. (No, it wasn't the Editor). This involved rescuing this motorist motorist and safely driving him back to his apartment. An appreciative appreciative family wishes to extend sincere thanks for this kind deed, which has restored their faith in humanity. Now, that's nice news. COMPLAINT - Another reader wants to know who he can see about repairing the sand blasting to his car's body or chips to his windshield because of the coarse sand or gravel from Ncwtonvillc to Liberty St. Cutoff on 401 westbound. westbound. Every car or truck that passed him shot up gravel stones on his car. You could hear them hit and see them chip, Wc don t know the answer, MPP Gord Mills would be happy to check on it, no doubt. 625-5303 Ffljc 416-683-6181 1290 Bo^vme, OnU*. 4. PM» 136* Year 1-- 6! SO* Per St. Stephen's Student Swaps Roles with High School Principal | p RESTONj We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanvllle Atomic Energy Board To Determine Future Of Port Granby Licence OAC student, Murray Charland switched roles with 51 f Michael Nolan, eÿa Hi^Sdmolmn Monday after winning a draw held L L n i-lt.-Nn Tn vr.i+n rvf U/V jxLouuay• »n<wr « r ~. v . T - dùrihgfthe school's j recent dance-a-thon. In spite of what uns photo implies, by Andrea Adair Drinking a cup of coffee out of the principal's mug was the first thing Murray Charland did Monday morning morning when he arrived at school. Then he leaned back in the principal's principal's chair, read through the principal's principal's newspaper and looked through the principal's mail. It was a typical Monday morning for a principal hut not a typical Monday Monday for Murray. Murray is normally an OAC student at St. Stephen's High School. But for one day he donned the role of principal. principal. The real principal, Michael Nolan, was too busy to do the principal's job anyway. He was busy attending Murray's Murray's classes and doing his homework. The pair switched roles after Mur ray won a draw held the night of a dance-a-thon at the school. Murray, who is also the prime minister minister of the student council, said the switch has given him a "behind-the- scenes" look at how things are done at the school. And it has given him a teacher's point of view on some issues. "A principal really has to think of everything before he can make a decision," decision," he said. Meanwhile, in the classroom, Mr. Nolan said he had a little trouble in Murray's math class. He explained that his math was a little rusty, but he answered one question question correctly for. the class. "Murray has two math and science courses which weren't my strengths. I was a little apprehensive about letting power didn't go to principal Charland's head. He didn't ■olbsd'school early let anyonh out of.detentions, of.detentions, \f V tile students see that/' Mr. Nolan explained. explained. Hut he noted that it was good for them to see him in a "more human role." . , . The principal said he was having fun Monday, but felt he could have organized organized a few more things for Murray to do while filling his shoes for the Murray started his day with a meeting meeting with the vice principal. Of course, any disciplinary action or matters of a personal nature weren't dealt with by the principal's stand-in. Nor could Murray dismiss fellow students from detentions or end the school day at noon as some students had requested. In spite of all that, Murray, or Principal Principal Charland, was still ^having a great time" as principal for the day. by Lisa C. Brown The renewal of the operating license for the low level radioactive waste dump at Port Granby is to be decided on this week by the Atomic Energy Control Board. The Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) met at the Town Hall in Bow- manville Wednesday, December 12, to find out the concerns of the people in the region regarding the Port Granby facility. This was the second time the AECB met here in Newcastle. The first such public meeting occurred in April of 1988 when further dumping at Port Granby was banned. The site now contains contains 350,000 cubic metres of low level radioactive and contaminated waste from Cameco. The firm operates the uranium processing plant in Port Hope. The operating license for the Port Granby dump expires on Jan. 31, 1991! The AECB is considering a two year license renewal, while local environmentalists environmentalists and town council want a maximum one-year license. In her address to the AECB, Mayor Marie Hubbard said that "until the decommissioning decommissioning of the Port Granby fa- , cility is commenced and completed, l public health, public safety tind the en- j vironment remain at risk. She also stated that sinc^ the discovery discovery this spring of waste outside of the southern perimeter of the boundary boundary fence - 11 metres from the bluffs edge - Newcastle officials worry that the wastes are unstable and could slip into Lake Ontario. "The AECB should direct Cameco to conduct field investigations to determine determine whether the existing fences are correctly positioned or whether additional additional waste is deposited on other portions portions of the site," she said. The mayor criticized the Newcastle New Life for Injured Student ~ m* i n tt • i .i • • j --~ TJrv Vi oo 1 nnornforl by Andrea Adair For Diana and Kivor Notton, Christmas came early. Last Friday, their son, Doug, who was badly hurt in an automobile accident accident last February, finally came home. The 17-year-old Clarke High School student spent the past 11 months re- covering in St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and later at the Hugh MacMillan MacMillan Rehabilitation Centre. Doug says it "feels great" to be home. While he was in the centre he couldn't remember what his home life was like and was anxious to return. Doug's injuries as a result of the ac- i§s#5s ;W 'f-:; aemiMwi - v.-'V -'i'- - / V ' ' ■ . . • . . , V' /. • . • I ' i •. t ,r ' The Notton family received an early Christmas present this year when their son, who was seriously injured in a car accident 11 months ago, came home last Friday. Doug, pictured here with his father Kivor and mother Diana Diana (his sister Laura is missing from the photo), spent nearly three months at St. Michael's Hospital recovering from the accident. 1 his was to lowed by a further eight months at the Hugh MacMillan Rehabilitation Centro. He will be returning to school in January on a half day basis and will return full-time in February. cident were many. He had a lacerated liver, collapsed lung, broken ribs and a head injury which has affected both his short-term and some long-term memory. He was on life support for two weeks, didn't speak for two months and had to learn to walk and talk again. To see him now, you wouldn t believe believe he had been seriously injured at all. Although he has difficulty expressing expressing some of his thoughts, his intellect is intact. His sense of humor, his mother notes, never left him. Doug is still making progress in his recovery and doctors have said that, for many head injuries, progress continues continues to be made over five years. However, he realizes his deficits. Most head injury victims, Mrs. Notton explained, can't remember anything about their life before their injury. Doug knows when he returns to school in January, his life is going to be different. different. He used to be involved in sports, for instance, but his right leg is injured and he is unable to write with his right hand. , But he is very optimistic about his future and Mrs. Notton believes it was his attitude that had a lot to do with his recovery, as well as the support of his friends. . "Doug's recovery was certainly helped by his friends not abandoning him," Mrs. Notton _ said, explaining that many of the patients at the Hugh MacMillan Centre don't have anyone left by the time a year has gone by. But Doug's friends and the people in the community never left him, Mrs. Notton said doctors at St. Michael's Michael's said Doug's friendshad to be village kids because kids in the city don't spend the time the way they did with Doug. Turn to Pago 2 Community Liaison Group (NCLG), the body appointed by the federal Siting Siting Task Force on low level waste, as just delaying the decommissioning of Port Granby. ' . , . „ "The effect of the appointment of the Siting Task Force and the establishment establishment of the siting process by the Federal Government has been an extended, extended, most unfortunate and continuing continuing delay in decommissioning Port Granby, with continuing and unac- T ceptable consequences for the residents residents of Port Granby and the Town of Newcastle," she said. Mayor Hubbard also criticized the NCLG for its draft report three weeks ago that mentioned the possibility of leaving the wastes on a properly constructed constructed dump at the Port Granby site. " The clear position of the town has been to remove the waste., She concluded by saying that the AECB should not renew Cameco s license license for a period longer than one year. "It is essential to the Town that, there be a regular and formal opportunity opportunity to review, comment on and make submissions to the Board." Janet Mayer, a resident of Haydon, supported tne town's recommendation for a one-year operating license review by the AECB. "If we are forced to deal with the garbage then we can't help but notice that tne root of the problem lies in the production of it in the first place^ and logically we must address that," Ms Mayer said. Local environmentalist, Helen MacDonald, MacDonald, addressed the AECB on the is- Tum to Page 2 Durham Region Approves Water Increase of 6.9% Beginning January 1, water and sewer services will cost Durham Region Region residents more money. _ Durham Regional Council approved a 6.9 percent water and sewer increase at their meeting on December 12. The average impact for residential customers, however, is expected to be between 5.6 and 6 per cent for customers customers who use up to 100,000 gallons of water a year. This means the residential customer customer can expect to pay an additional $4.42 every three months. Commercial and small industrial businesses can expect an increase be- tween 6 and 8 per cent while large commercial and industrial businesses, who use 50,000,000 gallons of water a year are facing an 8 to 11 per cent increase increase on their bills. Five protesters opposed to hunting picketed a Bowmanville bait, tackle and hunting supply store on Saturday morning. "We're trying to draw attention to that ni the fact that hunting, which is de- Mcmbcrs of the Durham Animal Defenders picket a downtown store to protest against hunting. IP lib v scribed as a sport, isn't really a sport," said Edie Gomille, a spokesman for Durham Animal Defenders. The Bowmanville-based organization organization was particularly opposed to the bow hunting equipment which is sold at Farrow's Bait, Tackle and Hunting Supplies on King St. W. The store does not sell firearms. Ms. Gomille said her group objects to bow hunting because of the large number of animals which are wounded and left to die. The organization is also opposed to other forms of hunting. The animal defenders feel that hunting causes needless pain and suffering and is not necessary for survival. She said picketing the local shop during the festive season is appropriate appropriate because her 50-member group feels that goodwill ought to be extended extended "to species other than our own." Linda Farrow, who was at the store at the time the protesters arrived outside, outside, said she was surprised to see the picketers. ,,,,,, But she added that they didn't deter shoppers from coming to the store, If anything, the attention may have increased increased business. "I think actually it helped business this morning," Ms. Farrow explained. She pointed out that people came in because they were curious. She also pointed out that the store doesn't sell guns. "At least crossbows give the animal a chance," she added. And she strongly disagrees with suggestions that tne sport of hunting should be outlawed. "I really do think the hunters have Turn to Page 2