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NEWCASTLE FÜELIC LIERA?.»' COMMUNITY SERVICES LIBRARIAN ' 62 TEMPERANCE STREET BÛHNANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C3A8 UEHFU2 920327 ModelISuw v^auo Paris Her Home.. Local Singer is ... A Country Star ;D Section 2 CAUSE Study Will ^ Need Public Input (b Section 2 Local Athletes Strike Gold Again. EVERYDAY DISCOUNT PRICES King St. w. 728-4601 Oshawa . CORN ROAST - This is a last minute reminder that MP Ross Stevenson's Barbecue and Corn Roast is being held today from 4 p.m. until dusk. There is plenty of room for everyone at Black- stock Fair Grounds, so head north with your appetite arid lawn chair. Be prepared to have a good time, the entertainment will be enjoyable. DEADLINE - With the Labor Day holiday coming next Monday, Monday, the deadline for classified advertisements has been set back to Friday, August 30th at 4:30 p.m. for the Sept. 3rd edition only. We would also appreciate receiving news budgets and display display advertising as early as possible possible also, so our regular production production schedules may be maintained. BHS CLASSES - All you eager beavers out there, anxious to improve improve your skills for a wide variety variety of reasons, should check one j,•'articular advertisement in this lelition. It lists all the courses that will be available at evening school classes at Bowmanville High School, starting Sept. 23rd. Registration nights are Sept. 9, 10 and 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the school. Seniors can take them for half price; Better sign up, you can't watch Blue Jays' games all winter. FAIR ENTRIES - This is the week many people would traditionally traditionally mail their entry forms to the Orono Fair secretary. But, with the unpredictable mail situation, situation, people may be afraid their entries will not get delivered in time. To help relieve this situation, situation, a drop off box will be located located at Flowers Plus in Orono and a Fair Booth will be set up at the Bowmanville Mall on August 30th and 31st. PORT PERRY'S TURN - Now that the successful Blackstock Fair is history, and the CNE is winding down, folks in this area can look forward to plenty of excitement excitement over the next two weekends. weekends. It's Port Perry's annual fall fair this holiday weekend, to be followed by an even bigger event at Orono one weekend later. Probably many of our newer citizens citizens will be eager to find out what this community is all about and there's no better way to find out than by attending the fairs where you meet and make many friends. REGISTRATION - As you look . through this week's Statesman, you'll see advertisements notifying notifying readers and their children about a number of registrations for Scouting organizations, youth bowling. It's not only back to school time, it's also the beginning beginning of the fall social season. Many of these groups and organizations, organizations, are sorely in need of new. and dedicated leaders. Should you be interested in participating, participating, you certainly will be welcomed, welcomed, ADULT LEARNERS - We've just come across another note that will be of interest to adult learners who can head back to school at the Centre For Individual Individual Studies, with classes at Central Central Public School in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. For more information, call them at 623-6505. WELCOME BACK - To close off this column we would be remiss if we didn't welcome back all the teachers and students from their summer holidays or jobs. We trust they enjoyed the change from classes and are looking forward forward to meeting and greeting hew fellow teachers and pupils next Tuesday morning. 'Twas a short summer, wasn't it? y *fh y/ùipVj if i # I V A committee of citizens will help design design and develop the Newcastle on the Lake waterfront development. The development, which includes a hotel and condominium complex, is on 58 acres of Bowmanville waterfront property. Following a public meeting last Thursday, four persons volunteered to serve on a waterfront trail advisory committee which will help decide how public portions of the development will take shape. Anneke Kroon, Bill Stewart, John Winters and Armond Young will serve on the committee. Their ideas "will be used in the design design and development of the public access access portions of the project," said Larry Larry Gold, planning co-ordinator on behalf of the developer, Westcom Construction. Construction. "This plan is a ground breaker and it comes at a time when people are en- vironmentally-conscious," Mr. Gold said. The proposed development is to be on property south of the Canadian National National Railway lands and bordered by Lamb's Rd. on the west, Bennett Ra. on the east, and Lake Ontario to the south. Yipr Qj Mr. Gold said he wants the advisory committee to keep in mind the question question of "how do people want to see the land used?" The latest plans for the waterfront, which were shown to the 40 or more people who attended the August 22 open house include an open air amphitheatre, amphitheatre, a boardwalk setback from the bluffs, and a staircase descending from' the bluffs to the beach area below. The plans also call for public access to a beach area near the hotel/ convention facilities and 50 parking spaces for the public. There would also be another small jtiLlin Li g j m ff à " i/lkJ « JL park which would be accessible to the public as well as parking near the open air theatre. Originally, when the development plans were announced in February of 1990, there was to be a marina and a public road through the centre of the site. The most recent draft of the plans reveals that the road is still there, but the marina proposal has been removed. removed. Mr. Gold said, however, during last week's meeting with residents that the advice given to the developer would not necessarily be followed. "This does not mean the developer is. going to comply with everything," Mr. Gold stated. He said the developer would like to see representatives from the area's Business Improvement Association take an interest in the project. Presently, the developer's plan allows allows about 47 per cent of the available land within the project to be used as green space. At the time the project was announced announced in 1990, David Crombie, the head of the Royal Commission on waterfront waterfront lands, said he was impressed Turn to Page 2 1.4 1.0 Ay'Wx/ * 683-3303 Fax 416-683-6161 Wednesday, August 88,1991 Bowmanville, Ontario 86 Pages 137th Year Issue 35 56* + 4$ G.S.T. = 604: IJRESTOMJ We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville Lots of Puppy Chow for Giant Litter of 12 Alaskan Malamutes vît 'Jaiwu. leas Hof diggity dog! There's a sea of wagging tails land wet noses at the residence of Donna and Bruce Snowden on Enfield Road. Here, Donna and her two-year-old son, Zachary, are with' the 12 healthy puppies born to Shasta, Donna's Alaskan Malamute. The pups are four weeks old. The frolicking dozen were outside for the first time on Monday afternoon, Aug. 26, and appeared to really enjoy themselves on the soft, green grass. There are six females and six males in this brood and they each weighed in at about four pounds. Most of the puppies are already sold and it was hard for our photographer to walk away without one. Hunger Striker Pleased With Promises to Move Wastes in Port Granby Garbage Transfer Station to be Discussed at Meeting Pickering Site Possible The Durham Region's elected officials officials will be holding a special meeting today in order to discuss the building of a temporary garbage transfer station station in Pickering. Construction of the station, with a price tag estimated at $10 million to $12 million, has been demanded by Ontario's provincial government. The station will be needed for han dling Durham Region garbage once the Brock West site in Pickering runs out of space. Estimates suggest that the Pickering site could reach capacity late next year. "Personally, I want to know who's going to pay for it," said Ward Two Regional Regional Councillor Ken Hooper. 'To you and me, that's a lot of money." Environment Minister Ruth Grier The Newcastle Professional Firefighters Firefighters Association, in co-operation with the Town of Newcastle Fire Department, Department, is hoping that hands-on experience experience will teach children effective fire safety. They are launching a program in the Durham Region which has been proven successful in other provinces like British Columbia. The new fire safety tool is called the "Fire Safety House." And it's actually a simulated house, 21 feet long and 8 feet wide. It will have two storeys, a balcony and a kitchen and bedrooms. The object is to teach school-age children how to escape a fire if trapped inside a house. A safe and breathable synthetic smoke will be pumped throughout the mobile training centre and, with the help of firefighters, smoke detectors ana heat detectors, as well as visual and audio effects, an accurate portrayal portrayal of conditions present in a real home, will be created. Firefighter Tim Calhoun of Local 3139 in Bowmanville initiated the idea of the Fire Safety House in Ontario after after reading about it in a magazine. According to the magazine, there are 24 fire safety houses in B.C alone. Since the inception of the program eight years ago, the province has seen a 36 percent decrease in the number of fire related deaths. Of the 176 fire fatalities occurring in Ontario in 1989, 161 'took place at residential properties, These numbers represent a major increase over previ ous years. For Mr. Calhoun these statistics were reason enough to try and bring the fire safety house to Ontario as well. The cost to build the house is estimated estimated at $8000. Many regional businesses businesses and organizations have made generous donations to see the project realized and McDonald's on Ritson Rd. in Oshawa will be donating $5000 to the cause. All contributors will have their name displayed on the house. The firefighters, themselves, are donating donating their own money and time to build the house as well. "Everyone is taking a lot of interest in it," said Mr. Calhoun. "It's really great to see." Grease fire scenarios and procedures, procedures, escape routes and escape aids, videos, a puppet show and fire truck tours are some of the activities planned for the fire safety house. Upon successful completion of the fire awareness program, the child will receive a certificate which indicates he or she is qualified to teach the same fire safety procedures to their families. Mr. Calhoun hopes to have the fire house built by Fire Prevention Week during the second week of October. The fire house will be travelling to separate and public schools in the Durham Region that week and thereafter. thereafter. "It'll be a really good experience, said Mr. Calhoun. "And there's no better better way to teach kids fire safety than by experience itself." has designated the Brock West site as the place to build the transfer station. The site would be used for residential, residential, commercial and industrial waste, said Ward One Regional Councillor. Larry Hannah. The trash would then be transferred to the Keele Valley landfill site in York Region for permanent permanent disposal. "This transfer site is to keep traffic to a minimum at.the Keele Valley site which is going to be expanded," said Councillor Hannah. Once the transfer station is built and operating, Durham Region will lose the benefit of a special rebate program program it had worked out with Metro Toronto, the operators of the Brock West site. The rebate is based on the population population of the Durham Region instead of the currently-recommended tonnage of waste dumped. "This will cost Durham Region up to $8 million," said Councillor Hannah. However, on the positive side, Envir ronment Minister Ruth Grier "indicated "indicated she'd be willing to discuss financial assistance with Durham Region," said Councillor Hannah. "They're saying the transfer station is to operate for only four years," said Councillor Hannah, "We need longer than four years to see some kind of payback for Durham Region," he added. added. "This will cost us a lot of money that it shouldn't have cost," the councillor councillor said. In a report to the Durham Region, Ontario's environment minister stated: stated: "I am of the opinion that it is necessary necessary in the public interest that the municipality establish, maintain and operate a waste management system consisting of one or more transfer stations stations to ensure that you have the capacity capacity to transport waste to the Keele Valley waste disposal site or other waste disposal sites." The minister has directed that the Durham Region proceed with studies related to trie transfer stations and also to develop a community involvement involvement program which would inform the public of plans for handling the waste and seek their comments, The minister has requested a summary summary of costs of developing the Brock West transfer station no later than February of next year. by Laura J. Richards" After an 11-day hunger strike, John Veldhuis had his wish come true last Wednesday. He received assurances from the federal government that the process of re-locating Port Granby's 650,000 cubic metres of radioactive wastes would proceed. "I got what I wanted and am pleased with the outcome," said John Veldhuis on Monday, Aug. 26. "We have a date, a chairman and a budget." Patrick MacCulloch will be the chairman of the siting task force which will look at the next phase of safely removing the Port Granby low level radioactive waste. Energy Mines and Resources Minister Jake Epp announced his appointment on Wednesday, August 21. "Mr. MacCulloch brings to the process extensive experience in resource management," said Mr. Epp. "He was the founding Chairman of the Mining Industry Technological Council of Canada which initiated and managed co-operative government industry research and development programs and chaired a committee on training and education." 1 ' Mr. MacCulloch is the pres/dent of Peak Consultants, an international management consulting practice with Associates in Canada and England. He has also been a Distinguished Visitor for the Centre for Research Studies at Queen's University and a Director of the Morgan Bank of Canada. A budget of $22 million over four years' span has been set for site assessments, related studies and administration costs. Appointments of other Task Force members are expected to be announced by fall. "It has been a fairly tense time," Durham MP Ross Stevenson said on Saturday in reference to Mr. Veldhuis* hunger strike. "It is nice to have the final process under way. " Mr. Veldhuis, a 54-year-old Newcastle resident, started his fast on Sunday, August 11, to protest the length of time it was taking the federal government to name a start-up time for the next phase of the Cooperative Siting Task Force for Low-Level Radio Active Waste. Although the next phase had actually been agreed to by Parliament in late spring, a chairman and a start-up date had yet to be announced. The federal government estimates that the independent siting task force "Fast" Food is Not Too Tasty by Laura J. Richards A simple banana split or a hot dog is enough to drive a former hunger striker into ecstasy. "Right after the press conference, I had a lovely bottle of mineral water mixed with juice," said John Veldhuis on Monday. He was referring to a press conference last Wednesday in which he announced that he would end his fast. Mr. Veldhuis' protest was over the future of the Port Granby site which contains waste from uranium refining. The ravines where the material was dumped are within close proximity to Lake Ontario. When he was finally assured by the federal government that a task force looking into the clean-up of Port Granby would proceed with its work, Mr. Veldhuis ended his fast. "On Wednesday night, I had a delicious dinner of three bananas, one orange and a bottle of Gatorade." The next day was grueling--he had a breakfast of oatmeal porridge. "I had a physical, including blood and urine tests. My doctor pronounced me in A-l condition and said I could eat anything I wanted to." However, Mr. Veldhuis has found it doesn't take a lot of food to fill his stomach any more, "I'm not eating a lot, since my stomach has shrunken." will take four years to complete Phases Four and Five. During these next two phases, communities who have volunteered to accept the wastes will explore the technical, environmental and social aspects of receiving wastes. _ The "source" communities, where the wastes are currently located, will focus their attention of the removal of the wastes. "Joint decision-making between the various levels of governmental and the public is proving to be an excellent method for solving environmental problems," the energy mines and resources minister saialast week. n • - » ' , 1 J / . ■ X ; ,1 . \ S» V jk; & m mj* *x X: X Ml; Brian and the Beanstalk "Hey mom, do.you think if I climb it I'll see a giant just like in "Jack and the Beanstalk?" Seven-year-old Brian Chartrand is dwarfed in comparison to this giant sunflower outside his home in Kendal. The sunflower has, so far, reached over 16 feet and is still growing!