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Delivered j Free of Charge to' 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of E&t Canadian statesman i W/A mwmMm. iippp; iiiiiiiii liliil! m m WWmwimm WÊÊÊËÈÈmm tar, issue 45 by Laura J. Richards Newtonville residents can breathe a sigh of relief for the moment. moment. The preferred Interim Waste Authority (IWA) dump' site is in Pickering. In an announcement ' Friday morning, the IWA revealed that the EE 11 site is its number one choice for a new Durham Region landfill operation. , This particular site is located at Taunton Rd., west of Brbck Rd. It. is near the hamlet of Cherrywood. In addition, thé IWA also revealed revealed the preferred locations for new landfill sites which would serve the Region of Peel and the combined combined areas of Metro Toronto and the Region of York. The announcement announcement was made in Woodbridge. On Wednesday, Nov. 10, The Independent Independent discussed the possibility of the IWA targeting Pickering as the location of a Durham Region only dump site, with Pickering's mayor, Wayne Arthurs. "We already have our consulting team in place and have been working working on our own behalf throughout the IWA process," he said. "If the preferred site is in Picketing, 1 then they'll be focusing their attention on that site and continuing to prepare appropriate documentation necessary necessary for the environmental assessment assessment hearing." That won't be all that will happen. happen. Mayor Arthurs said the property property on which the preferred site is located located is owned by the province! - "We will continue the public and political agenda in respect to the province which owns all of the lands on which the site would exist." exist." He noted the Ontario government has some responsibility if, in fact, the IWA is at arms-length.from the government. Mayor Arthurs said the government must respond to the IWA by telling it whether or not the government supports the use of provincial provincial lands for the purposes of landfill. Mayor Arthurs pointed to the initiatives initiatives of the agricultural land reserve, reserve, the 407 alignment and the future future of the proposed Seaton Community. As far as he is concerned, concerned, the Seaton Community will definitely happen. On Thursday morning, Mayor Diane Hamre said, "I really hate to see it (the dump site) go anywhere." Mayor Hamre, like Mayor Arthurs, Arthurs, would like the provincial government government to reassess where it stands on finding a host community to take the garbage outside of thé local area. "Like ourselves, Pickering has done its share" of taking care of other other people's garbage, she said. Ward Three Regional Councillor Ann Dreslinski, stated while this fight may be over, there will always be others in the offing. Councillor Dreslinski cited the long-standing opposition the municipality municipality has had over the Laidlaw landfill site which is near the property property that had been considered by the IWA. "Laidlaw is always going to be there. I'd like to be privy to the reasons reasons why the Newtonville site is not chosen," she said. "Hopefully, they won't be so vague we can't use them against Laidlaw," Councillor Dreslinski noted. noted. The following is a list of Durham Region sites which' were originally on the IWA's short list: The Pickering sites included: •Tl- on Altona Road above Taunton, South of Hwy #7--no centres centres of settlement along the access routes for hauling waste. •EE4 -- on Hwy #7, west of Brock Road (Pickering) •EE10 -- Whitevale Road, south of Hwy #7, west of Brock Road. •EE11 -- Taunton Road, west of Brock Road (Pickering) . The Clarington site was: •KK2 -- Stapleton Road, north of Hwy #2, west of Reid Road and the Village of Newtonville. The minimum property size needed to store 20-years worth (6.6 million tonnes) of garbage is 222 acres. Graham's IGA* • .Maxi Drug . :A& P Newcastle Square Boy* ('indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please cohtact our office at 623-3303 Remembrance Day Ceremonies held in Clarington People Asked Flag-bearers participating in Remembrance Day servies in Bowmanville joined war veterans, a pipe band and military vehicles vehicles in a procession along King St. to the Cenotaph on Temper- ance St., where wreaths were laid. Following prayers and the read- Nnt tn Ovpiiook ing of the honor roU of war dead ' the P arade returned to Legion United Nations by Lorraine Manfredo A commanding officer with the Royal Canadian Armored Corps sincerely sincerely hopes United Nations soldiers are not overlooked in our Remembrance Remembrance Day prayers. Lieutenant Colonel Dan Matthews commands 255 reserves in his Ontario regiment, some of whom are next in line to be sent on peace-keeping missions missions overseas. These young soldiers will be asked to protect air bases, perform sentry duty and defend borders. According Lt. Col. Matthews, their willingness to enter a war-zone is no small sacrifice. Lt. Col. Matthews was the featured speaker at the November 8th Armistice Armistice Day meeting of the Bowmanvillc Lions Club. Approximately 70 men and women women from both the Lions Club and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #178 listened to his speech. In addition to being in charge of the RCAC regiment, Dan Matthews is the new inspector in charge of the Port Perry detachment of the Durham Regional Regional Police, covering Port Perry, Turn to page two