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i v AV P* Delivered j Free of Charge to 18,000 Homes in Clarington from The Publishers of Œ&t Canadian Statesman i V- ' \ p TfSrZ&SXmifà Clarington Day To be Held at Exhibition on August 24th Clarington will invite the entire city of Metropolitan Toronto to take a look at its unique lifestyle during a special day at the Canadian National Exhibition. August 24 will be "Clarington Day" at the CNE, Mayor Diane Hamre announced on Thursday. "The day will be committed to showing the lifestyle of the municipality municipality of which we are so proud," she said. Mayor Hamre announced Clarington's Clarington's role at the CNE during a breakfast with business leaders held Thursday at the Flying Dutchman Hotel. Speaking to an audience of about 50, she explained that further details will be outlined as the date approaches. approaches. Business encouraged to day at the C.N.E. However, she said the day would include elephant rides from the Bowmanville Zoo's famous elephants. elephants. There will also be displays at the CNE featuring industries, housing, museums, the arts, and many other facets of life in Clarington. Clarington. It is also expected that there will be coupons in local newspapers giving Clarington residents a reduced reduced admission fee on Clarington Day. She assured the business representatives representatives that they >vill be encouraged encouraged to participate in Clarington's special day at the CNE. Clarington's mayor also unveiled two other new initiatives aimed at making the municipality more beautiful beautiful and more attractive to businesses. businesses. An Apple Blossom Award will be presented to businesses and homeowners who make special efforts efforts to keep their properties beautiful. beautiful. "The awards will recognize and promote the efforts of residents who beautify their properties," Mayor Hamre explained. "The public will be encouraged to nominate candidates candidates for this award. The awards program will be held in conjunction with the three local horticultural societies. societies. Continued on Page 4 The Bowmanville Zoo has welcomed a new elephant to its herd. She is Gretch- en, a 30-year-old African elephant who is on a breeding loan from the Cincinnati Zoo. The Bowmanville Zoo hopes she will mate with their male elephant, Angus. Gretchen is shown on the left. That's Angus on the right, along with Michael Hack- enberger, co-owner of the zoo. by Laura J. Richards It will be approximately two years before the federal government decides what to do about nuclear waste at the dump site near Port Granby. Before that decision can be made, a number of reports need to be researched and written. The Community Liaison Groups in a number of communities, including The Bowmanville Goodyear Eagles are still alive in their playoff series against the Rockton Real McCoys. Three goals by Gary Armstrong led Bowmanville to a 5-1 win on Thursday night Rockton still leads the best-of- seven series 3-2. Game six is in Rockton on Sunday Sunday afternoon. Should Bowmanville Bowmanville win, game seven will be at the Recreation Complex on Monday Monday night at 7:30 p.m. . Clarington, are searching for the best way to get the material out 1 On Monday night, April 18, two engineers were at the Newtonville Public School to talk to local residents residents about the "Remediation of the Port Granby Site." Speaking about the number of different materials deposited near Port Granby by the Eldorado Nuclear Nuclear refinery was Glenn Case, from Port Hope. Case is with SENES Consultants Ltd. He said many materials madu up the 360,000 cubic meters of waste held within the trenches at the site. Among them are neutralized raffinate, raffinate, arsenic and radium concentrates, concentrates, calcium fluoride, scrubber sludge, metal slag, silver, cobalt, and zirconium residue. However, this is not the entire list. There are also building materials materials and regular types of waste. This represents the primary wastes. The secondary wastes are those that have come in contact with the primary wastes or leachate from the primary wastes. For example, contaminated contaminated soil is a secondary waste. Before the extraction of these wastes takes place, a number of areas, areas, including: cost, contouring, noise, traffic, air and water quality must be studied. Dr. David Dubois of Colder Associates Associates examined different treatments treatments of the màterial which would help in its safe and effective handling. handling. He discussed processes which would stabilize the materials or chemically wash them. He also spoke about soil flushing and reverse reverse osmosis. A time-table for the actual digging digging and moving of the three area sites will need to be drawn up once the potential host community of Deep River approves locating the material there. The three local sites containing the waste include Port Granby, Welcome and Port Hope Once all the reports are in, then it is up to the federal government to take a look at all the work accom- Continued on Page 3 A&P Canadian Tire Flyer* Graham's IGA* Maxi Drug Miracle Food Mart (*indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 Clarington taxpayers could face a 4.42 per cent increase in the public school mill rate this year, says a media media release from the Northumber- land-Clarington Public School Board. This estimate comes from the Superintendent Superintendent of Business, Ron Sudds, who told trustees at an April 20 meeting that, despite the lower annual budget of $143.9 million, the increase looks likely. With revenues lower for the board this year due to the board be- lion, "a drop of about $8.8 million coming "more assessment-rich," the from last year's budget." administration is seeing some of its Trustees have learned the prov- provincial revenue decline, said ince has decided to provide grant Sudds. money for summer school transpor- Cuts to the system would run talion, which means the board will from $7 million to $3 million, ac- again be busing secondary school cording to board business officials, students to neighbouring boards for This would mean an average overall summer school, mill rate increase of two per cent, The next budget meeting has one per cent or zero. been set for Tuesday, April 26 at the The school board added that the board office located at $34 D'Arcy current budget stands at $143.9 mil- St„ Cobourg.