2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, April 27,1994 Section Two % Cattaitan Statoan Fonner Publishers • Rev. W. R. Climie, 1854 -1878 • M. A. James, 1878 -1935 • George W. James, 1935 -1957 Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited P.O. Box 190,62 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 ' 905-623-3303 For 140 Years, Our First Concern Has Been Our Community Publisher-John M. James Assoc. Publisher - Richard A. James Plant Manager - Donald J. Bishop Ad. Manager - Brian C. Purdy Editor - Peter Parrott Production Fax 905-623-6161 Rick Patterson, Laurens Kaldeway, Doug Lugtenburg, Sharon McMullen, Barb Patterson, Ralph Rozema, Jim Snoek, Vance Sutherland, Jim Tuuramo Advertising Editorial Laverne Morrison, Eva Westerman Brad Kelly, Lorraine Manfredo, Laura J. Richards Office Angela Luscher, Junia Hodge, Grace McGregor, Nancy Pleasance-Sturman, Marilyn Rutherford Startling Facts Drive Need for Cancer Centre It's time to step up the battle for a regional cancer care centre at Oshawa's hospital. And that's exactly what Durham Region citizens are doing. Last spring, a petition containing over 15,000 names in support of the treatment centre took just six weeks to complete. Now, residents are urged to write letters asking the provincial Minister of Health to proceed with the project: Before you dismiss the campaign for a cancer centre as unnecessary or not very important, consider the following facts garnered by the Citizens for a Cancer Centre: The annual number of new cancer cases in the Region of Durham will increase by 56 per cent over the next 10 years. More than 50 percent of cancer patients require radiation therapy, which is the only sort of cancer treatment not currently available in Oshawa. Between 1980 and 1990; the number of new cancer cases in Durham Region who were registered at radiation therapy centres increased 61 per cent ™ an amount much higher than the provincial average of 61 per cent. It is projected that a radiation therapy program at Oshawa General Hospital would have a caseload of approximately 2,132 patients per year by the year 2001. Oshawa General Hospital provides virtually all of the other specialized health care connected with cancer treatment This includes education, screening, detection, investigation, and diagnosis. It already has over 6,000 outpatient chemotherapy visits annually, according to the statistics for 1992/93. V Radiation therapy is the missing link in health care services ! for the Durham Region. And whèn you consider the rapid growth which is facing the Durham Region in the next 10 years, it just doesn't make sense to delay the establishment of a radiation therapy facility in Oshawa. MPPs Gord Mills and Allan Pilkey are among the supporters of the treatment centre. In fact, they have joined with the Citizens for a Cancer Centre in their efforts to launch a letter-writing campaign. If you would like to write the Health Minister and express your views on this matter, address your comments to: Hon. Ruth Grier, Ontario Minister of Health, 10th Floor, Hepburn Block, 80 Grosvenor St., Toronto, Ont., M7A 2C4. Decision on Concerts At Mosport Not Able To Satisfy Everyone Clarington Council is clearly in a no-win situation as it contemplates the possibility of outdoor music concerts at the Mosport race track site. On the one side are the proponents of the concerts who claim that such events will bring money to the municipality. There are assurances that any concerts will be carefully supervised and that all the necessary precautions will be taken to ensure that citizens are protected. Bonds will be posted, agreements will be signed. In fact, the proposal for outdoor concerts at Mosport is being depicted as nothing more than another business proposition. Some would say that the municipality is hardly in a position to allow motor racing, with its crowds and 1 noise, but not music concerts which also produce crowds and noise. So, what's all the fuss about? Well, there is another side to the debate. Citizens who live within earshot , of Mosport are concerned over the crowds attending the music festivals. There are worries about noise, vandalism, trespassing, law enforcement, fire protection, and many other details associated with the fact that thousands of people will be pouring into the Mosport venue. Before the citizens' concerns are dismissed lightly, it should be noted that their objections were based on previous concerts at this site. Concert supporters reply that present-day festivals would have nothing in common with the events of the 1960's when nude bathers apparently en route to or from Mosport cavorted in local creeks. That was the 1960's, concert supporters will claim. Things are different now. Home-owners within earshot of Mosport might ask: "Why take a chance?" And they also will point out that, as persons who actually live close to the site, their wishes should be paramount. It's one thing to see the issue as an abstract discussion. But it's something else again to live next door. By the time you read this, the outcome will probably have been established. It looks as if Clarington is leaning towards support of the concerts. And, regardless of the way Clarington Council votes, the decision is not going to be a popular one. We Asked... 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