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? l-#?*fS&.<£//'-s. x-»f*Éj% -■' ■ <>• w :*i Delivered Free of Charge to 20,550 Homes serving Clarington and Courtice. from The Publishers of Sfje Canadian Statesman WWMmm imwm ' , i WÊÊÈËÊÊÈËÊÊË WMMÊÊMMÊÊâ WÊIÊÊËm ■ n ... ~ Bowmanville, Ontano Saturday, August 10,1996 19th Year, Issue 32 mmmm MMywMiâ ■i&Æ Borders Change Councillors Review Plans to Re-Design Clarington's Wards Tomorrow's Firefighters This month, approximately 80 boys and girls, age 11 and 12, will learn about fire safety, fire extinguishers, extinguishers, search and rescue, and all other aspects of fire service. They are participating in the second second annual Clarington Junior Firefighter Program. Some of the participants in the first week's classes classes are pictured above. They were getting some hands-on experience with the use of hoses. And, in view of the hot weather, nobody seemed to mind if they also got a little bit wet, as they learned. Each week, 20 young people participate in the program based at the Bowmanville Fire Station. by Laura J. Richards On Monday night, Aug. 12, Clarington councillors will be deciding deciding which of the new municipal ward boundary changes they will be recommending to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. A proposal currently being studied studied by the councillors would give the municipality an additional ward after next year's municipal elections. elections. Several possibilities are being considered. Three small fires were set during a break-in at a Bowmanville church on Tuesday night or early Wednesday Wednesday morning. Clarington Fire v Chief Mike Creighton said the incident occurred occurred at Maranatha Christian Reformed Reformed Church on Highway Two. The incident was first investigated investigated as a break-in, after passers-by passers-by noticed a window had been broken and a door was open. However, However, fires had also been set and some were still smoldering around 7 a.m. Wednesday. "They (the fires) did some damage damage and they burned themselves Turn to page 3 Three of the four options will split Bowmanville into two wards. Under this scenario, the urban portion portion of Bowmanville would be combined with the rural areas to the north. All wards run north from Lake Ontario to the boundary of Scugog and Manvers townships. The other option puts the urban areas of Courtice and Bowmanville including the Wilmot Creek Community Community into two separate wards. The other two wards are the rest of Darlington Township and Clarke Township. Bowmanville Local- Councillor Pat Pingle is not happy with the options options the Restructuring Committee has proposed. She favors keeping the urban area of Bowmanville intact intact and within a single ward. Councillor -Pingle said there could be some problems in the new proposal in which all councillors would represent both rural and urban urban areas. "I don't think the problems are the same," Councillor Pingle stated. In fact, she noted dividing Bowmanville Bowmanville up could prove to "be divisive" divisive" to the community too. Ward Three Regional Councillor Ann Dreslinski, one of four councillors councillors who served on the restructuring restructuring committee, supports the ru- ral/urban mix. "The committee members thought there was a benefit in having having councillors represent both urban urban and rural issues," Councillor Dreslinski said. Councillors seem to favor a ward system described as Option Two. This scenario splits Bowmanville Bowmanville into two areas from Holt Road by Laura J. Richards The federal minister of the Environment Environment toured the low-level radioactive radioactive waste site east of Port Granby Granby on Wednesday afternoon, July 31. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre and CCLG member Mavis Carlton were on hand to take the concerns of local residents to the minister. Mayor Hamre told The Canadian Canadian Statesman on Thursday morning, morning, "the minister, Anne McLellan, got to see the site-- she was driven around and got out to walk parts of it." Mayor Hamre noted that the Clarington Community Liaison Group members have only one large concern these days now that their work has been completed -- to ensure that the material from the Port Granby site is taken away by rail, not by trucks. Carlton says that's true, espe cially since the studies on the chemical stew, have produced findings findings on some by-products of the materials. "There is Tritium 230 or Ionium which have a long half-life of several several million years," Carlton said. Community Group Wants Waste Removed by Rail, Rather than Trucks Simply put "it lingers and doesn't go away in a hurry," Carlton Carlton explained. As it is, the tritium 230 "is something we hadn't heard much about." In view of the new information of what is at the site east of Port Granby, she also wants the federal government to "continue on with the discussions." Mayor Hamre noted that after the tour, there was a dinner meeting with the minister and the MPPs who make up the Eastern Ontario Caucus. Some of the others in attendance included Hope Township Reeve Ian Angus, the mayor and a councillor of Port Hope, and MP Christine Stewart. Mayor Hamre recalled it was MP Stewart who had organized organized the tour and had included the Clarington site. Mayor Hamre noted the Thursday Thursday tour included the Welcome site, and those sites in Port Hope. Mayor Hamre suited she thought the tour by the minister was a "worthwhile one." "I came away from the meetings with the feeling that we have good leadership in Ottawa," Mayor Hamre Hamre said. 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