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DID YOU KNOW? Clarington's Estimated Population Ward 1995 2006 1 18,900 28,000 2 16,100 26/400 3 10,100 19,600 4 11,700 17,600 tate^man Clcirington's Community Newspaper Since 1854 A James Publishing Community Newspaper Wednesday, September 24,1997 143rd Year Issue 23 700 + 50 G.S.T. = 750 Lakefront Residents Object To Waste Transfer Station by Laura J. Richards Sloff Writer It's sporting the Clarington name, but it certainly isn't something the municipality would sanction -- or so it seems. The Clarington Recycling and Transfer Station, as proposed by Greg Rotter of Scugog Township, was referred back to the Planning Department on Monday, Sept. 22, despite the statements statements made by councillors councillors and local residents who opposed the project. Potter's proposed transfer station would be on a 5,31-acre property on the southeast corner of Port Darlington Rd, and Lake Rd. The 2,310 square metre station would process waste and rec'yclablcs. Greg Potter .told councillors councillors and local residents the station would be located located behind an almost two- metre treed berm and would not be visible from the road. A 30-foot stack would cxlmust air from the building into the atmosphere. Also, there would be 35 loads of waste per day received during operating hours between 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. According to - a Planning Department report, that could mean 3.4 vehicles per hour during during the regular work week. It would jump to 4.9 vehi- clcs/hour on Saturdays. When asked about the Continued on page 3 Fingerprinted Jesse and Jake Van Beek were among the hundreds of children who lined up on the weekend to be fingerprinted and photographed by local police. It was all part of the Kraft Kidcare program which took place at the Bowmanville IGA. The photo ID and fingerprints were part of a "passport" which includes other important important information on each child and can be kept by parents for emergencies. Chris Barrett, of the Bowmanville RCMP Detachment, is doing the fingerprinting in this photo. IGA Store Manager Garth Robins said he would like to thank the RCMP, the Durham Regional Police and local school principals who all volunteered to assist in the Kidcare project. He estimated that 500 children would have received their identification passports by the end of the weekend. Botanical Gardens Could Become "Tourist Icon" Fundraising Campaign to be Launched Soon by Laura J. Richards Slaff Writer Everyone is doing it these days -- selling bricks for community centres, centres, or a slice of a trail to raise money and environmental environmental awareness. Douglas Markoff wants to sell you a square metre or two of what he hopes will be a botanical park and nature centre in Orono. The land is at the site of the former provincial provincial tree nursery. The cost .would be $50 per piece, which Markoff told The Statesman on Monday, Sept. 22, is "a reasonable figure." Once the project is up and running, a computer program will let people know where their particular particular square metre is located. "The money will be held in trust and those making a purchase will be given a year's pass and a fax receipt once the land is bought," he said. At this time, the whole fund-raising campaign is "on the verge" of happening. happening. Markoff explained he has done a marketing survey survey and thinks that a tiered fund-raising approach is just the ticket to ensuring money for the venture. The system would see that individuals would buy a square foot or two; a small business might pur chase a few more, and a large corporation would be encouraged to purchase an even larger tract of property. property. This kind of fund-raising fund-raising has worked for other ventures, Markoff said. He pointed out that the Trans Canada Trail -- which goes from the east to west coasts --- and other projects projects have been successful. The purchasers would, in essence, "become founding members of the botanical garden," he said. The gardens would be set on 122 acres of the former former tree nursery. Markoff says the gardens gardens "would use the structures structures south of the 5th Concession. The beauty of it, is that one can also access 1,000 acres of creek and valley lands." He noted it would be interesting to be able to Continued on page 2 It's an emergency. A house is on fire, but a passer-by can't tell the 911 ; ' operator how emergency vehicles can find the home ; because there isn't a number at the roadside. Garington Council is trying to avoid this scenario by looking at the issue of standardized roadside rural addresses in the next hudset. by Lorraine Manfredo . Slaff Writer Charles Stephen Coles, age 47, of Bowmanville is the new commanding officer officer for the Ontario Regiment (Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Coles took over responsibility responsibility for the 200-soldicr unit at a ceremony in Oshawa on Sunday, September 14, moving up in the chain of command to replace, out-going commander commander R. J. Chapman. As the Ontario Regiment's new Lieutenant Colonel, Coles looks ahead to a three-year term. His stay in the top job will be a crucial one, he admits, as the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces arc expected expected to move toward a major restructuring and tightening tightening up of infrastructure. Coles says his primary goal will be to prepare his regiment for the continuous continuous testing, on-going inspections and training benchmarks ahead. "There's a lot a stake," he said, "I'll be the 42nd Commanding Officer, but if the ball is dropped, I could be the last." As daunting as the task ahead may seem, Coles is confident his troops will come through with Hying colors and live up to the long and distinguished history history of the regiment. Directly descended from the Whitby Highland Rifle Company, in 1827, The Ontario Regiment is one of Canada's oldest continuous units, Its mem bers have seen active service service during the First World War in France and Belgium, and in World War II in Sicily. Today, in addition to reserve functions, the regiment regiment supplies soldiers for United Nations missions as well as disaster relief. Ontario Regiment soldiers have served in Cyprus and the Middle East and most recently several went'to Continued on page 3 i consistency in the posting of these numbers. Some residents have placed numbers on their house, some on their garage, some on a post near the road. Some residents have not posted their number at all," states a report to Clarington's General « Purpose.and Administration Committee. The report adds that two neighbouring rural municipalities municipalities have had two different approaches to getting the addresses posted. Scugog Township had a mass mailing, telling the ; residents that their numbers were available at the township township office for $15 a sign. However, not many residents dropped in to pay up and collect their signs. Brock and Uxbridge Townships went the other way. They absorbed the costs associated with buying and then delivering the numbers. Township staff delivered the numbers in Brock, while Uxbridge had local service clubs deliver them at a cost of $2 each. ' The report to Clarington Council recommends that ; the staff prepare a strategic plan "to ensure that a uon- i sistent numbering program will be put in place so that ; all rural residents post their address. ; The program is to be worked on by the' Fire, Planning and Public Works departments. | During Monday's General Purpose and ; i Administration Committee meeting, Fire Chief Mike ; ; Creighton told councillors, "it is our intent that we have : i all the numbers posted." COMPLIMENTARY STATESMANS STATESMANS -- This weekend, complimentary complimentary copies of today's Canadian Statesman will be delivered to urban Bowmanville homes along with our regular edition of The Independent. It's our way of ensuring that newer Bowmanville residents receive this newspaper. We welcome those readers who may be perusing perusing The Statesman for the first time. If you like what you sec, be sure to look for our subscription specials on page 12. And, of course, our long-time subscribers are invited to lake advantage of the specials too. healer, using various herbs and home remedies. the Liberals are taking steps to get the new riding off the ground. LILY-GROWERS ON TV -- Orono's Doug Lycctt and Henry Lorrain, of Pollard Rd., will be guests on the Dini Petty Show on CFTO Thursday, September 25th, at 10 a.m. There will be a film of their gardens in full bloom during the summer and they will be showing how to divide daylilics. Doug and Henry arc well-known for their hybridizing of daylilics and are owners of "We're in the Hayficld Now." SOD-TURNING -- Another new school in Clarington gets underway tomorrow afternoon. The sod-turning for the Lydia Trull Elementary School is taking place til the school site on Avondale Dr., in Courticc. Lydia Trull was a pioneer woman who became Ijimons for her skills as. a LIBERALS MEET -- The founding meeting of the Provincial Liberal Riding of Durham is set for Thursday, October 2nd. It's at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Park Clubhouse in Bowmanville. You may recall that, in the next provincial election, election, federal and provincial ridings ridings in Ontario will coincide. So, WARD BOUNDARIES -- We've been getting some inquiries from readers over the location of new boundaries for the four wards of Clarington. Inside this edition (on the editorial editorial page) you will see a map which gives some idea of the boundaries. You will see, there are some major changes, especially especially in Bowmanville, which finds itself in two wards -- one to the cast and one to the west of Liberty Street. The new wards don't follow the old m u n i c i p a 1 boundaries of Clarke To w n s h ip, Dari i nglon a n d Bowmanville. However, Clarke Township is still much within a single known as Ward Four. pretty ward WRONG SPELLING -- Recent articles on the Courticc Complex have incorrectly spelled the name of Ian Smith, fund-raising fund-raising chairman for the project. We may have confused the spelling with Ian Smyth, who is a candidate candidate in the upcoming Clarington Council election. They're two different folks and we apologize if there's some confusion here. Stork Market Report Wight - "It's a Boy" Totals for '97 Boys -- 69 Girls -- 44 [JS) Shop the Rest Buy from the Best! 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