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k f| g%f| riltî fl 1 1 V 11 V 11 1 L IkS SJP Sv c | -y^ liv & v/ V *-V JjjV v •</ V >\ V f ^ v Total Market Coverage ofClaringtonfrom the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Petition for 24-Hour Firefighters In Courtice A petition containing 405 signatures gathered during a seven-day period was in the Claringlon Couneil agenda on Monday night, April 27. The petition states, "Courtice currently docs not have a 24-hour full- time lire department. With a growing population of around 20,000 people, we feel that 24-hour full-time fire protection is long over due... We, the undersigned, undersigned, request that council council staff Courtice Fire Hall 24 hours a day, seven days q week " Ward Two and Three Regional Councillor Mary Novak noted that during the election campaign last year she heard from many Courtice area residents who want the 24-hour service service for their area of Claringlon. "It is a grave concern," Councillor Novak said. Mayor Diane Hamrc pointed out that when she gave her inaugural speech in December, she observed that she wanted to make the 24-hour service service a priority for council. "We will do what we can to implement this," she promised. Saturday, May 2, 1998 144th Year Circulation: 20,600 Raccoon Turns out The Lights A raccoon that climbed a pole into a power switch on Hetherington Street in Bowmanville was the cause of a power interruption interruption early Wednesday morning. Approximately 265 customers in the area were affected. The outage lasted from approximately 3:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Claringlon Hydro was not immediately aware of the problem, possibly due to a Claringlon Hydro telephone system malfunction. Line crews were dispatched at 7:30 a.m. The telephone system problems arc being investigated and corrected. corrected. Claringlon Hydro apologizes to those affected by this longcr- than-necessary power interruption. Rinse Cycle One of two school buses carrying children from Maple Grove School went through the spray wash during a 'nuclear accident' test exercise held at Durham College on Wednesday, April 29. In the event of an actual emergency, the bus would be washed for the removal of 'radioactive dust particles.' -- Photo by Laura Richards Just Testing Emergency Drill Checks Response To Simulated Radiation Leak by Laura J. Richards Staff Writer Darlington Plant Figures Big In Nuclear Recovery Program by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Ontario Hydro has a lot of work to do if it ever intends to be a world class power producer again. That was the frank assessment delivered by Darlington Nuclear station's station's public affairs manager manager Donna McFarlane during a presentation to the Bowmanville Rotary Club on Thursday, April 23. Ontario Hydro has chosen chosen to shut down eight of its oldest reactors, four at Bruce and four at Pickering, and concentrate resources on improving the four here at Darlington and those remaining at Pickering and Bruce. The closures are Ontario Hydro's response to a disappointing performance performance assessment last summer. The crown corporation corporation was deemed only Wrapped Up in their Work Kevin Anynn (right) and David Bowman (centre) assist auctioneer Frank Stapleton, during bidding on a quill at the Bowmanville Rotary Club's annual Buffet and Auction. The fund-raiser was held Friday, April 24, at Newcastle Community Hull. Funds raised from the event will support the many Rotary projects projects in the Municipality of Claringlon. ^^^^^^P^^^iiiiiiiiiiLiaiiiiigiiiimiiiiHrniwnirriiininrMfaiMuriiniWfMiniinfTitimir-nr r ,n "" 1 s.,.t*aujeu • ttistassHU musami mbhuun' ' -3 "minimally acceptable" against global standards of safety, production, and other factors. Now, Ontario Hydro is under pressure to bring operations up to world- class standards "We need to get ready for competition," said McFarlane. "Soon, people will have a choice as they do now with phone or gas service." "Once the electricity Council Asked To Take Aim At Hunters Who Trespass by Laura J. Richards Staff Writer Claringlon council has been asked to pass a bylaw bylaw that takes aim at hunters trespassing on private private property and using unethical hunting methods, methods, Richard Stephenson and his neighbour, Eric Atkins, of the Sixth Concession, told councillors councillors on Monday night, April 27, about a number of incidents on their properties properties and local residents' properties, They cited instances in which some hunters disobeyed the 'nohunting 'nohunting buffer zone' and a 'controlled hunt' period. Stephenson said a controlled controlled hunt, which the Ministry of Natural Resources was to administer, administer, was a "failure." "Even with the high stale of alert, I witnessed dogs and hunters trespassing trespassing on my property. While Continued on pane 3 industry is opened up to competition we will have to compete with our neighbours neighbours to the south where A "radiation leak" at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station resulted in the evacuation of school children and area residents to a reception centre at Durham College in Oshawa on Wednesday morning, April 29. But there's no need for alarm. Wednesday's incident was only a test exercise -- one of the many that arc to be done before a larger "mock disaster" happens next year at cither the Darlington or Pickering Nuclear Stations. The exercise tested the operation of a "reception centre" centre" which would be set up at Durham College for per-: sons fleeing communities close to the radiation leak. At the centre, people and vehicles would be tested for radiation radiation and "decontaminated." Approximately 200 Claringlon residents, including. 111 children of Maple Grove School, went through the centre during the exercise organized by the Durham Region Emergency Measures Department. Pauline Reid, of the emergency measures department,: told reporters prior to the exercise there would be role: playing by some adults and the participants would "give; those involved a chance to practise their skills in varying degrees.'" The calm and efficient handling of the 'crowd' was- maintained during the morning by members of the: Oshawa Fire Department, St. John Ambulance, Ontario; Hydro, the regional police and various regional government government departments. The exercise brought favourable remarks from a couple couple of evaluators, including Durham Regional Police; Inspector Ross Smith. Smith, of Clarington's Community Police Office, told; The Claringlon Independent, "this was a good exercise.- It's going more smoothly than the last one I was involved with in 1995." Ivan Ciuciura, the Director of the Durham Region. Emergency Measures Department, noted "there's always small things that can be tightened up. This exercise evaluates evaluates written procedures and trains people." One example of tightening up, Ciuciura said, would be in the actual positioning of the full-body radiation monitor. "We could move it back (into the gymnasium) so people wouldn't be outside...if the weather was bad," he said. Another idea would be to have extra radios so more people could communicate with each other, as necessary. "The exercise also confirmed what worked well," lie said. The exercise had people go through a scenario of a radiation leak from Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, causing radioactive dust to settle on vehicles and people. Once people were notified notified of this leak, they proceeded proceeded to the reception centre centre at Durham College. If this had been a real emergency, Claringlon residents residents would have the option of three places to go to: Durham College, the Oshawa Civic Auditorium Complex on Thornton and Gibb, and the vacant Wesleyville Generating Station complex in Hope Continued on page 2 there are small generators already operating and maybe Hydro Quebec or Continued on page 2 Independent Flyers * Allstate (Darlene Ferguson 987-1611) A&P (Prices in effect from Sun., May 3 to Sat., May 9/98) Canadian Tire (Prices in effect until Fri„ May 8/98) *Christina Fleischmann (Certified Reflexolgist) *Graham's IGA (Prices in effect from Sun., May 3 o Sat., May 9/98) *Hooper's Jewellers (Timeless Beauty) *Home Hardware (Prices in effect until May 9/98) Kingsway Greenhouse (Prices in effedt vrom Sun., May 3 to Sun., May 10/98) *Nofrills (Prices in effect from Sun., May 3 to Sat., May 23/98) *Pet Value (Flyer in effect until May 24/98) *Port Hope Valu-Mart (Prices in effect from Sun., Mayy 3 to Sat., May 9/98) Rekker's Garden Gallery (Prices in effect from Mon., May 4 to Sat,,. 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