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Welcome to the Home Show Home Opener For Green Gaels FEÂTO^S ........See. B, pg. 1 ç», n mm o !l vtylt'Ml hJ/ fJvji /« h /losport Fear Noi Res! isyT dents rack NEWS • Clcirington's Community Newspaper Since 1854 • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Wednesday, May 6,1998 144th Year Issue 1 700 + 50 G.S.T. - 750 Turning Trash Into Cash Police Charge Driver After Three Cars Hit A Morgan's Road, Clarington, man has been arrested following a four-car collision which took' place on Saturday night, May 2, on Concession Street, west of Liberty Street. Police said the driver of a 1990 red CMC pick-up struck t,w6 vehicles panted in a driveway on Beech Ave. Inspector Ross Smith of Durham Regional Police Services Clarington Community Office adds: "He then, glanced off those vehicles, vehicles, travelled up the ditch and hit a vehicle which was westbound on Concession St." The driver of the truck was taken to 17 Division in Oshawa for a breathalyzer test and then held until he was sober. He was charged with impaired/exceed, and driving without insurance. There were no injuries and police arc still investigating the incident. by Laura J. Richards Staff .Writer , Giant 500-pound bales of crushed paper, milk and juice containers sat like silent sentinels in the busy Northumberland County Material Recovery Facility. Clarington council members, department heads, and administrative staff toured the facility north of Cobourg on Monday afternoon, May 4. Council is investigating the possibility of establish ing a similar system of enhanced waste recovery in Clarington. The visitors travelled up metal stairs to view the sorting process which would eventually send some items -- like thousands thousands of plastic bags -- as far away as Malaysia. Mary Little, the M.R.F. plant manager, told the group of about 20 that a bale made of plastic film (plastic grocery bags, newspaper delivery bags, etc.) would take a couple of months to collect, and would bring the company one cent per pound. A bale made of cardboard would bring about 90 cents per pound. For the past two years, residents of Northumberland County have been diverting more of their trash from landfill, thanks to a Wet/Dry Collection System. Little noted that 60 per cent of the residential waste comes through the facility as recyclages. The rest goes to landfill. The facility processes, on average, about 50 tonnes per day, five days a week, she said. (It was noted by Don Patterson of Clarington's Works Department that this municipality generates about 80 tonnes per day.) . Little pointed out this enhanced system reduces , the amount of sorting at the source by home-owners home-owners and businesses. A tour through . the facility took councillors from the dumping area of the dry products through the entire process. First, the trucks bring in a load of "drys." They are dumped on the concrete floor and then a bucket loader takes a load and dumps it onto a ramp. The ramp takes the materials up to the first sorting area. Everything here is sorted by hand, excluding cans and glass. They are sorted by a machine and then arc sort- Continued on page 2 Protect Yourself Lights, Cameras, and Binoculars are Policing Tools for Rural Residents by Laura J. Richards Stall Writer You have just driven up your long driveway to the house and find a strange vehicle in the yard. Your front door is wide open. What do you do? A) Back out, drive to your neighbour's house and call 9-1-1? : B) Get out of the vehicle, grab a piece of wood off the pile, and enter the house? C) Back out, drive to your neighbour's house and call 579-1520? ! "Use common sense, and don't use 9-1-1 unless it's rj life-or-dcath emergency," says Detective Charlie Leitch of the Clarington Community Policing Office. • ; 'C' would be the correct answer, adds Det. Leitch. I "Call us and let us do our job," he advised. Det. Leitch spoke to 66 residents of northern Clarington on Wednesday night, April 29, who are concerned concerned with what they consider to be a rash of break-and-; enters in their area. ; Det. Leitch did point out that, per capita, there are more break-and-enters happening elsewhere in Clarington than in the northern rural areas, 1 "There's not a rash out here -- it's happening else-; where too," Leitch said. ; Of course, being in a rural area, the culprits are using' Continued on page 2; Durham Gets 847 Nursing Home Beds The Ontario Health Minister's pledge last week to put over a billion dollars into long-term care will mean an additional 847 nursing home beds across Durham Region over the next eight years. It also means more money for community-based services such as in-home nursing, therapy, homemaking and meals on wheels Durham East MPP John O'Toole says the $62.6 mil-; lion investment in Durham is long overdue. Besides making life easier for many elderly and their families, we are acknowledging the fact that our popula-i lion is living longer and needs the infrastructure in place,; he said in his most recent newspaper column. The $1.2 billion commitment is the first commitment of new money to long term care since 1988, O'Toole adds. 1 Where will the beds go exactly? i Requests for proposals for the first 6,700 new beds; are being issued next week. ; Cam Jackson, the Minister responsible for Seniors," said the investment will directly benefit families, the elderly, the disabled and their caregivers. According to the Ministry of Health, the expansion means the equivalent of 175 new nursing homes and homes for the aged. More that 100 older homes will be re-built according to new design standards It will also mean the creation of 42,5000 construction jobs and 27,5000 health sector jobs. Send in the Clown Jimbo the Clown greets Kendra Thompson, age two-and-onc-half, at Saturday's Maple Festival in downtown Bowmanvillc. Jimbo and his helper were making balloon toys for the kids. The festival also included music, food, crafts, antiques and maple syrup displays. For more photos sec section two. FREE CONCERT FOR MOM -- The next concert in the St. Paul's Performing Arts Scries will be on Mother's Day. That's this Sunday, May 10th. In honor of the occasion, anybody who buys a regular ticket ticket can bring Mom along free of charge. The concert features Kyn, a contemporary folk ensemble that includes a mother and daughter singer/songwriter team, plus four other musicians playing keyboards, guitars, cello and drums. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Church, Bowmanvillc. For information or tickets, call 623- 7361. SPRING BULBS AVAILABLE -- The Durham Region Gladiolus and Dahlia Society reminds gardeners that it has dahlia tubers for sale this year, along with gladioli conns. Call Slier Lcctoozc at 623-9147 for details. If your flowers bloom well enough, you might want to show them at the national show taking place at the Legion Hall in Bowmanvillc August 8th. TOWN IIALL TURNS 100 -- The historic Town Hall in Orono will be celebrating its centennial with a number of special events May 22 and 23; From 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on both days, you can browse the displays, seeing old pictures, scrap books and more. Local talent will be entertaining. As part of the celebration, the Clarington Concert Band and the Country Four Barbershop Quartet will play a concert at 7:30 p.m. on May 23rd reminiscent of what might have been heard in Orono 100 years ago, Prices from 1898 will be in effect, with tickets just 25 cents apiece. Scaling is limited. FINANCE MINISTER COMES TO VILLAGE -- Ernie Eves, Ontario's Minister of Finance, will be addressing members of the local Progressive Conservative organization in Newcastle Village on Tuesday, May 26th. He'll be attending a dinner at the Community Hall. No doubt, by that time he'll be finished with his job of promoting promoting the Ontario budget announced yesterday. Although this column is being written before seeing the budget, we understand it will offer increased spending. Do we detect an election in the wind? GAEL WARNING -- The Clarington Green Gaels lacrosse team plays its home opener at eight p.m. this Friday, May 8, at the Garnet. B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanvillc. It's the Gaels' second second season in town and they have their eyes on capturing the;- Founder's Cup this year. Singer Dan Clancy, of Lighthouse, will perform perform the national anthem. NUKE MEETING -- Don't forget the important meeting on May 13lh to discuss issues pertaining to the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. It's at Bowmanvillc High School from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Senior Hydro personnel will be on hand to discuss public safety, environmental environmental performance, employee safety and production performance. KIWANIS FESTIVAL OF STARS -- Many Clarington performers posted some excellent results at the Oshawa Whitby Kiwanis Music and Theatre Festival. You can hear some of the major trophy and prize winners tonight (Wednesday, May 6th) at 7:30 p.m. in Eastdalc Collegiate in Oshawa. Among those performing at the Night of Stars arc the Bowmanvillc High School saxophone quartet and Ontario Street School's Junior Choir. 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