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Cf)t Canadian Statesman News/8 Health, electricity top list of issues CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 Fans left what's in a Sports/13 asking name? Stop the sludge Figures reveal chemicals far in excess of provincial limits BY CHRIS HALL Staff Writer ENFIELD - More than three years after their battle began, local environmentalists and residents residents appear to have taken a major step towards victory in their light against the dumping of paper mill waste in their back- Durham Riding advance polls The Durham Riding returning returning office is located at 1411 Hwy. 2, Courtice and is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Friday, Sept. 26. After that, voters can only vote Oct. 2 Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 24 until Friday, Sept. 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., the following following locations will have advance advance polls: • Eastdale Collegiate Institute, 266 Harmony Rd. N., Oshawa • Port Perry High School, 160 Rosa St., Port Perry • Bowmanville High School, 49 Liberty St., Bowmanville • Newcastle Community Hall, 20 King Ave. W„ Newcastle For more information, contact the returning office: 1- 866-242-3024 or 905-436- 3300. yards. During a meeting Sunday evening at Enfield Church, Durham MPP John O'Toole vowed to push for a moratorium on the dumping of waste paper fibre Biosolids (the remains from the paper recycling process) across the Province after figures were revealed by members of the Protect The Ridges (PTR) and Sierra Club of Canada (SCC). While local dumping has ceased for more than a year now (the sludge, mixed with sand to create a product called Sound- sorb, has been used at the Oshawa Oshawa Skeet and Gun Club in their berms), PTR and SCC officials have long sought tests and figures figures from the Province outlining what effects, if any, the product was having on their water systems. systems. According to numbers released released by GlobalTox International International Consultants Inc., the company commissioned by the Province to do the studies, the figures show chemicals found in water samples samples taken from a freshly dug well near the gun club far exceed provincial legal limits. Tests show levels ofbenzo anthracene, anthracene, a known carcinogen, at more than 950 times the provincial provincial limit. Benzo fluoranthene, another carcinogen, is 1,800 times the legal limit; fluoranthene, fluoranthene, a gastrointestinal or liver toxin, is 12,250 times the limit; and benzo perylene, • considered to be a high ecological risk, is 16,000 times the limit. "The numbers are unbelievably, unbelievably, incomprehensibly huge," said Martin Freaver, a co-chairman co-chairman with PTR. "These are numbers numbers that if we ever got from our wells, the health department See KIPP page 7 JASON LIEBREGTS/ Statesman photo Holding pattern COURTICE - Andrew Robson tries to steady his daughter Emma while getting a few laps in at the South Courtice Arena's grand opening on Saturday afternoon. In addition addition to the free skating, residents were able to tour the municipality's newest facility while being treated to free food and drinks. It's not our fault, says Municipality Bowmanville's east end could use some improvement: Consultants BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - The town's eastern downtown core would be more pedestrian friendly friendly with buildings moved closer to the street, says a consultant's report. report. The Bowmanville King Street East Corridor Study looked at the area from Liberty Street to Mcarns Avenue, both north and south of King Street. The report provides a vision for the area which helps extend the character of Bowmanville's downtown eastward and provides a more pedestrian-friendly corridor. "I think the corridor study is going to provide the blueprint to I he alleviation of traffic congestion congestion in the east end of Bowmanville," Bowmanville," says Mayor John Million. Million. The study began lasl winter, John Mutton: Corridor study will provide 'blueprint to alleviation of t rallie congestion.' and included resident interviews, open houses, data collection and analysis before conclusions were made, says Andrea Gabor of Urban Strategies, one of two consultant consultant groups hired to complete the study. "The goal is to make (the area) a pedestrian-vibrant, people-friendly people-friendly place," Ms. Gabor told Claringlon's General Purpose Purpose and Administration Committee Committee Monday. She says the structure of the area "needs to be brought physically into the new millennium," as it is currently a "very car-oriented" area made up of buildings and planning strategies strategies more typical of 30 or 40 years ago. Keeping Bowmanville's hospital hospital as an anchor to the area is very important, stressed Ms. Gabor. As well, work must be done to enhance transportation connections, including extending See REPORT page 7 Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan is up to Province BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer CLARINGTON - Don't blame us if you don't like provincial provincial legislation limiting development development along the Oak Ridges Moraine, say Clarington councillors. councillors. Responding to concerns from residents at a public meeting to create the necessary bylaws to adopt the Province's Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Clarington councillors said they were simply doing as they were told under provincial legislation. "We're sort of powerless to do anything about this," said Ward 2 Councillor Don MacArthur, during during a public meeting Monday to receive public input on the required required Clarington official plan amendments. "The provincial government is stealth downloading downloading and requiring our staff to do a couple of person years worth of work... just to conform to their rules." The provincial legislation is aimed at protecting large parts of the 160-kilometre ridge of hills, lakes and headwaters that run across the GTA, including a northern portion of Clarington. Under the legislation, affected municipalities, including Clarington, Clarington, must incorporate the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan into their official plans. The public meeting held in Clarington drew several residents, residents, concerned the legislation was too stringent and might interfere interfere with their property rights. "Our property is being devaluated," devaluated," said Eric Atkins, who lives along the Clarington portion of the moraine, and is concerned the legislation will limit what lie's allowed to do with his property. property. "It's to the point where it is See MORAINE page 7 Orono and Wilmot Creek to get transit CLARINGTON - Wilmot Creek and Orono residents will be able to hop on the bus to Bowmanville under a six- month pilot project proposed by the Municipality. Under the proposal, which starts in November, municipal bus service will be offered to Wilmot Creek residents Mondays, Mondays, .Wednesdays and Fridays, while Orono residents will have access to the bus on Tuesdays Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each day of service would consist of a morning trip into Bowmanville, Bowmanville, and an afternoon return. return. The bus is slated to make several Bowmanville stops, including including at the Bowmanville Mall, Lakeridge Health Bowmanville. Bowmanville. and Clarington Centre. Centre. "This is a really great next step for our transit efforts in Clarington," says Ward 1 and 2 Regional Councillor Jim Schell, noting the service will have to be used to continue past the pilot project stage. "The proof will be in the pudding." he says. "I hope they will use the service. I think they will." The service can be offered at little cost to the Municipality, Municipality, say Clarington staff. i "When I first looked at this, looking at the numbers!. 1 thought we should just give them cab fare and send them on their way," says Ward 1 councillor Jane Rowe. "But I'm pleased to see we're able to do this in a cost-effective way." Council will vote on the recommendation Monday. 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