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Orono Weekly Times, 18 Feb 1976, p. 5

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Two more winners in the marcaroni collage contest, Heather Watson and Krista Brady. Kathy Bambriek, a Queen's Park Report Doug Moffatt, MPP for Durham East The situation in Port Hope has caused a great deal of discussion. Because the Port Granby dump is in Durham East and many questions had been asked of me about the Situation there 1 raised the closing of St. Mary's school in the Legislature and asked that a report be made. The Health minister refused. I have felt from the outsët that Port Hope may well prove to be an important episode in the history of nuclear energy, whenever that comes to be written. It is significant that the Port Hope area, through the Eldorado plant, produced a good deal of the fissionable material used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nagasaki bombs which, for most of ûs, began the nuclear age., The handling of the problem in Port Hope, to my way of Pumping Out Septic Tanks Bert Tompkins Phone 786-2552 thinking, has been extremely loose and has not contributed to any sense of well-being or security amongst local residents. residents. I have called for a public inquiry into the situation so that the facts surrounding the Eldorado plant and its disposal disposal of waste material may be fully disclosed. I think this would do more to allay the fears of the people of Port Hope than the tactics being used by the provincial govern-, ment and the federal agencies. agencies. The material being distributed distributed by the Atomic Energy Board to clarify the situation has done nothing more than confuse people. The statements statements by- various officials that they are convinced there is no real danger and then using sets of statistics to prove it seem to me to show the kind of blind faith in statistics which from time to time-and issue to issuer-makes' issuer-makes' people question the use of numbers at all. There is no point'in .trying to reassure a person by saying that on the radom Sample his or her chance pf dying as a result! of radiation poisoning in Port Hope is .3 or .10 or .006 or anything else. The fact that we do not have a long history of illnesses caused by radiation radiation on whic to base such estimates makes the exercise one of futility. If Ja càmuM Since Beautiful Flowers..... for Beautiful People 162 KING ST. EAST, BOWMANVILLE Ask Operator for ZENITH 36540 • Local phone 623-3365 DXSERVICE STATION Highway 35 and 115, just north of Newcastle Featuring: Premium Quality Products At the Mpst Reasonable Prices Stove Qil & Diesel Oil Available in any quantity .Plicae 987 4215 fifth winner, was absent on Saturday. Another reason for a full public inquiry is that, based on a knowledge of all the facts and the range of expert opinion about them, trustworthy trustworthy guidelines might be found on what procedures would do most to eliminate the danger to the health of local residents. residents. With regard to nuclear energy in general, I fully support Ed Broadbent in his efforts to bring about an independent commission appointed appointed by the federal government government which would look into all the health and safety aspects aspects of Canada's continued expansion in the nuclear field. If such a commission is not forthcoming, l am hoping the NDP, at least, will organize a conference to explore this crucial area of long-range policy and planning. I'm not particularly concerned concerned about is that the situation be corrected by whatever acts are necessary and that the situation be returned to some kind of stability at the earliest possible possible moment. The situation with regard to spècial occasion liquor permits permits in the Village of Newcastle Newcastle now seems to be on the way to solution. We have done the following things : I arranged a meeting with the people from Newcastle Hall and some of the groups who normally rent the hall to talk with Mr. Russ Cooper, executive director of the Liquor Licence Board, at which time the status of the Village of Newcastle with regard to consumption of alcoholic beverages was made made clear. In order to have special permits in Nèwcastle to sell anything other than beer, it would be necessary to hold a liquor plebiscite which can be done if the Town of Newcastle council passes a special by-law calling for the plebiscite. plebiscite. I have contacted the Minister Minister of Consumer and Commercial Commercial Relations, Mr. Handle- man, and have explained the situation to him and he has told me that if the Town will pass such a by-law, no action Will be taken by the Liquor Licence Board until the vote has been held. Of course, if the vote indicates that the people of Newcastle do not want the sale of alcoholic beverages, there will be no more special occasion permits. permits. If, on the other hand, the' vote shows that people, do 1 wish to have that kind of Obituàry FRANK ALBERT KNOX Frank Albert Knox, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Knox passed away in Kingston Kingston on January 25, 1976. He was born in Orono on January 11,1895. He was one of a group of Orono students who made daily trips to Newcastle High School for two years. Then The Continuation School was set up in Orono where he took his third year and proceeded to the Normal School in Peterborough. He was teaching teaching in Orillia where he enlisted in World War \ . At the close of the war he prepared to enter Queen's University from which he graduated and proceeded to postgraduate studies at Har- Orono Weekly Times, February 18, 1976 -5 , vard University and the University of Chidago. He returned to his Alma Mater to teach in the Department of Economics of which he became became the Head in his latter years. In 1926 he married Mollie Jeffery, a teacher whom he met in Woodbridge where he was earning his education by working in the bee business there with his uncle Chaires Tamblyn. they enjoyed a happy and fulfilling life in the Queen's Community in Kingston Kingston until 1964, when Mollie died soon after Frank's retirement. retirement. Frank received an honorary degree from the University of Toronto, the Citation making reference to his outstanding teaching ability. After retire ment -his own university honored him with an L.L.D. His retirement started with a good deal of time in hospital the first winter, but four winters in the warm south were a turning point in his health. In 1969 he married Margaret Margaret Geiberson of Kingston and spent the last years of his life in a new home at his beloved cottage site off the Bath Road. He leaves his wife Margaret and his sister Mary, his younger brother Charles having having died in 1974. : Funeral services were conducted conducted at the Reid's Funeral Home, Kingston, January 28, 1976. Spring interment in Orono Cemetery. facility in the Village, then the permits will once more be issued as they have in the past; and, also, it may be possible for the hotels in Newcastle to have proper dining-room and lounge licences, licences, which they have beep denied in the past. It is now up ' to the Town of Newcastle Council and on February lé they are going to decide whether to hold a special plebiscite to determine this question in the Village of Newcastle. I realize that this whole business has been most complicated complicated and I sincerely hope that we are on our way to achieving a solution' at this time. , I intend to continue with my request that the prices for these special occasion permits permits be returned to their previous level but I do not hold out much hope for this because the Minister seems to be rather adamant that the cost of the permits must all be borne by the Liquor Licence Board ancj he is intending to keep the prices where they have been posted. Bowmanville Drama Workshop presents HOWTHE OTHER HALF LOVES THURS., FRI., SAT. February 26,27,28 8:15 p.m. • Bowmanville High School Theatre ' Admission $2.50 ' Adult Entertainment' FOR TICKETS CALL 623-3114 Senior Citizens Admitted Free on Thursday Night Sale of End of Lines Men's and Boy's Shirts, T-Shirts, Pants, * Sleeveless Sweaters and other articles to Men's Clothing are all reduced l/3 OFF Reg. Price 25%OFF Reg. Price Onr Dress and Curtgin mater- iaIs tq make room for Spring goods. Watch for our window display. New Ladies' clpthing for Spring now in stock, and more arriving each week. Bx ARMSTRONG'S

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