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Orono Weekly Times, 28 Jul 1976, p. 3

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; L:j$M- : < No decision by board without having plan Lack of an official plan for. the Newcastle area of the Nôrthumberlànd-Newcastle Board' of Education' has prevented the board from making any comment on the . advisability of a proposed developement for Newcastle Village. The official plan now thor- ; oughly thrashed out by Durham Durham Regional council, will go to the Ontario Municipal Board and to Queen's Park for final approval. In Newcastle, town council had forwarded the proposed plan for the development to the school board for its comment, but until there is an official plan struck and Rewarded Rewarded to the board, trustees have declined to make any decisions: The 164 acre site sits on the broken front area of the former village and the residential-recreational residential-recreational development development of the land has been proposed by Square 100 Developments Developments Ltd. for the past three years. In its bid to have the draft plan of subdivision approved Square 100 is seeking the rezoning of the site from its present agricultural status. A letter to the board indicates the land is capable of service through sanitary sewers since a water pollution control plant has been built there after land was conveyed to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Water service will also be available soon since a purification plant is planned for the southern sector, of the property site: Now Have Complete line of Pool Chemicals 72 King St. West, Bowmanville 623-5054 ANTI-SWINE FLU VACCINE GENERAL CLINICS < Continued from pagel) legion. The province is providing the region with 50 cents a dose to pay for the cost of administering the program in Durham. The swine flu was responsible responsible for killing thousands across the world in the post World War l pandemic. The current concern with the swine flu stems from the dèath of a soldier at the Fort Dix army camp in the southern United States. The soldier was found to be carrying the swine flu virus. NAMES ELDORADO ONE OF MAJOR POLLUTERS ( Continued from page 1) the International Joint Commission, Commission, The, commission, a Canad- ian-U.S. agency set up to monitor problems along the border, cited Eldorado Wednesday Wednesday as one of 28 Ontario industrial plants-under investigation investigation by other government agencies for contributing to Great Lakes pollution. The report was issued by the commission's Great Lakes Lakes Water Quality Board, and names 113 firms in all. Eighty-five of the companies are in the ILS, The list of polluters, compil- ed by a board of senior technical experts from U.S. and Canadian governments, includes two crown corporations. corporations. The report says Polysar, Ltd., Sarnia, has inadequate pollution controls that are being reviewed by the provin- AUCTION SALK The Dismantled Millbrook Arena teed Lumber, Cables, Aluminum Sheeting Arena Furnishing, Hardware Saturday, July 31st 1:00 p.m. 1000 pieces 2"x6"xl4' 300 pieces 2"x6", assorted lengths 2"x4", assorted lengths 1000 pieces 2"xl0", assorted lengths 500 pieces 2"x8", assorted lengths Steel Bolts, Spliced Eyes, Ends 25 Steel Cables l k "x75' 25 Cables %"x75' Various Turn Buckles and Clamps Approx. 20,000 sq, ft. Aluminum Approx, 20,000 Sq. Ft. Aluminum Sheeting < Assorted lots) Steel Plates, 42 pieces, 2'x8'. V2"x4'x4' Plywood, 1 inch Lumber 2Fans, 2Roof Vents, Doors Steel Posts and Supports Fire Exit Hardware, Sinks, 2Washrooms, 24 Arena Lights Oil Furnace and Tank Glass, Chain Link Fence 15 %"xl2' Tie Rods, etc. etc. etc. At former Arena site, Millbrook, Saturday, July 31st, 1.00 p.m. Sale managed by LIPTAY AUCTIONEERS LTD. for R. Bibeau Construction Ltd. * ' Auctioneer STEVE LIPTAY cial environment ministry and that Eldorado is under, investigation as a results of radiation problems. LETTER TO THE EDITOR < Continued from page 1 ) municipal officials believe in the old saw - if you do not succeed, try, try and try. again - after all it is only money." Councillor Lyall also commented commented on the subject of a District Health Council for Durham Region which was discussed at the Region Social Services Committee meeting last week with the project receiving the committee's blessings. "The project did not get my support or vote." Mr. Lyall stated. "The Health Council will have a $70,000 to $100,000' budget for its first year if the Regional Council accepts the Committee recommendation. recommendation. The release stated that Councillor Lyall voted against against the proposition because he is of the opinion that a District Health Council would only add another layer of bureaucracy bureaucracy to the presently overlayered overlayered present municipal system system . _ , Despite the Health Council being funded by the Ontario Government Councillor Lyall suspects the motives of Queen's Queen's Park bearing in mind the old saying "Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts." "The Ontario Government having to cut down on health spending, might want to distribute the flack concerning concerning such action oyer a wider target than .Queen's Park." Mr, Layll concluded by stating at the same meeting of the Social Services Committee, Committee, the group after accepted accepted the principle of spending $70,000 to $100,000 for a Health Council made an effort to save tax dollars on another matter. ' The Committee moved to cut the $1.00 per day grant given to out of work and homeless men staying at the Orono Weekly Times Region HoStel.in Oshawa for cigarettes and other personal needs back to fifty cents per day from the previous dollar level. "It seems that the Hostel budget might be short in the month of September and money had to be saved somehow - this was the .Wednesday, July 28th, 1976--3 Committee's reasoning. So out of a Social Services gross budget of $14,567,501 the Committee moved to save a few bucks by taking fifty cents from a few unfortunates living in the Regional Hostel. ."This seems to be some peopled idea of economy." "This is the reason why concerned people do not want the Eldorado plant in the Port Granby area of Newcastle." Kenneth E. Lyall Councillor Newcastle, Orono and Clarke IJC REPORT . . . Names Eldorado One Of Major Polluters WINDSOR (Staff) --- EÎdorado Nuclear Ltd. of Port Hope has been named one of the major polluters of the Great Lakes in a report by the International Joint Commission. Commission. The commission, a Canadian-U.S. agency set up to monitor problems along the border cited Eldorado Wednesday as one of 28 Ontario industrial plants under investigation investigation by other government agencies for contributing to Great Lakes pollution. The report was issued by. the commission's commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board, and names 113 firms in all. Eighty-five of the companies are in the U.S. , The' list of polluters, compiled by a board of senior technical experts from U.S. and Canadian governments includes two crown corporations. The report says Polysar, Ltd., Sarnia, has inadequate pollution controls that are being 'reviewed by the provincial environment ministry and that Eldorado is under investigation as a result of radiation problems. Eldorado at present is undfer investigation by the provincial ministry of health, the federal department of health and welfare, and the federal Atomic Energy Control Board ,(AECB). Investigations of Eldorado, the first uranium refining plant in North 'America, were launched late last year when it was found that various locations around Port Hope' had higher than normal radiation SUPPORT THE SEAP COMMITTEE f ntu&\ WHITE \ FOOD > V FOOD STORES Place Your Order Now FOR MONTMORENCY CHERRIES , THESE AR.E FRESHLY PITTED REDSOUR CHERRIES- CHILLED AND RUSHED TO YOU FROM THE GROWER i l ». f > . Ready fdr..., Canning Freezing , Preserving CORNISH'S

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