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Celebrate Birthdays Hi, I'm Jeffrey Stacheruk, I will Danny and Bev Stacheruk, R.R. 2 be one-year-old on August 29th. Orono. Our grandparents are Bill My big brother, Tell, will be. three Stacheruk of Pontypool and Bill on September 5th. Our parents are and Jean Pearson of Scarborough. Happy 20th Birthday Letter to the Editor It was a step in. the right direction when the Durham Nuclear Emergent* Task Force handed out , a booklet on how to prepare for nuclear disaster to people living' near the Pickering Nuclear Station. One day we may need all the information information we can get. It may be sooner than later...Let me explain! On Page 11 of the booklet, jointly jointly written by Ontario Hydro, Durham Region and the Office of the Solicitor General, it says...."If a major process fails during normal operation, special safety systems provide further lines of defense. These systems, tested every day, include include two methods to shut down the reactor...". The crucial word here is "include" because although the Pickering B reactors have two fast emergency shift down systems, the 87/ 88 Hockey Registration Place: ORONO ARENA # . Monday, Aug. 31 & Wednesday, Sept. 2 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. Both Dates FEE: Tyke, Novice, Atom, PeeWee - $195.00 Bantam, Midget, Juvenile $220.00 Late Registration Charge $25.00 Registration Fee covers the Pat Stapleton Fundamentals In -action instruction plus /'layers and Family Pass and Team Photos. Family pass good until March 1,1988 No Post-Dated Cheques No rebate on Registration Fee after December 1,1987 except except due to injury or moving out of the area. No rebate for any reason as of January 1, 1988 Hockey Registration must be paid before any player will be allowed on the ice. All hockey players will please register on the above dates. Failure to register may forfeit a player's chance to play hockey this season interested Coaches and Managers please leave your name and phone number at this time. ORONO AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 26, 1987-5 ^Around ) Home j The forepart of this month we had the opportunity to make a fast trip to Pembroke which is gaining a reputation as the Swallow capital of Ontario. Certainly the town is cashing in on this spectacle and it is reputed that upwards of 100,000 swallows do come to roost in a particular particular area in Pembroke on the banks of the Ottawa River. I have rfow no doubt but to believe the figure of 100,000 up to 150,000 at peak periods; All types of swallows are involved along with Purple Martins, and apparently apparently it is rather unusual that these birds do use Willow trees along the waterfront for their night roost. In Presquile and in an area in Kingston the swallows made roost in cattails wtfich is most common common for this specie of birds. The locale for the watch is at the municipal Marina and the birds do start to fly high over head at the beginning of dusk. As time goes on more and more birds fly into the area, and as I said before I have no doubt there are at least 100,000. As the evening darkens the birds drop down closer to the water and the trees and' a large group will break off like a swarm of bees and fly right into the trees to disappear. One would wonder how so many birds can fly in close formation formation without running into one another. They appear not to. It was up at five a.m. to again watch the birds leave and they left the trees in swarms at daybreak. Prior to the evening viewing of this' spectacle we were told that it was possible we would see a Pigeon Hawk fly into the flocks of swallows looking for its evening meal. Sure enough, on two occasions, occasions, the hawk appeared, being successful in nabbing a Purple Martin Martin in its talons for its repas on both occasions. I was under the impression that the swallows only appeared to roost in Pembroke on this particular week-end. It is not the case as this - event is repeated on a daily basis from late in June to late in August. It so happens that this particular week-end is billed for the swallbw watch along with a host of other activities activities including a fish derby for. bass for both adults and children, an art display in their old Armouries, Armouries, the presentation of a theatre play as well as some other activities. It was interesting to note that the municipality owned considerable land along the waterfront on the river and owned and maintained a marina now, equipped to dock one hundred boats' with plans to expand to provide 300 docking spaces. A large park and playgrounds is also located along the river, municipality owned, and providing six soccer pitches, four ball diamonds, tennis-courts, miniature golf, play areas and a camping- trailer area for visitors. It is well maintained and well controlled. I was given to understand that other lands, yet undeveloped, is owned by the town along the river. In comparing this aspect of Pembroke Pembroke with my own municipality, the Town of Newcastle, I had to admit admit we, in Newcastle, had lost out on the lakefront as far as access to a recreational area and open space was concerned. No where does such exist and Pembroke does have facilities that out-dist'ance that of Bowmanville as far as retreation is concerned. Pembroke; Pembroke; I would believe, is similar in size to Bowmanville. , It is unfortunate that the beach at Bowmanville is not in public ownership ownership and as far as Newcastle Village harbourfront the property was sold for a meagre $4,000 to private interests interests prior to the formation of the Region of Durham. As far as the calibre of the art show it was no better than that held, on an annual basis in Orono with the exception, that some of the Keirsted family had their art on display. Orono's Jeff Greer, in carving, carving, would out-distance, by far, any exhibit of carving at the Pembroke Pembroke show. Pembroke likely has to its advantage advantage a sizeable trading area and surely must be somewhat of a tourist town which does help in the' long run. So that is the trip to Pembroke and an intersting drive to and from stopping off for lunch at the old hotel in Kaladar and a revamped old home in the Cobden area. aging Pickering A reactors were built before present day safety systems were required. They have only one fast emergency shut down system in violation of Atomic Energy Control Board Licencing Document number 13 which governs all nuclear stations newer than Pickering A. In fact if Ontario Hydro made application to build - Pickering A now, with its obsolete safety systerps, the AECB would be forced to reject the plan. Further, on page one of the Nuclear Emergency Task Force- booklet it says...."Every two years, before being granted a licence ' to continue operating the Pickering Station, Ontario Hydro must apply to the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB). Proof must be submitted submitted that the station's in-depth safety systems are being maintained and properly operated...". No mention is made of the AECB's option option of making exceptions to the rules whenever it suits them. What protection do we really have? Recently the AECB relicenced two Pickering A reactors...once again overriding safety regulations by overlooking shut down systems which fall below official standards. This is particularly alarming when you think that these two reactors just went through a $44.1 million rebuild and still the required safety systems were not installed. Joseph Molloy, an AECB official was quoted in the Globe and Mail (24 July 87) saying "we wouldn't licence i.t unless we, and the board members, felt it was safe." No doubt a certain group of nuclear reactor' operators felt exactly that same sentiment until Chernobyl proved them wrong. In the early 1980s the City of Toronto requested that Pickering A reactors be operated at reduced power. Just as a car is safer at Jower speeds....a reduction in p'ower at Pickering A would give operators more time to react in an emergency situation. The AECB denied the request. request. So it's full power at Pickering Pickering A....full speed towards disaster. Jeff Brackett Durham Nuclear Awareness If your name is on the list of Voters, or on a Certificate to Vote, but you expect to be away or unable to vote on Election Day, you can take advantage of any Advance Poll in your. Electoral District. BUT YOU MUST VOTE IN YOUR ELECTORAL DISTRICT. Except for those locations marked * ground level locations have been chosen for easy access by the elderly or disabled in wheelchairs. , . . 1 - In the Electoral District of .DURHAM EAST • ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH . - BROOKLIN WAVERLY PUBLIC SCHOOL , • -BOWMANVILLE • PORT PERRY PLAZA - HWY. 7A, ' \ Ballots cast at the Advance Polls will be counted at the close of the regular Polls on Election Day. PUBLISHED ON BEHALF OF THE RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THÊ ABOVE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS BY Warren R. Bailie, CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER ' KEEPING YOU INFORMED AP3/34