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I-- Newtonville Alive by Peggy Mullan Oimiii Ww'kl> I urns, VVvdiivsda.N, Jul) 27, 1988-5 From Around the Region Everyone is really fed up! The Committee of Clarke Constituents Constituents announced a protest rally to take an angry stand against the much publicized Metro Toronto dumping of their garbage here in Newtonville. This past weekend, posters were handed out and readily hung all over town. A four page bulletin accompanied accompanied the posters...Legitimate "whoop-lah" is stirring... This is scary. Acres and acres of prime agricultural land to be turned into a dump - it is that plain and simple. Along with that - all the after effects - smell, seagulls galore, and so on. What about our property property values? ; : ■ . ■_ ■' ' . ; There just have to be more suitable sites in Canada. There was some mention awhile ago about taking garbage perhaps up around Elliott Lake. There are apparently people and organizations that would willingly accept a dumping programme for their area...maybe in abandoned mines? Why?Why?Why? near the lake and right in the centre of young growing Communities? ■■■£?<_ Everyone is urged to come out Friday at 7:00 p.m., July 29th, at the Morgan's Corners overpass. Carry a large bold sign, wear an orangq^earbage bag and let your voice beJieard.Tt's a matter of life, breath and our futures. To raise funds for the new addition addition for the Clarke Museum 50/50 tickets are now available for a special draw. Pick up your tickets for $1.00 each at Fice's Corner Store from Donna Robins or Phyllis Peck. Summertime can. often be lazy days of relaxation and tranquility..then suddenly - the bubble bursts and everything comes and everything happens at once! I hope your summer has been going going along just dandy! I have really been having a great time with family and friends - have been in and out of town, doing this and that and wondering where all the time has gone and how I will fit in all that is to be done. The old saying holds true though, there's no place like home. Newtonville is Alive! and I am eager to settle back in and about to hear and see just what is happening. Enjoy - Talk to you later! Another door opens for women The oldest of four Kiwanis Clubs in the Oshawa area has become the first to officially pave the way for women to become Kiwanians. The club has amended ttieir bylaw bylaw substituting the word 'men' to 'person'. >. Wants Metro to leave dump for Durham A public works report calls for Metro to vacate the Brock West site and leave it for the use of municipalities within the Region of Durham. The recommendation is to be discussed by Regional council today, today, Wednesday. Gary ITerrema, chairman of the Region, has stated , the proposal needs further consideration consideration and that the Region should be seeking an interim solution solution of their own somewhere else. Tear a strip off plan for industrial area strip joint Opposition is growing to a proposal proposal to establish an adult entertainment entertainment parlor in an industrial area in the City of Oshawa. Oshawa has been successful in banning stich establishments in the downtown' area of the city other than those areas it has given approval. approval. ' It i's noted that such establishments are allowed within the area zoned as industrial. Decision yet to be made on disposition of garbage rebate The Region of Durham has yet to make a decision as to the use of a $2.2 million garbage rebate from Metro which has resulted from the , use of the Brock West dump site by regional municipalities. Public works has suggested that the money be used for development of a fyture dump site for the region but this could well run into opposition from the present larger municipalities in the Region who may want to retain the rebate themselves. Metro will pay the Region the rebate. Under mqst recent developments the Town of Newcastle Newcastle would share in this rebate. Want to save Thickson Woods in Oshawa In 1984 a group of naturalists and bird lovers raised funds to purchase a 16 acre mature wood lot in the south-west corner of Oshawa. They formed the Thickson's Woods 1 Heritage Foundation and have since raised a further $100,000 to be used to preserve the woods and adjoining marsh area. Some 20 species of birds and 300 species of plants call the area home. But progress in the area is threatening the future of the wood lot and the enjoyment it brings to those interested, A planned road to the north will have its effect as does industrial fumes now emitting from neighbouring industries. Keep hands off our lands Hope Township council is in effect effect asking Queen's Park to keep hands off Hope Township lands which the residents can look after themselves. The Township has tpld the Ganaraska they are prepared to challenge Ontario Regulation 576-84, a law that- gives the ty control over fill, construction and alterations of water ways within Authority control over fill, construction construction and alterations of water ways within the flood plain. Thé Township through their lawyer also claim that the regulations regulations were never properly enacted or adopted by'the Authority. Would oppose Authorities amalgamations The chairman of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, ' Gerry Houston, has sta.ted he opposes opposes the .amalgamation of the Ganaraska Authority with Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. Houston states that if there are marriages there are better unions than that proposed by a recent report to the Province. The report suggests that 38 Authorities be reduced to 18 through amalgamations. Low level waste removal up to politicians It appears that the department of forestry and mines alpng with other federal departments have completed completed their study of the Siting Process Process Task Force on Low-Level Radioactive Waste and that the final decision is now to be made by the federal cabinet. According to Allen Lawrence the report is before the powerful policy and priorities committee. The report affects the removal of Low-level radioactive wastes at Port Granby, Welcome and from Port Hope. Show will go on at the Port Hope Capitol Plans and purchase have been finalized to the effect that the 58 year old Capitol Theatre in Port Hope will again show movies. Rod Stewart, the new owner, expects expects renovations to take place shortly and has applied for designation designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. Grants will be sought for the restoration of the buildings Caterpillar spraying achieves good kill % It is thought that the spray program program undertaken in Northumberland. Northumberland. County for the Gypsy moth has been somewhat successful. successful. Some 3000 hectares of private land in the county were sprayed this year and Jim Tedford, co-ordinator of the program» states that it appears a good kill resulted. Geoff High am of the Ministry states that affected acreage across Ontario was down in 1986 from 1985 and sees à possible downward trend in infestation. There was some damage in the Ganaraska Forest north of Port Hope this year. Opposes joining Ganaraska with CLOCA authority Bill Campbell, manager of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, states he is opposed to CLOCA joining with the Ganaraska. He claims the enlarged , size would be too large and that local autonomy would be lost. Campbell suggests it would make more sense to keep Authority boundaries boundaries to those of regional boun- Last week the Region of Durham received a report from consultants in which a course of action has been suggested for waste disposal within the municipality. Incineration was. a main, thrust of the report along with further development of the three Rs for waste management. The report setforth a 20-year strategy for garbage reduction and disposal. The report suggests that the Region reduce garbage by 25 percent percent by the year 1993 and that the Region also embark on a design for an energy-from-waste program (incineration) (incineration) to be operated in conjunction conjunction with a landfill operation. Gary Herrema, chairman of the Region states that the general public will be part_ of the process'. The report wilf be presented to the full council of the Region on July July 27th. The first priority suggested by the Inquest to be held as to Hillsdale senior death An inquest, will be held this fall in Whitby into five heat related deaths at Hillsdale Manor, operated by the Region of Durham and as least nine other deaths at similar homes for the aged in the Metro area. The inquest to start October 11th will specifically focus on the July 10th death of 97 year old Annie Ancliff who was a resident of Hillsdale Manor. Her case will be representative of the other four deaths at Hillsdale, states Dr. James Young, deputy chief coroner for Ontario. Suspect wire tapping Both John Veldhuis of the Port Granby Monitoring Group and Jeff Brackett of Durham Nuclear Awareness have been reported to state that wire tapping is something that members of their groups have to live with. The groups made the statement one day after Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. denied it had been spying spying on anti-nuclear groups after a •confidential document recommending recommending the Crown corporation infiltrate infiltrate environmental groups was leaked to the groups. 'Port Hope not joining United Way The Northumberland United Way will open its fiind raising campaign campaign in the county this September but without Port Hope being involved. involved. The chairman of the United Way has said, "wait until next year and Port Hope will be included.' Meeting debates retirement community A proposed retirement village on the south shores of Rice Lake in Percy Township was cause fpr considerable considerable debate at a recent public meeting. The development would almost double the population figures of the Township now set at 2600 residents. The proposal calls for an expenditure expenditure of $100 million and would be' phased in over a 10 to 15 years period. Bewdley arena operates in the black Hamilton and Hope Townships have praised the management board of the Bewdley arena who have turned the operation from a deficit operation to a balanced operation within two years. The two municipalities are not ■setting up a similar operation for the Baltimore arena. report would have the Region adopt the three Rs, recycling (which it has to a degree) réduction and re-use. The' consultants praised the efforts of the .Region as. to their operating recycling program. They suggest that this should be expanded to include include industrial and commercial outlets. - . The public works committee has ^ked that, consultants prepare a detailed $300,000 report of three energy-from-waste - landfill options as outline^ in the recent report. The three disposal options are:- a 2,000 tonne-çer-day EFW facility operated in conjunction with a Metro operated dump, a similar sized sized facility plus a landfill that accepts accepts only processed waste (or ash) from Metro and a smaller 364 tonne-per-day EFW facility with a Durham only dump. The next move on the plan is up to council this Wednesday DURHAM THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM HOLIDAY CLOSURE OF SANITARY LANDFILL SITE The NEWCASTLE TRANSFER STATION (formerly the DARLINGTON LANDFILL SITE) will be closed on Monday, August 1, 1988, for the Civic Holiday. Normal operations will iontinue on Tuesday, August 2, 1988 : W A. TWELVETREES, P. Eng. COMMISSIONER OF WORKS Incineration part of plans for Regional waste disposal