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Smithson to run G. Rickard requests r r " n 9 School Trustee John Smithson announces that, he will be running as ai candidate in Ward 3 for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education in the upcoming municipal elec tions. This is his first attempt at an elected office. The Information Security Officer with E.D.S. of Canada Ltd. feels that the current and previous representatives from this Ward have done an extremely good job in providing an array of excellent programs programs with the monies available. With the current growth now being experienced in the Ward, it will be doubly important to maintain this fiscal prudence. The biggest challenge as always, will be getting the province to come up with their fair share of the money required to implement and maintain their current legislation that the board must follow. Mr. Smithson and wife Jo-Anne have lived in the village of Newcastle Newcastle for the past 12 years. They have 2 children, Victoria 10 and Michelle Clarke Township Museum Activity "Christmas is Coming, Museum in November and learn The Goose is getting fat..." about the fascinating history of the It may seem early for some but, Christmas card and it's develop- the Clarke Museum is once again ment. View the special (one month gearing up for it's popular only) display of pre and post 1900 Christmas/Holiday Card greeting cards from the Museum's Demonstration & Workshop. collections. ADMISSION IS On November 5/6 and again on FREE, to the Museum and the November 26/77 Curator Mark demonstration, donations are ap- Jackman will be hand carving wood predated, ($5. - or more will receive printing blocks using traditional a receipt for income tax purposes.) pre-1840 techniques for commercial The Museum is located on Hwy printing. These blocks on a variety 35/115 at Regional Road 9 in the of holiday themes will then be used Hamlet of Kirby. Just five minutes to print Christmas/Holiday cards off Hwy 401, take the Lindsay by hand. Everyone will have the Peterborough off ramp. Only 35 chance to try and print a card from minutes south of Peterborough, one of the blocks. A special added -The Museum is open Monday- feature this year will be the Friday 12-5 p.m., Saturday and workshop portion. Sunday 2-5 p.m. CLOSED There will be four 'special' WEDNESDAYS. Special tours may workshops, one on each of the be arranged anytime between 9-5 event days. Each workshop will last p.m. 4 hours and teach the participants The Christmas/Holiday Card how to carve their own blocks for, Demonstration is a regular part of printing 'unique' and 'very special' the Museum's Outreach Program- cards of their own. The fee is $5! ming. The demonstration is -and includes everything you will available to any school or interested need to carve and print one card, 'group in Central Ontario free of The enrolment is limited to 8 par- charge. (For areas outside of Cen- new arena target to $1.5 million Garnet Rickard, chairman of the fund raising committee for the new Bowmanville Arena approoaçhed council on Monday suggesting that with certain consideration from council the fund raising committee would like to up its fund raising goal from $1.1 million to $1.5 million. The chairman suggested that his suggestion be discussed in committee committee of the whole. Council members at the close of the meeting met with Rickard in camera to discuss the proposal from the chairman. In speaking with Mr. Rickard following the meeting he said he was to hear from council over his proposal. He said the $1,5 million would allow funds to make way for expansion to the facility now rather than later. Rickard said the fund raising had been going well and further major donations were expected. He said to date some $770,000 had been subscribed to the fund. Hot mix asphalt plant denied The General Purpose committee on Monday denied an application for a hot mix asphalt plant in the Courtice area which was a recommendation recommendation of the Town's planning staff. The application has been before the committee on a previous instance instance when the committee asked that the applicant meet with residents who opposed the application. application. This was carried out with the residents still in opposition to the application. The Ministry of the Environment noted the impact on the life style of those within 1000 feet of the plant and stated that the application was premature until such time as the dwellings were removed. The applicant asked for a tabling of the proposal which also was denied by council members. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 5, 1988-3 Babes In . Bookland by Dorothy Robinson Poems and Prayers For The Very Young The harvest festival of Thanksgiving is a family holiday that comes at such a beautiful time of the year. The invigorating coolness of the mornings and the sun of the colourful landscape give a feeling of well-being. It's a season to savour before winter moves in. Many share in traditional feasts ever mindful of the reasons for gratitude. If you are looking for words to help you and your family express feelings inspired by the Thanksgiving season, share some of the selections from Martha Alexander's Alexander's "Poems and Prayers...". The child-like simplicity of the 40 illustrated illustrated selections is refreshingly uplifting. Especially appropriate is this Table Blessing by Maryleona Frost: God, we thank you for this food For rest and home and all things good. For wind and rain and sun above, But most of all for those we love. Once: A Lullaby In September, 44 year old Barrie Phillip Nicol died following an operation. He was a Canadian poet, editor and novelist who won the 1970 Governor-General's poetry award. His ; writing signature was by (Continued page 9) Elect HAL MCKNIGHT Mayor 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, OCTOBER 10th, 1988 for Thanksgiving Day Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, * October 11,1988 W.A. TWELVETREES, P.Eng.' COMMISSIONER OF WORKS ticipants for each of the 4 workshops. Pre-registration is required, required, Please note; sharp tools are used to carve the printing blocks and the Clarke MuseUm, it's staff rand' volunteers assume no responsibility responsibility for anyone taking part. Children must be accompanied by an adult. So plan to come out to the tral Ontario à small fee may be applied) applied) ( 'For information on this and other Outreach Programmes, please call, pr write Mark Jackman, Curator of Collections, (416) 983-9243, P.O.. Box 152, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0. Mark Jackman, Curator Open letter to the Hon. Jim Bradley Dear Mr. Bradley: The continuing terrorization of the outlying communities involved in the Metro Toronto garbage crisis must stop. The Machjavellian power given to Toronto in the Metro Toronto Act must not bq allowed'to be exercised. The problem facing Metropolitan Toronto must be solved within Metropolitan Toronto. We, in the Newcastle area, are not entirely without blame, however we are, voluntarily recycling much of■ our waste materials and we have already reduced our residential solid waste output by S4% using the "blue box" program. We have a firm objective objective from the Region ol Durham to further reduce the residential and industrial waste to 25% by the year 1993. In case we're feeling a little heady about our success, we need to notice that the Town of Hamburg, ,Ncw York, (just across Lake On tario), already recycles up to 90% of its garbage! Alternative systems must be put into place; quickly and forcibly. Recycle, reuse, refuse, the three "R'"s of responsible garbage ' management, must become the main weapons in the real battle tor control of the garbage situation. Recycle all recyclable materials, glass, paper, tin and some plastics. Reuse any container or product lhat can have an alternative purpose. Consumers must be encouraged to refuse to purchase any product that is not packaged in biodegradable materials and tell the store owner and manufacturer why they arc refusing to purchase that product. '/Landfill" sites are not the answer, short term or long term. PJease, let's stop calling them '(landfill" sites. They are garbage idtimps.. "I .and I ill" sounds like the land,is broken and needs to he tilled up to fix it. The land is not broken. The land is, in at least the location of the N1 site, (Courtice Road and Highway 401), active, productive prime agricultural land. It is also in immediate proximity to the largest source, by population, of fresh drinking water in the world. 1 urge you to use all possible influence influence to make Metropolitan Toronto find alternative methods - of dealing with the garbage crisis. Toronto has to move quickly from the back of the pack, in terms of responsible waste management, to being one of the front runners. In addition, I implore you to not exempt exempt Metropolitan Toronto from full environmental studies of any garbage dump site. Regardless of the urgency of their problem, the risks of exemption could far outlast the memory of any real or perceived crisis.' . Already, recent studies indicate that the previously held notion of the impenetrability of .the "blue clay" stratum of the soil is in error. This would indicate that the ground water criteria currently in use for site selection is skewed and must be reassessed. Our elected officials on the municipal and provincial levels must continue to strive tor practical, practical, environmentally sound solutions solutions to the solid waste problem. A garbage dump on agricultural land next to Lake Ontario and Highway 401 Is certainly not one of them. Sincerely, Brian .1. Liston The Corporation of the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE Fire-Prevention Week Plan to visit your Fire Department during Fire Prevention week OCTOBER 9th - 15th, 1988 OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD DAILY commencing October 10th from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Bowmanville Station No. 1 ançl at Courtice Station No, 4 VISIT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPLAY AT BOWMANVILLE MALk Thursday, October 13 & Friday, October 14 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., , ànd Saturday, October f5 -11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. WHILE THERE .FILL IN Â BALLOT FOR THE-FREE DRAW J. ALDRIDGE, fire Chief Date of Publication: October 5, 1988 P.O. A0589