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I have three sons . . .. It was a logical question to ask Wayne Hunt of Pontypool. "What are you doing at .this meeting?" The particular meeting in question question was the Garbage Of Ontario Diminished (GOOD) being held in Bowman ville last Thursday evening. evening. The GOOD organization resulted out of endeavours by John Veldhuis and Susan Elston of the Town of Newcastle. After all Wayne is from Pontypool. The answer to the question was.. "I have three sons and it's time I started taking an interest in our actions actions as it relates to the environment so that my kids and others are not living in a polluted world". I want my kids to be able to go to the beach to swim. I want them to be able to catch fish without first reading what fish are safe enough to be edible. "I'm sick and tired of our throwaway throwaway society." Wayne Hunt- went further stating that just the day before he searched for a pop drink that was contained in a returnable bottle or can and couldn't find one. "We used to use our waste in one form or another but now we throw away everything and everything we buy and use has waste". Hunt said the irony of the whole garbage issue is that we could create à whole new industry through recycling recycling and re-use. "I want to talk to Sam (Cureatz)." The GOOD organization' formed this year and haying as its interim chairman Sam Cureatz was meeting in Bowmanville last Thursday with a good attendance of interested persons. persons. A number of reports were presented including the action of the Region of Durham to seek to block Metro Toronto from using the N 1 site, between Ontario Hysro and the Darlington Provincial Park as a possible land fill site. Sam Cureatz informed the •■meeting that a student law student was to be made available to them to assist with preparing a private members bill as it would relate to industrial waste. Cureatz said he would present the private members bill to the legislature in the spring. He said he was optimistic that it would be accepted for debate. John Veldhuis volunteered to head up an Industrial Incentive program program that would recognize those industries industries who took an interest and were able to reduce industrial waste, yeldhtiis noted that 60 to 70 percent of all garbage is created by industry. Jan Mayer is to head up a committee committee considering a composting program for the Region. Chris Thew who operates a company company recycling plastic also spoke to the gathering outlining his operation. operation. He was asked if he might consider consider locating a plant in the Newcastle Newcastle area to which he said, "Anything is possible" but in this case not likely. The GOOD organization meets again on November 7th in Court Room Two in Bowmanville' commencing commencing at 7:30 p.m. Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1988 75 Clarke students honoured for achievements in 1987-88 Clarke High School held their annual annual Academic Banquet in the school cafeteria on Thursday S^en-, ing of last week. It was an evening when the school, parents and fellow students paid tribute to the seventy- five top students in grade 9, 10 and 11 in the school year 1987-88. Certificates were presented by Vera sBackieton, Board Chairman, R. Willsher and Wm. Carman, Board Trustees and Ç. Kennedy, administration, to the seventy-five, students. Other department awards were also presented during the cours of the evening. Both the principal and vice- principal, H. Hubbs and D. Knafip, • congratulated the students on their achievements and thanked the parents who provided the banquet dinner. Recognition was also given to the teachers' federation for their support of the program. Baker, Jeffery Biersteker, Juanita Brown, Carl Brown, Jill Bugden, Denise Bryant, Tina Clark, Elizabeth Cochrane, Allison Crowther, Janet Dejong, Tammy Pe Laat, Angela Donald, Gregory French, Craig French Nicole Gates', Brent Gaudet, Ted Gray,'Todd Hansen, Tammy Hartwell, Heidi Hinton, Michael Hirschfeld, Shari-Lyn Hope, Tom Hutohinsqn, ' . ■ Wanda Hyland, Craig Happenings . . . A FRESHING UP IN DOWNTOWN Over the past week-end Deb's Fabrics and Fashions has received a new coat of interior paint brightening the store considerably, considerably, • ORONO TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS The Ôrono Town Hall Euchre results for October 5th were as follows with 9'A tables: High score Marion Sears with 92; Doreen Green with 91; Shirley Moffat with 86; Reg Elliott with 84 and Mary Tamblyn with 83. Low for the evening was Kay Beggs. Winners of the draws were: Wally Boughen; Ruth Henderson and Velma Jaremar. Euchre every Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. Ladies please bring lunch. CANDIDATES MEETING The Bowmanville Business and Professional Women's Club is sponsoring a Candidates' Meeting for the mayoralty candidates for the 1988 municipal election. It will take place in the Bowmanville Lions Centre on Thursday, October 20th, at 7:45 p.m. Come out and meet the three candidates who wish to serve the-geople of the Town of Newcastle. Hear their platform and question them! Jones, Tanya Jury, Allison Jury, Karen Kelleher, Debra Kennedy, Shari Kidd, Julie Klages, Stacey Kortekaas, Angela Lafont, Gwen Lalonde, Leonel Lycett, Kim Marleau, Jason Martin, Colleen McCullough, Cathy McKinlay, Rick Mereweather, Brian Millson, Tina Mitchell, Roy Mudd, David Osmond, Tami Pedias, John Pedias, Sophie Pierce, Mark Richards, Wendy Rizvi, Batool Rorabeck, Andy Shaw, Tammy Skinner, Jennifer Smith, Daniel Sokoljuk, Alecia Stainton, Kelly Stephenson, Diana Sumners, Jennifer Tait, Mike Talsma, Tina Tamblyn, Cindy Troost, Julie T.wardowski, Lisa Vander Schee, lan Vander Schee, Steven Vanderstarre, Jennifer Verwoert, Ken Vey, Candace Wallace, Tara Walters, Jeffery Westheuser, Alyson White, /Xlisha Whyte, Lisa Winning, Sean Winter, Tammy Yaworski, Tamilyn Hamre to seek Regional seat Eight year veteran of Regional government, Diane Hamre, .Ward Three, is again to seek .re-election for another term of office both serving serving at the Regional and Municipal level of government. She has served on various boards and currently is chairman of the Region Social Services committee. As of last Friday no other name had been placed with the clerk seeking seeking "Ihe seat in the forthcoming 'municipal election. Metro may consider leaving dump early Following a meeting of Durham Region and Metro officials on Friday, Friday, Gary Herrema, chairman for Durham stated that Metro had agreed to get out of the Pickering landfill site earlier than original!) planned, 1990. Herrema said the> agreed to take this recommendation to Metro council where the Metro officials would support such a plan. Durham Region has called for the early retirement from the landfill site by Metro leaving the site for the sole use by Durham Region. It has been stated that if Metro discontinued discontinued the use of the Brock West 1 site leaving it for Regional use the site would service Durham for a five year period, Herrema said the move by Metro . was a step in the right direction. He also. stated that Durham officials had demanded that Metro stop any study of the N1 site in, the Courtice area as an interim dump until such time as the two public works committee committee could meet.' Metro has been investigating the use of two . interim sites which would serve both Metro and Durham; One of the sites is in the Courtice area south of 401 highway while the other would be the extension extension of the Keele Valley dump in Vaughan township. Vaughan has also told Metro no expansion of this existing landfill operation. Although Durham was apparently apparently satisfied with the meeting Metro chairman Dennis Flynn nas been reported to state that no figures or dates had been agreed upon. He also said that Metro is willing to discuss leaving Brock West early but they could not just walk away from it without knowing what they were facing altogether. Flynn said Durham had their concèrns arid Metro had theirs but we want to be co-operative. Durham Regional council on Wednesday last went on record opposing opposing the use of Courtice lands for a Metro interim dump but did not go as far as to severe relationships and working with Metro for a joint-use dump. Marg Wilbur to again run for New Democrats Marg, Wilbur of Port Perry Was acclaimed the New Democrat Party candidate for the forthcoming federal election at a '.nomination meeting held last Week in Columbus. Columbus. Wilbur will be facing Doug Mof- fatt for the liberals and Ross Stevenson fof the Conservative to represent Durham riding in the House of Common^. Wilbur is not new to the political scene having been a candidate in the 1987 provincial election when she represented the Durham East »N DP. In accepting the nomination last week Wilbur said she had been en couraged to run as women should be represented in politics and be Heritage plaque arrives Tom Barrie,'a member of the Hon of the official plaque Newcastle. LAC AC committee, < The büi/ding was completed to completes the final• step in the serve the community in 1898 and designation of the Orono Town as a stands'today in excellent condition heritage building with the installa-