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Durham Region council is miffed by the fact that efforts to extend the GO train service to Oshawa appear to be getting nowhere. Council last week voted to advise the provincial Trans- portation Ministry that the Region "strongly objects" to a final report of a Task Force on provincial rail policy which makes no mention of extending GO train service to Oshawa, and in fact defines the Toronto rail "commutershed" line stopping at Brock Road to the east of Metro Toronto. Vol.115 No.33 The eastern GO train terminus is now Pickering, and although there is GO bus service to Oshawa, Whitby and 'Newcastle, Durham Region council is on record as strongly favouring an extension of the GO train to Whitby and Oshawa. Durham feels that such an extension would have economic benefits for the Region and would be an indication of provincial confidence for development in Durham. Council last week voted to - send a copy of a report by Wednesday, July 15,1981 Durham upset at -frain report Durham's planning depart- ment to the Toronto Area Transit Authority and 'to the chairman of the Ontario Task Force on Rail Policy. Also, council instructed Regional chairman Gary Herrema to meet with federal members of Parliament "apprising them of the apparent lack of co- operation from CNR as it relates to commuter rail transit in Durham Region." Oshawa councillor Bruce McArthur told council last week that CN is "being (Turn to page 3) 32 Pages Scugog man injured by rim from truck tire A well known Scugog Township farmer suffered serious head and facial injuries last Friday morning when he was struck by a truck tire lock rim which "exploded" as he was work- ing on a tire. Paul Mappin, 30, of R.R. 1, Nestleton underwent exten- sive surgery at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after he was transferred there by emergency helicopter ambulance and his condition Monday remained very serious, but stable. According to Durham Police, who investigated the incident, Mr. Mappin was working alone on the truck tires about 10:30 Friday morning at the grain drying facility owned by his father in-law Don Frew. The tire was off the truck and the lock rim secured for safety with a logging chain. The force of the rim coming apart broke the safety chain and then struck him in the face and head. Fellow workers heard the sound caused by the force of The emergency air ambulance helicopter was used to transfer Paul Mappin of R.R. 1, Nestleton to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after he suffered serious injuries last Friday morning in a farm the broken rim and found him unconscious. He was first taken to Port Perry Hospital and then transfer- . red to Sunnybrook. Cases of lock rims on truck tires blowing apart are not unusual and it is standard procedure to use a safety chain or cage while working on them. A member of Mr. Mappin's family told the Star Monday afternoon it may be several days before doctors are able to determine the full extent of the injuries. a - 4 ) 3 SEE 1 Ron Mollon and his children check the spot where a 25 pound container of pool chlorinator exploded last Sunday evening, while the kids were swimming in the pool. Fortunately no was was injured in the mishap. Swim pool chemicals explode in back yard "It sounded like a shotgun going off," is the way Ron Mollon of R.R. 2 Port Perry described the sound of a 25 accident. He was working on a truck tire, when the split rim "exploded," broke a safety chain and struck him in the face. lb. container of HTH dry chlorinator as it exploded last Sunday evening beside his above ground swimming pool. "The kids were in swim- ming at the time and I was on the couch about 8:30 p.m. when this loud explosion sounded. A few minutes later the kids came running into the house yelling that the chlorine had exploded" he told the Star. At first the Mollon's didn't believe the kids, but upon investigating they found large pieces of jagged plastic from the container strewn around the yard and traces of the chemical on trees and bushes some 50 feet away. The container which was stored beside the pool had completely blown apart and the chlorine tablets looked like a pile of bubbly Alka Seltzer which was giving off a tremendous heat and smell, according to Mr. Mollen. The fact that the container exploded and there is no real warning that this could take place on the container worries him. "There is no safe place you can store a chemical like that without the fear of it exploding," he said. Mr. Mollon's theory on the explosion was that moisture from the extreme humidity on Sunday built up inside the container through conden- sation. This may have started the chemical reaction - which caused pressure to build up in the sealed container with nowhere for it to escape, resulting in the explosion. His main concern is for the safety of people around pools where this chemical or one similar to it may be stored. "If the company which man- ufactures this chemical realizes that it is flammable or explosive they should not be selling it in this type of a container," he contends. In the meantime, Mr. Mollon has contacted MP Allen Lawrence and the Canadian Tire store in Port Perry, where the chemical is (Turn to page 3) A Fo A ae: on a yr So --_ oS wim. DE LL a