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Penetanguishene Citizen (1975-1988), 12 Aug 1986, p. 3

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a a NSWMA continues to search for dump site The remaining five members of the North Sim- coe Waste Management Association (NSWMA) will continue their efforts to find a replacement site for the Pauze dump. Despite Tiny Township council's decision to withdraw from the associa- tion last month, Chairman Lionel Dion said the NSWMA have directed their consultants to con- tinue all the necessary work to prepare the association for an En- vironmental Assessment Hearing (EAH) by the Ministry of the Environ- ment (MOE) this December. In a special meeting at the Municipal Offices in Penetanguishene last Wednesday members of the association's Site Selec- tion Committee were on hand to discuss their posi- tion in light of the move by Tiny officials to drop out of the group after the NSWMA voted against a resolution by the Township to allow Tiny council to spearhead a search for a new dump on their own, "As far as we are con- cerned we (NSMWA) are not dead,"' said Midland representative Deputy- Reeve Nancy Keefe. "We are going to have to con- tinue our effort to find a dump without them." Tiny Township split from the NSWMaA at their last public meeting after Dental surgery on Dentists at Pene- tanguishene General Hospital have taken no specific action to protest the government's Bill 94 and Doris Shirriff, ex- ecutive administrative assistant says they have no plans to. "T don't know how much surgery occurs weekly at the hospital but the eight dentists who have privileges here have not cancelled any surgery that I'm aware of," she says. "As far as we know, there have been no in- conveniences experienced by patients either,' she adds. Ontario's dentists stop- ped doing dental surgery with the exception of emergencies at the end of June because of the same provincial legislation which upset doctors. Den- Construction tists say Bill 94 is unfair to them in terms of payment for surgery done in a hospital. Under the bill, dentists cannot bill paitents for surgery performed in hospitals. Before Bill 94, dentists billed their pa- tients the difference bet- ween the OHIP rate and their office rate for surgery in hospital. the association refused to abandon their choice of a site in the south end of Tiny Township. Tiny ~of- ficials have been fighting the move to put a new gar- bage dump on the Wayne Johnson farm since a new council was elected last fall. Tiny officials are propos- ing a new dump be located in the 80 acres of land ad- jacent to the existing dump in Perkinsfield that is slated to be closed in Oc- tober of next year. Despite Tiny's opposi- tion in using prime agricultural land, Site Selection Committee Chairman Bruce Tinney said the association has been following the MOE's schedule A recently announced agreement between the ~ Ontario Dental Association and the provincial govern- ment gives the dentists a raise for dental work covered by OHIP. And in future, the majority of the most common dental surgery, the extraction of impacted wisdom teeth, will be done in dentists' of- fice and not hospitals. Arrive Alive Drive The Mountainview Mall will be home to the Arrive. Alive display, today and tomorrow. Arrive Alive, a demonstration on drinking and driving, will be located at the mall for the two days giving out buttons, pam- phlets and contracts for life. Contracts for life are a written agreement bet- zone Final touches for construction at Point and Main Streets are expected soon and according to Town Ad- ween the parent and teenager. The two parties agree that in the event either of them are too drunk to drive, they will either phone home for a ride or call a taxi. The province-wide cam- paign is sponsored by the Attorney General, and over 80 students throughout On- tario are involved with it. guidelines in finding the safest site for a new dump for household garbage. Tinney said the Ministry officials have told the association they are on the 'right track in looking for a site with a natural clay base and that if they came to an Environmental Assessment with a pro- posal for a site with an ar- tifical liner, the MOE would oppose it. Although Provincial mediator Michel Picher is Live from Penetang meeting with Tiny and NSWMA officials in an ef- fort to rejoin the two sides, association members said they can't delay their search for a new site any longer. Chairman Dion said the association has already wasted too much time and money to appease Tiny council. The association is pro- posing that both sides bring their choosen sites to an EAH and let the Saturday morning, at the Centre d'activite francaises, French CBC radio (CJB C) held a two-hour live pro- gram that was broadcast all ayer mid and southern Ontario. Above interviewer Monika Merinat talks with Daniel Marchildon and Jean-Guy Desroches about ministrator Yvon Gagne, construction will begin on sewers at Jury Drive and William Streets soon. Ministry officials make the final decision on the new dump site. Tay Reeve Tinney said even though Tiny officials are saying that another site next to the Pauze dump would not cause any fur- ther contamination of the ground soils in the Perkinsfield area he added they looked at the location for a new site and have been told by their con- sultants that after a number of years dumping would only aggravate the situa- tion again. "We are going to do everything in our ability to get the environmentally safest site," said Tinney. "This dump will be for household garbage only and there will be no toxic wastes dumped there."' Keefe added the associa- tion is 'walking in the same direction they were before Tiny pulled out"' in finding a new dump as soon as possible. francophones in Ontario. The program consisted of a number of issues including tourism, the history of the town of Penetanguishene, french-language rights and an art exposition featuring local french artists at the centre last weekend. Town busy with construction The Town of Penetanguishene is bustl- ing with construction these days. According to Ad- ministrator Yvon Gagne, while workers are putting the final touches on the Poyntz Street sanitary sewer project, construction is beginning on the sewers on Jury Drive and William Streets. The north and west end projects will see the Town completely serviced with sewers when finally completed. Along with the sanitary sewers, work is taking place on the first portion of the new Tay Road. Gagne said construction is being completed from the Main Street to Harriett Street. Although the road will end at the Arena, the clerk added that the long range goals for the new avenue is to be a collector road run- ning into the industrial area of the Town. --Penetang Library Log Book sale makes over $100 by Peggy Stewart The book sale held dur- ing the Summerama was a' grand success with a total of 467 volumes sold for a profit of just over $100. These monies are put back into our budget for the rest of the year. Any books not sold will be available to- the public again during Penetang's Winterama. Thanks to all who participated! The Library will be clos- ed tomorrow, August 13, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. while the Simcoe County Library exchange is taking place. Every 3 months, our col- lection of adult fiction is supplemented by 1,000 volumes loaned to us from Simcoe County. Included in these are 200 large print books. Circulation is up for the month of July. In 1985, 2,500 articles left the library during July. Last month, the volumes cir- culated rose by 797 to a total of 3,297. New books this week - The Magic Cottage by James Herbert, The Edge of Tomorrow by Isaac Asimov, Midnight Star by Catherine Coulter, Good- bye Hamilton by Catherine Cookson and, featured this week, Judge Spencer Dissents by Henry Denker: "Meet Judge Harry Spencer, the brilliant, un- compromising senior member of his Federal judicial district, a can- tankerous widower who is known for speaking his mind. Judge Spencer is the most unpopular judge in the district-with other judges. Some of them are determined to convince Harry to retire. But Harry still has his wits about him, And while you may not agree with everything he says, you'll find yourself cheering as he outsmarts his op- ponents and becomes an unexpected media hero in the process - with a little help from the most surpris- ing quarters!" Tuesday, August 12, 1986, Page 3 FS tees a4 >? gr Wag ae J eae, E is e*,

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