WIMILB FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1991, PAGE 17 Blank seeks election to Whitby Hydro Electrie Com iso By Me Kowalski A local community activist is seeking election to the Whitby Hy&0oe1tric Commission.' Lowder Place resident Raiph Biank will run for one of four positions on the" commission in the Nov. 12 mun~icipai election. .In 1988,1 - Blanlx ran fifth, finishing behind.incumbent John Hughesby 2,501 vo6tes. Blarna ollected 5,261 votes te, Hughes' 7,762. Empioyed as an engineering technoiogist at Pickering nuclear generating station, Blank- has served on several environmental and ratepayer groupseiii Whitb. H le is past vice-president of tlhe Corridor Area Ratepayers' Asso- ciation and a'memer of Lasco Steel's1public liaison committee. Blak is past chiairman of the Durham Region waste-manage-, ment master p Ian public liaison committee and, a member of an advisorygoup on landflll 'sites te, the Mnao inisryof Environ- ment. According te a news release announcing his intentions, Biank opposes the current commission'5 decision to accept PCB-filled transforniers from the, derelict fery boat in Whitby harbour. The commission has agreed te, keep the PCBs, -at its Taunon Rd. storage facility for eventual destruction, providled the provin- cial government and/or boat owner Art Robinson accept res- ponsibility for the chemical. PCBs *(polychlorinated biphenyls) have been linked te, cancer in Iaboratory animals. Production of PCBs, used as a cooling agent for electrical trans- formers, was banned in the 1970a. "W hitby Hydro must hlot be used as a willing host for the storage of other peopie's hazard- ous waste,' *éaid BIafi. *«.Whitby is not the dumping ground for other levels of govern- mient.» If elected, Blank said he wil follow the example of the Reform Party of Canada and return 10 per cent of his commission sal- Ilank will aiso not accept any salary increases during the comn- mission's three -year termi. Two other people have aiso indicated their intention- te seek election te. the commission this November. They are incumbent. and cur- rent chairman Bill Lawler of Kent St. and Gordon. Mifflin of Onitario à t. W. GOODWILL Industries president James Dreiling helpe Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley select a bhat during grand opening ceremonies for Good- wifl's first ever combination store/ donation.centre at 1121Dundas St. E. in' Whitby. The store is. designed both to receive donations, and pro- cess and sel them on site -- savuùg time, transportation and money... Peter Tomblin photo SteelLHa wks FROM PAGE 1 mnembers were toid that more than 2,000 hours of arena time was made available te hockey teamns iast.winter. 0f thisi amount, approximately 114 hours ofschedued time was either not used or traded te other non-hockey groups, said Bugelli. The six dates allotted tethe Steel Hawks would only use 24 hours, said Bugelli, therefore the committeé Telt the team could bed fit inte next year's bookings. "The arena seats 1,600 peopie, this is an opportunity te make it available te, 1,600 residents who mnight not participate in sports but will be spectators,» said BUgeIli. aPeple who aiso pay for the .upkeep and maintenance of the building.»n Bugeli said'the municipality will coilect $450 hourly rentai fees from.the Steel Hawks plus concession proceeds. The Town wiil also realize 'intangible benefits» from tele- vision coverage of the teamns home games, said Bugeili., "Put it ail tegether it makes up the cost of 24 -hours te, the user groups " he added. Stee?( Hawks president Paul Cotton was «more than pieased» with the committee's recommen- dation. .He syrmpathized with the user groups' plight and was hopeful bath sides can work tegether in the future. Although Cotton would have preferred nine dates, he will accept the compromise. «We will have to play the other three eisewhere but the main need was for a home base and identity,» said Cotton. C'Hopefuily, after May 13 (councîl meeting) we wiil have