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Tweedsmuir Books
During Lord Tweedsmuir's term as Governor General
of Canada, Lady Tweedsmuir took great interest in the
Women's Institutes. She stressed the need for preserving
the history of our Canadian people, places, customs and
activities. Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
(FWIO) decided to act upon her suggestion and a Tweeds-
muir History Book became the project of each Women's
Institute branch within Ontario. Today 1125 branches,
112 districts and 14 areas each have a Tweedsmuir History
Book and many branches have 2 or 3 volumes.
r* iain topics covered in these books are: the branch
viomen's Institute and its contribution to the welfare and
development of the community; general community
history; individual families and homes; schools and
education; churches and their organizations; industries
past and present; libraries; municipal government; recrea-
tion; and war records.
Many hours of hard work go into these books, but they
form a valuable part of the history of this province. Keep
up the good work.
Mrs. Lulu Heales
FWIO Tweedsmuir Curator
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IN PICKERING
683-2760
Town Manager — Noel C. Marshall
Town Clerk: Bruce J. Taylor
Legal Department:
Town Solicitor — C.M. Timothy Sheffield
- - Treasurer: James Walls
Parks and Recreation Department:
Director of Parks and Recreation — Thomas J. Quinn
Deputy Director of Parks and Facilities — Everett Buntsma
Deputy Director of Recreation — Stephen Reynolds
Department of Public Works:
Director of Public Works — Raymond J. Hutchinson
Planning Department:
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Director of Planning — Tony Magi
Implementation Section, Senior Planner — Neil Carroll
Long Range Section, Senior Planner — Tom Melymuk
Department of Transportation:
Director of Transportation — George Papik
Municipal Law Enforcement:
Enforcement Officers — Thomas Howard
— John Wojnicz
Fire Department:
Fire Chief — Steve Stewart
Mayor's Office:
Secretary — Saida Van Staveren
Councillor's Office:
Secretary — Kathy McKay
YEARLEY, lade (nee Radlev) — F1.inally on Thurs-
day, November 28, 198L released from this world !
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ofv ng wife of helate eWrJO(Jack) Yearley, formSadi-
erly of East York and Muskoka. Beloved mother I
of Belle Torrance, Beth and Jack Alma of Kinsale `
and the late Tom Yearley. Loving grandmother of
Kristin and Gary
Taylor, Lauren, John, Tim,
Jennifer and the late Gillian Alma, Shawna,
Charlene, Shane and TfoV Yearley. Great-grand-
mother of Jamie Lees Taylor. Dear sister of Mrs.
Nei McDonald of Shelburne, Anne Bowes of Wood-
bridge, Grace Wright of Dundalk, Mildred
Brillinger of Woodbridge, Don Radlev of George-
town and predeceased by sisters Myrtle Radlev,
Lit Youngs, Ida Fisher, E'sie Pallister and brothers
Ernest and he
Dixon -Garland Funeral une al Home,ll Radley. 166 Resting tt
Main St. N.
(Hwy. 48) Markham, on Saturday 2-4 p.m. and
Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service complete in the
chapel on Monday at 2 p.m. Spring interment
Yearley Cemetery, Muskoka. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to a charity of your choice
or Cystic Fibrosis.
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Fire destroys
$1.5 million
historic home
By Stan Josey Toronto Star
One of Ontario's most historic
homes has been destroyed in a $1.5
million fire in Pickering.
Despite the efforts of 35 fire-
fighters from three area depart-
ments Wednesday night, all that
remains of the farmhouse —
owned by Hugh and Elsie Miller
— are its stone walls.
Miller, 72, and his wife were
taken to Ajax -Pickering Hospital
suffering from shock and later
_released.
The large stone house, built in
dO 1855, had been designated a histor-
ic site because of its agricultural
heritage and architectural value.
Firefighters did manage to res-
cue afew antiques but the house is
considered a total loss.
The 121-hectare (300-acre)
farm, just north of the hamlet of
Brougham, was the only property
on the site of the now -defunct
Pickering airport that was not
expropriated by Ottawa in the
early 1970s.
The house was built by Hugh's
grandfather, John Miller, a Scot-
tish immigrant who imported the
first shorthorn cattle, Shropshire
sheep and Yorkshire pigs into
Canada.
Mall will
feature
heart aid
The Durham Save -a -
Hear organiza ion
will hold cardiopulmo-
nary resuscitation
demonstrations at the
Oshawa Centre tomor-
row as part of Save-a-
,JI)
Heart week.
.3p
The organization
v ,
started to run courses
in November, 1983,
says co-ordinator
`
Barbara Hiemstra.
r1
Today more than
1,400 people in the re-
gion have taken in-
struction the life-sav-
ing technique.
The target is for one
n every five persons
living in Durham re-
gion to be trained, she
tia vs.
Once proud home in ruins
t .
—Times photo
Part of region's history
destroyed in farm blaze
By JOHN GOODWIN
Times Staff
Smoke was still curling from the
blackened ruins of historic Thistle
Ha' on Thursday afternoon when
Pickering firefighters sifting through
the debris found the box.
They took it to Jim Miller, the only
member of the pioneer family at the
scene, and he opened it, examined its
contents, then placed it in the trunk of
his car.
"Some 'iewelry, that's about all,"
he said as ;e walked towards what
remains of the 130-year-old home of
the Millers, a family which has been
prominent in the livestock industry
since the middle of the 19th century.
Miller, now a resident of Sarnia,
had driven from that city to Thistle
Ha' late Wednesday after being in-
formed that fire had broken out in the
huge stone farmhouse, still home to
his parents, Hugh and Elsie Miller.
He arrived at midnight at the farm
on the 7th Concession, only to find the
huge old home gutted and open to the
skies.
His parents escaped the flames
without injury, he said, and are stay-
ing with friends in the area.
"But except for a bit of furniture
and some other things, everything
else that the family has collected
over the past 130 years is gone."
He said the home was insured but
that because of the value of the anti-
ques and other priceless items inside
the home, he has no idea of what total
loss will be."
Durham Regional Police say that
according to the family, loss could
mount to as high as $1.25-million. The
Pickering Fire Department has set
its own preliminary estimate on loss
at around $500,000.
Fire Captain Charles Smith who
was at the fire, says firefighters pro-
bably saved $500,000 in antiques.
"There were antiques handed down
from generation -to -generation,"
Smith said. "We saved a lot of them.
"The stuff they had was fabulous.
We grabbed stuff just to get it out of
the house."
Inspectors from the Pickering
department and the Ontario Fire
Marshal's office were rummaging
around the ruins Thursday trying to
determine cause of the blaze.
A fire departments kesman said
late Thursday it could be some time
before any cause could be establish-
ed. Fire units had been called back
yesterday to extinguish "hot spots"
fueled by smouldering oak beams.
A marker erected some years ago
on the historic farm by the Historic
Sites and Monuments Board of
Canada tells the story of Thistle Ha'.
It relates how in 1848 a Scotsman
named Jim Miller bought the 200-
acre farm and of how over the years
the Miller family has achieved a
world-wide reputation as breeders
and importers of fine livestock.
The business is still operating and
Jim Miller, the family founder's
great-grandson, expects that if at all
possible, the home will be rebuilt.
"The walls are still standing at
least and Thistle Ha' is still the fami-
ly home."
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ter.
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Residents Save Thousands Of Frees ✓
Thousands of
households in Picker-
ing regularly bundle
their newspapers for
recycling and by doing
so help conserve our
forest resources. Many
of the residents bring-
ing their newspapers to
curb or to depots
wonder how their pap-
ers are actually
recycled and how recy-
cling saves trees.
The primary compo-
nent of newspapers,
just like the trees they
are made from, is wood
fibre. At a pulp and
paper mill, newspaper
can be re -pulped, de -
Weekly Recycling
IT'S
Ajax -Pickering Rec-
be on regular garbage
ycle (a project of DCC
days, Maple Ridge
Environmental Servi-
included.
ces) is again expand-
Rural residents and
ing its services to
apartment orcondomi-
provide all of Pickering
nium dwellers may still
with weekly collections
drop off their newspap-
of newspapers. Those
ers at our conveniently
communities which
located depots: IGA
have previously
Plaza, Canadian Tire,
received bi-weekly
Cherrywood General
pickups will have
Store, Greenwood
weekly services begin-
G e n e r a I S t o r e,
ning the week of Janu-
Brougham (DCC
ary 7,1985. Pickups will
office), Claremont,
Pickering , I cr �' ,
A gia grass fire that travelled some seven miles along
the CPR tracks through rural Pickering on Friday night was
probably caused by sparks from a passing train according
to Durham Regional Police.
A westbound train, stopped at Cherrywood Station in
Pickering, was checked for leaks and hot boxes, but as
neither was found, officials suspect sparks to be the culprit.
The fire stretched from Audley Road almost to the
Cherrywood Station and started around 8:15 p.m. With
help from the Ajax Fire Department, and a water tank
brought in by Canadian Pacific, Pickering firefighters extin-
guished the blaze three hours later..
. A huge cloud of black smoke, caused when old creos-
ote railway ties caught fire, could be seen across southern
Durham Region promoting a flood of telephone calls to
police and fire officials.
There were no injuries in the fire and no homes were
threatened or evacuated. There is no estimate of damage
available as the only thing lost were the old railway ties.
GOV Hettbtfta ' " `
Whitevale, and Picker-
ing Place Apartments.
A Few Reminders
- stack newspaper and
all inserts and bundle
with twine
- place newspapers at
the curbside by 9:00
a.m. six feet away from
garbage containers
and unobstructed from
view
- please no magazines,
phonebooks, or
cardboard
Pickering
Public swimming will be available at
the Complex Pool on Valley Farm Rd.,
iust east of Sheridan Mall, and Dunbar -
ton on Sheppard Ave.
Complex: Monday to Friday 6 to 7.30
a.m. open swimming; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
adults only; 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. open', 9
to 11 p.m. adults only. Saturday and Sun-
day 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. open.
Dunbarton: Monday through Friday 2
to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. open; 8 to 9 p.m.
adults only. Satyday and Sunday 2 to 4
p.m.. ifg,.
inked and processed
into blank paper again,
or into other paper pro-
ducts such as card-
board, insulation or
milk cartons. If fibre
from old newspaper
were not available,
more fibre from trees
would ' - .. ed to
manufacture these
products. Due to the
overharvesting of
Ontario's forest
resources and inade-
quate regeneration
efforts, it is important
to reduce our con-
sumption of fibre from
trees and increase our
use of fibre from
recycled paper.
For this reason, DCC
Environmental Servi-
ces in Brougham col-
lects bundled
newspapers from most
residential streets in
Pickering and from a
number of depots in the
town. The paper is
unbundled, sorted and
placed in a bin in
Brougham. The bin is
then shipped to Onta-
rio Paper in St. Cathe-
rines, Ont. where it is
recycled into one of the
products described
above. Each ton of
newspaper collected in
Pickering and recycled
conserves seventeen
trees for the future.
For more informa-
tion on newspaper rec-
ycling, or to find out
which day is recycling
day in your neighbour-
hood, please call DCC
Environmental Servi-
ces at 683-4341
Herrema tops politicians on payroll
Durham Region Chairman
Gary Herrema was the highest
paid municipal politician in the
region last year with $64,460 —
including expenses.
The former mayor of Ux-
bridge, who is full-time chair-
man, earned $46,941 in salary
— one third of which is tax free.
In addition, he received $4,684
in automobile expenses (he is
provided with a car by the re-
gign)zand $1,2,834.f9r,ajtendjng
conferences.
Ontario municipalities are re-
quired by law to provide details
of politicians' salaries each year.
Second highest earner among
Durham region political leaders
was Oshawa Mayor Allan Pil-
key, who received $47,197 for
his local and regional civic
duties.
Third was Whitby Mayor Bob
Attersley with $44,145 in salary
and expenses.
`'Ofhe'r' mayors' salaries in -
eluded: Bill McLean, Ajax, $40,-
616; Jack Anderson, Pickering,
$39,997; Garnet Rickard, New-
castle, $38,732; Allan McPhail,
Brock, $26,910; Bill Ballinger,
Uxbridge, $26,379, and Jerome
Taylor, Seuggog township, $24,-
397.
Mayors' salaries include
about $15,000 they receive for
their duties at the regional level,
as well as their salaries from
their municipalities.
Durham board gets tough on drug abuse
By Heather Stewart Toronto Star
The Durham Board of Education is
taking action on the problem of drug and
alcohol abuse in the schools.
Kids caught under the influence at
school or during school -sponsored activi-
ties, in possession or trafficking will be
suspended or expelled under the new
"substance" abuse policy.
Where there is reasonable evidence a
student is selling illegal drugs, principals
are expected to report the student to the
police, notify parents and recommend
expulsion to the board.
First and second offences of possession
(within one year) will result in up to 10-
and 20-day suspensions. Third offences
(within one year) will mean expulsion.
In order to return to school after a sus-
pension, a student must agree to treat-
ment and/or counselling.
That's where Bill Smith comes in. It's
his job to help the student users and
abusers in Durham's public education
system.
For 24 years, Smith has beer! counsel-
ling kids with problems. First he was an
attendance counsellor, but since the
1960s much of his time has been spent
helping those with drug and alcohol
problems. Three years ago, he officially
became the full-time substance abuse
counsellor.
In 1984, Smith counselled more than 60
students, compared with 47 in' 1983. Al-
though the figures indicate an increase,
But full-time counsellor helps
students deal with their problems
he says the numbers fluctuate from year
to year.
The board's decision to institute a poli-
cy was based on the fact that there was
"no unifprmity"
among schools in deal-
ing with alcohol and
drugs, Smith says.
"Each principal han-
dled situations indi-
vidually."
The new policy lets
parents, students and
staff know where they
stand, he says.
The number one Bill Smith
problem is alcohol
abuse, with marijuana and hashish in
second place, he says.
"The biggest thing that concerns me is
addiction," Smith says. "A kid could be a
full-blown alcoholic by 15 and not know
Alcohol is so popular because it is easy
to come by and more acceptable in soci-
ety than drugs, Smith says.
But kids rarely think of the long-term
health risks of booze — cirrhosis of the
liver and damage to the brain and cen-
tral nervous system, or of pot and hash
— reduction in fertility and effects on
the unborn.
Smith also urges students to consider
that getting a criminal record for drug
possession or trafficking will seriouly af-
fect their futures.
A person with a record can never get a
visitors' visa, work in a senior citizens'
home, get a liquor licence to open a tav-
ern, or be a teacher, nurse, doctor or
lawyer.
Other drugs kids are taking and sell-
ing these days include lookalikes, angel
dust (PCP or phencyclidine) and black
death (blotter acid or LSD).
Lookalikes, also known as black beau-
ties, reds or hearts, are pills made on the
black market in the United States to look
like legitimate prescription drugs.
It takes about five or six lookalikes to
get a "buzz", Smith says, and the danger
is that, if a kid gets the real perscription
drug by mistake, five or six of them will
cause an overdose.
The acid being sold nowadays is "cut
with all kinds of junk," he says, and angel
dust has become well-known as an
unpredictable narcotic that can cause a
user to become violent and panic-strick-
en and can result in death.
PCP was outjawed from its original
use as an anesthetic because of its side
effects and is now only legal in veteri-
nary medicine.
The drinking problem occurs mostly
before school dances or during field
trips, whereas hash and marijuana are
more of a daily school problem, he says.
When a student is referred to Smith by
schools, parents, the police or social
agencies, he usually finds the drug is the
symptom, not the disease. .
The underlying problem usually has
something to do with a situation at
home, school or with a boyfriend or girl-
friend which is "brought to a head" by a
drug- or alcohol -related incident, Smith
says. So his approach is to talk to stu-
dents about their problems and point out
more positive lifestyles.
"One thing I don't do is preach," Smith
says. "If he or she feels they don't have a
problem, there's not a heck of a lot I can
do."
Kids who don't have part-time jobs or
more -than -generous allowances from
their parents get the money they need to
support their habits by shoplifting, steal-
ing from their parents, or prostitution
— not the kind you see on Yonge St. in
Toronto, but casual prostitution among
students, he says.
Smith says what he discusses with the
kids is confidential and he does not ask
them for names. But if he happens to
find out who is selling or supplying
drugs, he informs the police.
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firm tells Queen
LONDON (AFP) — A British fi-
nance company that sent a letter --
to the Queen, warning her that V
"steps would be taken" unless she
paid her bills is blaming a disre- -�
spectful and mixed-up computer
for the faux -pas.
The dunning note accused "Mrs.
Elizabeth Regina, Buckingham
Palace," of being
4,094 ($7,082 Canadian) in arrears
on a tractor.
The letter was returned to
North West Securities Co. with the
notation: "Not known at this ad-
dress."
Durham Profes-
sional Home Daycare
is a private, licensed,
non-profit daycare ser-
vice. It came into being
In January of 1984,
The service is govern-
ment regulated, and
the providers are regu-
larly visited by two
home visitors, Linda
Hodgins and Ufa
McTa a_agert. Like Linda,
Lisa has a diploma in
Fcatioo.Aw
Herrema puts good roads
t%i%*
before affirmative action
By Stan Josey Toronto Star
Durham Region doesn't need an affirm-
ative action program being promoted by the
Ontario government for municipalities, says
Regional chairman Gary Herrema.
"We already are an equal opportunity em-
ployer," he says, stressing that the region
picks the best person for a job without con-
sidering sex or race.
He predicts his council probably will reject
provincial grants being offered to set up an
affirmative action program.
But Pickering Councillor Norah Stoner
disagrees with Herrema's assessment of the
opportunities for women in Durham's
administration.
"I think there is a lot of room for improve-
ment, and we should be taking advantage of
this new provincial program," she says.
The region would like the money being
offered — up to $38,000 over two years —
but for different purposes, Herrema says.
"We need the money to.hire an emergency
planning co-ordinator and to repair our
roads."
The co-ordinator would deal with a possi-
ble accident at the Pickering nuclear gener-
ating station. The region's ability to handle
such a mishap recently came under fire in a
_r ,ircial report.
Durham's roads need of millions of dollars
in repairs, according to the regional works
department.
But funds available under the Municipal
Affirmative Action Program cant be used
elsewhere, says a municipal affairs and hous-
ing ministry spokesman.
Herrema says 49 per cent of Durham's
1,300-member civic workforce are women.
At the management level, 29 per cent are
women, but all are in the health department,
he says.
Dr. Jean Gray, Durham's Medical Officer
of Health, is the only woman at the commis- `
sioner level. The region's three women at the
department -head level also are in the health
department, Herrema says
Stoner says the reality is that few women
hold senior administrative positions on the
regional staff.
Durham Council has invited Deputy
Premier Robert Welch to send a representa-
tive to its Jan. 30 meeting to explain why the
region needs an affirmative action program.
The invitation comes after Municipal Af-
fairs Minister Claude Bennett, in a letter,
strongly urged the region to adopt the af-
firmative action program as an example for
area business and industry.
1965
Take Pill If Nuclear Plant
Begins To Leak
by Rick Madonik
A November 1984,
report to the Health and
Social Services com-
mittee of the regional
government, suggests
that potassium iodide
or potassium iodate
tablets be stockpiled in
homes and institutions
within a three to four
kilometre radius of the
Pickering Nuclear
Generating Station in
the event of a leak of
radioiodine.
The report, compiled
by the Medical Officer
of Health Dr. Jean
Gray, says,"the imme-
diate ingestion of sta-
ble (as opposed to
aL(�L}�i'7
radioactive) iodine
tablets is the single
preventive medical
procedure that can
protect the public
against some of the
exposed individuals
developing cancer of
the thyroid gland later
in their lives."
In order forthe stable
iodine to be effective, it
should be taken
between two hours
before and one-half
hour after exposure,
and this can be best
achieved by predistri-
buting the pills. The
stable iodine pill offers
half of the full protec-
tion if taken three hours
after radioiodine inha-
lation, says the report.
A 'Province of Onta-
rio Nuclear Emergency
Plan Policy on Thyroid
Blocking' recom-
mender a 65 mg (one
grain) dose of stable
iodine per day for an
adult and "half that
quantity for infants
under one year of age."
It makes no mention of
a prescribed dose for
small children.
An appendix to the
policy states that the
only other protective
measure that provides
the same degree of pro-
tection for the thyroid
gland is evacuation of
the area.
The Food and Drug
Adminstration (U.S.),
in a 1982 study. found
that most radioiodine
not taken up by the thy -
road gland is excreted
in urine within 48
hours. However, it went
on to say,"Circulating
radioiodine may con-
tinue to be taken up by
the thyroid gland even
though exposure to
radioiodines had
ceased. Therefore,
potassium iodide
should be adminsi-
tered for at least three
days(after contamin-
ation)".
By ingesting the sta-
ble iodine tablets prior
to exposure, you stand
the chance of reducing
the retention level of
radioiodine in the body
to two percent, accord-
ing to the the appendix
of the Medical Officer's
report.
The appendix notes
that in Pickering there
are an estimated 18,300
people in the primary
zone. This figure
includes populations
in homes, business,
industry, hospitals,etc.
Section 1.3.8 of the
appendix (under the
heading Necessity and
Cost Benefit) says, "it is
clear that thyroid
blocking is a costly
protective measure. It
is also of limited value,
since - _ ' _ . .
one organ of the body
against one radiation
pathway."
Regional council
voted to forward the
report on to the Emer-
gency Planning Task
Force of Durham
Region for further
consideration.
It ...
With the weather warm and summer just
around the corner, many of us are shaping i
up our bodies. And what better way than by
taking some fitness classes. Jazzercise
recently held a demonstration at the Picker- 1 — —
ing Town Centre and two local ladies were
lucky winners in its draw. Helen Toppings, 4 - -
of Pickering andbirs. Laird, of Greenwood, __--- ---�
both won a month's free classes.
Derrick Parrott, Pickering High School coach James Spratley and Frank Call, eye targets
Riflemen aim at better life too
Pickeringcadet corps develops all-round
p ps c7.m1p;i-ons
By Mark Bromfield Toronto Star
Sharp shooters in the Pickering High
School Rifle Club aim their lives with the
same precision that they aim their rifles.
The rifle club, which competes under
the Pickering High School Army Cadet
Corps, has won the Canadian Cadet Na-
tional Target Rifle Championships six
times in the last nine yars.
The system of training and coaching
at the school has produced two members
for Canada's small bore rifle team and
one for the full bore team.
"People are learninto win at more
than target shooting,' says coach Jim
Spratley, an alumni of the high school
and a member of the National Rifle
Team.
"People are learning to win at life
too," he says.
The coaching is so good, the shooters
are so dedicated, and their determina-
tion is so strong, that the Spratley-coach-
ed B team won the national champion-
ship last year.
Five of the six members of the B team
had been training for less than a year
when they won the competition last
March in �uebec.
Each year, 20 cadets out of the 100 in
the Cadet Corps apply to join the team.
Even veteran members of the, team
must qualify again, despite their suc-
cesses of the past year.
After an intensive four weeks of tar-
get shooting Spratley and coach Pat
Vamplew, also a member of the National
Small Bore Rifle Team, choose 14 shoot-
ers.
The A and B team contain six sharp
shooters and one alternate each.
In competition, such as the provincial
championships scheduled for Feb. 16 at
the Fort York Armory, each shooter has
two half-hour periods in which to fire 40
shots — 20 each 30-minute period — at a
target 20 yards away.
With each bull's-eye counting for 10
points, the shooter's score is calculated
out of 400. The low shooter's score is
dropped and the other five are added to-
gether to get the team's score.
"Once you learn how to manipulate a
rifle, the rest of the sport is mental,"
Spratley says.
"If you haven't learned to cope with
the pressure of competition, your score
goes right out the window," he says.
To that end, part of the 2y2 hours the
team spends practising daily is devoted
to learnin& how to relax, focusing on a
target without shooting a rifle and
watching films.
Bay News Peri`-o�nqityl-*-1-0�
Of The WeekB y
Cindy Lister
C ,
Eileen Waltham and her family provide a unique voluntary
service to the Durham Region by supplying a temporary
"home away from home" for the developmentally
handicapped.
� 11�- / �r `fir :Z
Queen marks
33rd year
of her reign
Ottawa photographer Yousuf
Karsh was commissioned to
take the picture, above, of a
beaming Queen Elizabeth, 58.
and Prince Philip, 63, to mark
the 33rd anniversary today of
her oemwailiiv" . s&,c c c e J5 , py
The portrait at right, taken in
the drawing room of their Lon-
don residence, Clarence
Hous%is from January, 1952,
just wee s 6efore the Queen
was crowned.
The bow -shaped diamond
brooch worn by the then Prin-
cess Elizabeth was a wedding
gift from the Gieen Mother.
now" 16 V~1
FEBRUARY 6, 1985 VOL. 24 NO.6 SERVING PICKERING, AJAX, WHITBY, WEST HILL CIRCULATION 21,500
Long Career For Young Woman Far From Over
by Rick Madonik
Nina Keough's claim
to fame lies in obscur-
ty. Out in the real world
;he is not recognized
on the street for what
she has accomplished
professionally over the
`past 27 years even
'though a great deal of it
is on television. Nina
Keogh is one of Cana-
da's foremost
puppeteers.
Although she is not a
native daughter of
Pickering, she grew up
just nctLth of Town in
Kinsale. Nina attended
Pickering High School
for grades nine and 10
while residing in Kin-
sale. Even though she
admitted that she spent
a short time in Picker-
ing's school system.
there were three
teachers who "stood
out in my mind ... Burt
Cafik, Miss Emerson
and Mr. Lacquene."
Nina returned to
Toronto when her par-
ents moved back to the
city in the early 1960's.
For 27 years Nina has
worked on a variety of
projects with her
puppets. She has been
an instrumental part of
childrens' programs
RMNINtelffmall ■
such as The Friendly
Giant. Razzle Dazzle,
Read -A -Long, Fraggle
Rock and Kid's Corner.
In fact, it was on The
Friendly Giant that
Nina got her start.
Puppeteering was
not a new to Ms.
Keough. She is a self
confessed "third gen-
eration puppeteer"
having followed in the
footsteps of her par-
ents and grandparents,
all of whom were active
in the industry at some
level. Her family was a
driving force behind
the Canadian Puppet
Theatre, the first pro-
fessional puppet com-
pany in Canada.
Presently, Nina is the
hand behind the
Puppet (so to speak) of
Muffy, "a mischievous
rhyming mouse" that is
one of four hosts on
T.V. Ontario's highly
acclaimed Today's
Special program.
Today's Special first
aired in September
1982, and has since
being widely accepted
across North America.
It is geared for children
between the ages of
four and eight. Its
audience in Ontario
alone is estimated at
270,000 while the
national figure is close
to two million. In the
United States, 19 mil-
lion children watch the
show.
Producer Clive Van-
derBurgh believes,
"children can learn
important new skills
and be entertained
while doing so." With
this concept in mind he
put together Today's
Special, a show that is
described as a "world
of wonderment and
magic," says a press
release.
While working on
Today's Special, Nina
has had the opportun-
ity to work with world
renowned figures such
as ballerina Karen
Kain, jazz pianist Oscar
Peterson, opera singer
Riki Turotsky and folk -
singer Bruce Cock-
burn. On otherprojects
she has worked with
Jim Henson (creator of
The Muppets), Peter
Ustinov, Artie John-
son, Joyce Dewitt and
the Hanna Barbara
Company of Los
Angeles.
Since the federal
government's decision
to cut the Canadian
Broadcasting Corpo-
ration's (CBC) budget.
The Friendly Giant has
fell victim to the not so
friendly funding axe.
Even with this turn of
events, Nina says she
has "some irons in the
fire" with respect to
future projects. She
admitted to have two or
three tentative ideas
that she wouldn't elab-
orate on.
As a puppeteer there
is not an abundance of
work around, she said,
but since Fraggle Rock
(Jim Henson) began
production in Toronto
there has been more
work for free-lance
puppeteers such as
herself.
She has also done a
number of commer-
cials as well as some
specials for various
companies.
Nina also runs her
own company called
Puppetel. Working out
of her home she supp-
lies puppets and pup-
peteers where they
might be required.
Currently, producer
Clive VanderBurgh has
developed a stage pro-
duction of Today's
Special which has
taken the cast to
Toronto's Roy Thom-
son Hall as well as Otta-
wa's National Art
Centre and Hamilton
Place.
According to Nina,
her three year old son
Matthew is a "big fan"
of Today's Special.
With the wide audience
acceptance the show
has generated we can
expect to continue see-
ing Today's Special
four times a week for
sometime.
The Bay News Personality of The Week
Wednesday, February 13, 1985
The charred rules of an older frame home stand out
starkly against a sea of white snow. The only remains
of the home of A. Belanger on Highway 7, just west of
Balsam Road in Kinsale.
Firefighters from Pickering who responded to the
early morning blaze at 2 a.m. last Saturday found it
necessary to travel the three k/lometres to the Whitby
border in order to obtain additional water from this
municipality's hydrants to battle the inferno.
Mr. and Mrs. Belanger and their three children es-
caped without injury from the fire, where first reports
indicate, caused some $40, 000.
The fire is still under investigation.
Neighbors aid fire victim�a
"There is more than one way to help people but
there is only one way to live: Help people.', 1 S3
Recently a local family, the Belangers, were
awakened in the wee hours s the morning by a brooklin
tire. Fortunately, the parents and three children
were able to escape unharmed but they lost all �.
their worldly goods. Since that time they have
been living in a rented mobile home on their
property. Neighbors came to their immediate
aid with clothing but they were left without even
the immediate necessities of life.
I'm sure most of us at one time or another have
had nightmares about having the same thing
happen to us. Fire has been man's greatest bless-
ing but if uncontrolled, it is also his greatest
enemy. Look around you and picture to yourself
what it would be like if you were left with
nothing, not even a toothbrush, a comb, a cook-
ing pot or a knife and fork and you will begin to
understand the predicament this family is in.
A crafts festival will be held Sunday at Pickering
Museum Village.
The festival will run from noon to 5 p.m. at the
restored 19th century village on the banks of Duf-
fin's Creek in Greenwood.
The village includes homes, barns, a blacksmith
shop, hotel, harness shop, church and hall of the
1800s. Picnic grounds and a gift shop are also lo-
cated on the site. Refreshments and souvenirs are
available.
The village is situated three kilometres east of
Brock Road in Pickering on Highway 7. It is open
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Ad-
mission is $1.50 for adults, $1 for students and se-
niors and 50 cents for children. P-schoolers are
admitted free. s js
by Betty -Jean Blyth
Call 655-3679
Ajl.%L11\ .
BURN OUT FUND
The friends and neighbours of the Belanger
family whose home was destroyed by fire early
Saturday morning on Feb. 9 are asking for
donations to help them get back on their feet. They
have temporary accommodations in the form of a
rented mobile home on their lot but they lost
everything. Just imagine having to go out and re-
equip a family of five with even the bare necessities
such as toothbrushes, underwear, etc. If you realize
what this would cost, then I hope you will be
generous with a donation which can be made at the
bank in Brooklin.
Page 2 — Brooklin Profile, Wednesday, February 20, 1985
Ken Spratley, left, of Kinsale and his newly hired employee Owen Briggs, are
working together to build a prototype of the "Blue Jay", a light plane which can be
built from a kit. Spratley hopes to be in production manufacturing the kits by this
ummer, now he had received funding.
4v�
v Evelyn Dunkeld of the Altona 4-H Homemaking Club
receives her Provincial Honours certificate from Mrs.
- _—_ W. A. Brown, District President of South Ontario
Women's Institutes.
Brooklin Profile, Wednesday, March 20, 1985 — page 11
Durham near
contract with
its teachers
By Heather Stewart Toronto Star
Durham Board of Education hopes to
reach contract agreement with its ele-
mentary and secondary school teachers
soon.
After 11 months of talks, money re-
mains the main outstanding issue, de-
spite recent mediation meetings.
:Negotiations started last April and
teachers have been without contracts
since Aug. 31.
In a report last November, provincial
factfinder Harold Jakes said teachers
should get raises of 3.8 per cent to 4.5
per cent.
The board's offer at that time was 1.5
per cent to members of the Durham Ele-
mentary Teachers' Association and 2 to
2.6 per cent to members of Durham
branch of the Ontario Secondary School
Teachers' Federation (OSSTF).
The elementary teachers asked for 7
per cent more and OSSTF wanted 7.5
Der cent.
The school board and representatives
of its 1,500 elementary teachers met
provincial mediator David Moore Feb.
28.
Main issue now is money, says John
Hinch, spokesman for the elementary,
teachers. But the two sides are now onlv
1.5 to 2 per cent apart, he says. The other main issue, class size, has
been resolved, Hinch says.
The board agreed to maximum class
Wes ranging from 23 to 32, depending
-- on the grade, over the next three years.
7— Currently class sizes can be from 28 to
— 35.
Two more sessions with Moore have
_ ,been set up for April 2 and 3. "We hope
to have the issues resolved," Hinch says.
Representatives of Durham's 1,180
— secondary teachers and the board met
provincial mediator Doug Belch Feb. 22
and another meeting has been set up for
March 28.
The board and the secondary teachers
are "very close to resolution on some
`things" says Tom Reed, chief union ne-
gotiator.
Money is the main unresolved issue.
The board's last offer was 4 per cent and
the teachers last demand was for 5.65
per cent, he says.
Belch says the two sides have been
"working quite hard trying to settle it,"
are in agreerpATIt on, rqq 1t issues,,pnd
close on the money issue.
4th homicide in Region
The body of an
Etobicoke man, who had
been reported misssing for
seven days, was found just
outside the entrance to
Greenwood Conservation
Area last week.
Durham Regional
Police, who found the body
after acting on "information
received ", identified the
same as being 36 year old
Michael Crispin, a west -end
Toronto railyard worker
who was last seen alive dig-
ging his 1975 Lincoln Con-
tinental out of a snowbank
in Toronto in the early
hours of March 5.
v
More than 1 00
unemployed people
we ob hunting in
Durham RPlr10n as
month.
Ca a la Employ-
ment Centres in Osha-
wa, Ajax and Whitby
report that 14,513 peo-
ple were looking for
work and 582 found
jobs.
A majority of the
unemployed were
registered in clerical,
sales, service, product
fabricating, assem-
bling and repairing,
construction trades
and material handling.
Greatest employ-
ment opportunities
existed in personal
and household serv-
ices, food and bever-
age, health and social
services, provincial
government services,
wholesale and retail
trade and special
trade contracting.
During the month
27 trainees began
industrial training
programs — six on-
the-job training and
231 apprentices at a
cost of $56,736.
There were 268 stu-
dents registered in
skill courses sponsored
by Canada Employ-
ment and 67 people re-
ceived academic up-
grading.
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An autopsy, performed
at the Center of Forensic
Science in Toronto the fol-
lowing day, revealed Cris-
pin died from a single gun
shot wound to the back of
the head. It also determined
the victim had been dead
for several days.
Less than four hours
after finding the body,
Durham Regional Police ar-
rested two men and a
woman in Whitby and
charged them with posses-
sion of Cripin's car and hav-
ing a loaded sawed-off shot-
gun in the vehicle. One of
the men and the woman
were also charged with
being in possession of Cris-
pin's credit cards, wallet and
subway pass.
Philip John Vince, 27
of Oshawa and John Ale-
xander Sarson, 28 and
Michelle Racky Black, 22,
both of Toronto appeared
on those charges last Thurs-
day in Oshawa Provincial
Court.
The trio appeared,
handcuffed and shackled,
before Justice of the Peace,
Keith Lougheed last Wed-
nesday. On Thursday they
were charged with first de-
gree murder by Durham
Regional Police and will ap-
pear on charges of posses-
sion of stolen property in
connection with the case on ;
March 25.
Crispin's death marks:
the fourth homicide to occur
in Durham Region in the
past two and one half ,
months. In a private interview;':;
Durham Regional Police' y
Chief Jon Jenkins told the
Profile of his concern over
the Crispin homicide.
"I'm so very sorry for ;
the man's wife and child",
said Jenkins. "It is a very
unfortunate thing that oc-
curred to her husband.
There was no reason for it
—it's just horrible."
Alluding to the fact that
Durham has recently be-
come a "dumping ground"
for homicide cases, Jenkins
added the region, until
lately had been fortunate
"but everyone's turn comes
— you just have to get
down to the task of cleaning
up„
Jenkins also stated
there were still no clues in
either the Clarke Major or
Christine Jessup cases al-
though the $50,000 reward
in both instances still stood.
"We're looking for
breaks. That's all that will
help now and we might
need one from the "man
upstairs" if we hope to crack
either".
Man tried to buy is lif
with $200, police sa.y,915
In a bid to save his life, murder
victim Michael Crispin used his
bank machine card to give his
abductors $200 shortly before he
was shot to death in a remote
wooded area north of Ajax.
Crispin, 36, of The West Mall,
Etobicoke, was abducted last
Tuesday. Hisbody was dis-
covered Mon-
day in a ditch
on the north
side of Green-
wood Rd., just
west of Westney
Rd., about s i x
kilometres
(four miles)
Michael Crlspin north of Ajax,
Durham Region
police said.
He was killed at the scene by a
shotgun blast behind his right ear.
Crispin was digging his white
1975 Lincoln Continental out of a
snowbank in the King St. W.-Jame-
son Ave. area, where his wife had
abandoned it after getting stuck
during last Monday's snowstorm,
when he was abducted, police said.
Investigators speculate that
Crispin begged for his life after
being abducted and offered to get
money from an instant bank ma-
chine to buy his release.
Crispin was driven to the Cana-
da Permanent Trust banking ma-
chine on Bioor St. W. near Royal
York Rd. and withdrew $200 from
his account between 2.51 and 2.59
a.m., Metro police Sergeant James
Six sharpshooters from
Pickering High School Rifle
Club hope to claim their seventh
national cadet championship in
10 years at Valcartier forces
base, near Quebec city.
Teams from the school's
cadet corps, coached by Olym-
pic class shots, have been al-
most unbeatable in national
small -bore target champion-
ships.
The bigh school's successes
c,an_e attributed teaches
& Ley Shratlev a firmer team
m 'n�h�*-, and Pat Vanplew, a
Pickering high school teacher,
both nationally ranked sharp-
shooters.
This year's team of four boys
and two girls recently broke the
provincial championship record
Manley said last night.
It is thought Crispin was then
taken to the remote area near
Greenwood Conservation Area,
where he was shot between 3.45
and 4.30 a.m. after being forced to
kneel by a ditch.
Crispin's body was found by
woodcutters hired by the conser-
vation authority to remove brush
along the roads.
`Under investigation
Two men and a woman are
being held on charges of possess-
ing a stolen car and a prohibited
weapon in connection with the
murder, but no further charges
have been laid, Staff Sergeant
John Hamilton of the Durham
force said yesterday. -
"The case is actively under
investigation," he said.
There is no indication that Cris-
pin knew his killers, Hamilton
said.
Crispin leaves his 25-year-old
wife Doris and their daughter
Julie, who will mark her fourth
birthday this week.
Philip Vince, 27, of Nonquon
Rd., Oshawa, John Alexander Sar-
son, 28, and 32-year-old Michelle
Black, also known as Michelle
Racky, both of Cowan Ave., are in
custody on charges of possessing a
stolen car and prohibited weapon.
Metro Toronto iw
Toni ht: Rain or wet snow, low 2
(35F�, says Environment Cana-
- set by the 1979 Pickering
team.
The team now hopes to break
the national record of 3,884
points out of a possible 4,000
points — set by the 1978 Picker-
ing team — in the contest that
runs from Thursday to April 5.
The 1982 team came close to
cracking it with 3,866.
"I think we are capable of
breaking it," says team captain
Paul Payne.
The six students, who all at-
tend Pickering High School, are
practising before and after
school.
Other members of the team
are Brent Harris, 17, Rob Birch,
18, and 16-year-olds Lisa Lynch,
Kelly Nordock, and Frank Call.
4-4
1965
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Lenny and Debbie Waltham of Kinsale have enjoyed being members of Brooklin
Junior Farmers since they were 15 years old. The brother and sister, who are now 19
and 17 respectively, hold executive positions in�the associati p which has been
�•miloperative in this area since 1937. /oze / 9 �-S
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Far ers h
When is a farmer not a
farmer? When they are a
Junior Farmer; members of
a long-established associa-
tion in these parts.
The first Junior Farm-
ers was started in Ontario in
February, 1914 to assist in
the war effort at the begin-
ning of World War I. The as-
sociation has now spread to
52 counties throughout the
province from as far north
as Rainy River to Brant
County in the south.
Brooklin Junior Farm-
ers was conceived in 1937,
and has, since that time of-
fered activities to young
men and women between
the ages of 15 and 29.
Our local group cur-
rently boasts a membership
of 30, headed by president
Lenny Waltham of Kinsale;
vice president Karl Batty of
Brooklin; secretary Barb
Jamieson of Balsam and
treasurer Debbie Waltham
of Kinsale.
Kenny is quick to point
out you don't have to live
on a farm to be a Junior
Farmer.
"We don't live on a
farm", he said pointing to
his younger sister. "Anyone
interested in rural life can
join — as a matter of fact
very few of our activities ac-
tually involve farming".
The motto of the
Junior Farmers is "self help
and community service"
and they try to combine the
two.
There is lots of fun and
av
good times according to the f
Walthams, but they readily s
add they have also learned
a great deal.
Through their monthly
meetings, which they try to
hold the second Thursday
of each month, they have
learned parliamentary pro-
cedure plus the rules and
regulations of various sport-
ing activities. They also have
excellent workshops includ-
ing one in communications
which is being sponsored by
the province of Ontario.
Lenny indicated he
had been put in a position
to do many things he might
not otherwise have partici-
pated in as a result of being
a Junior Farmer — "like rid-
ing a horse for instance", he
said with a laugh.
Last month, members
went skiing and at their next
meeting on April 10, they
will be swimming at Iroquois
Park Pool, prior to con-
gregating back at the
Waltham home for their
meeting.
There are no member-
ship dues for the Brooklin 1
Junior Farmers, although
most who join prefer to pay
the $5 to belong to the
Durham West and Provin-
cial Association in order to
participate in their functions
also.
The Walthams indicate
there is always something
going on such as talent
competitions, square danc-
ing and various athletic
events where various
county members compete
e tun
or the Ontario Champion -
hip. They say it is more a
social -type" club for young
people and are planning a
big May 24th dance which
will be held at Claremont.
They will, of course, be
entering one of their usually
humorous and prize win-
ning floats in this year's
Brooklin Spring Fair Parade
again.
Lenny, who is 19 and
his sister Debbie who at 17
is a grade 13 student at Pic-
kering High School, both
joined Brooklin Junior
Farmers as soon as they
were eligible — at 15. They
were spurred on by their
cousins, who were also
members, and both state
they "really enjoy it".
The Walthams were
born and raised on Audley
Road in Kinsale, where their
parents, Len and Eileen,
moved some 30 years ago.
They both laughingly
said many marriages have
resulted from couples meet-
ing through Junior Farmers.
"That's where our
grandparents met and mar-
ried" said Debbie. "I guess
it's because you usually
have so much in common
— you meet a lot of people
who are interested in the
same things".
Lenny extends an invi-
tation to anyone in the area
to join the happy group.
Give him a call.
As Debbie says —
"The more you get out —
the more you learn".
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and ill site �, wins Canadian
called threat
By Warren Potter Toronto Star
More than 100 tonnes of sludge
containing cancer -causing chemi-
cals have been dumped in a Metro -
owned landfill site in Pickering,
according to the Liberal candidate
in Durham West riding.
Candidate Brian Evans yester-
day told a press conference at the
entrance to the Brock West land-
fill site that waste disposal drivers
have dumped gasoline, oil and die-
sel sludge at the landfill site — one
of two owned by Metro Council.
But Metro works department
officials denv the allegations, say-
ing the only liquid wastes accepted
are from sewage -treatment
plants.
A former waste disposal truck
driver told Evans that lie and
other drivers dumped the sludge
at the site.
Evans said these liquid wastes
contain benzenes and toluenes,
which are carcinogenic and can
damage the nervous system and
body joints of people exposed to
them. These liquid wastes may
also contain other toxic chemicals
and should be tested for toxic
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls),
Evans says.
"We don't accept it from private
industry," said Angelos Bacapou-
los, Metro's senior engineer in
charge of landfill.
By Rita Daly Toronto Star 1 $
The Pickering High School rifle team comes
home from Quebec city today after winning
the national cadet rifle championships.
Team member Lisa Lynch, 17, shot the
second -highest over-all score at the meet and
took the silver medal.
It is the seventh time in 10 years the Picker-
ing team has won the national championships,
beating top teams from across Canada. The
members were honored at a banquet iven by
the Quebec lieutenant -governor last night after
two days of shooting.
They have already won the Ontario cham-
pionships 10 consecutive times. In February
the team broke the provincial record.
"What can I say? They've more than outdone
themselves," said a jubilant Pat Vamplew, one
of the team's two coaches.
He attributed the team's success to a train-
ing program that is "well -organized and well -
documented. They do strenuous mental and
physical training and they must keep their
marks up (in school). It's a total program."
The six members of the Pickering team are:
Lynch, who also shot second -highest among all
participants at the meet to earn the silver
medal; Rob Birch, 18, who won the bronze;
Brent Harris, 17; Paul Payne, 17; Kelly Nor -
lock, 17; and Lee Ramsden,17.
You could get hooked
at his demons tration T
UXBRIDGE — There will be
something for everyone at the Craft
Exhibit and Cooking Demonstration
Wednesday, at the Uxbridge Com-
munity Arena.
The craft display will feature rug
braiding. There will be a exhibits
from community groups which have
just completed a rug braiding course
offered by the Rural Organizations and
Services Branch of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
These groups, from every part of the
region, will each have a display of their
members' braided creations.
During the course, participants
learned to recycle fabric from old
household articles and clothing, the
basics of braiding, how to join braids
together and how to plan color
schemes.
The open house will run from 2 to 8
p.m. and there is no admission charge.
Anyone interested in crafts is en-
couraged to drop in and browse
through the displays. There will be a
person at each exhibit to answer ques-
tions and explain techniques.
The cooking demonstration is called
Meat Matters. It will be held in con-
junction with the rug braiding open
house. Meat Matters will run from 2:30
to 4 p.m.
air link for
Oshawa,son
By Stan Josey Toronto Star
Oshawa is getting a new airline service to
Montreal, Windsor, Ottawa and Buffalo.
Inter City Airways of Ottawa has announced
plans for a $1.4 million terminal at the airport,
and details of a world-wide reservation service
that will be available to Durham Region resi-
dents once the service begins on July 1.
Inter City will use 40-passenger de Havilland
Dash 8 aircraft in daily runs to its destinations.
Inter City president Evan Jones told a pres
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
35th Annual Oyster Supper at Greenwood
United Church will be held on Sunday, April 14.
Enjoy oyster soup or if preferred, ham and
scalloped potatoes. The finishing touch is home
made pie. Supper is served at 4, 5:15 and 6:30
p.m. by advance ticket only. Cost is $7 for adults,
$3.50 for children and pre-schoolers free. For
tickets call 683-5828 or 683-5427.
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braries are offering cultural displays
this week:
❑ Bay Ridges library, 910 Liver-
pool Rd. S., will feature a. display of
Canadian, British and Romanian
gooks;
13 Rouge Hill library, 1340 Rouge -
mount Drive, offers a look at Chi-
nese, Greek and German cultures; ;
❑ Liverpool community library,
Maple Ridge Plaza on Liverpool
Rd., features Indian, Caribbean and
Japanese exhibits;
Greenwood library, Westney Rd.
just south of Highway 7, will offer
displays of early Canadian architec-
ture and an interesting collection of
old school books.
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DURHAM
September 30, 1985
Dear Residents:
The problems of coping with Metropolitan Toronto's garbage in
the Town of Pickering have reached at all time high (so have
the smells!) Odours, traffic, leaching to streams and ground-
water systems, reduced property values and threats to health
are problems we have endured.
Pickering is once again under the threat of becoming an even
larger receptacle for Metro Toronto's and Durham Region's
garbage. When I represented you before Metro Council, we
were promised a 1.9 million dollar gas collection system.
It has not happened!
The latest threat,contained in the McLaren report, requires
an immediate and concerted effort by all those who either live
with the problems created by the Brock West Landfill Site or
who will be adversely affected by the re -opening of the Brock
North site (in Greenwood), or those who live on or adjacent
to properties owned by the Ontario Land Corporation in North
Pickering.
We must all stand together to strongly oppose the expansion
of the existing dump or the creation of any new dumps in our
Town!
I urge you to attend the Town Hall Meeting scheduled for
8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 24th at the Pickering Municipal
Offices at Brock Road and Highway No. 2. You and your neigh-
bours working together to form an association to battle these
threats on all fronts is the only way we can protect Pickering!_
See you on the 24th.
Norah Stoner
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Town of Pickering
Brougham Commercial Hotel
Landmark gets an energizing
By RICHARD BEALES
BROUGHAM - A 125-year-old hotel, built
when its owner got into an argument with
the hotel proprietor across the street, is get-
ting a major facelift from the Durham Con-
servation Centre (DCC).
The Commercial Hotel building, abandon-
ed two years after the Pickering Airport
land expropriation, is now the focus of a ma-
jor reconstruction project. Durham Conser-
vation Centre workers have been renovating
since November, with hopes of turning it in-
to an example of state-of-the-art energy con-
servation technology.
Legend has it that the Commercial Hotel
was built after Samuel Webb and the
manager of the Brougham Hotel had a spat
over the result of a game of checkers. Webb
pulled out his business and put up his own
stopping place for the horse -and -buggy traf-
fic along Highway 7.
Webb probably didn't fare too well in the
hotel business, because the piece of land on
which it stood sold to Thomas Poucher in
1890 for $1,000--$400 less than Webb paid in
1856. In 1926, Poucher sold the property to
the Albert Gray family, which used it as a
private residence until around 1974.
The building was abandoned, unused for
10 years, when the DCC picked up its lease.
Project manager Jeff Rockburn says it was
in a "dilapidated" condition when his team
took over. Many of the windows were
smashed and the one -foot shell of brick was
in poor shape.
But now, about two-thirds of the way
through the project, the old red brick house
just ain't what it used to be.
Rockburn and the three other members of
his team, John Macintosh, Derek Stephen-
son and Norm Hunter, have each been put-
ting in about 50 working hours a week on
what's become a labor of love.
When completed, tfie building will cost
about $923 a year to heat, a figure Macintosh
calls "phenomenal". Buildings of this size --
two floors of 1,200 square feet plus a
basement --usually cost as much as $5,000 a
year to heat, he claims.
The team started by rebuilding the com-
plete interior. The walls were refrained,
five -and -a -half inches closer in, to ac-
commodate a layer of R-20 insulation. The
ceiling then got a layer of R-40, which
Rockburn explains is the resistance value
used in the federal government's energy -
efficient "R- 2000" homes. After the insula-
tion was installed, the house was completely
rewired.
Before the crew put up the layers of
drywall, however, it took care to add a final
touch of insulation. Sheets of polyethylene
plastic, about the thickness of a telephone
book cover, were painstakingly applied to
the inside faces of all the walls and the ceil-
ing.
The layer is called a vapor barrier. When,
the cracks are sealed with a caulking com-
pound known as acoustic sealant, Rockburn
explains, it has the effect of encasing the
house inside a giant balloon.
The crew could have run the vapor barrier
along the outside of the wall, an easier task,
but decided not to for two reasons --one prac-
tical and one political. Rockburn says
greater energy efficency is achieved when
each floor has its own vapor layer, on the in-
side. That way, the barrier keeps the con-
densation out, an effect not always achieved
when the layer is on the cold side of the wall.
Also, the DCC hopes to have the building
designated as a national historical site, the
first step toward applying for designation as
a "heritage structure" under the Ontario
Heritage Act. Operators of heritage struc-
tures are eligible for a number of grants and
tax breaks from the provincial government.
Before the federal government grants na-
tional historical site status, however,
must be convinced that the building's e
terior has been maintained in its origin
state. That would be impossible with the ad
dition of an outside vapor layer, Rockburr.
says.
At the moment, however, the crew is less
concerned with the politics of its job than
completing as much as possible by Feb. 22.
when the contract ends. Quality will remain
the watchword, however, a point Rockburn
emphasizes by mentioning his team's pro-
mise to stay on the job if necessary, unpaid
for a week afterward.
One of the tasks currently in the partiall
completed stage is the installation of fu
thermal panes on the inside of all the wit
dow frames. The panes are unique, Maci
tosh says, in that they hinge in the midd
for variable air flow from the outside.
The reconstruction project has attracted
lot of interest in the community. Materia
suppliers have donated many of the su
plies, and tenants are lined up to rent offi
space.
The DCC will house its head office in t'
building and other possible tenants inclu
an art gallery, a restaurant, a daycare cf
tre, a food co- operative, a conservati
store and an information centre on mattE
relating to energy saving and recycling.
facelift
DEATHS
PERKIN, Irvine BoVer — At Sun-
nybrook Medical Centre on
Tuesday, June 25. 1985, in his I
gist year. Dear husband of the
late Jean Laing, beloved father
of Dr. Gordon Perkin and his I
wife Elizabeth. Grandfather of
Scott Laing and Gordon Stuart.
Brother of Edwin, Clarence,
John and L-eonard. Friends may
tail at the Trull Funeral Home,
2704 Yonge St. (at Alexandra
Blvd.) on Thursday 4-9 p.m.
Funeral service at Fairview
Cemetery, Listowel on Friday
morning at 11 o'clock. If
desired, a remembrance may
be made to the charity of your
Pkiwing
Museum Village
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A restored 19th century village including homes, barns,
blacksmith shop, hotel, harness shop, church and hall
situated on the banks of the Duffiin's Creek.
DISPLAYS of old steam and gas engines, grain thresher,
early farm implements, pioneer clothing, nineteenth
century homes and barns.
DEMONSTRATIONS of forging, wood splitting and pioneer
crafts.
Large Picnic Grounds
Refreshments '
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FREE PARKING,
The old Commercial Hotel in Brougham, built around 1860 after an argu-
ment over a checkers game, is being revitalized after 10 years of disrepair.
photo by B. G. Niddrie
by Keith Gilligan
After a number of
incidents of pathologi-
cal waste being illegally
dumped at the Brock
West Landfill Site in
north Pickering, the
town's council has
decided to get an injunc-
tion to close the site.
The injunction asks
the Ministry of the
Environment (MOE) to
suspend the dumping
rights of the company
responsible for putting
the contaminated waste
in the site. It also
requests the MOE to
order Metro Toronto to
comply with the Envir-
onmental Protection
Act sections that regu-
late the site.
The town is also seek-
ing charges be laid
against those that
dumped pathological
waste at the site.
At last week's execu-
Pathologic
dumping
officially
prohibited
DURHAM - Now it's
you're not allowed to
pathological waste at the
landfill site.
The Ontario governme
prohibits the acceptant
waste at the site, but in
Durham regional count
decided to get into the act
At a recent meetin
passed a by-law prohi
dumping, treating or di
pathological. waste
Metropolitan Toronto la
located in the town of Aj
town of Pickering, in th
Municipality of Durham
1 the Brock North, Brock
IBrock West landfill sites.
Pickering Seeps
Injunction
'� fill
Lan
tive committee meeting, handling the garbage at
representatives from the four Metro hospitals
the MOE, Metro was the reason for the
Toronto Works Depart- pathological waste find-
ment and the Durham ing its way to the site.
Region Health Office He said the hospitals
were questioned about are working with the
the recent spate of MOE to control the
pathological waste problem at the source,
dumpings. but he added that he
Since Sept. 25, there couldn't guarantee that
have been at least five pathological waste
separate incidents of would accidently be
pathological waste dumped again.
being dumped at the He said the MOE are
site. The waste came investigating the dump -
from four hospitals in ings and "when we have
Toronto and contained the evidence, we t h o sill
mostly contaminated charge
operating room wasteresponsible."
rather, of
Dr. Jean Gray, the
Durham Region Health the Metro Toronto
Officer, said,'however, Works Department,
that on two incidents said that any company
human tissue had been caught dumping pho-
dumped. logical waste at the
Alex Giffen, a repre- landfillsitewouldbecut
sentative from the Waste
MOE, told council that Cont. pace 3
internal problems with
By Kevin Donovan Toronto Star
al Environment Minister Jim
Bradley has promised that his
ministry will enforce hazardous
waste regulations at the Metro
landfill site in Picerking's north-
west corner.
"They (Pickering) will get a
commitment from me that our,
ministry will take a strong stand
and make sure all regulations are
followed," Bradley says.
The Star contacted Bradley after
I� Pickering's seven -member council
official -- ( voted unanimously last week to
Jump any ask the ministry to either revoke
Brock West the site's certificate of approval or
more stringently enforce the Envi-
nt already
ronmental Protection Act at thel
e of such Brock Rd. site.
embers of Regional Councillor Norah
t recently Stoner, a long-time opponent of the
as well. previous provincial government's
g, council waste disposal policy, proposed the
biting "the resolution a few weeks ago after
sposing of learning that hazardous pathologi-
a t the cal waste had been dumped at the
ndfill sites site, contrary to the act.
ax and the Pathological waste is split into
e Regional two categories — anatomical
and being waste and infectious biomedical
South and waste — and separate ministry of
environment rules apply to each
category's isposa .
i
To Close
Site
Waste Left On Site
From page 1
off or banned from fur-
Hall on Nov.14. He said
thur use.
that regardless of the
The pathological
municipal election out -
waste that had been
come, he plans to con -
dumped had been left on
tinue on with his
the site even though
injunction.
doing so was a breach of
Norah Stoner, the
the contract betwen
Ward 3 regional coun-
Pickering and Toronto,
cillor, said if the dump
McKerracher said,
were closed, garbage
because it was deter-
collected in Pickering
mined that added han-
would not pile up in
dling of the waste could
parks as was feared.
harm the workers. No
"Ile region has the
dumping of pathologi-
responsibility for dispo-
cal waste is permitted in
sal of our waste. It won't
the landfill site.
pile up in parks. I would.
Dr. Gray said that
not have put forward a
the amount of patholog-
resolution tfiat would
ical waste wasn't a
mean garbage would
health hazard to people
pile up. The region could
living near the site. She
use their dump sites to
added that the waste has
get rid of the garbage,"
been covered with clay
she said.
and is harmless.
The injuntion to close
the site is the second one
in the past two weeks to
be riled. Laurie Cahill,
the Ward 1 regional
councillor and mayor-
alty candidate, filed an
injunction and a hearing
will be held at Osgoode
Anatomical waste (human flesh)
must be incinerated and biomedi-
cal waste (used bandages, swabs,
needles and other disposable medi-
cal implements) must be auto-
claved using high-pressure steam.
Both types are deemed hazard-
ous by the ministry, because of the
danger of infection, and cannot be
dumped in landfill sites.
Stoner says residents are con-
cerned with odors emanating from
the site, the dumping of other haz-
ardous wastes -and with leachates
(contaminated ground water run-
off.)
Stoner says getting stricter en-
forcement appears more "feasible"
than a complete ban but she still
hopes the environment ministry
will ban all dumping at the 181-
acre landfill site which receives
one million tonnes of Metro waste
each year.
"Let's hope the new minister will
see his way clear to revoking (the
previous government's) legislation
which allows one municipality to
step outside its boundaries to control. Metro is unable to have a
-- - dump its garbage in another handle on what waste is going into
municipality." the site," Stoner says.
Town staff has been instructed Bradley says he will meet with
to arrange a meeting between the town's representatives because
'I'.. Bradley, Pickering Mayor Jack "the community has a right to
F Anderson and Stoner to discuss the know what waste is going into the
town's displeasure with the site. A site."
date has yet to be set. New guidelines governing the
--� - l "We're asking the minister to disposal of pathological waste are
close it because (the site) is out of due out within one month and will
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further ensure that no hazardous
hospital waste will be dumped at
the site, he says.
Pickering is also asking the
ministry to issue stop orders to any
agencies corftaminating the site
with pathological or other hazard-
ous waste and to immediately
charge those agencies with breach
of the Environmental Protection
Act.
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Cost of cancelled -Pickering
airport $275 million
By Bob Hepburn Toronto Star
OTTAWA — The cost of the cancelled
Pickering airport has soared to more than
$275 million, and there is little hope of
ever recovering the money, Auditor -
General Kenneth Dye says.
In fact, the federal government would
be lucky to get anything close to $80 mil-
lion for the airport lands if it tried to sell
them, Dye says in his annual report,
released yesterday.
Questions expansion
In a scathing attack on Ottawa's han-
dling of the controversial Pickering air-
port, Dye says the transport department
"should develop and disclose a clear plan
for the use or disposition of idle land hold-
ings" at Pickering.
Also, he says Ottawa is charging rents
on some homes on the airport site that are
well below market rates — to the point
where it cannot even recover the operat-
ing costs of the houses.
At a news conference, Dye said the
federal officials responsible for Canadian
airports have shown a lack of "finanical
discipline."
His toughly worded report gives some
specifics:
❑ A $48.6 million expansion was ap-
proved in 1982 for Hamilton's airport at
Mount Hope despite out-of-date and over-
ly optimistic traffic projections and a lack
of commitment by any airline to operate
from the expanded airport;
❑ Regina's new terminal cost $1.5 million
more than necessary because it was built
bigger than demand required;
❑ Ottawa's new terminal will cost $1 mil-
lion extra because it also is bigger than
necessary;
❑ Some 21 of Canada's 23 major airports
lost money in 1984, which cost Ottawa
$107 million;
The air administration spent $1.2 billion
in 1984-85 to provide airport, navigation
and regulatory facilities and services.
Revenues from airlines, passengers and
other users are supposed to, cover that
cost, but only $541 million was collected.
For the planned international airport at
Pickering, Transport Canada spent $140
million in 1973 to expropriate 7,527 hec-
tares.
Construction started in 1975, but was
soon stopped when the Ontario govern-
ment said it would not provide some
essential services for the airport. There
are no plans now to build a major airport
at Pickering in this century.
Despite the decision, Ottawa still has not
decided what to do with the Pickering
lands.
Dye says Ottawa "is unlikely torecover
its original investment of $140 million at
Pickering. The cost to the taxpayer, in-
cluding interest cost on the original in-
❑ Airlines and owners of small planes are
not paying their share of airport operat-
ing costs;
❑ Civil aviation inspectors, who must
know about space-age aircraft, are tested
on a DC-3 that is more than 30 years old.
Dye's report includes heavy criticism of
the Canadian Air Transport Administra-
tion, an arm of the transport department
that ran Canada's network of airports
until Oct. 15.
Lost money
(A recent reorganization led to the as-
signment of the administration's functions
to two branches of the transport depart-
ment, one responsible for air operations
and the other for airports.)
Dye notes that a lack of cost -control
discipline by officials of the air adminis-
tration helped cause a $678 million deficit
in 1984-85. 1.
vestment, is estimated at over $275 mil-
lion.
He adds that Ottawa "believes that the
present realizable value of the land and
properties does not exceed $80 million and
could be even less on a quick -sale basis."
Low rent
Many homes owned by the federal gov-
ernment at Pickering are being rented for
much less than what Dye says is proper.
But transport officials told Dye's audi
tors that "since the property was not put' --
chased as a rental property, they believe -
that it was not practical to offset capital:
costs as well as operating costs from relat
ed revenues." {
The report suggests that transport offj-�
cials have made little effort to sell its idle!;,
lands at Pickering, or land at other air;;
ports such as Halifax, Calgary and St. Hu
bert near Montreal.
Pickering/Ajax Flood
Control Project Opened
A new flood con-
high water and ice
trol project for the
jamming. The flood
Duffin Creek was
damage centre con -
officially opened on
tains 27 residences
Tuesday, Oct. 15,
and five commercial
1985, the 31st anni-
properties.
versary of Hurricane
A 350m long, three
Hazel.
metre high earth
The project was
dyke was con -
built by The Metro-
structed on the main
politan Toronto and
Duffin Creek, along
Region Conserva-
with an 1,150m long,
tion Authority, after
two meter high earth
the area affected was
dyke on the west
identified as a high
branch of the creek.
priority flood dam-
Culverts with one -
age centre. Duffin
way flow gates were
Creek usually floods
also installed to
in the spring, due to
ensure proper drain-
age of the areas pro-
tected by the dykes.
Total cost of the
project was
$350,000, and was
shared by the Onta-
rio Governemnt,
through the Ministry
of Natural Resour-
ces, and the
Regional Municipal-
ity of Durham,
through the munici-
palities of Ajax and
Pickering.
The flood control
project was officially
opened by Mayor
William McLean of
Pickering's Bay News, May 1,1985 3
OWASCO DistriJ -
Scouts To
Participate In
'Trees for Canada"
At a recent meeting It is expected that the
of OWASCO District OWASCO scouts will
Council, it was plant approximately
announced by commit- 14,000 trees, while
tee chairman J. Dunlop nationally almost three
that approximately 800 million trees will be
of the District "Scouts" planted this year. The
will be participating in "Trees for Canada"
the National "Trees for project is designed to
Canada" project. give all members of
scouting an opportun-
ity to demonstrate, Trees for Canada is a.
through action, their national project of Boy
concern for Canada. Scouts of Canada. The
The project will help benefits of this project
beautify Canada and are many. As they
provide a future grow, the trees planted
resource for all Cana- by our scouts will help
dians. To ensure that prevent flooding, pro -
the trees will be planted vide shelter fir wildlife.
with a maximum
chance for survival, the
and become a source
OWASCO Council has
of raw materials to
arranged for all partici-
meet our future needs.
pants to receive
Support our local
instructioru on the
proper planting
scouts in this Trees for
techniques.
Canada project. You
Trees for Canada is a
and your family will
fund raising project
benefit.
with most of the funds
being retained by the
participating groups to
help Iurther scouting in
the community.
Each boy participat-
ing in the projectwill be
expected to plant or
assist in the planting of
i
25 trees. Before the tree
planting day, May 11,
,
1985, each scout will
seek pledges from the
i
community.
This year's tree
'
planting will take place
in two areas; at Glen
Major (near Clare-
mont) on Brock Road,
and at the Kiwanis
Camp (near Ashburn)
on Durham 23. Seven
thousand red pine see-
dlings will be planted at
each location.
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Heather Stewart Toronto Star
Negotiations between Durham Board of
Education and its elementary teachers have
reached a deadlock and the two sides have
agreed to seek binding arbitration.
The move to ask a provincial arbitrator to
settle the contract comes after more than a
year of negotiations, two rounds of media-
tion, a supervised vote by teachers to reject
the board's final offer, and a last-ditch at-
tempt at bargaining last week.
Members of Durham Elementary Teach-
ers' Association, without a contract since
Aug. 31, 1984, will vote on whether to go to
arbitration within the next two weeks.
The major issue in the dispute is "equal
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spokesman John Hinch. Elementary teach-
ers have been seeking parity with Durham
high school teachers who settled last month
at 4.6 per cent. To catch up, elementary
teachers would need 6 per cent.
In the most recent talks, elementary teach-
ers agreed to take less than 6 per cent but re-
jected the board's 4.5 per cent offer.
"We made a significant move (off the 6 per
cent position) and the school board made a
small move," Hinch says.
High school teachers with 12 years' experi-
ence and maximum qualifications earn $42,-
575 and first -year teachers with minimum
qualifications make $21,534.
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AJAX-PICKERING - Scores
of local residents and schools
competed in the Oshawa
Kiwanis Music festival last
month, and many of them took
home top honors.
In the piano category, local
winners were: Pamela
Bergson, Pickering --Class 847;
Lori Robinson, Ajax --Class 859;
Michael Atkinson, Pickering --
Class 845; Frank Florino,
Pickering- -Class 872; Nicholas
Hildyard, Pickering --Class 862;
Peter Crawford, Ajax --Class
900.
The Woodlands Singers of
Pickering, and George
Hiemstra of Ajax were judged
the best in two classes each in
the choral category. Bayview
Heights choir was also
recognized.
In the woodwind competition,
first -place winners included:
Trevor Bugg, Ajax --Class 616;
Catherine Howie, Pickering --
Class 604; Derek Voycey,
Pickering --Class 625; Tanja
Hupfeld, Pickering --Class 626;
Steve Clark, Pickering --Class
630; Greg Owens, Ajax --Class
632; Eve Harris, Pickering --
Class 640, Claire Nicholls, Julie
Kerr, and Jill Murray,
Pickering --Class 706.
Dunbarton High School took
home the hardware in Class 718
of the woodwind and brass
ensemble category. T e du t
Ann B berg and Emma�t
of reenwood were judged the
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renc man's Bay Public
School in Pickering was judged
the best elementary concert
band in the festival. And
students from Fairport Beach
Public School in Pickering and
St. Bernadettes Elementary
School in Ajax took top honors
in the recorder and ukele com-
petitions.
In the brass and percussion
category, local winners were:
Bradley Graham, Pickering --
Class 660; Doug Menzies,
Pickering --Class 662; and David
Martin, Ajax --Class 652.
Lisa Fujino of Pickering
earned top billing in three solo
violin classes.
In other string classes, local
winners were: Michael
DenHeyer, Pickering-- Class
408; Melanie DenHeyer,
Pickering --Class 410; Nancy
Huh, Aj ax--Class 402.
Pickering's Ian Henderson
won in thhe 10-and-under
classical guitar solo category.
On the electric organ,
Elizabeth Harding of Ajax, and
Lesley King, also of Ajax took
top honors, while Derrick
Mealiffe of Pickering won Class
1101 on the piano accordian.
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By KEVIN HANN
AJAX-PICKERING -- More than 10 local
schools and community groups have
registered to participate in the 1985 Pitch -In
campaign, which started Monday and runs
until May 12.
Rick Morgan, executive vice-president of
the Ontario Federation of Anglers and
Hunters, one of the event sponsors, says the
number of organizations taking part this
year has increased by 50 per cent. Hundreds
of thousands of Ontario residents are ex-
pected to take part in what is being called
"the province's largest public participation
event."
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The objective of the campaign is to clean
up parks, ravines, schoolyards and other
areas where trash and debris collect. Clean-
up crews this year will be armed with
115,000 plastic garbage bags donated to the
project by Sunoco Incorporated. The On-
tario Ministry of the Environment endorses
the camapign.
"The backbop-e of the project is to get
other groups involved without having to
register," says Morgan.
The local campaign is co-ordinated by the
Pickering Rod and Gun Club. Other groups
involved are Duffin's Bay P.S., St. Ber-
nadette's P.S., Southwood Park P.S.,
Westney Heights P.S., Pickering Village
Girl Guides, St. Marguerite Bourgeois
School, alle view P.S., 1st Pickering
Pathfinders, 1st Greenwood Scouts and 1st
Brougham Scou s.
Local man
almost loses
his daughter s
PICKERING - A New Street man had
quite a scare last Thursday night while
shopping at Knob Hill Farms.
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shopping cart next to the check out counter
while he went to purchase a lottery ticket,
just 10 feet away.
When he glanced back at her, she was
gone. He rushed outside and noticed a
woman carrying her to the parking lot.
The man grabbed his daughter back, but
the woman, described as 40ish, short, with
dirty blond hair, fled before he could ques-
tion her.
Durham Regional Police are in-
vestigating.
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at Thunderbird Golf Club. Hugh and Muriel Pugh of Clare-
mont celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
$1 million medical cent
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to fill pockering's need Ited
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Pickering residents will soon be community is growing, we saw this
able to visit a doctor, get a blood as a real need," says Elizabeth
and ultra -sound test, x-ray, and Weber, president of Elizabeth
pick up prescriptions — all under Management. Weber is the wife of
the same roof. one of the doctors who will work
A ground -breaking ceremony out of the centre. The company has
for the $1 million medical centre been instrumental in the centre's
was to be held yesterday at the planning.
W- Sheppard Ave. and Whites Rd. site. The two -level building is slated
Two years in the planning, the to house four family physicians, a
centre will be a boon to residents specialist, a pharmacy, a blood
who have in the past had to travel laboratory and facilities for ultra -
to the Ajax -Pickering Hospital in sound and x-ray tests. It will be
Ajax for special medical services. accessible to the handicapped.
"We wanted to bring everything It is scheduled to open this
under one roof. With the way the' �ipring.i
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Pickeri"ng Village
3 km east of Brock Rd. on Hwy 7 at the Village of Greenwood
(Free Parking?
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OTEAM = Up 0AV,0
A restored 19th century village including homes, barns,
blacksmith shop, hotel, harness shop, church and hall
situated on the banks of the Duffin's Creek.
DEMONSTRATIONS of old steam and gas engines, grain thresher,
forging, wood splitting and pioneer crafts.
DISPLAYS of early farm implements, pioneer clothing, nineteenth
century homes and barns.
Large Picnic Grounds
Refreshments • Arts & Crafts • Souvenirs
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INTERCHANGE
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TOGO—
Call
416-683-2760 or 683-8401
RATES
JUNE AND SEPTEMBER
Weekends A Holidays only
1000am-5001)m
JILT = WRIST
Wednesday - Sunday
1000 am-5 00 pm
(Cbsed Monday d Tuesday
except Holidays)
Adults 5150
Students 5100
Children $ 50
Pre-scRoolers Free
Sensors $1 DO
Group Tours —Ely arrangement
THE ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE MUSEUM VILLAGE AND
THE UNIQUE COLLECTION OF GAS AND STEAM ENGINES COMPLIMENT
ONE ANOTHER AND PROVIDE THE MUSEUM VISITOR WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY IN THE PICKERING
AREA.
THE PICKERING MUSEUM VILLAGE WAS RE -OPENED ON A 27
ACRE SITE ON THE BANKS OF DUFFIN'S CREEK IN GREENWOOD,
ONTARIO IN 1979 BY THE HONOURABLE PAULINE McGIBBON.
THIRTEEN BUILDINGS REPRESENTING THE RURAL VILLAGE SETTING
HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO DIFFERENT PERIODS TO DEPICT CHANGES
IN THE WAY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT THE 19TH CENTURY.
COSTUMED VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF 19TH CENTURY CRAFTS SUCH AS BAKING, WOOD CARVING,
SPINNING, WEAVING AND BLACKSMITHING AND THE WORKING GAS
AND STEAM ENGINE COLLECTION PROVIDES CONTINUAL WONDER AND
ENJOYMENT FOR THE YOUNG OR OLD ENTHUSIAST.
THERE IS A LARGE FAMILY PICNIC AREA ALONGSIDE THE
DUFFIN'S CREEK, SO BRING YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, TAKE YOUR
SHOES OFF AND WADE IN THE COOL WATERS ..... JOIN THE
CELEBRATION OF PICKERING'S HERITAGE LOVINGLY RESTORED FOR
YOU, AND FORGET THE MODERN DAY PRESSURES FOR A WHILE.
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SpNOON — 5 P.M. 1985
STEAM UP & OPENING WEEK -END JUNE 8TH & 9TH
STRAWBERRY SOCIAL JUNE 23RD - 0 - 4 P.M.)
CHILDREN'S DAY JULY 14TH
CRAFTS DAY JULY 28TH
PIONEER HORSE DAY AUGUST 18TH
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10 A.M. 5:00 P. M.
SEPTEMBER 14th & 15th
GREEhNOOD UNITED CHURCH
Rev. M. Butler -
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_/ List of Services and Coming Events
Regular Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m. Sundays leading
Easter - Themes based on Scripture readings from to
Common Lectionary.
Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Sunday School has Classes for three
years and older.
Boy Scouts are takin` a five week Course for Bronze and Silver level
Con.oe Bad -es, starting March 6th.
Saturday March 16th, 10:30 a.m. Greenwood U.C.;V. are sponsoring a
St. Patricks Coffee Party and Bake Sale. Mrs. D. Clarke will speak
on dools and Knitting.
Wednesday, March 27th, 1:30 p.m. General meeting of U.C.VV. Bridget
Lawson, who has spent two years in Africa will be guest speaker.
Sunday March 31, 9:45 a.m. Palm Sunday. Reception of members.
Good Friday, April 5th, 7:30p.m. Joint Service &t Mount Zion.
Sunday, April 7th, 8:45 a:..m. Early Eaatcr f—Eitl erin,�. Coffee &: buns??
9:45 a.m. Easter Liturgy of Praise (Holy Coranunion). NO Sunday School.
Saturday, April 13th. Cub Car Finals and Hobby Show for Cubs and
Scouts at Harwood Secondary School, Ajax.
Sunday, April 14th Greenwood's 36th Annual Oyster Supper. Advance
tickets. Phone 683-5828.
Saturday, April 27th Achievement Darr at Brooklin for 4H Homemaking
Club Spring Unit - Basic Cookin. 683-5679
Sunday, May 12th, 9:45 a.m. Christian Family Sunday - Sunday School
May - 10 Scouts and Cubs plant 'TREES FOR CA_iVADA' - 25 Ctnporeelonfor
Sunda May 26th Scouts.
Y9 Y (9:45 a.m.) Feniacost (�Vhitsund.ay)>
Wednesday, May 29th, 8:00 p.m. General U.C.[�. Youth.
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Sunday, June 2ne (9:45) United Church goinen Sunday. (Conference
June - Cuboree for Cubs. Sunday)
June 9th (9:45 a.m.) Celebration of 60th Anniversary of Church Union.
June 16th (9:45 a.m.) Holy Coimnunion
June - End of year Swim and. Games Party for Sunday School.
Phone 683-5828
Sunday, June 23rd. 9:45 a.m. Greenwood. 2:30 p.m. - Salem Cemetery -
136 Anniversary Memorial Service (to be confirmed.)
Sunday, June 30th, 9:45 CANADk DAY Neekend. Come &nd see!!!
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Music Night 1985
Valley View P.S.
Master of Ceremonies- Andrea Groff
Grade 7 Class
1) When Johnny Comes Marching home
2) Aura Lee
Clarinet Trio
Gordon Milne , Stephanie Williams
Vicki Puterbough
Trumpet Duet
Kevin Scanlan , Glenn Foote
Grade 7 Class
3) Stomp Polka
4) ):racy Klock
Clarinet Duet
Tammy Copping , Michelle Acheson
Saxophone Trio
Chrissy Post , Elisa Rothnie
David leach
Vocal Solo - Raschel Lawrence - Gr.6
The Rose
Dance Solo - Elaine MacDougall - Gr.2
Highland Dance
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Piano Solo - Ann Byberg - Gr.8
I Sonatina in F (Clementi)
Grade 6 Class
1) Chorale
2) London Bridge
3) Shoo Fly
Clarinet Duet - Raschel Lawrence and
Barbie Clarke
Flute Solo - Katie Geraghty
Grade 6 Class
4) Long Long Ago
5) Ode to Joy
Dance Trio - Joccelyn Snowdon,Susan Elrick
Michelle Acheson -Gr.7
French Horn Duet- Ann Byberg , Emma Talbot
Gr.B Gr.7
Grade 4 Class
Choir (Mrs.Helmenstein)
Dance Solo - Michelle Walsworth - Gr.3
Grade 8 Class
1) Blast off
2) Cha Cha Rock
Trumpet Solo - Owen Duncliffe
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Flute Duet - Rhonda Lawrence,
Charlotte Teklenburg
Carinet Trio - Jessica Stoner, Angie Middleton,)
Joey Foote
Grade 8 Class
4) Westward Ho - Soloist -Stacey Foxton
5) Country Boy
Trumpet Duet - Owen Duncliffe , Owen Brett
Clarinet Solo - Jessica Stoner
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Grade 8 Class
6) Pomp and Circumstance
7) Tomorrow
Instrumental Music Teacher - Mrs.McGregor
Program was Word Processed by Chris Pascoe - Gr.6
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Bill T d ja,associate chaplain at Oshawa General Hosptil
visits with patient Mary McLean, of Greenwood, during his daily
rounds on the wards. The Hospital Chapmmc Association of
Oshawa is appealing to local churches to provide funds to pay
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Last chance: Peggy and Kenneth Clarke stand before the fireplace in the antique -filled liv-
ing room of their home, Post Manor. The house won't be open to the public again in its
present state — it's been sold and soon will be used for commercial purposes.
Durham wants incinerator
toprovide 1 000jobs
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By StMi Josey Toronto Star �)dv op another large sanitary landfill site
The chairman of Durham Region wants a
garbage incinerator in the heart of the re-
gion.
He believes a $50 million garbage burning
facility could be the core of an industrial
park that would provide 10,000 jobs.
The incinerator would provide steam heat-
ing and the power to run the industries
around it — with enough energy left over to
provide central heating for nearby residen-
tial developments, Chairman Gary Herrema
says.
He is calling on the provincial and federal
governments to establish the incinerator at
the proposed community of Seaton, north of
Highway 401 in Pickering, close to the shelv-
ed Pickering airport lands.
"With the continuing rate of population
growth in Toronto and surrounding areas of
the Golden Horseshoe, we have to be looking
for new solutions to the problem of garbage
disposal," Herrema says. .
-A modern garbage incineration plant
could consume 300 tons of waste a day from
Metro, and York and Durham regions, he
says.
Metro and Durham Region now truck
most of their garbage to a large landfill site
on Brock Rd., Pickering, and Metro has also
spent several million dollars to buy and
near Maple.
The protests of local residents concerned
about pollution from these garbage dumps
places their long-term future in jeopardy, he
says.
Herrema says the energy park, which
could be developed over 25 years, would use
about 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of the
7,300 hectares (18,000 acres) assembled for
the airport.
Ontario Land Corp., which controls the
provincial airport lands, has asked Picker-
ing to draw up an official plan for the com-
munity.
When the Brock Rd. landfill is closed in the
early 1990s, Durham Region will have to find
some other means to dispose of its garbage.
The region's works committee will visit
eight garbage incineration projects in
Massachusetts. Herrema has visited several
similar projects in Europe and a consulting
firm has been hired to present alternatives
for garbage disposal in the region.
Herrema cautions that the investment
needed to build this type of facility is never
fully recovered. "There will always be a
price people will have to pay for creating
garbage," he says.
He expects Durham Region will make an
official proposal as soon as a new provincial
cabinet is sworn in.
Put to the test: Supervisor Mick Pettifer carefully 700 workers on the long job have to be specially trained
watches John Kuciks remove a heavy -water tube from the to avoid accidents. The tubes are bagged in plastic as
ock-up reactor at - Pi*e6ng.. nuclear power station. AIL they are withdrawn, to avoid a spill of radioactive dust.
By Stan Josey Toronto Star �Vl 12y6t�'
You could call it the most expensive
water leak in history.
It happened at Pickering nuclear
generating station in August, 1983.
Tube G16 — one of 390 in the hot core
.,of Number 1 generating unit — rup-
`tured, spilling radioactive heavy water
,�'flnto the floor and touching off a costly
— ichain of events that won't conclude until
sometime in 1987. By then it will have
cost Ontario Hydro something in the re-
gion of $500 million.
Because of the rupture, Ontario Hydro
decided to replace all the tubes in its
Pictering nuclear generating units.
That job — similar to rebuilding the
engine of a a car, but a lot more compli-
ated — is now in full swing and it's a
niracle of modern technology.
It involves the removal of a total of
780 zirconium pressure tubes — similar
:o the one that ruptured — from two
generating units that have been shut
town and cooled off. Technicians then
nave to install the same number of new
rubes out of a slightly different zirconi-
.im alloy they hope will last longer than
the present ones.
Hydro spent $2 million building a life-
size mock-up of the reactor core.
"With radioactivity, you can't afford
to make mistakes," says Hydro spokes-
man Jack Muir.
There has been at least one incident in-
volving mild radiation contamination
since the re -tubing started in March
1984. About 20 workers involved in the
project were found to have radioactive
Carbon 14 dust on their clothing when
tested with very sensitive Geiger coun-
The mock-up of the reactor core was
used to solve the problem.
The answer was relatively simple — a
long plastic bag secured with elastic
bands is now used to enclose each old
reactor tube as it comes out of the core.
Workers use the reactor mock-up,
which is 140 feet in diameter, to try out
new tools and techniques in safety before
venturing into the reactor unit.
"If they work in the, mock-up, they
will work in actual practice,"Muir says.
To further boggle your mind, as many
as 700 workers are involved in the retub-
ing job.
And each day the two reactors are not
operating, Ontario Hydro has to buy or
produce replacement power costing
$400,000 — enough to supply almost half
of Metro Toronto on any given day.
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pump water at Pickering Museum Village. Tour guide Chris Coady, dressed Ike a 19th-cen-
housewife, gives them a hand. The museum opens this weekend.
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PLANNING
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NOTICE
Application
For Amendment to Minister's
Zoning Order
Ontario Regulation—102/72
Town of Pickering
Take notice that application to amend the
zoning order filed as Ontario Regulation
102/ 72 has been received by the Minister of
Municipal Affairs. The application is:
Applicant: Bitondo's Market Ltd.
File No: 18-ZO-029-85-03.08
Proposal: To create seven residential
,lots in lot 10 con. 5 south of
Greenwood.
All submissions in support of, or in oppo-
sition to, the application described above,
and received by the Ministry of Municipal
Affairs, 14th floor, 777 Bay Street, Toronto
Ontario M5G 2E5, on or before the 26th day
of July, 1985, will be fully considered before a
final decision is made. Please refer to the file
number indicated above.
In addition, under Section 46(10) of the
Planning Act 1983, any interested person may
request a hearing by the Ontario Municipal
Board on an application for amendment to a
zoning order.
4Q Ministry of
V Municipal Affairs
Ontario Bernard Grandmaitre, Minister
$350,000 dike
Durham Region and the Metro To-
ronto Conservation Authority have
completed construction of a $350,000
dike to prevent flooding along Duf-
fin's Creek near Highway 2.
Durham and the province split the
cost of two 10-foot-high dikes north
and south of the highway to prevent
annual spring flooding. The north-
ern dike stretches nearly a mile
from Highway 2 to Brock Road.
Representatives from the MTRCA
and Durham Region will officially
unveil the project at 4:30 p.m. on Oct
15.
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What better way to spend a pleasant spring
0unday than touring some of southern Ontar-
o's most historic homes and buildings?
A special tour of 10 historic Pickering sites
is being organized for Sunday, in aid of the
Hugh Miller Fire Fund.
The tour is sponsored by the People or
Planes Committee, which successfuly fought
plans for an airport at Pickering more than a
decade ago.
Tickets for the tour are $10 a person and
may be obtained from the councillors' office at
the Pickering Municipal Building or by con-
tacting Councillor Norah Stoner at 683-2760.
Proceeds will go towards the restoration of
Thistle Ha', homestead of the Hugh Miller
family on the 7th concession of Pickering,
which was destroyed by fire last winter.
The Miller homestead was a provincial his-
Itoric site and both provincial and federal au-
thorities are studying the possibility of restor-
ing the large stone farmhouse.
"This tour will give people a chance to see a
variety of styles of early Ontario architec-
ture," Stoner says. "All the homes have been
lovingly restored by their owners and many
'are furnished with antiques."
It is the first time most of the homes have
been opened to the public for viewing and, for
one, it will be the last.
Post Manor, the lovely stone house of Ken-
neth Clarke, on the northwest corner of Brock
Rd. and Highway 2, has been sold and will soon
be converted to commercial uses.
Other buildings on the tour include:
❑ Stonecroft, the Regency cottage built in
1830 and owned by the Robin McKenzie fami-
ly. It is on Brock Rd. north of the 4th Conces-
sion.
❑ Whitevale Community Centre, built in the
early 1820s, on Pickering 5th Concession.
❑ Also in Whitevale, the home of John Coates,
built in the 1820s.
❑ Brougham Community Centre, where lunch
will be served. It was the original Pickering
Town Hall, built in the 1840s.
❑ The British Arms Inn, circa 1860, the home
of Bill and Norah Stoner.
❑ The white frame country Gothic cottage of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant.
❑ Windsweep Farm, the home of Ontario rid-
ing MP Scott Fennell. This is a Georgian field-
stone farmhouse with board and batten out-
buildings.
❑ Tannry Doon, the home of former Ontario
agriculture minister William Newman. This is
a yellow brick Victorian farmhouse with gin-
gerbread trim built in 1895, near the village of
Balsam.
❑ Claremont Masonic Hall, built in 1865.
Once you have your ticket and a map locat-
ing the homes, you can tour them at will on
Sunday.
Gracious home: Post Manor is on the northwest corner of Brock Rd. and Highway 2.
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of Pickering tour
By Sharon Warren
Star Home writer
In this fast -paced era of
nomadic lifestyles, Robin Mac-
Kenzie's ties to his family home-
stead make him one of a rapidly
vanishing breed.
IStonecroft, the Pickering
farm MacKenzie shares with his
journalist wife Donna Jean
MacKinnon, has sheltered three
generations of the MacKenzie
family, beginning in the 19th-
century with the current
owner's grandfather.
Built in stages from the 1830s
to 1850s, the stone cottage was
originally the hub of a bustling
sheep farm, and more recently
the site of the first herb nursery
in Canada under the direction of
Robin's mother, Elizabeth.
Traces of her expertise remain
in the rare plants that grace the
property, sheltered by trees
planted by MacKenzie's school-
teacher father.
For Robin MacKenzie, Stone -
croft is both home and work-
place. His herd of hardy Scottish
Highland cattle roam the fields
beyond the house, and in his
basement studio MacKenzie
creates and assembles innova-
tive examples of camera art,
visually striking photographic
grids that convey a sense of time
and motion.
The house is filled with the
graniteware, crocks, and vin-
tage firearms Robin MacKenzie
loves, and with furnishings and
keepsakes collected by MacKin-
non, a former antiques shop
owner. "My particuar passion is
dishes," says MacKinnon, with a
half -guilty chuckle. "We could
probably serve 150 guests all at
once with the dinnerware we
have."
Although their way of life is
far from primitive, the couple
takes pride in the practical
sensibility acquired through
long familiarity with rural life,
and the ability to be self-suffi-
cient should the need arise.
When a storm knocked out elec-
trical power in the area a few
months ago, MacKinnon lit the
oil lamps and cooked dinner for
family guests on the woodstove
in the dining room.
Idyllic as the surroundings
may be, the homestead demands
its share of time and attention.
"It's esthetically very pleasing,"
reflects MacKinnon, who enjoys
entertaining. "But a 150-year-
old house requires constant
maintenance; it exacts its
price."
Next Sunday, from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., Stonecroft takes on a new
role as one of seven houses on
the Historic Pickering Tour of
Homes.
Sponsored by Pickering's Peo-
ple Or Planes organization, the
tour is a fund-raiser for the re-
building of Thistle Ha', a mid-
19th century stone house rav-
aged by fire earlier this year.
I:,ocal residents rallied to the
support of owners Hugh and
Elsie Miller, determined to help
the couple in the costly restora-
tion of the dwelling, declared a
national historic site in 1978.
Also included on the tour will
be the Brougham and Whitevale
Community Centres, and the
Claremont Masonic Hall.
Tickets are $10 each, and are
available tomorrow through
Friday at the Pickering Council
office, and on the day of the tour
at the Brougham Community
Centre, Brock Rd. south of High-
way 7.
For more information, call
683-2760.
)pen shelves:
Donna Jean
MacKinnon in the
kitchen at
Stonecroft, where
open shelves
display collections
of graniteware
and porcelains.
Dining are.
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Hardy steer: Robin MacKenzie with a steer, one of herd of Scottish
Highland cattle he keeps on the property. The hardy animals' shaggy
vary in color from ivory to rusty brown.
Welcome
addition: Left,
pine panelling in
the living room
was added
following a storm
in the late 1930s
that damaged
part of the house,
Stone cottage:
Above,
Stonecroft, built in
the mid-19th
century has been
home for three
generations of the
MacKenzie family.
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Greenwood from about 1860 until prohibition. It is now the p.m. For tickets and further information please contact the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stoner. Pickering Council office at 683-2760.
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PICKERING - This Friday, a man will
visit Pickering Museum Village and marvel
at how modern and innovative everything
seems.
Etienne Brule, a 17th-century French ex-
plorer believed to be the first francophone to
set foot in Ontario, will visit the pioneer -day
museum as part of a goodwill tour of Picker-
ing. Brule, really Penetanguishine actor
Blaize Malchildon, is on an ambassadorial
tour of Ontario to celebrate the 75th anniver
sary of 1'Association canadienne-francaise
de 1'Ontario. When he reaches the Pickering
municipal building at 3 p.m. Friday, he'll be
presented with the key to the town by coun-
cil representative Norah Stoner.
Fiom there, he and an entourage of about
15 will visit the museum village.
Flea market
on the move
to trade centre
PICKERING - More than 700 ex-
hibitors will be open to celebrate the
move of the Pickering Flea Market to the
Metro East Trade Centre Sun&c , June
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to 6 p.m. at the new facility,
I on Brock Road, Pickering, bet-
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HAPPY
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BIRTHDAY
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CANADA1
Imost 90 years of Canadian histo-
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old daughter, �� of David meant
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of living history: great -great-
grandmother I'm going to retire," she
other, great-grandmother, grand-
said.
mother and, finally, David An-
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years and wondering if you can
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be right."
that," she said.
Family matriarch: Ethel Taylor, 89, is the great -great-grandmother of 2-week-
old David Andrew Tillaart. Five generations of the family gathered at the Elmvale
home of a friend yesterday for their family portrait.
Personality Of The Week
Gord Brackett is the curator of the Pickering Museum in Greenwood.
If you know somebody who would make a good Personality Of The Week,
give us a call at 683-1561, 839-8087 or 839-8088.
Working At Museum
ivy�' Is Gord's Latest Challenge
by Ann Bolton
Gord Brackett has
never been one to walk
away from a challenge.
His latest project is per-
haps the most challenging
one to date. Gord is work-
ing as the curator of the
Pickering Village Museum
in Greenwood. As curator,
it is his job to "improve the
collection so the museum
can attract a larger
audience." He is responsi-
ble for the "care and cus-
tody of the collection."
Gord strives to show the
public what it was like to be
a member of this commun-
ity during the mid to late
nineteenth century. This
involves co-ordinating a
large force of volunteers
who demonstrate tradi-
tional crafts and run the
museum's famous steam
barn.
He considers the
museum fortunate in that
it has the support of both
the municipality and the
general public. Last year,
nearly four thousand peo-
ple visited the museum.
This year Gord and his
staff hope to attract
twenty thousand visitors.
A great proportion of
the museum's visitors are
school children. According
to Gord, this year's educa-
tional programme has
been extremely successful
once again. On weekdays
during the months of May
and June, the museum is
only open to groups from
schools.
Gord has a number of
exciting projects on the go
at the museum these days.
On Sunday, July 14th, the
museum will be holding an
Old Tyme Children's Day
from noon to 5 p.m. Sche-
duled activities include
face painting, a chance to
view antique toy displays,
and the opportunity to play
games. All children
dressed in pioneer cos-
tumes will be admitted free
of charge.
This is Go A's first year
at the museum. He decided
to become the museum's
curator because he felt
that his job would be chal-
lenging, because he had "a
respect for artifacts", and
because he has always
liked history.
Before coming to the
museum, Cord held a
number of jobs that util-
ized his skills as a public
relations expert. In 1956,
he began working at the
Humane Society. In those
days, the public had
extremely negative feel-
ings about the society. It
was Gord's job to try to
alter the public's attitudes.
He "created a public
image that encouraged
public support." As soon
as he had acomplished
what he had set out to do,
he figured that it was time
to move on to new
challenges.
Gord's next job was
raising funds and muster-
ing up public support for
the Civic Garden Centre in
Toronto. After that, he
moved on to the Canadian
Automotive Museum in
Oshawa. While there, he
was involved in long-range
planning for a national
automotive museum.
Gord has a number of
hobbies and interests. He
was the originator of
Youth and Music Canada,
a programme which aims
at helping young musi-
cians to break into the
highly competitive music
business. In addition, his
wife and himself are both
naturalists who enjoy
spending time in the great
outdoors. He enjoys col-
lecting driftwood and she
enjoys arranging flowers.
The entire Brackett
family will be on hand for a
special event later this
summer. On August 17,
one of Gord's daughters
will be getting married at
the museum. The entire
family will be participat-
ing in the ceremony.
Pickering councillors
push garbage
By CRAIG SUMI
DURHAM - "Pickering will
never agree to be home to
another Metro dump," says
regional councillor Norah
Stoner.
She told the works committee
last week that the town was
pressured into agreeing to the
Metro -owned Brock Road site
back in the early 1970s, and
since then there has been
"nothing but well -documented
problems."
"It is growing at a rate
quicker than they can handle,
and at a rate that is causing pro-
blems for people living in the
communities around it," she
said.
The committee discussed the
region's future plans for gar-
bage disposal.
Currently, Durham residents
produce 613 tonnes of garbage a
day, which is collected and pil-
ed up in landfill sites around the
region, including the huge
Metro site, an arrangement in-
cluded in the original agree-
ment.
But the region's agreement
with Metro expires in 1987.
A report prepared by a
Toronto -based consultant
recommends the region con-
tinue to use the Brock site,
which is expected to be full by
1992, and assist Metro in
locating another site.
Stoner and Pickering coun-
cillor Laurie Cahill argued
strongly against the recommen-
dation.
"We'll have no control over
costs, and no control over the
smell and physical health pro-
blems associated with the
Stud
d y ck
dump," Ston& said. "Just like
now."
Cahill said Metro has not
come through with many of its
promises to the town and added
that the region has not backed
up the town in its demands.
"Every time we have a con-
cern with the Metro site, we
stand alone, without the support
of the region," he said.
"Everyone else says: 'Hell,
that's Pickering's problem, not
mine."'
The two Pickering represen-
tatives would like to see the
region establish its own landfill
site, in addition to a recycling
centre and a garbage in-
cinerator, to handle future
waste disposal needs.
Stoner wants the region to
conduct its own study to assess
what area would be en-
vironmentally best for a landfill
site.
"If we enter into negotiations
with Metro, you can bet they
will limit the search to the Ajax -
Pickering -Uxbridge area," she
told councillors. "They won't
look elsewhere because they
are concerned with the costs of
hauling."
But most councillors felt the
region did not have enough time
or money to establish its own
dump and agreed to negotiate
with Metro to use the Brock
Road site for another three or
four years.
"Saddling ourselves with
Metro won't be the best solu-
tion," Ajax councillor Jim Wit-
ty said. "But we must buy some
time until we find out what we
want to do in the long term."
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nuclear
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supervisor
Durham Metro Toronto
police I I Police chief
Alert
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telephone, health units, Hydro,
public works, school boards,
TTC, etc.
Consult with Provincial
government's control group
(provincial equivelent)
Notify
all area traffic
unit police
inspectors
Consult with Provincial
government's traffic control
group (provincial equivelent)
PICICERING TOWN CENTRE_.____..----------._T------------_---------------.._----___--.---_.. __..
The Town of Pickering gets gift of a new -heart
A downtown that is
was — and a lot of
up or under construe-
35,000 square feet;
busy creating its own
open green fields.
tion include the Pick-
Pickering Mews;
special identity is
Now, about 850,000
ering Town Centre,
strip type commer-
gradually taking
square feet of the
with its new Eaton's
cial stores with 8,000
shape in the Town of
recommended 1,500,-
store, for a total of
square feet; the Cana -
Pickering.
000 in the core area
680,000 square feet; a
' dian Tire Plaza, north
A planning study
has already been
Loblaws super store
of Highway 2 at
recommended that
built, leaving around
of 130,000 square feet;
Liverpool Road now
the downtown be
700,000 to go, Magi
the Pickfair retail/
over 100,000 square
created where the
said.
commercial area,
feet, and the Corpo-
new Pickering Town
Buildings already
next door, of around
rate Centre with its
Centre is, rather than
65,000 square feet.
where the present
municipal offices are.
"People in the town
felt we should have an
identifiable centre, so
that everyone would
know Pickering has a
heart. To give a
recognizable image to
this town we went
ahead and created
this heart," said Tony
Magi, Director of
Planning for Picker-
ing.
Things have come a
long way in a short
while. When he came
to Pickering in 1981,
Magi said that there
was the Corporate
Centre, an office
building, a neighbor-
JDS Investments
owns around 80 per
cent of the rest of the
available land down-
town and the growth
there depends on
them to a large ex-
tent. Alex Artuchov,
the JDS Director of
Land Development,
sees more apartments
along the north edge,
some lower density
housing and some
commercial along
both sides of the
Esplanade, north and
south.
He also sees more
commercial along the
east side of Glenanna
along the east side of
the shopping centre
hood mall as the block, another 100,-
Town Centre then Diagram shows how mall grew to centre 000 square feet.
The mayor and the
planners are also
looking forward to
being able to build a
spanking new munici-
pal complex.
"The whole thing
should hang together.
It should be a town
centre that the people
of Pickering can iden-
tify with, just as the
Scarborough town
centre provides a
focus for its identity."
Development on
this scale also has
other advantages.
Due to the greatly in-
creased size of the
mall and the erection
of the new trade
centre, there will be a
substantial increase
in tax revenue con-
tributed by the com-
mercial sector, some-
thing popular with
both the town fathers
and the electorate.
FOR AUGUST
7th -GRAND OPENING
7th -10th — 12th -14th —
"LENZO & THE MAGICAL, "ISH" & THE CLOWN SAND —
MUSICAL CLOWNS" "VEGETABLES"
Show Times: Show Times:
7th-9th 12:00 & 2:00 p.m. 12th 1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
10th 11:00 a.m., 13th 1:30 & 3:00 p.m.
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A. Laurie Cahill
B. Bob Mitchell
The Mayor, Council and Staff OF PC
welcomes you to
PICKERING
Mayor
D. JACK ANDERSON
Regional Councillor Ward 1 C. Don Kitchen Local Councillor Ward 2
Local Councillor Ward 1 E. Alex Robertson Regional Councillor Ward 2
H. Bruce Taylor Town Clerk 1. Noel Marshall
Please direct enquiries to the Mayor's Office
the Town Manager or any Council Member
at 683-2760
F. Norah Stoner Regional Councillor Ward 3
G. Wayne Arthur Local Councillor Ward 3
Town Manager
Municipal Buildings
1710 Kingston Rd., Pickering L1V 1C7
Old stagecoach stop is now Old Liverpool House restaurant
vuring prohibition
in Ontario from 1916
to 1927, The Old
Liverpool House re-
mained a hotel. How-
ever, it is reputed
that the hotel owner
sold bootleg whiskey.
Following the
Great Depression, the
building became a
general store and post
office and later a
.rooming house. In
1964, the building was
expropriated by the
department of high-
ways for expansion of
Hwy. 2.Owner Harri-
et Jatiouk refused to
allow the building to
be destroyed. Instead,
Mrs. Jatiouk moved
the building further
back to its present
location.
Mrs. Jatiouk had a
dream for the Old
Liverpool House. It
was to have the hotel
turned into a very
fine dining establish-
ment.
i Although strangers,
Jim Skentzos and
Mrs. Jatiouk shared
the same fantasy.
When Mrs. Jatiouk
died in 1980, the
property was sold to
Jim and Maria Skent-
2os.
Today, the present
owner welcomes you
to the common
dream.
While the Old-----h�
Liverpool House wel-
comes you today, it
invites you on a brief ---�
tour through its
many yesterdays_ The
structure was built by
English immigrants
in 1827. Bricklayers -- _—_
crossed the Atlantic from England to
apply their skills to the building. Al- — -
though originally con-
structed as a private
home, The Old Liver-
pool House has served
many purposes.
In its early life, the
building was a main
stagecoach stop be-
tween Toronto and
Kingston. It was also
a popular drinking
spot for sailors when
the grain ships dock-
ed at Frenchman's
Bay. In addition to
hosting men who call-
ed the sea their home,
it also made welcome
Canada's first prime
minister Sir John A.
MacDonald as an
overnight guest.
WARM WA TER FOR COOL WA TER
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By SHAUN HERRON
Times Staff
One of Canada's largest fish farms will
use the warm water of the Pickering nu-
clear plant to breed trout and perch for
international export.
Coolwater Farms Ltd. is converting
the disused Frenchman Bay pollution
plant into a million -dollar, year-round
breeding ground for the world market.
Manager John Neil said he will pipe
warm water from the nuclear plant
across the bay to heat pens holding
"hundreds of thousands" of fingerlings
grown over the year.
The warm water will enable Neil to
grow fish all year in the sheltered con-
fines of Frenchman Bay and the former
pollution control plant. A pipe carrying
the water from the plant should be in
place late this fall.
"We had a long struggle to get this
thing off the ground, then all of a sudden
everything fell into place," said the for-
mer chairman of the Ontario Water Re -
it oiew not ana cola for a wnue, out
we're rolling now."
Neil is also president of Limnos Ltd., a
Toronto environmental consulting firm.
He said work on the lakeshore site is
well under way and should be completed
in January for the first shipment of fin-
gerlings.
The farm will start with rainbow trout
and gradually make perch its main
product. Neil said there is a strong inter-
national market for perch and predicted
the business will take off once it's estab-
lished.
Pickering regional councillor Norah Stoner (inset) now lives in Greenwood's historic British
Arms Inn with her husband Bill and family.
----_ . -- site of the original mill
I wandered to the summit,
They named it Greenwood Hill;
Many times went I as a boy,
And love to go there still.
Such a panoramic picture,
To North and East and West
Of farmlands, woods and rivulets,
An ideal place to rest.
Against this pleasant hillside
A village lies serene.
In days that havegone by
Was quite a busy scene.
Where grist mill, store and shop,
Were going in full sway.
Now turned to a summer place,
Here children come to play...
I've wandered many places
Both near and far and wide.
But at the top of this hill,
Is where I would abide.
By W.J. Brown
Greenwood Hill,
By Richard Beales
GREENWOOD - I don't know who W. J.
Brown was, or when he penned those words.
All I know is, they capture the feeling
Greenwood residents have for their com-
munity.
Time seems to stand still in Greenwood.
Some buildings have been here since the
early part of the 19th century, when the
village was in its infancy as a milling com-
munity. Others have since been added, a
few at a time.
History is the watchword. If a Greenwood
)uilding isn't legitimately old and steeped in
2haracter (most of them are), it at least
iooks like it is.
My tour of Greenwood starts at the corner
of Greenwood Road and Concession 6, at the
foot of W. J. Brown's favorite hill. I'm in the
British Arms Inn, once a stop for 19th-
Century wayfarers and now the home of
Pickering regional councillor Norah Stoner.
We go out to the driveway and hop into
Norah's station wagon. Here, in deference
to the home's roots, the Union Jack and the
Canadian maple leaf fly proudly, side by
side.
We head south down Greenwood Road.
Norah explains that the once-cordouroy lane
was a forced road; it follows the course of
the east branch of Duffin's Creek, because
this was a milling community.
Along the west side of the road -- or, as the
original citizens of Greenwood would have
it, the east bank of the east Duffin's -- is the
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, built by Squire
Green. Now, a fine stone house sits on the
original foundation, a quaint antique bell
gracing the top.
Squire Green was the first Green of
Greenwood. The foundation of his cottage
still remains, across the road from the foun-
dation of his mill. Now, a charming grey
house is built on top.
Further down Greenwood Road, Norah
pulls into a driveway to show me the Green
family's second house, a magnificent red
brick manor in classic Georgian style.
"To tell you the truth, it's my favorite
house in Greenwood," she says.
We turn around and head back north, up
the gentle curve of Greenwood Road. To our
left, before we reach Concession 6, is the
Pickering Museum Village, a reconstruc-
tion of a pioneer -day village -- complete with
log cabins, an old church, a steam -up barn,
a blacksmith's shop and antique im-
plements galore. Curator Gord Brackett
tells me the people of Greenwood didn't
want the museum when it was moved here
from Brougham in the '70s, after the federal
airport land expropriation. Today, it's a ma-
jor attraction, regarded as fully in keeping
with Greenwood's love of history.
The initial hesitance to accept new ven-
tures is understandable, given the perspec-
tive of Greenwood folks.
"They're very protective," Norah says.
"Very concerned about maintaining the
very precious lifestyle they have in this
village. It's self-contained, not on a main
highway ( Highway 7 bypasses to the north).
There's a country atmosphere, a historic at-
mosphere that's just minutes away from
Toronto."
Oddly enough, the blacksmith's shop
transplanted from Brougham onto the
museum site originally belonged in Green-
wood.
As we drive up Greenwood Road to Conce-
sion 6, Norah shows me the spot where it
stood, just to the west of the general store.
The "new" blacksmith's shop sits on the
other side. Behind it, up a laneway, stand
Frederick Green's circa-1920 Greenwood
House and an original building from the
village's second mill. Green was apparently
a man of many talents. Not only did he run
the mill and a creamery, but his excellent
peony gardens were internationally famous.
The Greenwood General Store sits on Con-
ession 6, looking much as it did in the mid-
19th Century. Today, owner -operator
Lavinia Clarke keeps the old- time feeling
alive. She's introduced home-made knitting
and crafts since taking over at the start of
this year.
We. head east along Concession 6. The
street is a veritable history book of architec-
tural treasures -- the original farmhouse of
the old Norwood farm, the pharmacists'
house, the midwife's house, and the "old
salt -box house," the oldest in Greenwood.
Also along this stretch is the boyhood
home of former Canadian prime minister,
the late John Diefenbaker. Diefenbaker's
father taught school in the village when the
Chief was a young lad.
The schoolhouse he taught in still stands,
as well. The building, 125 years old, is no
longer used in its original capacity. Now,
says Norah, "it's the prettiest library in the
town of Pickering."
We turn south down Westney Road, where
it sits on the right-hand side. Stepping out of
the car, Norah leads me to the back of the
building, where the valley is clearly visible,
just as W. J. Brown imagined it.
It's a lovely sight, revealing the expanse
of the community park. Local residents
worked hard to create the park, Norah says,
through years of community fund-raisers,
dances and the like. Now, it boasts a large
community centre building, a lighted ball
diamond, lighted tennis courts, a toboggan-
ing hill and playground equipment.
"It's the complete park," says Norah.
She's pleased with her community. Unlike
many of the 250 other residents, Norah, her
husband Bill and children weren't raised
here; they moved here by choice.
"I searched for over a year for thiF.
village," Norah recalls. "It took me a ye,.r
of coming out into the country within a 25-
mile radius of Toronto -- fiev days a we,;k --
to find this village." --— —
The Greenwood G6neral Store looks much as it did in
the mid-19th Century, when Greenwood was a burgeon-
ing milling village.
The Green !amily's second house, nestled atop a hill
just off Greenwood Road, is one of the most magnifi-
cent sights in the north Pickering village.
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them is
of Pickering. This week,
writer Richard Beales and photographer
B. G. Niddrie join Isabel and Mery Annis
fora look at Brougham, past and Pre-
is alive and well sent.
in Brougham
Jack Mairs' hardware store, former-
ly a temperance hall.
By RICHARD BEALES
BROUGHAM - Nestled around the corner
of Brock Road and Highway 7 lies the sleepy
community of Brougham, Ont. Once, it was
the heart of northern Pickering. Today, it's
just another village.
"It was a growing community," says 41-
year resident Isabel Annis. "Then, ex-
propriation stunned everybody."
Expropriation. The word still has an im-
pact on the long-term residents of
Brougham. In the early 1970s, the federal
government announced plans to build an
airport in the north of Pickering. Despite the
protests of residents, 18,000 acres of prime
farmland were expropriated for use in the
project.
Isabel's husband Mery has lived in
Brougham since 1911, when his father took
over the Main Street (Highway 7) general
store where Becker's now stands.
"People went every direction," Mery
recalls. "They had no more friends or
nothing."
Mery lost as much as anybody -- a 1973
map shows his farmland stretching well
north of the Main Street -James Street
(Brock Road North) corner where he still
lives in the family homestead. But he
doesn't complain of his personal loss and is
only too glad to comply when I ask him to
give us a car tour of the village.
We decide to head west along Main Street
and, as we do, the legends of Brougham
begin to unfold. Across the street from
Merv's old farmhouse (he's lived in it since
1926) is Bentley House, the magnificent two -
storey red- brick home where early
Brougham settler James Bentley and later,
his son Dr. Lafayette Bentley, lived.
Down the block, on the south side, is the
site of the former Pickering Township
Historical Museum. The reconstructed
pioneer -day village was a source of pride to
the locals from its construction in 1961 to the
day it moved in the 1970s.
Expropriation had again taken its toll or
community efforts. The museum was
assembled of all local artifacts and
buildings -- including the old Brougham
Hotel and the blacksmiths' shop.
Now, the museum is in nearby Green•
wood, shifted in the airport land shuffle.
On the site of the old museum still stand:
the public school, where it's been sing
before Mery was a boy.
"I graduated from the school there," he
says. The building, which now houses an art
gallery, still looks in good shape.
On the north side, a bit farther west,
stands a piece of recent history. The airport
land management office sits here, in a more
recently built school building with a trailer
attached.
The trailer represents hope for Brougham
residents; hope that they'll be able to
reclaim the glory days of years past. Out of
this trailer, a team from the University of
Guelph will make suggestions about what to
do with the land, ending more than a decade
of question marks.
We turn the car around and drive east
again, past the four corners. On the north-
east corner is Jack Mairs' hardware store.
Jack is a Brougham newcomer compared to
Merv; he's only been here since 1933.
The building is somewhat older. It had its
origins as a Temperance Hall, though local
legend has it the operators weren't so
temperate. While meetings were going on
upstairs, a cider press was running full -tilt
in the basement.
We turn around and head south along
James Street (Brock Road North). Mery
shows me the original Pickering Township
hall, an old white frame building, and talks
of the old Christian Church, now long -gone.
Up the road, at the four corners, the
United Church still stands. Once, it had a
burgeoning congregation; today, Isabel
tells me, it's "down to about a dozen peo-
ple."
As we pull back into the Annis' drive, it
hits me. Community spirit is not dead here,
it's just dormant, waiting for a shove to
make it spring into action. The burning of
Thistle Ha' this year was just such an event.
The century -old farmhouse of the Hugh
Miller family burned to the ground, but the
reconstruction fund continues at a staedy,
healthy pace.
Like the Miller house, the community of
Brougham refuses to die.
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Isabel and Mery Annis, long-time
residents of Brougham
This federal office building In Brougham stands as a reminder of the land expropriation in the early 1970s.
Dr. Lafayette Bentley lived in this red -brick home in the early 20th Century.
His family came to Brougham -- then Bentley's Corners -- in 1829 and built
this house 24 years later.
by Keith Gilligan
Imagine trying to go
through life without being
able to read.
You couldn't pick up a
newspaper and find out
what is going on. You
couldn't read a menu or the
instructions for putting
something together. You
couldn't sit down with your
child and read with them.
For about 4,000 in Ajax
and Pickering, they have to
struggle through life func-
tionally illiterate. There is
hope, however, that they
can learn.
The Ajax -Pickering
Adult Learn -to -Read Pro-
gram, now in its second
year, offers free tutoring
on a one-on-one basis to
anyone looking for help.
Ann dean of the Bay
Ridges Public Library in
Pickering, has been teach-
ing adults how to read for
rive years. She spent three
years with the Durham
Region Literacy Council
and then last year helped
form the program for Ajax
and Pickering.
There are nine tutors in
the program, but only five
or six students, she said.
"We always have more
tutors than students
because it is hard to get
who want help," Mrs.
Dean said.
One of her students is a
man in his 30's with two
children. She described
him as doing very well, but
he realized that if he
wanted to get promoted, he
would have to read. He
also, she said, wanted to
read to his children.
When a student starts,
Mrs. Dean said the teacher
determines the students
ability and then they pro-
gress from there. Students
start with a minimum one
hour of tutoring a week and
can add more time as they
go. "It is hard work
because it is new to them".
students. There's pride. It
takes a lot of courage to
come out and admit that
you need help," Mrs. Dean
said.
She described a person
who is functionally illiter-
ate as someune with an
inability to read or write
enough to cope in today's
world.
Mrs. Dean said most of
the students have minimal
skills and they can't read a
newspaperor a medication
label. "The things most of
us do without thinking they
do with difficulty or not at
all."
Those in the program
aren't all older people or
new Canadians. She said
70 per cent of the people
looking for help are Cana-
dian and 40 per cent of
them are under 45. Of the
immigrants, 60 per cent
have been here more than
20 years.
"It's shamefully that in
this day and age in Canada
that there are so many who
can't read or write. There
are all kinds or reasons, as
many reasons as there are
people. But we're not con-
cerened with why or how or
whose fault it is. Our con-
cern is to help the people
Adults don't learn as
easy as children, Mrs.
Dean said, but added that
an adult that comes to
learn has motivation and
determination and can
"get on very fast".
The program is open to
any one 15 or older and out
of school. It is free of
charge.
If anyone would like
more information on the
program, they can call
686-0564 or 839-5088 and
leave their first name and
number.
Anne Dean has been helping area adults learn to read for the past five
years. She estimates there are 4,000 functionally illiterate adults in
Pickering and Ajax.
Our volunteers
The "1985" President trols the flow of materials
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years of experience in material flow in Canada.
United Way projects within
Durham Region and in Mr. Pegg is a member
Windsor. of the Oshawa Ski Club, the
Mr. Pegg has served a - Oshawa Tennis Club and
total of six years on the : Harmony United Church
Board of Directors of the Choir. He is also Past Presi-
Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle dent of Oshawa Junior
Achievement.
United Way, two years as ";
Vice -President (1983 and Mr. Pegg and his wife,
1984), Chairman of the',, Sandra, a Past President of
Personnel Committee in the Simcoe Hall Women's
1982 and General Cam- t 'League, have three chil-
paign Chairman in 1979. As dren. A daughter, Diana, is
President, he is an exofficio i'3n the Nursing program at
member of all committees. ,;j Mohawk College, Hamilton,
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Canada warm up for a mock battle they'll be stag- Flowers, Sgt. Larry Stutt, Cpl. Richard Feltoe and
ing at Pickering Museum Village on the weekend. Pte. Bob Carriere. Story page 5.
Craft shopI'*s showcase
By Hilary Rowland Toronto Star
The WELCOME plaque over the shop door
was painstakingly handcrafted.
So were the dolls lolling on the shelves and
the fat, quilted, jewelry boxes squatting on the
counter.
The Crafty Lady shop in Brougham "stresses
very high quality," says owner Doreen Simp-
son, and everything in it was designed and
made by Canadian hands.
"I wanted this shop to be a showcase for
Canadian talent," says Simpson.
"So many talented craftspeople are unap-
preciated. People don't realize the time and
care involved in hand -making an item."
She plucks a doll from a shelf, pointing out
the miniscule stitching, lace -edged underskirt
and carefully finished seams. A mobile of tiny
clowns with snowball noses and ruffles at cuff
and neck tumbles from the ceiling. The pris-
tine boxes of notepaper by the door are deco-
rated with dried flowers from Simpson's gar -
for Canadian talent
1 -Apart from a multitude of dolls, Simpson's i
stock includes a variety of baby toys, wall
hangings and pewter jewelry. Her husband
does much of the woodwork and a local crafts-
woman helps her manage the store.
Running the shop is distinctly different from
her previous jobs as a reporter for the now de-
funct Toronto Telegram and scriptwriter for a
television travel show. But Simpson says she's
enjoying it.
Her profits are marginal but she's not inter-
ested in expanding her small business. Satisfac-
tion lies in promoting local talent and devoting
her time to designing and fashioning her, own
creations. word-of-mouth,
Her advertising is mainly by
but "there's an advantage to being small," she'
says. "Everything is handmade. I'd hate to get
involved in trying to fill large orders and mass'
producing anything." 7 just east of
The shop, located on Highway J
Brock Rd., is open Thursday through Sunday
r.,__ 11 n m to 5 D.M.
Cooper is a living part
of Canadian history
By Chris Chenoweth Toronto Star
Tames Cooper is 95 years old, but he's still
young at heart.
Cooper, a resident of Scarborough's Morn- .
ingside senior citizens' apartments, can still
spin yarns with the best of them, and he can
slip in a few jokes with a wit that a young
man can appreciate.
But his best yarn is no tall tale — he serv-
ed in World War I at the Somme and Vimy
Ridge — and he is a living story of Canadian
history.
Cooper was also one of the famous Bernar-
do children, a group of approximately 80,000
orphans sent over from England to earn
their keep on farms across Canada.
James Cooper was born Sept. 26, 1890 in
London to working-class parents. His father
died suddenly when Cooper was 9.
"My father used to say he was born into
slavery, because he resented the fact he
couldn't read and write," Cooper says. "He
died at work. He was standing on a, tall lad-
der painting a drain pipe, but the ladder
wasn't quite tall enough and it collapsed. He
died in hospital about two hours later."
The fourth of six sons, Cooper was or-
phaned in 1901 when his mother died in a
convalescent home of "galloping consump-
tion," now called tuberculosis.
Needed home
He applied to Dr. Bernardo for a home,
and in 1903 was sent to Canada to work for
the Gutherie family on their Pickering farm.
"I was treated like a servant while I was
on the farm, and they didn't really seem to
like or accept me as anything but that,"
Cooper says. "It was a cold, unhappy time in
my life."
--tie was there six years, then . oved in wi
the Westne�sfamily, where )Lav reT
years and iduna na in ss and a home.
rom 9912 to 1915, Cooper worked in ar
assortment of odd jobs.
In 1915 when an older brother enlisted for
the Great War, Cooper went to St. Thomas to
finish out his contract as a farm laborer.
"The farmer there wasn't much into keep-
ing up the farm, because he had inherited it
from his father and he didn't enjoy the work
much," Cooper says.
"We got on quite well, and when my time
was up he offered to buy me a car to induce
me to stick around. He even wanted to call
me a partner on the farm. But I had decided
to join up and fight in the war, because three
of my brothers were already overseas fight-
ing in France. I was ashamed to be staying
home while they were out fighting."
By 1916 he was in -the trenches in France
with the Canadian army's Second Battalion.
He he saw action at the Battle of the Somme
and in 1917 fought at Vimy Ridge.
First in Canada
First legal
service in
mall opens
By Kevin Donovan Toronto Star
You can now go down to the shopping mall
and buy a loaf of bread, lingerie and legal ad-
vice.
The first storefront law office in a Canadian
shopping,mall has opened in Pickering. And its
owners say their walk-in law office is the way
of the future.
"Our strategy is to be accessible to the public
and we also want people to know what they are
getting, and how much they have to pay," says
Ken Starkman, 29, one of two partners in
MacKay and Associates.
About -one month ago, the office opened it
the Pickering Town Centre, sandwiched be�
tween a flower shop and a handbag shop, anc
across from a Dominion food store.
Two large placards just inside the office hs'
the full range of services offered and invite the
public to take advantage of free consultation
and notarization services.
Extended hours
The Law Society of Upper Canada, which
keeps Canada -wide files on new developments
in the practice of law, says the Pickering office
is the first of its kind in the country and
presents no forseeable problems.
Although private firms have opened up
.Aorefront locations on city streets, and some
large department stores have law offices near
their customer service sections, Mackay and
Associates is the first to offer a walk-in service
in a shopping mall, says John Beaufoy, chief
information officer.
"What they're doing is going after walk-in
trade. A lot of members (of the law society)
will be keeping an eye on the Pickering office
to see how it does," he says.
Beaufoy says the office conforms to the soci-
ety's stringent rules regarding advertising.
Starkman, and partner Bruce MacKay, 33,'
have been practising law for more than five
years and completed the Masters of Business
Administration degree at the University of
Western Ontario two years ago.
They chosen Pickering as the home of
their practice beca".., :` has the lowest per j
capita density of lawyers in Metro and. su -
rounding areas.
BICENTENNIAL MEDAL -WINNERS
Last year, to help mark two hundred years of settlement
in Ontario, Queen's Park awarded a special award - the
Ontario Bicentennial Medal - to the many people who have
made our communities great places to live thanks to their
work in volunteer groups. We're lucky to have so many
Operating for 12 hours a day, Monday t( excellent volunteers in Durham -York. These people, on
Friday, and 8 hours on Saturday, Starkmr,i their own time, bring their special
says they have had talents to provide
' a ver' positive answers to the questions that affect us all.
enthusiastic response fron
people who appreciate th4 Volunteers create a special spirit in the community.
walk-in concept and extend They make a significant contribution to the quality of
ed hours. life we enjoy in Durham -York.
Robert Lof, 34, an associ
ate lawyer and office man En eline Boel rk
ager, says MacKay and As $ y , Sutton West
sociates does not specialize Mabel Cawker, Nestleton
and instead "targets peopl� Bert Corbett, Uxbridge
with common legal prot Brenda Davis, Cherrywood
Robert Lof lems. Susan Geco Sutton West
The idea is to give i
quick synopsis of legal problems and then giv Gertrude Graham, Cannington
an idea of how much it will cost the client," Lt� John Hanson, Sharon
says. Don Hilloch, Sharon
A price list and explanation of services an( Charles Johnston Pefferlaw
payment policy is handed out to anyone mak Margaret LaRue
ing an inquiry. $ , Keswick
And a quick survey of prices shows fees o, Ruth Mahoney, Sharon
$325 for an uncontested divorce, $250 for � Robert Markell, Uxbridge
marriage contract and $49 for a simple « Nena Marsden, Sutton West
while a lawyer will handle a Criminal Cod: George Mar*;^
guilty plea for $250. - Greenwood
In the first two weeks, the office opened 21=W• Earl Martyn, Port Perry
case files and seen more than 100 potentia Armour McMillan, Greenbank
clients on a free consultation basis. William McDougall, Junaerld;�
Lucy McMurray, Beaverton
Russell Morrison, Beaverton
GNen Mowbray. Brooklin
Edna Sanders, Keswick
Nora Sedore, Jackson's Point
John Sibbald, Jackson's Point
Harry Stemp, Uxbridge
Paul Trivett, Sutton West
Percy Van Camp, Blackstock
Vin Walker, Port Perry
Glen Wannamaker, Port Perry
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By Kevin Donovan Toronto Star
�o At Frank Miroddi's roadside stand,
c customers can take home some old-fash-
ioned courtesy with their farm -fresh
vegetables.
Miroddi, 68, has been dispensing both
since 1959 and says it's the people — not
the money — that makes it worthwhile.
"I know some people who have been
buying vegetables here for 25 years. I
like to grow vegetables but I really like
the eo le," he says.
e (three -acre) patch of land he
farms himself with the help�-� handtools and a vintage 1961 tractor. few _
"His vegetables are so fresh,' says
Anne Payne, a Clare
has been buyinmont resident who
g produce from Miroddi
since she moved into the area 16 years
ago.
"We have our own garden at home but
our vegetables never seem as fresh as
his. He always seems to have "
earlier than anyone else " Potatoes ,- _+
earlier
she says. =_�
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Dum-p'up for
Regional Council will
be asked today (Wednes-
day) to pass a recommen-
dation by the works com-
mittee to extend or replace
Metro Toronto's Brock
West landfill site.
After a stormy session
last week, the committee
chose to ignore the objec-
tions of Pickering's repre-
sentatives and voted 4-2 in
favour of a joint Durham -
Metro site once Brock West
ceases operation in 1992,
The recommendation
going before council en-
dorses that of MacLaren En-
gineers' Waste Manage-
ment Study which indicates
that the region should
negotiate an interim agree-
ment for the disposal of
Durham's soil waste at the
Metro Brock West site until
its closure and further that
the region should asssist
Metro in the identification
and development of a joint
long-term disposal site
within regional boundaries
(from page 1)
municipal dump alone
would be $7.5 million be-
fore a single load was deliv-
ered and would cost the re-
gion in excess of $280 mil-
lion by the end of 2012,
said the report.
But Pickerings two rep-
resentatives, Norah Stoner
and Laura Cahill feel the
committee was placing
Priorities on the monetary
aspects rather than on the
physical and environmental
side of the issue.
By KeN1n Donovan Toronto Star
Metro is asking all city hospitals to pro-
Ade written proof that the garbage they are
lumping in municipal landfill sites does not
zontain dangerous pathological waste.
uest co es in response to e ent
i ov r of I r a e a s c ntai i
ii►il)Lan_ tissue and in ectious was .such as
i V alswa "need es an da es
at t e ite i rin .
Hospitals using Metro landfill sites must
now provide privately contracted disposal
firms with "written certification" that
pathological waste is not included in each
load shipped, said Ian McKerracher, direc-
or of Metro's waste disposal division.
vote
to replace a rock site.
The report compared
costs of two options up to
the year 2012, the expected
life of a Durham Dump, and
concluded working with
Committee chairman
Gerry Emm has stated his
concerns for the environ-
ment on several occasions,
but states it is a simple mat-
ter of economics.
"We're caught in a
Catch 22 situation", he
stated. "We have no money
for a dump, but we have to
Put our garbage some-
where. "
It is expected the fire-
works will fly today as the
matter is brought before full
council for a final vote.
Officials from Metro -and the environment
and health ministries have been investigat-
ing the Sept. 25 dumping of about 150
pounds of pathological waste by St. Mich-
ael's Hospital, which hires a private contrac-
tor to dispose of its garbage.
Jean Grey, Durham's medical officer of
health, said inspectors from her department
and the environment ministry were called
to the dump by the on -site manager after
the bright yellow bags were identified as
containers of pathological waste.
One bag was split open. But because of the
risk of infection, inspectors did not examine
the contents of the bags or look under the
visible bags to see if more were buried
underneath.
toc
ay
Metro would save the reg-
ion $12.6 million over the
next 27 years.
Start-up costs for a
(see page 2)
Metro to re ove trash.
from Picei�g landfill
:Metro works department has
promised to clean up garbage
dumped in ravines that form a
buffer zone around Metro's 121-
hectare (300-acre) landfill site in
northwest Pickering.
Last weekend, two hikers discov-
ered the garbage, which included a
collection of filled plastic bags,
rubber tires, metal springs and
chairs strewn throughout ravines
on dump property leading into
Duffin's Creek, a trout stream run-
ning off the site.
Later in the day, health and environment
officials made the decision to bury the bags
because "it would be more dangerous to
workers on site to sort the garbage out,"
Grey said.
Under the Environment Protection Act,
charges can be laid against a hospital or a
private contractor for dumping pathologi-
cal waste. Charges have not been pressed in
this incident.
Provincial law requires hospitals to
incinerate anatomical waste and treat infec-
tious biomedical waste in an "autoclave" —
a large cylinder that disinfects the waste
using high pressure steam — before they
can transfer it to landfill sites.
A spokesman for the hospital said the
pathological waste, always packed in yellow
plastic bags, ended up at the dump as the re-
sult of "human error."
Since the incident, the hospital has insti-
tuted a "double-check system", which Jean
Matthews, director of public relations, said
ensures against future problems, and St.
Michael's now provides the Metro author-
ities with a declaration of garbage contents
with each load.
She said the bags contained 150 pounds of
pathological waste and were part of a three -
tonne load of paper refuse sent to the dump
on the day in question.
The dumping was first mentioned publicly
at a Pickering council meeting Monday
night.
stoner wins award
for garbage fight,/sl,�
By Stan Josey Toronto Star
Pickering Regional Councillor
Norah Stoner has been honored for
her work in promoting waste recy-
cling over the past several years.
Stoner was one of several people
to receive a special recycling
achievement award from Environ-
ment Minister Jim Bradley at the
annual Recycling Council of Ontar-
io Conference in Burlington last
week.
"I'm thrilled to pieces about get-
ting this award," Stoner says, "but
I'm just one of several people who
been working to promote recy-
cling."
She says one of her main aims in
politics has been to end Pickering
and Durham Region's role as a
garbage dump for Metro.
Over the years, Stoner has serv-
ed as:
❑ A founding member of the Gar-
bage Coalition of Ontario;
❑ Member of the boar a of the
Durham Conserva+;,,n Centre:
❑ Co-chairman of t:,e Group _
Against Garbage, Which :.as op-
posed the expan�:on of 'Metro land-
fill situ in Durham;
❑ Member of the Metro Toronto r
PICKERING
Statistics not available
MAYOR: x-John Anderson 7,299, Laurie
Cahill 3,311, Larry O'Leary 927
REGIONAL COUNCILLOR
Ward 1: Bob Mitchell 2,282, Ken Matheson
1,498, Greg Georgeff 279
Ward 2: x-Alex Robertson 2,073, Doug
Dickerson 2,008
Ward 3: x-Nosh Stoner 2,358, Rick
Johnson 895
TOWN COUNCILLOR
Ward is Maurice Brenner 1,846, Gerry
McCabe 1,676, John Simonsen 507
Ward 2: Shane Coburn (acclaimed)
Ward 3: Wayne Arthurs 2,009, Ralph
Bradley 1,020
OI1 1..,._. ,
Ward 3. Lyn Craig 1,244, x-Linda Carder
1000
h_ ' ;tool trustee: x-onaa An. to l.drOer, Lyn
e 'ith Prymor.
82 _ e..a.� ,F-, n,
and Region Conservation Author-
ity.
Stoner now is set to begin a new
fight to block plans by Durham Re-
gion to enter into an agreement
with Metro to find a new 160-hee-
tare (400-acre) landfill site in the
region.
"I don't think we have to be in
bed with Metro Toronto when it
comes to garbage," Stoner says.
"We create our own garbage in the
region and we have to be prepared
to pay the cost of getting rid of it."
Regional Chairman Gary Herre-
ma has said it is to the region's
financial benefit to co-operate with
Metro in setting up expensive land-
fill operations.
He says the new plan will mean
Metro will pay a major share of the
estimated $22 million cost of estab-
lishing a new landfill site.
As a condition of finding a new
site, Durha :, will ask Metro to
abandon :,,s plans for opening two
new l .dfill sit in the Brocl: Ad.
are; of Piey,:ring.
But ,Loner says Pickering resi-
den4,, have alrcaay paid dearly in
V.dng the area act as a garbage
can for Metro.
'Durham teachers
get 9% pay hike
The Durham Board of Education
has reached a contract agreement
with its elementary teachers that
will increase their salaries by al-
most 9 per cent this school year.
Board vice-chairman Ian Brown
says the salary agreement affect-
ing 1,600 teachers will cost the
' board an extra $3.9 milion in sal-
ary and benefit payments.
Under the terms of the agree-
ment, elementary teacher salaries
will range from a low of $20,934
for a starting teacher to $46,109
for an experienced teacher.
Brown the average teacher
_..,ary in the elementary p inel will
be about $34,723 '-.,der the new
wage scales.
The saia„ca of 1,:111cli—a auu
vice -principals also will be adjust-
ed to coincide with the new teach- - - - -
er wage scales.
The increases will come in two r_ _
stages - 4.3 per cent effective
Sept 1, 1985, and an additional 4.59
per cent beginning next Jan. I.
Brown also reports the board ,
has reached a new wage agree-
ment with the union representing ( ----
classroom assistants in the region. _
The 100 full-time and 59 part-
time assistants, members of CUPE
Locai 218. won a wage increase of '
$1.30 an hour, which their �-
hourly rate to $8.56. ---�
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