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HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-1069He h� The b� -i�.�i�c of 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: r 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 ! ne 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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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." f ter. i 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. On YD CT e9 cp.In o kWo x y 2, oy`va (M 'do�co c 6Nn'�y Y o o�ro$0yn 'r vova n "Cl"A 0'aCnN ro 11 -I,< = O 11— 7,•�J = �ro .O 'CCf M '2-� rop dyo31n:"" dcroroo. o��om o Ivn.'v'df9-1r:►: °W mo z o M CD 0,M ••+���°ro'0, D `y O• d O ro O ro � ffl ...., �. ,... rn C' 7roa O y ro O -y .-. .oy O Oa y < ro o �roo c aco �� ro� c%' � C/3-c M ems-- i o. Co 'Sj C �• v CS. 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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. l t FAI L i� �yl i 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 Uzi - .2(f / 9 e 5 , _Ohl � � -- 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 9� M 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". Pickering �, plckering rifle team Internationalo1: +;+],a 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. s A. O A O O b G �: fpD A fr`D O 04 fDAO.•. N O !v O � y �• y , G w O�CL CS 0'a A O4 cCC3 cCC3 CA trr r' cCD (IQ _961CD i f9 A C A O 0'4 61 A _ lD S'C1 G1 fD O• MO=A����A Es .� 0 v A=a n eb Boa <<o vO A 7 A 'O O' O 'O C On 0'Q Orb 'r9 GE O �• A �g 15 i 1965 - 0 b1jC*-q'- • cti, fibr-ary w k7 Cultural displays: The following li- 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. oAl OF pC = � z _ 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 .St Social rr y 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 ' BROUGHAM GREENWOOD _ NO. e Souvenirs I O 2 PICKERING tr Gift Shop Y W MUSEUM UO V VILLAGE n m NO, 2 TO TORONTO I NO.401 i O OSHAWA INTERCHANGE NO. 64A ADULTS $1.50 STUDENTS $1.00 CHILDREN $ .50 PRE-SCHOOLERS FREE SENIORS $1.00 STRAwNBERRIES & CREAM EXTRA 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 •✓ - 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. a16/THE rouimoSTAR, wmnawY.ammERn1w� 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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G Mgm,,..4 on bYh Cvnc. bt" Cor%_c.'* B d C "rac,rt�on Rd. it HWY. ,Z = Pttkert.�9 Hw t}ol 46 Oa-1 Secan.d an-zuaL 5-ri f/o� s P 0 en e � In Otcr S�wumoon►t aRQ� �kshop �rz Gree nru��, ni.e decor -afar'& and Polteiryr /.s drcu-& on fhe pofters -c�Z b Deanna Jones, Ale intrilc ou fo d,o,,, and ac ua�nZ�c � hopef'ull �n�i sornetlenq o� .9 � ss ua r-es /be / pLase mote new pho-Ice -fttcm6e�- If-,Z7-OS98 Arbitrator may settle c 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 3,kI yW6 fe u pay for equal qualifications," says union 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. Localstudents '� and schools Mgye, play way tof,sts 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 e in ass 726 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. f Lynn Snowden 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." b �J c � 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. 0O He left his 19-month-old daughter in a T 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. poo>05,F Fr d nti3 rD O j dd�Maa., C_ c o•n'C1= 3 r, O L i go Y C et T Yyfi + e e'aF It was a nice setting, good co=anyanda beautiful couple at Thunderbird Golf Club. Hugh and Muriel Pugh of Clare- mont celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. $1 million medical cent re to fill pockering's need Ited a ;y 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 I Pickeri"ng Village 3 km east of Brock Rd. on Hwy 7 at the Village of Greenwood (Free Parking? Op PIG & EEICFjVD 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 Tim �l.i No T GREENWOOD BROUGHAM ■ PICKERING p i MUSEUM VILLAGE x a No i No 401 INTERCHANGE No "A To Toronto 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. l� 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 al l' I 1 7 10►11 10 A.M. 5:00 P. M. SEPTEMBER 14th & 15th GREEhNOOD UNITED CHURCH Rev. M. Butler - �-- 683 1787 _/ 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. /,t kS i c-/ss G �" 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!!! Vol ley Public t � 4 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 /L1 L..'-- C_ Aj ( (a if to t- 141` G- (-j---r I? � S 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 I 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 (2) Grade 8 Class 6) Pomp and Circumstance 7) Tomorrow Instrumental Music Teacher - Mrs.McGregor Program was Word Processed by Chris Pascoe - Gr.6 (3) 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 for T dja%f|Himep slbm , y _ maw .� _ ■ , `� � �} Y \ AL AN DUNLOP/TORONTO STAR 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 0pay 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. $500 million plumbing job at Amplant Ontario Mt unicipal Boa " n or to f amendment to a zoning ordera K. !: Ministry of Municipal Affairs s _ . .. :• •• •: OntanO Bernard Grandmaitre. Minister .._.� ALA!: D�'N!-OF. T es ket brigade: Jessica Chsell, 5, and her sister Netania, 2t , get a taste of the old days as 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. D y Q y m � �\ <� � a y� _S C p .�`�° 3 d S s a N O (D y tD 3 7 rD ar m`c� d .n.. O�mO°mC fD 7 \ 01, a Cr H (D a �. O (D rn" �� 7r S tD (D tD ZrCD ;z �x0 ID rn� y y y Cn C tD O S �IID D �. " I n? i —nfDiaN�mDc03c O fD fD fD D O . _ CD ry �� O1 » tD 7 61 A 7 . >y > 00 (D a ►'Y ✓� 5CRV t L 1, l°t���- NN+� .• v,�o 7 Loy< c llrtI t7 ��2?�;RA MC.� THE PLANNING FACT 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. ,our By Stan Josey To Tor visits Pickeringhomes Star 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. R �s •„ � — rm F 0 it 9 u. VI � C,ARIFNIONT H '7TiisFle F6' • �j����UGHAM J�EETVWOO-D • r �� � �G.c6 •,�2tt��2�,yr, r�fi - e 5/ � 2 It P r� ----- 401 Stone cottage pretty highlight 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. [__--- -, . 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. a N RI N RI O O <D 1 d � N � s0 3 Rt = - (Dm 000 0 F 0 °10� (Da a N a O 050 RI RI 3 �0 0 c CD ci m m N 7 N 1 Z M f4`6' "British Arms Inn". A large white frame building con- This is one of the ten buildings on the "Historic Pickering structed in the rubble fill manner, the inn operated in Tour of Homes" to be held on June 9th from 10 a.m. until 4 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. yco c waro 1 Loa«ayaDnii «ai`"W.u1 ay"n �—�y YuQVm_ootC.�YamWO ow wVa Iy Ito ayor /6 C OOIc C 7t,Q�i cOt22 O. 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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 23. f ;� Tti� ea market will run Sundays from to 6 p.m. at the new facility, I on Brock Road, Pickering, bet- lighways 2 and 401. •O w cC t. � •^ � y C " y z F - '' vU 3 O RcyM coots V> y...0 .., y ,«, f..,co�C� co `4�p`° a'ccatw Cz.n.�0>'3 cC - o C too s-. Us.c.. a�cUvcCa n;>y Q, Cz U 1.. cC cc 0 `dyo °'�,ecto's:C'>~•cc^ar,ca n > Rai ` O V •U "� U � 1.. � � .a i-. tom. C 'O O �i3. WQ, -as v����ti qca� U t o r3 c. cC nD O Cz sC CamW 0 W :!g'Q M S~CCC 300 o tao c'� C,-0 i^�o s.E-+c�ou.c>,.3 cry U.,4 "� QU5w tz_ 3�w • - ✓ 1 Ajax Mayor Bill McLean, left, tried to make a deal last week with Brenda Honingh and Sam Halkias of One Thirty Court. The mayor tried to trade a town certificate welcoming them and their new store to Pickering Village for some steaks. 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U.S. $90. 1985 MARC BARRIE --- -- --- .rT -r rrr'-- -r-rr --- --- ;enerations of clan �w" q$y ether for Canada Day nily tree comes to life for 4 moms r Cheney Toronto Star A MALE — A family tree came to HAPPY j yesterday as five generations of BIRTHDAY ily gathered to celebrate Canada's her, they form a living link be- CANADA1 Imost 90 years of Canadian histo- om 99- ear -old Ethel Taylor, born iir Z ar es "I upper was`�rime er—M 'ori Wadge, Ta ' 3- ear- r, to her great -great grandson, old daughter, �� of David meant .ndrew Tillaart, aged lea ss. e a great- raiildmot er — and ibTmgTo_r a pfi_6[6graph in the soft e n a . -year career as a s ore clerk. neath a leafy elm, they were the "I decided if I'm going to be a great - of living history: great -great- grandmother I'm going to retire," she other, great-grandmother, grand- said. mother and, finally, David An- And for Wad e's dauehter, Patricia - more concerned with pacifiers Be ew arrwal meant she was a :h history. g mo er at the tender e o Taylor said she never imagined You should have your children young," would one day have a great -great she said, "while you've still got the energy n• for it." n't think that far along," she said. P' r her daughter, Carol Anne at 23 the surprise, didn't 1? youn es in in . f mothers the nakes you think you're getting liir hi of her son k a o also meant ild," she added. "You start count- ive years and wondering if you can "Everybody was looking forward to 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." r e :r� y y 7 �. � h w H� 'C y �' d p� O• 5 �3�v°ooaa�a y Se ��• 0 07 0� d cTq ro �� ° _' � � � = rap � y y y � S'O � � L7 7• P ^ S Y'D n O S A oo H S A A d o F A r eD 005, rb ft A _ y (o►,Wmoy oF= ? F °ems O to e m <F a ao om t9 O. i :: fD�eby3 ° n 3 c 7l7 rD r^D A F H a :° p< g v w Hn �a^(A o.y.00°oNA CD Cr to rD `e O. O S M Chain of command Pickering nuclear station supervisor Durham Metro Toronto police I I Police chief Alert Activate Scarborough Emergency Operations Emergency Operations Centre Team No Metro Advisory Committee Notify H.Q. duty desk and Inspector IM M rn M 0 M Media (Subject OPP to clarification) Alert Mayor of Scarborough I 1 Alert Metro Chairman 1 Notify ambulance, Bell 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. 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. 14th 12:00 & 2:00 p.m. G � SrtELES Cr Y c A H`N a 6 a Cc CC w J HWv 401 PICKERING TOWN CENTRE 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 Fish farm will use water from���� Pi kerinplant-----c g _- 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 t See The... PageC3 Photos z by a E B.G. Niddrie , 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. i ommuni s �i them isthe second a series on the nor 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. Q c 0 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 of the United Way of used at all five Canadian As - Oshawa -Whitby -Newcastle sembly Plants and directs has more than a dozen �j the systems controlling all 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, As Director of Materials " while sons John and Steve Management at General are students at Eastdale Motors of Canada, he con- Colleoiate in nr%hac„a Joseph A. 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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 Ontario Frank n,n Hi hwa just west of the Pickerinh i am, 1 e secret to sI Popu a Y with his c M�roddi s Nectar ustomers — his roots in growing ve g etables 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. =_� THE TORON'TO STAR, TIES AV, W-10BF.R fl, 1485/11ome Show 3 m t: 0 1 0 E0 Ab" T T Hm" A D ma- - 'to ;%" mo Eft- NEn T K ... 1 PICK Fr nNTARIn -.. 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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. ---� —w