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Whitby Free Press, 24 Jul 1985, p. 1

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Fun at Athough it wasn't as well attended as organizers would like to have seen, last weekend's Oshawa- Whtby Agricultural Fairdid have afew highlights. In the photo above, R.- Cochrane of Blackstock leaves the judging ring after winning first place in the fou r-hitch competition. Below is a scene f rom the always welI attended demolition derby. While these events, particularly the demolition derby, were well attended, it was a different story for the fair some of the other competitionS, exhibîts and 'mid- way attractions. In fact, the sponsor pulled out of the !ce cream eating contest because no one showed up to enter during the first round that was to be held Friday night. Attendance problems have plagued the fair since it moved from Oshawa's Alexander Park to its current location on Garrard Rd. N. almost seven years ago. To Iearn more about the far's troubled history, see our report on page 11. Vol. 15, No. 30 Wednesday, July 24, 1985 28 Pages his life Sunday after- noon alter the golf cart he was riding in flipped over on top of bim at the Newcastle Golf Course. According to a spokesman for the Durham Regional Police Force, the 19 year old victim was at- tempting to negotiate a steep incline on the l6th hole when the cart flip- ped over. The golf course is Rd. just east of the Village of Newcastle. The victim was taken to the Bowmanville Memorial Hospital wbere be was pronoun- ced dead a!ter suffering numerous internai in- juries, a punctured lung and a possible broken neck. The victim was iden- tified as Terry Dean James, 19, of 56 Baldwin St., Brooklin. Drumm angered by Decom appeal At least one member can't take sometbing of Whitby Town Council like this and say il's is angered by a Toronto compatible witb the rest firm's decision to apply of the area. 1 directly to the Ontario Drunim points out Ministry of the En- that the surroun<ling ln- vironment for per- dustrial area is home to mission to develop a bio- several "'higb class" medical waste transfer hig h nology com- station in Wbitby. panes and Decom's A few weeks ago, facility just doesn't fit council rejected a in, in bis opinion. proposai by Decom He also believes that Medical Waste. Tran- there is more suit.able sportation Systems Inc. land available for the to construct a 12,000 project outside of Wbit- square foot transfer by. station on Sunray St. in -There is ail kinds o! the Hopkins Dr./Con- land between bere and sumer's Rd. industrial Montreal," he said, plaza. "lother than in a prized And, as far as East industrial area." Ward Coun. Joe Drumm Decom's facility, he is concerned, the com- believes, ta not suitable pany is simply tryiiig to for a town of 40,000 get around council by people wbo could be asking for an Environ- directly involved should mental Assessment anything ever go wrong. Hearing. There is plenty of land "There is no question near Hwy. 401 and away that they're trying to from any residential circumvent council," area between Bowman- Drumm told the Free ville and Port Hope and Press in an interview Drumm suggests tbat last week. "Wbat they Decom look there for a want is the Ministry of site. the Environment to say The councillor is also everything's alriglit. " afraid that if Decom is Drumm, in whose allowed to develop the ward the proposed tran- bio-medical waste tran- sfer station will be sfer site in Whitby now located, said that the it will also ask to build company should have an incînerator at some some respect for coun- point in the future. cil's decision. "I think their next 'They should have move la tbey wil want some respect for coun- to put an incinerator in cil, we represent the Witby, " he said adding people of the town," he that he doesn't believe said adding, "I haven't tbat Decom will want to spoken to a single in- haul waste from Wbitby dividual who tbinks it's to its incinerator in a good idea. " Gatinuea, P.Q., in- He also thinks that tbe definitely., provincial government Whitby, Drumrn con- and the Envirornmental tinued, shouldn't be Assessment Board used as a dumping should take council's ground for blo-medical position into account. waste from Toronto - "When we say 'no' to that city bas enough something, it should be land of its own, be said, no'," Drumm main- and sbould look after its tains. own problems. The veteran, and of- "We're not the con- ten fiery, councillor also scious of Metropolitan disagrees witb Decom's Toronto, or the con- position that tbeir tran- scious of tbe rest of sfer station conforms to southern Ontario, for the industrial zoning on tbat matter," he said Sunray St. adding tbat he would "I disagree tbat they like to see everyone who conform into tbe is opposed to the zoning," he said, "You CONT'D ON PG. 16 Brooklin man die s ini golf ,art accident

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