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No Ganaraksa Dump group gain support The No Ganaraska Dump com- Ganaraska", "Sec the dump" were Phamphlets were passed calling mittee membership were out in most evident to portray the conflict upon the public to Write, Gary Her- force on Friday evening on of a dump in the area. rema, Mayor Hubbard and the Regional Road 9 in the area of the There were banners and other Ministry of the Environment in op- Oshawa Ski Hill plugging their signs, tractors and decorated truk position to the dump for the area. message of No Ganaraska dump to along with the band of troupers to The response was considered to the week-end travelling public. carry the message to the many who be excellent and the effort well Signs of "See the Lake", Seethe ither slowed-down are did stop. e orth the tie. .o5adua comp Lhea e PY trono Weekly Times, Wednesday October 10,1990 Milns it time touperscle the wagons over Post O1 by Gord Mills common sense. It would appear to I guess everyone by now, knows me, that the reduction of hours at a about the reduction of hours at the critical time, is the start of a com- post office in Orono. The reduc- plete phasing out of the village post tion has taken place right at the office. time most people do post office The rural post offices have pro- business - at lunch time. who ever vided over eighty years of made the decision to reduce the ser- uninterupted service in rural vices at the time most people need Canada. They have brought us them, deserves a full evaluation of happy news and sad news, they their ability to comprehend plain have kept us ail close to those we Second reactor soon to be operational The second reactor at the Darl- ington Nuclear Generating station is expected to start operation within a couple of weeks following ap- proval for operation from the Atomic Energy Control Board. The licence for the operation was given last week. There are a few tests to be made before the start-up. It is expected that the unit will be operating at 100 percent capacity by the end of the year. Happenings Under the terms of the ruling last week Hydro can gradually increase capacity without going back to the AECB as it bas to for Unit 2. The first reactor, Unit 2, reached full power earlier this year. The other two reactors are expected to be operational in late,1992. Each unit at the station produces 875 megawatts of power which is four times the requirement at peak load for a City the size of Oshawa. . . . COLLECTOR'S FAIR AND TALES OF YESTERYEAR Newcastle Historical Society is presenting their 2nd Collector's Fair. Participants from Newcastle, Orono, Port Hope and surrounding areas are showing their hobbies or collections. See a miniature carved farm display, enjoy private collections of elephants, old tools, owls or egg cups - reminisce with antique dolls, china or glass - approximately 25 different displays. Craft people will be carving, hooking, paper cutting, etc. and there will be show of quiolts and a Member's Treasure table, full of surprises. Draws and lunch available. Come and enjoy this show on Sunday, October 21, 1990 from 11:00 to 4:30 p.m. at Newcastle Village Community Hall. An interesting day. ORONO TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS The euchre results for the Orono Town Hall on Wednesday, October 3rd are: High scores - Bill Grady with 76; Walter Murphy and Jean Allen each with 74; Harvey Partner with 71; Gladys Green- ý wood and Hilda CasweHl each with 70. Low score was Wanda McNeil. Draw winners were Ruth Grady; Grace Coatham; Harvey Partner and Norma Moffat. Euchre is held every Wednesday evening. beginning at 8:00 p.ni. Ladies please bring lunch. ffice love and care for. Despite this dedication, our post office is in grave danger of being closed or perhaps worse - privatiz- ed. All rural post offices act as a reliable network, where well-trained postmasters and assistants offer safe, secure mail service. This system has served well for many years and has proven to be secure and reliable. To destroy an essen- tial is an insult to rural Canadians. the post office has been called "the heart of our community" by many rural Canadians, in villages just like ours. What can we do to save our post office? One thing is certain - we have to act quickly and decisively. Write more letters to federal politi- cians, the press, and Canada Post. Write "Save Our Post Office" on every letter you write. Display "Save Our Post Office" lawn signs and street banners - take a leaf out bf the dump fighter's hand book. Have everyone in Orono sign a peti- tion, then send it to Parliament. Challenge community groups to cone up with effective means of fighting off post office closure. Petition the local council to pass a strongly worded resolution in favor of keeping our post office open. (Oshawa city council has done it) Encourage the council to pass along the word to the county, and to AMO. Put extreme pressure upon Ross Stevenson the local MP. If he says that his hands are tied, don't believe him. A simple directive from the Mulroney Cabinet to Canada Post could shelve the rural post office closure plan once and for all. Call Don Boudria, Liberal (613-966-2907) and Len Taylor, NDP (613-995-7080) tell them what's happening in Orono. They will put pressure on Harvie Andre (Minister responsible for Canada Post) during Question Period. Its time to circle the wagons - we need to stop the glutting of every rural post office as well as our own. Favors incineration over landfil - Chairman John Magder, chairman of the No Ganaraska Dump committee, looks for a close relationship bet- ween all such committees being formed in the Region to fight the development of a major long-term dump site. ,Magder, heading up the No Ganaraska Dump group, states the approach in the battle over the pro- posed dump with its five candidate sites will be undertaken in a profes- sional manner. He said he hopes for a close rela- tionship between the four such op- position groups and that, contact has already been made with the joint Blackstock-Nestleton commit- tee. He points to a committee being or having been formed over the Oshawa site and as well one for the Pickering site. "We will work together in our opposition to any of the five can- didate sites and will be keeping a close contact as to the seven secon- dary sites which have been set forth in the Region of Durham." Magder said the Ganaraska group did have input at the first public Waste Management commit- tee two weeks ago. He said;he local committee were out on Tuesday, October 9th, in support of the Pickering-• group who made a presentation to the Waste Manage- ment committee opposing the selec- tion of the five candidate sites. "We will work in a co-operative manner," he said, "and will ap- point liaison people from all com- mittees to work together over the dump issue. The No Ganaraska Dump com- mittee chairman said the group are to express their deep concerns to the GM Auto Workers and will be ask- ing for their support in opposing any of the dumps. We also intend to meet with other groups, collective- ly, to seek their support, he said. The meeting with the Auto Workers is to be held on October 16th. "We hope to, better inform the general public on the issues," he said, "and to as well seek their sup- port." In speaking of the Ganaraska committee he pointed out that a number of sub-committees have (Continued page 2) 59 Super Mail Centres for Newcast On Monday, October 15th, mail customers of Canada Post in Newcastle Village, receive their mail from super mail boxes. A total of 59 super mail box centres have been installed in the Village with the distribution of keys to the box holders being undertaken as of last Friday. According to Charles Gray, postmaster at Newcastle all keys will be distributed the forepart of this week. Måil for the super mail boxes and rural routes will be sorted for distribution at the Bowmanville Post Office. The distribution for the 59 centres in Newcastle is being undertaken by contract. Charles 6ray states that all such sorting will not be undertaken at the Village Post Office other than mail for redirection which will come to Newcastle and then returned to the Bowmanville Post Office for delivery. Gray points out that name and community is not enough for delivery under the new system. He said all mail must have street ad- dress and postal code for delivery. [le Village Charles Gray expects the Village Post Office will continue for sometime as to his knowledge no one has corne forth to establish a Retail Postal Outlet in the Village. He said under this condition the post office will continue with counter sales and handle parcels that are too large for the super mail box centres. The super mail boxes will, however, hahdle the majority of parcels. The post office will still have a few boxes for general delivery customers. In the matter. of a closing of a post office a ninety day period is provided by Canada Post as to such closing. This notice has not been issued for the Newcastle office. Charles Gray states that he is not told of a lot that is to happen but does expect to get word as to staff- ing at the post office with the com- ing change-over on October 15th. As to acceptance of the change older people do object but on the other hand the new people in the community are expressing that the service is just great. (Continued page 2) Board of Education to send message to NDP The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education will be sending the new provincial NDP government a letter outlining a number of concerns and wants. A preliminary list was presented to the Board at their last Board meeting with a final list being presented on October I lth. Diana Stewart, chairperson for the board said it was not that the new government was NDP that the letter is being sent for it would have done the same if the conservatives had formed the government. The concerns reached financing, programs and curriculum, staffing and professional development and student welfare and behavior. As to funding the Board is to re- mind the NDP of their promise of 60 percent funding. This being the number one issue. Other items include money to ac- commodate physically handicapped students in schools plus money for building maintenance. The board seeks funding for remedial programs; direction on religious education and support for initiatives which involve students in preserving the environment. The board seeks a review of teacher training programs in On- tario in light of teacher shortages in French and science. It also watts funding to support strategies for moving women into positions of responsibility. Under student welfare and behaviour the board seeks a clarification bet ween child care and education and seeks co-operation among the education, health and community and social services ministry to address student behaviours.