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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 10, 1990 Orono tehMp Emnts SecobdclassMaiRegitraùonNumberO1036 Publihed Every Wednesday at the nffCeýofPubication Too many prosperous groups grab for tax money Going through the mail over the week-end we ran across an article written by Manny Martin, an independent forest- products broker in Calgary. It was entitled "Too many pro- sperous groups grab for tax money". He first makes the point which he states is the alarming development that governments and taxes have become synonymous and that we no longer elect or defeat governments but rather we elect and defeat taxing machines. Martin states that these taxing machines gather in large pools of money and as a result you get great numbers of people trying to get their hands on that money. It is a fact of life be it government with the pool or charities, foundations or private accumulations. Martin continues "Getting their hands on money has become the primary goal of many of our so-called help groups and charitable organizations. They have lost sight of why they organized in the first place and the act of getting money has replaced the original purpose." To continue Martin states " We agree it is almost sacrilegious to criticize seniors' groups or minority groups or ethnic groups, but the time has come to take a look at what these organizations actually do for the community and the taxpayers who have to support them. There must be a half dozen or more seniors' groups all clamouring for tax dollars from city hall. What do they do for the community? Are they a good invest- ment for tax dollars? Now we go down the pile of mail a little farther and come across a Sales Promotion and Marketing Kit published by the Ontario Office for Senior Citizens' Affair under the name of Gilles Morin, Minister. It's statistical information of the group of seniors called "The 50s Group". By 1996 it's estimated there will be 7.6 million people over 50, 28 percent of the total population -they control 80 percent of Canada's personal wealth -spend 28 percent of all discretionary income, nearly double that of households headed by those who are 34 years old or younger and control nearly 75 percent of all money in savings and trust institutions. The age group of 50 to 64 years buy 48 percent of all the luxury cars sold in Canada. The age group of 65 to 75 has 96 percent living in private households with 70 percent owning their own homes. 90 percent are debt free. Those living below the poverty line make up about 12.5 percent of this age group. The statistical report does add fuel to Martin's claim and seniors in the great majority do benefit in Canada beyond their needs financially with all the programs such as free medical care, free drugs, in Ontario $600.00 for taxes or rent and the list goes on and on with discounts for most public admissions and fees. Martin does agree that the poor and less fortunate must be looked after and of course this is only human for our society. If we look back to the time Brian Mulroney and Michael Wilson endeavoured to de-index the federal Old Age pension we call recall the greatest cry broke out from a well organized seniors' network across the country. In front of the television cameras well dressed, three- piece suiters slammed the government for even thinking about indexing their pot of gold. In short order they had both Mulroney and Wilson backed off into the corner being withered in their quest. In the meantime we have a Town of Newcastle committee considering needs of the seniors in this community and a report of their findings and recommendation will in all likelihood come before the next municipal election. It should be interesting how our elected see the need and what pressure it will have on the average taxpayer, many who scrap to make ends meet. The Ups and Downs of the Garbage Issue If anyone stated there is turmoil in the garb~age issue at Durham Region it could well be the biggest understatement of the year. The five candidate sites are not going over with any form of acceptance and those on council who at one time approved the process are now in opposition to the whole thing. It now appears that the recycling program that has been running with some high praise for a number of years is falling apart or has fallen apart to the point that the general public could make neither head nor tail of the issue now being played out between the Region and the Durham Recycling Centre Inc. Durham Region is in and out of bed with the GTA over garbage and as well with Metro. The action being played out is like that of a cork in a most stormy sea. Add to that the fact that within twelve months elections will be upon us and the future is certainly unclear as to where we are being taken. But all the blame should not go to our elected for we, the general public, do have a lot to answer to as to the garbage issue and the part many of us do not play from becoming knowledgeable of the procedures to totally supporting programs to reduce garbage. Can we expect a better record of accomplishment in the n - -- E.. Tritium removal fa cility operating satisfactorily The Tritium Removal facility at Darlington Nuclear Generating Sta- don has been operating satisfactori- ly since June I lth of this year. During that period of time it has handled 700,000 litres of radioactive heavy water from the nuclear power generating stations in Ontario. According to Sue Stickley the tritium removal plant at Darlington was first put into operation in Oc- tober of 1988 but was shut down due to problems after only a few weeks of operation. Hydro is testing new TRF equip- ment from Switzerland and accor- ding to Sue Stickley is working quite well. The TRF equipment removes tritium from heavy water used to cool the nuclear reactors. The TRF plant at Darlington pro- vides service for the Pickering plant and trucking is undertaken by specially designed trailer trucks. The radioactive material removed from the-heavy water, is used for medical purposes, fusion research and for illuminated signs. It costs to purchase is some $45,000 a gram. and District Womens' Club Fall and winter fashions was the theme as members of Bowmanville Business and Professional Women's Club met again after their summer sojourn. Susan Bowers, fashion representative of Clews Clothing Co. showed a dazzling ar- ray of colours and styles of hand sewn clothes which was well receiv- ed by members and guests. During the business session the Anniversary Committee reported that the arrangements for the 40th anniversary of the Bowmanville Club were proceeding well. Maude Barlow, a consultant by profession, is our .keynote speaker. She is cur- rently the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, an 18,000 member organization which is committed to the preservation and enhancement of Canadian sovereignty. She is also very much concerned with pay and employ- ment equity and social justice issues. She will be talking about "Women Moving into the 21st Cen- tury." Maude Barlow is one dynamic speaker you would not want to miss. We invite past members and the community to join us on November 15th as we celebrate forty years of the Business and Professional Women Club in Bowmanville. Tickets are $30.00 (this includes dinner) and can be purchased from any member or by calling any of the following numbers: 623-3195, 987-3200, 576-5052 or 983-9423. Deadline for ticket sales is November 8th, 1990. The next meeting on Thursday, the 15th of October, will take members of the Bowmanville B.P.W. on a tour of the Darlington Nuclea' Station. A buffet dinner is included. If you would like to join us, please call Roxy Barnes at 623-2261 or Helen Devitt at 623-3915 before October 15th. future.? No Ganaraska Dump Committee (Continued from page 1) been tormea to assist with the pro- gram of events. He was pleased with the first such event held on Fri- day evening along Regional Road 9 with the distribution of leaflets and the flying of "No Dump" banners as well as the use of signs. John Magder said it was his opi- nion that the solution of handling garbage is not to put it in the ground. "There are other ways", he said. He did point out that this was not an unanimous opinion of the Ganaraska committee. In speaking of incineration he said the.process was being used suc- cessfully in other smaller countries in Europe and in Japan. He added that the life span in Japan was longer than in Canada so there could be no adverse effects in in- cineration. The chairman said it was a poor use of agricultural land and that the Region through McLaren engineers have designated 10,000 acres as possible sites for garbage in the 5 candidate sites and the seven secon- dary sites. He spoke of not creating garbage in the first place and referred to education as a partial solution to the garbage problem. He cited a case where a household had reduced their garbage from two green gar- bage bags to as single small brown bag. Village goes Super Centres (Continued from page 1) Rural Route 2 in Newcastle has been changed for the new system to Rural Route 8, as the R. R. 2 designation would have conflicted with a R. R. 2 Bowmanville ad- dress. Charles Gray, who retires from the Post Office as postmaster on December 31st, 1990, says, "It's progress, I guess, it's a new con- cept, a big change, there will be delays." In total it affects 2500 postal customers who were serviced previously from the Newcastle Post Office in the sorting and delivery of mail. St. Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET, ORONO, ONTARIO Rev. Douglas W. Hall 987-4745 SUNDAY SERVICE arid CHURCH SCHOOL 9:30 a.m. ORONO GA TES OF PRAISE 13IBLElMINISTRY 5414 Main Street Orono, Ontario Inter-Faith Full Gospel SERVICE 11:00 A.M. Rev. Lyle L. West Office 983-9341 Personal Minisiry Rev. Margaret F.-West Res. 983-5962 Counselling ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE Minister: Rev. Fred Milnes 983-5502 Secretary: Marlene Risebrough Organist at Kirby Arlene Bolton Organist at Orono Stella Morton SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14TH Kirby United Church Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Orono United Church Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. EXPLORERS Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Upper C.E. Hall BIBLE STUDY Wednesday, October 17th 8:00 p.m. - Friendship Room ORONO ANNIVERSARY SERVICE October 21st - 11:00 a.m. Guest Speaker Rev. Robert Rumball PLEASE NOTE: Letters mailed or delivered recently to the Congregation in- dicated the Church Anniversary as October 16th. 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