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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 27 Feb 1993, p. 1

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Residents More Interested in Site Than Compensation by Laura J. Richards Local residents discussed the price of locating a landfill site in the Town of Newcastle on Tuesday night, during during a workshop in Newcastle Village. The event, which was sponsored by the Interim Waste Authority (IWA) attracted about 41 participants who were asked to discuss the subject of compensating land-owners and the community for impacts created by a landfill site. However, most residents in attendance attendance preferred to discuss the landfill topic itself, .rather than compensation. Being "processed" by a government government agency commissioned to find a Durham Region dump site is not what people like, said a councillor from the Town of Newcastle. Bowmanville Councillor John O'Toole told representatives from the Interim Waste Authority and. the consulting consulting engineering company, M.M. Dillon, that citizens did not like the dump site selection procedure. "My feeling is that people feel processed," processed," said John O'Toole, the local councillor for Bowmanville on Town of Newcastle council. It was one of the many insights that both sides of the issue discovered at a meeting on Tuesday evening, Feb. 23. The meeting of the IWA at .the Newcastle Village Community Hall sparked interest from across the municipality. municipality. At around 8:15 there were 41 people in attendance from Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Hampton, Newtonville, and Turn to page 2 Correction to Accident Story In the February 20 edition of The Weekender, it was incorrectly stated inatwo?vehkleraBonatConce^ " There will be^a new champion eliminated the ^delenr>n sion St and Regional Rd 42 had representing the Central Ontario Jr. champion Port Perry MoJacks on be™ chargé wUhWng a stop € League m d» Ontorio playdowns W « ^mght at the Scugog Are- làfd and the^ccidtnUmïinTunto ^'cbTthe slrcngth of a four-goal The win gave die Eagles a four- investigation The Weekender apol- performance by ovcr-ager Shane game sweep in their bcst-of-sevcn ôgheKiseaor ^ Wong, the Bowmanville Eagles Britain. Game one of the series is tonight (Saturday, February 27) in Little Britain, while game two will be at the Recreation Complex in Bowmanville Bowmanville on Sunday night. Both games will start at 7:30 p.m. In addition to Armstrong's four goals, Trevor Clappcrton, Brad Robinson, Robinson, Marvin Robillard and Gary Adams contributed to Wednesday's 8-2 series-clinching victory. Todd Dennis and Jim Vernon re- i"' fWvt * Some of Mme. Wood's senior kindergarten students at ^ c ^id ren other carnival highlights planned included Courtice South Public School show off the moustaches they snow scu i ptureS) storytelling, and skating, made during Winter Carnival Week at the school. Making __ p^to by Lorraine Manfredo. moustaches was just one of the fun activities scheduled for 1 Graham's IGA* Valiant Property* ('indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in 1U TVuAaUe*, please contact our office at 623-3303 plied for Port Perry, who trailed 2-0 after the first period, and 4-0 after the second. The Eagles outshot the MoJacks, 47-28 on the night. The series sweep advances the Eagles to their third league final in the last four years. Ironically, it was Little Britain who prevented the Eagles from making it a perfect four in a row. They eliminated the Eagles in last year's playoffs, four games to two in the semi-finals. Little Britain advanced to the league final, where Port Perry emerged as league champions. In their two previous trips to the league finals in the last four years, twice the Eagles have lost the scries in the seventh and deciding game. In 1989-90, they lost game seven in overtime to Port Perry. The next year, the Uxbridge Bruins emerged as league champions, claiming a 1-0 victory in.game seven of the series. This year's final will pit the top two teams in the league against one another. Little Britain finished first overall overall with a record of 25-13-2, one point ahead of the Eagles who were second with a 25-14-1 mark. In the opening round of the playoffs, Little Britain had little trouble with Bobcaygcon, winning the quarter-final scries in four straight games. As the first place club during the regular season, they chose to take a bye in the semi-finals, forcing Bowmanville Bowmanville and Port Perry to face each other. r MMMMMUJMliJ.UTHf 66 PICKERING TOWN CENTRE HAPPY CAMPERS" TRADESH0W March 8th to the 13th Campfire stories for the children Mon., Tues., Wed. at 7:00 p.m.; Sat. 11a.m. camper: RV's, Trailers, Tents, etc. WftlNNMNMMAMNMMi

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