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Third generation Master installed To study concern over Town's fire protection With negative comments being submitted by the Town of Newcastle Newcastle Fire Department relating to some developments in the Town council has now asked the Fire Chief, the Planning Director and the Chief Administrative Officer to formulated a report for the General Purpose committee. The report is to consider the Town's fife protection capabilities as it relates to the Planning Planning Act. Counc. Hamre in noting the comments comments called for the report and was supported by council. Counc. Hamre said she wanted to know if the concern expressed by the Fire Chief was as major as it appeared. The fire department has objected to proposals pointing out that due to the amount of development which the municipality has and continues continues to realize, it is of great concern concern as to how this part-time fire department (4 full-time firefighters) can continue to maintain the level "Of response, which is required to adequately protect this municipality. municipality. The Planning Department has also noted the Fire Chief's concerns and states this causes the Planning Department concerns. Terry Edwards Edwards states that it his opinion that these concerns warrant specific attention attention by'council. It is noted that the Planninig Act requires council to have regard for a number of matters matters when considering a draft plan of subdivision. "In particular it requires requires council to have regard to the health, safety, convenience and welfare of present and future, inhabitants inhabitants .of the local municipality". Counc. Hubbard came out in (Continued page 3) On Thursday of last week Orono Masonic Lodge held .its annual installation installation of officers when John Berry was installed as Master with the installation team being assisted by the Master's father, Roy Berry. John Berry has been preceeded by his grandfather, John Berry, Master in 1925 and his father, Roy Master in 1953. Pictured above: (front row) W. Bro. Hans Brackvogel, Rt. W. Bro. Len Walthen, D.D.G.M., Bro. John' Berry, Master, W. Bro. RToy Berry, V.W. Bro. Norman allin, (back rows, left to right) W. Bro. Herb Elson y V.W. Bro. Ed. Millson, V.W. Bro. Gordon Cotter, Bro. Brian Schoenmaker, Bro. Gary Ross, W. Bro. John Duvall, Bro. Bob Williams, Bro. Blaine Moffat, Bro. Al, Mote, Bro. Bill Lofgren, W. Brô. Ira Campbell, Bro. Gerry Garnet and W. Bro. Klaas Schoenmaker. Hot Lake shows interest in radio-active waste Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 20, 1988 Separate Board considers Training school facility The Separate School Board Director of Education and Chairman Chairman met at the request of the Town of Newcastle and on Monday meet with the General Purpose committee. committee. Ray Rigby, director, outlined the .scope of the separate school board which covered 4 counties and 55 municipalities. He said the board regulates a system with 8500 students and a budget of $34 million in 1987. , He said the area reaches from the eastern boundary ef Oshawa to Trenton and north to Haliburton. In speaking of the Town of Newcastle it was pointed out that the board operated four elementary schools, one in Courtice, one in Newcastle and two in Bowman ville. One secondary school operates at St. Stephens in Bowman ville. Enrolment will reach 1315 in 1988 from a figure of 1044 in 1987 stated the director. It was further pointed out that the board was considering two school sites in Newcastle and that plans were underway to move the secondary school from the St. Stephen's school. Rigby along with Mr. Bownlee, chairman, stated that they were amazed at the population growth in Newcastle but that students must be first in place before the province would grant funds for additional accommodation. Rigby noted that sometime it was a' period of ten years before a subdivision subdivision came on stream from the first planning application. He said accommodation generally first resulted in portables and then to a • permanent school. It was noted that separate school trustees representation was made on as- ment rather than population and that it was a decision of three clerks in the area to make judgement judgement of areas of representation which often changes, year from year. Newcastle councillors were told that the board is pursuing a neW secondary school in Peterborough for 1200 students and that the pro vince does pay a 90 percent grant for capital expenditures. Rigby said that the separate board did hot have the tax base that the public board has and that commercial and industrial industrial assessment was not available to the separate board as a basis for taxation. It was pointed out that the separate school board added additional additional classes in the past year; "We do not provide a wide range of subjects", stated the director. (Continued page 3) The first break-through may have come for the disposition of low level radio-active waste from Port Granby waste site with Elliot Lake showing an interesting in being a host centre for such waste. News broke last week that the northern town of Elliot Lake would accept such waste from southern Ontario including Port Hope', Port Granby and other sites if a feasible proposal can be developed. The Elliot Lake cquncil has passed passed a resolution commissioning a feasibility study on the viability of establishing the waste sitè in their community. Elliot Lake is a community of 18,000 some 668 kilometres from Port- Hope. The major employers are uranium mining companies. Radioactive, tailings are already stored in the community at mine sites. . . The ElIio( Lake action is in response to the Siting Task Force report which states that radioactive waste should only be stored in a community which has volunteered to accept such waste. The Task Force also stated that the communi ty should be full partners in the siting project and that the community community should be compensated for accepting such waste. The feasibility study is expected to be handed over to the federal government by the end of February and should indicate Elliot Lake's interest iq- having- such waste repository. It has been stated that both council council and the recently formed Economic Diversification Committee Committee are enthusiastic about the prospects prospects and view the waste site as another industry for the community' community' The Elliot Lake council is proposing proposing to add the 880,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste from southern Ontario to their 121 million cubic metres of mine tailings. tailings. The chief administrative officer officer of Elliot Lake said the waste is but a drop in the bucket compared to what is already in the Town and he further said, the community has lived with the tailings for some thirty thirty years with no opposition, ' (Continued page 3) View of Port Newcastle Harbour proposal View of Port ' Newcastle Harbour A $120 million residential development at Port of Newcastle, Harbour, Newcastle Village, was presented to the Region of Durham chairman, Gary Herrema and Newcastle Mayor, John Winters and members of Newcastle cquncij recently by Rockwood Developments of Toronto. The Development company purchased purchased 240 acres of land bounded on the east by Graham Creek and on the west by Wilmot Creek. The project is planned as a. lifestyle community with 1,000 residential units to include apartments,- apartments,- town houses, and free- 'stanciing dwellings. According to the release issued by Mayor Winters, a new harbour en-' trance, marina basin and full- service marina with 400 bpat slips is also planned at a cost of $5.8 million. A Country Club with gourmet dining, 50 guest rooms, recreational facilities, lounges, meeting rooms (Continued page 3)