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16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 9, 1986 Port Perry Tv Star 2 over oored by Limited Company P.O. Box 567, Brooklin, Ont. LOB 1CO Brooks an on. Area since 1983 Brooklin Profile ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Editor Phone 655-3637 or 985-7383 Information required to prepare a needs study for bringing water and sewers to the Brooklin area is slowly sifting in to Ministry of En- vironment staff, who will be compil- ing a major report on conditions in the area. Last May, Whitby council authorized the planning department 'to work co-operatively with the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the Region of Durham in the undertaking of ad need study for the village of Brooklin During subsequent meetings, planning director Bob Short in- troduced a team of MOE who would be conducting the study. They were Gary Boretski, senior environmen- tal officer for the central region of the ministry, Wayne Moore, senior environmental officer for the Muskoka-Haliburton Abatement East, working out of the Gravenhurst office, and James Dulny, senior environmental officer for the technical support section of the central region operating out of the Overlea Blvd,, office in Toronto. Boretski is acting as the project - co-ordinator who will co-ordinate the information received from all other parties and write the final report. When contacted by the Pro- file, he stated all information had not yet been received, although he anticipated it would be ready within the next couple of months for analysis. Wayne Moore is on vacation until the 15th of September, but his assis: tant Jamie Delany, said their sec- tion of the study was completed on Labour Day. He explained that his department was working on pollu- tion groundwork in Brooklin as well as several other areas and would not be in a position to release informa- tion on any on area until all statistics and tabulations had been made on all the areas. From his Toronto office, Dulny stated his monitoring of Lynde Creek was scheduled to be com- pleted at the end of September. "We have been monitoring the . creek all summer and have one - more run scheduled for Sept- ember," said Dulny, "But with the weather being what it has this sum- mer, we might very well decide to keep going later into the year if it is necessary ... or even try it again next summer." Dulny was referring to the fact that this summer has been a par- ticularily wet one. His department likes to monitor the creek during both the wet and dry seasons, to determine the variance, but as there has not been a dry period, he feels they might not get accurate figures. Dulny stated there was a system built in his network at the laboratories whereby he was notified immediately if there was a dangerous level of bacteria in any specific water sample. "I haven't heard a word from the lab all summer, so I can only sup- there is no problem," he said: pose ... 'I was up looking at Lynde Creek last Thursday and it looked pretty good ... as a matter of fact, it look- ed better than g Over two weeks Hydro strike drags on Striking workers at Whitby Hydro are entering their 16th day on the picket lines with no meetings bet- ween the two sides scheduled. Six hours of negotiations on the fifth day of the strike through a pro- vincial mediator failed to find any agreement on issues still separating the union and Whitby Hydro. The 18 striking workers, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 636, have set up picket lines at Whit-. by Hydro's downtown business of- fice and at its Taunton Road warehouse and garage in the North Ward. Along the roadside on Taunton, workers have gone so far as to pitch a tent and build a shelter out of wood and plastic sheeting. Inside the tem- porary shelter, nicknamed Camp IBEW, strikers have begun to store canned goods, an indication that they will not give up their battle lightly. "We're serious,"' said union steward Rick Sidler, "Maybe when the snow flies we might be back." Linemen are demanding wage parity with hydro employees in Ajax to have a trial date set. Trial date postponed Three men, committed to stand trial in connection with the 1982 murder of Brooklin resident, Clark Major, were given a small reprieve yesterday when they appeared in superior court in Whitby On the request of council for one of the accused, the matter was adjourned until September 15 to await a motion in the County of York. The trio, Frederick Fisher, Ralph Fisher and Donald McCoy, were arrested by Durham Regional Police in June and charged with second degree murder, robbery, possession of stolen goods over $200, and conspiracy to commit theft. Elizabeth Fisher and Janet Fisher were arrested at the same time, however, Crown Attorney John Scott requested that charges be dropped against the two during the first day of the preliminary hearing. A fourth man, Danny Huntington, of Thornton Road North, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder, and will appear at a separate preliminary hearing on October 31. It was after the initial preliminary hearing that Judge Dodds declared the trio committed to stand trial. Needs study information But again, he said all the ex- cessive rainfall this summer would water down true bacterial figures. "I will be getting together with Wayne (Moore) shortly and we will have to decide whether we have been getting a true picture of the critical low-flow periods and take it from there what we are going to do," he concluded. Larry Cavanagh, who is co- ordinating the study for the Town, - said the door-to-door survey con- ducted by ministry staff was com- pleted by the end of June, although the town has not heard back from the analyist what the results were. He said his department sent a letter to MOE in July requesting an up- date as soon -as information is available and will have to wait un- til MOE concludes its report. and are opposed to a wage freeze for employees of Hydro's meter depart- ment. A lineman in Whitby present- ly earns $15.90 an hour before benefits, compared to $17.28 for the 'same position in Ajax. A sub- foreman makes $16.46 and workers in the meter department and stockroom earn $12.78. Out of the 18 striking workmen, 11 are linemen, five work in the meter department and two in the stockroom. Sidler explained that if Whitby Hydro wanted to maintain quality service it must be willing to pay fair wages in comparison to similar siz- ed units in other municipalities. . "It's a progressive town," he argued, "if they don't get the wage rate up they won't have a pro- gressive utility looking after it (the town). Whitby Hydro general manager Tom May told the Profile the strike has not affected day-to-day service at the utility, which services some 12,000 to 13,000 customers daily. He stated that last Thursday night's power outages, caused by a freak thunder and lightening storm, were minimal and handled by management crews. "The power was out in certain places from around 10 a.m. until around 2 or 3 in the morning," said May, "But there was no big deal...the outs were sporadic, not in one specific area...our management crews were out for four or five hours, but there was a lot of travell- ing time. May admitted the strike could prove to be a lengthy one, adding he was sure the union did not want to see a strike either. Management employees have been doing the jobs of the striking workers but May admits that any major power failure would take twice as long to fix than normal as only two management workers are certified linemen. May stated that as the publicly owned utility is not in a billing cy- cle at the present time, a decision as to whether hydro bills will be estimated has not been reached. Idon't believe it.... - Brooklin coach Peter Vipond and his Redmen crew showed their disbelief during Saturday's game with New Westminster Salmonbellies when the west 'popped a goal in behind the net minder Wayne Collery with three seconds remaining to win the contest 12-11. The loss put Redmen behind two games to one in the best-of-seven series for the Canadian Lacross Championship and the coveted Mann Cup. See the sports pages for the latest stats. Measles cases up but...... Brooklin escapes epidemic A nation-wide measles epidemic that hit many areas of Durham hard has missed the Brooklin area so far according to doctors at the Brooklin Medical Centre. Although they admit there has been an increase in the number of reported measles cases, the clinic was quick to note that it could in no way be construed as epidemic pro- portions. The clinic also says they have been requested to administer more measles vaccinations of late, mostly to younger children and babies, although there have been a few older children, and even adults looking for that ounce of prevention. But other areas of Durham have not been as fortunate. The region is one of three municipalities in On- tario that recorded higher-than- usual numbers of measles cases, ac- cording to Dr. Jean Gray, medical officer of health for this area. She told the Profile there have . been 456 cases of red measles so far this year in Durham, 46 percent of them among children aged five to nine. Ironically, all of the children had been immunized against measles. In the came time frame last year, there were only 14 cases of measles reported among the 100,000 preschool and school-aged children, she said, adding that this year's out- break, which peaked in May, ap- pears to be over. It also accounts for close to half of the cases in the province this year. A report from the federal health ministry stated there have been 990 cases of measles in Ontario in 1986. Gray said Durham, York and another municipality she could not recall have had the largest measles outbreak in the province. Across Canada, close to 14,000 red measles cases have been reported, a 700 percent increase from 1985 and the worst epidemic since 1979 when there were 22,400 cases. "It's plenty more than last year," said Gray, "It was a small epidemic." Some experts are suggesting that a lack of immunization, improper immunization or weak vaccine may be behind the increase in measles this year, especially in the provinces where immunization is still volun- tary. (Only Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba have mandatory im- munization programs for school- aged children.) But Gray concludes that it might Turn to page 20 RR TTHNTNINNINRR=~ LL --