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HH HE Ry Volume 125 Number 01 Copy 60¢ 60 Pages PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1990 Port Perry welcomed Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Saturday in grand fashion during the Santa Claus Parade. Hundreds of people lined the streets for a glimpse of the man from the North Pole. He was the grand finale to a wonderful parade that featured numerous floats and march- ing bands. And although the weather was really beginning to feel a lot like Christmast, it certainly didn't cool down the spirits of those who waited to see Santa. More pictures of the parade on page 27 inside this edition of the Port Perry Star. Group wary as Ontario jumps in dump issue Reaction has been mixed to the announcement last week that the Provincial government will get directly involved in the search for a new landfill to serve the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Bill Lishman, chairman of the Zero Garbage Committee that is working in Scugog Town- ship, said "we (the committee) cannot let out guard down at this time. We certainly will not be dis-banding the committee." Boy hit by truck A five-year old Caesarea boy suffered a broken leg and arm injuries when struck by a truck on Queen Street in Port Perry. Regional Police say Came- ron Buchanan was attempting to cross the street about 5:20 Saturday afternoon when he apparently darted into the path of a half-ton truck driven by Jeff Shepherd of Port Perry. Police say the injured boy was with his mother and an- other brother at the time of the accident. He was first taken to Port Perry Hospital and then trans- ferred to Oshawa General. No charges have been laid against the driver of the truck. And he expressed concern that the announcement last week by Ontario Environment Minister Ruth Grier "may put more pressure on (potential) dump sites in Durham Region." At the same time, Lishman said he is pleased to see that the Ontario government plans to in- troduce measures for effective Three Rs programs to reduce the amount of garbage that winds up in landfills. In the wake of the Minis- ter's major policy statement last week, Durham Region poli- ticians moved quickly to get Durham out of the search for a new landfill site. The Region's Waste Man- agement Committee met last Friday and came up with a se- ries of recommendations. One calls for the immediate termination of the contract with MacLaren Engineering, the company that has been looking for anew Durham only landfill. MacLaren has pin-pointed five candidate sites, including two in Scugog's Ward 4 which local citizens have vowed to fight. Waste Management Com- mittee chairman John Aker said the recommendations will go in front of Regional council for approval this Wednesday (Nov. 28) He was delighted the prov- ince has taken over the search for landfill and the Region can get out of this sticky process. "Yes, the minister's state- ment last week makes me very happy," said Aker. As for the recommenda- tions to terminate MacLaren's contract, he said Regional coun- cil will support this. "It will be unanimous, I can virtually guarantee that," said Aker. Scugog Mayor Howard Hall, who has come under heat locally because two Durham candidate sites were identified in Ward 4, said he too is pleased the Region is no longer in the hunt for a landfill. "I'm happy the province is taking over the responsibility for waste disposal," he said. Mayor Hall said he will present Regional council Wednesday with a "notice of motion" calling on Durham to instruct MacLaren to "cease Turn to Page 2 ----