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Vol. 126 No. 50 Copy 65¢ 1¢ + 4eGsD 44 Pages 5 Hallo fires destroy three buildings By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Scugog Township Fire De- partment Hall # 1 was kept busy with three fires late Halloween night. What started out as an une- ventful evening for the depart- ment turned into more than sev- en hours of constant firefighting. The department responded to its first call at 12:31 a.m. Sun- day morning at Rebels Diner (formerly Redman"s Fish and Chips) on the Island Road. The fire which started inside the building completely gutted the restaurant. Firefighters from both Hall 1 and 2 fought the blaze for nearly three hours. The fire was contained to the inside of the building but Scu- gog Fire Chief Don Steele esti- mates damage to the building at $130,000. At 3:45 a.m. the department received two calls simultane- ously, both to abandoned homes which had been burning for some time before the depart- ment received the call. The department spent the next four hours battling both house fires. A home on the 6th line of Scu- gog was "flattened to the ground" when the department arrived on scene, Chief Steele told the Port Perry Star. At the same time other units were battling a blaze at a vacant home on Old Simcoe Street, di- rectly across from the Port Perry Fairgrounds. The firemen were able to contain the flames and save the outside of the building, but it has since been levelled. Chief Steele said the depart- ment had not determined the cause of the fires, and refused to speculate on the cause. He said the Fire Marshal's office is in- vestigating the three blazes. Inspector Ross Smith of the Durham Regional Police Ser- vice said the Arson Investiga- tion Squad of Durham Region is also investigating. Prior to the fires Inspector Smith reports Halloween night was "quiet" in Scugog Town- ship. He said the department was kept busy in the downtown core as large groups gathered, but there were no majorincidents. See page two for photos. By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star Using incineration as a means of waste disposal is an ancient practice, says Ontario's Environment Minister, Ruth Grier. "I think they are dinosaurs whose day is done," she told a group of Durham Region politi- cians at a Greater Toronto Area (GTA) meetingin Ashburn. She defended her decision for a landfill site in Durham Region and criticized those who were in favor of other options. The minister says the units create more problems than landfill sites. She says not only does it cost 15 to 20 per cent more money in capital and oper- ation costs, but it creates a new set of toxins which must be dis- posed of. Mrs. Grier says landfill sites would still be needed to take care of the toxic waste that is more hazardous than a garbage dump. Grier trashes incineration And burning the wastes gen- erated in the community is not the answer to waste reduction, she said. "Incineration runs counter to the 3Rs," she said. "When you build an incinerator you've got to fill it." Instead, she says communi- ties should promote the 3Rs (re- duce, reuse and recycle) as a means of waste reduction. The remainder of the waste should - then go to the dumps. Praising her own initiative, she said the 3Rs have been suc- cessful in cutting down on the amount of garbage going to the landfill sites. She said the min- istry's objective of diverting 26 per cent of the garbage from the landfill sites has been relatively successful. "I'm very happy that the prime thrust of our waste man- agement policies, which is waste reduction, is succeeding," she said. "It is succeeding in Turn to Page 2 SAMUEL ARTHUR CAWKER hear Mr. Cawker had died. At an official opening and dedication of the school, held on May 10, 1990, principal Harry Kiezebrink said Mr. Cawker loved children and always welcomed them with a warm smile and a fine sense of humor. Mayor Howard Hall told the Port Perry Star, when he was a member of the local school board he remembers Sam as being very co-operative and liked by the board. In fact Mayor Hall said, "I don't think I've ever met anyone who disliked Sam Cawker." S. A. Cawker school principal Harry Kiezebrink told the Star, staff and children at the school were extremely sorry to Community saddened by Sam Cawker's death One of Port Perry's best known educators passed away peacefully in his sleep during the early hours of Monday, November 2, 1992 . Samuel A. Cawker, better known to his many friends in the community as just "Sam," spent 44 years of his life as both a teacher and vice-principal, primarily at R. H. Cornish Public School in Port Perry. In September 1989, as a tribute to his long and dedi- cated career in the educa- tion system, Mr. Cawker was honored with the open- ing of 8. A. Cawker Public School in Port Perry. "He made quite an impression on everyone here, especially the kids who felt Mr. Cawker belonged to them." "He attended all of our graduations and we are all proud the school was named after him," Mr. Kiezebrink said. Mr. Cawker, who was in his 88th year, is the beloved hus- band of Mabel, a faithful writer of the local news from Nestleton and Caesarea area for many years. Funeral services will be held at the Wagg Funeral Home in Port Perry on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 1:30 p.m. er em tnt, Ar me. tn oe --------