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WILLY & SON Small Engine & Marine Repair Your "One Stop" Fish & Ski Centre 17300 Simcoe St. N. - Port Perry (905) 983-3192 CLASSIFIEDS PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1994 T & C LIMO Airport Service 985-0170 1-800-361-0216 MP says role has been a learning experience By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star For Durham Riding's MP, the past eight months have been ed- ucational. "It's been a learning experi- ence," said MP Alex Shepherd. "You never stop learning. It takes a while to learn the ropes. You keeplearning everyday." While the job is getting a little easier each day, he is still strug- gling to change some old atti- tudes of the public. "We must take time to build the integrity (of the public) back up. We must do a lot more to earn the public's respect of the political system," he said. But Mr. Shepherd feels the Liberal government has made some headway since coming to power in late October. He notes the government has introduced a number of ethics changes to clean up the way politicians con- duct business. This was high on Jean Chretien's list during the campaign. "We're trying to get the peo- ple's respect back," Mr. Shep- herd said. This is also a goal of the Dur- ham MP locally. "I try to prac- tice what I preach. We have a good riding. We're definitely go- ingin the right direction." Mr. Shepherd takes great pride in his riding office and sees it as the nucleus for good representation. He notes the Simcoe Street office is centrally located to serve the residents throughout the sprawling rid- ing and it is available to all resi- dents. "We're open, accessible and you can interface with a human being," he said. The office, Mr. Shepherd notes, is open six day a week to better serve the constituents. To date, more than 1,000 people have come through the doors or called for help from the rookie MP. "I'm trying to deal with peo- ple's problems quickly. I think Rotary Summer Exchange J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Jill Shepherd, 16, seen here with her mom Carol during Canada Day Celebrations in Palmer Park last Friday Is off to Germany. Jill left for Munich, Germany July 3 to take part in the Rotary Club student summer exchange program. While in Germany she will be staying at the home of Mirjam Basko and will attend a variety of schools. Mirjam will return to Canada with Jill on August 5 for a one month stay. Jill is the * daughter of Durham M.P. Alex Shepherd. r the people who come to see us are frustrated dealing with bu- reaucrats,"" he said. To this end, he tries to re- spond to a letter within two weeks and a telephone call in two to three days. "I can't solve everybody's problems, but I try to do some- thing." But he has found it frustrat- ing as the system does not move as fast as he would like. While he is finding it more dif- ficult to tackle the national is- sues, Mr. Shepherd has taken on a number of local issues in- cluding the Pickering Airport land issue, Port Granby nuclear dump, and Oshawa Airport. Mr. Shepherd has also been serving on a Finance Commit- tee looking at implementing changes to the Goods and Ser- vices Tax (GST). A number of town hall meet- ings were conducted in the rid- ing, including Port Perry and some local representatives were asked to appear before a hear- ing for the committee. The meetings were "very suc- cessful" and as a result the com- mittee is close to formulating a report, he said. Finance Minister Paul Mar- tin has suggested implementing a 10-per cent flat tax across the board, replacing the two-tiered tax currently in place. Turn to page 14a J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Barney meets the kids Trisha See, 8, and Amanda Connell, 5, of Brooklin were just two of the dozens of kids who had their picture taken with Barney during the annual Port Perry Canada Day celebrations held in Palmer Park last Friday night. More photos of Canada Day on page 19, first section. Public meeting to discuss addition sewage capacity The Regional Municipality of Durham is nearing completion of astudy for the provision of ad- ditional sewage treatment ca- pacity in the Township of Scu- gog (Port Perry). The project is being conduct- ed in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment, a planning process approved by the Ministry of Environment and Energy. A number of tech- nical alternatives were present- ed at the second Public Informa- tion Centre held on Oct. 14, 1993. These have been evaluat- ed and an upgrade of the exist- ing waste stabilization ponds to provide secondary treatment and seasonal storage, followed by tertiary treatment with ef- fluent filtration, has been se- lected as the preferred technical ' alternative. A Public Informa- tion Centre will be held to ex- plain the rationale for the selec- tion of the preferred technical alternative, to provide informa- tion on alternative site plans for the sewage treatment plant, and to seek public input and comments as follows: Thurs- day, July 14, 1994 7-9 p.m. the Township of Scugog Council Chambers, 181 Perry Street, Port Perry. Staff of the Region of Durham and MacViro Con- sultants Inc., Consulting Engi- neers for the project, will be in attendance to answer ques- tions. A formal presentation will be made at 8 p.m. Public participation is an in- tegral part of the Class Environ- mental Assessment process and we encourage your attendance at the Public Information Cen- tre to review the information, participate in the discussion and provide comments on the project. Due consideration will be given to public input in the evaluation and selection of the preferred site. The planning process will culminate in the preparation of an Environmen- tal Study Report (ESR) which will document the planning de- cision making process which has been followed to arrive at the preferred solution and which sets out any mitigating Jp measures necessary to offset en- vironmental impact. The ESR will be placed on public record and will be available for review for a minimum of 30 days. If significant environmental impacts are identified or objec- tions are received which cannét be resolved, provision exists fo the Minister of the Environ ment to be requested to consid- er a change in the project status to an individual or full environ- mental assessment. This is termed a "bump-up" and can be. requested by any agency, group or individual member of the public. Additional information about this project and the Class EA process will be available at this Information Centre or from the following: Mr. Gabe Oliver, P. Eng., Project Engineer, Region- al Municipality of Durham, (905) 668-7721 or Mr. Don Kemp, P. Eng., Project Manag- er, MacViro Consultants Inc. (905) 475-7270 (collect). MTEL | 41-7862 ¢ BOWMANVILLE - Church & Sliver St. 623-4226 ° UXBRIDGE - Hwy. 47 at Douglas Rd. 862-8382 » WHITBY - Dundas St. 434-0668 L 671-7852 + BOWMANVILLE - Church & Silver St. 623-4225 + UXBRIDGE Hwy. 47 at Douglas Rd. 852-5382 © WHITBY ~ Dundas St. 434-908 | | - em a iW -- a . .