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one parent families association of canada markham chapter head office 4877976 i im second section j 7 4iwednesdayaugust 171983 ui r fl ifordi 19mtempo j v nowhere i from 7765 i mcarthuifs j t saies s8ivice hwrjkm u m hariog m 4741350 294-6400- 7 reveals scary figures by audrey green claremont nitrates such as fertilizers are pos- sibily in claremonfs wells and the health hazards they pose are a grave concern to durham regional council lor norah stoner the problem must be dealt with and now said mrs stoner im very con cerned a water availability and quality study was con ducted in the claremont area three years ago which revealed the wells were small and inadequate said durham regional chair man gary herrema the recommendation was for no further expan sion of the hamlet claremont he said weve known about the problem for three year- sand there is a solution mrs stoner explained the findings in the study re vealed some scary fi gures there has been stuff in the wells that if given to an infant would kill it that scares the hell out of me she said durham regional medic al officer of health dr jean gray recently said high levels of nitrates in wa- museum hosts steam show uxbridge the ux- bridgescott historical society will provide a glimps into the past with their twelveth annual steam threshing days event on august 27 and au gust 28 from 1 pm to 5 pm at the quaker hill museum exhibits like steam en gines threshing machines drag and buzz saws gas and oil engines antique cars and trucks tractors and pioneer arts and crafts will be displayed there will also be musical entertainment museum de- light debate uxbridge the streetlight on bascom street is still causing controversy during last weeks meeting the public protection com mittee said there was a formal request not from one of the previous petition signers to install the streetlight this re quest came following an incident of vandalism in the local residents garden however some committee members still have doubts on the subject i think weve had a fairly constant problem out of that park centennial said mayor bill ballinger does this mean every dark area in town deserves a light the light was petitioned for earlier this summer by some bascom street residents but the committee decided the light was unnecessary the streetlight would cost the muni cipality approximately 300 mayor ballinger said there should be increased police pat rol in the park which might help to decrease vandalism i think we should reconsider for the sake of the neigh bors said mr morrison this light would help in patrolling stated councillor ron johnson the committee agreed to have all members inspect the area and consider the situation before reporting back to the next public protection meeting traffic rerouted as road undergoes major facelift claremont thesec- tion of regional road5 cone 9 pickering current ly under construction wont be finished and opened until about november 1983 said bill price construction manager for durham re gion the 858200 project is subsidized by the ontario ministry of transportation and communication and the 1983 project jcovers a road area of 27 kilometres said mr price v it construction will im prove vision he said the road was in poor condition to start construction started along cone 9 a few years ago it began at highway 12 and has since been moving westward mr price said after the present contruction is com pleted there will be a 20 kilometre stretch to the claremont bypass left he said this would be a project for 1984 but it must receive government approval regional road 5 will re main closed to traffic until approximately november 1983 ter could create methemog- lobin in infants six months and younger methemoglo- bin is caused by the mixture of nitrates with the bloods hemoglobin the nitrate stops the oxygen in the bloodstream and turns the blood blue another major problem aside from the wells drink ing water is the predica ment of claremonfs septic system said mrs stoner she said it is imperative to clean up the septic system just as much as the wells we must have the pro vince agree thats part of the problem she said i want the province to expand their study to include the septic systems the bac teria coliform is definitely from the septic system mrs stoner said when the testing and reports from simcoe engineering are completed action should be taken to either construct in dividual drilled wells or a community water system she said the province would help pay the costs of cor recting the individual wells but they would pay less to install a community well which i find rather strange she said according to mr herre ma residents are eligible for a 75 per cent grant to in- dividually correct their wells but the region is not entitled to the same 75 per cent grant and therefore the costs to the region would be higher were prepared to do something he said the residents can fix up their wells but its going to cost them were prepared to assist but theyll have to monstrations and contests refreshments and free parking will be available and the cost of admission is 2 for adults students and senior citizens 1 and chil dren 1 children can be admitted free if accompa nied by an adult the quaker hill museum grounds are located one mile west of uxbridge and north of highway 47 on cone 6 for more information contact president norm lyons at 8526584 or steam show chairman francis hockley at 8527313 pickering beach ssi public school is still standing but the question is for how long the school was almost signed over to destruction but it created much public dis approval many people want the oneroom school house to remain standing as part of their history jim thomas struggle continues to salvage school the construction on regional road 5 has been underway forawhlleand its completion may also take awhile the government funded project could eventually be carried i through to the claremont bypass rs v jim thomas i by audrey green pickering beach inwiththenew doesnt al ways mean out-with-the- old especially for the citizens who are fighting to keep the pickering beach public school ss 1 standing the grade one to eight oneroom school house which has been in existence since about 1840 has a his tory people dont want to forget it was very important to the people to protect the only heritage this commun- tiy has said ajax ward 5 councillor pat clark the school house which was classified twoyears ago as a heritage building hasnt been used as a school for years except for recent art classes which were moved last year when the school was closed and boarded up the possibility of having the school torn down bothered people enough to start a petition and write let ters to the municipality in hopes of stopping the de molition i was annoyed they would push it over so soon said helen hedge of rr 1 pickering who started the petition were not willing to give in without a-fight- there are an awful lot of canadian people who went to a one room school house the municipality re ceived the petition signed with 83 names and 45 indi vidual letters from people interested in saving the building there were a number of people very concerned said mrs clark its the only one in the area after the petition and let ters were received she said the municipality agreed on a stay of execution and theyre presently booking into the costs of recon ditioning what weve come down to is dollars and cents and council has not decided where to get the money stated mrs clark i dont feel 130000 is too high a cost according to mrs clark the municipality may re ceive grant money from wmtario or a bicentennial grant but no decision has been made i managed to get council to lay aside some money for repairs she said mrs clark said the build ings future holds many pos sibilities including such uses as a meeting house museum location for a his- torical or community board an entrance to a possible development on the land behind the school or a place for local arts and crafts were ajax basically a new town she concluded its probably the oldest building around put up a lot of money first mr herrema said it might cost claremont resi dents 1800 to 2000 to have their wells cleaned up otherwise the regions costs would be approx imately 10000 per house hold because a drilled well and storage unit would need to be installed along with a unit for fire protection we cant just put in a mickey mouse water supply mrs stoner said she wanted everyone in claremont to have good wa ter and to be able to use it without any type of prob lems were not going to leave 550 people in claremont with bad water stated mr herrema uxbridge flower show displayed uxbridge an orchid display will highlight the seventeenth annual ux bridge horticultural socie ty flower show on satur day august 20 at the angli can church hall on toronto street from 2 pm until 530 pm plant and flower admir ers can enjoy the orchid col lection grown by arthur simpson along with a varie ty of vegetables and flower arrangements submitted by approximately 20 members of the society about face uxbridge the ux bridge parks and recrea tion committee were really bummed out lastweek when the subject of pur chasing new types of toilet paper and hand towels arose the committee agreed to try an experiment order of twipes and mwipes from workwear corporation li mited to supply the washrooms in elgin park i think it would be well worth our while said com mittee chairman ian mor rison the paper will be bought in bulk a sixroll case of t- wipes toilet paper will cost 4850 and mwipes hand towels will cost 6790 ma in received driver loses control vehicle is destroyed uxbridge a whitby man suffered major injuries when his 1977 chev rolled off the road after he failed to complete a curve said uxbridge 26 division of the durham regional police police said on august 13 at 859 am the vehicle was travelling northbound on regional road 23 near cone 14 when the driver missed a curve and lost control of the car the car swerved onto the east shoulder and across the west side of the road where it rolled over and was totally des troyed charged with careless driving is david brooks 535 mary street e whitby juvenile driver an accident on august 10 at 730 pm occurred at sdrd 28 and the uxbridgepickering townline when the driver of a 1976 gmcpickup lost control and ran off the road into the east ditch j police said damage was estimated at 7000 and the driver who was a juvenile received minimal injuries the accident is currently under investigation broken steering wheel police said on august 13 at 645 pm a single vehicle acci dent occurred at regional road 5 and sdrd 2 in uxbridge township derek vernon 1285 lakeshore avenue e 609 missis- sauga was driving westbound on regional road 5 in a 1976 gmc van when the van approached sdrd 2 police said the van hit a pothole on the shoulder the steering wheel broke off and the van rolled into a field damage estimates are 2500 and both the driver and pas senger received minor injuries veggies stolen mary prohaska rri uxbridge reported a theft to police during the evening of august 12 she reported a large quantity of vegetables like banana peppers and corn stolen from her garden damage estimates were unavailable theft police said peat and loam packing plant lot 31 cone 3 zephyr reported a theft of a 400 air compressor sometime between august 8 and 13 police are still investigating college receives grant durham region during the next three years durham college will re ceive the largest amount of moneythrough ontario gov ernment programs then any other ontario college durham college received 4728000 from the capital acceleration program and another 257000 from regu- lar capital the total amount receivedwas 4985000 from april 1983 until june 1985 minister of colleges and universities dr bctte stephenson recently announced the threeyear capital allocation grant for ontarios colleges of ap plied arts and technology dr stephenson also announced colleges would receive money through the governments board of in dustrial leadership and de velopment bild program to buy new instructional equipment this year applications for admis sion to the colleges have in creased substantially this year this capital program will allow the colleges to build new facilities and up date existing ones to meet this demand it is evident the colleges will continue to play a key role in meeting the skills development needs of ontariosbusiness and industry said dr stephenson