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Orono Weekli I1 ime, \ eneda, ~u22, l1)84-7 A new look in a new location Tobacco Grgwers For- 29 yasteTxfami- ly have ruin a tobacýo farm near Orono 1but mn they fear for thie future. Because peo- pie arcmokinig Iess, the market for tobiac-o hba,, growýn increasingly smaller. Joan T'ax does flot expect to make a profit this year despite excellent crops due to last week's hall. The tobacco industry is dying but Tax says they cannot grow anytbing cisc on thleir la nd because ihe soul is too poor. Says Tax, 'We don't knoý w what will happen, wve can 't f ar m anytbing else so w,,e keep on farmning tobacco.' Stormi Last Tuesday's storm, the worst of wvhich hit Toronto, also caused some dam-ages in the Durham Region. A detached garage, worth about $4,500 wvas struck by lightn- ing ini Hampton wbiIle a chl:imney ii n EnnikillenI, valued at about 52,000) was demolishe-d. While driving down Highway 1 15, a Newcastle imotorist narrowly escaped injury when a tree fell on his car. Knob Hill farms i n Oshawa was operating on emergency power for part of the evenitig and police say some burgiar alarms were activated by thec Stormn. new, store on thie -est side of PIe space 'for the many items Main Street in downtown of floral arrangements, Orvono. plants and gifts which are The new store affords am- handled at the new location. From Around the, Region by Chris 14ooper New Contract for Iron Workers Iron workers across On- tario have met the conces- sions that Ontario Hydro has deinanded from ail its unions. The main issue is a cutback of out-of-town room and board expenses fr om $32 a d ay t o $20 per day. The workers have been wit'bout a contraet since April and voted to reject Hydro's offer in July. This mneans that the International Brotberhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are the only union not to reacb an agreemnent with the power utility. IBEW workers. walked off the Job Mîay 7 andl Terry Young, Hydro spokesmnan, says there is still no sign of an agreement bet- %veen the parties., Petrosave Con tract Approved, A contract witb Petrosave [tc. of Toronto which will save the City of Oshawa $1.5 million in energy costs over the next seven years bas been passed unanimously. Pet rosave will invest $275,000 in capital improvements to al major establishments in Oshawa excluding Oshawa Municipal Airport. Tbe city must invest $ 100,000 and will obtain ail imnprovemenits to it's beatin.g sýystemis at thýZend of the contract. Ail Candidates Meeting The date bas been set for an ahl candidates meeting spqnmsored by a Cobourg peace group. On August 28 in Cobourg, the meeting will start offý with general ques- tions wbicb bave already been given to each candidate, followed by questions from the floor. Candidates from' the tbree major parties -- Allan La Wr> ce, Darce Campibell and Roy Grierson have said they wilI attend the mneeting. A spokesmnan for Br ian Flynni i o f the Riiocerous Party says be bias not been informied of a mieetingi, and Libertarian Gor- dont Pagec was unavailable for comment. Fired Seniors' Manager Audrey Pankratz, manager of the senrior citizens activity centre in Wbitby until being fired las( month, says she is taking ber case to the Ontario Humant Rights Commission. Pankratz says ber health had been deteriorating because of conditions on the job and councillor Marcelle Brunelle said that it was "in the best interests" of the town and the senior citizens. Pankratz bas the support of some seniors who, pleased by ber service, have said tbey wouild support ber at the right's commission lbearing and bave already sent petitions asking that she be rehired. Anne Ottenbrite A mob of fans greeted Whitby swimmer, Anne Ot- tenbrîte, when she returned to Canada proudlv weariing ber gold, silver and bronze medals. Hordes of people met ber at Toronto Intera- tional Airport wbere sbe was hounded by reporters after whicb sbe at tended a recep- tion ini ber honour at tbe Wbitby town bail. Possible Chinese Plant Four Chinese busine ssmen from Hong Kong have been miaking an inspection of Oshawa with the possible in- tention of investing there. Oshawa is a good location because of its proxim.ity to the American market plus ils good shipping lunes tbroughout the rest of Canada. The group represent the garment industry and would like to open a plant in Canada. Negotiations are still very mucb in the prelimninary stages. PM VISITS OSHAWA Prime Minister John Turner visited Oshawa last week and was greeted by 600 at the Polisb Veteran Hall. He promised co-operai ion witb workers and union leaders across the country and stated, "we've got to pull together. . .to negotiate together andd to consult together if Canada is to bold its positioni in the worldt markets." Po"'UBLIC NOTICE "NEWCASTLE NIGHT" ARBOR THEATRE COMPANY WENJACK THEATRE, PETERBOROUJGH, ONTARIO Moniday Night, September 3rd 1984, has been designated as "Newcas- fie Night" at the W"enjack Theatre, Peterborough. The Mayor and Memibers of Council wvould invite the residents of the Town of Newcastle to join them in making the evening a success. Title of Play Date Curtain Tîm-e Ticket Prices Reservations Travel arrangements - Last Cali" by Morris Panych. -Monday, September 3rd, 1984 - 800 p.m. -Side Seating $7.00 Centre Seating $9.00 (Discounts 10%/ for groups of 20-49) (151/o groups over 50 persans) -Please make reservations directiy with the Theatre - Tel. 1-705-748-3111 Travel arrangements are teft to the discre- tion of patrons attending the performance. David W. Oakes, B.A., A.M.C.T. Town Clerk Town of Newcastle 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3A6 Date of Publication: August.22nd, 1984 File; 10.2.11. The Record shows.. New Democrats practise what they preach "Today the province (Manitoba) has the highest growth rate, /owest general unemlploymeni' rate and /owesi' youth unemploy- îment rate - a clfear indication that a governmnent which active/yv sets oui 10 reduce unemp/oyment can have some effec." -Lessons in Manitoba's jobs Toronto Star, Aug. 1, 1984 UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MAN. (N DP> ONT. (PC) 9 -/ JULY '83 9.8%/ 7.20/ JULY '84 8.5%"/ 20%/l DECREASE 13% New Democrats in Manitoba are put- ting more men and women back to work, faster t.han anywhere in the"I0 country. Roy Grierson, Ed Broadbent and Canada's New Democrats wiII con- tinue f0 work hard to put men and women back f0 work in Durham Nor- v th u mberla nd. VOTE à%% 91 MM%'0%OCRM _n DURHAM NORTHUMBERLAND BOWMANVILLE PORT PERRY 623-j466 623-3472 985-8338 iAuthorzed b,,Fred! Mctaughi;n., officýiaiaguint for Roy rierscri Dudiravn Nort)tumb,,and New emocatîcParty) COBOURG 372-0141 Yvonne Maitland, owner of the Apple Blossomn Flower Shop in Orono, puts the final touches to a display in ber-