The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Orono Weekly Timnes, Wednesday, Joe Boss returns Bernie Martin, played before a The actor playCd with his au- reasonable attendance on Friday dience with success and brought and, with al seats filled on Saturday forth song-and humour for his au- evening. The event was sponsored dience. by the Orono Town Hall Board and His only accompaniment was his presented in the local hall. accordian, violin and dulcimer. As usual with Bernie it was a Proceeds from the evening were monologue throughout rising from donated to the orono Town Hall bis hand-crafted coffin questioning Board for improvements at the hall. it to be the beginning or the end. Bernie a miost generous individual. Former Nurn operator pieq The former owner of-south Haven Nursing home in Newcastle, Larry Wiseman pleaded guilty in a Toronto court to charges of fraud and criminal breach of trust. Wiseman skimmed off about $200,000 from the nursing home, its patients, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Newcastle. The Crown Prosecutor in the case said that Wiseman had been 'very innovative' in devising ways to divert money from the nursing home, its batik, and some of the pa- tients, into bis own pockets over the Tushingham retires from N-N area (Continued from page 8) growth in its student population. "There have been a lot of signifi- cant achievements by the Board," said Tushingham, citing the establisbment of Junior Kindergarten, the Centres for In- dividual Studies, and special in- itiatives in the general level studies program at tbe secondary level, as eximples. He also pointed to the significant upgrading of' school buildings because of student growth. "One of the things I feel pretty good about is the partners in management systemn where staff bave more opportunities to have in- put into system decisions."- He add- ed that during the past six years, there bas been a great emphasis on a sense of pride in "what we're doing and we truly are leaders in learning." The Board will now advertisè the "osition with a closing date of June 11, 1990 and begin interviews short0 ly after that. sing Home ads quiity two year period between 1983 and 1986. Wiseman has purchased the 60 bcd nursing home in 1972, by tak- ing out a mortgage with CIBC. They in turn had arranged for deposits to corne to the bank to cover the loan. In 1985, Wiseman ordered the home's bookkeeper to send letters, to patient's families, asking them to endorse their che- ques to him instead of to the nurs- ing home. Wiseman also had South Haven issue paycheques to fictitious emfployees who received about $53,000 which was re- diverted back to Wiseman's per- sonal a ccounts. One of the 'employees' was Wiseman's. son who was serving a sentence at Milîhaven for other related frauds. Ail of the financial irregularities came to light in March 1986, when Wiseman attempted to transfer $ 100,000 - money sent to South Haven by the Ministry of Health - to a bank in Florida. Wiseman's lawyer sald that no pa- tients or their families lost any money, the, only victim was the bank. The defense lawyer asked for a punishment which would allow Wiseman to stay out of prison due to his heart condition and related problems. The Crown urged a lengthy jail term for Wiseman who broke -a 'sacred form of trust." District court judge Patrick LeSage will sentence Wiseman on May 3l1st.- Town does dean-up downtown Orono A Town of Newcastle crew was in Orono last veek for the good part of the day undertaking a dlean up of the street area ini the downtown. While here they prepared the flower boxes and removed the tree guards for repairs and a fresh coat of paint. BAI CE, Study Annmouncement Ontario Hydro is beginning Environmental Studies to locate a new 4-unit CANDU nuclear generating station and associated transmission faci lities. Sites under study for this project will include at least the folowing: two Ontario Hydro-owned properties atDarlington near Newcasdle and Wesleyville near Port Hope, and the North Channel area of Lake Huron. Potential Nuclear Genmraing Staion Locaions LEGEND à Darlngton G.S. 0 Wesleyevile ;;, LAKE- North Channiel Generation SUPEPIORStng Zone Rachat Transm,on requ, '10UI, for New Ge..eration mird Not to Scale These studies are part of Ontario Hydro's Demand/Supply Plan to me et Ontarios needs for elecrricity over the next 25 years. The focus of the Plan is to balance electricity resources with growing customer needs. In addition to recommending rîcw nucar generating stations, the Plan indludes conservation measures; to better manage the'demand for electricity, private non-uitility generation, the purchase of electrical power from Manitoba, the rehabiliration of existing generatrng stations and the development of new fossil andi hydraulic generating stations. The need for ail generating fàcilities, identified in the Demand/Supply Plan îs the subject of public revîew, which began with a preliminary hearing the Environmei)ntal Assessment Act in April, 1990. Public consultation) will form an important part of the study process.l1 would like more information about these studies please fîll out the coi below or cal: Mrs. Sheelagh tawrance Senior Community Relations Officer Community Relations Department 700 University Avenue, H8 BI Toronto, Ontario M5C IX6 Phone: (416) 592-3951 Fax: (416) 592-8890 24 Hour Message Recorder (416) 592-7943 Mrs. Donna McFarlane Community Relations 0 Darington Generating S P.O. Box 1000 Bowmanville. Ontario LIC 3W Phone: (416) 697-7248 Fax: (416) 697-7907 under [f you upon )fficer Station --- - - - - - - - - - - 1 wîsh to be kept informed about Ontario Hydros Ceneration Sitng Studies. Please add my namne to yourt maiing lists. Name AddressI Postal Code________________________ Telephone: DayLI Evening I L------------------------ ----------J Mail this Coupon to: Ontario Hydro Community Relations Department 700 University Avenue, H8 B4 Toronto, Ontario Or cal the 24-hour Hydro Project Information Line at j el 2793 May 30, 1990-9 1