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Orono Wek 0%., edn.sclay, November 27, 199?1 - 7 Plaque to honor Lt. Col. Foote Students in the grade 10 history class at Centre Hasting Secondary School were surpris- ed to find out that Lt. Col. Foote's winning of the Victoria Cross nad flot been marked in his home town of Madoc. As a result the students started a process to have an On- tario Heritage Federation pla- que placed in the Village which project was completed last week. Separate Board wants new Hligh Sehool in Cobourg The Peterborough Victoria, Northumberland and Newcastle Separate School Board has given top priority for a new secondary school to be built in Cobourg. The former number one position was for a new school in Bowmianville. The new ý,school would bouse 600 students, cost $9 million and be ready for occupancy in 1995. Two charges laid against local school board The Northumberland and Newcastle Public Schiool Board faces tw\o charges under the Oc- cupational Health and Safety Act for- its ttandlitig of asbestos in _twýo of its schools. The charges have been laid by, the Ministry of Labor. Voted for each other and then tied It bias to be an oddity that two counicillors would vote for- each other anld then whenl the votes were countied founid tese in a dead heat wýIth 619 votes each. It happened in Haldimnld Township in the recel,, election., The incumbent who hias served on counicil f'or six, years is resigning allowing the other to take on the positioni of counl- cillor. 'She w,ýill make a good counicillor and serve the cm munity el,"said Neill Baird. Anti-Amialgamation Hamilton winners Hamilton Towýýnship voted an anti-amnalgamiation slate of cani- didates at the recent electionl. The new council will fighit any take-over byi the Town of .Cobourg. Riel bell seized from Millbrook armouries A bell that bas been in Millbrook Village f'or the past 106 years was stolen recently from the Legion Hall. The bell hiad been at the fire hall for many years before being placed on display in the Legion Hall. The bell, weighing some 190 pounds originally came from France for use in ea Roman Catholic Church in Onion, Saskatchewan. The bell made its way to, Millbrook as a spoils of war after the Riel Rebellion in 1885. Denounce development restrictions Morley Kel, head of the Ur- ban Development Institute has said that proposaIs being made by the province of Ontario comi- missions will only hurt developers and builders. John Sewell who heads up one commissions has called for major restrictions on the use of good farmaland for building. Further a study is underway for savîng the Oak Ridges Moraine which will no doubt add other restrictions for development in the Moraine. KelI has said if the govern- ment wants to make it hard for developers and builders they will only miove elsewhere. 'No one is going to build if there is no money in it," he said. Hires fuIll-time fire chief Millbrook and Cavan Township have both gîven ap- proval of a full-time Pire Chief for the Millbrook-Cavan Pire Department. The proposai bas received some heated mnixed re- actions. Annex closed for seniors Aprogramn called the Millbrook Corre ctional Centre's annex program bhas beenl cut by, the Minîstry of Goverlnmenit Services in the Town of Millbro(ok. Thie pro- gramn îted lela number )Cof organization nd groups in the Village. The program blas been cut because of thie need of repairs to the building used which blas been esimated to cost close to $250,000. Claim Canada Post creating wrong perception Worker.s at the Canada Post central office nmake daim that Canada Post is creating a perception thaiýt private retail postal ourlets are in grecat need. The \workers cdaim that postal cuistomiers aLre being told that no more rentaI boxes are available at the central office when in tact mlore thanl 100 boxNes remnain emlpty. A new postal ourlet planned to open Decemiber 5th wvill be of- feigrentaI boxes. Workers are c:laimiiing thiat work being under- taken ai postal outlets could very well be handled at the cen- tral office., Construction down in Town of Newcastle Construction in the Town of Newcastle is down this year comn- pared with 1990. The value of perits this year to the end of October amnounit to 14().5 million comparmng with $57 million in 1990 to the same period. Drinking and driving of fences reduced Drinking and driving of- fences in the Region of Durham have decreased by 12.8 percent for the first 4 mnonths of 1991. Reduction is credited to Prom Around The Region - I * I I III Il * S e - youth groups whW, have targeted the woes of drin.king and driv- ing as well as o!t:e groups who have heen assisting and police enforcement proÈ-ramS. Charges acrd§5 the entire country have dfopped by 36 percent during tlÇ same period. Creditors 0K Sklar plan Sklar-Pepplêr Furniture Corp., Ontario'à largest maker of household furniture, has been granted a reprieve from creditors on a totaldebt of $10.5 million. Some 400 forffler employees and 600 other unsured credîtors have voted to accept 15 cents for eàcll of the,$I0.5 miîllion total thçy are owed. The Bank of Npva Scotia 'bas also agreed to reduce a $45 million boan to $15 million. The company §pught thedebt relief to save 35Q jobs at the Sklar-Peppler planit in Whitby. A Hanover pliflt producing wooden furniturç was closed recently thr@wiflg 200 employees out of work. An at- tempt will be mâde to re-open the Hanover plant but workers would have to aâcept a cut in the hourly rate of $13.00 to somewhere around $10.00. Excellence il) Sports scholarship spurred Durham College with a grow- in reputation in athletic pro- grams and accoffiplishements is stated to be due to a record 18 scholarships of which are valued at $500.00, It bas been statcd that the col- lege is able to attract athletes fron m ide ar ea because of the schIolarships aai,,able at the col- 1le ge Calming comimunity fears makes for top cop in D)urham Six year vetcran Durhamn Regiýonal Plolice officer, Diane- Jieningills, 29, has been an- noun11ced officer of the year. Jelenigls is a patrol officer who is also a trained breathalyser technîcian, a training' officer and a commnunity service of- f i c e r., She w.on acclaim helping calm comimunity tfears after a brutal killing of a Pickering woman earlier this year. 1 would like to express my sincere thanks to ail those who supported me. Bill Tomhinson Thank You *To my campaign team for ail their time and effort. " To the voters who gave me their support. " To the many Clarke residents 1 met during the camfpaign. " To the other Ward 3 candidates who offered their services to our community. 1 will serve you to the best of my abilit y during the next 3 years. David Scott Local Councillor, Ward 3