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Road work underway in Orono Claringion Public Works have and bas been in some disrepair been undertaking preparatory for a number of years'due to work along Mill Street in Orono water installations in the 1960s. prior to paving to be completed A smal l sîorm drainage pipe latter this year under a joint bas been înstalled in the mnost contract issued by tbe Region. southerly portion of Milis Street Miii Street is the responsibility which work is now completed of the Municipality of Clarington along with catch basins. Winter road, ravag.,es being repaired by Public Works by Carol-Ann Osier Many people would just as soon rather forget about the cold and snowy ravages of the.past winter, but every pothole is a grim reminder. For the the Municipality of Clarington Public Works Deparîment, the winter ravages mean a busy summer, Extensive work has commenced toheal the effects that the winter of '92 - '93 had on roads in the Municipality. The Public Works Department has recently commenced ils extensive resurfacing project. Most of the work will be concentrated in the former Township of Clarke, where the effects of the winter were the worst. "ýThe Most severe road breakup occurred in Clarke Township", says Don Evans of the Public Works Department, "And this is where the major portion of the surface program will be". Darlingion Township did not receive as great an amount of damage as Clarke did. A few -ïoads in Bowmanville and only one in Courtice are to be fixed in the resurfacing project. In Carke, much of the work is to bc done on the Concession Roads, most of which were severely damaged last winter. .Many of the nortb / south roads wil bc resurfaced, as well. Besi, Vickers, and Lawrence Roads are a few of these roads that will be resurfaced. The Public Works Department says that most of the work should bc donc by late July orearly August. In Orono, Mill Street is currentiy unidergoing some minor repairs. It is beîng rcsurfaced from Main Street to the 11- ighwiy. Minor drainage work is to be undertalcen along Mill, as weill The intersection at Mi Ii Street and Mill Lane is to be improved for safety reasons. Miii Lane is aisO o bcb resurfaced. This is to be the oniy work done in Orono as Part of the resurfacing prograin. In Newcastle, the Public Works Department will be paving North Street fromn King to Manvers. Monroe Street from Manvers to the East lîmîit wiii also be resurfaced. The Edward and Beaver Street Project, first undertaken two years ago, wili finaiiy be completed this summer. The surface is to be laid soon. Ruddeil Road wiil aiso be resurfaced this summer. Another First in Durham East David Gibb and friends will be canoeing from Toronto's Oniario Place to Newcastle Harbour on August 1ist, wth the event taking approximateiy 19 hours. The event is to promnote a healthy lifestyle and raise funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. The group have the support of the Canadian Coast Guard and they are working hard to obtain financial backing by donating their own timne in telemarkctg. There are many occasions where young people appear to get a lot of negative attention. Our local people need to see and hear what this group of young people are doing and why. Furiber information available from Anne Capon at (416) 571- 1582. 60 jobs Iost at Can Truck Sixty of 100 workers at Can Truck have lost ihcir jobs due t0 a rcstructuring of the irucking firm in Whitby. -The company which has been a major shipper for GM and the liquor conirol board was placed in receivershîp in May of this year. A considerable amount of business was lost over the past year when GM gave out conîracts to other firms. There was also string competition from non-union firms. First Canada Day event in Bewdley It is considoed the first time that Canada Day was celebrated in Bewdiey when residents of the area gathered ai the iakeside park with events for ail the family., The event was sponsored and organized by a number of local service groups and organizations. The events were conciuded with a display of fîreworks and the:firing off of a $130,000 mortgage note, that was paid off for a wheei-chair access ramp at the Legion Hall. 8000 km trip in, sailing canoe A retired firefighter of New York City arrived at Rice Lake last week after embarking on a pianned 8000 km tnipthrough North Amnerica. He left New York. May l4th travelling, up the Hudson into the Great Lakes-,now through the Trent-Sever n Waterway 10 the- Mississippi, the Gulf of Mexico and through the Atlantic back to New York. Point to waste handling features îi'n Germany Counciior Larry Hannah ot however costs of composfing bins Clarington and councillor Rick reach as igçh as $700,000 while Johnson of Pickering Town machinery costs reach upwards of council addressed Ciaringion a quarter of a milIlion dollars. council on Monday night as 10 The two described a Green their trip 10 Germnany where the Point system whereby manu- two, along wiîh others, viewed facturers pay 10 have their developments in garbage han&' packaging recycied. It was stated Lng. that over 8000 manufacturers are The two Durham Regional participating in the plan and tbeir councillors first visiîed Munich, packaging is marked wiîh a Germany, where they attended a Green Dot 10 identify that the World Trade Fair where items product is part of the program. elaîing to recycling, garbage Private enterprise also plays a colection and composting were big part in some of the waste >n display. operations and -government It was apparent that Munich regulations are increasing to vas coilecting a greater range of controi the amount of garbage tems for recycling than being b eing generated. ollected in Durham Region. It was said that 119 packaging Flowever with 'a question from systems bas been legislated out of ýounc. David Scott it wouid, use in Germany. ippear that Germany has sîmilar It was stated that it-.is the roblems with those in Durham people that make the final n fi nding a secure and continuing decision. c c i market for recycabies. 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