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Orono Weekly Times, 19 Apr 1995, p. 8

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Il l- , 'aiyn u.. la New sehool for Separate Board The Peterborough, Victoria, Northiumberland and Claington Roman Catholic Separate School Board bas received funding for a new $10.2 million secondary scbool in Peterborough. The Ministry of Education will fund $7 million of the cost with the Board haviag te mrise the rest of the funding, $3.2 million. The new school will help offset evercrowding at St. Peter's Secondary School. The Board cbairman bais said that the jobsOntario, capital funding program bas been very important te the board and the community. Board of Education held Earth Day Forum The Nortbumberland and Clarington Board of Educatien beld an Earth Day Environmental Forum at the Port Hope High School on Tuesday. Ten secondary students were present for each of the boards High School along with students from St. Marys and Trinity College School. The day opened by a Ruekus Wood Production called Ruckus in the Raînforest. The event proceeded to panel discussions on environmental volunteers, entrepreneurship and the environment and environment careers. Tbe group also worked on the development of a scbool environmental action plan and watcbed a recycled fashion show staged by Port Hope High School's fashion art class. Children's Aid Society moves to new location The offices of the Durbam Childrens Aid Society la Oshawa and Ajax are moving to a new location in Oshawa, the former Board of Education offices at 555 Rossland Rond West i Oshawa. The move is to be undertaken this week. The Uxbridge office is to remnain la Uxbridge. Putting best foot forward for Multiple Scierosis Come Sunday, April 23, Gary Polonsky of Durhamn College will start 750 Durham WALKers on their way in support of Multiple Scîcrosis. The event starts off with coffre, bot chocolate and muffins at Durham College at 9:30 a.m.. From. Around The RégiM J- J- There are seVeral walks of different lengths as well as a wheel chair course. Walkerfs can enjoy refreshments along the way as well as a B-IBQ lunch and entertainment at the end. Plan now by phoning for a p ledge book and to register. Cal 1-800-268-7582 AIDS comgùittee locates in Whitby The AID§ committee Of Durham has m@ved to Whitby, suite 305, 209 Dundas St. E., Whitby. Individual c0Oiselling services can be accessêd on a drop-in basis, by appaintment in the office or by phoie It is not too Iate te registerf for the Spring progrlms. Cail 905-665=005 1. Comments onl dog shooting inident In a lettef to Clarington council Sandy Cook, Leskard Road, commentg on a number of issues relating tê the "(dog Shoot- ing incident" and a report to council by the Community Servicesdepartnflent. Mrs. CookU states the main problem with the case is the lack of information ÇOuPIed with tbe apparent caflouspless and triviality in whicb it was flandled. It is noted in ber letter that she had contacted the Ontario S.P.C.A. Humnane Society inquiring if the ^econd dog could have been euflflized after the fact to which she received an answer NO. She states that she aise asked as to whether or not having a livestock evaluator assess damages could change the fate of the second dog's existence to which the answer was again, NO,. Mrs. Cooke contends these answers are in direct conflict with what Mr. Caruana said at the General Purpose and Adminis- trative Committee meeting of April 3rd. Seek Watershed plan for area in Courtice The Friends of tbe Second Marsh bave cerresponded with tbe Municipality of Clarington asking that the municipality work with the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority te implement a watersbed plan for those sections of the Farewell Creek that may have influence on the future water and sediment quality of die Second Marsh. It is noted that development of lands witbin the Clarington watersbed bas a direct impact on the water quality and quantity entering the Second Marsh. One of the largest The Northumberland Liberals held a fund-raising dinner recently with the largest attendance la recent history for the event. It was a star-studded liberal CI'1 N a -i ~ WILLIIÇE CAW.) É Ç(FT SHOPPE NEWCASTLE PUOTO4RAPU(C, COHE FIELP LI5 CELEKRATE OUR Ff R5T ANNIVER5AWYI ZEFZES-HENTS1 PR12E5! <I STORZE 5PEC(ALS1 91RTHDIAY CAKE CLITT(NcÇ SATLIRIAV11:00 eff ~W(L2?,2g.r29 19 K(AJQ 5T. Eu15T.,-NEWCASTLE 99?--3411 9t91-3409 front table including Mr. Conway, Mr. OWeil, MIPP Elinor Caplan, MPP Steve Mahoney, and Peterborough MP Peter Adams and of course the incumbent Northumberland liberal member MPP Joan Fawcett. No agreement for Junior C Club Plans to revive the Port Hope Panthers Junior C hockey club bave vanished. An ongoing rift between the Cobourg Junior A Club and the Port Hope Beaver Atbletic Association is a major factor that agreement could not be reached for the return of the Panthers. Expect Port Hope harbour to be dredged A project costing $70,000 is expected to get underway within the next month in dredging of the Port Hope harbour. Over the years silt bas settled at the mouth of the harbour making it difficuit for some of the larger bous to enter. Hope considering fact of waste Hope Township council bas given its blessings te a new study that could lead to some of the contaminated nuclear waste remaining in the Welcome radioactive dump. Council was told that insisting on the removal of the entire 492,000 cubic metres of waste may hamper the overal dean-up process. i . .......... ..... . . . ......... .....

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