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f o operating deficit here! (iront) Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 18th, 1981- Perk Up Winter program offered The Orono Nùrsery School in conjunction with the Orono United Church are offering a program for adults known as' "Perk Up Winter". According to Mrs. Trudie Reid of the Nursery School, the program is being geared particularly to young mothers. She does say however there will be interests for seniors as well. The program is being slated for Wednesday afternoons and would continue for five Wednesdays. Reid states that if at least sixteen enroll in the program it will be possible to offer the program free to seniors. For young mothers with children babysitting service's service's will be offered. Mrs. Reid points out that the program will include such as balancing the family budget, creative fun for little . ones, know pre-schoolers, fire protection in your home nutritious family meals and other topics. Further information is available in an advertisement in this issue of the Times. There is no budget deficit in the operation of this arena in the great outdoors of Orono. Mother nature has supplied the ice surface and over the past week-end old and young alike took advantage of the offering and fine sunny wea-. ther to make use of the natural ice surface. Mayor Rickard at a recent meeting has called for a report from the director of Community Services outlining outlining the reasons that the Bowmanville and Darlington Arenas, operated by the Town, operate with a deficit while arenas in Orono and Newcastle, operated by local citizens are showing an operational operational surplus. Mayor " Rickard stated he has received financial statements statements from both the Orono and Newcastle arenas in which Orono has operated over the past year with a surplus of $1,000 and some $11,000 to $12,000 surplus at Newcastle according to their unaudited statement. In budget reports it has been shown that the Bowmanville Bowmanville arena operated last year with a deficit of $29,217 and Darlington with a deficit of $138,460 which includes debenture payments. An estimated estimated deficit of $37,655 is being shown for the Bowmanville Bowmanville arena in 1981 and a sum deficit of $176,645 for the Darlington arena. Welch stakes future in electricity Council to meet with Bill Hulsman Going on Vacation ! If you're travelling outside Canada, Canada, normal hospital and medical plans usually afford only limited protection, leaving you the possibility possibility of uninsured medical bills. DON'T TAKE CHANCES! See MATTHEWS & HILL before you leave for an Excess Medical Policy providing $100,000. coverage coverage for those medical expenses not covered underyour normal plans. Coverage is inexpensive and policies are issued on the spot. Hill INSURANCE AGENCY UMTIEC Five foot six inch, peppery Robert Welch, Minister of Energy for the Province of Ontario, sparked the audience audience of 300 at the Durham East Progressive Conservative Conservative Association nomination meeting with his own form of energy, pacing the podium, driving home a positive message for the future of Ontario under the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives Conservatives and an energy policy founded on electricity. In speaking of Sam Cur- èatz, who had been nominated to represent the PCs in Durham East, Welch said, he had distinguished , himself over the past four years and there was never any doubt on how Sam felt on an issue in caucus meetings. Welch said that Davis has put forth a positive program for Ontario which over the next five years should create jobs, decrease inflation and as well increase productivity. "I hope you catch the tone of the program, 'Building Ontario Ontario for the 1980s", he said to his audience. He said the BILD (Board of Industrial Leadership and Development) Development) program was the product of an intense study with six major themes. The themes of BILD, he said, were electricity, transportation, transportation, resources, technology, technology, people and the community. community. Welch said that energy use was part of our modern life and we have to come to terms with it. In planning energy use for the future Welch said there were three criteria to consider, will energy source be secure and available, will it be environmentally the best and will the price be competitive. competitive. He said electricity meets all three criteria and was the source of energy for Ontario's future. He said that electricity electricity was produced in Ont- . ario and'that such production provinces jobs and technology technology within the province, ÿe also said the cost is controllable controllable and a reduction can be made in the importation of oil. As to pollution the use of nuclear power will reduce pollution due to less coal having to be fired in the generators. The speaker also said there would be. a shift to the use of; off-peak electrical power in Ontario and as well alternate uses of energy for transportation transportation for which he outlined outlined a long list including hydrogen. Welch said that Davis had set aside $1.5 billion to be used over the next five years for the program of Building Ontario for the 1980s. The speaker said that it was important that members of the legislature remind themselves themselves that when serving that they deal with constituents as representatives. This Sam has done, said Welch. Welch also warned his audience not to get all caught up in platform and government performance to the point that they forget about local pollin sub-division organization. He said there was no substitution for the latter. Mayor Rickard advised members of council on Monday Monday night that he and David Sims, Town legal counsel, had considered the offer by Bill Hulsman to work for the Town for a period of three months free of charge providing providing his expertise in finance and administration. The Mayor stated that he was calling a meeting for Thursday of all council members members to consider the offer and meet with Mr. Hulsman. Hulsman was a candidate in the past municipal running Hulsman was a candidate in the past municipal election running against Mayor Rickard Rickard for the position of mayor for the Town of Newcastle. At the time Hulsman ran on a ticket of bringing better busihess practices to the Town. Prior to the election and following the election O'NEIL PREDICTS LIBERAL WIN (Continued from page 1) deceiving the electorate", he said. He called Davis a 'Master . Plaster' playing with stardust at election time. O'Neil said nine senior members have left the legislature not to reseek election. "This has to be a concern for Davis," he said. O'Neil called on the audience audience to put Ontario back to its rightful place in Canada by retiring Davis and replacing him with Stuart Smith. He said a big swing was ooming in Ontario as it had in the United States. O'Neil predicted predicted that the NDP would lose half of their present seats' in the legislature. , 1 Hulsman has offered his services free of charge to assist with, financial implications implications and administration. 983-5032 983-9675