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8-Orono Weekly limes, Wednecsday, January 25, 1984 FromAround the Region Lada workers headed for strike Workers at a Lada parts plant in Ajax may be heading for a long strike if manage- ment doesn't relent on its wage freeze policy. Workers are in a legal position to strike at midnight, January 23rd, according to Local 1090 of the UAW. The company dlaims the Korean airliner tragedy lias caused a loss of sales on Soviet built cars. The workers are looking for a 19 to 20% wage increase but the company finds this ridiculous, even for a good year. More than 60 people work at the plant but only seven of them are union workers. Workers at the plant earn about $9.50 per hour and have been represented by the UAW. Last year they were given a $1 increase. Sînce Lada han come to Canada in 1978, 42,000 cars have been sold. Eldorado to eut workforce by 100 Eldorado Resources Ltd., Port Hope,. will eut its workforce by 100 during 1984 due to dcclining markets for their product for, light water reactors. Forty-eight employees will lose their jobs by mid-July while the remainder will take early retirement. The company is expccted to continue with a workforce of approximately 490 employees following the cut- backs. Chex producing full- length movie Darwin Vickers, writer and producer at CHEX-TV televi- sions, hias approval to pro- duce a full-length movie, two hours, with a budget of $60,090.00. "Incident at Pur- dy's Milîs", is the first yen- ture into movies by CHEX- TV. Darwin Vickers has pro- duced Canadian Characters with Arthur Deacan and Marie Dressler being filmed in the Orono Town Hall. The star of "Incident at Purdy's Milîs" is a native of Cobourg, Ron Templar. No support to move Dr. Hawin's students The Education Committee of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion supports a recommenda- tion from the Dr. Hawkin's Tank Force that the Dr. Hawkin's Senior Public School not be closed in Port Hope. It had been recommended to the board that the senior public school be closed in Port Hope and that students be accommodated in vacant classrooms in the Port Hope High School. Staff suggest, operating and maintenance costs at Dr. Hawkin's School are high and renovations would bc too costly. The full board will consider the recommendation February 1 st. Ward system facing Oshawa One of the majority items that could be facing the City of Oshawa council in 1984 will be that of possible in- stitution of the ward system. Oshawa staff are now com- piling information on the ward systemn and no one as yet are predicting just how the matter will be handled. Somne feel, if a ward system comes, it will only be a partial systemn for the first couple of terms. Chrysier Trim Plant hires 100 so far Since January 1 st Chrysler has hired 100 new employees for their trim plant in Ajax. A spokesman for the com- pany said there is no doubt the auto industry is in a posi- tion of a strong recovery. It is the first time. in ten years that ail U.S. and Cana- dian Chrysier plants are operating two full shifts. May cause downtown decay Downtown businessmen in Port Hope are concerned that a proposed A&P store which is to be located outside the downtown area could result in decay of the downtown sector. The businessmen have prepared a brief to be submit- ted to Port Hope counicil ask- ing that reconsideration be given to having A&P locate in the downtown area. Grand Prix cycling for Port Hope The Canadian Cycling Association has sanctioned a grand prix cycling race to be held in Port Hope. It's the first step in Port Hope's bid to hold such an event in 1984 as part of their l5th birth-. day celebrations. The course would be a circular course in the Town and would require fifty laps. The event is ex- pected to attract world-class athlctes. 1The Town is awaiting word from Molson as to a sponsor- ship of the grand prix. Health Unit closès 14 outdoor rinks The Environmental Hcalth Department of the Durham Health Unit called for the closing of fourteen outdoor rinks in Pickering early last week. It was founid Pickering has been flooding the rinks with potentially hazardous Water taken from the outflow of the York-Durham sewage treatment plant, Pickering closed out ail the rinks and have tori up the ice. New outdoor rinks have since been developed. Make bid for 1989 plowing match The Region of Durham supports a move by the Durham, Rama and Mara Plowmans' Association to host the 1989 International Plowing Match. If the match comnes to the Region of Durham it is likely to be held in Brock Township. Asks for meeting wîth To wn council John Veldhuis, chairman of the Port Granby Monitor- ing Committee, addressed council bricfly on Monday evening asking that council meet with the Monitoring Committee to discuss matters relating to Eldorado's inten- tions to decommission the presenit Port Granby waste disposal site and their intent on establishing a new perma- nent site somewhere within the area. Mayor Rickard and the Clerk were authorized to cal a meeting of the two groups as soon as possible. Veldhuis said it was time that such a meeting bc held so everyone is brought up to date on issues at hand. Durham College Open Ho use February 2 Durham College will be holding an Applied Arts and Technology Open House on February 2 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the main building. Computer technology will be highlighted. The Applied Arts Division will bc displaying its new computer graphics installa- tion. The newv system, one of the finest in Canada, creates, stores and displays picture images giving students access to the latest state of the art equipment. Instructors and students will demonstrate the "imaginator" and the other fascinating computer graphics units which are revolutionizing the design in- dustry. Other Applied Arts programs will also be featured. The Technology Division will be displaying its CAD/CAM centre which is used to design a product by computer in three dimen- sions, as compared to two dimensions on the slower conventional drafting board. Open House visitors will be shown how the Database can be used for Computer in- tegrated Manufacturing, to increase and improve in- dustrial cfficiency by inter- facing with the collegc's new numnerically controllcd lathe and milling centre. Electronic and chemnical lab displays will also be featured and instruc- tors and students will be on hand for discussions and demonstrations. This is the first Open House Durham College han had for several years, and visitors-will also sec the con- siderable building expansion throughout the College. r-Wlll St. Francis of Assisi held its monthly meeting on Thursday, January l2th. Father Pat was the guest speaker. His topic was recon- ciliation. St. Francis of Assisi is hosting the Ecumenical Celebration for the different churches in our area on Sun- day, January 29th at 7:30 p.m. The themne is "Hope Through The Cross". lt will be a time to reflcct on the meaning of suffering ini rea- tionship with the cross,t- symbol and focus of < Christian faith. Comne axiý ceichrate with us. The1ý parish youth group met on Sunday, January l5th. St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet this Wednesday at 7:30 at the Rectory. Next meeting of the Parish Council is February l9th at 7:00 p. m. A few weeks ago, 1 went back to Hockley Valley, that idyllic area of the countryside on the outskirts of Orangeville. The pines and spruce clustered in the rolling his were heavily laden with snow that had fallen that night before. Sunbeams were bouncing around and the valley glistened. Farmers, artists, writers and just plain folks live in the valley. And in recent years, its tranquility has attracted religious orders., There are now four of them that 1 know of, ail Iocated within a stone's throw of each other. They're neighbours. And I've always thought of the string of them as Monastery Row. The first to arrive were the Franciscan Friars. They're a teaching order. Some of themn look like Robin Hood's Friar Tuck. And Friar Terry who showed me around was just as jolly. None of them seemed to mind the ex- huberant inner city kids who were there for a week of religious and nature study. A few hundred yards from the rambling monastery, the teaching sisters of the order, the Felecians, live in a picturesque farmhouse. 1 About a mile down the road are the Christian Brothers. You can get a glimpse of the squat cottages they occupy as you travel along Highway 9. The Brothers are an Irsh order and the Monastery is a training school for novices. The newest arrivais to Monastery Row are the Cisterian Monks, formerly known as Trappists. They have a large modern building and one of the most beautiful chapels 've seen in years. The monks wvere praying silently when 1 went into the chapel. Lay people also had their heads bowed in prayer. They were there on a retreat from the hurîy-burly of city if e. In the spring, the monks-vwilI begin farming their 300 acres, and eventually wil become seîf-sufficient. Father Justin, the abbott, was saying that they had yet to meet the members of the other religlous com- miunities in the valley. So aîthough their order is more than 1500 years old, the Cistercians are stilî the new kids on the block on Monastery Row. SPECIAL! 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