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Garduate KEVIN GLEN LOWERY Graduated on May 25, Agricultural Engineering 1984 from Kemptville College Technician. He is the son of of Agricultural Technology James and Doreen Lowery. with honours as an Graduate Graduate DAVISON Karen Lee Davison, daughter of Dorothy and Art Davison, 14 Peter's Pike, Orono, was graduated recent- Iy from the Cosmetic Retail Management Course at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Finch Campus. From Aro the Regio $24,000 for tourist promotion The province of Ontario is prepared to fund up to sixty percent ($24,000) for a tourism development plan for Peterborough and Peter- borough County. The study is to gather in- formation that will lead to tourism strategies which will assist tourist operators, developers, investors, plan- ners and the county to stimulate the tourism economy of the community over the next five to ten years. Karen Chapnick Fibre Work A colourful exhibition of braided sisal wall hangings by noted Vancouver Karen Chapnick opens at the McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa this week and con- tinues to be open to the public until august 5th. JANICE WOOD Janice Wood daughter of Boyd & Doreen Wood recent- ly graduated from Queen's University with her Bachelor of Education. Janice as ac- cepted a position wit ithe Durham Board of Education. )und n Fifteen works are included in the exhibition which orginated with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Admis- sion is free. Jobless rate drops to 5.8 percent Although some areas in Canada are registering the unemployment rate well into the ten this is not the case in the City of Oshawa. Statistics Canada notes a drop nation-wide last month of half a percent while in Oshawa the rate dropped from nine percent in May to 5.8 percent in June. It is cautioned however that a jobless rate for the size of Oshawa and Whitby could be out by twenty-five percent either way. Appointed curriculum co-ordinator - Grant Yeo of Orono who has held the position of prin- cipal of the North Hope Public School in Garden Hill for a number of years bas ac- cepted the position of co- ordinator of curriculum for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion. Yeo, in his new position, will be working out of the board office in Cobourg. Barbara McReelis of Port Hope takes over the duties of principal at North Hope public school. Herrema considering liberal nomination Gary Herrema, Regional Chairman, is again consider- ing the possibility of seeking the liberal nomination for the federal riding of Ontario. The riding is now held by Scott Fennell, Progressive Conser- vative. Doug Dickerson of Picker- ing is also keeping the door open as to his interest in the liberal nomination. Dickerson was defeated by Fennell in the last federal election, 19,944 to 15,536. Make effort to stop lake weeds Scugog Township carried out a spray program last week costing some $2,180 in an ef- fort to eliminate some of the problems with growing lake weeds. High weeds in Lake Scugog in the Port Perry area have been hampering boating as well as swimming in the lake. Best June in five years, GM General Motors of Canada reports that car sales for June 1984 were the best of the past five years. Delivery of passenger cars and trucks increased by 15.3 percent for the month to a total of 53,005 vehciles. Pipe fitters settle back to work Monday Some 900 pipefitters who have been on strike against Ontario Hydro for five weeks settle and reported back to work on Monday. The strike had held up some work at a number of installa- tion in Ontario including the Darlington plant. Still out on strike are 1500 members of the International Brotherhood of electrical workers who have been out on strike for at least two months. Radioactive waste found in ravine A highly radioactive piece of ceramic was found last week in a ravine in Port Hope. The discovery was made by surveyors of MacLaren engineering who are conduc- ting a survey of the ravine in the Town. It has been reported the reading of the remnant was 1000 times the clean-up level. Considering Ball's Miii heritage designation Hamilton Township is con- sidering designating Ball's Mill in Baltimore a heritage structure. The mill, 150 years of age, is owned by the Ganaraska Region Conserva- tion Authority who have been considering the plight of the building for a number of years. It bas been said the old mill is a fine example of Georgian- style and that the whole site is significant because it contains the old water power system $1 million major expansion at General Motors, Oshawa John F. Smith Jr, president and general manager of General Motors of Canada Limited announced on July 6th a major investment of $1 billion in the Oshawa automotive plant with work to start immediately. Smith said the investment will help ensure jobs in the Oshawa area and ite con- tinuation of production of world-class automobiles and trucks for the Canadian markets and as well significantly improve the world-wide competitiveness of General Motors of Canada. Themajor portion of the investment will provide: A $556 million expansion of the Oshawa truck plant subtly integrated with the natural beauty of the area. The Ganaraska does have the building up for sale and it is reported there has been some interest shown in its pur- chase. French immersion teachers in demand Last week it was reported that a proposed grade 1 French Immersion class to be located in Campbellcroft may have to be cancelled due to the fact the board has been unable to hire a qualified teacher. The Board has made ar rangements for accommoda- tion using a cassroom of ihe Separate school Board but with two advertisements in the Globe and Mail for a qualified teacher no such teacher bas yet appeared for employment. resulting in an all-new assembly facility; A $228 million moderniza- tion of the Oshawa metal stamping facilities; A $30 million expansion to the powerhouse and electrical equipment to meet the demands of the expanding facilities; Nearly $200 million will be spent for increased capacity and product improvements in other areas which include in- creasing the capacity of the Oshawa Car Assembly Plant No. 2 from 52 units per hour to 55 an hour. it will also in- clude the installation of a new base coat/clear coat paint facility to ensure high-gloss finish on G.M. prôducts re- quired for the 1985 and 1986 model programs. Commenting on the truck plant program, Mr. Smith said, "we will be taking giant steps forward here, creating a whole new assembly process that will indeed be a factory- of-the-future. Everything in- stalled in this new facility will be on the leading edge of technology as we approach our goal of producing the perfect truck. Three quarters of a million square feet will be added to the existing building resulting in an entirely new assembly facility. The present truck plant, started in 1964 and now hir- ing 2600 hourly and salaried workers started with an hour- ly production of 18 light duty trucks for the North American and overseas market. Projected hourly prodúction has been set at 60 utiits an hour. In commenting on the stamping plant smith said work will start immediately to prepare for the installation of the eight large transfer presses. The facility will employ some 200 and is to be operational in late 1987. The Canada president said a major consideration in the decision to place this high- technology stamping facility in Oshawa was based on the financing assistance provided by the federal governrment ($30 million) and as well con- fidence in the ability of the Oshawa workforce to fully utilize the capability of this equipment to produce world- class sheet metal com- ponents. The return to pro- fitability of the company was also a major factor in the an- nounced investment. 150 robots will be installed in the new truck plant which will be one of the highest number in use at any GM facility. They will do 95 per- cent of the welding, a lot of painting, inspection and material handling. The entire assembly pro- cess will be controlled or monitored through the plant coniputer system. From the new stamping plant, an Automatic Guided Vehicle system will be used in body stamping to convey stamped parts for further assembly in the car body plant. 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