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Oroino Weekly Times, Weduesday, June '19; 1985 - 7 Riboncutting- at Orono Exotie Cat Wori'd Last Wednesday afternoon Wolfram and Chris Klose Mayor Rickard said it was Carnet Rickard, Chris and the Orono Exotic Cat World were congratulated in their another new dimension to ahl Wolfram Klose, Councillor opened off Highway 115 promoton of the new com- those things the Town of Diane Hamre, and Sam north of the Village with the mercial enterprise in the Newcastle now exhibits for Cureatz, M.P.P. Durham official ribbon cutting. The Town of Newcastle and what the tourist industry. East. World was opened to the it will mean as a tourist at- Pictured above at the rib- public on Saturday. traction. bon cutting were Mayor ____________ W hat could -Iplease a kid more? Photo by Jennifer Garland nw-1alobeimatd REGION ASKS FOR WTER CLEANUF FUNDS Drham Region wants Qu een's Park and Ottaw,%a to pressure the United States in.- to spending more to dean, up ~,,. Lake Ontario, The regional worksý co- mittee has drafted a letter to be sent to local, federal, and provinicial mnemrbers demnan- ding the U.S. goverp.nent shoulder its share of the burden. Mvembers say Washington has flot lived up to water quality treaties and has actually cut back un spending. Durham Region has spent $17,783,95-1 sîn-ce 1974 on water purification and pollu- tion control plants along the lakeshore. The federal and provincial goverfiments have chipped in another $5.6 million to bring the total to just under $23.5 million Second straight year of growth The value of construction in Durham Region has more than doubled for the first quarter of 1985 over that for the same period in 1984. Permits totalled $69 million compared to $41 million last year. % Industrial construction in the first three months of 1985 was valued at $27.5 million compared to $2.3 million last year. GM Oshawa was the main contributor. Children from the Orono Nuirsery School had the op- portunity to visit the Orono Exotic Cat World last Thurs- FIrom the Region day. Judging from the look on Wayne Werry's face, above, the animaIs in the Tee Pee petting zpo were the cen- Go ink here as early as- '87 now, says Ashe A provincial decision to scrap the GO-ALERT system may, give Oshawa a rapid transit connection to Toronto as early as 1987. tre of attention at the park which officially opened last Saturday. George Ashe, Chairman of the Cabinet Board of Management, said the deci '- sion wvill trim $100 million and two years from'the con- struction of the long awaited rail link. He predicted service could' reach th~e western edge of Oshawa as early as 1987. The transfer point at Picker- Awarded Duke of Edinburgh's silver Linda Neun of Port, Hope has been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh's silver award and the 18 year old is well on her way to earning the gold award. The award is Canada's Most prestigictus award for youths, 14 to 25. The reci- pient must excel in public ser- vice, journey of explorations, skills or hobbies and fitness. compensation at Region jumps Compensation paymnents to Regional workers have in- creased sonie 400 percent since 1976 which is causing concern for Gary Herrema, regional chairman. A report shows 2000 workers submnitted 3W0 daims for compensation in 1984., The Workmnen's Compen- sation does flot pay benefits to Durham employees in- jured on the job. IJnder a plan adopted in 1974 the region pays the province a féee to adjudicate dlaim-s and then pays recipients froni the municipal payroll. Oshawa seniors protest de-indexing 1Ed Walker, secretary of the Durhami Seniors Council, is disturbed with the plan to de- index seniors pensions and states there is an overail dissatisfaction for the plan underway by the federal government. The Durhamn Senior Coun- cil represents somne 30,000 seniors in the Region. Oshawa Iawyer named judge Peter Magda of Oshawa has been appointed a family court judge by the provincial government. Magda has practiced law in Oshawa for the past fifteen years. Teachers receive salary increase Durham Board of Educa- tion Elemnentary teacliers have been awarded a 1984-85 contract giving them an overail increase of 4.81 per- cent. The elemnentary teachers had wanted parity with secondary teachers whichi would have required an in- crease of 6.1 percent. Teachers at Durham Col- lé.ge and other Colleges throughout the province have a new arbitrated agreement increasing salaries by four percent. This brings the teachers and instructors in line with secondary teachers teaching for the Durham Board of Education. Cleanup wiII flot happen over night Donald Cameron, manager of the federal government's low-level radioactive waste office has told Port Hope counicil that they could be stuck with their radioactive waste problemn for a long ti-ne to corne. HAe said even a par- tial cleanup will cost millions of dollars and not happen overnight. "It couldi take 'tens of years' before something permanent exists", he said. Teachers group protests hirmng A letter from the Nor- thumberand and Newcastle Womens Teachers' Associa- tion has been received the local Board of education protesting ther way in which a senior administrator was ap- pointed. The letter stated they were dismayed because the job was not posted and that further interviews were not held prior to filling the senior position. The letter said there were numerous highly qualified women teachers looking for senior positions but are beinig hampered because the posi- tions are not open to staff. The Association is not oh- jecting to the person ap-, pointed but to the fact the job was not open to others. Bob Willsher, chairman of the Affirmative Action com- mit tee has said the board has an, excellent reputation for fairness and that as a general practice the board does post senior positions. He did however say that a recent policy does allow administra- tion to fill positions without making a posting. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO 1985 FINAL TAX BILLS The 1985 Final Tax Bis have now been mailed tŽo al ratepayers and are payable as follows: REALTY AND BUSINESS TAX I st Instalment - PAYABLE June 28,,1985 2nd Instalment - PAYABLE September 30, 1985 Pay Promptly to Avoid Penalty. If you have flot received your Final Tax Bill, please telephone the Municipal Tax Office at 623-3379. 1985 Taxes are PAYABLE ONLY at the locations detailed on the Tax Bill. Failure to receive a, Tax Bill does not eliminate the responsiblity for the payment of taxes or penalty. R.C.' Bryden e 4 l ' Tax Collector. D ate of Publication: June 19, 1985 P-0. No. A 1,046