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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday,June 26,,19U5 1 Recreation Centre at Senior Lodge in Orono Photo by Jennifer Garland. The recreation hall of the specifically for senior citizens dollar, local seniors can join 'have useof the facilities Durham County Seniors in the Town of Newcastle. the organization to par- avâllable t the community Lodge of Orono is the home For a monthly fee of one ticipate in social events and to hall pictured above. of the 4-T Club organized Photo by Jennifer Garland. Showcase Co-operative feature for June The Orono Cooperative pictured above. The Orono ques consigned by showcase Showcase feature for the Co-operative Showcase con- members for sale to the month of lune is a selection sists of arts, crafts and anti- public. of works from the 1800's as College announces innovation centre Durham College will receive $300,000 in funding - three years from the vincial Government to assist area businessmen in in- itiating business vent ures or. the expansion and technological improvement of existing small businesses. It is expected that service sec- tor. entrepreneurs will predominate and that the em- phasis will be on providing human resources, but the College would also assist in regard to products and pro- cesses. The primary aim will be to help establish or assist small businesses. The College will provide assistance in seven areas. It will help individuals or groups in the establishment of new operations, provide feasibility assistahce, project and financial , assistance, marketing and - sales assistance. It is hoped that some Durham College graduates will take advantage of the program. The College will also help existing com- panies in the application of new technology, the moder- nization of controls, and the introduction of productivity improvements. These com- panies will be encouraged to expand through technology transfer and joint venture op- portunities. Durham will pro- vide the necessary range of training programs for in- dividuals contemplating star- ting a new business, as well as improvement programs for those currently operating businesses. The College will offer utilization of its equip- ment for testing or in the con- struction of prototypes. It will make available limited space and services for new companies as an "incubation facility". Durham will also provide guidance and assistance in the legal and regulatory processes to in- dividuals with no previous ex- posure to the non-technical aspects of making and marketing products. The College is in the pro- cess of establishing a series of committees made up of facul- ty and staff to serve as the basic resource for the various services to be provided. Ex- amples of these are Marketing, Finance, Technical Assistance, Office Systems, and Legal. The chairpersons of these com- mittees will form an executive committee, along with the staff member who will be ac- ting as the General Manager. Through salaries and facul- ty costs, Durham is prepared to match the contribution of $300,000 from the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Trade over the next three years. During that period President Mel Garland states that Durham College expects to have the fees generated and consulting assignments in the various disciplines involv- ed to cover its direct related consulting costs. T.o back up its innovation centre, College staff and facultv have already recorded severai firm initial proposais for operation. For the past Sai Queenl THE FALL OF A WORK- ING GOVERNMENT On June 18th the govern- ment of Premier Frank Miller was defeated in the Legislature as the result of a vote of non-confidence by the two Opposition Parties. Was this vote necessary? I do not think so. To my mind the results of the May 2nd election showed that the people of Ontario wanted to see all three political parties have a degree of influence on government policy. No one party was given a clear mandate to govern, making compromise the chief goal of the legislature. To achieve that goal, Premier Miller introduced a comprehensive Throne Speech taking in the strong points of each party's cam- 'paign. This Speech proposed to create 200,000 new jobs, encourage the construction of more affordable housing and improve healthcare - all without any major tax in- creases. At the local level, we have seen an announcement by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to create a $300,000 in- novation centre at Durham College, in Oshawa, to strengthen the links between three years Durham has used funds provided by the Federal Small Business Secretariat to provide con- sulting services to small business in the Region, and the College is in a position to expand this effort. It has a very active Industrial Liaison Department supplying a wide range of training programs. A wide network exists with business and professional people through our .Program Advisory Committees ' , con- junction with ti Laham Organization for Industrial Training (DO-IT). The Col- lege has carried out major surveys of the Industrial Community for the past two years and although the em- phasis was on training, other needs were identified. DO-IT is very active in local industry and as a committee will cooperate with the College in setting up its Innovation Cen- tre. Durham College has ob- tained North American recognition for its training in Word Processing and Com- puter Integrated Manufactur- ing. It has a unique Canadian facility for the teaching of Graphic Design. It has a com- m at 's Park skill training programs and local business needs. In addition, Durham will be among the 22 community colleges of Ontario that will be receiving increased skill training funding for appren- ticeship, skill training, technical upgrading, business and career action plans. Durham will benefit by more than $3 million from this in- creased funding. Now as you have probably aiready heard or read, the Liberal and NDP parties have agreed that there will be no motions of confidence against the new Peterson government for two years. Having become knowledgeable in the rules of our parliamentary democracy in recent weeks, I know that this agreement runs counter to the spirit of our system. It means that the new Peterson government, and the NDP, have given themselves a blank cheque to do whatever they want for the next two years. It remains to be seen what - kind of government the new Liberal-NDP alliance will br- ing to Ontario. I wish them well, however, I am more than a little concerned about the direction their policy takes. (Continued page 8) puter installation which operates in the three leading operating systems, UNIX, VM/VSE and MS/DOS, in- dividually or in a network mode. It has also added a significant training facility in Robotics. In regard to physical aspects Durham has office and factory spa available at its main campus in Oshawa or in Ajax which can be used as an incubator operation for small industries which nmy subsequently develop from the Innovation Service In- stitute. Durham College President Met Garland stressed the im- portance of the Innovation Centre in helping to create new businesses and to expand existing firms, thereby creating greater employment and increasing productivit y in the Durham Region. Those interested in taking advan- tage of the Centre are urged to contact the Industrial Liaison Department at the College at 576-0210 extension 314, or to write1 to the Qurham College Innovation img, Box 385, Oshawa. THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM Holiday Closure of Sanitary Landfill Site The DARLINGTON LANDFILL SITE will be closed on Monday, July 1, 1985 due to the Canada Day Holiday. Normal operations will continue on Tuesday, July 2, 1985. W.A. TWELVETREES, P. ENG COMMISSIONER OF WORKS