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6.Orno Weekly Thnm, Wednesday, JmaIv 24th, 1M8 At the recent Orono'Hîgh School re-union There was conversaion ail over the plcae at the recent Orono High School re-union held at the Orono Arena. Oshawa, Marie Hooey, event and Faye (Nicholson) Pictured above are Jean Orono, Wayne Kennedy, Burnham also of Orono. (Tamblyn)MacDougal, Orono and promoter of the Municipal Board (0MB) ordered electoral system, is stili waiting for legislative ap- proval from Ontario's MPPs. The legisiation - knownl as Bill 27, a bill Io amend the Municipal Elections Act - has received first, reading at Queen's Park, but when MPPs went home for the summrer last Friday, the bill was one of a hiandful of laws that didn't get final approval. Technically, the legality of Oshawa's ward system can be challenged in the courts, but city hall staff and a spokesman for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs say the, delay in the passage of Bill 27 wil not staîl the ward systemn's use this fali. Grits waffle on closuire Vince Kerrio, the minister of natural resources and energy, said Wednesday pre- election plans to scrap the $4.5 billion power plant may not be feasible in the face of practical considerations. He insisted the station is not necessary, but said the government's hands may be tied by the cost of cancelling the Hydro project. Durham Region has pro- tested plans to close the sta- tion with its 4,500 jobs. Council lias asked the premier to meet with Regïonal Chairman Gary Herrema as soon as possible to discuiss the review. Oshawa feaitured fin Ontario pavilionl The streets of Oshawa, a flock of geese flyinig over Lake Scugog, and General Motors plants are featured in a film that will be shown toW visitors-to Ontario's Pavilion at British Colum-ibia's Expo 86. The pavilion, which cost $11 million to build and $8 million to run, will be the provînce's contribution to, the fair, expected to attract about Il million people to Vancouver. Legitiîmate Programs won't Be 4urt by Grit 'Review Sweeney A Liberal decision to review a wide range of Tory funding announcements will- not affect "legitimate" pro- grams, says Social Services Minister John Sweeney. Sweeney said funding for the $5.3 million expansion of Bowmanville Memorial Hospital and an increase in the number of regional daycare spaces and extended care beds should emerge unscathed. Brooklin man dies in accidIent A young Brooklin man was killed when lis golf cart over- turned at Newcastle Golf Course Saturday afternoon. Terry Dean James, 19, of 58 Baldwin St., and another golfer were driving the cart down a steep hill when the cart rolled over about 5:30 p.mi., Durham Regional Police said. Dear Mr. Mfl Just wanted te thanlç you for ail your help. That cler you mixed was just perfect for oui' exterior walle. You and KEM made ail thte difference. EXTç-r.ERIOR PAINT SALJE F r ornftwd 9 It didn't take long for three Doug Gamsby now of Maartense, Ottawa and P'aul togerfier at the reoent 0rono buddies of former years, Orangeville, Cornelius Rutherford of Listowel to get High School re-union. Fromn A round the Region (Continueci trom page 5) TVO won't put tower in Gore's Landing TV0ntario has decided against building its con- troversial Gore's Landing transmission tower. The deýcision, announced by Northumberland MPP Howard Sheppard and cou- firmed later by TVO, means that both the group fighting the tower and the 185,000 residents of Northumberland County and the Peterborough-Lindsay area appear to have come out win- ners. Rather than build the 500-foot tower in a farmer's field about a mile south of Gore's Landing, the network now plans to put its transmit- ter on an existing CBC tower at Harwood, about five miles away. Radioactive waste dlean-up underway at Welcome site. Gary Vandergaast, an en- vironmental scientist with Elorado's Port Hope opera- tion, said that 20,000 cubic metres (about 3,20 0 truckloads) of radioactive_ soil is being excavated froin three properties adjacent to the site and wilI be deposited back into the dump. It will then be covered with topsoil and seeded down. Opposition to LNG plant mounting Consumers' Gas and op- ponents to the company's plan to build a gas storage tank in Haldimand Township are on a collision course with no chance for compromise, says Ted Stratas, head of the township's protest group, in reaction to Consumers' an- nouncement that it wants to build its $100 million facility in Haldimand., Consumers' announced that a 445-acre site, about 1.5 miles north of Grafton, is the prime choice for its liquified natural gas (LNG) plant. The site is bounded to the west by County Road 23. The coin- pany's decision camne after months of analysis of six, possible sites i n Nor- thumberland. Ward systemn stili open to legal challenge The legal question about Oshawa's new ward systein remains unresolved, because an omnibus bll, that was in- tended by the former Pro- gressive Conservative govern- ment to tidy up the legal loose ends-surrounding the Ontario t4LFLAT' Also on Sale: Latex Gloss and Alkyd GlosS w7 we made our naine mhbardware Rolph (Dom inion) Hardwarçc -Main Street, Orono - Phone 983-5207 il Pfflffl l I's-a 1 !!mi mot