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Orono Weekly Times, 31 Jul 1985, p. 7

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rom Around the SRegion and area Park Road overpass to leave the area greatly changed Wheni the Park Road over- pass is completed in 1988, more than two dozen buildings now housing 35 famnilies will be gone. Three streets will be turned into dead ends, and the level crossing will be replaced by a multi-spani bridge over the CP rail tracks. Preliminary designs, pro- duced by Whitby consultants Totten Sims Hibicki, wo'uld close the Park Road end of Greenwood, Sinclair and Pacific Avenues. The three streets will become cul-de- sacs, with no access onto the heavily travelled Park Road. Construction on the $7 million overpass will stretch from Tresane Street in the south to Quebec Street ini the north. Park Road will be transformed into a four-lane street in thiat stretch and the bumpy level crossing turned into a mut-lti-span bridge. Only final sanctions needed in 43-unit plan for south Oshawa The Durham Non-Profit Housing Corporation ill proceed with plans to build 43 townhouses in south Oshawa. Local residents protested vigorously against the initial plan to build 50 townhouse units on the property at the corner of Wentworth and Simcoe Streets. But many residents dropped their op- position when the corpora- tion agreed to reduce the number to 43. 0f these, 14 bi c berent-geared-to- income, three for handicap- ped and the remainder at market rents. [ME SREGIONAL MUNICIPALITY IDDDD) 0F DURHAM Holiday Closure of Sanitary Landf iii Site The DARLINGTON LANDFILL SITE will be closed on Monday, August 5, 1985, due to the Civic Holiday. Normal operations will continue on Tuesday, August 6, 1985. W. A. Twelvetrees, P. Eng. Commissioner of Works TEN DER I M SEALED TENDERS, f rom Proponents, for the con- tract specified below, submniited in the envelope provlded, to the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, Office of the Clerk, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, LiC 3A6, are invited and will be received by the Clerk until the specified closing time and date: Tender No. T85-11 - Design and Construction of an Addition to Hampton Works Depot Closing Time & Date: 2:00 p.m. (local lime), Wednesday, August 21, 1985 The work consists of Design and Construction of an addition to an existing Works Depot building. Approximately 2,100 sq. feet of heated building area with vehicle wash bay and office, locker room and washrooms and lunch area will be included plus minor revisions to existing building. Plans, specifications and Tender documents can be obtained from the consultants at the address shown below for a $25.00 refundable deposit payable either by cash or certified cheque payable to the consultant. Bid and performance bonds are required. The lowest or any tender not necessarily ac- cepted. i- P.O. No.A1274 Mrs. Lou Ann Birkett, Purchasing & Supply Agent. (416) 623-3379, Ext. 67. Totten Sims Hubicki Associates Consultants 1500 Hopkins Street Whitby, Ontario LIN 2C3 (416) 668-9363 Date*of publication July 31,1985 , I Police pact may go to arbitration Durham Regional Police officers and the region's police commission will meet with a concilation officer Thursday in an attempt to reach an agreement on a new,, contract. The two sides have been meeting off-and-on since last December in an effort to achieve a settlement. ,When the police's contract expired on December 31, first-class constable, who make up about 75 per cent of the department's 389 uniformed officers up to the rank of staff-sergeant, earned $32,850.00, while staff- sergeants earned $39,420 and fourth-class constables on the bottom of the scale $24,463. College course reduces the danger Durham College is offering a new course to hetp those in- volved in transportîng dangerous goods avoid disaster. The four hour course runs Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and costs $60.00, which includes a manual and a completion cer- tificate. CAT Scan campaign goes over top It's been less than two years since Peterborough's CAT Scan fundraising effort took off. Last week the fund went over the top by $50,000, with the campaign' bringing in more than $4,000 per day since it started on April 28, 1984. The location of the CAT Scan equipment in Peter- borough Civic Hospital will provide the residents of Nor- thumberland and the.other counties with immediate ac- cess to the machine which is used to diagnose cancer. Hospital likely to get smaller grânt increase Port Hopc and District Hospital has received word that it will probably get a smaller increase in its provin- cial grant than -last year, allowing the hospital to "sur- vive" and not much more. The total funding increase is estimated to be about 6.5 per cent. That increase would be about a haîf a percent lower than last year. For 1985, the hospital received an increase of 7.1 percent in its provincial allocation. Board send brief about funding The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion will send a brief oppos- ing the extension of separate school funding already under government committee review to Queen's Park. The brief will outdine the potential impact of the exten-, sion of Roman Catholic high school funding on the Nor- thumberland and Newcastle Board. Annual tractor pull last Saturday About 75 contestants from across Ontario fought it out for $2,000 in prize money Saturday at the fourth annual Port Hope Tractor Pull. Vintage, four-wheel drive, souped-up, and the more conventional foem tractors demonstrated their hauling Star Wa rs talks (Continued fromn page 1) Africa, but stopped short of urging sanctions against a4parthecid. M.P. Allan Lawrence said lie endorsed the final comn- munique and that it was quite acceptable. He said the comn- munique "emphasizes that we have not yet come to the conclusion that we should be fully suppo[tivc of it but that we are comfortable that the Americans are engaging in a research, program that stresses a defensive non- nuclear research basis." "We've got to come off our fence-sitting positions fairly shortly, within six mon- ths, if we're going to get in- voilved (with Star Wars research) lin any meaningful way," Lawrence said. The Star Wars program - formally called the Strategic Defence Initiative - is a $26 billion,' five-year research programn aimed at determin- ing the feasibility of a space- based defence system that would destroy attacking Soviet mis;siles before they could strike the United States. power in 10 classes that began at 11:00 a.m. at the Agricultural Town Park. Night School Course guides ready August 12 Brochures outlining night school courses offered by Durhanm Board of Education this faîl, will be avallable August 12 from area secon- dary schools and libraries. The brochures will contain registration coupons which must be mailed in no later than August 31. Registrations are also scheduled Monday, September 9 and Tuesday, September 10 at the schools where programs are offered. Sheppard says he sympathizes with both sides on LNG Northumberland MPP Howard Sheppard says be can sympathize with groups on either side of Consumners' Gas's proposaI to build a $100 million liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in the coun- ty. Sheppard said he has talk- ed to various government of- ficiaIs about the safety and environmental aspects of the proposai. He said he wants to ensure that every step of the legisiative process is followed in the assessment and possi- ble construction of the facili- ty. Council gives $2,000 for Port Hope Day* August 16 is Port Hope's day to ýtrutt it's stuff at the Canadian National Exhibi- tion, and Northumberland town council has decided to give the Chamber of Com- merce the $2,000 it had asked for to help pay for the event. Both indoor and open air events are planned for Port Hope Day at the CNE. The The marriage of Kathy Williams and Rick Annaert was solemnized on Saturday, June lSth, 1985, in St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Oshawa, at 2:30 p.m. by Father Roman Nabereznyj. The organist was Mr. Doug Dewell and the soloist Miss Dawn Flett. Parents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs. Terry Williams, 335 Fairlawn St., Oshawa, and the groom' s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Annaert, P.O. Box 94, Orono. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a for- mal gown featuring a white Alençon lace bodice, decollete neckline and Juliet sleeves with sequins and pearls.. A cathedral length satin train with lace cutouts fell from a basque waistline and was complemented by a cathédral length veil with satin, lace and pearl trim. The bride carried an ail white silk bouquet of amnaryllis, bougainvillea, or- chids, baby's breath and greenery. The maid of honour was Donna Williams, sister of the Bride, Oshawa; and the bridesmaids were Grazia DeFilippis, Oshawa; and Nancy Corry, Sarnia. The flower girl was Kyla Sas, Toronto. Best man was Cliff Bruton, Oshawa; and the ushers were Alf DePaepe, London; and Delbert DePaepe, Delhi; The ring bearer was Jason Lisabeth, London. The reception was held at the LVIV Hall in Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Annaert are now residing in Oshawa. I When its printingI give us a cal 983-5301 n D fl mIfl WIMMLY TIMUS u i% U Il U P.O. Box 209, ORONO, ONTARIO LOS 1NM PRINTING AND PUBLISHING *Letterheads *Envelopes Business Cards * Invoices *Labels *Invitations *Brochures L*NCR Forms* Continuous and Snap-Out Forms k Specializing- in properties with or near Streams and Ponds You may reach Jack HaIIam at his home in Leskard (R.R.2 Orono) 983-5087 or through our Toronto office 465-7527 I - - - -- - ---- --------- - ----- ------ - ---- . . ..... ........ ..... .... .... au" 1

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