The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 6, 1991 Prom A round j___TeRegion__ Turkey season to run for 19 days The province of Ontario opens its 1991 turkey hunt season on April 29th and which will run for- nineteen days. One of the areas open for the hunt runs in areas from Oshawa east to Kingston and north to Peterborough and Lindsay. Attendance at a pre-registration seminar is a requirement to obtain a wild turkey validation tag at Lindsay for the immediate area. Phone 705-748-6324 for further information. The re-introduction of wild turkeys in the area has been most successful. Aware contract for highway construction The Ontario Transport Ministry has announced the awarding of a contract for highway construction this sunimer for Highway 121 fromt Hlighway 35 at Lindsay north to Fénelon Falls. Extra funding for Durham College Gord Mfilîs, M.P.P. for Durham East bas announced extra funding for Durhami College in the amnount of $392,000. Tlhe funds are to assist Durham College, improve facilities provig better accessibility to the disabled and to improve the institutions physical plant. Bell to provide new area code for area 1Due to the increasing number of phone installation in the 416 aiea Bell is about to introduce another coded area which would include the Region of Durhami and areas west of Toronto. Metro Toronto will retain the 416 area code. The change-over is expected to take place in 1993. What -about this - drop in gas prices Reports bave it that gas prices have dropped - to 46 cen--ts- occasions in the lakefront area and locally prices have been down to 47 cents a litre. Unfortunately it doesn't take long for the p uces to scale back up again. Would have Whitby included in the evacuation area Members of Durhami Nuclear Awareness are callig for dhe Town of Whitby to be included in the emergency evacuation plan as are Newcastle and Oshawa as it regards, the Darlington Nuclear Generating plant. Durham Nuclear Awareness state people within a 30 kmn. radius, of the plant should be within an area which is notified if a nuclear accident bappens at Darlington. Seniors Centre receives $171,OOO The Oshawa Seniors centre will receive $171,000 in 1992 of provincial funding for an expansion of their complex in the City. -This will meet half the cost of the expansion to the complex located at the corner of John and Centre Streets. And noting actiVities of seniors those ini Whitby have raised a sum of $92,000 for the construction of new activity centre at one of the Towns parks. Driving course for seniors Durham College is offering what is callecl, "55 Alive Mature Driver Education" program. Its an older driver refresher course. Further details available from the College. Hydro checking fuel bundies SThree darnaged fuel bundles that caused the shut-down of Unit 2 at the Darlington Hydro plant are being examnined. The bundles are being sent to Calk River facility of AECL for the check-out. Unit 2 was the first unit to be placed into operation at Darlington but was shut-down in January due to the fuel bundle problems. Want more money from Aggregate operators Durham Region had a proposai supported at the recent Good Roads convention asking the province to collect more rnoney from aggregate operators to assist in repairs to roads damaged by-heavy gravel trucks. Durhama has said the one to two cents a tonne is flot enough to keep the roads in repair w 'ith a major portion of the deterioration coming from heavy gravel trucks. Bowmanville student takes part Jennifer Laing, a Bowmanville H-igh.School student, was one of a number of Canadian students taking part in seminars with a similar number of Soviet students for a perioti of a week in Toronto. The seminar was called the Glasnost and the Global Village conference'. Subjects ranged from sexual , equality to the environment. Laing bas said that the enviroament must be approached with ail countries involved with an international approach. She also suggested that the equal rights movemnent may be going too far and that hiring practices may be discriminatory against men. March is Red Cross month The Canadian Red Cross Society, a long-time organization working in the local communities and as well intemationally holds the month of March as Red Cross Society month. They ask support financially through the sale of flowers and as well as that people assist with time. 'Me blood clinic operation of the society is well known in local communities. The Society also provides first aid, water safety and home support services. Further information 723-2933. 416-93 9134 Town recommends Andrew M. Thompson n for Sr. Award The Town of Newcastle is presenting Andrew M. Thompson as the Town of Newcastle's nomination for the 1991 Ontario Senior Achievement Awards program. The Awards programn is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and honours individuals of 65 years of age and over who have made outstanding contributions to the community during their senior years., M.Thompson-is a resident of Bownianville being active for years in education, and other cornrunities activities in assisting his fellow man.i 1-800-ý GM guards now back on the job GYM security guards are back on the job after a three week strike. They arrived at an agreement with (Continued page 11) elill Allinbrook Farm Supplies Discount Pet Food (Petail - Wholesale) Balanced Farm Feed Blatchford Rabbit Food Martins Extruded Horse Feed Cor. of Hwy 115 & Clarke 4th Uine (416) 983-5791 eOo 263-7805 YOUR ONE STOP CROP SHOP' Ask for Our Crop Specialist Mark Lovshin DURING MID-TERM SCHOOL BREAK ln Addition to- our regular Week-end Skiing the OSHAWA SKI CLUB Us Open March I11 to 15 Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and also We dnesday Night until 10:00 p.m. DAILY LIFT TICKET RATES 13 and Under $1 0.50 - (Wed. Night) $1 2.75 Over13- $1 6.00 (Includes G.S.T.) FARMERS' ýFERTILIZER Liquid Fertilizers BuIk Customn Blends Bagged Ready to Use Spreader Rentai, Custom Applications Impregnation CHEMICIALS, HERBICIDES FUNGICIDES ORCHARD SPRAY INSECTICIDES CUSOMAPPLICAION ORONO