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Orono Weeklyr Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1991-1 Port Hope plant closing - 200 jobs lost Cooper Tools in Port Hope is to close with the loss of almost 200 jobs of electrical equipment workers. The closure will take place over the next ten months with production being absorlied in a U.S. plant in Alabama. It bas been stated that the market i declining and the company must lie kept competitive. Plan to reform court system Judges will double up in the Oshawa courtrooms in an effort to break the back log of cases that do pile up. The announcement was made by Attorney General Howard Hampton of the NDP government. Instead of one judge sitting fromt 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a single courtroons two judges will take over with sitting from 8 a.m. tilI early afternoon while another carnies on from early afternoon until the evening. Some 30,000 cases across Ontario were dropped last year due to the back log and the delay of time iliringing cases to, court. Investors will recover little Most of some $17 million front investors in the Durham area investing in a Consortium Group are expected to lose most of their investments. Some 1,265 investors have registeredas creditors. t lias been estimated that the return will lie something like 6 cents on the dollar. Volunteers Aed The Distress Centre Durham is looking for volunteers to help with an icrease in calîs due to the new 911 emergency service phone number coming into action on May lst. Wîth the institution of 911 it is felt that more calîs will bie placed for hielp from the Distress Centre. Two training sessions are lieing held for the volunteers starting early i April. More information by phoning 723-4461. Not as bad as in the 1930s Althougli Nellie Koîl lias sympatny for GM workers laid off of their job-, she says it cant lie as bad as she had felt during the the depression of 1930 when she was a laid-off employee at GM. It is stated that one i five i the '30s depended on government relief. Overcrowded cat shelter The Oshawa and District Humane Shelter is piling up with cats with 84 sheltered in accommodation set for 60 cats. Thie cats are kept until they are adopted and adoption is not enougli to keep pace with the cats comig into the shelter. '_ charge of $35.00 is set for adopting a cat from the shelter. Judge cracking student violence Provincial Judge Johin Burk, provincial court Cobourg, lias jailed ther area youth for an -érovoked assault on a fellow student. The nineteen year old students pleaded quilty to assaulting a fellow student on a school bus. He was sentenced to seven days and in addition was placed on probation for a year. This is the second youth that the judge bas sentenced to jail in less than a month. Bob Attersley being opposed for mayor Bob Attersley who had been mayor of Whitliy for the past ten years will have opposition at the polIs again this year from a former rival Gerry Emm. Emm contested the mayor seat in the last election and lost to Attersley by a 1000 vote margin. Attersley is also placing lis name on the mayor's ballot. Live in a violent Society Durham teachers were recently told that "we live in a violent society" with violent images everywhere we look. The Rambo movie series were outlied as one such violent image in which we live. It was stated that one i every ten women were abused by their spouse and that in a classroom 3 to 5 children may well live in a household in which violence exists. Wildlife concerns hait marsh drainage The province of Ontario lias halted plans by CLOCA to drain and rehabilitate the Cranberry Marsh in south Whitby. The Conservation Authority with the assistance of Ducks Unlimited wanted to draw the water level down in the marsh 50 that the marsh could rehabulitate itself. It lias been said that the marsh is dying. The province has concems for other wildlife mentioning turties, frogs and other amphibians. Jim Richards of Orono, president of the Second Marsh Defence Association, also bias concemns saying that more studies are needed. Expect to plant 200,000 trees Root Action, a voluneer non- profit group, intend to plant somne 200,000 seedling trees this spring. The prograni was first instituted a year ago by Chantal Patenaude, an air-line hostess when 75,000 seedlings were planted. It is hoped that from 3000 to 4000 people will turn out to -undertalce the task with many sites on the list for planting including aliandoned gravel pits. Faîl Fair lIn Jeoparcly Port Hope's 159-year-old fal fuir may lie in jeopardy if town counicil doesnot help pay for a study on the Agricultural Park. Council's parks, recreation and culture comm-ittee commissioned a study on aIl town parks in 1989, and proposed another study lie completed on the Agricultural Park alone. Without the study, said Doug Wright past president of the society, it will lie impossible for the town to solicit government money for construction of new biuildigs. He estimnates the cost of the study at about $40,000. Report Recommends Change MPP's Income A report by the Ontario Comn- mission on Election Finances is recommending to reform the way MPPs are paid. MPPs are now receiving $43,374 per year plus a tax-free expense allowance of $ 14,548, for a total of $57,922. They also receive additional money for sitting on legisiative committees. The report recommends that MPPs receive an annual salary of $76,603, ail of it taxable. Grant Used At JaiI The Cobourg Jail and the Brookside Youth Centre will share a $45,000 provincial capital project grant. The money will go towards reducing the air-quality problem the 84-year-old jail bias had for the past five years and also for the samne problemn at the youth detention centre. The work is expected to be completed by Mardi 31, 1992. Hope Township Predicts 28% Hike A 28-per-cent increase in taxes levied by Hope Township was predicted ini a preliminary budget report released recently at a township finance committee meeting. The township is expecting to levy $9 14,786 from its taxpayers this year, compared to $715,626 last year -an increase of $199.160. 0f the total inecase, $121,468, is for the township's fire departmnent for the purchase of a new fire truck and safety equipment and to cover operating expenses. Tree Planting, Tree Marking, M.N.R. Can Help Don Busch, Forest Foremnan The Private Land Forestry Program of the Ministry of Natural Resources brings unit techicians and landowners togethier to promote management of woodlands and reforestation of idie lands. One compontent of the Private Land Forestry Program is the Forestry Advisory Service. Through this service, technicians meet with landowners and provide teclinical advice for tree planting or woodlot management plans. Tree marking and assistance with the sale of forest products are also part of the program. The landowner is responsible for following through and getting the work completed. Sho wingi înterest in energyv efflcîency,, blectrrclly cuiisuiners in Ontario are showing increasing interest in energy efficiency. A number of Ontario Hydro promotions, such as the recent rebates for compact fluorescent bullis, attracted over 130,000 sales -- well beyond the 20,000 initially planned. Requests for incentive dollars are also continuing to flow from customers in Hydro's commercial class, which includes under a program called Savings By Design. Commercial customers get cash incentives for installing energy January, cheques totalling over $ 10,000 were mailed out, including $4,000 to the Haldiniand Board of Education in Cayuga, $245 to the United Steelworkers of America in Sudbury, and $1.130 to Oliphant Electric Wholesale Co. Ltd. of Belleville. COMPLETE CAR & TRUCK REPAIRS DIESEL ENGINES - CUMMINS, DETROIT & CAT RADIO DISPATCHED TOW TRUCKS MOBILE MECHANICAL SERVICE TRUCK R R 1 ORONO, ONTARIO 4 MILES NORTH OF 401 LOB 1 MO ON HWY 115&35 PHONE (416) 983-9151 MERVYN B. 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