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ORONO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1992 Orono skaters do well at Pineridge event GM Oshawa stili, in the bail game Orono skaters did well in a Novice Ladies; Melissa Colville, Preliminary Ladies;, Michelle recent Pineridge competition second in finals, Intermediate Moffat, first in finals Beginners bringing home a number of first Ladies; Heather Goboers , third and Jillian Lemieux, second in place, second and third place in flight, Pre-Juvenile Ladies; flight in Prelimninary Ladies. medals. Adam Colville, first in finals Pre- Kaitlin and Adam Colville (Back row) Michele Juvenile Men (front row) Kaitlin also skated in exhibition Rutherford, third in finals Pre- Colville, first in finals Preliminary pairs. T1own stands fast On rjcino 407-wants alternatives codnsi'dered The Town of Newcastle counicil has held firm as to their rejection of Highway 407 even foliowing presentations by Cliff Lumley and Patrick Reynolds of the planning department of the Ministry of H-ighways. Council did however clear the air as to their former motion with an amendmnit calling for the Ministry to examine alternative means of transportation inceluding the additional lanes tw Taunton road along with expansion of GO and consideration of VIA rail. Reynolds had said in bis Happ,,,enings.. YOU ARE INVITED Thie Armstrong famnily extend an invitation to everyone to, attend the Open House being held on Tuesday, Match 3rd from 7 to 9 p.m. of their new store in Peterborough. The store two-and-a-haif urnes larger than the Orono store is located on Lansdowne Street across fromn the Rockhaven Motel and Restaurant. This is the th-ird IGA store in Peterboroug-h to bc part of the Armstrong chain. THINKING OF CELEBRATION FOR CANADA'S 125th The Orono Town Hall Board have invited Sandy Vale, a co-ordinator for the 125th Anniversary of Canadas birth, to be present at their meeting on Tuesday, Mach 3rd at 7:30 p.mn. Vale will ondline some activities that could be undertaken for the celebration and give tips on how to o'rganize events for the occasion. Indîviduals and especially community group are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. WORLD DAY 0F PRAYER St. S aviour's Anglican Churcli, Orono, is celebrating the World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 6th at 7:30 p.m. World Day of Prayer is a global, ecumnenical movement of informied prayer and prayerful action". lu will be ccelebrated in over 170 counitries of the world. Helen MacDonald will be the guest speaker at St. Saviour's with her hemne 'Think Globally, Act Locally". PANCAKE S COME INTO VOQUE There will bc a pancake breakfast served at the Kendal United Church on Sunday, Match lst fromn 9 a.m till il a.m. The Orono United Church is serving a pancake supper on Tuesday, Match 3rd from 5:30 to 7:00 p.rn. Like pancakes you got it bouh momning and evening. EXTENDING HOURS FOR RRSPs The local Branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is exuending hours for the purchase of R.R.S.Ps on February 26th to 28th when they are open unil 9 p.m. and as well with a Saturday opening from presentation that the former motion of rejection was not clear as to whether or not it was a rejection of onfly the southern route or alI routes. Counc. H-ooper said he felt the message was quite- clear that it was total rejection of 407 and that altenatives [be considered. Counc. Scott spoke of the various imipacts the highway would have in the Town on agricultural lands, ground water contamination and property values. To this question Lumley said the project did have to go through an Environmnental Asssessment when such concerns would be considered. Counc. O'Toole said the issue was not the northern or southern route but rather, what he was hearing, it is a mnatter of "Yes" or "No". "Is it timec to say No", he asked. Lumley said if no move was made it will mnake it most difficuit in the future and pointed to the four-lane 401,by-pass through Metro which in many cases is now up to 12 lanes and more. Counc. OToole said it was timne to get cars off the roads especially one car, one occupant. Counc. Scott stated that 407 would bring urbanization to ail of the Town of Newcastle and spoke of residential development on 403 that continues as fat as the eye can see. Lumley said the technicaily preferred route does maintain farming in the north with (Continued page 12) George Stempel, chairman of General Motors, announced Monday 12 of 21 anticipated factory closings which is to take place over the next- couple of years. He left in suspense the fate of some 3800 jobs at the Oshawa GM operation where there has been speculation that Plant 2 may be one of the victims of the 21 plant closings. St. Catharines was not s0 fortunate where GM announced the closing of its foundry in 1995 throwing 2,050 emplo yees out of work. Two car plants are among a group of five in North America that make mnid-sizýed cars and that are to be reduced to no more than four plant in 1994. The chairmnan annoutnced overaîl GM losses for 1991 of $4.5 billion comparing with a loss of $2.0 billion in 1990 and a eamning .Mayor Hamre on Monday informed council that she attended a provincial meeting, at which time information was presented in the drafting of legislation, that may open the door for local hydro utilities to purchase portions of Ontario Hydro systems such as in Courtice. t would be the purpose that such a miove would lower bydro rates in such a community. It was pointed out that the province is preparing a working draft and that legislation could bc before the legislature in June. Mayor Hamre considered it more Three town residents presented views as to Highway 407 proposai ail in opposition to the plan. John Brudek, R.R. Hampton, said he was here to endorse not to oppose. He said they could not stay on the preserit course of road building but should be considering alternative means of transportation. "Can we not be pioneers and let us bc leaders", he said. He spQke of centralizing governments especially at the provincial level and becomne much more diversified in our tbinking. Margaret Adamson, Bowmanville, spoke of a fair price for lands to be taken for highway purpose and spokec of ber own problem on development that bas taken place on Highway 115. She said she could not think that the highway was a -necessity and of $4.2 billion in 1989. The Canadian operation of GM showed a profit of $323 million in 1991. Although the Oshawa operation went unscathed on Monday the tbreat stili exists as to its future. t bas been noted that the St. Catharines operation was one of the best as to quality and production but that stili did not save it from the axe. In Oshawa the company and Union has yet to comne to terms on an overtimie request from GM. The former chair, Tom Hoar of Local 222, had resisted any change to the overtime agreement. Some feel with the change following the election of a new chair some give may be offered. George Peapples, president of GM Canada bas stated that he hoped to have an agreement on overtime with the Local last August. realistic that such would corne forth by the faîl. She said that the meeting wyas assured that Ontario Hydro would sit down with the committee to corne forth with a workable plan. It was further pointed out that such draft would be carried out in the public realm-. "t would enable us to have a study undertaken to determine the impact on existing customers in local utilities", she said. Mayor Hamre said she was encouraged that legisiation could be handled in a positive way. suggested that the Town grow witbin itself. Garnet Rickard, Bowmanville, stood before council again stating that 407 was one of the most energetic undertaken by the province in many years and was not within the limits of the province financially. He pointed to the down- scaling of GM in Oshawa and questioned that roads made for more industrial growth. He pointed to St. Catherines baving a great road system but they had just lost a GM plant and some 2100 jobs. "We should not be copying Mississuaga", he said, and he pointed out that in the last 20 years the population in Newcastle hiad grown, but by 10,000 residents. Vol., 56, No. 8 __5ree'I2edf 'Tmes» Serving Omono, Newcastle, Newtonvllle,, Kendai, Starkville Some movement noted possible hydro changes Residents teil council. see other than 407 hwy.