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Three named to waste committee There are three new additions to the Hope Township group trying to solve the radioactive waste problemn in the township. The three members are: Susan Erskine Elgear, Jim Sculthorpe and Dave Watson. 0f the ten member committee seven members have served on the committee in the past. The Town of Newcastle is expected to name membership to their Community Liaison committee in the very near future. Port Hope wins out over Trenton 1Port Hope once again defeated Trenton in the annual Participaction Challenge held last Wednesday. Port Hope had 53% of its residents take part some 6,268 while the response in Trenton reached 38 percent or 6,057 of its 16,000 residents. Complax cutting 100 jobs The workforce at Cobourg's Complax Corporation will shrink from 185 workers to about 50 by August. The company 's vice- president said that the company's problems had not gone away and that in fact they had accelerated. The company makes plastic components for the auto industry and has lost two contracts to other firms. One of four in Olympie race Caro Angus,. 19, of Canton after a Collingwood equestrian event was one of four Canadian riders that had earnied qualifying standards as a possible team member of the Canadian tearniWho will compete in Barcelonia this summer. Brighton chiid dies of meningitis A six year old Brighton girl who attended the local elemnentary school is the province's latest victim of meningitis. The girls name has not been released. Hawkins teacher fired, A 45-year-old teacher has been fired for what the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education has called an "improper and inappropriate relationship with a 14 year old female student. Ronald Raine, of Cobourg, faces a criminal charge of abduction involving the sanie gil. Building continues but sluggish Local construction remains sluggish in 'the Port Hope, Cobourg, Hope and Hamilton Township areas for the first four, months of the year. There has been little change .Tom that of 199 1. Planner would cut density Port Hope counicil hias been told _6y aplanning consultant that council should consider reducing density in the 650 acres that had been annexed to the Town from Hope Township. The consultant said the lands should accommodate no more than 4500 residents, haîf the number being considered by Town counicil. Union asks medicare support Residents visiting the Northumberland Maîl for a two day period were asked to sign pledge cards to "keep medicare healthy'. SIt is part of a national campaign launched by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents a number of health-care professions including registered nursing assistants. To consider two bags of garbage Cobourg wil once again give consideration to the volume of garbage to be allowed at the curbside. The magic figure this time is two bags and the decision is expected this week. Rentai vacancy rates climb Rentai vacancy rates have climbed to 7.5% of available rental units in April from 4.9% last October. Two and a half years ago there existed a zero rate in both Cobourg and Port Hope. Custodians get 5% pay hike Public sehool hoard unionized custodians, teachers assistants, cafeteria workers and warehouse workers have received the same pay raise as had teachers earlier this year - 5 percent. But the pay raise will be spread over a two year period instead of one. Towns want use of dloser dumps Port Hope and Cobourg are out to convince Queen's Park to loosen restrictions on the use of county- run dumps. At the presenit time the two Towns must use the Seymour dumps which means hauling garbage across the county at a cost ofadditional thousands of dollars each week. Garden His developers asking for more time Two developers of Garden Hill sub-divisions are asking for a break in their agreement with Hope Township counicil to allow themn to delay paving the roads and avoid installing street lights for a year. The two developers state they do not have enough money to compleue their end of the agreement due to low sales. Vol-1unte ers needed for Orono Basebal Following a coaches meeting on Wednesday, May 27th with Orono's basebail convenor Art Reid, a number of concemns were addressed and resolved. One problem remains outstanding - a lack of volunteers for the following duties: Uniform Convenor, Fundraising Convenor, Sponsor Convenor, and Newspaper Convenor. 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