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r B - Orono Weekly Tim.,1, W.dneeday, March 24 1993 by Carol-Ann Oster I hope everyone had a good March Break, whether you were sunning yourself on sandy shores, skiing on mountainous terrain, or just taking ini the local activity and taking it easy at home. In this segment there is very littie to write about. Guess people were taking it easy last week. Oshawa General opens cancer clinie The Oshawa General Hospital has opened its expanded chemotherapy and palliative care clinic. The new chemotherapy cîii will allow the treatment of 12 patients at one time, which is twice the former capacity. In the past four, years the number of, outpatient chemotherapy visits to Oshawa had doubled to 4500 per year. The new clinic will be able to handle 6000 patients. Durham to mark 2th Anniversary The Region of Durhami is ini the throws of planning a 12-month bash for 1994, the 2Oth anniversary of the Region of Durham. A special committee of the Region are hopeful of support from community groups to pla n events for the years. A calendar is to be published with ail anniversary activities and a "Bike Tour de Durhamn" is also being consîdered a possibility. Bank of Montreal to locate Port Hope The Bank of Montreal expects to open a branch in Port Hope complete with drive-through services. The branch would be located in the east end of the Town in the area of the Hancock Hardware existing business is located and where Hancock expects te be able to undertake some major expansions in the near future. TMe CIBC is also considering a new branch in this particular area with similar services, as drive- through. Bowmanville museum opening The Bowmanville Museum opens its doors for 1993 on Thursday, April,4th and has pianned the officiai opening for Sunday, April 4th, 2 to 4 p.m. with the special opening of the Marion Wiseman Gallery at 2:30 p.,m. Come see what is new ut the Bowmanville Museum. Information series for those giving care The Durham Region Heaith Department and the Town of Newcastle Community Care The good news is . .. there have been some robin sightings around Newcastle. This means that Spring can only be just around the bend. If you have anything you would like to see in this space, feel free to cail at 983-5301 or 786-2052. organization are sponsoring an information series for individuals caring for an adult famiiy member or friend. t wiil be a five week series from Monday, April l9th to Monday, May 17th. The sessions are two hour sessions from 7 te 9 p.m. and are being held at the Community Care Centre, 98 King St., W, Bowmanville. Further information can be sought by phoning 623-2261. Forest Centre offers x-country skiing The Ganaraska Forest centre has been offering groomed and track- set x-country ski trails this winter which have been in excellent condition. There are trails for novice up te experienced. The cost is set at $6.00 per persons. A chalet is open for refreshments. The service has been more than breaking-even this year. Snow-mobiing trails are also available in the forest and as well as groomed. Fourth generator in operation Construction work is nearing an end at the Darlington Nuclear Plant. The last reactor to be operational, Unit 4, was started up on Saturday, March l3th at 9:.54 a.m.. It is now at low power undergoing testing. Commis- sioning of the reactor wil at least take a month. Full power from the reactor is expected by the end of April. The other three Darlington units are now at 100 percent power and are producing enough power for the needs of three-quarters of Metro Toronto. Unemployînent rate dips in area The Unemploymnent rate in the Oshawa area d ips some in February and 'was some 1.1 percent below the national average which had been set at 10.8 percent. The 9.7 percent rate in the local area matches 11.6 percent in St. Catharines, 12.6 percent Windsor and 10.5 percent in Toronto. Kitchener- Waterloo, Ottawa and London ail came in iower than the local rate of 9.7 percent. Trent University summer courses at Durham Campus Trent University will be offering more than 20 courses this summer in Oshawa at ils Durham Campus. More than 15 différent subjects are-being offered during day and evening ses sions in six, eighit and 12 week sessions. Students can obtain a Trent degree in any of eight subjects, anthropology, cultural studies, economnics, English, history, political science, psychology and sociology. An information session is being held at the Oshawa Public Library on Wednesday, March 31st, 4 to 8 p.m. Further information 416-723- 9747 or 1-705-748-1229. Bethany Church destroyed by ire St. Mary's Anglican Church ini Bethany was totally destroyed by fire in late February. The one- room, ail white clapboard church was built in 1852 and was centred in the community of Lifford. The church underwent restorations a few years ago and was insured for $80,000 at the urne of the recent fire. Volunteers needed, by Block- Parents A number of volunteers are needed within the Town of Newcastle Block Parent Inc. affect.ing a number of public schools in thse Town. ibhose interested in providing some time to assist with the program, a few hours a month, may gain more information by calling 623-7585 or 623-5801. Oshawa Centre updating With a budget of $30 million the owners of the Oshawa Centre are in the throws of revamping the largest mail in the area. Work is expected to continue for a year in updating of heating, lighting, ceiling and other works. When compieted the mail wil have a neW look and house about 184 stores, along with 14 restaurant courts and 100,000 square feet of office space. Newtonville will go way down. The purpose of my letter is to encourage people to write letters to: Mr. Walter Pitman (chairmnan), Interim Waste Authority, Water Park Place, 20 Bay St., Suite 1625, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N8. So please get writing to protest this proposed dump and also remember to use the 3R's s0 we wont produce as much garbage. by Chris Hutchinson" Age Il CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS' NIGHT Thursday, March 25, 1993 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. To discuss Report Cards sent home March 22, 1993 THE:NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWCASTLE BOARD 0F EDUCATION "Leaders us Learning" The Newcastle Community Liaison Group invites you to a PUBLIC M.LET"ING The Topic: The Port Granby Low Level Nuclear Waste Site. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VITALLY IMPORTANT. YOU CAN BECOME PART 0F THE SOLUTION TO LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN THE TOWN 0F NEWCASTLE Letter to the Editor: To the Editer: As we ail know there will be a dump chosen for Durham Region this summer. One possible site is KK2 which is located North West of Newtonvilie way up on a hiiî. People wiil bc affected in many different ways including smeil, air pollution, water pollution, and truck traffic. If this site is chosen it will ruin the Stapieton Dairy Farmn which has been in operation for many generations. The KK2 site also borders a highiy productive apple orchard which also grows strawberries, pumpkins and makes apple cider. The price of houses in