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'C', 1 Il l,'- l l '1', 1 - N 111, WWI P', ,'", " rOrono Weekly Mimes, Wednesday, May 26, 1993 -;:S On April 20th at the Orono arena the Mite and the OMHA Novice hockey teams held an awards presentation and banquet to conclude their respective seasons. SAfter feasting on Pizza and chicken the individual members of each teani were presented widh trophies, teain statistics and other mementos of their successful seamons. The coaches and management of each team were also presented with tokens of appreciation for their contributions throughout the year. We would like to acknowledge the parents who belped make the evening a success with the desserts which they brought. Special thanks must go to Anna- Marie Hogle for ber efforts in organizing the evening. We look forward to seeing you ail back i Orono hockey next fail. Orono Roughley Novice Tearu members; left to right; front row; Chris Kirkbride, Scott Wood, Jeff Thomson, Jacob Bonnetta, Jamie' Rowe. (second row; Justin Standeven, Lee Allun, Collin Cureatz, Tyson Gimblett, (third row): Brandon Hilîs, Glencoe Hogle, Chris Bouley, Matt Reid, (back row) Art Reid, coach; Neil Allin, assistant coach; Anna- Marie Hogle, manager; Dave Hilîs, tramner (Absent: Kyle Moore.) $6 milion--for Oshawa airp ort improvements Those involved ini the Oshawa municipal airport are in full flight over the recent announcement of funding fromn both the province of Ontario and the Federal govern- ment to the tune of $6 million. According to Nancy Diamond, Oshawa Mayor, the funding for the face lift of the airport will bring the Second War airport into the modem age.' The~ project wbicb will create 120 new jobs is subject to a federal assessment bearing. The two governments are sharing the cost $6 million whicb monies will be used to lengtben tbe two runways as well as the construction of a new airport terminal at the north end of the airfleld. The announcement last week attracted politicians and businessmen from the district al noting the benefits to Oshawa, industry and the Region of Durhami. Diamond explained that the expanded runways wil allow use of tbe airport by larger and more efficient autcraft. She said at the present time GM bas to divert some of ils air-traffic to Peterborough as tbe Oshawa Airport wouldnt handie the size of plane. Access to airport will be changed to Taunton Road in the north rather than presently off- Stevenson Road. 1Tbe improvement will allow for quieter planes to make use of the airport. The expansion makes way for an 80 acre business park and Diamond expects a new tenant will move in at the time of completion of the present project, in two years time. lYour opinion beling sought The Region of Durhami Health Department is looking for 10 to 12 people over the age of 52 years ofage to participate in a discussion group, to discuss the social impact of smoking on tbe lives of older adults. The department would like to bear bow tbey can belp change this impact if needed. The discussion will bc beld on June 23rd at 1:30 p.m. in the Healtb department office, 200 King Stret East, Bowmanville. t is expected the discussion will last onie bour. .Refreshments will be served. The discussions are taped for our recording purposes'only and all information is kept confidential. Anyone înterested in attending are asked to caîl Mary Sue O'Connor, 623-2511. GO rail service to stop at Pickerng It bas been an On-and-Off game plan recently for GO rail service between Pickering and Wbitby during non-rush hours. Three weeks ago GO announced a number of rail service cuts botb west, north and east of Metro to cut some $6.5 million from its operating budget., It was ail in accord with the -provincial cutbacks in an effort to deal with a deficit that was to balloon over $17 billion tbis current legisiative year. The cutsi service that were to take effect as of July lst did not sit well with local mayors and Chairman Gary Herrema of Durham Region. In a meeting of GO a littie over a week ago GO had decided that the cutbacks would be held off until GO representative could meet with Bob Rae to discuss the cut- backs. Lou Parsons, Chairman of GO, -off hours met with the deputy Minister of Highways earlier last week. Following the meeting with the Deputy Minister Parsons called a teleconferencewith GO Board members and announced that tbe non-rush hour rail, service would be cut between Whitby and Pickering as previously announced. It is understood, that Gary Herrema bad not been part of tbe teleconference. 1The culs to tbe non-rush hour rail s ervices between Pickering and Whitby are to go into effect as of July 3rd. GO is to replace the rail service between the tivo centres witb a bus service during the non-rush hour periods. Rush bour wil see the GO rail services reacb as far east as Wbitby. The Mayor of Whitby Tom Edwards has said it is a blow to Wbitby as well as the Region. eRtaise over $700,,00 with local car wash The Concert Band netted something over $700.00 through a car-wash, hot dog and soft drink' sale plus a draw on Saturday held at the Armstrongs IGA parking lot ini the Village. The event was organized and planned by tbe Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club -w ith the musicians of the band coming out witb the scrub brushes and wet and dry cloths. Over 60 cars and vans received the attention of the musicians. There was a draw for two Patio Sets obtained through Arm- School. board opposes planned Social Contract as unfair At a recent meeting of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education trustees s upported a suggestion by Wilf Day, Port Hope tru *stee, that the board send off a letter to Bob Rae stating that the cuts proposed througb the social contract are not fair and would not treat ail school boards equally.. The province has been negotiating a Social Contract witb 28 unions representing public employees in Ontario hopef ul of cutting $2 billions troro em- ployment costs. Some $520 million would be shavedoff educational institutions. Day said it bas been stated tbat each budget will be cut equally and tbis would not be fair especially for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board. The local board is more dependent on grants than are some of the more wealtbier boards.- The province and the unions bave yet to settle tbe issue but tbe Rae government cannot wait to0 much longer if tie money is to be saved this year and that the deficit would be reduced this year. strongs IGA. The winners were A. Plummer, Orono and Jane Kennedy.of Kendal. The money will be used to help finance the concert band in the Town of Newcastle. of hockey season Problems yet to be solved on College applications A new system wbich centrally processes students applications for admission to community colleges is creating some problem in ils initial year of ixnplementation. Sucb bas been reported from a number of the western area bigb schools in the N&N system. The new system allows the' student to make application in five different colleges on one application. Tbe application is sent by tbe high scbool to a central location in Quelpb wbere it is processed and then allocated to the prospective colleges The colleges review the information and contact tbe student directly witb acceptance or rejection letters. Guidance beads in some higb scbools point to a number of problems but die head of guidance in the Brighton scbool points out that iltbe first year of operation and that within a couple of years ail the bugs and problems wil be lifted. He pointed out that it is the same system as used by universities but is more difficult due to the fact there are 23 colleges and many more subjects being offéevd. He said, "Ask us tbree years from now and you will likely bear it is a positive experience. GOING ON A TRIP??? GE1TING MARRIED???, Planning a Special Evening on the Town for Dinne, the Theatre or the Big Game??? HOURGLASS I Limousine Service wili get you there and back in safeiy, com fort and style. CAIL TO RESERVE EARLY