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Ororgo We kyTms edn-sday, January 12, 1994 -5 Roughley Insurance ends game with a3 to 1loss Roughley Insurance travelled to Bowmanville Tuesday, January 4, 1994 to face the Thursday Night hockey team. The teamn donned their-,red away sweaters to avoid confusion on the ice as Thursday Night wore light sweaters also. The first period was scoreless and attributed te great goaltending by bomh goalies, #30 Jeff Siemon for Orono and # 1 Andrew Milison for Thursday. The second period saw Thursday go up 2-0 on Orono with two quick goals. Orono battled back taking some great shots on net but it was not until 10:39 of mhe thr on a breakaway Considering Hydro Utility mergers Come mhis April mhe Cobourg Hydro utility and the Coîborne Utility are expected to have completed a merger in which the 6600 Cobourg hydro customers will be served by the same utility as that of Coîbome. Port Hope is now expecting te carry on discussion that could have the Port Hope utility making it a three-way merger. Lower costs to the customers is the main objective of the merger., Work moving to the US. A sister plant to Cobourgs Columbus McKinnon company 15 to take over some of the Cobourg 's plant production, hoist chain, affecting a possible 20 employee of mhe 77 in Cobourg. Workers at the Cobourg plant had been on strike since November 5. The union refused to put an offer of two percent each of two years to a vote of its members. The province called for the vote to be held and 44 of the 77 voted, in favour of the two percent for each of mhe next two years. A final decision is expected sometime in January as to the transfer of work to the U.S. Establish committee for hospital studies 1A committee te oversee a study into the future. of the Port Hope and Cobourg hospitals bas been announced. The committee includes management of both hospitals, and people representing, the community health, consumer and agricultural sector. The commîttee is to work with the consultant hired to undertake the work. Northumiberland M.P. heads delegation Christine Stewart, M.P. Northumberland, heads the Canadian delegation to be sent to South Africa to rmonitor the first multi-racial election being held on April 27th., The Canadian delegation wilI also visit South Africa nearthe by #5 Aaron Robinson who was playing center position, mhat Orono finally got on mhe board. This goal was assisted by #3 Michael Knapp. Thursday scored once more in the third period and the game ended 3-1 for Thursday night. T lickets for the -Valentine's dance on February 12 are available from mhe team'representative Julie Price at a cost of $40/couple, alI inclusive. the teami will don their skates again on Wednesday January 12 as they play on home ice at 7 p.m. See you there! end of January in preparation for mhe vote. Canada has allotted $2.5 million to assist with mhe vote' Inereased premiums mount to $225,000 The Northumberland and Clarington Board of Education is now faced with an extra cost of $225,000 due to the 7.1 percent increase it must pay in unemployment insurance pre- miums. The increased payment became due on January 1, 1994. Further GRCA cuts expected Wimh a furUier eut in funding frore the provincial government expected in 1994 at from 15 to 20 percent Conservation Authorities are expecting a further tightening of their beîts. 1The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority are keeping details of its 1994 budget under wraps unil the January2th meeting. Complaints sideline Hlope's Brusher 1Hope Township has sidelined its Brusher which is becoming known as the Monster. The Brusher is a large brusher mounted on a grade used te eut up limbs, brusli and grass àlongside the country roads. Hope residents contend the brusher does not eut but shatters mie smaller growth and is causing damage to healthy mature trees. Enchanted Forest a major prod uction An outdoor walk through an enchanted'forest is being staged this coming September. The musical drama called The Enchanted Forest commissioned by Northumberland's La Jeunesse girl's choir and written by Canadian composer R.* Murray Schafer, will have its world premiere at the 4th Line Theatre near Millbrook. Auditions 'have already been held for the 15 solo roles. Libraries will share services, The Cobourg and Port Hope libraries have starting sharing services with the residents in the two towns and those in Hamilton Township. The two.library cards are useable in eiher library to withdraw books, tapes, records and videos. Through the program it is intended to enhance library service in the three municipalities. On the watch> for arsonists Hope Township has joined the Northumberland Crimestoppers due to a number of suspected arsonist actions. in the township thtis last summer and fail. Several fires were started in the Ganaraska Forest starting in June. It was the first that forest fires had been reported for the past fifteen years. 1An empty barn ire on Sylvan Road was suspect in December and a wooden bridge over the railway lino near Wesleyville in November. Unemploymlent rate jumps The unemployment rate in Oshawa and whitby area has taken a jump forward during the month of December, 1993. The rate went up to 13.9 percetn up from 12.7 percent in November and up from 9.5 percent in December of 1992. The national average was set at 11.2 percent for the month of December 1993. Distress Centre needs help The Durham Distress Centre is looking for volunteers for their 24- hour dayý help line. Volunteers must be 21 years or older for the aduit line or 18 to 21 years for the youth lino. Empathetic, non-judgemental responsible people will be selected for the program and'training in active listening skills and crisis intervention- techniques will be provided. Further information cal 723- 4461. Oshawa courthouse decision 50011 A decision on the building of a new $100 million courtholuse in downtown Oshawa may bc, made prior to the end of January, states a spokesman for the Attorney General's office. Word of the projeet first arose with an announicement by Mike Breaugh, former M.P. for Oshawa, during the course of the last federal election. 1The building would house al courts in Durham and bc built on lands formerly owned by GM on Mary Street. Sales sag for GM in '93 Canadiansbought fewer cars for the fifth consecutîve year in 1993. But for 1994 mie experts expect a seven to eight percent increase in sales of vehicles in Canada. General Motors sales were off 6.4% percent during 1993 while those at Ford was up by 5 percent and those for Chrysler up a major mark ot il11percent. Japanese car sales dropped by' 15.8 percent during the past year. Other auto sales in Canada were off 1.4 percent., Trust fund set Up The family of a woman siain on, New Year's Day in Oshawa is setting up a trust fund for her 19- month-old son. Shelly Taylor, 23, was found beaten to death in her apartment January lst. Her boy friend, John Tavenor, 32, is charged with first degree murder. Donations to the fund may be dropped off at any branch of the Bank of Nova Scoia., Air service out of Oshawa expands---- Oshawa is to get an expanded air service this month by Air One which recently purchased the financially troubled Skycraft Air Transport of Oshawa., Air One which has been operating out of Pearson Airport is moving mosi of its operation to Oshawa. 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