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Orono Weekty Times, Wednes~tay, April Zl~ 1S94 5 m Social Services moving out The Oshawa Downtown Business Association and Oshawa council are making one more bid to have the Regional Social Service 200 employees remain downtown. It is being suggested to Regional council that the region purchase the 10 storey Bond Towers in downtown Oshawa at a cost from $2 to $3 million so that s ocial services could remain in the downtown rather than moving to the plaza in -the west end of Oshawa. It is estimated it would cost $1million to update the Towers. Downtown business expeet to loose $2.2 million over five years due to the move of the 200 employees. United Way receives grant The United Way of Whitby Oshawa Clarington is to receive a one-time $30,000 provincial grant to be used-to train boards of directors of non-profit social services agencies in Durham Region. The United Way will add a further $20,000 to the provincial grant. These funds will be used for staffing and program support costs to co-ordinate the volunteers who provide the training and Consultation. The Volunteer Leadership Development project will conduct workshops throughout Durham outlining board operationsi structure, staffing and personnel issues along with fiscal management and other topics of day-to-day operations. Would flot consider low level waste a threat Dr. Kate Davies, a biochemist, in speaking to a Port Hope audience of 100 said there was no conclusive evidence that low level nuclear waste is having an adverse effect on- the health of Port Hope citizens. However on the other hand she said that there was no evidence that it was not having some effect. She did say that if she was living in Port Hope she would not consîder the waste a threat to her health. Dr. Davies was hired by the Task Force to undertake a review of alI health studies that have, been done in -the Town over the years. She was reporting on her review stating that the studies were inconclusive and ambiguous. 'Tew library WorCobourg A contract for the construction of a new library in Cobourg has been let at a price of $2.62 million, the lowest of 16 bids for the job. The tender is more than, $200,000 under the estimate for the construction. There is an additional cost of from $60,000 to $ 130,000 to dlean-up the soion the site before construction begins. January colder by 10 degrees T'he Past winter in the area was certainly colder than the average winter. Judging from reports from the Peterborough weather station the average temperature for January has been -6 degrees. The average temperature this past January was -16 degrees, the lowest monthly average registered since 1867. February was some better but still the average temperature which has been -8 degrees dipped down to - 11.7 degrees. The snowfall in the area was down to 132 centimeters comparing ýwith an average of 160 centimeters over the years. Evergreen gears up for second year Port Hope's Evergreen project is about to embark on ils second year of operation. The projeet last year visited 448 homes in the Town outlining specific recommendations as to making the homes more efficient in the use of energy. This year the group will finish out the home visits, a total of 600. The province funded the project last year with $250,000. This year the grant is reduced by twenty-five percent and will be Almosi 20) years ago, Young Dr-ivers began iiwith aI We' u'ould teach people to Not just steer. Or turn left. Or parallel park. Or get a licence-(. But actu ali control a vehîcle sa/èly underjust I about every trajfi'c and . driiving (jcondition imaginable! This very Canadian idea lias become the foundation of one of the largest and rnost famous driver training programs on earth. 'We have centers in Europe. And in the USA. 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