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Orono Weekly TErnes, Wednesday,, May 18, 1994-7 Have been here bqfore Inideed Mrs. Ethel King, Wilmot They meet with another 35 to 40 Creek, and Mrs Mary Rutherford, who were also in attendance to Kirby, had been there before. exchange not only present Possibly flot through the same new happenings but those of the past entrancway but at Memorial when they were on satff at the Hospiti. 1hospital. .The two ladies were atending a. The event, is to become an reunion during Nurses' Week last annual event. Friday. From A run The Regio Painting the town heritage colours Volunteers have completed painting a total of 22 downtown, buildings in the centre of Downtown Cobourg. The painters, have volunteered theïi-tirme for the project which is an area of the business section that does bave a number of empty stores. : The event was sponsored by the Downtown Business Association using heritage pastel colours. Costing lOOs of $1000 The owners of the vacant Cooper Tools building on Peter Stree't i Port Hope say they are losing hundr eds and $1000s each year on their vacant, building in Port Hope. The building is owned by Cooper Tools of Houston. The building is currently on the market for sale but there is some concern that the building may be demolished if not sold. New school on schedule Teconstruction of the Tenry ý_2_ublic School iii Cobourg by the 'Northumberland Clarington Board of Education is on schedule and will be open for school corne September of this year. >At the present time the. construction is under the budget of $4.8 million. Would have Port Hope host COMMUnity Councillor John Floyd of the Port Hope counicil would have counicil pass a motion that the Town enter negotiations with the Siting Task Force on the possibility of the Town being a host community. He states that Port Hope could be left high and dr-y if Deep River decides not to become a host communiîy for the low level nuclear waste in the area. He also points 10 a possible financial benefit. Salmonella found in pets, turtles etc. The Durham Regional Health Unit surveyed twelve pet stores in the region finiding that more than just pet turtles are contaîninated with Salmonella bacteria. The Health Unit is thus- undertaking -a public education program 10 promo te better handling of these pets, especially by children. Samonellosîs can cause stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and usually fever. After handling such pets or anything in their homes hands should be washed with hot soapy waler dirty hands should be kept away from the mouth. Cleanliness is urged of ail pet equipment and a regular change of water in tanks. Further information 905-723- 8521. Having difficulty becoming pregnant For some couples conceiving a baby may be more difficult than bad been expected. About one in every ten couples of childbearing age experiences infertility concemrs. Infertility is defîned as the inability tb conceive after one year of unprotêCted sexual intercourse. For those Wishing more information the Regional Health Unit is offering an evening presentation in mfertility on Monday, June l3th. Guest speaker is Dr. N. Braithwaite. 'Me session is to be held at the Michael Staff building in Oshawa sîarting at 7:00 p.m. Please register by June 6 at 723-8521- extension 2111. Highway 407 "Harebrain"i The author of a letter to the editor in a City paper states the construction of 407 is truly "harebrain'. The writer state@ that it is well, known that the autpmobile is the worsî cause of air pollution and that there'are bettermodes of transportation. Students expélICd for violence The Durhamn Board of Education has 10 Plans tb implement a ef tolerance" approach to violen.ïe in schools as bas Scarborough Board. The Board !las expell.ed students for violent Or disruptive behaviour over the past two years. Although the bdP1'd stites that there are times whéll expulsion is required most cases can besolved' through crisis intèrvention and other methods. Claremont to get community contre Pickering is plalining to build a comimttnîîy ceire, fire hall, library and day care centre in one complex in Claremnont, a community of 600 people at a cost of $2.1 millionm The project wli'ld be funded under the Infrastructure programn with the cost Split between the federal, provincial and local municipal govern~Ll Whitby awaits new boat launch The Town jf Whitby is awaiting approvâl from the Ministry of the Enviroflmeflt 50 the Town could preed with the construction of a new boat launch opposite the Whitby General Hospital. The Minislry bli e t 1 CIe= the way for the construction as the Site had been u-ged in the past as storage for waste dredged from the harbour. 11 The project ha@ been in the process for five ymar,. Suspect arson 1 in rail fire Durham Reglonal Police expert arson as caule of a fire of a two-deck rail car oarier parked in the Thoruton Rogd area on the CPR line. 1 The carrier at th@ Lime carried eight 1994 haîf-ton pick-up trucks, GMC. Damage enlimated at $300,000. Durham bridge an award winner The engineering firm of Totten Sims Hubicki Associates' Ltd. was named the recipient of the 1993 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction's Ontario The award wenî to the engineering firm as a result of their design of the W. A. Twelvetrees bridge which spans Du fferin Creek on Taunton Road. The span is 1050 feet some 100 feet above the Creek bed. Whitby gets infrastructure funds The Town of Whitby is the first municipality in Durham to get word of approval of an Infrastructure project . Whitby bas received approval for the funding of expansion of their Senior's Aclivity Centre along with playground equipment for two parks in the Town. The total cost of the project is $1.5 million which is 10 be shared $75,000 each by the feder- ai/provincial/ local forms of govemiments. MP Ivan Grose gets ear-full Construction workers prolest further Unemployment Insurance Cuts in front of MP Ivan Grose Oshawa office Iast week. -Grose- told the picketer that the UIC plan bas been subsidized for years and that everyone bas to share the hurt. He said he would stand behinti the liberal plan to make the cuts. It was said that the cul would sl ash 14 weeks off the total dlaim. Speed up 407 highway plan Bob Rae announced last week that the-construction of 407 will be underway this year having a total cost of $1 billion. 1He said the project would make employmenî for tens of thousands. MPP Drummond White said that the highway will reach Durhamn Region in a period of ten years being aI the Whitby/Ajax border by the year 2004. The enîry mbt Durham within the next ten years is not in the works as far as the Ministry of Transportation is concemned., The Ministry states that no schedule has been set as far as Durham is concerned.' Il is also noted' that the environmenî assessment has yeî to be undertaken for the Durham portion. The first section of the highway covering some 36 kilometers from Highway 410 in Brampton 10 Highway 404 in Markham is scheduled 10 be completed in 1996. The extension of the Highway 407 to Highway 48 is expected 10 be completed by 1998 and over ils entire length, at that lime, would cost $929.8 million. 0~ONO SHOWCAS Antques and Collectibles'Show l june 4 & 5, 1994 Rain or Shmne ADMISSION $4.00 1Corne out for a great day of famnily fun at the ORONO FAIRGROUNDS Saturday 2 p.m. - Dusk; Sunday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. For information cal Francis Garrett (905) 725-6858 ,Ior Maureen O'Mahoney (416) 484-6287 24 )R EC SEPTIC SERVICE CALL (905) 983-5647 MOBILE (905)A432-4834 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL - Environmentally Friendly - © Owned and operated by Dwayne and Alvin Souch.