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O:ronQ Weekly Times, Wednesday, JuY 23, 1997, ý5 Newcastle Lion ess donate to hospital Mrs. Shirley Robson, Memorial Hospital Foundation Board Member, is happy to accept a cheque in the amount of $1 ,000 from the Lioness Club of Newcastle. Pictured are:, Kaye Quinney - Lioness Treasurer. Kay Powell - Secretary, Shirley Robson - Hospital Foundation Board, Marilyn Martin - Lioness Past President, Carol Bromell - Bill 136 recently intro- duced by the Mike Harris gov- erniment is yet another battle to be fougltin. the comlng weeks. Many people believe that Bill 136 is just the thin edge1 of the wedge before Harris and bis followers even- tually trash the Employment Standards Act, which has over the years been the set piece whereby basic workçing conditions are maintained and govemned., At least five. unions are band together to fight Bill 136. There is also the possi- biity of a province wide strike by municipal and hospital workers represented by CUPE, provincial workers represented by OPSEU, the Service Employees International Union, the Ontario Catholic Teachers' Association, the Ontario Secondary Teachers' Federation and the Amalgamated Transit Union. Banded together these work- -ers can cause havoc across the province, should that be their eventual goal in order to achieve faimness in the work place. Our beIieief the ability of the Harris govemnment to act on our behaîf has been shat- tered by their own class inter- ests. They well understand that their own ciass interests are best served when their supporters are left free to pur- sue unfettered and luntaxed their greed and power. We now hear about Conservatives from yesteryear, crying out for a stop to the Harris led polit- ical mayhem or risk forever being lost in the political wilderness corne the next election. Wiil changes hap- pen? 1 doubt it. The alternative to- the pre- sent governiment w~il have to Charge Nurse - Same Day Surgery. Mrs. Martin noted that the monies were raised tbrough the sale of Nevada tickets. The donation will go towards the purchase of an "eye bed" - a special stretcher that is equipped so that a patient does flot have to be moved to an operating table for cataract surgery. When patients check into the day by Gord Milîs be able to create a, sense of social solidarity and public good: the sense that we are ail in it together. We need someone to show how the money spent today on social services heîps ail of us by avoiding higher costs down the road. We need to show that it's in everyone's interest to protect the enviromnent, to provide an infrastructure of public goods and services like schools, public transit, dlean water, cheap electricity, and sewage systems for small communities, and iastly, to create a climate of social peace. The slash and humn men- tality of the Harris govern- ment isn't the solution to our collective !Ils. Their planned for and deliberate confronta- tion with labour in Ontario, which is just in the brewing stages, has no place in an Ontario where the Employment Standards Act has stood the test of time as being protective of workers and fair to employers. Recycle N-ewspaper ServcesandRepaîrs To AUl Makes Of Vehicles Used Auto Parts e Complete Auto Body Servce , Used and New rires Servce Cals surgery unit, hge or she wîl remnain in the samne bed throughout the entire proce- dure. These stretrhers are the first of their king and the Hospital will'bë reeeiving the prototype for use by the end of July. The Ophthalmology DepartmentÎs i~ need of three of these speciaflzed stretchers at a cost of $21,000. To date $15,505 has lieen donated specifieally for the "eye beds". New governmeflt industry agireement Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (WAC) Minister Lyle Vanclief and HlUWS Corporation of Palgrave, Ont., announiced the signing of a four-year collaborative researchi agreement. 1The project will test the agronomic and environmen- tai effects of applying comn- posted solid waste to agricul- tural fields using variable rate technology, and measure the effects on plant development and yield over three growing seasons. Facilities which use the Herhof Composting Bioceil, a high technology composter, will supply the compost for the experiments. HUWS cor- poration is the North American manufacturer and distributor of the Herhof Composting Biocell.. Funding for the $200,000 project will be provided j oint- ly by AAFC and HUWS Corporation under the feder- ai government's Matching «Investment Initiative (MII). The MII invites the private sector to invest in agricultur- al research and deveiopment by matching any investment dollar for dollar. "In today's competitive eco- nomic environment, research is exrernely important to the agric ulture sector," said Mr. Vanclief. 'The MII has been an effective way of funding research efforts; industry has made extensive use of it." A total of $20.4 million for more than 700 MII projects across Canada was invented by AAFC in 1996. By the end of the century the MII could be pumping as much as $70 million a year tato new agri- culture research and devel- opment. Clarington libi for month of f SUMMNER READING CLUB The Clarington Public Library invites children of al ages to "Read Around the World" this summer! If you Imissed our kick-off, you can still sign up for the Club at any branch, at any Urne. For kids ages 6 and older, activi- ties will be held throughout the summer at all three branches: Clarke Branch: Tuesdays 1 - 2 p.m. until August 19 - Bowrnanville Branch: Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. until August 20 - Newcastle Village Branch: Thursdays 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. until August 21. Children ages 3 and up are invited te, listen to 'Tales for Travellers", our family story- tirne program this summer. featuring stories frorn around the world. Join us on Wednesday. August 6 at the Bowmanvllle Brandi from 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. and at the Newcastle Village Branch on Thursday, August 7 from 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. No registra- tion is required. ýrary events \ugust 1997 Our "Worid-Famous" Puppet Show debuts on Wednesday, August 13, at 2:00 p.m. at the Bowmanville branch. Tickets can be picked up thirty minutes before the show on a first-corne basis. Children ages 3 and up are invited to join us for some ".world-class" fun - let us entertain you! SUMNER HOURS Clarke Branch: Tuesday to Thursday 12 p.m.- 8 p.m. and Friday 12 p.rn. - 5 p.rn. Newcastle Village: Tuesday to Thursday 1 p.m. - 8 p.rn., Friday 1 p.m. - 5 p.rn. and Saturday 9 a.m. - i p.m. Bowmanville Branch: Tuesday to Thursday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.rn. and Saturday 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Ail locations are closed on Sundays and Mondays. NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOME Fhtneral4hrfector -Carl Good *Personal, professional, affordable service, with 25 years experience meeting families' needs, ncluding cremation and memorial options. Prepayment terms of up to ten years. 386 Mill Street South, Newcastle (Jusr forth of 401- ParCtig offr1<pbert Street) (905) 987-3964 RESI DENTIAL MORTGAGE RATES Owner Occupied 6 mo. 4.90% 1 year 5.10% 2 years 5.75% 3 years 6.25% 4 years 6.50% 5Syears 6.50% RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Cali us for other deposit rates and services' including FREE PERSONAL CHEQUING. Rates subject to change without notice. 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