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< ! i The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, January 8,1992 21 Isabelle Challice -- 983-' / Quote -"Blessed are those, who can laugh at themselves; They will have endless amusement." amusement." Sympathy of community to Alan and Marlene Risebrough in the loss of Alan's mother, Mrs. Amy Risebrough who passed away December 31. Christmas day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace Wallace and family, Oshawa, included included Mr. and Mrs. Barry Staples Staples and Tanya; Mr. and Mrs. David Staples, Aaron and Alicia, Alicia, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Staples, all of Orono, Mrs. Alan Clarke and Jim, Bowmanvillc. Bowmanvillc. In last week's news of Christmas party, held at Durham Durham Sr. Complex, a donation of ($300) three hundred dollars was sent in to Salvation Army, in place of gift exchange. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Challice spent several days last week visiting their daughter, Mrs. Denise Warren and family Peterborough Peterborough and all enjoyed New Year's Day dinner together. together. The holiday weather has been excellent for travelling and our snow has all disappeared, disappeared, almost like spring on Sunday. Late Friday, January 3, our local drug store was the scene of an attempted armed robbery. However, the thieves were frightened off and left in a hurray! hurray! Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fcclford, Mcaford, were Saturday callers with her mother, Mrs. Inez Harris, and other relatives in area. New Year's Eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. Les Alldrcad, Oshawa were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Alfred Piggott. New Year's day guests of Pigolts were Mr. Clarence Burleigh Burleigh and Mr. John Robinson, Sarnia. John returned to Sarnia on Wednesday night, where lie is employed by Ontario Hydro. Quite a number of Orono residents have already left for the sunny south. Too bad they're missing our January thaw! New Year's Day guests of Mrs. D. Bailey and Mrs. E. Billings Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bailey, Tim and friend Tracey Kelly, Newcastle, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kinunctl and family, 'Clean, Natural Fires with Automatic Controls RreplDEE Pius' 900 Hopkins St. at Burns Whitby 668-3192 Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Bill McNaul, Oshawa. An excellent response to the Community shower, held Sunday, Sunday, January 5, in Kirby United United Church. Not just locally but from as far away as Courticc, Bowmanvillc etc. The shower was for Mr. and Mrs. Dave Holmes and family, who were burnt out recently in Enterprise. Enterprise. Orono United Church News A good attendance at Sunday Sunday morning service in Orono United Church, with Mrs. Carol Carol Yco giving the children's story. The choir rendered "All Through The Year" and several several familiar Christmas carols, still much enjoyed by audience. audience. Reverend Clappison gave a very timely message entitled "Tick Tock." urging us to make better use of time, and especially now, at the beginning beginning of New Year. Happy Birthday greetings to; David Allin, January 6, George Carson January 8, Christine Kent January 8, Hailey Hailey Mullen January 9. Greeters at doors - Carol and Wayne Bailey. Ushers - Donna, Don, Andrew Andrew and Kevin Scott. Choir practice will resume Wednesday, January 8 at 7 p.m. in lower C.E. auditorium. Orono - Kirby Session meet Tuesday, January 7 at 7:30 p.m. Quin-Mo-Lac Memories story written this week by Dorothy Dorothy Robinson, a committee member. We are proud to announce announce we have gone over our goals for 1991 for Quintc-Can. A sincere thank you to all who look part in the Advent 'services, during December. A special thanks to Reverend Clappison for the beautiful candles. Oshawa Presbyterial U.C.W. workshop at Kings- view United Church, Oshawa, Monday, January 13 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Registration $1. Bring brown bag lunch, beverages beverages supplied. Programme is three rotating workshops. 1. Needs of Women 2. Preparing worships 3. Ideas for 30th U.C.W. Anniversary in 1992! For more information please call Thelma Gilbank 983-5972. Social News Mr. .and Mrs. Norman Fisher, Fisher, Guelph enjoyed Christmas day with their grandmother, Mrs. Sadie Hamilton, Durham Sr. Complex, Station Sir. Mr. and Mrs. William Tam- blyn arrived home Sunday afternoon afternoon after motoring out to Winnipeg to visit their daughter, daughter, her hubby and of course Van Belle I Floral Shoppes ...much more than a flower store! •tighwyNo.2 • King St W, Oshrn • Slmco«St.N., Oshiwi • tOOOunduSt. W., Whitby OWto Ovdms Ud. PUBLIC MEETING HIGHWAY 407/TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR The Ministry of Transportation is undertaking a Route Alignment and Environmental Assessment Assessment Study for the future Highway 407/Transit Transportation Corridor from Highway 48 in Markham to Highway 35/115 in Newcastle. In June 1991, the Ministry of Transportation Transportation announced the technically preferred route selected by its consultants, Fenco Engineers Engineers and Parker Consultants Ltd, Prior to forwarding its comments to the Ministry of Transportation, Town Council has decided decided to seek more public input on the proposed route for the future Highway 407. A Public Public Meeting will be held as follows: DATE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 28,1992 TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: TYRONE COMMUNITY CENTRE Any person may attend the public meeting to make a verbal submission with regard to the technically preferred route. A copy of the technically-preferred route is available for inspection between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Planning and Development Department in the Municipal Administration Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. For more information on the Public Meeting, please contact Mr. David Crome in the Planning and Development Department at 623-3379. Specific inquiries regarding the technically-preferred route for the Highway 407/Transit Transportation Corridor and the Ministry's route selection process should be directed to the following persons at the Ministry of Transportation, Central Region, 3rd Floor Atrium Tower, 1201 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, Ontario, M3M 1J8: Mr. C. R. Lumley, Project Director Director (416) 235-5481, Mr. P. J. Reynolds, Project Manager (416) 235-5482, and Ms. K. Harding, Environmental Co-ordinator (416) 235-5547. In addition inquiries can be directed to Mr. Doug Coutts, Parker Consultants Limited, 1400 Rymal Road East, Hamilton, Ontario LOR 1P0 at (416) 385-3234. Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P. ■ Director of Planning and Development Town of Newcastle 40 Temperance Street BOWMANVILLE, Ontario L1C3A6 Planning File: PLN 23.5.5 Clerk's file: 18.41.111 their brand new grandson, Christopher. Back to school - .Nancy Tamblyn back to Queen's, Kingston, David Tamblyn back to Guelph University and Nancy Nancy back to Simon Fraser University, University, B.C. A happy family gathering at the home of Bob and Adèle Nicholls, Nicholls, when they entertained the grandsons, for a pre- Christmas party on Saturday, December 2.1st along with the parents, Kim and Tim Wotton, Donald and Brandon of Oshawa; Cathy and Jim Eager and Joshua, Peterborough. Christmas Day, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nichols enjoyed dinner dinner with the Eager family, Peterborough. Peterborough. Mr. and Mrs. John Clap- dorp entertained her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tennant, Les and Wayne for Christmas day. Twenty members of the Roy Tennant family held their New Years day celebration, in Durham Complex hall. St. Saviour's Church News "God's Groceries" - Gifts of high protein non-perishable foods donated to local food banks to help those less fortunate fortunate please place your gifts in basket provided, at back of church. Deanery Clericies - The clergy of our deanery (Northumberland (Northumberland and Durham) will be at St. George's on Wednesday Wednesday January 15/92. They will be here for 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion and will be meeting meeting in Parish hall until lunch time. January 26 - 1992 - Vestry Meeting in St. Saviour's, following following service. Speedy get-well wishes to Mrs. Helen Hall, wife of our rector who is recovering from recent surgery. More Than $711,600 in Ont. Grants Forty-three organizations have received $711,600 in grants to fund a range of projects projects for people with disabilities, disabilities, Elaine Ziemba, Minister of Citizenship with responsibility responsibility for Disability Issues, announced. announced. The Community Action Action Fund grants will support consumer advocacy services, a psychiatric survivors' outreach group, programs, theatre projects projects by people with disabilities, disabilities, and an international aboriginal aboriginal conference in a First Nation community. The Community Action Fund is a non-capital grants program of the Office for Disability Disability Issues, Ministry of Citizenship. Citizenship. The grants reflect the allocation of the fund into three categories. They will enable enable consumer organizations and coalitions of people with disabilities to improve their capacity capacity to undertake advocacy activities; reduce the incidence of abuse against women with disabilities and provide support to them; assist organizations in undertaking initiatives that promote promote the goals of equality and the full participation of people with disabilities. Province to Create 1,800 New Homes The provincial government will be able to fund 1,800 more non-profit housing units than originally planned, Housing Minister Evelyn Gigantes said last month. Ms. Gigantes made the announcement announcement in the legislature while detailing plans to wrap- up funding commitments under Homes Now and two older non-profit housing programs, Project 3,000 and Project 3,600. "I am pleased to report that we have more than achieved our targets," Ms. Gigantes said. "By capitalizing on the current housing market conditions, conditions, our government will fund an additional 1,800 homes within the original budget budget amount. This means that by December 31 of this year, a total total of 38,400 homes will be committed for the three programs." programs." In addition, the province will be funding another 10,000 non-profit housing units as de tailed in last spring's provincial provincial budget. Sponsors for the first 3,500 units of the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Program were announced last October. Ms. Gigantes pointed out that non-profit housing is aimed at low-income families, seniors and people with special needs. She said: "In our determination determination to help people during this recession, we will continue to work to ensure more and more people have adequate, affordable affordable shelter. And we will continue to work to support workers and companies in the residential construction industry." industry." Ms. Gigantes noted that by completing funding commitments commitments to these three non-profit programs by the end of 1991, it will mean that 25,000 homes will be completed or under construction during 1992, generating generating some 27,000 jobs. Ms. Gigantes said that nonprofit nonprofit and co-op housing accounts accounts for more than a quarter of Ontario's housing starts. bbNI -* m: : Hr* Friends and neighbors of the David Holmes family who were burned out recently when a chimney fire got out of control, have come to the rescue in grand style. The family now has sufficient donated furniture, appliances appliances and supplies to set up housekeeping again when they find a new home. All they need now are some funds to get them back on their feet and a trust fund has been set up at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch in Orono to take care of that. On IÉ Sunday morning, there was a miscellaneous shower at Kirby United Church where an assortment of gifts had been arranged around a Christmas tree which seemed quite appropriate. David Holmes, 27, his wife Fawn and two of their three children are pictured here with some of the hard-working folks who have been giving them a helpful hand, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ran sherry, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hamm and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Boulton. l=r'l CiLUtjI tLK, © hi SL g © îSJ J&B «S; if © 1 fl 1 Any advertiser interested in increasing their business is eligible to win ONE FREE HALF PAGE ADVERTISEMENT in The Canadian Statesman just by placing a minimum 24 column inch ad in our paper. All eligible advertisers' names will be pooled and one name will be drawn each Thursday until the end of March. Your name will be entered for each ad you place; the more you advertise the GREATER YOUR CHANCE TO WIN.