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Orono Scouts and First Aid The Orono Boy Scouts are now in the midst of taking Emergency First Aid with the first part of the course starting last Monday in the Orono Town Hall at their Regular meeting. The course is under the direction of Si. John Am bulance. Mr. Alf Brown of Bowman ville heads up the course in Orono. Pictured above are (lef to right) Scouts Raymond Adams, David Tamblyn, Chris Van DeVelde, Peter Klose and instructor, Alf Brown. Around the Region Appoint New Concert Master The Oshawa Symphony Orchestra has appointed a new concert master. Twenty- three year old Janice Bing-Wo of Toronto has received the appointment and replaces Anthony Flint who has joined the Mississauga Symphony. The Oshawa Symphony has four concerts remaining for the season being played on February 1, March 8, April 12 and May 17. 'The concerts are held at Eastdale • Collegiate, Collegiate, Oshawa. Rent Leap Ahead Rental rates for apartments in Oshawa- Whitby area have jumped ahead of the provincial provincial 6 percent ceiling and during the past year have increased from 11 to 13 percent.' In some instances rents for one-bedroom âpartments have increased as much as 16.1 pqfcent over the past tweleve months. Bachelor units in Oshawa now average a rental of $276 while in Whitby the average has increased to $290. The vacancy rate in Oshawa is one of the lowest in the province of Ontario at 0.3 percent. percent. , Joel Aldred Fails Joel Aldred, a well known'Conservative supported from the Port Perry area pikde a bid for election as president of the Conservative Conservative party at the recent contention held in Winnipeg. . >. j Aldred contested the position along with three others and in the first ballot dropped out. » Peter Elzinga of Alberta finally w$ts elected president on the second ballot. Aldred in the first ballot received 116 votes compared to Elzinga's 766. More Young Men Attending A greater interest is being shown by young men in Durham Region as to family planning clinic being held in Oshawa. Males, who generally attend the course with their partners, now number one in every fourteen attending. Public Health Nurse, Linda Henry, states young men attending the free clinics are concerned in the most part about the side effects various birth control methods inay have on their partners. Employees Give $26,00 Employees of the Durham Region actively actively supported the United Way Campaign this year with an increase in givings by 38 percent. percent. The employees donated a total of $26,000. Bullet Hits School Sometime over the weekend a bullet entered a window of the Kedron Public School, north Oshawa, and pierced a metal door frame. Damage has been estimated at $50.00 A similar incident has also 1 been reported with a bullet being fired through a garage door and then breaking a windshield on a boat stored in the garage. Police are investigating both incidents but have no clues for either case. No Hydrants For Enniskillen Development The Durham Region council has passed a resolution deleting the installation of fire hydrants for a new sub-division in Enniskillen. Enniskillen. 'The deletion of the hydrants allows for smaller water mains to be installed. The sub-division does require water storage for fire fighting purposes. Durham Budget End of April It has been announced that it may be April 27 before the Region jof Durham can set its 1983 financial budget. Mayor Rickard has said he finds difficulty difficulty in holding off the setting of the budget this late.. Provincial grants are not expected to be announced for the Region until later this month. Bowmanville Revitalization Hopeful By May The Bowmanville DBIA is hopeful of having their revitalization work in the Bowmanville downtown completed by May of this year in order that the plan completion completion can coincide with the 125th Anniversary Anniversary of the Town. Tenders for work on the parking lots are expected to be called in the near future as well as tenders for associated landscaping. To improve Water Fowl Habitat Ducks Unlimited (Canàda), through, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Lindsay District, is proposing a project to improve improve area waterfowl habitat. The proposal involves' construction construction of an earth fill dyke across the outlet stream of a wetland area on Ministry property property at the north tip of Scugog Island. The dyke will be constructed on top of an old, existing roadbed for the purpose of water control. This will improve the capability of the wetland as waterfowl habitat, and will improve access to the Crown Land hunting area on the west side of the wetland. Water control will be accomplished accomplished with a six food diameter vertical intake culvert leading to a 4 *A foot diameter culvert under the dyke. The project is being planned planned under the Ministry of Natural Resources approved Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 2, 1983, 7 Durham East Liberals Elect 1983 Officers The Durham East Liberal Association on Wednesday evening of last week elected officers and directors for 1983 at their annual meeting in Bowmanville. Loma Davey in opening the meeting pointed out that half of the four year provincial term for the Provincial government was now over and that at the present time it never looked so good for the liberal party. Dâvey referred to their leader, Peterson, stating he was being accepted and was a most accountable leader of the opposition. "He will be the next Premier of ; this province," she said. In the election of the of- , ficers Lorna Davey was reelected reelected president with Jan Vanderloop elected first vice- president. Other vice-presidents elected were Merv Kelly, Carol Berney and Francine Newton. Louise Wright was elected secretary: Jim Coyle, treasurer, Marg Hawthorne, Membership Secretary; Don Halikowski, Organization Chairman; Heather Halikowski, Social Chairman and Al. Furlong, Finance Chairman. The six directors elected were: John Galbraith, Lorna Armstrong, Francis Jones, Donald McDonald, Wallace Boughen and Gord Robinson. Robinson. Everything in shape for 'A Funny Thing . By: Jean Sheridan Say, à funny thing really did happen' to me on the way to the Forum. Last Saturday we had tickets to see the Sabres play the Canadians in Montreal. At Brockville our Via,broke down: We had to wait three hours for another * train; consequently we arrived arrived in Montreal too late to see the game. Thank goodness the Bowmanville Drama Workshop's "Funny Thing" ends much' more happily. Perhaps- one of the happie'st , things about this production is that it has attracted many new members. Here are the names of some who have just recently joined us to help with makeup, costumes, and set'construction: Pat Mantel, , Lynne Fallow, Ellen Logan, class environmental assessment assessment for Dams and Dykes, and is located entirely on Crown Land. You are invited to direct any inquiries, comments or concerns regarding the dyke construction to the District Manager, Ministry of Natural Resources, 322 Kent Street West, Lindsay, Ontario Ontario K9V 4T7 by February 11, 1983. If m# serious concerns are raised, the finalized proposal will be filed with the Ministry of the' Environment, Regional Office and the En- * vironmental 'Assessment Branch and construction may begin 30 days after final notice has been issued. Nancy Shaw, Donna Kay, Barry Thompson, and Dennis Rogerson. Oh yes, and Jonathon Goad gets to play a very special on-stage part, but that's a secret. For the past two months, three nights a week, director Thom Fowler has been leaving leaving his job as school librarian at Pickering High School and dashing over to Bowmanville High School for three-hour rehearsals. Then on every Suhday afternoon he has had a four hour practice. Now he's applying the "finishing touches." Everyone is working working hard to get "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum" in shape for February 9, 10, 11, 12. Tickets are available at Ken Hockin Real Estate 623-4115. Orono Building Contractor Brick - Block - Concrete Stone Work ' Carpentry - Cabinet Work Floors - Tile Phone 983-5441 ORONO Will Consider Aid Plan General Motors have indicated they will consider an aid plan 1 for laid-off workers who have exhausted both supplementary and unemployment benefits. . The company is expecting a proposal from the UAW as'to what the Union proposes' proposes' GM could do for those employees now in dire straits. The company have said they will consider any proposal from the Union., • Hospital Seeking Funds Oshawh General Hospital following a study may well be seeking funding to set up ' special care, units for dying pâtients. The Durham Region Health Council was told last week that more and more requests, arè being made for such care for palliative The Oshawa General Hospital now has a palliative bare prqgram that operates on requests requests from doctors'but does not have a palliative care unit as being slough) by the Board. .j * Sex Education Now * Increasing Promiscuity t Linda Henry, head of the Public Health Family Planning Clinic, states that sex education in schools is turning out wiser young people instead of promiscuous ones. She has stated that the latest research shows high school students with a solid sex education delay haying intercourse longer than other young people. It was said that those with solid sex education are not giving in to peer pressuré or other social pressures.