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f^kws Weekly Times, \\ vdntMlu.v, .Imre 20, VMM From around the Region Hearing Adjourned An injunction concerning' the Environment Ministry and Regional Reclaimers landfill site was adjourned last week until June 29th. The postponement was - 'requested 'requested by Ontario Suprême Court justice Jean-Marc Labrosse who states he was going into hospital. The hearing will be held in Osgoode Hall, Toronto starting starting at 10:30 a.m. The Ministry states the landfill firm is violating its licence and is seeking an injunction to stop the site's operation. Fiesta Week in Oshawa The Oshawa Folk Arts Council has Fiesta Week iri Oshawa now in full, swing which will continue until June 25th. There are 42 ethnic and Canadian organisations holding open house, offering food and entertainment throughout the week. It's a holiday in the city for a period of a week. To study Junior Kindérgarten The Durham Board of education is about to .study the possible establishment of a junior kindergarten program program which could start this fall. It has been suggested by parents in support that such a program could operate as does the French Immersion program whereby certain schools provide the program with parents providing transportation. ped off in ihe collision with both vehicles travelling south. Dennis Shermeto, 18, of Harmony Road North has been charged with criminal negligence causing death. Shermeto was the driver of the tractor. Investigate building fires Whitby firefighters fought five fires Sunday morning .which appear to have been the work of arsonists. The fires were in homes under construction in two .Whitby sub-divisions. Durham Regional Police have charged Raymond George Hobbs, 26, of Whitby with arson in connection with one of the firès. Hamre speaks to Social Workers Diane Hamre, head of the Durham Region Social Services Services Committee was the guest speaker at a luncheon of the Durham Region branch of the Ontario Associât iqn of Professional Social Workers. The branch, formed earlier this year, now has a membership membership of sixty and will hold their first election of officers .this November. Hamre spoke of budgeting for the Social Services department department and further pointed olii that the committee and Regional councillors were aware social workers were stretched to the limit. She said inflation has af- .fected the social services budget. federal government pays percent of the Welfare bil*> the province 30 percent at iC * the region 20 percent. It has been estimated tits' welfare costs in Durham will increase by $6 million in 1983 to an amount of $20.5 million. Diane Hamre, chairman of the Durham Regional Social Services Committee has been reported to have said that although Drea said they would not fund welfare 100 percent it could be further monies may be provided for this service through the,province. the,province. Not a lake for swimming ■ A representative of the Ministry of the Environment has said that Seugog Lake will continue to be weedy and muddy due to its history and location. It was pointed out that the lake was developed through the development of the Trent-Severn Cana! Sylem when a seven foot dam was built at Lindsay. This backed up the water creating Seugog Lake which previously was no more than a river. The average depth of the lake is no more than three feel. " It was slated the lake is not a swimming lake but is a good lake lor fishing. Nutrients from farm operations surrounding the lake provide the greatest problem problem as to the healthy crop of weeds. Would compete with Oshawa Centre Gary Herrema in speaking to some 15 members of the Bowman ville businessmen said a shopping mall at Waverley Road and Highway 401 in Bowmanville would challenge the Oshawa Cen- Await reaction from business A committee of the City of Oshawa has put-off a nosmoking nosmoking by-iaw until such time as they have had sonic response from businesses in the municipality. Although some members of the committee favour , some restraint in smoking in .pubjic areas they are being cautioned to not go too far at the present time. Five percent pay hike Non-union employees of the Board of. Education will receive a five percent pay hike due September 1st, 1983: The»increase was approved at a recent closed session of the Board and affects such as business supervisory,. learn ing resource personnel psychological serve person n e I, teacher's aids kindergarten assistants, out door education naturalist senior word - process:' n operators and others. Killed in Car- Truck collision Michael Kennedy, 38, of R.R. 3, Bowinanvillv was killed Friday when his ear collided with a faruV implement implement pulled by u tractor on the Zion Line north of Bradley's Corners. , The roof ol t he cm was rip- Expansion to create 250 new jobs Davidson Rubber Co. Ltd. of Port' Hope has announced a $6.5 million expansion jointly only with federal minister Paul Cosgrove, nie Port Hope expansion is being partly financed by an interest-free free government loan of $1.9 million. The plant now hires 350 for its operation and following I lie expansion development is considered that a further 250, over time, will be added to. the company's payroll, * Wilbnot follow lead of other provinces Members of the Durham Regional council were told last week that Ontario would not follow the lead of some other provinces whereby all costs relating to welfare would t be funded by the province. province. Frank Drea, minister for community and social services, services, said the Region would still have to contribute funds through their tax'roll along with provincial grants to pay costs of welfare in the area. Drea told the members that I lie province continues to feel I Inn the welfare system should continue to be decentralized decentralized which allows local jurisdictions to have some control over"> how their residents should be served. At the qiresent time the" tre for retail business. He said the proposed mall would help stem the flow of shoppers out of Bowmanville to Oshawa. Herrema said the Region was getting'a real deal with the developers as to payments for services, water and sewers. The Region is moving to amend the official plan to strike one hurdle as far as the developer is concerned. With approval of an amendment to the official plan the developer then has Ur contend with the Town of Newcastle for a rezoning to allow the development. The rezoning application is expected to go to the Ontario Municipal Board as Newcastle Newcastle has been strongly opposed to the proposal. A brush with death John Travers, a Whitby resident, was staying at the Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Texas, .where five guests died due to fire. Travers was awakened by the noise of breaking glass and was able .to escape after breaking out a window in his seeond floor room and being rescued by firefighters. Looking for a match-up The Region of Durham could be looking for'some form of match up due to the fact they had a waiting list of 1,00 elderly people wishing to Saving the Rain Forests WOODS, WATER AND WILDLIFE by Arlin Hackman - Federation Federation of Ontario Naturalists ' On a globe that seems to be growing ever-smaller through international trade and communication, communication, the need for international international efforts in conservation conservation are growing larger. One of the most important bodies for this task is the IUCN - the International Union for (lie Conservation - of Nature and Natural Resources. Founded in 1948, the IUCN is a scientific body with a membership of over 500 government and nongovernment nongovernment bodies, which provides advice and assistance on a wide range of international problems. enter nursing care beds in the three homes for the aged while at the same time have 50 empty residential care beds. Frank Drea told the councillors councillors that changing tesiden-, liai care beds to nursing care beds is not a simple matter., He did say however that new legislation is expected this fall that may improve the situation. situation. He pointed to a number of restrictions that must be placed placed on nursing care beds that are not required for residential residential beds. There has beerij^a drop in demand for residential care beds while the reverse has, been true of nursing care beds and the Region is bound by a requirement that no more than sixty percent of beds in a home for the aged could be nursing care beds. ' One o1' lUCN's current priorities is .conservation of" tropical rain forests. Over the past century, about 40 percent percent of the world's tropical forests have disappeared, and clearing continues at a rate of seven million hectares • per year. In many places, slash and burn farming is the cause of deforestation, but commercial commercial logging is a major ' factor as well. In central ' American, and Amazonia-, large areas are being cleared to prddïii'c beet for itie North American hamburger chains. Tropical forests cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface, surface, yet it is estimated that close to half of the 10 million species of plants and animals occur there. Tropical forests have a long history, up to 50 million years, since . they escaped glaciation, and thus serve as incredibly rich genetic storehouses. About a quarter - of our drugs and medicines are derived from tropical plants, even though, less than 1 percent of the plants of the rain forest have, been examined for medic - ' 1 potential. ' \ The genetic diversity oT" tropical forests is staggering. A 140-hectare plot in Costa Rita could contain 500-600 resident species of birds -more than four times as many as an Ontario forest. A two-hectare plot often contains contains more than 100 species of mature trees. However, trees of any one species are often so widely spaced that large areas of forest are necessary for successful reproduction. Rapid losses of tropical forests are occurring in Latin America, central Africa, and southeast Asia. The coastal forest of west Africa has almost disappeared, and the Island of Madagascar is facing facing extremely serious losses. IUCN is urging adoption of forest conservation plans, better logging practices, arid education programs "to prevent prevent further losses. They also want you to be aware when you'bjte into that massed produced produced hamburger that you may well have just con-, tributed to the loss of a bit more of the world's treasurehouse of tropical rain forests. When its printing givé us a call 983-5301 ft D n M fi WKBKl.iT TOMBS U IV U II u TELEPHONE (41*) 9*3,5301, P.O. BOX 209, ORONO, ONTARIO LOB 1M0 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ,! ' * Letterheads * Envelopes * Business Cards * Invoices * Labels.* Invitations 'Brochures ' NCR Forms * Continuous and Snap-Out Forms FREE Fridgie to the first 50 customers Refreshments GRAND OPENING OF The CRAFT PLACE SATURDAY, JUNE 25th 9:00 a.m. • 4:00 P.M. . ROWE jST. ORONO, ONT. 983-5475 CRAFTS BY YVONNE TRAFFORD DONNA HUTTON