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From Around the Region .Drono Wi'vKI> I iiiivs, WtUncMiav, October 12, 1983-5 By Co-operative Education Student Brian Groot Recycling Depot Dead Last week Cobourg Recycling Recycling went out of" business. The recycling depot has served Cobourg and Port Hope for almost a decade on the Elgin St. warehouse location. The company showed a small pro- fit margin but were unable tp keep up with payments on a baler. Licence Fees May Climb Hawkers and peddlers coming to Port Hope in the. future may face a $250 licence fee compared to the present $75" fee. Some businesses were coming into the town fof a short time, mostly around Christmas and left without paying the town taxes or fees.' Trenton has no bylaw for hawkers and peddlars so they pay nothing, Napanee has a $25 charge while Belleville requires requires $50. Junior and High School Students Don't Mix The Dr. Hawkins task force, studying integration of grades 7 and 8 students, with high school students has been told by Barbara Winfield, chairman of the subcommitee to examine the effects of intégration. intégration. She said a middle school is needed for grades 6,7, and 8 to minimize problems of the change from childhood to adolecence.and proper staff are needed to meet the students needs which are not available in high school. 4 Buildings Crumble for River Four riverside buildings are being demolished next month and one moved as part of the $850,000 Ganaraska River channelization in downtown * Port Hope. The buildings are >o be torn down to give access t.o conservation crews during spring flood. None of the buildings are of historical value. They Want School Parents in the northern part of Hamilton township praised Plainville elementary school as they pleaded, to Northqmberland-Newcastle Board of Education not to close the school. About 50 parents attended a meeting to ask trustees not to apply for a $1 million grant from Ontario^ Ontario^ Ministry of Education which would expand the nearby Camborne school. The parents fear that if Camborne Camborne is expanded Plainville will be closed. They want to leave Plainville and Camborne Camborne the way they are. Want Addition to Pickering Hospital More than 500 attended a meeting in Ajax calling for three more hospital floors at the 20-year-old Ajax- Piekering Hospital. The meeting was;., called by the District Health Council. It was pointed out that the . biggest hurdle to overcome was the estimated $4 to $5 million required for the addition. addition. The Ministry states there will be no funds from the province until 1990 and then at that time the province would supply 50 percent of the cost of the addition with the remainder having to come from local donations for such a project. The Best of two Hundred Elaine Barkey of Blackstock was the best of 200 4-H Club members to capture the Champion Dairy Show person title at the 4-H Champion Calf show he,Id at the recent Lindsay Fair. Barkey was a winner at the Orono Fair and as well assisted in exhibting some of her fathers herd in the Holstein Holstein show also at the Orono Fair. UAW Elections Slated For October 25 Harry Irwin, R.R. 2 Orono, will be seeking the presidency of Local 222 of the Linked Auto Workers in Canada on October 25th. ■ The union is calling for the election to fill the position of president following Ted Murphy's Murphy's decision to leave the post to take up a job of UAW service representative. Irwin now holds the position position of second vice-president and is expected to be opposed in his bid for the presidency. First vice-president Phil Bennett has resigned his position position in order that he may prepare for the coming contract contract negotiation's with General Motors. Finally changed butler That staple called butter now has a new cousin produced produced . by Canada 'Packers and to be known as MeadowLight. MeadowLight has been called a brand new dairy product product with a reduced calarie factor from that of butter, reduced salt and also spreadable from the refrigerator. Darlington workforce moving fo Town A recent survey at the Darlington Darlington Nuclear Generating Si anon of the workforce. Which has increased'io 2,797 "this year shows that the largest employment has come from ihe workforce in Oshawa. On the other hands those who have moved into the area . the majority have moved to the Town of Newcastle being in number 1983. Oshawa has attracted 188 new residents working at Darlington while 39 ha,ve moved to Whitby and .37 to Port Hope. . United Way objective at $1,595,000.00 The United Way of Whitby, Whitby, Oshawa, Newcastle has set its 1983 objective at $1,595,000 up 6 percent from the objective of 1982 and up 18 percent of the actual amount subscribed to the 1982 campaign. Terry Kelly, campaign chairman, said canvassers are going to have to work extra ' hard to reach the objective so that the United Way can support support their 39 member agencies agencies with needed funds for the coming year. Kelly also pointed out that the United Way had to dip into into their reserve fund to the amount of $250,000 in 1982 and this leaves little reserve left. He said the United Way wants to reach their goal this year to make their position firm for the coming years. (Continued on page 4) to add-on electric heat and intixxluœ yourself to substantialoilsavings. Kissing that old'flame goodbye isn't the only way to reduce your oil consumption. If that oil furnace is still in good shape, you can take advantage of converting to a dual energy heating system. Instead of replacing your furnace, introduce it to an electric plenum heater, heat pump, electric boiler or baseboard heaters. These dual energy systems let oil and electricity work in harmony to heat your home more efficiently and more economically. Operation is simple. The electric system works until the coldest winter days, then your oil furnace automatically takes over. In most cas^s, add-on electric heat will reduce oil consumption by up to 75%. Even more in some cases. And a reduction of that magnitudé can make a dramatic difference to the total cost of heating your home. The Plenum Heater The "plenum" is the warm air chamber at the top of your fçrced-air oil furnace. That's exactly where a plenum heater is installed. So $hat on most days, the fan circulates more economical, electrically generated heat. The Heat Pump Even on cold winter nights, there is still warmth in the outside air. Just like a refrigerator, the heat pump extracts that warmth and pumps it into your home. • Plus there's an added bonus. In the summer, your heat pump works in reverse and becomes a central air conditioner. The Electric Boiler 4 If you have an oil fueled hot water heating system, there's another alternative. alternative. You simply add an electric boiler. iT\ It's no bigger than a small suitcase and can be easily installed. Baseboard Heaters Electric baseboards can also he used as a dpal energy system. They're installed in individual rooms to quietly handle 1 most of the heating load. fern* #1»^ \/ ô à zy W is The Tune is Right Today is definitely the time to investigate the savings of introducing your oil fur- . nace to an add-on electric system. The. COSP (Canada,Oil Substitution Program) Program) grant will pay for half t>f the installed installed cost or $80Gk, whichever is less,. ,on all systems where oil consumption is reduced by 50% or morê. ■' , ,To find out more about the benefits of a dual energy system, contact your ; local Hydro or electric heating contractor contractor today fnd ask them about special assistance that could lead to eveagreater savings. An'd tell your furnace to get ready fora Warm and meaningful relationship this winter.