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' I ■ f 6 : 0rmio Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 29, 1986 To represent Durham Central Courtice group gains Durham College Town council support ass/stanf Mp Nadine Stapleton, 1985 Queen of the Durham Central Fair spoke briefly at the annual meeting held last Saturday stating it was a pleasure to enjoy the fair and as well take part in the annual event. She told the meeting she was looking forward in representing the Durham Central Agricultural Society Society at the Ontario Queen competition competition later this year and that she would do all her best in the competition. competition. From Around the Region and area On a split vote decided by Mayor Winters the Town .of Newcastle council on Monday evening granted a Courtice group headed by Charles Rowe start-up funds for athletic activities activities in the amount of $150.00 along with $5,000 for capital projects projects and the carrying out of a survey in the Courtice area. Rowe had addressed council pertaining pertaining to sporting activities in the community as well as potential parklands and library service. In questioning Rowe Counc. Hubbard had stated that a library service had been projected for the Courtice area and that the group was looking to a store-front library or possibly a portable. Rowe stated they would like to look at all options and mentioned the possibility of opening a library in the Courtice High School, a consideration consideration that had been made some years ago. As to park Ropwe said it was the feeling that small neighbourhood parks were desirable as well as a major major playing field. He suggested council take land instead of monies in-lieu of park lands. Rowe agreed that the group would carryout fund raising projects projects to assist with their endeavours in the Courtice area. He said the group would have a full charter. Rowe also said use could be made of school grounds but said these grounds were not in the greatest of shape at the present time. He spoke of co-operation with the Zion organization and the use of the Zion park. He also pointed out that some LOBB ball teams had to leave the Courtice area to play their games and there was certainly a need for ball diamonds in the Courtice Courtice area. The speaker stated that the group were to carryout a survey to see what was wanted as to recreation in the area and to then consider park needs. • Kurelo honoured by minor hockey Bill Kurelo, well known manger* of the Civic Auditorium and other arenas in the City of Oshawa, was honoured recently for his interest in minor hockey. Kurelo started with the birth of the Civic Auditorium in 1963. - He was presented with the Canadian Canadian Amateur Hockey Association recognition award by those involved involved in the sport in Oshawa. Housing costs rise during 1985 by $10,000 The average price of'.an Oshawa home went up almost $10,000 in 1985 with the Whitby ^ average increase being even greater. The average Oshawa price was up slightly over 14 percent compared to à general average of 8 percent. The average house in Whitby now costs $94,553. County to get farm day-care service Northumberland county is one <of" four rural areas to receive day-care service geared for farm families. The Ontario government plan is expected to be in place this spring. The day care program allows women to help on the farm during busy periods or allows one parent to take an outside job while the other works on the farm. Defends 'Freer' trade negotiations with U.S. Tarry Grossman, leader of the Ontario Conservatives told a Northumberland Northumberland County Conservative meeting that free trade is not a sellout of Canadian sovereignty, tie , said he would be agreeable to enter Counc. Hubbard and Cowman moved that council provide $150.00 in seed money and provide a grant of $5000 for capital projects. Counc. Hubbard said it would take too long to pass the request through the Town of Newcastle Community Services Planning Board. She said the Courtice area is on the move and that council had not addressed parks for the Courtice area. Counc. Hubbard as other members of council commended the group for their actions and sincerity to the community. Counc. Hamre said she was not speaking against the intent of the proposal which she said she would agree with. She said, however the request should go through the same process as others and that the request request could at least be considered in the budget debates which were currently currently underway. She said the matter matter should be discussed with staff and that there were many issues to be considered. "I am sure we will support the proposal", she said. Counc. Stapleton said there was a lot to admire of the organization but that council was stepping out of the channel in taking action so quickly. He said he would like to see evidence of the productivity of the group. Stàpleton also pointed out that it was budget time and that the request request could be handled during the discussions. A motion to refer the proposal by Councs. Hamre and Stapleton went to a split vote with Maÿpr Winters breaking the tie yvith a defeat of the motion. The motion to grant the Seed money and the $5,000 then passed council. A further motion was passed in that the group make contact with the Community. Service director as to the proposed survey and that further further the group provide an audited statement at the end of the year. to China into freer trade negotiations with the U.S. Grossman said items of culture would not be negotiable but that you never know what kind of a deal could be arranged until such time as ou try. "It doesn't mean you accept it". Two Loblaws stores to close By the end of February both Loblaws Super Markets in Port Hope and Cobourg will be closed. Loblaws has served the Port Hope- Cobourg area since 1957. The closures affect 50 part-time , and full-time workers- Suggest more reps for Ajax and Whity The management board of the Region of Durham has recommended recommended that the province pass legislation increasing regional representation for both Ajax and Whitby by one. Whitby now has three with Ajax having two. There are presently 30 council seats. A move to add one more to Oshawa was squashed by the management committee. Foster Russell's story out in February An autobiography of Foster M. Foster, a noted Cobourg newspaper man, is expected to. be on the book shelves come the first part of February. Russell started in Millbrook near the turn of the century. He, died in 1984* Russell published the Cobourg , Star until his retirement and was 'also the founder of radio station CHUC which serviced the Port Hope-Cobourg area. School Board reports on extended funding The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education approved approved the sending of a report to the Ontario government concerning the extension of provincial funding to the separate School in Ontario. The report noting the impact of such proposed legislation has been amended somewhat from its original form. Although the issuing of the report is late of the provincial deadline for such a report the board moved to send it along to the commission commission studying the proposed extension extension of funding to the separate schools. The preamble to the report stated that the board was submitting the impact statement with genuine reluctance and to protect the local school system as well as its students. In support of sending the report 1 Ward Three trustee Bob Willsher said, "One sure way of making sure things don't go the way you want is not to comment". Trustee William Carman" said he was greatly concerned in the effects the extension will have on the public school system. He said' it was the Qr. Vince Vincent, Assistant to the President at Durham College, recently returned from China, where he was seconded to the Chan- dhu Management Training Centre from July to December, 1985. For six months, he led a team of six acàdemics in teaching the wide and varied subject of management to 75 Chinese students who were , qualified, both academically and in experience. Dr. Vincent will report on his, assignment, including his observations observations of Chinese life with appropriate appropriate slides, in the Durham College lecture theatre at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27, and at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29. College staff and students, as well as the general public are invited to attend. first stage of the demise of the public school system in Ontario'as we know it. He said there was no choice but to send in the impact report and continue to fight like hell. * The report contends that 54 grade 9 students will switch from the public system to the Roman Catholic separate high schools in the area in September of 1986 and that the local public school board will lose upwards of 250 students by the year 1989. This loss is expected to reduce teaching staff by some sixteen teachers. It is expected higher costs will result for local taxpayers or that the quality of education will result. The accuracy of a recent Peterborough-Victoria- Northumberland and Newcastle Roman Catholic Separate School Board impact report was questioned questioned by some members of the public school board. 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