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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1986 Gold Medalists in skipping (Top row 1 to r) Elizabeth Ox- enham, andrea Ferguson, Dena Mackey, (bottom row) Philip Plath and Magdalini Sotiriadis were the gold medalists team in the skipping competition held at Lockhart Public School last week. The team won out over four other school teams. This is the second year the school has competed in skipping and later this month will hold a Skip-A-Thon in aid of the Heart Fund. Students are in the process of' obtaining pledges for the event for friends and relatives. Sam Cureatz . . . from Queen's Park WAITING AT THE STATION There's been some confusion and contradictory headlines in local newspapers about the extension of GO train service to Oshawa, Much of this confusion js the result ,of changes in the Provincial Government, Government, as well as changes in GO'S policy concerning the type pf rail service to be offered th& Oshawa community. 1 Original plans called for the extension extension of the east-west lakeshore I i.ne, using UTDC designed drivçrless electric cars from the existing existing terminal in' Pickering to Oshawa. The route planned for the UTDC cars would have crossed from the south side of Highway 401 to the north, east of Whitby, and link up alongside the Canadian Pacific Rail lines. This route would have been served by two stations - one ,at Stevenson Road, near Oshawa Cen tre, and at Harmony Road, on the east side of the city. Last June, however, then Transportation Minister George McCague took a second look at this plan and decided it was too expensive. expensive. The UTDC system was scrapped, scrapped, at a saving of $100 million for service to Oshawa, and it was decided decided to run conventional passenger trains from Pickering to Oshawa. This change of plan caused many to fear that GO service to Oshawa would not be completed by the date promised earlier. As well, a new route, running along CNR lines to the south of Oshawa, came into consideration. The new Provincial Government agrees with McCague's policy to extend extend conventional train service to Oshawa and is moving ahead building track on the route already prepared for the UTDC system. This means that GO service Out of JOHN D. HUMPHREYS Q.C. and W. ARLEIGH HILLMAN CLÇ. are pleased to announce that SAM L. CUREATZ Q.C., m.pp. (former Minister of the Government of Ontario) will join them in association in the practice of law under the name of HUMPHREYS, HILLMAN & CUREATZ commencing March 17, 1986 at •36'A King Street East Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1B3 ■ Telephone: (416) 571-2555 Fire losses down in Newcastle Although the four fire stations in the Town of Newcastle answered more calls in 1985 compared to 1984 actual building and content losses were down considerably over the previous year. In a report to council the department department noted a total of 607 calls to which the department responded in the Brock Street station in Whitby should begin in 1988 - a year earlier than would have been possible using using UTDC equipment. At the same time, the Liberal government has decided to carry out studies to assess the best route beyond Whitby to Oshawa, As far as I am concerned, this is a delay tactic. Since this announcement, funding funding for GO service has become a concern. Regional Chairman Gary Her remd has accused Oshawa Mayor Pilkey and his council of not doing enough to persuade GO to keep 'to the plan for extended rail service to Oshawa and east to the Town of Newcastle. Personally, 1 side with Mayor Pilkey on this issue. The Oshawa council especially "people like Cy Elsey have been pressuring the Province Province for the extension. Now with the delay, Gary has become an apologist for the Liberal Govern-, ment. He, of all people, as a member of the Toronto Area Transit Transit Operating Authority should be able to get a firm time table for the full extension east to Newcastle, Instead Instead we get an attack on local" councils rather than admitting that ■the Liberal Government, of which he is a supporter, secs no points to be gained by extending the line to Conservative and NDP held ridings. Oshawa and Newcastle need the GO service. Gary, ,we will all fare better if we work together on this important issue for our community. community. If was a pleasure to attend the opening of the new St. Francis of Assisi Separate School in the Village of Newcastle. Special mention mention to Sylvia Van Haverbeke who did a fine job in hosting the ceremonies. Thank you to Arne Green for his invitation \to the annual annual Oshawa B'nai B'rith fund rais- 1985. This is an increase of 116 calls over that registered in 1984 and due mainly, states the report to non- jrjejicious false alarms. Although actual building and content losses dropped to $287,150 in 1985 from a previous-1984 figure of $419,075 the, total losses including including vehicles increased slightly, i Vehicle losses in 1985 rose to --- $175,950 up $74,340 from 1984. ■ (Continued page 8) WEAR IT. ANSI SAVE HERE' M PERMS «fteir with Vlair 983-5333 for ladies and gents Main Street Orono, Ontario ing event. Track owner dies in crash " The president and co-owner of Peterborough's Kawartha Downs raceway was killed in a four-par accident accident late Sunday morning just north of the Highways 35-115 intersection intersection at enterprise. Jill Christie, 47, who, had residents in Newcastle and Toronto was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Christie was east bound on 115 on her way to the track when her 1985 Toyota spun out of control on the snow-covered road. Her veheile went into the west bound lane side-swiping a Dodge van and then hitting another çar. Jill Christie has been termed a self-made woman, very driven, very dynamic and one of the best business partner 1 have ever had, said Ian Hardcastle, co-owner of the track with Christie. Miss Christie was involved in a whole spectrum of othef business pursuits including holding sole ownership of R.I.S. Chrostie.Ltd.,, a market research organization. She, was corporate, advisor and shareholder in House and Home Magazine, a home decorating magazine. She also was executive vice-president of Co Sensor International International Ltd. which manufacturers a carbon monoxide sensing device. She held many other postions. > Jill Chrostie left school at age of fifteen fifteen and went to work. ORONO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION , Is requesting applications for coaching staff for the 1986 season SOCCER GIRLS' BASEBALL BOYS'BASEBALL • E.O.B.A. BASEBALL HOCKEY ('86-'87 Season) ALL LEVELS Also required BOYS' BASEBALL CONVENOR • PLEASE AP^LY IN WRITING B.Y SUNDA Y, MA RCH 23rd, 1986 to; • ORONO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Box 165, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 REGISTRATIONS $20.00 20.00 20.00 'Soccer ' Girls' Baseball Boys' Baseball, E.O.B.A. Baseball ' . (Fee deterred until league formed) To be held: , » WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - 7 to 9 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 12th -10 to 12.noon t.