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Orono Weekly Tintés, Wednesday, June 25.1986-5 Jrom around the Region and area Expect Darlington report in two weeks It is expected the provincial government will release the all-party législative committee report as to the future of the Darlington Nuclear Generating station within the next two weeks. An interim report from the committee committee suggested that all four units at the station may not be needed until the late 1990s and as such put a temporary hold on two units. It is expected however that clearance will be given to Complete the four units at the station. Some $7 billion has already been spent on the development to this point and the estimated total cost has been set at $11 billion. "Heading towards a Smoke Free Environment" Port Hope Hospital has come up with a smoking policy designed to get people to butt out. The policy called "Heading towards a smoke-free environment" sets out where patients patients and staff may and may not smoke within the hospital. Now off limits are patient's rooms, the hospital board room and all but one patient lounge. Will study renovations and addition to Hillsdale The Region of Durham council has asked for a study on the possibility of renovating and adding to the Hillsdale Manor for seniors in Oshawa. Social Services chairman Diane Hamre said her department has been investigating renovations at Hillsdale for several years and will proceed with plans just as soon as work is completed at Fairview Lodge where major renovations are underway. ' 234 workers at Darlington sent home ' A dispute over the use of safety belts among the 100 ironworkers at the Darlington Generating Station last week resûlted in 234 other workers, carpenters and labourers, being sent home. Currently there are about 6,900 workers.employed at the Darlington plant. Approves Winnebago for Regional Police Regional council has -given approval approval for the purchase of a Winnebago Winnebago to be used as arr emergency command post by Regional Police. • The vehicle is said to resemble a Winnebago. Total cost of vehicle and equipment has be'en estimated at $90,000 of which amount the province will pay half with the other * half coming through the Ontario Hydro-Newcastle Liaison Committee. Committee. The command post will be used at accidents, emergency and crime scenes. » GM expansion faces delays Tile workers and sheet metal workers have been off the job lor about a month which is beginning to slow up progress on two major construction projects, the Dupont plant in Whitby and the GM expansion expansion in Oshawa. Labourers are in a legal position id strike and a strike of the bourcrs could almost immediately --nalt all construction work at the two sites along with others in the Region. Burning garbage said to be safe and feasible Burning garbage in incinerators is environmentally safe and economically feasible states tne Canadian plant manager of an American incineration facility. Glen Herdman, who in his capacity as an employee with the Toronto firm Enercan manages an enérgy-from-waste plant in Cuba N.Y. spoke recently to the Hope Township waste committee. He said he agreed with the waste management management study as devised for the four centres in the Port Hone area. Reeve Roger Wilson, reeve of Hope, statéd that an incinerator worth $7.5 million could be in operation in Port Hope at Eldorado as early as 1987 if everything went according to plan. Reject County farm day care A local organization plea for funds to provide day care for farm children has been rejected by Northumberland Northumberland County council by a vote of 16-10. The Northumberland Rural Child Care organization was asking the County for $3500.00 tb be able to hire three students to assist three others who would take care of rural children. The province had provided provided $58,000 in startup funds but this did not leave enough money to hire the required six students to man the day care centres. Wicklow Church destroyed by fire The 162 year old wooden frame Wicklow Baptist Church on Highway No. 2 in Haldimand Township was destroyed by fire recently. The church was located just east of Grafton. Openings abound in youth program Sir Sandford Fleming College's Futures program which provides work experience to young people has 70 more placements than it has anplicants to fill them in the Port- (Continued page 9j S ▼ S Oshawa YWCA ORONO & BOWMÀNVILLE SUMMER DAY CAMPS CHILDREN 3-11 years PRE-REGISTER 623-3664 80 King St. W., Bowmanville Another Program From Assured Housing For Ontario • Town OF NEWCASTLE rise Interest-free, forgivable loans 263-2231 O ne phone call can help you get loan assistance --up to $5,000 per unit with no repayment for five years. Forgiveness can then be earned at ten per cent per year if the property remains rental. 5 y h'needof essential repairs? ' About 30 per cent of Ontario's rental housing is in low-rise apartment buildings. Three out of every five of these buildings are more than 25 years old--many in need of major upgrading. Does your low-rise require such essential repairs as plumbing, wiring and heating? 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