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1 Interrogation rogates Pat Irwin Lycett following evening at the presenting of a evening in the Orono Town Hall, the demise of her husband, Kay. From Around the Region Port Hope to petition Ottawa Two representatives from Port Hope council will travel to Ottawa on December 10th to meet with the Atomic Energy Control Board. The delegation are to ask the Board to accept responsibility for the uranium contaminated sludge in Port Hope. They will ask for compensation amounting up to $300,000, an Pines Senior News Report (Continued from page 6) hallowe'en dances, inis year we are reaching for a goal of $100.00 to donate. The most we've ever donated was $130.00 to the United Way and we are very proud of our contributions at The Pines. We couldn't have organized this without the help of last year's Student' Student' Council. This year's Student Council representative from each classroom will be elected on thç 6th of November and the executive will be elected on the 13th of November. On Tuesday, October •; 20, our fourteen 'grade 7 harrier representatives representatives went to Trinity College in Port Hope and led our school to our best placing ever. Congratulations Congratulations to Sheila Van Dyke who placed 3rd among .girls and Jason Hansen who placed 6th and helped lead the boys to second place in their division. division. Congratulations as well to the rest of the grade 7 harrier team for our best year ever! On Thursday, Oct. 29 our grade 7 - 8 girls & boys soccer teams played an elimination series at M. J. Hobtis against M. J. Hobbs, Knox Christian, and Bowman ville Senior Public School. Our team has been so enthusiastic and has done so well we hope we might win this year. "This year we are very lucky to have eight co-op students from Clarke," Mrs. Gibson exclaims. The co-op students help out at The Pines in all fields, for instance, in the office, helping Mrs. Sunstrum .Hill in many oilier ways. by Scott' Montague & District amount Port Hope had to spend to install a new sludge drying bed at the sewage treatment plant. Considering Co-Ed at Lakefield College The board of governors of the 108-year-old Lakefield College school is considering whether or not its should admit girls. -Although some alumni of the school may question the move others see girls making a strong contribution to the academic program program and having a civilizing effect on the behaviour of the boys. 'Cases on wane in • Durham Region The rabies epidemic which plâgued southern Ontario last year is now on the wane. In Durham last year there were 149 reported cases in the^ first nine months. This compares with 70 this year for the nine month period. The senior veterinary consultant for the provincial ministry of health is disturbed that in fact the Durham Region remains one of the only areas in southern Ontario which does not enforce tough ministry guidelines against those who don't t give pets anti-rabies shots. , ' Hospitals closing out or restricting smoking Ninety-five percent of hospitals across the province have either put a complete ban on smoking or have restricted smoking. Memorial Hospital in Bowman- ville has had a no-smoking policy in effect for just under a year which basically makes it a smoke-free facility. Smoking is allowed for staff in the staff lounge while patients who are mobile must.use special smoke areas set-up on the three floors. Terminally ill patients are allowed to smoke in their rooms. Visitors are not allowed to smoke in other than the designated special areas. Fifty percent of hospitals in Ontario Ontario have an ultimate aim of banning banning smoking in total. United Way campaign $700,000 short of target The United Way campaign in Oshawa-Whitby and Newcastle is short $700,000 of its 1987 goal of $2.6 million. The campaign officially officially came to a close last week. . The campaign chairman is hopeful that the target will be reached by the end of November. Michael Starr urges everyone and groups to turn in their returns and support as soon as possible. Regional tax hike could be less than 10 percent Gary Herrema following a review of the preliminary 1988 budget noting an increase of 19.3 percent said the amount of increase could well be under 10 percent when the figures are trimmed. He noted there wouldn't be a double-digit number increase in an election year. 1 Demands for policing, roads and other services is the reason for the increase states Herrema. Other costs for waste disposal, 911 emergency number and Fairview renovations add to the percentage increase. Understanding Children's Misbehaviour Do you sometime wonder why your children behave the way they do. "Why does my son talk back?" "Why does my daughter suck her thumb?" "Why are the kids fighting all the time?" "Why does he wet the bed?" "Why is it so difficult difficult to get the kids to bed at night?" "Why do they always bug me when I'm on the phone?" These are some of the questions which will be addressed in this workshop for parents. Skills for redirecting misbehaviour will also be introduced. introduced. The workshop will be held at Durham House at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday November 19. The cost is $6.00.' For further information and to register please call Durham Family Education Resource Centre at 579-2021 or 983-9800. Health Nurses continue rotating strike Striking public health nurses began rotating strikes last week at the Durham Health Unit's Oshawa offices which closed out the family planning clinic and home care ser- Orono Weekly l imes, Wednesday, November 4th, 1987 - 7 Vlces - contract worth tour and 4.5 percent Monday 40 nurses were off the increase. The nurses are asking job at the Ajax office.- parity with their hospital counter Durham's 100 public health ' parts and other public health nurses nurses have been without a contract , in other centres of comparable size, since December 31, 1986. There are The average wage for registered presently no negotiations schedul--, nurses Working in public health is e d- $14,36 an hour which compares Durham has offered a two year with $12.94 paid in Durham. Now Available... 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