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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 20, 1988 Training program in place During a presentation of the operation of the Darlington plant and during a tour of the facilities it was revealed that training is now well underway for the operation of the hydro generating station. The first unit is expected to come into operation in March of 1989. The reatootinit operators have been in full training for the past 18 months and for others 30 percent of their time will be spent over a three year period in training. A similator in Pickering is also used for staff training. Of an anticipated full-time staff of 900 one hundred will be involved with business administration, 200 technical, 300 for operation and 300 for maintenance. The second unit is expected to come on line late in 1989 with the third in May 1991 and the fourth a year later. Work is well underway with the third unit with the installation of the reactor at the present time. From Around The Region Panel on Free Trade at Annual Meeting A panel on the impact of the Mulroney trade deal on our local area will be the main feature of the Durham East New Democrats Annual Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held Sunday, January 24, 2 p.m. at the Flying Dutchman Hotel, Bowmanville. Panelists Will include John Sinclair, President Local 222, CAW, and Marg Wilbur, NDP candidate candidate in the 1987 provincial election; election; Both are residents of Durham East. The meeting will also elect a new executive for the Durham East NDP Association. Expansion for Oshawa Golf Club Members of the Oshawa .Golf Club Limited have voted to spend $2.6 million on expansion of their premises in the midst of Oshawa. Both golf and curling members will enjoy an attractive facility following following the completion of work next year. Many features of the facility has deteriorated over the years especially locker-room facilities and the need for additional space. Acquitted of negligence An Oshawa taxi driver, Gus Oosterhuis, 65, Orono w^s foiind not guilty of criminal négligence causing death by District court Judge Richard Lovekin last Friday. An Oshawa woman was killed on highway 401 in 1986 when she jumped from Oosterhuis' cat) by the Whitby-Ajax boundary. Orono AMMA. Atoms (Giïinued from page 5) ■was credited with the assist. Another low scoring affair was documented when Orono hosted ■ Newcastle January 12th. This exhibition exhibition contest ended 1 to 1) in Newcastle's favour as they scored the game's only goal with less than t inimités remaining in the game. Orono's next game will be their first playoff game. They'll visit Millbrook on January 17th. GOOD L UCK GUYS! Motor Home plant for Port Hope The Town of Port Hope has reported that an Orono man, Ken Allen of R.R. 1 is about to Open a manufacturing plant for self- propelled motor homes and park models in a Port Hope plant. Allen suggests the plant could hire 30 to 40 people when fully operational. Restrictions could close Port Hope plant Restrictions on the use of plastic packaging throughout the province could affect a Port Hope plant, International International Vac Pac. Port Hope council is being encouraged encouraged to support the ban on most types of plastic which.are not biodegradeable. The firm employees twenty-five. Landmark succumbs to fire An Oshawa landmark, Cooper- Smith garden supply and feed store in downtown Oshawa was destroyed last week by fire. The value of damage has been estimated at $500,000. The following day Marks Theatre was ordered closed due to the buildup buildup of a large quantity of ice On the theatre's roof. *. ' Celebrates 103rd birthday Violet Moon of Oshawa celebrated her 103rd birthday last week at a party with relatives and friends. She is Oshawa's oldest resident resident and continues to maintain and operate her own home. Rejects cash supplements for region's poor Durham Region has turned aside a recommendation to assist the region's poor with additional funding funding for housing costs. It was pointed out that a provincial provincial review is underway with a report in the near future and felt action action now by the region would be premature. There are some 3,400 assisted housing units in Durham with a further further 1177 under construction or in the planning stages. It was pointed out that some of the poor are paying out 60 percent of their payments for rent. Reactors tubing are deteriorating .An inspection in September at the Pickering Nuclear plant has discovered the premature deterioration deterioration of a tube used to hold nuplear fuel in the No. 3 reactor core. A similar kind of deterioration in the Pickering No. 2 reactor caused Canada's most serious accident in 1983. As a result No. 1 and 2 reactors reactors were gutted and Rebuilt using new tubes made elf superior materials. The project costs Hydro $441 million. Welfare figures fall to 1987 low in November The number of welfare recipients on the Durham Regional role dropped dropped to 4,882 in November from 5077 in October. This is the lowest figure for 1987. There were 5,214 on the roll in November of 1986. Opportunity for youth A group in Port Hope are endeavouring to provide programmed programmed activities for students during days off from school such a Professional Professional Activity Days. They are calling for adult volunteers to help. The aim is to build an activity centre and already $5,000 has been raised. Child care centre expands The Ganaraska Child Care Centre in Port Hope in two years has expanded expanded from 4 kids to 84 registered kids and expects to expand, further in its third year. The centre operates in two rooms of the High School. Hopes to raise $200,000 The Northumberland Youth Care organization, Cobourg is hopeful of raising $200,000 to have a facility in place in a years time for temporary temporary accommodation of homeless teenagers. Teenagers, that it has been said, now sleep in cars and parks. It is estimated that there are now 34 homeless teenagers in Cobourg alone many having been abused at home, physically, mentally and sexually. sexually. Promises, safety aids for airport A delegation from Oshawa was promised modern air navigation aids next year by John Crosbie, Transport Minister, for the Oshawa airport. The Oshawa group asked for im provements and developments . amounting to $12,4 million. Will meet with provincial minister The chairman of Metro Toronto along with area Regional chairmen includung Gary Herrema, Durham, are to meet with the Minister of the Environment to discuss garbage. They want Jim Bradley to sit down with them to explain what municipalities have to do to get new garbage dispos^ areas. A report is to 'come to Regional council from public works as to possible future plans for Durham's garbage. in s. ooci (-a.LzxLn.ij prepared by; Stanley & Deborah Johnson R.R. 1 Orono, Ontario (416) 983-9822 Enquiries warmly welcomed Think Spring WITH A ■ FRESH BOUQUET Of Still 20% OFF Daisies & Daffodils $ Held over by popular demand OUR TROPICAL PLANT SALE The Apple Blo//ôm /hop DOWNTOWN ORONO 983-9155 Aftqr Hours 983-9656