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Orori» Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 3, 1988-5 Fr m Around The Region Hope blocks new Batterwood plan Hope Township council has turned turned down a proposal to develop Bat- terwood estates in the Canton area into a self-contained retirement village equipped with everything from a golf course to a medical centre. centre. The development called for 500 condominiums and houses on the 125 hectares property, formerly the Massey estate. ■ -The Township official plan does not call for such a high density for the area. GM retirees to get indexed pensions GM pension cheques to retirees will be increased this month due to a contract agreement to add indexing indexing in the last set of negotiations. Those retiring after September 1984 will have three dollars a month added. added. Those receiving full pension will now collect $1,575 a month. Wild turkeys released in Northumberland Forest Nine wild turkeys, five gobblers and four hens, hqye been released in the Northumblerand Forest north of Cobourg. The birds released were captured in the Barrie district and are offsprings of a group released in thàt area in 1986. It is reported that 23 birds released released near Pontypool last winter has now grown to at least some 50 birds. Northumberland horseman gets post Gord Sherwin of Baltimore has been appointed one of seven on the Ontario Racing Commission. The appointment is for a three year term. Sherwin has been active in the horse business since 1950, raising, training and racing. Conditional approval for regional AIDS education Thé Region of Durham has given conditional approval of an AIDS educational program providing the province funds the program one hunred percent. The program would have the Region hire three additional staff. • Lawyer attacks free trade plan Jim Peterson, speaking, at the CobdUrg Chamber of Commerce!, stated"that the automobile, farming and food processing industries will be the big losers should the proposed proposed free trade deal go through. "This is a bad business deal for, our children and grandchildren,"! he said. 1 \ ! To make another try for dump site - An engineering firm is ijeady to .submit their) recommendation as to their choice bf a,dump site for Northumberland Northumberland County,| west. The report will be presented to the coun- - ty waste management committee. Three sites have been examined, Baltimore, just east of Cobourg and in the Grafton area. Blue Boxes coming The Blue Box for recycable items from the home have been distributed to Oshawa residents. Durham Recycling Centre intends within a week to continue the distribution to the Pickering area. The boxes are to handle cans, gke; id paper which are to be picked up oil the same day as the regular garbage pickup. As to Orono the Blue Books will come but likely later this spring. Abortion decision to be made A decision is expected this week over the dissolving of the therapeutic abortion committee at the Oshawa General Hospital. It is speculated that if the committee committee is dissolved abortions, like any other surgery, will be provided when a physicians and a patient deem it appropriate or necessary. Four hospitals in the Region have operated with a therapeutic abortion abortion committee, Oshawa, Whitby, Port Perry and the Cottage Hospital in Uxbridge. As long as the Canadian dollar is lower than U.S. Northumberland -fruit and vegetable growers fed that free trade will not bother them as long as the Canadian dollar is lower than the U.S. dollar. The president of the Eastern Ontario Ontario Fruit Growers states trouble would mount if the Canadian dollar rises to 90 cents of the U.S. dollar. New owners for Bowmanville Zoo A California firm, known as Canadian Zoological Systems has been reported to have purchased the Bowmanville Zoo with the deal being closed with Keith Connell and his two sons on January 8th. Keith Connell with his sons have operated the Zoo for thirty years and now are to continue raising exotic exotic animals on a farm north of Oshawa. Further details as to the sale are to be made public within a, week or two. Concerned over increased, size of trucks Whitby council is calling for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario review the issue of truck sizes in relation to safety and road costs. The debate came about due to the fact that a request had been received received by the City of Oshawa from the Canadian Trucking Association that it he allowed to increase the maximum lengths and weights of trucks and truck trailers in Ontario. Sandford Fleming picks new site in Cobourg A new building is to be constructed constructed in Cobourg to house Sir Sandford Fleming Community College. College. The facility is to be built in the west end of Cobourg beside the County Fair Plaza on Highway 2. • The College. building could be operational this September Some praise for new sewage program 'A Port Hope councillor has given support to a new Ontario sewage emission plan which is to cutdown qn the flow o toxic and non-toxic pollutants flowing into Ontario waterways. It was stated that some municipalities will be faced with high costs to meet the new regulations regulations by the end of 1989 but that in the long run it will be worth it. The present Cobourg system exceeded exceeded the new effluent guidelines four times in 1987 according to Environment Environment Ontario. Scorching pace for young Whitby boy with Flames Joe Nieuwendyk's family doesn't cheer for the Leaf's anymore when the Calgary Flames come to the Maple Leaf Gardens. (Continued page 6) A Message to Grain Farmers Special Canadian Grains Program-*1987 Extension. T I he federal government has announced JL> the 1987 extension of the Special Canadian Grains Program. The subsidy war between the United States and the European Economic Community is, continuing to financially affect Canadian farmers. This program will help offset the low world prices of 1987 grain, oilseed and special crops caused by this subsidy war. Per crops produced in 1987, this special assistance has been increased to $1,1 billion. Also increased is the number of eligible crops. The grain, oilseed and special crops included in the program are listed below. 1 Farmers who applied for a payment ,, under the Special Canadian Grains Program last year have been mailed application forms this year. Other farmers can obtain forms by calling the toll-free number, or by contacting: ♦ Agriculture Canada regional offices ♦ Farm Credit Corporation offices ♦ Offices of Members of Parliament ♦ Elevator agents ♦ Producer associations ♦ Provincial extension offices. A separate application form will be distributed to honey producers in mid-February. 2 . : - A first installment payment covering about three-quarters of each farmer's total entitlement will be made before March 31, 1988. Final payments will be made by the end . of June. V • Farmers who do not receive a first installment installment payment will receive their total payment in June. $ 3 The application deadline is March 16th, 1988. To be eligible for the assistance, all farmers must submit an application form. They must be postmarked no later than March 16,1988. If you need more information, call toll-free between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., EST: 1-800-267-6343 wheat barley oats rye mixed grains corn soybeans canola flax sunflower seeds dry peas mustard lentils canaryseed , « safflower buckwheat field peas faba beans honey alfalfa for processing pedigreed seed popcorn triticale farm fed grain. 1*1 Agriculture . Canada ..coHÙhiiûVf t4e cowtifotent Canada