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From Around the Region Orono Weekly limes, Wednesday, February 1, 1989-5 Hydro chairman replys to proposed changes New plant to hire 220 workers A new plant in Port Hope's industrial industrial park is to get underway in May and it is estimated it will hire 220 workers. Viceroy Homes Ltd. will build a 150,000 square foot $10 million plant with completion date October 1st. The plant will produce a new type of modular home which can be delivered to a site complete, everything from the door chimes to the light bulbs. Ganaraska Authority reduces choice to two At a recent meeting of the Ganaraska Region- Conservation Authority the Authority members reduced their choice to joining with one of two existing Authorities. Conservation Authorities throughout " Ontario must amalgamate to drastically reduce the number of Authorities. The Ganaraska has taken amalgamation with Central Lake Ontario and the Otonabee as their choices. The existing 38 authorities are to be reduced to 18, as being sought by the province. Garbage tipping fee to $60 a tonne - Port Hope now pays $60.00 a . tonne for tipping fees at the Laidlaw dump near Newtonville. Tipping fees have increased some 200 percent over the past eight months months states a report to the Town. Don Teft, operations manager for Laidlaw, said people are deman: ding more in environmental controls controls and this costs money. He said the demand was warranted. He said it cost the company $65,000 last year in consulting fées alone for site monitoring. Metro charges $50.00 a tonne at Brock West which fee is expected to increase later this year. Durham Region municipalities, however, receive a $28.00 rebate on the $50. tipping fee. Plan addition to Port Hope plaza ' A 16,000 square foot addition to the Peter Street plaza is now in the works by Toronto's Great Northern Development Company. They are also planning a plaza development, for Cobourg, expected this year. Trailer Park owner could be fined The owner of Marydale Park in Hope Township south of 401 highway could be fined $50,000 for contravening'a by-law following a recent decision of council. The Planning and Development committee has agreed to enforce an existing by-law rather than amend an existing by-law. The by-law slates no person shall use any trailer lor the living, sleeping and eating for a period of more than 60 days in any period of 10 consecutive months. months. Province wide testing of drinking water A province-wide testing of drinking drinking water for lead containments is underway in the Northumberland and Newcastle school system. The province is also testing water in schools and churches where day care centres operate. Still no decision on site of a garbage dump After two years Northumberland County is no closer to settling-on a site tor a county-wide garbage dump. Although three sites have been in the option no agreement has been reached. It is a similar story throughout the district. A growing list of school priorities Hamilton Township council complains over Baltimore school facilities which they claim is most inadequate. The facility however rests fifth on a list of priorities which include an expansion in Bowmanville, new schools in Courtice and Port Hope and a repair job for Percy Public School in Warkworth. Hamilton Township council states portables, no gymn or auditorium, and poor washroom facilities are but a few of the needs to be corrected. The people of Ontario, both as electricity users and as taxpayers, will benefit from the proposed changes to the Power Corporation Act, Chairman and President Robert Franklin said today. "Under changes to the Act and the Memorandum of Understanding, Understanding, Ontario Hydro will continue to be responsive to the needs of electricity users and to the energy Thirty years in politics Allan Lawrence honored Allan and Moira Lawrence werê honored recently in Port Hope when 400 constituents of the former Durham-Northumberland riding association gathered for a banquet at the Legion Hall. Allan Lawrence started in politics in the Ontario Legislature in 1957. In 1972 he entered federal politics representing Durham riding after defeating Russ Honey, Liberal. The riding association presented Lawrence with the chair he had sat in for sixteen years in the House of Commons. Lawrence also owns the chair he sat : in in the Ontario legislature. policies of the Government," Franklin said. "We intend to continue operating with the very best features of an efficient private sector sector company while at the same time honoring the commitments of a public sector Corporation. "The amendments'ensure for our customers the best of these two worlds," said Franklin. "The changes guarantee Hydro the flexibility to encourage such things as independent generation of electricity, energy efficiency programs programs for individual consumers and industry, and joint ventures with the private sector," he said. "We continue to have an obligation obligation to meet the ever-increasing electricity needs of the province at the lowest possible price. At the, same time we know we have to serve the public's other needs and. expectations, expectations, such as their concern for the environment and their desire to share in our planning processes." "The expertise and commitment of Hydro employees is unequalled in the utility industry and I am pleased that the Government has brought forward changes which en courage this ability and dedication." Franklin said the Government's initiatives, along with Hydro's own 10 year strategy approved last year, will equip the Corporation to meet the challenges of the 1990s and beyond. "Our strategy to the end of this century focuses on knowing customers and responding to their needs; on using new technology and financial incentives to promote energy efficiency and private sector electricity generation; and on protecting protecting the environment. "Society is changing and we've committed ourselves to reflecting its attitudes and expectations," said Franklin. Can you get AIDS from sharing a needle while doing drugs? YES! Get the facts. Let's Talk. Call the Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS Hotline 1-800-668-AIDS Delivering on our promise in rural Canada In the spring of 1988, Canada Post Corporation made an important commitment to people living in rural areas of Canada: a promise to make postal products and services more accessible to these important communities. By working with businesses in communities more and more postal outlets are now operated, by local merchants, resulting in more accessible and more convenient postal services than ever before.. Accessibility to our products and services has been dramatically improved. In the past, hours of service averaged 29 hours per week. Our new commitment has improved the average hours of service to 65 hours per week. An increase of 126%. Our efforts are working. Independent surveys continue to show that 1 an overwhelming majority of rural Canadians surveyed believe that the post office is moving in the right direction towards better service. Just as.we promised. Canada Post is in rural Canada to stay. That's a promise. CANADA POST CORPORATION Our commitment: better service for you