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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 19, 1989-5 From Around the Region O iawa fires in 1988 up with four lives lost The loss to fire in Oshawa in 1988 does not compare well with similar losses in 1987. There were four deaths dtie to fire comparing with one in 1987. Property loss reached $5. L in 1988 comparing with $2.5 in 1987. Durham welfare cases dropped in February There was a 6.1 percent drop in welfare cases in Durham in February as compared with January. In total there were 6365 people living on welfare in the Region in February. Dump meeting called by Region It has been billed as the most important important meeting of the 80's, a dump meeting called by the Region. A meeting of the Region's waste tnanagement committee was held on Tuesday to discuss the region's short and long term garbage disposal options. Which will include include possible participation with Metro. UI changes could affect GM SUB plan sibility and mentioned court security, security, treatment of industrial waste and on issues like Sunday shopping. Agency facing rising cases of child abuse In the past four years in Northumberland Northumberland County child abuse both physical and sexual has tripled. tripled. In the last year alone cases have increased by 20 percent. The pure volume of cases from 13 in February in 1988 to 17 in June placed the Children's Aid Society in the red for the first time. Separate school consider student unifroms The Separate School Board is considering the introduction of student student school uniforms for all students in the secondary school system. Capital Theatre, Port Hope back in the news With a new roof keeping out the rain Rod Stewart, owner of the. Capital Theatre, is turning his attention attention to the inside of the building. Stewart has said th'ftt the inside work will take some time but he intends intends that the building will be used again as a theatre. The theatre was closed in 1987 by Premier Operating Group Corporation Corporation Ltd. of Toronto. Open Symons wing at Golden Plough The Symons wings at the Golden Plough, Cobourg, was reopened recently completing a lengthy renovation program at the Plough. Total costs of renovations reached $2.4 million. The facility now has 59 residential-care beds, 100 extended care beds and 53 special care beds-. Caring foster parents leaving the system Foster parents are gradually slipping slipping out of the system to join private agencies at a higher rate of pay or just tired and discouraged. In Northumberland County there is a need for 60 foster parent families. It has 40. It has been pointed out that this is trend all across the country. Foster parents do not want to have to become a social worker, only only give love to a child. Unearth bones believed human Skeletal remains, suspected human, have been unearthed in a rural community, Dundonald, north of Colborne. The bones came to light during renovations of a house in Dundonald Dundonald which were discovered under the boarded-up basement portion of the house. On further digging it is expected there were two skeletons in the closed-up-area. . Pianist featured at Oshawa Symphony concert A Seagram Guest Artist Concert featuring Arthur Ozolins, piano, and the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra is being held on Sunday, April 23, at 8:00 p.m. at Eastdale Collegiate in Oshawa. ' This season marks the 25th anniversary anniversary of Ozolin's debut with the Toronto Symphony. He has travelled extensively throughout North America, Europe and in Russia. • Tickets $15.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors. Donates $30,000 to Durham College The Rotary Club of Oshawa has donated a sum of $30,000 to Durham College Dedication Program. The Dedication Program provides assistance to students experiencing financial need during the year as well as scholarships to encourage academic excellence. Can you gut 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 Chris fl GailLazenby, R-2000 Homeowners, Stirling Officials of the Canadian Auto Workers claim that changes as proposed proposed by the federal government to the Unemployment Insurance Act could affect supplementary unemployment benefits that give laid-off GM workers up to 95 percent percent of their regular take home pay. Phamplets to warn of rabies danger The Regional Health Department is about to circulate pamphlets to some 60,000 elementary students and to more than 30,000 households. The literature will warn against the danger of rabies that may be contacted through bites, scratches and transfer of saliva. Durham Region is in an area that can be the highest level of affected animals of any in North America. Last year 103 residents in Durham were given rabies vaccinations. Information classes are to be held in ■ the school for students. of kindergarten to grade 8. Cobourg plant to be , one of the most efficient General Foods, Cobourg, will spend $6 million this summer on upgrading their plant. The project is to be completed in 1990. The upgrading falls fast on the heels of $10 million spent last year to install Tang and Kool-Aid lines and expand the capacity for Post Cereal lines. With the x work completed in 1990 the Cobourg facility is tb rank among the efficient in the Uenera Food System. Province not to lift 'he freeze on grants v.,- John Eakins, Minister of Municipal Affairs, told an audience in Cobourg last week that the province province is committed to its freeze as outlined on unconditional grants. He stated that the province had increased increased conditional grant to the municipalities by 5.4 percent for WË& üpss "1 guess the best word to describe our old place was drafty. It was a great place. We loved it. But we could never keep it comfortable enough. "So when we decided to buy a new house, we decided to go R-2000. We checked into it and found that R-2000 would do two things. Cut down on energy costs, and make the place a lot more Comfortable. "The double-glazed windows are great. The ground source heat pump gives us air conditioning conditioning in the summer, too, And the fireplace keeps the living room cozy. "Before we couldn't imagine what it would be like living without drafts. But at times it gets hard to remember what it was like living with them." For more.information on R-2000 homes, simply mail in - the coupon or call, toll free, 1-800-263-9000. Please send me more information on the R-2000 home. n . i 1 i i i i . i Mail to: * : R-2000 Homes P.O. Box 3347, Markham Industrial Park Markham, Ontario 13R6E9 i 1-800-263-9000 1989. He said municipalities should be prepared to take on' more respon-