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From Around the Region Village Resident Wants Construction Ban (. Gore's Landing residént wants Hamilton Township to ban the construction construction of new homes in the central central part of Gore's Landing to preserve that area's architectural heritage and appearance. Bike Racing Track Upsets Neighbours A race track for all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes, set up in a pasture in Hope Township, has some residents upset about the noise level. Hope Township has never passed a noise by-law. Noise is classified as a contaminant along with vibration, dust and smoke. More Support Needed For Hockey Franchise Support for an NHL hockeÿ franchise is just "trickling in" from Port Hope. $20 million is needed, which is 200 shares at $100,000 each. What's at stake now is the financial financial framework required to support a team and a 18,000 seat arena. Cobourg Councillors Reject Referendum An attempt by Coun, Don Kirkup to entice Cobourg council into a public referendum on annexation annexation failed. Kirkup said, "Annexation "Annexation would put the town under great financial pressure to improve and expand its water and sewer services." services." Bridge Declared Unsafe The bridge just south of Corbett's Dam in Port Hope is being being closed to the public because it is unsafe. A report by Totten Sims Hübicki Associates states that the McKib- bon Street bridge is in "poor condition condition with extensive deterioration and parts of the structure are in < danger of collapse." The cost of replacing the bridge' with a smaller pedestrian walkway would be about $260,000. The cost of repairing the existing structure is estimated to be $300,000. Restortation of Historic Home Prompts Dispute With Owner One of Port Hope's most valuable historic homes is in danger of losing its designation. LACAC (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Co'mmitte) and owner Ruth Beaucage can't reach an agreement on restoration details. Beaucage wants to replace Ühe existing existing single-paned windows with double-glazed windows to make the house more heat efficient. However, LACAC, which must be consulted on any alternations being made to the house, opposes the plan, saying it will destroy one of the 'home's historically significant features. Beaucage purchased the house in 1987 for $363,050. A Picture-Perfect Multiculturism Project The Multicultural Council of Oshawa and District is having its 10th anniversary." The project, Multiculturism Alive, invites amateur and professional professional photographers to submit wo/ 1 which will culminate in a rek ence education kit on multiculturalism and race relations. The photographs submitted should reflect any aspect of multiculturalism and/or race relations relations evident in Durham Region. The kit will be launched at Durham College in the fall of 1990 to commemorate the 10th year of operation of the Multicultural Council. The deadline tor entries is Jan. 5, 1990. Submissions can be sent to Information Information Oshawa, Oshawa City Farm Daycare Gets Boost Farm families in west Durham Region will get Federal help to set up a daycare program. . The federal government is providing providing $192,064 over the next three years for a pilot project developed by the Bethesda-Reach Women's Institute, Durham MP Ross Stevenson Stevenson said. The Durham West On-Farm Child Care Program will provide affordable affordable and flexible child care for 20 farm families this year, with a 20 per cent increase in number of families in each following year. Singing Those Blue Box Blues Gluts in the glass and newsprint recycling industry are creating problems problems for the blue box program in Durham, said Art Leitch, the region's operations director. , The glass glut has forced the region to take back loads of glass that have been shipped for recycling# recycling# he said. "We are having a problem with Consumers Glass", said Leitch. "They are almost looking for an excuse excuse to send a load back." Atlantic Packaging is building a new mill in Whitby. When it opens in July, 1990, it will require up to 125,000 tonnes of paper almost immediately. immediately. Police win new station The Port Hope police department department began moving into its new station station on Walton Street, after a Supreme Court action to have the move stopped was dismissed. Judge T.J. Lally ruled that the police station is not a municipal office office and can therefore relocate to the 230 Walton Street building, under the existing bylaw. Principals asked to help trim bus cost A Board of Education Committee • wants area high school principals to come up with ways of reducing the cost of after school bussing. ■ The 18 buses which wait after regular school hours for students at six of the board's high schools cost tax payers over $36,000 last year. L-Triple-J now under new ownership Barbara and Bruce Adamson of R.R. 2 Orono have purchased the L-Triple-J' Ranch on highway 115 to ; be now known as Western Wrangler Riding Ranch. The Wrangler is offering trail rides, boarding and leasing as well ,as a lack shop. The ranch is located ' on Highway 115 just north of the Sandaraska Park. Raise $25,000 for cancer research The ninth annual Terry Fox run in Oshawa raised a total of $13,500 over the week-end and as well through the efforts of employees at GM a further $ 11,000 was raised for cancer research bringing the total in the Oshawa area close to $25,000. 8000 view the Darlington Generating Station Some 8000 people visited the Darlington Generating Station on Sunday. They came from all walks of fife many being relatives and. families of the 4800 construction workers who are still employed at the plant. School buses toured the construction construction site with, visitors while lour guides explained the massive project with enough cement for seven CN lowers, l ire tout included included the control rooms as well as.the generating rooms. The fact that the Atomic Energy Control Board had reneged on an operating licence at this time did not dismay the crowd. Ormond Place officially opened in Oshawa The official opening of Ormond Place in Oshawa,- a 44-unit Townhouse complex, devised by the Durham Region Non-Profit Housing Housing Complex was held last Friday. The complex was supported financially by all levels of governments governments and include half of the rental units being geared to residents' income. income. Chairman of the Non-Profit Housing Board, Diane Hamre, was present to assist with the opening. The Board now operates Conant Place, 43 townhouses; Wood Farm Manor, 70-unit apartments, eight apartments in Sunderland, and 16-units in a renovated school in Cannington. The Non-Profit Board will be opening three other endeavours within the next year. Survey shows Oshawa economy is booming Oshawa's economy will continue to go gangbusters over the next three months, according to a survey by a private employment firm. A quarterly survey released by Manpower Temporary Service says 34 per cent of local firms plan to hire more workers in the last three months of the year. Only three per cent plan staff cuts. Oshawa's unemployment rate fell to 3.5 per cent in August from 3.7 per cent a month earlier. Because of the glut of jobs, minimum wage positions are a thing of the past. "We won't list anything under $6 an hour for an unskilled worker." Hooper blasts name games Newcastle councillor Ken Hooper is "fed up" with needing regional council's approval for new Town of Newcastle street names. The town is required to co- ordinate and approve all street names with the Region of Durham to ensure there will be no duplicating of street names in neighbouring municipalities," said the regional council report. It stated there already was a Bickle Drive in Oshawa, and that regional policy would not allow the Town of Newcastle to duplicate a name. Councillor Diane Hamre suggested suggested that perhaps Bickle Street would have a better chance of meeting regional approval. "I don't care if it's Bickle Street or Bickle Drive. I don't Care about the second part of-the name," said Hooper. Garbage: Three Options A draft progress report on Durham Region's long term garbage garbage solution has narrowed down to three options, all involving dumps. . The three alternatives are: a large landfill only; a medium-sized facility facility that combines waste processing (WP) re-use and recyling, EI;W incinerator incinerator with a medium-sized landfill; landfill; and a large WP/EFW plant with a small landfill. All options are for Durham's waste only. The cost of medium processing and incineration plant would cost $55.6 million to build and $5.8 million a year to run while a larger one would cost $98 million to build and $8.9 million to run, the report says. - A landfill for Durham's garbage would cost anywhere from $15 to $20 million to build and $2 to $5 million to run, depending on the size. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 20, 1989-7 Orono Public School News Report Orono Public School has been busy this fall with preparation for the fair and house league events. Tuesday, September 19th was Meet the Teacher Night. All of the students from Grade 4 - 6 have been put into House League teams. There are four teams for boys and girls. Thirty-five students have tried out for Orono's soccer team. There was at least a dozen from last year. Practises started last week and the team will be finalized next week. The team will be having games against Newtonville, Bowman ville and Kirby. We would like to thank the Orono organization for leaving the posts in. We would like to welcome Mr. Stewart. This is an interview with Mr. Stewart who now teaches Grade 5 at Orono School. Q. Which grades have you taught? A. I have taught grades 2-8. Q; Which schools did you teach at before Orono? A. I have taught at 5 schools in Scarborough. Q. Which grade do you like teaching best? A, I have enjoyed every grade. Q. How long have you been teaching? A, For ■ 14 years. Q.; Which school do you like teaching best? A. 1 like teaching at Orono School. College workers strike vote this month Support staff at Ontario's -22 community colleges will hold a strike vote September 26th and a full scale walkout of ■ the 6,500 member bargaining unit could follow by October 11th. At Durham College, the 150 support support staff members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU),- will be joining their col-, leagues across the province in a ballet-box vpte on the 26th. ' Jay Jackson, chair of the union bargaining team, said wages and job security are the issues holding up settlement. Q. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you in your class? A. One time on April Fools Day everyone sat backwards in their desks sti I had to teach at the back of the room all day long. by Danielle Borremans and Jill Rypstra Courtice water problem keep pouring in Courtice water problems continue continue to haunt Durham Region. Three years after more than 50 wells were polluted or went dry due to extensive subdivision construction construction in the area, residents are still coming to the region' with complaints. complaints. At a recent works committee meeting, councillors were told that a number of people have recently requested hook-up to region water at the special one-time $300 hookup hookup charge worked out by the region, developers and the provincial environment environment ministry, back jp the fall of 1986. The region has set a deadline on the special deal of October 31 this year for residents who experience problems and reported them' in the summer of 1986. Works Commissioner Bill TwelvetreeS said the requests are coming in from a handful of people who made no complaints in 1986 about well problems. The région agreed to let people who had registered complaints back in 1986 hook up to regional water for a cut- rate price but made it clear the deal wouldn't be extended. The special $300 charges were made possible due to a 60 per cent grant from the- environment ministry and a contribution from developers who were building names in the area. The well problems problems were found to have been caused by construction in the area. Co 1DOUR • TASTE • SEDIMENT • CHLORINE CONTAMINANTS ■ BACTERIA & VIRUSES? NEW TECHNOLOGY-- 'ULTRAVIOLET UGHT PLUS CARBON BLOCK AND G.A.C. ELECTROfU JO WATER SYSTEMS, INC. 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