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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 18, 1989 A meeting at the Cider Press Lorna Atkins, Anri Evans, Ridge Kinsmen, club meet at the and making their pitch for sales, Paul Arsenault, Vic Harrison, cider press in Downtown Orono The Kinsmen group came Owen Ferguson, the latter three on Saturday where the Kinsmen well prepared with their new members of the Great Pine were pressing apples for cider equipment for the enterprise. From Around the Region County building a show case at $9 million County councillors in Northumberland Northumberland have had their first glimpse of their new administrative building which could be complete early in 1991. The building carries a price tag of $9 million. New paper plant coming to Whitby A new de-inking and newsprint paper mill using recycled paper is to open in Whitby in July of 1990. It is expected that this mill will sop-up the surplus of recycled paper in this area and possibly take all such paper assembled in the province. The Whitby plant will take up, to 140,000 tonnes and is expected to have to import waste paper from abroad before local supply catches up. The price for waste paper has dropped from $60.00 a ton to $40.00 a ton due to the abundance and success of recycling and due to the. fact that plants are not now available or on line to use the paper. New law will keep hunters off the road side A new law expected to be passed by the Provincial government is expected expected to curb hunting off the road side. The maximum penalty for such' an act has been set at $5,000 and the property of the hunter may be ceased ceased on the spot. Bouchard s^iid he expects GO to take over » Benoit Bouchard, federal Transport Minister, at a fund raising raising event in ,Whitby last week said the Havelock-Toronto VIA line was not a commuter line, It's a GO line. He assured his audience that GO would take it over. GM plans end of Van production GM announced last week that it would end production of Vans in a Scarborough plant which could affect affect some 2500 workers. Production of the full size GM vans are to be consolidated at the Flint, Mich, plant. The announcement was a surprise to all workers. No time limit was given for the closing of the plant. Sam Cureatz gets legislative appointment Mike Breaugh, N.P. and Sam Cureatz, Conservative, have been named first and second deputy speakers of the legislature. Jean Poirer, Liberal, is the regular deputy speaker when Speaker Hugh Edighoffer is absent. Durham housing prices could drop Dave Tonkin, president of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board has commented that Durham housing prices could drop up to five percent even though they are stabile at the present time. The average selling price is marked at $183,524. The president, of the local New ' Home Builders' Association maintains maintains prices will hold firm. United Way campaign behind schedule After four weeks the United Way campaign has shown to be behind schedule in its- objective. $1,293 million had been collected up to last week, an amount 44 percent percent of the targeted $2.95 million. Corporate campaigns are expected expected to be underway this week. Come to terms at A. G. Simpson plant The union and the A.G. Simpson company have come to terms oh a new three year contract resulting in 14.1 percent over the three year period. There is some upgrading and increases increases in cost of living benefits. Some employees will earn an- increase increase of near 30 percent over the term of the contract. An average wage at the present time has been $13.85 an hour. Honda donates two cars to Durham College Honda has donated two new cars valued at $30,000 to the Ajax campus campus of Durham College. The cars will be used for the 167 students enrolled in the apprentice program at the campus. Honda's marketing manager points out the need for qualified mechanics for new cars which are equipped with sophisticated electronics. electronics. Live Theatre tops the list Live theatre topped the wish list of Port Hopers in a recent survey of what they would like in their community. community. Following live theatre came a movie house followed by tennis courts. East against west in Northumberland County Northumberland County council had given approval to enter into a contract with Canada Capital for a resource recovery centre study. However at their most recent meeting the eastern members edged out the western members with a vote that turned aside such a study being held and financed partially by the county. Roger Wilson, warden, hopes that this can change again or that some municipalities will support the study outside the county system. $2.1 million expansion to Senior's Centre Whitby councillor has given approval approval to an expenditure of $2.1 million for an expansion at the Brock Street Senior Citizens' Centre. Centre. The addition will add some 15,000 square feet. Region to monitor two nuclear power stations Durham Region is to keep a close eye on daily operations at the nuclear plants within its jurisdiction, jurisdiction, Pickering and Darlington. Herrema ' wants the municipality's Task Force to meet twice a year. Garbage costly even for Board of Education There is no relief coming from the Region of Durham for the Durham Board of Education as to their garbage costs. The Board of Education has asked asked that some relief be given to their annual cost of $200,000. The Board states costs have risen from $16.00 a tonne to $83.00 a tonne and could well further increase. No relief was granted by a committee committee of the Region. Durham Schools not ready for full integration Although there is full support for the integration of special-need students at the Durham Board level it has been stated .that the school system is not yet ready for, such a move throughout the system. A special education team of three tdachers are impressed vtith the way special needs students adapt, to regular day-to-day'classes. Minister says 'No' to Baseline Health Study A base-line health study associated with the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is not in the books, as far as Elinor Caplan, Ontario Minister of Health, is concerned. concerned. Last week she refused to agree to a request to initiate the base-line study that has been sought by Nuclear Awareness Project of Oshawa, the Town of Newcastle, the Region of Durham and other surrounding municipalities. Nuclear Awareness Project has repeatedly sought thé study both from the Town and from Ontario Hydro. Caplan has said a province-wide study of health status on Ontarians, currently being undertaken by the Premier's council on health strategy, will provide sufficient data to measure the future health of residents across the province which would include the Darlington area. She said the study will give the kind of indicators that will help the province to determine how we are improving the health status of the population of Ontario. Port Hope student dies of meningitis A student at Trinity College, Port' Hope died of meningitis after being rushed to Sick Children's Hospital recently. The local Health LJnit began a mass innoculation of the 400 students at the school along with staff and faculty. The medical officer officer of the Health Unit has stated that outside residents of Port Hope are in no danger of being infected. Commuters lobby for alternative transportation Local VIA Rail commuters say they are not prepared to resume commuting into Toronto by car after their train grinds to a halt in mid January. , If the bid to retain the current rail service is not successful the group says it will lobby the extension of GO Rail, GO transit bus .or commercial commercial commuter bits service. The group has approached both federal and provincial members of parliament. Group working to save historic church , Twenty years ago the historic Wesleyville church that had served as a place of worship for 125 years was closed with services being moved moved to the nearby Welcome Church. A decision to demolish the building was never carried out. The present trustees are asking Hope Township to designate the church as being historically significant. The trustees hope to restore the building which was erected in 1860 and use it for church related activities. activities. Separate Board stands by integration policy The Separate School Board of Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle has renewed its commitment to integrate integrate children with special'needs in its regular school program. Feter Roach, director of education, education, has said the board will not be daunted by the unique challenge of putting emotional, intellectual, and physically handicapped children into into classes with other students. Of the board's 9800 students, there are an estimated 1000 that require require special attention because of learning, social, or physical disabilities. Of these some 70 do require full- tigie learning assistance due to exceptional exceptional high needs. Aids Awareness Week in Ontario October 16 22. 1989 Be aware Call the Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS Hotliqe 1-800-668-AIDS Ladies'Choice Auto Service Avoid the inconvenience and stress of taking your car for servicing. 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