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; ii A) A MN HH Oshawa wants Region "the Ridges " 'split at The city of Oshawa has made no secrets about the fact it is not happy with its _ partnership with the seven other municipalities that make up Durham Region. And last Wednesday after- ¢roon that unhappiness was evident again as two Oshawa councillors, John DeHart * and Bruce Mec- Arthur, asked that a review of Bill 162 be started. Councillor McArthur is one of several Oshawa politicans to vent their dis- pleasure with the existing political set-up, and he has publicly suggested that Dur- ham be split along the Ridges, which would separ- ate the urban-industrial south from the largely rural municipalities of Scugog, Introduce two new traffic signs The Ministry of Trans- poftation and Communica- ons has announced -that new symbolized 'NO. LEFT TURN" and "NO RIGHT TURN" traffic signs will be in use in Ontario beginning @April 1, 1978. The new signs, approved as Canadian Standards by the Council of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada, will depict a red circle with a' diagonal bar on a white background, in- dicating a turn in the direc- tion of the black arrow is prohibited. Field tests carried out on behalf of the-council reveal- ed many drivers experienc- ed difficulties with the double message signs (two arrow symbols) currently in use. As a result, a majority of road authorities recom- mended all permissive double arrow symbol signs be replaced by the prohibi- tive symbol./ Replacement of the old symbol signs will be made oon a maintenance basis with full replacement completed by March 31, 1980. » Brock and Uxbridge in the North. ¢ : Oshawa Mayor Jim Potti- cary makes no bones about his unhappiness with the Region and in one speech described himself as a '"'separatist" when it comes to regional council. Under the council's rules of procedure, the request - for a review of Bill 162 initiated * by councillors DeHart and McArthur may now be placed on the agenda for next regular meeting scheduled for March 8. Region to spend *170,000 on economical development Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm and councillor Reg Rose were among the 18 regional councillors who voted last Wednesday in favour of hiring a Toronto public relations firm to carry out Durham's eco- nomic development pro- grammes. The vote which came after lengthy debate and a one-hour 'in-camera' ses- sion saw ten regional coun- cillors from Oshawa, New- castle, Whitby and Picker- ing against hiring the com- pany called Public and In- dustrial Relations at a cost of about $170,000. Continued function where money is col- lected at the door should pay to help cover the mainten- ance costs of the hall. All other groups which use the hall for such a function have agreed to pay the rental fee. Council at that time attempted to resolve the issue by asking the Senior Citizens Club and the Women's Institute in Black- stock if both would agree to set up a new board to run the old hall, and in the inferim council agreed that the senior citizens should be exempt from paying the $10 rental fee. However, the Women's Institute said two weeks ago in a letter to council that it was quite content to keep the hall under the jurisdiction of _ the present committee, and an unsigned letter from the Senior Citizens Club tabled at the council meeting Mon- The "in camera' session was called after councillors agreed that discussion con- cerning the bids of two other companies, REJ Ad- vertising of Oshawa, and JHF Productions of Scar- borough, could be detri- mental to the firms if con- ducted in open session. The principle objectors to hiring the Toronto company said they felt the job could be carried out equally as well by local firms. Oshawa Mayor Jim Potti- cary said in his opinion "a local company could well do the job." day night said the club would not want to be part of any new hall board. Community Centre Com- mittee chairman John Wol- ters, who was present at the Monday night meeting of council said that the com- mittee will stand by its decis- ion to charge the seniors the $10 rental fee, stating that- "we simply cannot charge other groups the fee', and let the seniors use the hall for nothing. He added that the senior citizens have been offered the use of recreation centre (for a fee) but have turned down this proposal. Mr. Wolters added that the Community Centres commii- tee feels that asking the Senior Citizens to pay the $10 rental fee is not unreason- able. ". This sentiment was repeat- ed by councillor Vern Assel- stine who said that the senior citizens club could well Brooklin Horticultural Society by Margaret Beath Some warmth was injected into an otherwise cold even- ing, at the second meeting of he Brooklin Horticultural Society, held on February 22. at General Vanier Secondary School, in Oshawa, showed slides on the propogation of tropical plants. -Keéh, who lives in Ashburn, received his degree in Horticulture at University of Guelph and is also a member of the above mentioned organization as well as being on the Board of ®Directors. His slides were THE CALICO CAT 118 Brock St., North, Whitby Domestic & Imported Yarns Needle Macrame Supplies 668-7611 Vionday to Friday work Supphies Wam tos 00pm Dam. toSpm TF interesting and informative as he gave a running com- mentary on the slides as they were shown and concluded with a question and answer period as well. The above was followed by a Houseplant Auction, the plants being donated by the members of the Society and you guessed it, the auction- eer was Ken Brown, with assistants, Marg Davis and: Ialeen Crawford. Each plant was identified in turn and it was the general consensus of opinion that Mr. Brown was indeed proficient in the auctioneering field. = The bidding started slowly but Mr. Brown's general remarks and witticisms en- couraged the audience to participate and a hilarious evening was had by all. "Let's do it again", was the council's heard from many of those in attendance. President John Jefferies welcomed those present and thanked Ken Brown and his assistants for a very inform- ative and generally enjoy- able evening. Cedar Creek by Geroge Kilpartick Last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Smith, Leonard Greenwood and Ruth Haines all of Stouffville and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Carson and sons .of Hastings were all visitors with Mr. and Mrs. John Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Vince Laroc- que of Oshawa were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Vic Larocque. Mr. and Mrs. John Farrow of South River are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rick Larocque and sons and other relatives in the area this week. George Kilpatrick visited his cousin Miss Clara Bown, in Toronto on Saturday. } Kin Larry Kendall was draw mastér at the Heritage Day dinner held for the Senior Citizens at the Scout Hall last Thursday evening. Mrs. Katie Crosier draws one of the many winning tickets for potted plants. Cartwright seniors may have to pay $10 fee afford the $10 fee in light of the fact that a 50 cent admis- sion is charged for the euchre parties, a lunch is served and cash prizes offer- ed to the card winners. The seniors said during - their appearance before council in January that the club could not afford the $10 fee and if forced to pay it would have to cancel the weekly euchre parties. 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