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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 11, 1990-5 Kinsmen presen t funds The local Great Pine Ridge Highway 115. ray Taylor, downtown BIA Kinsmen Club recently presented a The cheque of $500.00 was member, Danny Stacheruk, vice- cheque in the amount of $500.00 to presented to Sylvia Parker, chair- president and Don Armstrong, pro- the Orono Downtown Association man of the DBIA by Norm Dawe,, ject chairman of the Great Pine to help defray the cost of the new presîdent of the club. Another tak- Ridge Kinsmen. sign at the south of the Villageon ingpart in the ceremony were Mur- Welfare costs jump in Durham Region Welfare figures in Durham Region jumfp drastically with the case load increasing by 41.7 percent and the costs by 90 percent. It is the third month in a row for huge increases. Cases were 5,744 in March comparing with 4,054, a year ago and 5,582 in February of 1990. The~ same condition~s are being faced in other centres across the province. Suggests cut-back on grants to Town gFoups A recent report to the Town of Newcastle council suggests that there is a need to cut back grants to community and cultural groups. The total of such grants this year reached $400,000 with which the Newcastle Community Services Ad- visory Board, a non-elected group, suggested was growing too rapidly. A new look for O.P.P. vehicles The O.P.P. are about to sport a new look in their cruisers which have been traditîonally black and white. The vehicles are to bc solid white with. highly visible, reflective blue and gold decal stripes down both si des. The black and white was in- troduced in 1941. They expect to save $ 100,000 a year in painting the two-tope cruisers. The change-over will bc com- pleted, in 1993. The O.P.P. crest will be on the doorsand the 1-800 of the particular area on the rear panel as well as the word police on the front and rear fender. Cabinet approves Port Hope annexation The Provincial cabinet bas given approval of an agreement between Port Hope and Hope Township for the annexation of lands from the Township that extends'the western boundary of the Town to a line north and south at the intersection of Toronto Road with Highway 401. In return for the lands Port Hope grants the township a small piece of land and a sum of $900,000. Health Unit seeks <percent increase he Haliburton Kawartha Pine 1wdge Healtb Unit seeks a total budget of $13.5 million up some ten percent from last year. Increased population, additional mandate and increased salaries are the reason for the request. Missed chance for GO service A Cobourg councillor states Cobourg missed the train for the ex- tension of the GO service to Cobourg due to dragging their feet. Don Kirkup felt the GO bus ser- vice could have been extended to Cobourg wth a little pressure. Peterson dlaims Free Trade an adverse effect Premier Peterson in visiting the Northumberland County area stated that Free Trade has affected the agricultural industry and would continue to do so. This along with low commodity prices and high in- terest rates is placing a burden on ,agriculture, be said. Trout are running and jumping The fishway at Corbitt's Dam in Port Hope is a busy place this day with the trout run up the Ganaraska. The jump into the fishway is pro- ving a tourist attraction as well as one for local residents., The dream of a NHL franchise not over The dream to attract an NHL franchise for the Town of Port Hope is not over for Counc. Don Smith. But there are some sizeable holes in the dream . . . $50 million for the franchise and an arena to ac- commodate 18,000 people. Shoreline trail would be welcomed in Port Hope The Port Hope mayor would favour a lakefront trail that -would extend from the Niagara escarp- ment to Port Hope linkîng up with the Bruce trail in the west and the Ganaraska Trail in the east. Favours Wesleyville Church as historie site The Ontario Conservation Review Board has given their ap- proval to the designation of the Wesleyville United church as a historic site. Last yea r the Board held a meeting in the area hearing diverse views from 15 citizens in the area. Some had felt the church building should be demolished while other wanted the church saved. Hope Township, however, is still considering the financial implica- tions agreeing to the designation. "Little Shop of Horrors" slated for Whitby players The Whitby Courthouse Players, close out their season with the play "The Little Shop of Horrors".1 Performance nights are Aprîl 26 through to 28, May 3, 4, 5, 10, Il and 12. Further information 723-0274, tickets at 430-3774. Groups seek input on Hydro plans The Nuclear Awareness Project in Oshawa expects to join with other anti-nuclear groups to take part, in environmental hearings which will consider Ontario Hydro plans to build more nuclear generating plants along with -other, proposaIs for their twenty-five year plan. The coalition of groups is seeking government funding as are some other 150 individuals and groups. Such funding will be made known on May 25th. Market general active in the spring Although sales of houses were up for March in the Oshawa and District Area thiey did not meet ex- pectations for this period of the year. Resales total 386 in March corn- paring with 367 in February. Listings in March slowed somewhat. There is a large inven- tory of over 4500) listings at the pre- sent trne. Newcastle Recycling tire dump on the list Newcastle Recycling is one of eight Ontario tire dumps allegedly in violation of provincial fire codes. It bas been reported that 250,000 used tires are stored on the site own- ed by Bill Hale. Hale purchased the site 10 years ago from Goodyear Canada who had been using the area as atire dump- for eight years. GO extension this year in provincial plans The province has announced it will provide mnorning and evening GO service into Oshawa this faîl. GO is to run over the CN tracks to the former VIA rail station in south Oshawa.. By 1996 the extension will operate on the two new tracks on the CPR right-of-way extending to an area at the Holiday Inn. Second MaIl plan may go to the 0MB Cobourg council intends to take Hamilton Township to the Ontario Municipal Board if the Township proceeds to give their approval to a major commercial MaIl whîch would be located directly across from the new Northumberland Mal in Cobourg. The new building of 128,000 (Continued page 6) ALLINROOKEED & FARM ALLNBOO SUPPL IES WJ ý2 e (corner of HWY 115 & Clarke 4th Conc. 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