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United In Marriage Jackie Mercer and Marc Dubeau were united in marriage marriage at Orono United Church on August 6, 1983. Rev. Wright officiated at the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Mercer. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Lee Dubeau, all of Orono. Attending the bride were Kelly Ibbotsofi, matron of honour and bridesmaids JoAnn Mercer, Jasmine Gulais and Carol Mercer. Mike Bray was the best man, ushers were Jason Carr, Steven Mercer and Terry Deriet. The newlyweds reside on Grand Revine Dr., Downsview. From Around the Region by Brian Groot, Clarke Cooperative Cooperative Student. Bullies hurl rocks at children A crossing guard will be hired by the Town of . Newcastle to escort youngsters through a tunnel after receiving a petition signed signed by 380. The tunnel under Waverly Road on the west end of Bowmanville is used by children on their way to school who become victims of hurling rocks from bullies above them. Some children prefer not to take the tunnel so they go up to Waverly Road where the speed liqiit is 80 km. The estimated cost of hiring a guard until the end of December is $450. Cullen Gardens makes attractions At Durham Regions main tourist attraction, Cullen Gardens on Taunton Rpad west of Highway 12, attendance attendance has been down .,10% since last years ,340,000 visitors. A festival of lights will start November 1st until Christmas, being one of the few attractions for customers this time of the year. No increase for Nursery Port Hope and Hope Township Community Care are expected to be charged a rental of $100.00 per month for the use of a classroom at. Port Hope High School if the Board accepts a recommendation recommendation from the finance committee. committee. The Port Hope High School classroom which Community Cares uses was '■ ring to have a rent increase $200 next year and then $300 later on. Community Care pays nothing to the Board at the present time. Hope Township objects The Vincent Massey Memorial Centre in Bewdley has one-third of its debts paid by Hope Township Council. Hope refuses to approve a joint agreement which gives Hamilton Township full control control of the community centre but requires Hope to share'in i deficits. The centre had a $20,000 deficit last year and .Hope refuses to pay its share while Hamilton insists in full operating responsibility. Newton ville man races in Wales Warren Thaxter, 38, of Newtonville, recently went to Wales, England where he rode his 250 cc Husqvarna • Enduro Motorcycle in a 1,384 km cross country race. Thaxter Thaxter competed against 360 other riders from Czechoslovakia, Italy, • Germany, Germany, the U.S., and other countries spending $6,000 of his own money and taking a week off from GM. RetUbing at Nuclear Plant More problems arise at Ontario Ontario Hydro's nuclear generating station as massive .retubing of the reactor arid its twin may have to be undertaken, undertaken, One of the plants oldest' reactors has been shut down since August 1st when one of its 390 pressure tubes ruptured and had a significant significant loss of coolant. Hydro has estimated replacing energy from one Pickering reactor with energy from a coal burning burning station would cost $200,000 a day. , Receives medal from P,ope A Port Hope woman, Olive ■Demoe, retired last year from a long teaching career at area Catholic schools. She recently received a medal from the Pope. The papal medal, called Pro Eccesia et Pontifice, is the highest honour granted to lay women in the Catholic church. The award was granted because of fund-raising work with St. Peter Alumni and Friends. May mean more jobs The number of jobs created by construction on the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station could multiply, 8 times if the money was spent on housing, nursing nursing homes, child care and other programs said NDP Leader Bob Rae. $2.7 billion could be saved on Ontario Hydro rates this decade if thé plant east of Toronto was closed. "It's a pretty expensive expensive way to create jobs," said Rae about the $11.7 billion plant. Bring your pet to Clinic TJhe , Bowmanville Veterinary clinic on Highway 2, east of Bowmanville and the Durham Veterinary Clinic at 110 King St. East are taking taking part in a province wide anti-rabies program on October October 29 for $5 per vaccination. vaccination. The clinic is open from 1 t,o 3 p.m. and is sponsored by the Ontario Veterinary Association and the Society of Ontario Veterinarians. Whitby may be domed? Mayor Bob Attersley of Whitby said that the proposed proposed Domed Stadium should be located in Whitby. Attersley said he, administrator Bill Wallace, and planning director director Bob Short will attend a meeting in Toronto as to where the stadium will be located. Attersley wouldn't say where the money for a stadium would come from if built in Whitby "but his proposed proposed stadium would be built. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, 'October 19, 1983-3 on a 200-acre „ provincial!}' owned property west of Iroquois Iroquois park and would hold 60,000 people. Co-op break in Durham Regional Police arrested two men for breaking breaking and entering at the Durham Farmers Co-op in Orono. The two men were found hiding in the grain storage room after forcing a basement window open. Both men of Toronto were to have appeared at a bail hearing in Oshawa. Jobs for jobless , Young people who are between between the ages of 16 and 25 and have not had a job for at least 12 weeks can apply at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Office in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, 234 King St. East for a Winter Experience program to help them find work for this winter. Nearly 2,000 jobs will be available dealing with Ontario agriculture. welfare fund for people who ; may have an important appliance appliance breakdown. How about $76,000 a year? The Durham Board of Education is searching for a , new director. Trustee David. French, chairman of the Boards recruiting, said he'd be delighted to consider all • applications. The former director, 56-year : old Ken M un roe, .announced his retirement last month say nig he wants to seek, a third career. 1 Budget below 5.% Regional Chairman Gary Herrema said he is determined determined to have no more than a 5% tax increasè for 1984 for Durham Region. With ,the population growth in various parts of the region, the increase should be less than 5%. Keeping taxes down will be done by "keep- - ing spending to a bare minimum,"' Herrema says. CM converts for 1985 GM of Canada has an- noiinced that it will convert its full-sized passenger assembly plant in Oshawa to front "wheel drive mid-sized cars, The changeover was to lake place this year but due to strong sales of the full-sized models no change was made. The changeover will cost about $150 million and will cease production of Pontiac Parisienne, Chevy Impala and Caprice models known as "B" body cars. Instead the "B" plant will make Pontiac 6000 and Olds Cutlass Ciera, mid-size front wheel drive models known now as "A" body cars. For the Pontiac 6000, sales have gone up 231 0 o over its model years, and the Celebrity Celebrity sales have gone up by 179.3%. Better breathing course scheduled Fees increase for aged Durham Region social services services committee has recommended recommended that fees for residential residential care patients in their three homes for the aged be raised from the present $29.40 to $31.00 daily. The increase will only affect patients who require less than 1 'A hours of care daily. The fee only applies applies to people who can afford afford it. Emergency fund for poor Social services officials say that one in six Oshawa area residents live on an income that is below the poverty line. The main problem is 10% unemployment, widows, and pensioners. The region is to establish an emergency There is still .time to register for the Lung Associa- ,t ion's Better Breathing Course, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, detober 18th, in the sêcond floor therapy gymnasium- at Oshawa General -Hospital. » This free program, offered 'to adults with emphysema, chronic bronchitis or severe asthma, Will run for seven twice-weekly sessions on Tuesdays' and Thursdays from 12:00-hood to 1:30 p.m. Participants will be taught simple self-help, techniques to improve the quality of their daily lives, ivith instruction in correct breathing, controlled coughing and tolerance exercises exercises provided under the direction of qualified staff. Medical professionals will be on hand throughout the course to answer questions on medications, diet and the overall management of lung disease. For more information on this free Christmas Seal Service, Service, call Durham Region Lung Association, at 723-3151, as soon as possible. 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