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Taking part in "Collector's Fair; Newcastle Eira Duvall and Connie Hooey with their collectibles will take part in the Collector's Fair and Tales of Yesterday being held in the Newcastle Newcastle Village Community Hall on February 5th. There are some twenty-five, different different displays promised for visitors on this occasion. Eira Duvall will display her Carnival Carnival and Depression Glass items while Connie Hooey presents another interesting display of her Collector Dolls arid Furniture. • Platt to attend. The show runs from 10:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Recyling hits a new high weekly collection Collection of recyclable materials from blue boxes during the week of January 2 to January 6 ran behind schedule in most municipalities. This occurred for a number of reasons including the lack of garbage garbage collection between Christmas and New Years and heavier than normal production of glass bottles and soft drink cans from Christmas celebrations. A total of 320 tonnes of materials were set out at the curbs in 41,360 blue boxes for collection during this week. This represents the highest one week recovery since the implementation implementation of the blue box program. program. The five lakeshore municipalities used an average of 60% additional truck capacity to collect the higher than average amounts of garbage A new record for electricity consumption consumption was reached,,in December, 1988. At 5:30 p.m. on .Monday, December 12, peak demand for electricity reached 23,000 megawatts. ' This record peak was 12 per cent higher than the highest demand recorded in December of 1987. Two generating Units returned to , service last fall and contributed to meeting this record electricity requirement. requirement. Unit 2 at Pickering* nuclear generating station is producing producing power again following replacement of its fuel-carrying pressure tubes. An oil-fired Lennox Lennox unit 4 began operation on November 29. The unit has been mothballed in 1980. Total generation of electricity in Ontario in December was 12.7 million megawatt-hours, seven per cent more than in December last year. Power use grows by nearly six per cent Ontario's electricity demand increased increased by 5.9 per cent in 1988 over 1987, according to Ontario Hydro's preliminary year-end figures. Total electricity sales in Ontario in 1988 were 134.4 million megawatt-hours recorded the year before. On average, provincial set at the curb during this five day period. Those additional vehicles were drawn from spare vehicles in existing fleets and through leasing from private waste haulers. Unfortunately Durham Recycling has no spare vehicles for use during periods of heavier than average collection. collection. Nor is it possible to lease the specialized recycling vehicles. As a result Durham Recycling staff attempted to the best of their ability to collect materials, using only the existing vehicles, working evenings and weekends to bring the routes back on schedule. This was achieved achieved by January 16, 1989. We appreciate appreciate the patience, understanding understanding and support exhibited by many area residents during this difficult period. customers are using 860 megawatts of electricity more each day. That is enough electricity to serve a city the size of Hamilton. Much of this increase increase can be attributed to growth in residential and commercial sectors. sectors. ' Ontario Hydro is working to curb the year-over-year increase in electricity electricity demand through various programs, programs, among them: promoting energy efficiency on farms, in homes, and in business and industry; industry; reducing electricity use at costly peak demand times. Work has begun in numerous areas and the corporation hopes to see results throughout the 1990s. Another Energy Centre Tenant Sunroot Energy Limited's plant is under construction at the Bruce Energy Centre, adjacent to the Bruce nuclear power development on Lake Huron. The $6 million facility, scheduled for completion by February of this year, will use almost one million bushels of locally grown corn annually annually to produce ethanol. Sunroot is the third industry to locate at the Energy Centre. These industries receive cheaper rates for steam and electricity, which come from the nearby nuclear development development . Darlington Construction The reactor assembly for unit 4 at Darlington nuclear generating station station was rolled into place in December, and preparations will begin for installation this year. The assembly will be the centre of the nuclear unit. It stands 40 feet high, weighs approximately 600 tons, and will hold the channels containing the uranium fuel. Unit 4 is the final unit under construction construction at Darlington and is to be operating in 1992. Excess electricity earns money Last year Ontario Hydro sold almost 5 million megawatt-hours of electricity to United States utilities. These exports earned $45 million in net revenues. Christmas supplies from employees The reception areas at Ontario Hydro offices in Toronto were filled filled with food in December-food for Toronto's food banks. The non-perishables were donated by Ontario Hydro employees for Food-Share, the agency that coordinates food drives in and around the city. In total, Hydro employees donated five tons of goods to help feed Toronto's hungry during the holiday season. The successful food drive was organized by the Corporation's Corporation's Quarter Century Club. Anglers must have licence by Jim Milford Conservation Officer Co-ordinator The 1989 resident sport fishing licence is now required when angling angling in Ontario. These licences may be purchased at numerous issuers located throughout the district, or at Lindsay District Office in Lindsay. Lindsay. Anglers are reminded they must have their licence with them when angling and produce the licence when requested by a conservation officer. Walleye Fishing Lake Scugog The ice fishing season for walleye on Lake Scugog is wejl under way and will continue until, March 15, 1989. Anglers placing ice huts on the lake are reminded to register the hut at Lindsay District office and display the registration number on the hut. District conservation officers will be conducting regular patrols on the lake to ensure compliance with this regulation and other Ontario fisheries regulations. New record demand in December for hydro Orono Weekly limes, Wednesday, February I,' 1989-11 Durham College Winter Convocation On January 28, 59 Nursing students and 7 Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technicians in Robotics received their diplomas at a Convocation held at Durham College. College. ' The top ranking Nursing student was Margaret MeGorman of Bowmanville and the top technician was John Stachow of Ashburn. Both were on the Dean's list denoting an overall average of 80% or higher. Janet Cullen, Oshawa, Betty Deschenes, Ajax, Gary Fraser, Pickering and Catherine Goverde, Whitby, were also on the Dean's list. Gary Polonsky, President of Durham College was guest speaker for the occasion. Polonsky told the graduating class and their guests it is essential that people recognize that the world is in the midst of a general revolution. It: is impossible to predict what the world will be like in ten years or even in five years. This should not alarm people who are making the most of their abilities because, if anything, they will be in greater demand and in more control of their lives. College graduates, he specified, should therefore be able to aspire to a life in which they and their families will enjoy independence and a healthy, middle class life style. The convocation speaker was introduced introduced by Robert Fair, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Don Michie, Vice President of Academic Affairs, was the Master of Ceremonies. Diplomas were presented by Doug Tripp, Dean of Technology and Pat Audrey, Dean of Health Sciences. Music was provided by the Oshawa Civic Band. Invocation and Benediction for convocation were given by Reverend Kim Warne of Kingsview United Church. A reception was held at Durham College following the ceremony. Graduates from Bowmanville were: Gillian Gardner, Kimberley Hancock, Cynthia Kohlsmith, Margaret MeGorman, Laura •Thiessen and Monica Wind. Graduate from Hampton was Marjorie Marjorie Fraser. Graduate from Newcastle was Margaret Koop- mans. Graduate from Newton ville •was Mark Gooch. Public Information Meeting re Development and Land Acquisition in the Ganaraska Watershed at the KIRBY PUBLIC SCHOOL on Wednes., February 8th 7:45 pm EVERYONE WELCOME TO ATTEND We're having our annual "YEAR END" Spring Cleaning, Renovating CLEAR 'EM OUT -S A L E Starting this week we will feature something at rock bottom prices (eg. Skirts - Reg.'to $50 now $12.95) As v each item featured is sold, we will replace it with another SUPER SPECIAL. Regular fall and winter merchandise also sale-priced Watch our windows or call 983-9466 to find out what's featured Not Just Fashions Main Street, Orono