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Orono Weekly Times, 29 Mar 1989, p. 5

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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 29, 1989-5 $19.2 million goal set Ontario Cancer Society Library sponsors meet discussing garbage Garbage - something we all pro- . To meet the Canadian Cancer Society's ongoing commitments to 'ancer Research, Patient Services T and Education, Ontario volunteer fundraisers have set a $19.2 million objective for 1989. This is one-half the $38 million National objective. Founded in 1938, the Society has evolved into the major National voluntary organization committed to cancer control through Education, Education, Patient Service and Cancer Research. Provincial Society income is allocated in the following way: Cancer Research 57Vo; Patient Services Services 18Vo; Education Programmes 15 Vo ; Administration and Fundraising Fundraising 10 Vo. "The strides made in the past years toward discovering what Durham College to hold hazardous material workshop Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology is holding a one- day workshop on the Workplace Hazardous 1 Materials Information System on April 25 or June 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Sim- coe Building on its main campus. Seminar leader Trevor Hitner, President of Worker's Compensation Compensation Management Inc., will bring his extensive, practical experience in management consulting and training training to benefit participants. Through his work with the Worker's Compensation Compensation Board, managing claims; reducing accident cost, and implementing implementing safety programs and policies, Trevor has earned and maintained a high-profile reputation reputation in both the public and private sector business communities. The workshop will be of critical importance to organizational personnel personnel responsible for occupational health and safety administration, managing organizational departments departments and divisions, ensuring organizations operate within current current legislative parameters, workman's compensation claims and conducting in-house WHMIS workshops. For more information or to make a telephone reservation, please call the Durham Management Centre 576-0210 ext. 491. Visa or Mastercard Mastercard accepted. This seminar is also available on an in-house basis. Magic Car Dinner Theatre now open It's a first for Oshawa - a dinner theatre at the Magic Car Restaurant at 145 King Street West. It is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Saturdays. • Currently playing and continuing until May 6th is "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" a comedy by Neil Simon. A Fat Friend, a British comedy, opens on May 11th and runs through to June 17th. Dinner at 6:30 with the plays at 8:30 p.m. $25.95 a person. genetic and environmental factors cause cancer have improved our ability to detect cancer and to treat it," said Lin Pratt, the Ontario Division Campaign Chairman. "With what we know now, there is an excellent possibility that in the next ten years we will fully understand understand what prompts a cell to become cancerous and be able to interfère with that process. This is all possible possible because of donations to the Canadian Cancer Society." Ernie Eves 1989 Campaign Chairmai^ Canadian Cancer Society' Bowmanville & District Unit 108 duce - has become ■a crisis issue. There are many actions we can take personally and in our community to reduce and recycle our solid wastes. The Bowmanville Branch of the Newcastle Public Library, 62 Temperance Street will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 29 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. to see a video and discuss with Julie Palmer, a representative of Metro Toronto's SWEEP team what we can do. SWEAP stands for Solid Waste Environmental Assessment Plan. It is a 20 to 40 year plan for the management and disposal of the solid wastes that are generated by the industries and the three million people in the municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, and the Regional Municipalities of Durham and York. The public is already significantly involved in the planning planning process of SWEAP through a network of Advisory Caucuses. In order to provide the -public with further access to information on waste management alternatives, SWEAP has implemented a number of information centres in public libraries throughout these three regions, including a special collection collection at Bowmanville Branch of the Newcastle Public Library. This col lection includes articles and newsletters, vertical file materials as well as minutes emanating from .SWEAP Process and from other organizations. "Groups such as the G.O.O.D. Committee have made a start with their successful implimentation of the recycling of watch batteries and their plans to recycle rubber tires" says Maria Politano, Community Services Librarian for Newcastle Public Library." As a relative newcomer to this community I have found a great deal of interest and participation in environmental concerns, concerns, its very encouraging." The Library hopes that the March 29th programmé will provide some practical practical advice, information and suggestions suggestions to individuals who are interested interested in contributing toward the reduction of waste and recycling. All in all its shaping up to be an interesting interesting and informative evening. CHEMICAL REFERRAL CENTRE 1-800-267-6666 Rural Report Card # l In early 1988, Canada Post Corporation made several Commitments to our rural customers. We promised more convenience, more outlets, more business for local merchants and more efficient services. Since our program to improve service began, Canada Post Corporation lias: ItlCVeased convenience by more than, doubling the average hours of postal service in communities where these services are provided through retail postal outlets operated by local businesses. , Increased the number of postal outlets by opening more than 180 new retail postal outlets in rural communities to complement the services offered, by a corporate post office, and 10 new postal outlets in communities where no postal outlet existed. Increased business for local merchants by converting retail postal services from a corporate outlet to local businesses in more than 240 communities, communities, giving merchants the benefits of increased customer traffic. Increased the efficiency of our service by allowing local merchan ts to retail postal products and services. This enables Canada Post Corporation to concentrate on efficient pick-up, processing and delivery Of the mail. Free lockbox service. Customers who depend on lockboxes as their primary means, of delivery will no longer have to pay a lockbox service fee. Local delivery and community postal identity have been maintained in every community where the mail system has been changed. Meeting customers' delivery needs by installing additional lockboxes in retail postal outlets, building community mail centres in convenient locations and expanding rural route delivery. Canada Post is in rural Canada to stay. That's a promise. MAlL>POSTE Canada Post Corporation /Société canadienne des postes Our commitment: better service for you.

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