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a : I & We on mc gace F augeiet *T i acay our > ; Newlawsee Kraft closes doors in Cobourg _ L oi By Valerie MacDonald f 28 Eyen on the last day of production, Sept. | policing and corrections testing, hopefWint, | whl n vmacdonald@northumberlandtoday.com 26, 2008, the plant made Jellâ€"0, said Alana . won‘t be long before she starts the next phase, { aCCuS e | 4 j : i Weatherby, who worked there seven years, . of her career. - C ] : ies clontnnlinals The home of Jellâ€"O is no longer in â€"â€" "There were always rumours that the .. Recently, the sale of the Cobourg Kraft | | (NEE: Cobourg. lur) t place was closing, but it never came true facility was confirmed by Cobourg Mayor ; j ; Under dull, rainy skies, the Kraft Canada before," she said. _ ; Peter Delanty who established a Mayor‘s | j By Cecilia Nasmith company officially closed its manufacturing "Even when I was hired there were Task Force to assist in selling the property 2 chasmith@northumberlandtoday,com } i)pefation; 'tm")l‘ouesdair‘, ENP acdths tanie :l:lmoug?... ‘but you brushed and to keep jobs in the mmmunityilKr"at%sai(} man charged i eaving abou people o n o on thein off." ‘ it could not make any such officia f deg\gf-fiar;‘ ”S‘fifkwgrth ,,.fi,m;':lflig unemployed and an empty 1_;-,:_;5 m N . |__ Ms. Weatherby, who has a | announcement, leaving employees confused. "changing lawyers. sign facing one of the W}m“" lt w ol i) year of unive_rsity behind her . as the final days approached. It maintains the ./ | | mj-hlgir]"?gty-flve-year-old Marc Vickers | town‘s busiest streets. n J and holds a diploma in law and | situation has not changed. . t | | appeared in the Ontario Court of The; business began. : -".'”fbflh § security, plus work experience Last_ Saturday evening, about 500 people §5.0% _ Fustice in Gobourg Monday with Erad | Canadian operations back ‘fi_;‘;"-‘ Zz elsewhere before joining the were given a farewell dinner and party paid Halls, who has represented him until || iD 1919 on Ontario Street in Usappaie ns dA wellâ€"paying company located for by Kraft at the Cobourg Lions _ | » now on charges connected to the | CObourg as the Douglas WiW > | e about a fiveâ€"minute drive from, «Commmunity Centre. AF | disappearance and death of Michelle: Pgekagi_ng 3 Cm‘npanyy. { > y: 5.‘7&';': P her home, was an operator on “-I]: was great," Ms. Weatherby said. sooul ; /. Noella Barnoski. Noh $ prodil;cmg I]:)?Ctn; fi'nT‘loi:fl f o 3 T;:;AusnE‘NlSUN Meoka fl‘lke cf{ § argl I‘l(l:;} ]Smes. Ng mes “Ufil‘ f h 3 s ‘] The 33. f wa apples. . ventually _ ; ike Honey Comb, ougar Crisp .. Another former Kraft employee, who | | reported migseizgg (gdp fifig:%s;:gémfl; became General Foods and 2]':3%fig:‘f’g;avf‘afi_u"rflea"sfn['aj} ‘and Alphabits were the staples asked not to be identified, said there was a | â€" |\ members on May 29, Her body was | then, Kraft, owned by AMPOFARE _ 209 MOT 2 ON9, ofheremployment. .. . _ \‘positive mood to the event despite the | j | discovered June 13 in the back yardor |â€" PAillip Mortis Inc. > ... Gobourg‘s Kraft plant. ..\ It‘s devastating," she said, situation. Repeated telephone calls and visits j her residence â€"a home belonging to | , ROOlâ€"Aid production / not just to me and my family | to the local union office have not yielded. ; § Vickers, +‘ ( be_gan there in 1954 along_ * : _ but the Town of Cobourg.... It comment . from the United Rood & ] £ Mr. Vickers was originally charged with dog food under the Gaines banner, Post . was a main industry." _ R . * Commercial. Workers Union. I ';vim'being an accessory after the fact Cereal§ came in 1963, Tang a year later apd While Ms. Weatherby is young and | Company spokesperson Lynn Galia hy 4 in Ms. Barnoski‘s death. Sh]ake n Bake during Canada‘s centenguall educated, other employees are older and â€" confirmed Tuesday the company paid for the | ~®" The charge has since been upgraded | Y42"â€" Product growth and technological many couples worked there, so Kraft‘s Saturdayâ€"night event for its former | to secondâ€"degree murder. A coâ€" advances continued with robotics for the . closure meant the loss of their entire familyâ€" employees and that there is still no official. | accused, who cannot be named under | Céreal and rice lines in 1994. i income. _ ‘ f S word on any sale of the Cobourg plant. s | the terms of the Young Offenders Act, ‘ But the 52â€"acre plant‘s rgseargh facilities There were 380 people working in the plant About 15 people are still employed at the \ is also tharged with secondâ€"degree went south of the border in 1992 and Cool. (last November when Kraft announced that | William Street plant ‘decommissioning" it, | se d : Whip production left in 1993, . 44 the facility would be closed by this fall.. she said. They will be cleaning,removing | â€" Mr. Viekers has indicated his wish Then came the real years of downsizing, Company.officials could not confirm how, . equipment and going through paperwork. In | ‘ tote represented by Gary McNeely of whittling down the factory workforce of 550. many peopje had new jobs elsewhere or were. addition, a smaller boiler unit will be { | : j |\ Peterborough, who could not be In early 2004, as about 450 workers were still needing assistance through the joint | installed to provide heat to the facility over | | present in court Monday. negotiating a new contract, the company . companyâ€"union adjustment committee. the winter, Ms. Galia said. _ , ReFt | | "I have quite a large amount of announ_ced‘zo plants and 6,000 workers in Ms. W_eatherby estimates about 60 tookâ€" _ The adjustment committee assisting 4 \ disclosure, and I will personally \North American were on the chopping block.‘ . early retivement and maybe a quarter of the | workers to find employment will remain in I dchiver if t& MF. McNeely," Mz. Halls Warehogsmg was movet_:l, along with otl:ger remaining workers left e_arher totake the facility until earlyâ€"December and then | cam products like Creme Savers candies, which . employment elsewhere, leaving about 250 or . move to the same building where the union | Nr. Vickers‘s next court appearance swelled the ranks in 2001 but was then sold to â€" more without jobs. k office is located on the south side of Elgin 1 _ will be by video remand next Monday, another company. Wellâ€"known products hung "It‘s unfortunate for those in their fifties.... . Street near Northumberland Mall. Union | Oct. 6. TY in there until last November‘s closure Where will they find another job?" â€" _ staff will also be casualties of the Kraft: : , & j ( announcement. » Ms. Weatherby is in the midst of doing â€" closure. { d i ¢ * â€" Jus B A remmmenmcemmmemmemmmemmmemesmmmememmnmein rmmmmmmmmemnmmmmmenmmmmmemmumnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmenmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmemmnmcomemmemmmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm f Mn amemmmntntemmnnnnnnmitiemmmnamemmmmmmes ue o se s oo t on es c oys aren n ihan n cefi ce n me o e a t | ‘ Notces 22.3 Coming Events A940 .. foibszme CJrAOPELE â€" oc] L/or/ & j lR Pronmd ' OPEN FALL DANCE â€" SAT. OCT 4TH, Cobourg f lmf I.th h h 54 : lk l f NT ttoontn, g::?;mh:w“fiw . Warkwo osts heritage wa [E 88 We are looking for baby fumniture, toys and and Be?:ayllle'u Wally Hoard_ and the whole Proud to showcase some of its finest butall have unique characteristics. 94 1[ i e ere encmaaind Sfacial Boor Prce ‘Dram tor Advance Thket| _ architecture, the village of Warkworth is hosting a _ The tour is being run by the Details Committee, [ »n@mafiafigf.mm new bom to size 10 (fall and Holders. Promises to be a Great Night of Danea | . heritage walk 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. led by David Rollins. Tours are being led by Dé tarls > { | wg;;;gg}g;gg,ggg flms tiers. Sarce, B Your Neker, Huly, coate. on The guided tour starts at the Heritage Centre in members. Brochures are available prior to the%;" allk | $ cém is t n I&:m i vamm ane tpnaoe the Memorial Community Hall on Church Street in . at most businesses in the village. T $s | \ onconeannenrangning .. ns Riat Wemers Agcton in Golberme, donneis]| _ the village,. Visitors will receive a freecolour _ For more information contact: Brenda Otto, â€"â€" _ | $ i ts Enedimes e aimiaat !gmfv e bled | _ brochure with a map, photos and descriptions of the Municipality of Trent Hills, 705â€"653â€"1900 ext 239 or | s C rmane ) _ _ | | d 000 To he feked up y ©0 PM\ ) 24 featured properties. Not all the properties are old â€" at brenda.otto@trenthills.ca : j {