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~- Orono> Wee.kly VOLUME 33, NUMIEIR 44 OrONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6th 1969 Deison On Ne ByLwPlan Over r-wp. The 'Clarke Township Planning Board :on Thursclay evening met with Mlx Direk Little whose fdrm,, Community Planning, compiled the new zoning by4aw whicih mas ,pussed at the last meeting of Council. The new by-law wias re- viewed by the Board and Mr. Lit- tic with the latter explaining some of the thinkiing belhici sanie of the recommendations. MIVr. A. Low, secretary ol the Planning Board, was critical of the proceclure used by Gounceil in bringing the by-âaw into force. 'the local Bard had only seen the draft by-law xshidh was Com- piled by Communi.ty Planning. He was criical in that the consult- ing firm had really only used the information frorn the township lawyer. Mr. Simpson statëd'that there were imore mistakes in the new by-law then la the one prepared by the Planning Board 1592 and its umending by-law. H1e further stated Iliat ýa Departmeiit repre- ,sentative had said that 1592 was lnafCft an officiai plan thaï was good for at least two yeans. Mr. Littie pointed out that the iew by-law was an amending by- law ;only. 14 did however repeal miost sections in the former bylaw with the exception of sections 12 anrd 15 whieh centred on non- conformity iand admrinistration, At tis point Mr. Simpson wanted to know why it mas not consider- ed more advisable ta repeial alil ,former ,b/-laws_ and present a new by-law wàth alI sections in it. MVr.' Littie state d that tO do ithis would set the effective date of the by- kaw ahead tao otober 1969 rather than thie present date of- Mâa 28, 1968. 11e felt this would ýbe open- ing the township up toc much. rt iwas poînted ýout-tihat by-raw 1592 along wit'h thie ±wo ainen4-, ing 1by-ilaws would have ta be studied by a;ny'one wishing te get the- Wfs picture. Tihis, said Mr. iâttie, la comxnon proeedure., .Repe1ateday Mr.Littie pointed ouIt hat the tnownship .ahoulid now mo-k towards5 the implementation of an Officiai Plan. He i-aferred ta the by-law -as. "Instant Zoning" and not a plan looling ahead ô or, 15 years. In planning aheed Mr-. Little pointed -out that some decisions woùld have t-9 be made. 11e used ,as his'exasuple the are'a south of -401 Highwray which fie said has .agood potential as industrial use, as wedl ýas ibeing good fürmi land and also an area suited Vo resi- ,dential development. Here he pointed out -that you cannot mix two uses and that a decision ha£ to be made what you want in this area.. These policies have to be resolved intelligently, he said, Mr. iÀttle aiso imnPlied th at ,plarinniný came tao late in O-larke but the conditions that exist will ihave te be lived with. Plannbig Boiard menabers. fait section 3.15 allowed residential building on . any size lot and that a minimum 5hould tat least be de- scribed. Mr. Little sald that the iDepartment *of Heath regulations -ould stili have to be observed irregard'less of the bylaw. Mr. Low and Mr. Simpsca questioned the lack of residentiýal land la the rè ca adjacent to Or- ono at the north_-west. To this Mr. IJi.%le stabed liant there was more ,thun enough land for residential use and picked eut a figure of 10,000 Por population growth if it was used. This did net however convinice the Planninýg Board mrembers. DePutyReeýve Walke.y w ho is also a member of tte Planning Býoand asked his fellow members -Mhat they wanted -or wished to do. "If i-ou are not la agreernent with the by- law sav sa and Put ln yrou obectons" "hatis ývour Cast Picked For South Pqcifir Elsie Wilson, producer cf South Pacii, bas announced the ces as dhosen by directors Wilf Pcgg and 'ROsemary Merkley: John Amesbury, Cindy Ayre, Frank Bamford, Gwen Black, Ter- ry Black, Merrill Brown, Jim Çoonabes, Leanne Doreli, Shirley erank, John Geboers,- Michael Gilhooly, Albert Hlague, Iris Hal- lam, Ken Rall et, Lloyd Jobaston, Karil Kappeis, Doreen Kitney, Lor- le Lambert, Karen Lowry, Lyn Lowr.Y, Don MeKeazie, Ted Mann, Sylvia Miedema, Bonnie Morrison, Debhie Nolan. Pat Rundie. Nancy Rowden, Hugh Snider, John Sber- Mcan, Don Stales, Jane Staples, Pauline Storks, Rex Syme. Murray- Twist, Beth Weldon, Carol Wight. South Pacifie will be Dnoduced tace firat week in Febrry 1*ý the' Bownvanville Drama Workshop, the Rotaryv Club and lhe Recnea- tion Department. This production will require a great deai cf help sackstage. If you are interested lan helping cul In any wray, please phone the producer, Elsie Wilson. 623-5891. The Couneil of Clarke Towaship gave trhree readings to a new amending Plaànning By-haw num- ber 1653 whieh now amends by- laws 1592, 1613 and 1651. The new by-lasv was necessary as one line had been omiîtted i n the typ- ing of by-law 1651' by the plan- ning consultants. By-law 1653 is now to be processeid for pubdica- tion. M, amenids the entire by-taw A road closing by4iaw wras giv- en three readings wihidh affects five sections of roads locatei in the vieinity of lots,6 and 7, Brok- en Front; lots 10 and 11, Broken Fýrônt; lots 20 and 21, Broken Fron't,, lots 32 and 33, first con- cession and lots 34 and 35, second con cession. Authority was given by Coun- cil for the auditor to prepare a financial statement te be avail- able ai the Nomination meeting. Accounts were passeil in the amounts of $2373.74 for October; $21,336.07 for November for the ge'w'nal acQ)uflt. Welfare pay- r' ,ntrs for the month totalled $27.61, ronds $32,355.27 iand-the Oronio Police Trustees $2592.50. Clarke To>wnshîip wiJl have rep- re.sentation at a joint meeting with the County Board of Educa- lion on November Gth. A letter was received from Orono Home and Schhol Inv d o Krby Meeting Sunnydenie, Estates' in regards teo the àUbdÎvlisloii agreement -for property norlh of the Orono Cern- etery. Sunnydene his asked for revisiýons' in the agreement which will be considered by Qounicî,,l on November l2ith. lb was -nointedl ont by, the letter that u1pon early agreement on the revision work could start in the sub-division ear'ly ln 1970. .A report to Council frorn the Ontario Water Re&ources Commis- sion upheld a .0ompdaint by two townslhip property owners -that' wo'rk in the Township gravel pit hrad affected their welbs. The coný cerned Parties are to receive re- muneration wOhich is expeûbed to be eovered by Township insur- ance. Rbod ecosts in the Town9hip and Police Village have amounted to $340,361.64 durdng the flrst nine months of 1969. Some discu)ssion centredxc a- -round the obtaining of a dog cat- dher for CAarke Township but was referred to Junuary, meetding of Counicil. Mir. R. Forrester, chairman of the Clarke PubIýc Library, met briefly witlh Council in regards to siome alterations in the north- wesb cor ner of the Township Hall which wouid provide additional space in the hall for the libn(ary. The matter was referred to the Town§hàp propenty eonmiàttee with couneiil looking favourably on the suggestion providing costs werc ne asonable. INeaw Plan For Port ý Hope'Sehool ýH. J. Munuby, principal of Port Hope High Sehool, toid students and pyarenits, at Saturday niglit's icomnaencernt-that ane pro- gram of educiation that wouîd be designed to "develop aduIts who> wîli beaahle ta cope wth ni-oh- lems of tle future", wouild be in- *1trodueed at the high shc next, ye'ar. MVIr. Muimby said that for the greasin planning and had taken thig action. Mr. R. Simpson, Said "WhY knock -Dur heads ieut, if everyone -1ants Derek, let it eo." Mr. W. )Baîlev stated thiait he could n;ot sc the Board doîng janything until ther- received a request from the town- ship. 11e moveýd that a reslutiD~n be passed stabing that the Board was rcserving their decision until a fuller 'ýstiudy could be given to thc by.law -or until a reýquest was made of them by Council. 'The motion diýd net receive a second- er. Mr. Simpson and Mr. Low '- cnitical of the fact Vhat it was the initeat that any change la zoning could be. made by Couneil at anv time for. ýany parcel cf iland la the townsihip by sirnply passing an amnding by-law. Mr. Simnqon said that Mr. Lovekin had said this crnuld cea from $5,000 to $7.000. Reeve Foster .could not agree with this cosit and gaid lb was ionly a naattcr cf passing an amending bylaw, Mr. Sirnuson countered la saying that there would be legal, fees for ah noarties Vo, pay.' Mr. A. Low stated ithat bv-,law 1592 wou'id have been more cf- rfective than- the nýew by-law if ithey had wiped eut the deveirin- ýnaert zone. Mr,. Simapson was critical of the, fact that l-lieliway Commercial wvas spotted -on Highway 115 for iexisting enterprise but that -enter.pnises,,were not considered twhere they exist on Highway No. 2. 11e further said he lad a lîst tDf eiàhteen items which were iwronig ln the new by-law. ,The Planning Board toeok no action other thaon submitting cýopý les of their minutes cf the, past meetings to Gouneil in xvhich ib is eloted that they reserve their de- cision on the new by-law. past yecar five committees of tea-Ices have been 'attempt'Ing tu finid a means of implementîng a Program that would contain the rcomrpçndaýtions cf the Hall- Dennis report presented Vto-the Ontario Departmcnt of Education a ycJar ago. TPhe report auggested t at it 'was time te change fi- courses de- signed to give a student training for a sçpecific trade and stressed "more emphasis on social environ- mnent anrd learning how Vo live to- gether te the greatest adi-antagàe cf ail." The new 'program would elIim. mnate many aspects of the pres- ent system. New methods cf as- sesamnent and promotion wouîd hie devised te pemt "progresa with- eut tfhe frustration of failure." Mr. Mumy said that the ciass- room abmosphere cf silence would have to be altered to a more pos- Rtive atmosphere. The student will become the centre of the classroom with the teacher aeting as a guide, show- ing the student how to inquire wàth the enaphasis being placed on, learing rnatherthlan teaciaing. Academie courses, science"ad trade courses and business and commeùrce courses wibl no longer be part of the curriculum. A stu- dent wiil take subjects tihat inter- est lm, said Mt. Mumby, and each student will have an individual time-table. Mr. Munmhy 'aid that by the tlme bis "Program for Progress" is iatroduoed next September, more than a year and a haif wil have been spent la praparatioýn. The principal stated , tht there are naany ai-ena where solutions Vo probienas have flot heen fouad and he invqted the suggestion and hcelp of students and parents. In elosLng Mr-. Mumby said that "the tirne for change is now. This is an exciting projeet and1 the teacbing staff is ready te meet the challenge." At a recenit meeting of the Or- ono Home and, School Club an in- vitation was reeeived to attend th2 Novemiber meeting of the K!ÉbY, Home and Schn.ol. The meetiî2g Will be held on Novem- ber 18th when drugs will be the topic of discussion with members of the Oshjawa PoiJce Force pres- cnt. Mrs. Bunting, president of the Orono Home and School Club, dihaired the mfeeting making a numbcr of announeinents includý mng a Oard Paàrty to be held in the near future. JMr. D. Moffat, principal of the OrOno Sdhool, announced tha.t anY Parent wnho wished to sit in on anY cliass at the school M~ay do sjo if they would let the school kilow in advance. He1esaid thiat any ûlaes attended would be eonduet- ed.as a typical day at school. He alseo informed the club that a committee of parents, teacher-s and Board Memnbers had been set up, to discusa hat shiould be dorte in connection, with report e-ard.s. (Whether or not they really sprv- ed a userful purpose). The, dis- cussions have been held at the sulhool over the past few weeks. MrI., Withereclge introduced the guegt speaker for the evýe.ning, Mir. lan Golder,. - I iipal of the, 4 Cirby Centennial ScrhoL.Mr. Golderinterested his audience in a study of perception using slides and fialiy a movie.' It w'as pointed out tihat per- ception was a very personral thing affected by expierience, interest3, nmtives, and habitsi of thinking The purpose of the stuiy was to establish a better understanding of the forces that are always at wiork when poeopfle corne into con- tact with pcopie. The audience was requested tIo question the vaiidity of the statements made by other people,ïby newsnrapers, and TV- re.alizing that ail that they -offer is, opinion, and thiat (Centinued to Page 4) Fire Destroys Vacant ,Hous. Early Saturdlay morning the Clarke Township Fire Department answered a cail to Newtonville where a *v'acant and delapitated house was finally leveled to the ground by fire. The frame skelet- on, of a building was looated just west of the Newtonville Meinorial, It is belÉevcd that the fine was deîiberately set. Some time ago residenits of Newtonvile hiad asked that soue action be taken by Council to de- molish and reinove the building as iA was considered a menace in the hamlet. It Doesn't Take Long When You're'Close To Home Suecess carne carly te tbree Or- onto hunters who travelled but a short distance north cf Orono te lake part la the threedây deer hunt la Durharn County early Mendlay mornàng. Messrs, Marvin Lunn, John Sater and Emil Schmid met wibh success at seven amr. with the above buck and were back la towa beffore ten e'- dlock. TLhe deer was shot la the Durham Forests. Times