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ýrance of the trillium, one of Ontario's most attractive wildflowers, is a sure has arrived. A meeting was beld last Wednesday evening of a majority of the businessmen in Orono resulting in agree- ment to ask the Town of Newcastle to prepare and~ present a by-law to create a sectioni of the Orono Nliain Street a Business Improve- ment Area. The letter to the Town was to be drafted and sent as soon as possible. The letter would request the passing of the by-law. Before the Town of Newcas- tle passes the by-law they will inform alI business people within the defined area the content of the by-law and give a period of sixty days for objection to the by-law. If less than one-third object to the by-law the by-law could be passed by the Town creating a specific area in Orono as a Business Improvement area. The businessmen are asking that an area from Station Street nortb to the intersect- ion of Mill Street with Main. Street be designated the Business Improvement Area. In conjunction witb the by-law a businessmen's as- sociation will be formed with representation from those conducting business withîn the area as well as a representation from council. t is expected tbat a number of months will be required to arrange the formation of the Business Improvemnent Area. A comnmittee of tbe local businessmen are to seek a* meeting with representatives of the Orono Estates to discuss the matter of an entrance into Orono. Some businessmen f elt tbey would like to see tbe south walkway opened to traffic as well as pedestrian use. At a former meeting with council residents of the sub- division were greatly opposed to the opening of this walkway for vehictular traffic. t was maintained at that time that the character of the sub-' Hope picks refinery site Hlope Township council a week ago Iast Monday stated they would file an application asking that a study be conducted on a 1000 acre site as a possible location of the proposed Eldorado Nuclear refinery. The application is to be sent to the federal ministry and is in the western section of the Township. The site is just north of the Wesleyville site wbhich some years ago was under consid- eration as a site for a proposed dJump for Toronto beîng promnoted by CPR. In proposing the reffinery be built in Hope Township coun- cil does not want the location of a dump site to be part of the development in Hope. Council has been meeting in camera with Port Hope council and members of a citizens group since March l4th. <i III ~4III I Il Orono Weekly Timnes. Wednesday, M1ay lth, 1978 STUNTED COWS PRODUCE CONDENSED MILK When Mrs, Murray Payne inforrned council Monday that fluoride emîssions from a proposed uranium refinery, could stunt dairy cattie she asked them what kind of milk would you get from stunted cows. Mayor Riekard, in good form, said, condensed milk. NO STOP LIGHTS FOBR THIRD LINE JUNCTION The Town of NewcastlJe eeived a letter from James Snow, Minister of Transportation and Communication regarding stop lights at the junction of the third line of Clarke with Highway 1!5~. Snow points out that a study was made at the intersection and that lights are flot required. A further study is to be carried out this June. SIGNS STOLEN Last week we published in the Tîies a picture taken hy Ken Stephenson of a sign in~ Hope Township which read "'Danger Slow Moving Farmer". Friday morning we reeved a phone call frorn Edgar Nichols of Hope Township who informed us that his two signs had been stolen. The thef t he said had taken place sometime between 7 and 10 o'clock Thursday evening. "I'm mmd," he said, "it was a fun and games thîng for me". The Durham Police are investigating. FIFTEEN ON SPRING FLOWER WALK Fifteen residents of the area took part in a Spring flower walk held out of the Ganaraska Forest Centre last Sunday morning. Flowers were just beginning to pop out for the walkers which included the genieral run of spring flowers including both white, red and green trilliums. The majority of walkers were from Orono. WATER PIPE H4AD ARRIVED The water pipe for the water main from Orono Main Street to the new senior citizens complex west of the Village bas arrived on. site No doubt the installation of the pipe wyill get underway in the imnmediate future. KUNSMEN BINGO GOING WELL The Kinsmen bingo which is held bi-monthly in the Orono Town Hall is being weli attended with attendance averaging between ninety and one hundred. Attendance bas built Up over the year with the buildup of the jackpot. The next bingo is to be held on May 17th. Funds from the bingo are to be used to meet the $20,000.Wo commitment the club bas undertak -en for the new Oronoe Arena and Community Centre. ORONO KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENT UP The rono Rindergarten enrolmient for the 1977-78 school terni has settled in at forty students. It now appears that enrolment for the 1978-79 term will increase by at least thirty per cent. Fifty7two students have already enrolled for the new termi and generally from this period to September lst others make their intentions kflown- t could be possible that enrolment could reach close to the sixty mark. Five of the 52, students are early beginners with birthdates in January and February. DINNER AT' SCHOOL Mrs. George Clark, secretary at the Orono Pub'ic >chool, entertained the staff at the sehool last Tuesday noon îth a luncheon featuring English dishes and a deliclous trifle. Money raised tbrough this venture is to be donated to, the arena fund and to say the least the staff was in a good mood following the dinner as to donations to the cause. division could cbange due to through traffic rnaking use of the interior roads in the subdivision. Eldorado report The Town of Newcast-le bas set aside any furtber action at this time regarding the pro- posed refinery to be built by Eldorado Nulear Limited until such time as they receive a report l'rom the Environmental Assessment Panel. Mr. Willm-s who had attended the meetings of the hearings on behaîf of the Town stated that hie nad been informed that, the full report would be made public on May l3th. Counc. Dykstra led the attack to table the subimission of a letter to the Minister of the Environmnent which had been drafted by tbe Town Manager and Mr. Willms on behiaîf of the Town. The motion to table was seconded by Counc. Gray who said it was not that long to await the publication of the report and a feu, more days wýouldn't really matter. The motion passed to table the Town's letter until after the publisb- ing of the environmental report. John Veldbuis spoke to counicil stating hie felt their letter was somewhat pre- mature as the environmental report had not been made public. He said the hearing panel had some of the best experts in the country and had done an excellent job. He u nder protest The Town of Newcastle dlaim lot levies". received a letter f om Charles The letter did however C. Ewert on behalf of the point out that the Town had Durham County Senior Citi- shown favour to the project zens Lodge in which it was by allowing a grant of 60 per stated that the paymnent of lot cent of $25,000.00 to assist in levies, $19,500.00, to the Town compensating for the lot was being made under pro- levies. Mr. Ewert said if the test. The letter stated, "as in lot levies now paid under thie absence of a subdivision protest are recovered by the agreement, it is clear the Senior Citizens Lodge any Town has no legal right to (Continued page 2.) also pointed out that through- out the hearing the Town had taken a neutral position asking that certain questions be answered before tbey could make a decision. Those questions have not' been answered, be said, He asked that council upbold the final decision of tbe panel. Doug Humphrey of the Port G ranby area and cha irman, of S.E.A,P. also asked that the letter be tabled stating that few of coune'il were aware of the facts or he believed had. even read the transcripts. He said'^according to their letter to tbe Minister it was clear that tbey were not concerned about the social impact for people in the Port Granby area. 'He commended Counc. Dykstra for bis interest in the bearing and bis attendance. *Mayor Rickard stated he bad dropped in a few nights during tbe bearings. "For coffee" said Humphrey. Warren Lowes of Orono also said be felt it was premature to. taik about the refinery as the environimental report would soon be made public. He said evidence was given at the hearings that contamination would corne from the proposed refinery. He said if after reading the final report the panel said the refinery was safe, "you willI bear nothing more fromn me." Mrs. Murray Payne of the Port Granby area said it had beeri pointed out at the hearing tbat fluoride could contaminate bay and grain thus stunting dairy cattle. Counc, Dykstra pointed out that the Town had paid for legal representation to attend the hearings and as the document froml the panel had not as yet been received that the matter should be tabled until such time as coundil as well aware of the reasons behind the decision of the environniental panel, Dykstra aJiso said he held a (Continiued page 2) Businessmen plan Orono organization