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Masonic Lodge Instal Officers Orono Downtown The Orono Masonic Lodge held their annual installation of officers last Thrusday evening in the lodge on Cen- tre Street with a large number of vbisitors and members present for the occasion. The evening concluded c4ý with the serving of lunch. Picture above are the of- ficers for 1985. (Back row) Wor. Bro. Ed. Milîson, tresurer, Bro. Blain Moffat, Jr. Deacon, Bro, John Berry, Sr. Deacon, Rt. Wor. Bro. Wayne Bailey, Tyler, Bro. Brian Fluke, Jr. Steward and Bro. Wm. Lofgreu, (Centre row) Wor. Bro. Tom Henderson, Chaplain, Wor. Bro. Jim Murree, I.P.M., Wor. Bro. Jack Ogden, D. of C., (Front row) Wor. bro. Orono Uoethip >mes Published Èvery Wednesday Orono WeeklyTimes, Wednesda , January 16, 1985 TOWN CHEQUES WILL BE AVAILABLE Counc. Diane Hamre asked council to defeat a motion at council meeting on Monday which would provide a print- out of ail cheques issued by the Town on a monthly basis. Hamre said she would then present a further motion as to the cheque circulation to m embers. Council members did however make a change through an amendment that the cheque printouts be provided only to those council members requesting such. Councs. Hamre and Taylor said the printout was available at the treasurer's office and that such a move to pro- vide such to ail members was redundent. Counc. Woodyard said the printout were of littie value. Councs. Hobbs and Hubbard supported the printouts stating they wished to go over the cheques at their leisure rather than having to check them out at the Town office. The amendment was supported by ail of council. APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF PLANNING Don Smith, former Chief Administrator for the Town of Newcastle, recently was selected Commissioner of Planning for the City of Cambridge, Ontario. Smith heads a sizeable planning staff in the City. After leaving employment with the Town of Newcastle Smith attended and educational course in England. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING The Durham Central Agricultural society is holding their annual meeting in the Orono Arena Community Centre this Saturday, January 19th. The meeting opens at 1:30 p.m. when a review of last years activities will be discussed, direc- tions for 1985 presented and election of officers held. New members will be welcomed to assist with the pro- motion of the annual fair in Orono. If you are interested plan to attend. GOOD INTEREST IN NEW SKI TRAILS It was quite evident over the past week-end that there is considerable interest in the new ski trails developed on the Ministry of Natural Resources property to the west of the Village. Entrance can be made from the western extremity of Station Street in Orono. Proper signing has yet to be undertaken for the traits and these will be in place as soon as they arrive from the Ministry of Correctional Services who make the signs which are approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Canadian Cross Country Ski Association. lay plans The Orono Downtown Business Association had an exceptional turnout of local business people on Tuesday evening of last week when the annual meeting was con- ducted and tentative plans laid for the year 1985. Roy Forrester, chairman, in reporting on activities of the DBIA during 1984 stated that he felt it had been the best year yet for the local association as to promotions and that during the year a number of new stores had opened for business in downtown Orono bringing not only a new vigor to the area but also a wider appeal for shopping. Although the books have yet to be completed for the year, Forrester said it ap- peared that the financial aspect of the association should be on target with a total expenditure of some $3,700.00 made from a $700.00 carry over from 1983 and a 1984 membership alot- ment of $3,000.00. Roy Forrester was returned to office as chairman as was Carl White as vice-chairman. Ann Dreslinski was elected secretary-treasurer for the association. Directors elected at the meeing were Jim Stutt, Barb Swan, Matt Snelder and Deb- bie Davis. Athough the 1984 activities of the group centred around a number of promotions for the downtown area, the group through discussion on Tuesday, gave approval to continuing many of the for 1985 events, but with approval also for further beautifica- lion in the downtown area for 1985. The Association will be planning promotions for Valetines, Easter, a May or June promotion, as well as a joint sidewalk-garage sale in the community sometime in July, a fall promotion and the usual Christmas promo- tions. A call went out from the meeting that all merchants decorate for the promotions in a joint effort to add greater emphasis to the promotions. In the area of additional beautification of the downtown area, many sug- gestions were presented from benches, new garbage recep- tacles, a parkette along with improvements to the chrisîmas lamp post decora- tions. In setting the budget for 1985, the meeting approved a total expenditure of $4,500.00 which compares with a total expenditure of $3,700.00 in 1984. Parking came up for discussion and ,..he associa- tion is to contact the Cana- dian Imperial Bank of Com- merce concerning the future use of their foperty on the west side of Main Street in the downtown area and pur- chased sometime ago for a new bank building in the community. The association is to set signage at the in- tersection of Mill Street and the IGA road noting the direction for downtown shopping. Clarke parents full Mayor reports on of enthusiasm for '85 hast, looks to future Clarke High School Parents group held its first meeting of the school year on Oct. 25, at which ltime a new executive was chosen and plans and hopes for the year outlined. The group consists of parents, teachers and members of the community who are interested in supply- ing a support system for the school. It encourages involve- ment by as many people as possible, including students. There are many areas where volunteers can help, and although the executive is very encouraged by the number of people who have already volunteered to serve on com- mittees or to help in other ways, there are still areas where help is needed. The group has already been involved in two important projects. Its first effort ai fundraising involved selling citrus fruit. The proceeds were used to send three students, Carol Dawson, Janie Davies and Meridy Stephenson to the Toc Alpha conference in December, and 1o help the music and physical education depart- ments acquire new in- struments and umforms. We hope to cone up with other ways of helpimg the school in this area throughout the year. The second project was to organize a phone grid to assist in publicizing meeings and events and, perhaps more importantly, to help notify parents in emergencies. A great deal of work has gone into organizing the grid and now, thanks to the efforts of the committee members in charge we have telephone volunteers for each home room at the school. Parents will become familiar with these people throughout the year and we hope that they may help to overcome the sense of isolation parents may sometimes feel due to Clarke's particular geographical location. The Clarke High School Parents are full of en- thusiasm. The staff and students at the school need and deserve our interest and support. Plans for the new year include a sleigh ride, weekly volleyball sports nights, a lifestyle meeting and a series of films focusing on the family. Congratulations are due to Sylvia Parker and Willis Barraball who are co- chairing the group and to the committee members for gel- ting things off to a flying star. We encourage ail parents to come out and become mvolved. The Clarke High School Telephone Committee members are: Ger Bailey (9A) 983-9295 Sandy Green (9B) 987-4603 Donna Hutton (9C) 983-5717 Helen PfeitTer(9D)_987-4032 (Continued page 3) Mayor Rickard on Monday addressed council referring the achievements in the municipality during 1984 and presenting an outline for 1985. The Mayor pointed out that 1985 would mark the third year for council of a three-year term. He said that early in 1984 he had said that the '84 year would be the most productive for council, "and it was". He stated that the Town had a growth rate higher than the provincial average and higher than other municipalities within the Region of Durham. He referred to 1984 also as a year of celebrating and that the Town had excelled in in- dustry and sports. 'Civic pride has expanded", he said, "and 1984 was a year of progress for Newcastle". He spoke of the zero tax increase set by council for 1984 and said thecontrover- sial re-assessment program is now being undertaken by all municipalities in the Region. The Mayor spoke of the ef- forts nade by the citizens of the communities, the support from council members and said staff had performed on and beyond their terms of references. In looking to 1985 the Mayor stated he foresaw a comparable growth to that of 1984 or even higher. Interest, he stated, was increasing for Newcastle and attributed some of this to the extension of the GO transit System to the border of the Town and the re-instatement of the VIA rail service across the north of the municipality. He said there is a shift of tax dollars from hard services to soft services and that there is a stability being created in the corporation. Mayor Rickard spoke of the water problem in Newtonville and said that would be corrected during the year by someone. In speaking of social and recreational needs the Mayor said there has been a shift of cost from property tax to user-pay charges and that this along with a volunteer base in promoting recreation costs have been lessened for the general taxpayer. He suggested that the Town continue with the Citizen of the Year Award and Inat five such awards be presented each year in the future including 1985. He called for a committee to be set up to initiate fund raising for the proposed new Bowmanville arena. In speaking of planning he spoke of the repsonsibility of council and pointed out that we are stewards for only a short period of lime. I 197