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,L.. Ic<Weefcf ky Tine Serving Orono, Newcastle, Newtonville, Kendai, Starkville ORONO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4,1992 Pen-nies frornheaven> Reconsidering medical assistby fire -fighters On Monday at the Town's General Purpose commîttee meeting, Fire Chief Creighton stated that rural residents were now receiving a reduced medical assistance coverage due to the recent changes in answering amîbulatory calîs. On October l3th counicil members- at an in camera meeting, passed a resolution whereby if the Town is absolutely required to respond to an ambulance assist emergency eall during the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., period, only the fuil-time firefighting crew from Bowmanville or Courtice station would respond. 1The resolution also stated that no assistance to the ambulance service would be provided by the fire department outside of the period indicated except for automobile accidents or in circumstances, where the ambulance service is elsewhere in use dealing with an emergency. Since the passing of the resolution, volunteer firefighters have been making it known that they were not satisfied with the fact that they were no longer there to serve as a backup for the ambulance service where it might (Continued page 2) by Carol-Ann Oster Marvin Lunn of Orono began, literally, saving his pennies twenty years ago. He started with a smnall piggy bank with a few handfuls of pennies to ten pickle and relish jars full of pennies. The total of pickled pnieas he jokingly refers to themi as, is approximately $550.00. He estimates that there is around $52 - $55 of pennies in each jar. The jars weighi close to fifty pounds each. Marvin Lunn is one of the few people that are willing to buy pennies. He would buy pennies from hot lunches and cookie sales that were held at Clarke High Sehool where he worked. But his saving lias paid off. Withi the pennies he plans to buy a new rocking chair. "The next task", he says, "is to roll them". "But dont tell the ladies at the banik ye", lhe adds. Private linterests submitting plans for Courtice recreation ,complex The private sector, architeets and financial, showed an interest last Friday in the proposed Jý_,urtice recreational and~ library complex that is being considered by the town. According to Counc. Dreslinski, who heads up the Courtîce complex commnittee being chairmnan of community services, twelve initerested private sector parties attended a meeting at the Town office. Town staff were also part o-f the meeting as were Councs. Hannah and Novak. The participants were present for a briefing as to what facilities are being considered' and to other related matters associated with such a developmnent. Counic. Dreslinski said the Town had circulated letters to those they thought mnigbt be interested'in being part of the Courtice area complex. Somec thirtecut had respunded. These were invîted to the Friday meeting with twelve attending. Conce. Dreslinski said private partnership hiad always been thioughit as an option for the Courtice plan xhere council has been considering a swimmuing pool, community rootn and a Courtice-centred library. She said the group was interested in xliat was being asked but were also interested in the financial standing of the town, and othier mnatter relating to zoning and other planning aspects. The councîllor said she was most pleased with the meeting and the response and interest shown. Happenings. Brought tu our attention Two weeks ago in an article on the 125 anniversary of the Newtonville United Church we had referred to the anniversary as of the U.C. W. in our headine. Sonry about the slip but th article did clear just who was celebrating. A great entertainer Last year Mike Mandel was booked into a show at the Clarke High School by the School Band parent group. It was a hilarious evening of' intrigue and anything else one could imagine. Mandel is returning to the area on Novcmber under the sponsorship of the Band Parent group with the event being held in the Bowmnanville Hig-h Sehool November 20th. Tickets 983-960-4. Orono Town liait Card Party The most rceont card party in the hall had Clare Mleuleman tops vith 86 poinis followvcd by MalLrg Linton anid Harvey Partner, 82, Ron) Campbell 79, Hilda Caswvell 74. Low score (iladys Ogden. ize winncrs: Roy Hiayward, Marian Staples, Bea Robinson, Charlie ýý mrpbelI It was pointeci out that the twelve individual participants are now to make a presentation to the, Town on their view of a complex. Dreslinski said that it may involve even residential and some commercial development which would be outside of the prcçsent needs of Che Town îtself. Thec Town owns some 39 acres of land south of the Courtice Secondary sehool of which close to 20 acres is open for developmnent. It is on this land that the proponients will devise their vision f'or the Courtice area. The comimittee chairmian said it would be a new venture f'or the Town and that in fact thiere is no place in Canada in which such an undertaking bas been completed. She did say that a couple of municipalities are about as far along as is the Town of Newcastle. The Town are to receive the public sector proposais within a week whien they will be considered and a short list set for further discussion on an individual basis. It bias been a thought of the town for somne time that a publie/private venture may be a feasible approach to providing the comiplex in Courtice. The actions taken recently were the first steps in the Town's discovery of this approach. It is apparent that the province is not the source of funding diat it has been in the past. The Village of Mîillbrook bias plans f'or a new (Continued page 5) Herrema terms Hilstone dead project Gary Herrema, regional chairman, has been reported to state that Hilstone is dead. Hilstone was a $40 million complex in downtown Oshawa that was to have housed some of the offices of the Region of Durham. Much debate over the year bas been centred on the projeet which was also to contain other immenities such as an office tower and sometime in the future a possible hotel. in Oshawa The project was canned when regional councillors voted 17 to 14 against the proposai in June. The regional chairman states that hielhas been told by taxpayers that the projeet is too costly at this Lime and the need for the office space just must not proceed. Herrema was once a supporter of the projeet but as pointed out Regional council has set a limît of 5 percent increase in regional (Continued page 5) Legion placing crosses at Cerneteries The Royal Canadian Legion, Bowmnanville Branch, has added a new feature to their annual -Remembrance Day events with the placing of a white cross at a veteran's grave in each of fourteen cemneteries in the Town of Newcastle. The proposai came ftom Norm Baker, a memnber of the legion, wbo had visited Italy recently and witnlessed the placing of crosses at veterans graves in recognition of those wý,ho had fallen in battie. Baker brought the idea to the Bowmanville Branch of the Legion wnere it was totally supported. As a result on Sunday Stirling Mather and Gloria Grant visited the fourteen cemeteries:in the Town placing one cross at a veteran's grave. Above Stirling Mather placed a cross at the grave of Colonel Cliff Gamey at the Orono Cemetery. 1 The Remnembrance Day service is being held in Orono this Sunday commencing with a parade from the Oddfellow's Hall at 1:30 p.m. 2 2 Vol. 56, No. 43 ---- -- . . . . . .