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2-ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, MAY 14th, 1975 SHOULD THINK THIS ONE OVER Newcastle Town Council, with the exception of Mayor Garnet Rickard, is disregarding all logic and planning principles when they suggest that the Town purchase the recently vacated Honeywell industrial plant in Bowmanville to be used by the Town for municipal offices and as a public works depot. Only Mayor Rickard so far has objected to the proposal and in his arguments against the scheme he has shown that he does understand the oblects and principles of planning, is aware of the necessary financial basis for the municipality and has above all placed the welfare and interest of the Town's residents above that of a new building to house the Town offices. It is unfortunate that his fellow council members were not as well adversed in the operation of municipal affairs. Mayor Rickard points out that the Town should not be competing against industry for industrial land in the Industrial park. Certainly he is right in his comment and it could be further stated that the Town of Newcastle is in direneed of industrial assessment to give stability to the local municipal tax rate. Hamilton Township is a prime example where this year taxes are to go up by some 36 percent and taxation in the township is over one-third more than in the Town of Cobourg. And it jnust also be remembered that Cobourg provides many more services than does Hamilton Township. The Township in this case have allowed residential development with no increase in industrial assessment where Cobourg has been able to keep their two assessment basis somewhat in line. The Town of Newcastle is placing most of its eggs in residential development and to use up serviced industrial land for municipal offices only irritates the situation. Mayor Rickard also points out that in his opinion the use of industrial land for municipal offices is a contravention of the official plan. Surely if any individual was to consider the same move they would first have to go before council and then before the planning advisory committee and it is doubtful that they would get approval to set up office complexes in an industrial zone. What is good for the general public should be good for the municipality. It should not accept anything else than its expects its residents to accept. The Town council had not discussed the proposal with their planners: . ■ 8 It was also pointed out by the Mayor that ihtensive studies are being carried out in Bowmanville and surely the Town should await the finalization of these studies. Mayor Rickard also points out that the cost as outlined in the by-law, to which council has given first reading, is misleading. A competent firm of engineers have made a feasibility study of the proposal and have posted a price tag of $1.2 million for the purchase and renovations. The by-law carries a total of some over $600,000. One can rest well assured that the cost will at least be the engineer's figures. Mayor Rickard also points out that we are faced with rising taxes in the municipality and the priority is not in a new municipal building at this time. It is also interesting to note that Counc. Allin at a meeting in Orono last week said there was just no money for a new arena at a cost of $400,000 but the following day he was supporting a by-law to spend at least one million dollars for new municipal offices. If the town council is interested in sound planning, as they have stated they are, then they must show responsible decisions and must also consider their works in the same light as they would for others. .ft Mayor Rickard, in this rnatter, deserves the support of the:general public in his fight to bring a sense of responsible government to the Town of Newcastle. WOULD LIFT EDUCATION CONTROLS Robert Nixon, provincial leader of the Ontario Liberals in a speech last week stated that if the Liberal party were elected to office in the next provincial election they would lift the controls on spending in education. He endeavoured to make the point that local boards were capable of operating and holding the line without these controls which have been setforth by the provincial government. In the past week we have heard that the Conservative government is not in tune with the thinking of the people of Ontario. It now well appears that the liberals are out of tune also. In the first place the people of Ontario welcomed the placing of ceilings on education and théy were aware of the fact that it is a necessity to curb uncontrolled spending in education. Local boards, for a number of reasons, were not able to keep spending in line. Apparently Robert Nixon has forgotten of this fact or has thought that the people of Ontario has forgotten this fact. Not only would the individual local boards have problems dealing with the teacher's federation in salary settlements but they would again be faced with other policies which would become costly. This was proven not too many years ago when the province had to step in to slow down the rising educational costs. In speaking with W. H. Carman we asked his opinion on the lifting of the Controls as suggested by Nixon. He said, "it would be a disaster." He also pointed out that being a member of the board of education he had worked under both conditions and was well satisfied with the present control system. In speaking with Des Newman last Wednesday in Hampton he also said the Nixon proposal would not work. Davis won the last election due to his stand on education and he well might pull the rug from out under his political opponents with another rigid stand on education. The people do want the controls which in turn strengthen the hands of the local boards of educations. A FEW LAST MINUTE NOTES The Orono Public School Spring concert is to be held on Thursday afternoon and evening. The evening show called for 7.30 p:ih. is already sold out but those not now having tickets will be able to view the show on closed-circuit television in one classroom. There are tickets available for the afternoon program. Letter to the Editor In regards to the Orono Country Jamborees, I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about the Jamboree's held in the Orono Youth Centre "The Orono Town Hall" this past Winter and Spring. Working with the Dept, ui Recreation of the Town of Newcastle has been a lot of fun and enjoyment. Mr. Bud Fanning the director of the Dept, of Recreation has been most helpful and a very co-operative man to work with. Although there is a lot of time phoning, rehearsing, short weekends, late nights and programme making to put a Jamboree together somewhere along the way we have a lot of laughs and good times to remember. All of the entertainers on the shows have been most co-operative to work with and are always willing to take time out of their private lives to rehearse and perform. Although it may sound like a lot of work the most rewarding part of it all are the people that come to watch the show. It makes us feel good to see so many people that come to watch the show. It makes us feel good to see so many people when the curtain opens arid it makes us feel even better when the curtain opens on the next show, and the next show to see so many of the same people sitting out there again. You feel then you are a part of something that helps bring happiness to the people of the Area. We have been most fortunate fortunate to have our crowds come from as far west as Markham, as far east as Campbellford, and as far north as Minden. We have had good crowds for every show and this was obtained by good publicity by our local newspapers and a special thanks to Roy Forrester Forrester the Editor of the Orono Weekly Times who really turned it on in his home town. We have had criticisms about the shows and we have had congratulations. Fortunat ely the criticisms have been a very small percentage, but we all know it is impossible to please everyone. We would like to finish this letter by saying it has been a pleasure to be a part of the Orono Jamboree's. Fay, Glory and Don Adams Len Somerscales "The Country Hits" Committe set to study community community use of school grounds Due to a number of municipal municipal requests for the use of school outside property for recreational purposes the Board of ducation has setup an adhoc committee to study the requests and come forth with a policy. Requests have been received received from Cobourg, Port Hope and the Town of Newcastle., in this matter. The Town of Newcastle Recreation Department meet with the Board on Thursday evening regarding the establishment establishment of tennis courts at the Bowmanville High School. The committee is to report hack -at the next meeting of the Board of education. TO AWAIT LEGAL ADVICE ( Continued from page 1 ) approval ot council in the matter. When it came before council the council deferred their decision until such time as an opinion could be obtained from their legal advisor, Mr. McNeely. KIRK ENTWISLE LIBERAL CANDIDATE (Continued from page 1) said Mr. Entwisle "because we cannot afford it." The result of regional government has been chaos," he said. In speaking on planning he said that the present system of planning prevents a person to use his land as he sees fit and the futility of it ail is beyond imagination. "The planning authority must be returned to the local level of government and must be humanized, he said. The speaker referred to the province's province's Toronto Centred Region Region proposal which has been shelved because the government government never had the courage for its implementation. Mr. Entwisle pointed to the Solandt commission report regarding the routing of the hydro power line in the south of the municipality and the affect it would have in the area. He also stated that the Town had sought a referren- dum in the matter of placing a Nuclear power generating station in the Bowmanville area along the lake but thr minister of energy said, *Nk_^' vote." He spoke of the great expenditures to be made by hydro and the huge sums of money that hydro was to borrow for their capital works. No where, he said, do they consider the conservation conservation of hydro power. He chided the conservative government in that they have given no leadership in the matter of Solar heat. "The Tories will not wrest-, le with these problem," he said. 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