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Orono Plaza given committee go-abea Look what I got from Santa seems to be the word from the young girl in the centre of the picture. It all happened on Sunday afternoon at the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen and Kinettes Christmas party at the Orono Oddfellow's Hall. tions he was great expecta- Santa's arrival and not disappoint the ;r group who quickly surrounded him awaiting their turn for a few special words from St. Nick. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 12th, 1979 six on drug charges CHRISTMAS PARTY SUNDAY AT ARENA The Orono Chamber of Commerce are holding their . annual Christmas party and family skating at the Orono Arena this coming Sunday, December 16th. The event will be held from 2:30 to 4:30. Santa will make his annual trip to the arena with his goodies of candies and hot chocloate will be served. TELEPHONE COMMISSION TURNS DOWN interim Relief Community Telephone has been denied at this point interim rate increases as applied for through the Ontario Telephone Service Commission. A detailed report is printed in this issue of the. Times. Today, Wednesday, the Orono Telephone Ratepayer's Association and other groups will attend a meeting with the Minister of Transportation and Communication when the issue of rates and service will be discussed with the Minister. CHRISTMAS SING ALONG ' A Christmas Singaiong will be held.at the Orono Public School, Tuesday, December 1,8th at 7:00,p.m. Parents 'come' along with your children for an enjoyable evening. CHANCE TO WIN,PORTABLE T.V. Skaters qualified to take part in the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club Skate-a-thon will be eligible to win a portable T.V. The skate-a-thon is being held on Thursday, December 27th at the Orono Arena and pledge sheets and rules for the skate-a-thon are now available. All proceeds from the event will be used by the Kinsmen Club for Cystic Fibrosis and other community services. WANT TO TAKE OFF POUNDS? A new charter of T.O.P.S. has been issued in Orono and the local club meets every Wednesday in the Village. Further information is available by' phoning 983-9635. IT STUNS BILL CLARKE Bill Clarke informed the Times this week that it is the Small Crafts branch of a department of the Federal government that is placing the big boulders at the harbour mouth in Newcastle and Bowmanville, He said it stuns him that the government does not inform the local municipality of such work. He said the federal government is placing amour stone as a routine maintenance improvement at the two harbours. He said the cost ,of the-maintenance at Newcastle is $13,000. He said it is major work and,the Town should have been notified. He stated, 1 "The Town may have plans for a parkettè at the lake! root " , . • Pre-tiawn raids, last week, carried out by members of Oshawa RCMP and DRPD resulted in arrests of 6 persons on a variety of drug charges. Sgt. Terry Crawford of the RCMP said the arrests brought to a successful conclusion conclusion an investigation which focussed on the eastern > portioi i of the Region of Durham. ,During the course of this gation an undercover ' officer purchased var- juantities of narcotic, ted and controlled This included mari- hashish, hashish oil, phencyclidine (PSP) entermine, said Craw- invest: RCMP ying restrie drugs juana LSD, and ford. The been indicati Ard R.R pin narco • Rob Churc traffic charge: Wm Concc fickin* charg Dot King ville, led di Rot Stree fiekin charg restri G le King traffi cjiarf. e-dawn raid nets All accused persons were brought before a Justice of the Peace and released on a' recognizance to appear at Bowmanville Court on December December 18, 1979. Investigators feel arrests will have significant impact on availability of drugs in Bowmanville, Newcastle, Orono areas. The round-up involving 18 The Town of Newcastle Planning Committee on Thursday Thursday of last week recommended recommended to council that approval approval of a development agreement for the hew Orono Plaza be granted and that proceedings for rezoning be undertaken. The matter will be before council this coming Monday, December 17th and it is expected to pass with little or no opposition: In speaking with Mr. William William Armstrong, Orono, this ' week., he said he was pleased with the action of the planning ' committee and. that as far as: .he knew all the hurdles had been ironed out with the Town. He said the Town, upon passing the recommendation on Monday would proceed with rezoning the lands to allow the development in the north-east corner of the Village. He said he. had spoken to most of the people in the area and they did seem to favour the development. Armstrong pointed out that with the. successful rezoning of the lands-a building permit could then be issued. As to definite plans and occupancy of the new plaza Armstrong said this had yet 1 to be developed or finalized. He •, said they had been awaiting^ the decision of the planning committee and the upcoming decision of council so they had something concrete concrete to offer. He said up to this point they had had nothing io work on. When asked if. the Armstrong Armstrong clothing store would ■ follow the IGA store to the plaza he said it would not nor members of RCMP and DRPD began 5:30 a.m, Friday Friday and reflects the co-operative co-operative and detprmined efforts efforts on part of these agencies to reduce availability of drugs within the Region of Durham. would it continue in its present location. Armstrong said it was impossible to manage both stores properly. The Orono Shopping Plaza was first proposed in the days of Clarke Township in 1973. It has been before the Town of Newcastle for a number of years. Andrew Volgyesi, architect architect for the project, indicated indicated he felt the plaza could have gone ahead sooner. He said approval from the Town had taken a year longer than 1 it should have and said the delay would be costly. The Planning Director, Don Smith, said the delay was largely due to the study of the public .works department, had required from the developer of the Plaza. Volgyesi said the initial stage would include an IGA food store and three or four other stores. It was pointed out at the meeting that before the second stage of the development could be undertaken undertaken the owner would have to complete a market analysis analysis to demonstrate the need for further shops and show their impact on stores in the- downtown core. Volgyesi said the project of the first stage could be completed in 1980. POSSIBILITY OF TOWN LEASING WALTONA PARK Counc. Bill Clarke on Monday Monday said following a meeting • with a Mr. Macauly of Ontario Hydro that it may be feasible for the Town of Newcastle,to lease the former Waltona Park property from Ontario Hydro. Hé said the meeting had been low key and that a future meeting is also to be held when further consideration will be given to the future of Waltona park. . Clarke said the Town could look at leasing the property if the Town was interested with the possibility of rebuilding the camp. ;n l following persons have charged with offences ed: Kelly Myers, 18, Orono, trafficking a ic, 2 charges, ert Towns, 18, 128 h Street, Newcastle, iking a narcotic, 2 s, McPhee, 21, Lot 26, ssion 3, Newcastle, traf- in a restricted drug, 1 |e. . glas Kevin Black, 22, 25 Street East, Bowman- trafficking in a controk ug, 1 charge, ert Myles, 17, 279 King East, Newcastle, traf- g in a narcotic, 1 e; trafficking in a i^ted drug, i charge, i Allin Paris, 21, 335 Street East, Newcastle, •king in a narcotic, ÿ ,es. Tlfv i Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen promoted a successful successful Volleyball .'tournament on Friday and Saturday of last week at thy Clarke and Pines school with 24 teams from senior public sch ■ ' in the aiîea in competition. ' This group of grade six pupils from the Newcastle Public School filled in for an absentee team and amazed everyone with their knowledge knowledge and ability in the game They won the consolation championship playing against. teams from grade seven and eight. Above a few. instructions before the start ing whistle i