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"larke Museum looks to future by Karl Lewins ' The Clarke Museum and Archives is looking into the future to preserve the past. '.The Clarke Museum Board of Directors have recently established numerous goals ' and ' achievements to be ! completed throughout the duration of a five year term. The goals have been outlined and organized according to yearly importance through * the next five years and beyond. , One pf the main achieve- • ments the Directors would ' like to accomplish is to unite the museum in one location. Presently, the museum has artifacts on display in the upper half of the Clarke Library and also at the Kirby Schoolhouse. This presents a disadvantage to the museum i as it is difficult for senior j citizens to climb stairs and also because of unnecessary' renting costs involved. It is also difficult to store items in the library because the environment environment must be controlled and the library lacks these facilities. However, thç Directors of the Museum have opport- i unities they may take advantage advantage of to overcome these problems. The museum has the S opportunity to purchase a I house in Kirby, referred to as the Morris house, which is relatively close to the school. The Morris house is being sold for one dollar by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, but, restoration, renovation and moving costs would amount to several thousand dollars. The costs involved in this action would nevertheless be well justified. It would enable the Museum to accomplish many of the other goals they, have established. The expenses of this action, for the most part, could be raised by the museum itself. Roughly estimated, it would rease the availability of the museum to. the public, cost : $15,000 to move the Morris House to the property of the Kirby Schoolhouse, and x several thousand for a new foundation, restoration, etc. The museum currently has $4,000 in a Development Fund and. through various fund- raising campaigns, donations, donations, and grants they feel it is financially possible. However, if the directors do not receive the support needed needed from council they will expand and renovate the Kirby Schoolhouse and have to forget about the Morris house. Another important goal of th.e directors is to increase the museum's availability to the public. This goal will be accomplished by establishing yearly events and keeping the museum open more days throughout each year. The installation of ramps and special washrooms is ' also planned to enable the museum museum to be readily available to disabled persons. Out of reach contacts with schools and organizations, and the co-operation with local businesses businesses would also' help inc- If the directors purchase the Morris house as planned, a security system would be installed so that it would be possible to exhibit loaned artifacts. The directors will also re-organize their collections, collections, non-essentials would be removed and new collections began. The directors have also discussed the installation of environmental controls for proper storage which they feel is essential. Seventy-five percent, of this cost would be received from the Ministry of National Museums. ■ These are only a few goals the directors have established to accomplish. In short, they want to become more efficiently efficiently run in terms of administration, administration, and Increase their availability to the public. Busing costs cut for school board The transportation committee committee of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education and headed by trustee George Cameron of Ward Three Newcastle expects expects to be within provincial ceilings for the school year of 1981-82. The Board expects to pay some $73,800 less for 1 transportation in 81-82 than in ! the current year of 1980-81. The Board is returning to a rate system with a per ■„„vm rate for all 72 seater buses for all miles travelled. Negotiations have been underway for some time with 'he operators who provide , ..ervices over 168 bus routes and travel a daily mileage of over 9,600 miles. The Board is now some $209,000 over their provincial * ceiling for busing in 1980-81 and will have an expenditure of $1,791,400 for the year. In .' jihe year 1981-82 the board expects to cut this cost to $1,717,600 which will keep its transportation spending within within the allowable grant ceiling. The Board has called tenders tenders for the 23 routes but will not open tenders for routes for which operators have signed an agreement under the new schedule. George Cameron has stated that he believed twenty operators have signed agreements with the board as of last week. He did say however that did not include all bus operators. As of last week the transportation transportation committee did not know what Charterways would do and they are one of the major operators looking after sixty routes for the board. Tenders where necessary necessary will be opened on April 9th by the committee. The new policy has also reduced premium payments for double' ruris and as well Buy gas help handicapped Buying a tankful of gasoline on April 11th from your local participating Esso Service Station will mean that you are helping physically handicapped handicapped children in Ontario. That's the idea behind the "Buy A Thankful Tankful" program sponsored by Imperial Imperial Oil Ltd. and Esso Dealers. For every litre of gasoline pumped on Saturday, April llth, participating dealers and Imperial Oil will donate 2 cents (nine cents per gallon) to The Easter Seal Society (formerly Ontario Society for Crippled Children). Donations Donations will be for gasoline sold during the normal Saturday business hours. April llth is the third Saturday of this Wesley ville cancelled for good On March 30th the Board of Directors of Ontario Hydro approved the cancelling of the $230 million Wesleyville Generating Generating Plant in the south of Hope Township. Announcement Announcement of the plan was made on Wednesday of last week. It was felt that the plan It was felt that the plant would never be used due to rising cost of oil and the uncertainty of supply. Ontario Ontario Hydro will write off $160 million against the 1980 reve- It was felt that the plant would never be used due to rising cost of oil and the uncertainty of supply. Ontario Ontario Hydro will write off $160 trillion against the 1980 revenue revenue of $2.8 billion. Hydro has stated the write-off will not affect 1981 rates for hydro which have already been set. Plans for the Wesleyville plant were announced in 1973 with cancellation of two units in 1978 and the other two in 1979. The complete cancellation, cancellation, of the plan came last week. It came as no surprise with Ontario depending more and more on the cheaper source of electricity from nuclear energy. Hydro plans to use the site as a central storage depot in the short term and are considering leasing out other buildings. Some of the farm land has been leased out to local area farmers.. reduced their fuel escalator allowance payment. The Board also expects the provincial provincial grant for transportation transportation to be increased by nine percent for the 1981-82 school year. * • Costs for kindergarten transportation will increase in the coming year and put this slightly above ceiling by $19,300. year's Easter Seal Campaign which runs from March 16th to April 19th. More than 550 Esso dealers across Ontario have volunteered volunteered to make donations from their sales on that day. The funds will be. used by the local Easter Seal service club and the Society to provide services for handicapped children such as specialized nursing care, artificial limbs and diagnostic clinics. The total amount raised on April llth by Esso dealers and Imperial Oil may reach or exceed $100,000. Big dip in Regional capital budget The Region of Durham has approved a capital budget for 1981 which is $2.1 million below that of 1980. Part of the reason for the drop is the cost of financing through deben : Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 8th, 1981-5 Clarke Museum statement • The following has been submitted by Ray Dickson, treasurer of the Clarke Museum, Museum, outlining monies now available to the Board in a total amount of $12,646.00. Notes from the 1979 Audited Statement Assets: Due from the Province.of Ontario $ 478. Due from the Town of Newcastle ■ 5,062. Cash on hand 626. TOTAL $6,166. Re 1980 Operations tures. The capital budget for 1981 totals $750,000 compared to $2.8 million in 1980; $2.2 million in 1979; $2.9 millioh in '78 and $7.2 million in 1977. Only ' $100,000 of the 1981 $750,000' capital budget has to be debentured. In cutting the capital bud- Received from Wintario re,kirby School 2,867. Bank Interest 138. Sundry Revenue 32.00 TOTAL $3,037. Balance due from Town of Newcastle re 1980 operations 3,443. Total funds available $12,646. Estimated cost of removing house to new location $15,000. 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