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t Cut Welcome cake at barbecue iiissei Strife.,:? v'ya-iSiP; Jim Hale, Bill Hale and Bruce Eastern Canada of Laidlaw Waste barbecue held last Saturday night to Cook, Regional Vice President for Systems cut a welcome cake'at a which some 200 were in attendance. Published Every Wednesday "What Is Old Is New Again" could appear in Downtown Orono "What Is Old Is New Again" is a theme Sid Rutherford gendered considerable interest in when addressing addressing a meeting of thè Orono Downtown Business Association at which parking downtown was the subject of debate. . Rutherford pointed out that in the early years business was undertaken undertaken on the west side of,Main Street and parking at the time 'was provided bÿ sheds back of the business section. He said through the years the business establishments moved to the east side .and again sheds provided accommodation accommodation for the horse-drawn vehicles. He pointed to the fact that the Town of Newcastle owned lands on the west side of Main Street in the Orono Stream valley and through its use parking could be established in small pods at variqus locations. He also drew the attention »f his audience to the fact that a number of lanewavs do already exist and that in fact Closes could be established as has happened in many centres such as Renfrew, Elora and others. He said Closes were most popular in Scotland and in Switzerland where he has recently visited. "It will take co-operation from all parties", he said, ' "if anything is ever accomplished." It was suggested by Rutherford that contact be made with Heritage Canada in such a project. He said Heritage Canada has helped in such ventures in the past and' referred to the development at Kleinberg. He suggested that Orono look back to the past and their heritage,for the answer to providing a new base for the downtown area. A committee 'of Ann Dreslinski, Mary Ellen Cyr, Sylvia Parker and Linda Taylor were appointed to contact Heritage Canada and consider consider the proposal. Consideration is also to be given to the establishment of a parking area behind the new bank building on Town property which appears to be serviced by Sabre Street. The idea of establishing a parking lot on the south lawn of the Library property is all but dead and no action action was taken to proceed. Counc. Stapleton said he had had two complaints over plans for such a parking lot. Counc, Hamre said (Continued page 2) Put freeze on new Courtice development Council came, face-to-face with the water crisis in Courtice. Monday's Monday's meeting was full of delegations delegations and angry residents demanding demanding a solution be found. As Mayor Winters tried to deal with the unruly crowd, that at times interrupted the meeting with impromptu impromptu speeches, he kept reassuring reassuring the residents that by Friday the lawyers would tell council who could be held responsible for the dewatering dewatering and a solution begun. Friday was too late for some residents who needed water now, so Councillor Hamre-came up with a motion to deal with residents who "were getting the run around". The focal point of the motion was to establish one person to handle handle the calls from resident^ and all calls could be referred to that one individual and they could be handled handled uniformly. < , Mayor Winters made a motion that he feels will back developers to the wall and force action. All developments in the affected areas have been put on hold uiftil .the problem problem is solved. Winters is f to meet, with the region, town, developers and province province to find short-term and long- ' term solutions to this crisis. Happenings... NO PAPER NEXT WEEK Due to holidays the Orono Weekly Times will not be published published this coming week. The office closes July 31st to re-open again on Monday, August 10th. MID-SUMMER BLUES Mom, I don't have anything to do. If you've heard this once or twice lately why not take the kids to the library for a Special event coming up on Tuesday, August 4th at the Bowmanville Branch fn the auditorium at 3:30 - 4:30 where the "Talking Book Theatre" will be presented. This play for children is about two young people who want to become actors but cannot in,their own country so they travel to-different places in the hope of finding somewhere they can become actors. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! Plan now to attend the Annual Beef Barbeque at Orono Park on Wednesday, August 12th, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Prices for this mouthwatering mouthwatering event are Adults $7.00, children 6-12 years $3.00 and under 6 years Free. Proceeds from this great meal go to the Orono Arena and Improvements and Project Fuiyd. ' Laidlaw lay plans to service Durham Region from Newcastle landfill Laidlaw Waste Systems, who on May 12th, 1987, purchased the land fill operation and lands of Regional Reclaimers in the eastern part of the Town of Newcastle, hosted a barbecue for some 200 neighbours and former associates of Regional Reclaimers. Barbecued beef and pork highlighted the menu for the occasion occasion being held just off the site, Laidlaw Waste Systems is in the process of seeking approvals for the expansion of the waste site of which they took over operation as of the first of July. According to Jim Hale the Hale family has operated a landfill site in the area since 1953, a period of time which now covers four generations. He said Goodyear Tire and Rubber was their first industrial customer and we took the waste from Goodyear at no cost to the company. company. Hale said the landfill site was first licenced in 1971 by the Ministry of the Environment, Bruce Cook, Regional Vice President President of Laidlaw Waste System who is responsible for activities in Eastern Canada said the company was the largest waste management company in Canada and operated, the largest recycling program in all of North -America. The Vice President said'the company company operates twelve landfill site across North America of «which two are located in Ontario, Sarnia and now the Town of Newcastle. i He said the company is learning about the existing site in Newcastle , and getting work in place. He said he hoped the company would stand in good stead to gain approval for an expansion. . . . Cook said Laidlaw is a full scale waste management company undertaking undertaking waste removal, landfill operations, transfer stations and operating recycling systems. , He pointed out that Laidlaw was the largest company operating in the field of recycling through the use of the blue box. Laidlaw operates the successful Kitchener recycling operation as well as systems in Ottawa and Nepean. If was stated that recycling can take care of 10 to 15 percent of the garbage garbage and that it is but one aspect of waste management. Cook said the Kitchener recycling program now supports itself. In speaking of expansion plans Cook said the site was a feasible one for expansion and although nothing is simple the site would not be complex complex to manage properly. t He said the engineering had been completed by Regional Reclaimers for the expansion of the site and ■ was with the Ministry of the Environment. Environment. It was pointed out that the Brock landfill site operated by Metro Toronto and used by the Region of Durham was abotit to close in 1990. Also the Darlington landfill site in the Town of Newcastle is to close this year. Cook said Laidlaw is looking to serve the Region of Durham with the proposed expanded site. He questioned whether or not Metro would continue to accommodate Durham. Jim Hale said the Ministry of the Environment was happy with the application submitted to expand the landfill site. A greût catch for a young boy It was a big catch for Todd Hutton Hutton (Orono) last Thursday' morning ' when he reeled in a 28.61b. Shinook Salmon from Lake Ontario. 15-year-old Todd went out with his uncle on a salmon hunter 3 charter boat and the group brought in eight other large fish. Todd plans to have his fish, the largest catch of the day, mounted.