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Raise Over $200.00 in Car Wash Over $200.00 was raised for the at a car wash. sponsored by the The event was held at the parking Orono Girl Guides on Saturday last Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club. lot at the Armstrong IGA store. The Downtown merchants are making an extra effort for their Downtown Sidewalk Sale being held this Saturday and, many of the features should hold interest for, the general public. Not only are their special offerings offerings as to the, Sidewalk Sale but new features not before staged in the downtown area. Kiddies rides is but one new feature which includes a Moon Walk and small Ferris Wheel along with Candy Floss and Popcorn. Hair With Flair are booked solid for a street demonstration of weird and wonderful hairdos and these are being styled right on the sidewalk area in front of Hair With- Flair from 11 to 2 p.m. Drop down one door south and The Village Bin is featuring Elmo the Clown along with balloon's. Then there's Not Just Fashions featuring a Street Fashion show at 11 and 1 p.m. Something new for Orono. Take in the floral tips being given at the Apple Blossom Shop by Dini Schoenmaker. Don't forget the Outdoor cafes and cook-outs that are sure to appear once more. For an early start the Orono Oddfellows are serving a pancake pancake breakfast at the Lodge Hall just back of the business section and the early start means 7:00 a m. with serving continuing until If in the morning. morning. Pay a visit to downtown Orono this Saturday. There may even be more features than we realize. One added a noted an antique auction in the Town Hall. Town approve timing for northern fire station The Town of Newcastle council has given approval tq a schedule of events when completed would see a new fire-service in the' northern part of the Town in the spring of 1990. The schedule will identify a site for a northern fire station in 1988 with purchase by -the end of the year. Prior to purchase public meetings and a mail-out questionairre will be held and circulated to determine the availability of part-time volunteers and other related information. Upon being able to man the station with the requirement that it have access to Regional road 57 the purchase would be completed. to 1989 would consider proceeding proceeding with the building design and ordering vehicles. All needs are to arrive in the spring of 1990 when the station would be opçn for service service to the community. The station would expect to be open in May. Counc. Arnot Wotten said he was well pleased with the time schedule as the proposal has been on a back burner all too long. Town asked to be fair, call tenders for garbage collection Paul Groenveid', manager for GDS Disposals, Courtice, asked council to be fair to all gar bilge contractors contractors and gain the best price for the people by calling tenders for garbage pick-up in the Town of Newcastle. Groenveid was referring to the fast that council is calling for negotiations to set the cost of gar bage removal in the Town with the present contract holder, BF1. The present BFI contract carrys on until the end of 1988. Groenveid stated that GDS had been in business for forty years, had 18 modern tr'ucks and employed 30 people with some from'the Town of Newcastle. He also stated that the firm did have contracts with most of, the neighbouring municipalities. He said the Town was bypassing the tendering process for a contract that would be in the neighbourhood of some $5 million. "I have never heard of such a thing and I find it difficult to understand why a" municipality would spend that •amount of money without going to tender", he said. . Groenveid also pointed out that the Town did tender for other expenditures. expenditures. "You are putting us out of the residential garbage business without being given a chance", he said. Groenveid pointed out that they had bid on contracts in Whitby and other centres and recently received a contract from Whitby. The manager also stated that his firm was prepared to provide a transfer station in the Courtice area. "All I ask is that you give GDS a chance to bid on this contract," he said. Counc. McKnight asked if he was satisfied with the five year term of the contract to which Groenveid stated that he thought it was a good time frame for such a contract. He also told Counc. Cowman that they collected garbage in Mitchell Corners Corners for $13.00 a month'. The issue came-up later in the agenda in the form of a recommendation recommendation from the General Purpose committee that staff be; authorized to renegotiate a contract with BFI for a period not lessthan five years, effective January. 1989 and that (Continued page 3) Happenings .... FUND RAISING DANCE AT NEWCASTLE The Committee for Clarke Constituents is holding a fund raising dance this Saturday, June 18th starting at 9:00 p.m. in the Newcastle Town Hall. Funds are to be used in helping finance a bid to stop a landfill site being established in the Town of Newcastle. For tickets contact Ben Kortekaas at 786-2458. Support the Clarke Constituents Constituents and also enjoy an evening of dancing. O.P.P. RIDE PROGRAM The O.P.P. Ride Program will be in the Newcastle area on June 15, 16 and 19th, to help reduce impaired driving. , NEWCASTLE GOLF COURSE Newcastle Golf Coursé wishes to announce the first Hole-In-Qne of the 1988 Qolf Season: Terry L. Adams, 827 Carnaby Cresent, Oshawa, aeed #17 - 123 yards using a 9 iron on June 1, 1988, while playing with friends Harold Franklin, Marty Valks and Stan Konanowski all of Oshawa area. "BEAT THE PROS" PROCEEDS 4 TO KIDNEY FOUNDATION The Kidney Foundation and Simpsons presents "Beat the Pros" miniputt on the 4th floor sporting goods department at Simpsons downtown June 16 and 17. Meet Peter Virgile from the Young and the Restless, and the Argo Sunshine Gills. Challenge them all at Golf Mini-Putt and you are on your way to sinking fantastic prizes. Proceeds to I he Kidney Foundation. For rnoiv informal ion call 445-0373. , ' Cub and Scout of the Year At a swim-up ceremony recently Brett Graeves received the Cub of Joyce Major, ' representing the ' the Year awdrd while Peter Cowan heather Rebekah Lodge presented received the Scout of the Year awards for'the Cub and Scout of award, the Year of the Orono groups. < ■