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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 20, 1989 No paper next week It has been a tradition that no paper is published out of the Orono Times Office between Christmas and New Years. This tradition continues this year and we do hope that it does not inconvenience anyone. Do have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. More and more Energy On Tuesday Ontario Hydro made know their twenty-five year proposal for hydro energy for the province. province. The proposal will be up for debate over the next year which will include the total package as well as environmental environmental hearings for the individual facilities that may be undertaken. undertaken. Nucelar power is included in the package and plants will be considered as an addition to the Darlington plant with consdieration also for the Wesleyville site, at the Bruce site and one n Manitoulin Island. There are a number of other features as purchasing from Manitoba which is already a fact and the promotion of smaller water generating plants. According to Sue Stickley, giving a brief thumb- snail sketch, there .is concern and plans to control use of hydro through a number of features. Conservation, up to this point, has been somewhat haphazard both on the part of the utility and definitely on the part of the individual citizen and the large corporations and public bodies. This certainly has not been the case with the Durham Board of Education which has made significant inroads in conservation. In a recent report the board has reduced energy costs by 25.2 percent over the past 13 years even while their square footage of building space has increased by 39 percent. percent. According to the board's figures it has been a savings of $9.3 million over this 13 year period, a significant savings savings to the taxpayers of the Durham Board and also for those throughout the province. The accomplishment has also been made inspite of an 370.5 percent increase in the price of gas and oil and a whopping increase of 424 percent for electricty. The baord reports that the efforts of the custodial staff and a computer system which governs school building temperatures is responsible for this successful act of energy conservation. 1 We are reminded of an article written by a member of the Canada World Youth organization entitled "Responsibilty for the aged becomes that of the young." The question is "what are we leaving them to work with if we don't start to - conserve now." Calling the kettle black At the last meeting of Town of Newcastle council both Councillor Larry Hannah and Mayor Hubbard took a few swings at the .Northumberland and Newcastle Board of. Education âs to what the future held for the board financially and for the taxpayers. Educational taxes, locally, are expected to increase by 34 percent in 1994 providing more funding is' npt forthcoming forthcoming from the provincial source. It is something to worry about as day after day increases of one nature or another keep-heaping on the taxpayers and it comes in many forms both from the public.and private institutions. It is also coming at a time when there are indications of a drop in the economy and also at a time when a greater division division is being made between high and lower income taxpayers. taxpayers. In fact it has been established over the past few years that the middle income bracket is depleting as the higher and lower income bracket population increases. - It is something to take note of. But how clean ts the Town's kettle? * Last year the Town mill rate increased close to ten percent while the Region nabbed in at twenty percent. The school board was a fourteen percent increase. But both the Town and Region enjoyed a better than average increase in taxable assessment and thusx a bigger take overall. The Board of Education does not enjoy, as yet, a lot levy which has more than doublecffor the Town and the Region over the past couple of years and this money is somewhat related to the matter of growth this area is witnessing. In another avenue of revenue the School Board does not figure in funds supplied by such as Ontario Hydro. Millions of dollars were placed in funds which have been used both by the Town and the Region to offset costs related to development of the Darlington plant and the impact this plant has had on the community. The Town still has much to do in establishing facilities for its new growth in community centres, libraries, playgrounds, roads and a possible host of other services. It will tie costly, as most agree, but not as deman- ding as is the education of the youth under the banner of a Board of Education. < ' Kendal News I must start mis column, with an apology, and 1 sincerely do apologize for any embarrassment caused, we do extend our sympathy to the Robert Walton family in their recent loss, but we are glad to find that Edie Walton and her husband are both alive and well. Lesson No. 1, to a new reporter, never put anything in print, until the facts have been verified, I hope that I have been forgiven. Sunday, December 17th, another beautiful bright sunny day, there was a large attendance at Church, this 3rd Sunday of Advent. Rev. Brian Ransom, assisted by Tommy Lucas lit the candle of Joy. The Sunday School were in charge of the service, the Scriptures were read by Chad Switzer and Glen Foster, the children sang, "Oh Christmas Tree," then under the direction of Don and Debbie Peddar the children told the Nativity story, this was narrated by Brian Boudreau, Elaine Cathcart and Brian Alcock, taking part were Mary...Laurie Spenser, Josephy.-.Tommie Lucas, Angels...Shauna Peddar and Melissa Lucas, Shepherds and . Wisemen Jeremy Peddar and Rosie Manns, the King was...Judy Spenser... The children sang, "Silent Night" and "Away in a Manger," Joyce Boudreau accompanied accompanied them on the piano, This brought back a lot of memories, 1 Home for the Christmas Holidays ROBIN LYCËTT - home with Pat and Kay Lycett from Waterloo University, in his 2nd year studying English. * * * At home with her parents and brother Murray in Newcastle, is TAMMY NORTHAM in her 3rd year in Economics at Western. * * * ERIN W1NDAIT, in her 3rd, wonder how many of the readers can remember wearing their father's bathrobe as wisemen or cardboard wings and wire halos, that would never stay in place and mother's dish towel as a head-piece. Somewhere back then most of us have taken one part or another in this little play. Children seem to have the knack of making this a magical moment. There was an excellent excellent response to White Gift Sunday, Sunday, it doesn't seem right that there should be, in this day, so many families that wonder how they are to give their children enough to eat, let alone give them presents. When you go out to do your own shopping, shopping, buy a little extra, and drop it in one of the boxes provided in. the stores, I saw one in the I.G.A. Remember there will be: carol singing in Newtonville on Thursday, Thursday, December 21st, anyone wishing to take part...they will be meeting at the Church at 6:00 p.m. Carol singing will take place in Kendal on Saturday, December 23rd. They will meet at the Church at 7:00 p.m. All welcome! Christmas Eve Service will be held at Newtonville Church, 7:QP p:m. After the Service, the members or tfce congregation stayed for a pot- luck lunch and a time of fellowship. It was good to see the Skerrats out once again, also to see new families coming out, welcome. May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. by P. Lowery St: Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET, ORONO, ONTARIO SUNDAY SERVICE and CHURCH SCHOOL '9:3tra.m. ORONO GATES OF PRAISE BIBLE MINISTRY 5414 Main Street Orono, Ontario Inter-Faith Full Gospel SERVICE U :00A.M. Rev. Lyle L. West Office 983-9341 Personal Ministry Rev.- Margaret F. West Res. 983-5962 Counselling ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE Minister:. Rev. Fred Milnes , 983-5502 Secretary: Marlene Risebrough ORONO SERVICE 11:00 A.M. Organist : Stella Morton KIRBY SERVICE 9:30 A.M. Organist: Martha Farrow UP-COMING SERVICES SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1990 CHRISTMAS SUNDAY Kirby 9:30 a.m. Orono 11:00 a.m. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Leskard - 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1990 Regular Service BIBLE STUDIES year at McGill, studying English Literature, will be home in Starkville. * * * SEAN BARRY, in his 3rd year Chemistry at Queen's University in Kingston, will return home to Newcastle. * * * CAMERON LANGSTAFF from Newcastle, is in his 2nd year at the. University of Ottawa studying History. * * * STEVEN,BARRY will be home in Newcastle from Carleton University, University, Ottawa - 3rd year English Writing. * * * ERIN PARKER will take leave of her Biology studies at McGill to come home to Orono. * * * Steven and Ian Vanderschee welcome their sister SYLVIA home from Sheridan College in Brampton, Brampton, where she is studying Illustration. Illustration. ,* * X Coming hotne to ivendal from Centennial College, where she is studying Fashion Merchandising is MAYA ZANDER. * * * CHRISTY CLIMENHAGE will take a rest from her Political Science studies at Western to come home to Leskard Road. *. * * Marilyn and Willis Barraball welcome- home LESLEY from the University of Guelph and her Psychology studies. Greg, from Durham College, also will be glad to_see his sister. '* * * DUANE BROWN, studying j. Biology at McMaster, will be home ; >. in Boujnatnil.le. ■ ■ - ' * * * Resume again on January 10, 1990 Emergency Prescription Services 983-5956 Wishing one and all the very best for Christmas and the New Year. Stuffs Pharmacy ORONO, ONTARIO 983-5009