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Orono Town Hall BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 62 Temperance St. 1 1 04 Bowman ville, Ont. L1C 3As' ' $100 GS7 Included Wednesday June 11,2003 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Tyrone residents endure water shortage Tyrone village residents are indenenHent Irvdrimirtmot tiio mn ; n 1.. Tyrone village residents are left wondering what happened to their water supply. Ms. Summer Milne, representing representing a number of the village village residents told councillors at Monday night's council meeting that she began experiencing experiencing well problems this past winter. Milne's well--a 90 foot drilled well went dry three days before last Christmas she said, and since then she doesn't doesn't have enough water to do the laundry. Milne and her neighbours think their water supply problems problems are related to the new 20 lot subdivision behind their homes. While there are three vacant lots in the subdivision, all 20 wells have been drilled. The first well was installed in August of 2002, the last in October. An assessment of the Milne well completed this spring by victim gets it in the lip An afternoon shooting in Newcastle has left a victim with minor injuries, namely a sore lip. Police inspector Tom Cameron reports that two 18- year old males were walking on Beaver Street in Newcastle around 3:30 Monday afternoon, afternoon, when a car they described as blue coloured, slowed down and they heard the sound of a pellet gun being fired. They vehicle went around the block, and they carried on walking. When the car came back, the victim saw a black hand gun coming out of the passenger window, and they heard the sound of a shot again. This time the victim put his hand up to cover his face, and the pellet struck in in the lip. According to the victim, the vehicle then drove away. The incident is under police investigation. independent hydraulogist, the main water supply aquifer Walter Gibson stated that serving the adjacent subdivi- "The Milne well does not sion." appear to have any direct Gibson's report went on to hydraulic conductivity with state, "The overall data sug gests that the well level likely fell to or below the level of the foot valve (at 63 feet) during the period of January to March 2003. This low water level ■iiiimninninii.iuiiiiiiBiinriiiitm-mitlimiiimirnllirlUlii These four week old babies; wolf (L) and bobcat (R) live together at the nursery at the Orono Jungle Cat World. The babies are held by Melissa Mason, co-op student at the zoo. Strike up the band! could be attributed to dry summer summer conditions. Gibson, who was contracted contracted by the subdivision developer, developer, recommends in his report that the. Milne well be serviced. serviced. "The well intake should be removed and cleaned. The well depth should be verified and the foot valve re-installed to an appropriate depth above the well bottom." Mayor Mutton told Milne at Monday night's council meeting that she should have her well cleaned and the foot valve re-adjusted, according to Gibson's recommendations. "After that recommendation is looked into, if there is still a problem with your water level, then further investigation investigation is warranted.' Milne stated she had her foot valve replaced three years ago. When she had her pump replaced just before Christmas, Milne said the plumber told her that readjusting readjusting the foot valve would not solve her water supply problem. Furthermore, Milne said, the bottom of her hot water tank which was replaced less than a year ago was filled with sand. "Gibson told me that replacing the foot valve would only be a temporary i fix," stated Milne. Since she is not the only resident experiencing water quantity issues of late, Milne is not convinced the subdivision subdivision isn't interfering with her well. With the property across the road from Milne, on the west side of Liberty Street ear- TYRONE continued page 4 Orono will once again set the stage for the Great Canadian Town Band Festival. This annual three day event, now in its fourth year, traditionally traditionally begins with a big military style blast on Friday evening at the Orono Fairgrounds. Headlining this year's Military Tattoo is the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces, who will be stationed in Orono for the entire weekend. Back by popular demand, is the Concert Band of Cobourg who have participated in each of the previous Band Festival Tattoos. A number of other military bands will round out the evening's program which is to be held outdoors, weather permitting permitting and begins at 7:30 p.m. Activities on Saturday begin with a pancake breakfast on the lawn of the Clarke Library with live band accompaniment beginning at 8:00 a.m. A parade of bands' scheduled scheduled to begin at 10:00 will lead festival-goers from the downtown downtown to Silvanus Gardens where a full day of concerts is planned. Canada's premier trombonist, Alain Trudel is back again this year, and will be joined by a 900 re-enactment re-enactment ensemble known as Le Musique a Kiosque. Saturday's line up also includes performances performances by the True North Brass, the Whitby Brass and others. Big Band Saturday Night will cap off the Saturday program program with the Ragweed Jazz Band and the MegaCity Swing Band. The final day of the Festival will begin with a Community Church Service at the bandstand bandstand on the library lawn at 10:00 followed by an afternoon afternoon of performances at Silvanus Gardens by a number of town bands and the Hanna ford Street Youth Band, BAND FESTIVAL continued page 4 Don't forget this Weekend In Orono "The Great Canadian Town Band Festival"