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N ew The Township of Clarke Coun- Q le hi as given th'ree readings Vo .byaw 1651 which is a complete Planning Amending By-faw. This -by-law is no w being processcd and -eo4pes wi lshbrtly be in the hands ,.d the residents of Clarke Town- ýhip. The thice readings were -Iven to the by-law at a special Mr. Stirling Mather was re-el- -ected president of the Orono Amn- atour Atliletic Association at the receatly held annual meeting of the Association. Mr. Russell Mai- or reinains as Vice-president andl seeretary of the Association. Mr. taverne Boyd was elected tre<as- urer. _Directors inlude, Wm. Carman, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Black, Bruce Tonnant, John Moffat, MVatt Snel- ders, Earl Taylor, Douglas Allen, Glenn Tennant, Lloyd Taylor, Tim Cox, Gordon Lowery, Ron Taisma and Vie Bridger. The meeting was informcd that a bank balance of around $3000. existed. There 5tiil is an amount of $2500. owiâng for the artiicial ice plant. The surplus îs noV to be touched t this time but con- sideration could be given at a laV- erdgbQ to decreasing the urtificial j'ce -loa. it was also rcported at the meeting th ts.m o:f $G79.02 was ~'eiaizedfrom 0he Oono 'Street A Toronto company, Whiterock Estates, bas purchased 4,500 .ae- res of land in Northumberland, -%ehicJh it wiulrcýsell1 under the Asogan "lown ,a piece of Canada." Jaock Wall, -munaging dtireator ,f the company, said the land la Northumnberland was phase two -of the companyis prograni, which started in, Ca Van Township lest "The suocess of the program la Caman was f antastic," he sid. We started'the sale of the 2,000 lots ia June and there are oniy 25 Io' 30 lots leit. So we anticipate n. tremendous response, Vothe sale hin Northuâberl'and." Thýe st'arting date of the sale _of land 'linHastings, Mnwick, Oriamahe and Ptey bus been set Study Kindergarten Over fifty kuindcrgarten teaclb- ers fromthe United Counties are învolved inla eekly sessions ex- ploring how,,,the ohanging envir- onaent of the five-year-üoid clild -directs bis kindergarten prograni. D. W Patterson -in a report hi-t the Northbumfbeland and Dur- ham County Board of Educdation at a recent meeting said that a series of workshops under the. dir- ection of ýprinmary consultants Mrs. Lenore Heu-r and Mfiss Eva Dafoe liad been sPonsored bv the hiourd. Subjects under study included The overali responsive environ- ment of the five-yclar-old child: Mateials in kindergurte n and howý thcy enhance -the'total develop- ment of the dchild and the tcachers aloo explored the concepts of tunie and space as -they relate Vo -the developmeftito-f'thedhld's ia- 'teaests. 6 Planning meeting on Fniday evening. At the regular monithly meet- ing of Council, final reading was given Vo a Trailer By4aw which prohibits futher piacing of trail- ers in Clarke Town§hip for haibi- tat. Exsting trailers will, under the new by4aw, be charged a m'onthly fee by the Township of for Otober 17. Mr. Wall said 50 memib ers of the sales staff would be statiioned t an office la the area. Mi. Wall said the cost of lots- startcd t $995 for the haAf.ýacre lots ýail the way up Vo $4,000 and $5,000 depending on size and scc'ic beauty. Lots fronting on the lake would go for hbý,her priecjs. The <iipany blieves a major port ion of the suocess of -the 'own a piece of Canada' program Is that owners of lots are not re- quired to devellop the land until they are ready Vo do so. "The restr4otàons in the area are noV us rigid as thcy are la Toronto," Mr. WaIl suid. "There is no t4me h mit n dcvelopment and the purchasers oaa use the lots for building cottages, for summercamping or as a recre- ation area until they decided Vo huild a'permanent structue. The inanagiag director said that Cleude Fitzgibbon, a Port Hlope lawyer, was connected with the contiany. Commenting on the sale of the land, the United Couties Ward- en, Roy Poster, said it woulId cre- aVe many probleins for the mua- icipalities involved. Thcy would noV be. able Vo provide udequate services o the lots. Peoaple buying the lots came fromn the city and would expcct urban type fire and police pro- tection wbich the rural municipal- Aies could noV provide. Warden Poster blamed the -muicîpalities for failiag o sec the necesi of sub-divis!on con- trol on the land until it was too laVte. "Tono often town§lnip councis try Vo diose the door ater the heorse bas long gone," ho addcd. Evening Guide By-Iaw Un $2000. This compares wth a former monthly charge of $10.00. Controvention of any provision of the new by-taw is liable of a fine from $10.00 to $50.00 a day. No action was taken by Coun- c ,il on a request by Mr. Vaughn Steevcs re his application for re- zoning part of lot 25, concession Orono Weekly Times VOLUME 33, NUMBER 41 ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSLàAV, OCTOBER l6th, 1969 Driving Tip Here's a Reminder to Cyelists. A bicycle ridden iafter dark must be equipped with a white or ýar- ber ight on the front and white reflective tape on the front forks. Your bike must also be equipped with red reflective tape uand red ligbt or reflector ton the rear. Remember . . . . A Bike at Night, 'Must have a i,-ht! boards feelings and ýasking for the co -operation of the various branches Royal Canadian Legion. One member su2e'sted that school children be ýalIowed out of sohool o attend services at cen- otaphs in the area. ,W. Frank Thom, dlireetor of cd- ucat on. said it would be ratber dý'f.".u1 to apply this uniformally th *ou9wýhout the two counties be- cause somie schools were soane distance awayi from where mcm- orial services would be taking place. Would Keep Schools Open November Il The Northumberland and Dur- hum Couaty Board of Educution feels that Remembrance Day ser- vices could be hild more ade- quately wthin the sdhools thian Wdthout. ,AV a recent meeting a resolu- ion wus druwn up stuting tliut Noveanber Il should be :a normal sehobi day and that services should ho hcld ia the schools IV xii be sent Vo the Bouid of Ed- ucation and the Ontario Public Sdbeools Trustees Association. J. M. Botplx, ohairmian, sid the hourd, was in no way ignoring re- membrance day but the opinion was that the event weuld be rec, ognized better in sehools. R. E. Eakins suggcisted that 'a p~eables~huldbe included with the resgolution explainine the 4, for a Mobile Trailer Park. Council, by resolution, bas a- greed to accept their share of the cost of maintaining and operaing an automatie signalling device for a railroad crossing in the east- cmn part of the Towniship. S By resolution Council author- ized payrnent at a rate of $10 00 per day of work by Fence View- ers. A .by4Vaw was given neeessary reiadings in which a sum of $80,000. is to be debentured for the County Board of Education for- construction of the generlal puLipose 'room at the Orono Public Schjool. The debenture is to be paid pff by May 1, 1973 and will be purchased from the Ontario Education Capital Aid Coopera: tion ut a rate of 71/4% Council received Progress iRe- ponit No. 1. leom Municipal Plan- ning Consultants Co. Ltd. in re- spect woith their study of the Un- iited Counties as an are'a for Reg- ional Government. The study is to inelude an examinntion of the boundanies and functions of a rege-, ional level nf government and al-' so an emcmination of the desir- able future boundaries of the lovertier municipaliities and their responsibilities under a regional pia 1. The study will also include taking the geneeail tenor of local opinion of local, municipal repre- sentatives. A Technicai Advisory Committee of knowledgeable lo- cal people is also Vo be fo rmed who will meet with the consult- ants occasioniahly. The stuidy xvhieh is to cost $48,100.00 is to be compieted piior Vo the completioni of the Oshaa'a and District Regional Study mid-June of 1970. The pur- Public opinion wîll play a sig- nificantrol îj e ln moiding the, ev- en t a'-l1formj 1 ,f regional govern- ment, consuiltant, Donald Patter- son said. Mr. Pattersoan, head of the reg- lonal goveriment component of the Oshawa Area Planning and Devcloprnent Study, said he woufld be inaking an announcement soon calling for briefs from the publie. The planning and development study, which will provide the blue pnint for an Oshawa-based region- al goverament, began Sept. 15 and is expected Volast 21/2 veurs. The regional government, conipotL- ent will be completed la about one yc)ar. Subnilssions from the p)ublic wiil be received Probably next Auffuist and Mr. P'atterson added that he hoped, Vo devote the on- tire week Vo public hearings. Everyone who cornes oaa make cither a written or an oral brief and we'll try and take it aIl into account' when we make a final recomniendation. Opinions Even though the briefs will -be recei ved ncar the end of the reLs- Jonal goverament component Mr. Patterson said there will be en- ougli time Vo take opinions into account before, making- a final recommiendation. Before the, public hearinos I will be mkn a tentative report setting forth What I think ut that time, which will gîve people some- thing Vo respond Vo, said Mr. Put- terson. An initial report from the con- sultant wll corne la mid-January. I1t will bo- a prelinminary state- ment on alternative coices for physical deveiopment of 'the reg- ion unI choices of regional gov- erument organization. We',h1 be trying to get manv ohoices out for public' debute, Mr. Patterson said The possible kinds of re-organized local gov- eraments. The consultant said there wil1 be wide circulation of the initial report ia order Vo drum up some Force 75 Enrol For *Hockey:, Seventy-five boys in the com- munity have registered to play hockey this year under the ban- ner of the Orono Amateur Ath- lutic Association. The seventy-five boys represent five teams includ- ing Tykes, Atoms, Peewees, Ban- tams %i Midgets. In the Tyke grou.p 14 boys registered xhile 12 signed up for Ajtoms, 20 for ýPee-ý wees, 17 for Biantams and 12 foe Midgets. This numnber is similar to that of last year. It is expedted 'that the Orono Arena will be in operation some- time arou.nd the middle of Nov- ember. Some changes are underway at the arena whieih inchde an en- 1lar 'ged piliayersbo and penalty boxý area. This is being extended, to tte nbrth of the building and will also provide some additional room for spectators. Dre~ssing roôms have been painted as well as other are(as of the rink. 1A ne'kv two-year contraet has been signed betw een the Durh'am Central' Agrieultural Society and the Orono At hiétie Association ln wl1,ich Jn annual rentai of $300.00 has been set. pose of the completion date of mid-June has been set so tfhat both studieis can be comiared at this time. public enthusiasm. We wünt to inake everyone con- scions of the very sianificant changes .-. . we'll be hannering away at that theme until the pub- lic helarings are held. By cireulatiag the conclusions and the alternatives a&vailable, Mr. Patterson hopes to avoid the apathy which plagued the sertles of public heanings held over the winter by planning and develop- ment stidy. executive comniittee chairmian Desmond Newman and mesnbeis of Whitby Town Coun- CIL. There are a lot, of peoole not now invofved, hcy wunt to leave it Vo th.e municipal poiticialis and this, is not the way it should be, says Mr. Patterson. It is not so much the individu- aIl X want to, submit opinions but service clubs and iiatepayeres or- ganizations. The consultant sgd it is still Von early in the study to report (Oontinued page %) Orienteering, A New Sport, For The Great Outdoors The Dusilhanm Porests, north of Orono are inceroasing ia recrea- al value and ion Saturdav the Charke High Sebool was promoter of an Oripnteering 'meet in the Dprham Forests lu which some eighty students fromf Clar-ke. Bowmanville, Courtice and O'Neill Collegiate participated. Oricnteering is a movement buekito-nuature introduc8d Vo this area by Lars Carlson, a physical education teacherut Clarke High School. Mr Carson is also ni-es- ident of the Ontario Orieateering Association.. Orienteeriar is ia faidyI simnie pastime. All one bas to be able to do is folhow ia opogruphical anap, reiad a compass, and rua ..inl the bush. The rules governing an orient- eorning race. are himilur Vo car ruhîying, except orienteering is donc on faot over various types cf terrain. Participants are given a topo- graphical map of the larea contuin- ing the pre-arrangcd course. Ar- mcd with the ýmap and comoass. they begin the race, indlividualli or in groups, ut fixed time inter- vals. The first stop is u t the master map whcre ech bracer must ho- cIaVe and copy the check points on bis own ma-P. Once this is com- pleted a compass is uscd Vo set the course. Thon the race is on The check points, wbich anay vury from several hundred feet Vo a mile apart, are ismnal red and white flugs. The competitor mu.st find each oheck point in the Prop- er oarder by using map and com- pass. At each check peint is a code letter or number which the eripen- te£r must record on a control card wWhch ho carrnes with hlm At the conclusion of the race. The code sequence must ho lIathe correct ordcr for the runner Vo place. The winner is the one who bas found aIl the chleck Points, bas the ýcorrect scouence. iand has complotcd the course in the fast- est time. The sport requires !a blending of stamina, geogruphical expert- ise, and the ability Vo finý,l one's xvay in the buti . . . hence the n'une nricntecning. The Durhami Forest is ideal for oienteing, being challeniging terrain of a varicd nature. On Sturday the boys had twelve check points to discover ivbile the girls visitcd elgbt smcl Points. -Stirling 'Mather Returned As Orono Athletic President Briefs,,Public Heuring Plannsd By Study Head Large Land Purchase, By Whiferock ]Estates