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ýOro no Weekly VOLUME 36, NUMBER 7 ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, WEDNEý Orono Skaters Impressive In Inter-Club Competition The Oronio Figure Skating ClÙb bias been put on the "Figure Skat- ing Map" as an up-and-coming -Ilib. From approxîmately 154 skters from 12 clubs in the Pine, itidge Area, 9 skaters. from the Orono Figure Skating Club made their club proud of t hem by their performance at the Pine Ridge llnterclub Competition beld in Co- b)ourg, Sunday, February 13, 1972. Young but impressive,, the Or- anao skaters gained valued exper-' ience from their 1st competition. Nî,Çne-year-old Mari-Lou Powell, 6tb out of 28 at'the end of the, ligure portion of the Preliminaryý Ladies Event, linched second place and a silver medal with a dazziing display of free skating. Patti, Lunn, 6th out of 18 after the figures lu the Pre-Juvenile Ladies,, was able to hold on ta bler -6tb place position with a eIl skated free skatiing' perfor- ,mance. Also, entered in the Pre- -Tuvenile Ladies, Tracie Stutt, llth after figures skated a good per- formance to bring ber up ta 9t infter ber free skating., AÀlso entered in this event, but uinfortunately unabie to competeý due to a sudden illness was Nita TaIsma. The first group of the Similar Ladies Dance Event. saw Michel MIajor partnered ,by Phyllis Pow- ell in l4th- place, wbile ln the second group 'of this same event, Joanne, Mercer, partnered by Weid'y Watson came in 6th, and Patti Powell partnered by June Powell came in l4th. Sixteen skaters competed in' the Bronze Interpretive Event (a free skating event, where the competitors do not hear the mîîs- ic they are ta skate, to until just before the start of the campeti- tion), xith Mari-Lou Powell skat- ing an impressive, 8th place per- formance. The Orono'Competitors would like to extend a heartfeit Thank You to their Pro. Suzanne Burk- art, for the extra time she spent with them, to their Arena Man- ager, Earl Taylor, for bis kind co- operation and xords of encour- agement, and also to their Music Man, Richard Bunting Jir the fine job. he did in the taping and playing of their music at their practices. The, Northumnberland - Durham Couuty B3oard of Education is to seek au ameudment ta the Plan- ninig Act wich, would enable it to have representation on al Planning Boards within its juris- The board, at its regular meet- ing, passed a resolution Which cailed on the Ontario Public School Mrustees' Association ta petifion an arndment to the Planning Act which would prov- ide for representation ,of, school boards on Planning Boards. Approaches had been madeto the local board b,, the Kent County Board of Edncation to support it in suchi a move. In a letter, the director of ed- iSDAY, FIEBRUARY l6th, 1962 SITUATrION CALLE D "TENSE" ON SUSPENSION AT GM The situation. at the General Motors plant is "very tense" to- day after GM officiais said Pres- ident John Baker xiii not meet witb union representatives to dis- cuss the suspension of 31 work- ers Friday for refusing to work scheduicd otertime. Steve Nimi- gon, first vice-president of UAW Local 222, said., Mr. Nimigon, chairman of the GM shop committee of Local. 222, said lie met xith GM represent- atives Howard Toaze and Arn Stapleton, director of personnel, who l.old -hirn Mr. Baker. would not meet With the union. Mr. Nimigon said the GM rep- resent,.dives also rejected a pro- posai he 'Made that the men be returned to work Tuesday and the grievance be sent to arbitration. Thirty-one men received sus- pensions of one to 30 days for refusing to work scheduledt over- time, and one man was discharged said Mr. Nimnigon. "As long as we have 1,000 workers laid off we do't 'want the company scheduliug any over- time," he added, Mr. Nimigon said he xiii meet with the plant representatives of the union and if the situation does not change, he "xii get the top people in Detroit învolved." ucation for Kent Couuty, J. David Mietele, said his board is, c on- cerned that changes may be made ta, the zoning bylaws xithout not- ice to the board unless the prop- erty is xithin a 400 foot radius. flc pinted out that a- plot o)f land within a schooi area mfay contain an estimiated number of (Coatinued on page 5) ,Durham Presents Four th DuhrnCllgAnnuall Open Housel Duram ollgeOshawa, will display, and an industrial admin- present Duropus IV, its fourth- istration- exhibit. annual Open Iluse between the In the Teçhnology Division lab hours of 10 a.rn, and 10 p.m. on arcas will be used extensively. February 21 and 22. There will be displays of injec- The general public will have tion moulding, and numerically- the opportunity to see the facil- controlled, milling in the machine ities offered by Durham's new lab, as well as electro-stalic dis- permanent building and to view charge and other techical com- first hand the training received ponents. Students xiii perform by students planning careers in interfacing projects on comput- the working world. Il rs. An amateur radio station The Applied Arts Division plans, will be on display. There xiii be displays art, photography, design demonstrations ini the chemistry projeets, college projeets and TV and physies labs. broadcasting. Preparation of the The College xiii once again college, publications xiii also be f-1ursn an anni'al fashion show, demonstrated. this year on a distinctive nauticai The Business Division will dis- theme., Organized by Fraser play ifs computer operation. Sec- Wilson, John Preston and Vivian retarial students wiil conduet a Fitch, the show is produced with practice office. Medicai secretar- the assistance of Simpson-Seats. ial studenits xiii point out the -Durtham's Open bouse will em- deleterious effectts of smoking phasize the wide range of cours- and drugs on tthe public health. es the college offers for both day A reading lab, facilitating read-- and night time students. Durham ing and comprehension, will be College is located on Simcoe exhibited. There will aýso be Imar- Street North iu Oshawa, just be- keting labs, a communications yondthe city limits. Fîre ýýDestroys Garage AthOshawa Ski Hili, A fire early Monday, morning dcstroyed ail the contents of the garage used' for, storing equip- ment at the Oshawa Ski Hlli, east of Kirby. The alarm was receiv- cd by the Clarke-Orono Fire De- partment around 2:00 arn. Mon- day morning. Mr. Mercer, fire chief, said the lire was more than likeiy going long before the alarm was turned in. Mr. Brian Foster first noticed the fire and informed Mr. Dick Rutherford who turned in the aiarm, The interior 'and contents of thie 3-bay cement block garage was totaliydestroyed by the -fire. The equipment included the two bombadiers used at the ski hill along With motors and snowmo- biles which had been stored in the building. Mr. Merer said it was difficult to know the cause of the fire but feit is could have been a short in the xiring of one of the mach- ines. Mr. Merceri- stated there was nothing the fire department could do on arrivai as fire had ai- ready bntted the building.' The fire departmcnt also an- swxered a call Sunday morning to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don MecGregor inu- the soutb east of the Township. Stove pipes had caught on fire. No damage was done. Absenteeism Staris In Grade Elght How Far Off Are Sanitary Sewers, For The Orono Area? Last wcek members o! the Or- oaao Police Trustees met with Mr. M. Ross, Clarke Township Baud Superintendent and Mr. Ted Sims, Engineer with Tottem, Sims and Hubicki. The meeting was ta discuss a progrum of work for those streets lu Orono which have not ýbeen constructed teo a permanent standard. Atter some discussion It becamne apparent thut littie can he doue at this time due in part ta fin- ancing and, due aiso lu parita the fut that littie la known whut the future holds for Orona in regards the need for Sanitary sewers. Mr. ýTed Simis revealed that- the attitude toward the installation o!f sanitary sexvers in srnalier communities sncb as Orono are haviug sncb systerns iustalied. This change lu attitude cornes about througb a nexv conscious- riess aver pollution wbich is forc- ing the baudis of the goverrnent, Ontario Water Resources, and thIe Departrnt of bealth ta re- valuiate their positions and pro- gramns. There is also theý fact that the Otaria Watcr Resources bas accoplihedthieir goal in most lagrcentres andae be.o t'o place (i beir attentontoards theîi smalei- centre-s such as 0j'0110. A Costly Proposition Mýr. Simls stated thiat thle con- stuction of sanitary sewevrs is a co,)stly proposai and couild well l-In crease the cost of bomne owncr- sh1i-p fromi $150-00 up ta even $300.00 a ycar. This, he said is in most cases a long increase in taxation. H1e said the cost is also shoved upxvard due ta fthc fact that the trend is noxv away from lagoons as disposai areas and that the greatly more costly treatment plants are being re- quired. This is also being pushed due ta the consciousness of pol- lution. Bfr. Sims strongly recoonmend- ed that befare anymore roadwork of a large nature was undertaken that the Ontario Water Resources Commission be asked ta survey the Village ta determine the need for sanitary sewers, if any, and ta determine xvben such shottld become au actuality. E-ven asking- for this snrvey, be said, could be the first step towards sanitary sewers. Onlv lhi-ee years ago the Coun- fies' Health Unit stated at- the O.M~.B. hearing that there was no nee<l in Orono for sanitary sewers for a good rnany years, possibly tweuty ycars. Mr. Sims said this may have heen truc three years ago but noxv the at- titude bas greatly changed. Other Changes Noted R. Forrester, during the discus- ~.ostated that planning o! a sakitas-ysewage system for Or 0110 alone wou]d ual be good enul.It wouid have to be de- sindfor the area due ta the fact that sub-divisions xiii open on the bo)ý-undaries of the Village and if provision is ta be made for Orono sewage then it must ncnethe immediate outside areas also. He rcferred ta the propased Township plan whicb, lu effect, directed building 'ta the Orono area. Altbongh this direction is given, the plan is flot specific in defining the extent o! the devel- opinent nor the requirements of snch serxices as water and sew- age. There is very littie ut this time in local planning which could give a guide ta what exteut public services should bc devel- oped. Mr. E. R. Woodyard noted that the proposed Township Plan dir- ected future developmei4 lu the niost part ta the Orono area while the proposed new -United Gaunt- les plan states that future devel- oprnent should be curtailed iu the, Orono area. Mr. Sims made the point that decisions faèing muncipal conu- cils today are not as black and white as they used ta be. Today, he said, they are more, complex and present plenty of problems for those maklng the decisions. Althouigh the T rustees are not considering sanitary sexers at thîs time it was made clear that their construction could be a great deal closer than anyone re- alizes and eould net bc set aside without some consideration.» Mr, Sims said he would uet hazard a guess xhen satitary sewers xvould corne to Orono 'but he xvas sure it xvas sooner now than it was expccted three years ago. That absenteeism in school starts at Grade 8 level bas been discovered by the attendance counsellor for Northumberland- IDurham sehools, R. C. Thomson, 1 I a report to the Northumber- land - Durham County Board of Education at a regular meeting Mr. Thompsou said lu the 1969 ta 1970 school year considerable ah- senteeismn seerned to be centred -naiuly around the Grade 8 group. By this age the behaviaur pat- tern bas becorne "set", he said, and it Is somewhat difficuit to change It. The probiern students tend ta carry their pattern into secondary sehools and sornetirnes become problem students there too. Mr. Thomnson said that rather than spend a great deai of tiine with these older students, he began to concentrate ou the Grade 7 and Grade 6 classes ini the 1970,'71 school year. "I3ehaviour trends and patterns were naw picked up sooner and conld be corrccted beforel bc- coming too firrniy established," lie said. "Monthiy statistical reports bear ont the fact that this long- range counselling bas paid off, since there have been significaut- Iy fewer problems iu the first year of -secondary sehool ini the 1971-72 school year." He told the board that ln some cases adverse home condi- tions are the cause of absent- eeism. bowever, xith the groxv- ing cooperation of teachers and principals, he bas been able ta arrange wit h the Department of Social and Family Services for finaucial medical and even den-. ai care xvhere needed. It bas been noted that on many occasions when a family has been helped ta overcame problerns, a sirnillar case will be brought ta Mr. Tbornson's atten- tion withiu a few days. The attendance officer feels this indicates that mnany citizens do flot knaw of the availabie aid, saying that lu this ane area alone, apart from the direct contact witb students, the baard's couns- ellîug service bas praven ta be a boon ta, many United Counties residents. His report stated that the teani of jrincipals, teachers, the at- tendance counsellor and the social services is noxv a smaothworking unit, able to give necessary heip with a minimum of delay. SThe board was told that the Ontario Association for Counsel- ling and Attendance Services re- cently examined Mr. Tbomson's professional qualifications and granted hlm the profesional coun- sellor's ceîtifieate. Saturduy Story Hour Conflues At Library The Clarke Public Lihrary continues ta hold their Saturday morning "Stoxy bous ' for -ore- sehool children. The hour pro- gram is varied in natureand has held a lot of interest. for- those attending. Mrs. Beauchamp, librarian, statcd the senior pre-school child- ren ean be accommiodated for the story hour and would becxvelcorne cd into the program. The story bour si arts at 9:00 îa m. ever'y Saturday morning at the Library in Orono and contin- ues until 10:00 am. Tt is a lime when 1 ihe young eilîdren ass9ci- ate witb anc another and ta, en- jay the rcading of books aiong with other novelly ideas institut- cd into tthe program. Edication- Board Seeks Role I. Planning " 0 wooýil il 1 Imm, i eol w Il wi