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bld for Orono Senior Citizen development enu out to tne ast Saturday in umrber of Oronio effort Vo bring cd Derby cars up rore the big race. Above Mr. Hardy endeav- ouring Vo drill a hole in the back, of his son's car o add more ,veight Vo increase speed while father-mechanic Mr. Bradly (right) takes anics bench was a beehive of trail1 Mr. W.C. Evans of R.R. 1 Orono on Monday mnade 'a bid for the Durharn County Senior Citizens Lodge to develop their complex on a seven acre lot which they own west of the Village of Orono. Mr. Evans met with the Town of Newcas- tle Legisiative and By-Law comrnittee on Monday pre- senting the comrnittee with a petition signed by sorne two hundred local residents along with other data which was received by the cornrittee. Mr. Évan's presentation was also supported by a letter frorn the Orono Chamber of Commerce as well as attend- anc'e by Mr. Doug Moffatt, M,.P.P. Counc. Woodyard rnoved that the request be acted upon and that a meeting be held with the heads of the various departments concerning the application by the Senior Citizens Lodge to build a complex west of Orono on the old dump site. On speaking with Mr. Woodyard following the Mon- day meeting hie said the meeting is tentatively arrang- ed to be held this cçrning Friday. He felt that aIl were concerned te get the project signatures of the people, who request without delay, the widening of the road, known as Station St. West, that it may accept the traffic it now has, and a future road to Bowmanville, and centre road into Orono, which rnany people prefer instead of 35 highway. It wlll also give Ontario Forestry a better entrance, and more import- ant an entrance to the Senior Citizens property which they have owned for many years. At the annual board meet- ing a month ago in December, 1976 Dick Lovekin stated Harry Jose had sorne prop- erty, but no purchase or price stated, no legal entrance, sewers were or rnight be possible, but the land would only accommodate 35 units, let alone parking space. Orono has 7'/î, acres, park, forestry, town water avail- ablde and sewers not neces- sary, with easy access Vo village, plus store delivery, and the property paid for. The Orono Lodge entrance is directly opposite the Forestry entrànce to the park. It also has a Town Hall, with a history second Vo none, if taken care of, Orono has over council mener on tne 'Town nomination for tne uurnamn of Newcastle counicil she East Riding. She also feit that k stated that she would be Doug Moffatt, current seeking the nomination for M.P.P., would be difficuit to the ProDgressive Conservat- beat at the. polils and would ives ini the~ Durham East take a lot of organization ridingi for the next provincial which she was prepared to election. undertake. She indicated that in her The NDP have their cauld- opinion th e goverrnment idate in Mr.. Moffatt for the would be calhing an election next election and no doubt are sometirne in the spring and even now ready for an that i fact Darey IMcKeough election in ihiany respects. liad said that riding associat- In speaking with Mlr. Kirk ions should now be readying (Continued page 4) ps mam BLAMIE IT ON TIE PILL The Townr of Whitby in a recent report saw a drop in mairriagelicence fees frorn $1,545 in 1975 to $565 in 1976. The drop was considered due to the Pili and Common-Law marriages. Appareiitly the dong is going out of wedding bells in the Wh.itby area. Somehow hey are going to have to corne îip with new forrns of taxation to overcorne this happening. A SURGE IN LOTTERY TICKET SALES According to Stan Dunni organizer of the Canadian Legion Lottery Draw, Bowrnmanville Branch, sales have greatly increased this rnonth over previous rnonths and he feels the increased interest may be due to the fact that the prizes have been changed frorn strictly a cash prize to one of of cash along wit-h a number of Provincial and Wintario TLottery tickets, For each of the five prizes as well as for the sellers of the winnin tickets. MOFFATT UNDER ATTACK BY CHAMBER Doug Moffatt, local IM.,P.P., carne under attack recently in an address by the încomîng president of the Oshawa Chamb-er of Comnmerce. Pat Wilson stated that the three N.D.P. "Wise M\,en-" were responsible for driving at least t1wo major developrnen3ts fromn the area, M»onsanto Canada Ltd. andithe proposed Pickering Airport. Wilson attacked Mjoffatt ove.- Monsanto industry in --ihhe said Moffatt had caused a premature releaise of ~ifidential negotiations to aid area naturalist, Jimi Rýîchads, Orno, in his fight Vo protect the Beaton Farmr site froni developmnti. Moeffatt has sinee been rieported to) have refuted the dlaim and said he -was conifused ,ve-r the statements of the Chamber presidlent. As of Monday little effect was feit a' the area schools due o strike by rnerbers of Local 1206 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees The only outside evidence of the strike was at the Clarke High School where shown above Bob Copping of the janitorial staff of the Pines Senior Public School and IMerrîi Henry of Clarke Hicgh school were out on picket duity. Wvýho long the strike would ( continue \,las not ~known by ci ther m en but they did point out thnat a meeting was heing lheld en TuesdayV o discuiss the issues. The Board of Education has offered a salary increase of seven percent which the ï-embers of the Local have turned down seeking a ten per cent increase in wages. At Vthe Clarke High school the strike effects three full- time and two part-tirne staff members of Vhle janitorial service along with fôur em- ployed by the board to operate the cafeteria. As a result the cafeteria is closed. Also due Vo the strike al evening courses have been temproarily discontinued -t ai] 58 sehools in the area including those in this im- mediate area. Such course as the gym course at Orono Public School have been called off as well as use of the gyn. for girl guides and badminton on Tuesday and Thursday evening. Ail will yresune when the CUPE mrembers vote Vo return. Roi) Wilde, president of Local 1206 said al custodians were asked Vo turn in their keys as of rnidnighit on Friday eveniing when thle strike was cailled by the Union. The average rate for a custodian who is a member of the Union is $.4 The contract expired last November 28th. In speaking wîth Mr. Car- man, a member of the Board, hewas asked just how long the schools could' operate without the custodians? He said the schools could operate indefinitely with co-operation frorn the teaching staff and students. He did however say tiiat heating probleims could arise that would make it difficult Vo operate the sehools since unionjzed workers woldfot likely aniswer a cal nor would othier staff be qualified Vo cope wththe problemis.