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Orono Weekly Times, 9 Feb 1977, p. 1

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ID i I~ 4I11i 44 .Approves rebuilding Newcastle a rena of $456.44 for the club and KEJEP IOUR WQOLIWS HANDY ý White sivering in 1the 4uw~ line-'up at the 'Oshaw a Ski bill on Sunday we were informred by one of our local farmers that there are another 30 days of simnilar weather ahead of us before w.e can see some inror change. Again on Sunday mie were informned that the Farmner's Almanac sehedules a frigid Felbruay, a cold and icy lUarch ahd a sotniewhat colder than usual April. Incidentally the Almanac predicted the cold snap that mes wtnessed in the sunny south a week ago and it mas ight on schedule within a few hours.Its fot time yet t put the woolies ini mothballs. MANPOER OFICEIN BWA IL Thiere is now -a, portable Mlanpower Office in flowmanville which CiH operate each Wednesday from a9 a.m.a to 4 p.m. The moble mîay be turned into a permanent feature if demand for uc an office in Bwavleis warranted. The mobile unit is ocated at the parking Ltat the new shoîpping plaza on Simpson Avenue. WILL ACEPT TWENTY-IVE PERCENT 0F OPERATING tCOKS in speaking w ith Mr.A.Strie, a member of the SPLASH committee- for an inidoor pool and squash courts at the Bowmanvile High School he said that a conmMtee of the School Board had given their approval (yet to be supportd by the Board) hat the Boaýr(lwunld accept 25 per cent of the cos( of operation. Oiginally it had been intended that thie School Boardwoufldc1ýcept a th-ird of the cost for it-s use of-the facility wben comipletcd. The miatter isno beinig taken before a comitee of thn Town of Newcastl with the intention that the Town would accept the responsibility for the remainder of the operating costs. WHERE TO NOW Acýcording to local repor'ts follow'ing the second mneeing over a nwarena a nc agricultural building in Orono beld l1ast Sunday evening little progress has been made towards a plan upon whicb some direction could be made. MIr. Jim ickard, president of the fair, is now to approach the t Toxvni's building departmnent as to thieir decision to > reconstruct the arena on the present site. An application to C tbe Comnmittee of Adjustmnent seeking approval for,. a lessening of side, front and rear yar ds wmas turned downi two f -weeks ago. WORKING ON FINANCiNG The 0rono~ Hockey Mothers look toward thie c construction of a new arena in Orono and have planned a Bake Sale and Tea for Saturday, February l9th in tche Orono t ddeowsHall to raise funds for the prýoject. NOWý% RESIDING IN ORONO0 .Mrs. Alex (Sandy) Watson formierly of Bowmanville r hias talken. up r-esidene with Mrs. Franc,,is Stiton of R R. 1, V Orono. 1 Three years before Police in Orono area The deadline for Durham with Mïr. MacBeth Thursday regaional police to talke over morning. patrols of the entire Durham Mr, Jermnyn made the Region including Clarke Tow- oifficiai announcemen.-t of the nship and Orono has been extension durinig a meeting of extended for lhree years, the police commission Thurs- Solicitor-General John Mac- day afternoon. Beth confîrmed Thursday. An announcement last Sept- Durham Regional Chair- ember by the solicitor-gener- mani Walter Beath, Police al that expansion of al In the dieing minutes of the council meeting on Monday night council gave their approval to a motion presen- ted by Coune, Grey and Dykstra which in effect stated that the Newcastle Arena Funding Organiza lion agcreed to undertake the responsibil- ity of raising the public funds for the new arena and that council would make applicat- ion to the Comimunity Servic- es Branch and Wintario for their share of the funding. It was also resolved that the -Town of Newcastle would proceed with the, plans to rebuild the arena and accept the report as outlined by the Newcastle Arena Funding Organfization. Conce. Dykstra pointed out that the by-laws would have to be checked before anything could be done on this matter. Coun. Woodyard also saîd there were many obstacles to clear up before building on the present'site. Counc. Grey stated that the problem with the set back had been taken care of and that the resolution was the means to gel the show on the road. Mayor Rickard also said that he felt there would be no problems in the rebuilding "fhe arena on the present site, even though the arenia would take up most of the land for the building itself. He cid point out that there was a possibility of purchasing fur- ,her land for some parking aI the arena. Counc. Holliday had added to the motion "providinig the arena was buill on the present site." There was no discussion of cost or of the plans for the newv arena.

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