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ID i I o Authority approve s Ranger camp plan, ekly Tim.os, Wediesday, Mlarch 3th, 1977 Caretess driving charge laid The Ontario Provincial Pol- ice have laid a charge of careless driving against Don- ald Cowle, 17, of 176 Simpson Ave., Bowmanville following a or-- car accident Sunday mornin.g, 12:30 a.m. two hundred feet north of the south entrance into Orono. Neither Donald Cowle, dri- ver or passenger John Trey- (Contiinued page 2) On Thursday of last week the Ganaraska Region Con- servation Authority executive gave their approval of an agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resources which allows the Ministry to operate' a Junior Rangers School at the Ganaraska Forest Centre over the next five years. For the use of the centre over the period of agreement the Mînistry of Natural Res- ources is agreeing to place equipment and furnishing in the centre to a total cost of somnewhere around $18,000 to $20,000. This 'equipment will include such items as a commercial 'grill, cutlery, food preparing utensils, frig, freezer, beds, dressers and other furnishings. The Minis- try is equipping the centre to handie thirty rangers and assistants. The Ganaraska Authority will participate with the Ministry in such items as beds and dressers to bring the total to forty such individual items. Further the Authority is undertaking work associat- (Continued page 7) Some division over purchase of old Kirby school A committee of the Town of Newcastle met last week with a committee o the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education with the Board committee lowering the price for the old Kirby School to $25,000,00 from the original price of $30,000.00 as set by the Board followving an appraisal of the property. A decision on the purchase of the school must now be made prior to April 2lst hy the Town or the property will go on the open market and be sold by auction. on April l4th when the matter on the purchase of the old J<rby School wilI be on the agenda. From ail reports it seems that there is a division on the Boar-d on whether or not the school should be purchased for museum purposes. The Clarke Museu.m Committee is in accord for the purchase of the building by the town, which would be used as, a resource centre. it îs also understood that the Ontario Heritage Foundation will be present at the April l4th meeting in Orono. The Town of Newcastle Museum Board was lso eprsentd a themeeing astSome area residents content that the was lso eprsentd a themeeing ast school board should turn the property over ,xe.The Town of Newcastle Museum at Kirby to the Town at no cost. But it is a Board which comprises of two members fact that the Town does hold to their from the Clarke Museum Committee, two regulations when diealing with School from the Bowmanville Museum Commnit- Boards and when schools are heing tee along with two mnembers of council and constructed .the Board must pay the ful a member fromy the Township of. charges for building permits as does Darlinigton will meet in the Orono Museumn anyone who builds in the Town. ým artsnow anci sale oft ture with otheFrs. igs has been organized The.work on display origin- ýal artists anld is On ates from the Oronio Art iat Hamîltons Insur- Group who meet on a weekly .ain Street, Orono. The b)asis in the Orono Hydro t showing num-bers building on Wednesday even- [welve paintings which ings. changed from time to Y ou are invited to drop in to ÎM Il lU mmmiii L~ MWr. and Mrs. Flakn whose homne was destroyed by fire a week ago Sunday north of Krby had to face some stark realities after being delighted with the concern of the local fire department and local residents in saving tools and a few other items fromr the fire. Since that time the tools have been stolen from the property where they were being stored. t is difficult to- understand ,,,hy someonie must prey upon their fellowman. According to Fire Chief Hayman, on Tuesday the cause of the fire is stili under investigation. GARBAGE PICK-UP CHARGES TO INCREASE Pick-up .charges for garbage in the Village of Oro-no will increase as of May lst, 1977. The Orono Hydro Commission who is the collecting agency for the Town set a rate of $2.00 a month foer resideittial and $300 a month for commercial. Mr. Brown of Kendal was granted an i1ncrease by council at a recent meeting of council. This charge is still the lowest in the area for such services and is one dollar a rnonth less than being paid by area residents who are not part of 'the Village. Over the past year a surplus of over $600.00 was built up in the garbage pick-up account but the increase in the contract necessitated an increase charge to local customners. LAST FOR THE SEASON The last Orono Country Jamboree of the weason is belng held this Sunday afternoon in the Orono Town Hiall. Besides the regular boýuse band of Fay Adams and the Coutry Hits there are twenty-two other performers for the afternoon's two hour programi. ,,UTDOCOR WINTER CAMPING A group of fourteen boys from the Bowmnanville Boy's School weathered an outdoor winter camp experience at the Ganaraska Centre for four days last week, Monday to Thiwsday. Tents were pitched in the playing field amrongst the snowbanks where the entire activities of the four days Continued to Page 2) Wants Immediate Grants for Region Doug Moffatt, M.k>.P. along with NM.P.P. Mike Breaughi and IM.P.P. Charles Godfrey have circulated petitions in the 'Region of Durham which calîsupon thfe Provincial government to mnake grants available immnediately to the Region to offsett high sewer, water and tax costs. The petition also calls, as a long-range solution, a full inquiry into the benefits and costs of the transition to this formn of Municipal govern- ment. The petition is expected to he presented to the govern- ment within the next mnonthi. Doug Moffatt has been reported tLo have stated that 'maybe we can't afford regional government". lie also feit that perhaps regional grants sliould be a priority for the government at this tLime, Breaugh 1aiso said that the region could not support the cost of regional government, any longer. It is reported thiat some 600 petitions have been handed out for circulation. The word- ing on the petition has been approved by the clerk's office at Queen's Park with the result that the petition cannot now be ruled out-of-order in debate. 1