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200 employed at Wesleyville plant Over 200 people are now the union halls. While 'local' working on the construction may mean different things to by Ontario Hydro of an different people, Ontario Hy-_ oil-fired generating station at dro normally uses a 50 - 60 Wesleyville, six miles west of mile radius. The Personnel Port Houpe. Officer at Wesleyville pre- Construction of the thermal fers, where possible, to hire generating station was ap- within 25 miles of the site. proved by the Ontario govern- While Ontario Hydro does ment in 1975, but scheduling Most of its recruiting of of construction underwent an construction staff tbrough 18 month delay when Hydro local union halls, it does hire reduced its capital budget in some people who apply on 1976. Work on the project site.' Positions filled in the resumed this spring and latter manner include office aîready this summer some staff, foremen and weekly foundation concrete has been salaried people. poured. Site grading will be Applications have been completed this year and flowing into the employment excavation of foundations and office at a rapid rate. One underground fuel storage fac- advertisemenit for clerical ilities will commence, positions placed locally drew Manipower require-ients 250 responses . 0f those apply- are expected to peak in 1980 ing, the Personnel Officer f elt when approximately 1,500 to that between 100 and 150 1,600 people will work on the would be suitable emnployees. site. 0f these construction This high calibre of applicant employees about 600 will is a reflection of the skiiled work for contractors. pool of labour available in the By contraetuaJ agreement local area, the Personnel Ontario Hydro employs only Officer commented. union members in the skilled The first of four units at and semi-skiiled trades. The Wesleyvilie generating sta- Personnel Officer at Wesley- tion is ijow expected to be in ville lias stated a preference operation in December 1981; fo 1-iring people locaily if therefore hiring for perman- they are available through (Corntinued page 3) l r iF 1 qà! WrpZ 91 ÇME ORONO FAIR PRIZE LIST AVA;LABLE The Durhý-ami- Central Agricultural Fair whichl is tield annually in Oronio anld this year runs over a period of four days, Thiursday to Sunday afternioon, has now available its prize lîst for distribution, to a1 interested exhibitors. The Prize List presents all the classifications anid classes in which one mnay exhibit and the regulations pertaining to al c1asses. There is something ini the prize list for almnost everyone from baking, fiowers, to cattie, horses, shieep, poultry, etc. If you do not receive a prize list phone Mrs. Jackie Mtwc 983-52629. The f'air in 1977 run fromi September 8ffi to September iîth. POSTPONEMETN Thec Orono Amateur Athfletic- Associa"Ion have postponed the!r regular monthiy meetinig until near the e-nd 0f August due, toe many bengonhoidays. The Oirono Asocaihas býeeon granted ten hours of. ice timne f or~ the comin.g winter season at Hlampton Arena. The Associati last year sponsored some ten, teams ;i hockey-, an-d it is expeeted thiat thiey, will again have ihis numrber for the comning winter season. Enrolment may drop some withl the use- Of the Hanmpton arena rath-er than a lcal arena in Orono. CLARKE LIBRARY RE-OPENS After being closed for a week for alterations the Clarke, Public Lïbrary has.re-opened with some, work lef t to be done ,of a minor nature. Thle east adult room bas now been extended in?(, the south room to add addiional space for adult books. This wvas accomplishied by setting a, doorway between the two rooms. With a few exceptions, the hallways an-d jun-ior non-fiction room, ahl rooms are to be repapered and repaited. New creigis also to lbe laid on the floor of tlie south room.n it is hnpeful that evethin wili be back to normi wihin wo weeks. F ALACCIDENT 115 HliGHWAY JonAIlan acoe, 28, of Ra. R. 3, Peterborough, was killedino an accident: whi13ch occirred on0igwa 115 south of O1ron-i at Den' Corîners- 1,st Saturda!y evening. Thýýe acident bapý'pened axrund 8:0p.m. it it lbeing neesary to 'epoarly rotesoutLh boýund traffic aiong themuipa rodto th-e weýst. Giary Beattuy, 22, of Be, d1ey, was the driver the second car and is listed ini satisfactfory conidition in) the àsawa Hospital. The twoveicesar rporeohv e ý-0WNS AFTER BOAT FLI !PS iioma . Prîsley, 24 of Nes-tieton, died after- being trapped -mud attebto f PRick Lake at Ceasarea on Sui1nday. Prisiey with two passengers w as mnak;ing a turn which his16 foo)t boat whenit flïipped over The two passenger ..surfaced while Prisley was trapped in the mud. The passengers sustained minor iniiiiies. Orono Weekly Times,, August 10, 1,9771 County wants StiIli no funds answer August l6th for S. E.A. P. The County Council .of Northumberland has asked ail participating municipali- ties te present council with a decision by August 17th on whether of flot they favour restructuring of the county. t has been pointed out that various' studies have been carried out over the past two years at considerable cost and that much taik has centred around restructuring. It bas been estima ted that from half a million to three quarters of a million has been spent on various studies concerning restructuring of the counties. Cobourg has been reported to have saîd they are prepar- ed to proceed on their own if a negative vote is recorded. There has still been no funds available for the Save the Environment from Atom- ic Pollution (SEAP) to hire consultants to prepare a report for the Eldorado hearings which wili commence ini Newtonvîlle on September 26th. SEAP had sought a sum of $350,000 through the director of the federal secretary of state in Ontario. t bas been reported that if funds are not soon available, the SEAP organization wil have to ask for a postpone- ment of the hearings. SEAP has aiso met with representatives of the Green- peace organization whichi has (Continued page 3) Hydro expropriation hea rings resu me,, Last week Hydro Expropri- ation hearings resumed in Port Hope concerning lands along the route of the 500o KVA transmission lines in the western section from the proposed Oshawa Transform- ing Station through the Town of Newcastle, Hope Township and Hamilton Townships. The hearing was adjourned on June l9th. A second hearing is to be held in Belleville pertaining to the Uine through Haidimand Township to near ýGngstoni in early September. Two slight changes have (Conitinued page 3) Orono barlbeçue on August li7th The Town of Newcastle Day Clarke lij will be held in Orono again this timie th this*year. Wednesday, August and races f( 17th.is the bi g day. T'hey are 8: 15 P. M. serving prime barbecued Ladies vs beef, baked potatoes, buns, game to to baked beans, wýestern isty le coffee, do-niuts and relishes This veai ih School. During there wil be games' for the children. At there will be a sMens Lobb Bal 'p the evenin)g off. betw,,een 50 p.mr. and 8:00 sored by the Orono and be held later lia Septem(ber plm. Distric t Chamber of Comr- Lt was decided ai t te woul' ber ma d vrathe Entertainmcent will sbtar at merce nd the Departmnent of meetÏiing that owinership of!hft ur OL e of de oldscr h e a 5:30 p.m. withthe "Just in Parks &k Recreation, Corpora- property should be retained Kutryf. îeodsi-01a Time Stage Band" from tion of the Town of Newcastrle.y Although no school bell rang out class was called to, order in the old Kirby Scflool on Monday night with somne eighteen interested persons from the community taking their place in the classroom. The meeting was called to consider the future roll to be played by the school in the community since, it has been designated an historical buil- ding and wîth a, committment from the Town of Newcastle council to purchase the build- ing from the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. Information from'the dep- uty-clerks office points out that the Town has et to finalize the purchasE 4 the school and some two a -es of land for the price of $2l5,J00 in Kirby. Mrs, Gray also stated she was unaware that the building had been turned over to any group by counciL The meeting on Monday evening was chairedf by I4rs. Pat MacKay, a member of the local Heritage group who recommended !o council the building be termed a histori- cal building and be purchased from the, School Board. This followed former requests by the Clarke Museum Board for the Town to purchase the old school. Mrs. MacKay informed the meeting that the purchase price for the old school was set at $25ý,000 and that a çgranit of Us,000 was availabie from the Heritage Foundation for 'lie purchase as well as a grant of $3,000 for restoration. She also pointed out that the Town of Newcastle had agre- ed to provide a sum of $10,000 for the pujrchase. Othfer mon- ies are expected from ,th-.e generai public through dona- by the Town rather than purchase by a Corporate group in the community. It was feit the building and activities could be controlled by a committee of local area cîtizens associated with the Town of Newcastle. Many ideas were presented for the use of the schoi ranging from, oid farm mach- inery displays to herb gard- ens, programs' for ail age groups, local artifact displays as well as a tourist informa- tion booth and seminars pertaining to the arts. Much interest was voiced in a proposai to operate the scb-ool as an old school wher-e students could take classes under conditions which exist- ed some fifty to one hundred years ago. Throughout the discussions ail agreed that the operation of the school shouid stimuiate a pride in our heritage and be a place where ail ages couid Jo-in together ia activities and arts. "Lt should always be a school" said one member of the audience. "Lets not lose sight of what the building always has been." Lt was stated at the meeting that council would like to know about addlitionýal funds for the purchase <'f the schooi. In the miatter of funid raising it was said this would be mnuch easîer in 1978 as i would be the ceritennial of the school house built in 1878. Such .a celebration, it was Said, would create a lot of interest and aiong with plan- ned activities it would seem an ideal time to raise funds for the purchase and opera- tion of the schiool.