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Bus service at route end Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January llth, 1978 Carman, chaîrman Board of education W.H. (Bill) Carman of Orono was the unanimous choice last Thursday evening at the inaugural meeting of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educat- ion for chairman for the year 1978. Mr. Carman was vice- chairman of the Board during 1977 when Mr. Ian Wilson was chairman. The new chairman bas been a member of the present board since its inception in 1969 and prior to that was a member of the Durham County High School Board since 1961. Carman has been chairman of the board's teacher salary negotiating committee for several years and bas served on many other committees as well as being a member of the provincial trustee association. Mr. Andy Thompson of Bowmanville was elected. vice-chairman for the board for 1978. Thompson has serv- ed on the board since the election in 1975 and was elected vice-chairman over Dr. Doug Galt of Coborne. In speaking with Mr. Car- man this week he said the board was going to have to take a good look at their options to keep within finan- cial restraints and this could mean the curtailment or even elimination of some pro- grams. He said it could affect such as the French Immers- ion program to a degree. He pointed out that it was too early to knowj was to happena McKeough has no spelled out justv government was toi as grants were c The new chairman they expected ac drop in enrolment areas of the distric Carman stated hej year as chairmanv mnism. ORONO ARENA MEETING just wha as Darcy t as ye what th do as far oncerned also saic continuec in som t. faced the with opti The finance committee for the Orono arena is holding a public meeting in the Orono Oddfellow's Hall this coming Sundy evening, January 15th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss further fund raising possibilities and to receive any donations from those interested in supporting the fund. If you have any suggestions please make it a point to attend the meeting. ALTERNATE FULL-DAY KINDERGARTENS The local Board of Education has postponed a committee meeting concerning alternate full-day kinder- gartens until such time as it dètermines if the meeting is to be open to the public or not. This decision is to be made at a meeting of the Board this Thursday evening. As a rule the Board committees have been holding their meetings in camera and a division of board member opinions has arisen over whether this meeting should be in camera or not. There may be a lot of pressure this time around for full-day kindergartens as such programming would result in cutting costs of busing kindergarten students who are now bused every school day for haîf a day. Many feel that full-day kindergarten would lessen the educational scope for kindergarten children. TANKER ANSWERS FIRST CALL The new water tanker stationed at Orono received its firt call to a fire early Saturday morning. The call came at 5:20 a.m. with the tanker travelling to Doms Auto Parts in the Courtice area where the Bowmanville department was fighting a fire. The tanker and Orono crew spent almost nine hours carrying water with two other tankers to the fire. The crew returned to Orono at 2:00 in the afternoon. Old cars and tires were on fire at Doms. AREA LOTTERIES LACK SUPPORT Both the SPLASH Fund raising committee and the Newcastle arena fund raising committee have been facing problems in the sale of lottery tickets on which they expected to raise local funds for their respective projects. In speaking with Mr. Bob Stevens of Bowmanville recently he said SPLASH will realize some $20,000 from their lottery but had expected to clear at least $40,000 through the lottery. The holiday draws are now underway. With only a couple of weeks left before the monthly draws commence with the Newcastle Village Lottery for the arena less than half of the intended tickets have been sold. It had originally been anticipated that 2000 tickets would be sold for $60.00 each. Last week some 800 had been sold with half of the 800 being sold in the Village itself. Planning director by end of month It is now expected that the Town of Newcastle will make their choice to fill the new position of planning director by the end of January. There are twenty-six applying for the position and council is expected to interview five from this group for the position. The first paring of applicat- ions will be made by Town Manager, Al. Guiler. The position will pay from $20,000 and up according to qualifi- cations. The hiring of a director of planning will bring the planning staff for the Town of Newcastle .up to three. The Town is also to hire a secretary for the Town Mana- It Last Thursday Town of ýY Newcastle off icials and mem- t bers of the Courtice area teresidents met discusing the irconstruction of the two new J.sub-divisions in the Courtice A area for some 1216 new ýd housîng units. The meeting ýeended in an impasse with the Courtice group to continue letheir opposition to the pro- i-posais before the Ontario Municipal Board hearing which resumed on Monday in Hampton. Prior to the Thursday night meeting the' Courtice rate- payer's group had passed a »motion to withdraw itsobject- ions to the proposed sub- divisions providing a number of favourable policies were iînstîtuted by the Town of Newcastle as recommended by the Courtice group. The Courtice group was asking that the developer of the sub-divisions pay the cost of coninecting_ existing homes with water and sewers if sncb uines past by e:xisting bornes. It was felt that this'alone could cost the developer close to $3.3 million in the Courtice area Ottier concessions were also asked by the Courtice ratepayer's group including input from the group on a' district plan, that no further developments can be approv- ed until the district plan is complete, that a street light- ing plan be devised with ligbting to be paid through the -tax role and not as a surtax on existing residents tax bills, At the Courtice meeting the gathering was divided in withdrawing their objections and the move to withdraw their objections from the Ontario Municipal Board hearing was passed by a vote of 28-22. Following the Thursday meeting with council 'mem-" bers and officiais along with the Courtice representatîves ail objections are to remain with the 0M1ýB and the Board will now have to settle the dispute. Some consider it may REGION WANTS TO KNOW Regional council has given approval to a plan whereby municipal authorities would authorize their auditors to give regional finance staff records of reserve fund trans- actions back to 1968. It was pointed out that when, the region was formed reser- ve funds from the eight municipalities were to be turned over to the Region. John Aker, chairman of the finance committee stated this has not been done in most cases. An application has been made to the Ontario Municipal Board to resolve the issue. ger and are currently adver- tising for a By-law enforce- ment officer to replace Mr. Horace Best who retired last fall. take up to five weeks to complete the hearings con- cerning the controversial sub- divisions. Receive Orono TownHallreport The Town of Newcastle council on Monday night approved a recommendation from the Personal and Pro- perty committee that a public meeting be held in Orono concerning the Orono Town Hall. The recommendation came following a report from the Director of Parks and Recreation which report was received by the committee. The Orono meeting is to be called by the Personnel and Property committee and will deal with the future operation of the hall by a possible committee of management. The meeting will also be presented with a proposed schedule of charges for the use of the hall by various parties. At the present time the hall is being looked after by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Charges for use of the hall date back to many years ago with such charges ranging, when charged, from $4.00 to $12.00. Many local organizations and groups are now using the hall free of charge. In the report it was pointed out that in 1976 the hall operated with a deficit of $2,971.42 which increased to $5,085.64 in 1977. It was pointed out that considerable renovations were made in 1977 to the hall causing a greater deficit during the year. The committee of council has recommended a new schedule of fees for use of the hall with such organizations as the Orono Jamboree, Orono Dance Club, Ladies Gym and miscellaneous ren- tals to pay $30.00 for each show or afternoon or evening of use. It is also being recommended that the Bow- manville Jaycees who use the office and meeting room be charged $1,000.00 a year with the Orono Men's Card Club paying $500.00 for the use of their room in the basement of the hall for the period of one year. Non-resident rentals would be $40.00. At the present time there is no charge to the Card Club, the Jaycees, the Dance Club, the Fitness Club or the Jamboree. Other uses by community groups are also granted free of charge. In the director's report it was pointed out that rental charges for the Newcastle Hall range frorn $6.00 for the Lions room to $155.00 for the hall. Newtonville Community Centre charges $25.00, Tyrone Hall $10.00 for meetings up to $175.00 for week-end ban- quets, and Brownsdale Com- munity Centre range from $10.00 an hour for meetings to $60.00 for banquet rentals. Mr. Fanning in bis report points out that the use of the hall is limited. He states it could be used for dances but they would be unable to acquire a bar. Most of the chairs are old and are short in number. It is also pointed out that there is a lack of tables and adequate washrooms. The date for the meeting has yet to be set by the personnel and property com- mittee. Dies after awarded WCB claim A Port Hope man, Frank Hendrick, 63, died last Wed- nesday, eight days after receiving an unprecedented claim from the Workman's Compensation Board. Hend- ricks had filed a claim with the Board claiming his illness had resulted from working conditions in Eldorado Nuc- lear Limited in Port Hope where he had worked for a period of twenty-nine years. The board accepted Hend- rick's claim and on December 28th agreed his disease had beencaused by radon gas and by-products in the Port Hope plant. The Board chairman, Mic- hael Starr had said that the decision by the Board was the first such decision in Canada and possibly the world grant- ed for radon gas exposure above ground. All previous awards relating to radon gas exposure had been related to underground employment. Mr. Hendrick was respon- sible for cleaning an indust- rial oven up to 1955 and removing dust bags from ventilators following that tine to his retirement last June. No agreement with Courtice group 1 m Councîl of the Town of Newcastle has washed its hands at this time of any bus service within the municipal- ity or the Town of Bowman- ville. Council members in a recorded vote turned down a recommendation of the Transportation Committee which would have continued a trial period for another month on a two-day a week basis for the Town of Bowmanville. Only Councillors Allin and Dykstra voted in favour to extend the trial period at an estimated cost to the Town of $250.00. Coune. Dykstra stated that the sixteen day trial in December had not proven as successful as had been hoped for but that it had provided considerable in formation for the committee. He felt that the two-day a week trial was worth trying for a period of one month and the cost would be no more than $250.00 which would have to come from the Town levy. It was pointed out that without a vote of the Bowmanville ratepayers it could not be area rated to Bowmanville. Mayor Rickard said he felt that council should wait until such time as they could be certain of the legalities and try later in the year as far as the Bowmanville service was concerned. Coune. Allin sta- ted that as they had already given the service a sixteen day trial they should continue the trial now for the period of one month. He said it would cost less now than trying to start up again. The sixteen day trial period was estimated to have cost the Town a sum of around $600.00. Counc. Woodyard said it appeared the whole thing was illegal and as such he could not support the trial period as laid out in the committee recommendation. It appears that the Town could not area rate the cost of the service to Bowmanville without having a vote of the people for such a service. Mr. A. Guiler, Town Mana- ger, said in his opinion council could continue with the trial period for another month even though some features may not be quite legal at this time. Coune. Dykstra said he regretted the fact that council could not see fit to continue the reduced service in Bow- manville for another month to give a true picture as to the (Continued page 3)