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THighway commercial Region supports new expansions approved Bowmanville Mal The Town of Newcastle General Purpose committee have given their stamp of ap- proval to rezoning applica- tions for the expansion pro- posals to two existing Highway 115 commercial properties. The approvals are contingent on site plan agreements being signed by the applicants and the Town. Approval for rezoning of 4.0 hectares of land submit- ted by Mr. W. Klose, lot 25 Concession in Clarke Township was given. The ap- plicant intends to develop and operate an Exotic Cat Sanctuary and a Recreational-Fitness Centre on the property and continue with the operation of Havelburg Dog Academy on a reduced scale. Conditions relating to the approval will be addressed through a site plan agreement for both of the intended uses. The General Purpose com- mittee also gave approval for the rezoning of a parcel of land in lot 2$, concession 4 for the expansion of a recrea- tional vehicles sales outiet with added provision for the construction of a 7000 to 8000 square foot building to service motor homes. The approval is contingent on a site plan agreement be- ing signed by both the appli- cant and the Town of Newcastle. Enjoyment with the classical guitar Bram Van Den Heuval a resident of Oshawa and formerly a resident of Orono for a good number of -years.is delighted with his renewal of interest in classical guitar and the interest of others in the Oshawa area. According to an article in the Toronto Star "Neighbours" Van Den Heuval's love of classical guitar started some forty years ago in his native Holland. His study of tbe in- strument was however inter- rupted by service in the Dutch Air Force as a navigator-wireless operator. At this point he gave up the instrument and in 1953 im- migrated to Canada. His interest in classical guitar still remained but it was not until a few years when he was introduced to the Toronto Classical Guitar Society that his passion for the instrument was aroused to the point that he found a teacher and began again play- ing the guitar. He has said he enjoyed listening so much to th Toronto group that h wondered if such ai organization ,with guest ar tists could not be formed i Oshawa. Through an advertisemen in the local newspaper h found that others were, idea interested in classical guita in Oshawa with a response o 30 enthusiasts. Some five month ago the Durham Classical Society was born now havinga membership of 35 who invitt guest artists to perform once a month at concerts at the Arts Resource Centre in Oshawa. Van Den Heuval, presiden of the Society, points out that attendance at the recitals are well attended. He says it is his hope to attract more people to the classical guitar and that young people wil] become interested. Further information about the Society may be obtained by phoning Bram Van Den Heuval, 723-1203 or Fred Cacciotti at 579-5840. [ Jappenng . TOWN HALL EUCHRE PARTY RESULTS February 22nd - 15½ tables. Ist - Wes Wood 82; 2nd - Helen McGill 80; 3rd - Wayne Lowery 79; 4th - Doreen Lowery 79; 5th - Ethel Goble 76; Low - Loretta MacDonald; Lucky Draws - Hesper Dean, Joe Forget. Next euchre March 14th at 8 p.m. CORRECTION In last weeks paper we errored in reporting that Counc. Diane Hamre had been appointed chairman of the special Task Force setup by the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority. Counc. Hamre is a member of the committee but'not chairman as stated. The commit- tee bas yet to hold its first meeting. We apologies for this error. e e n n t e 1, ir ýf e y a e e e Durham Regional council last week voted 23-5 in favour of supporting a development agreement with Pythbow Developments Ltd. to build a major shopping mall in the south-west corner of the Town of Bowmanville. The vote of support came from council members despite opposition from the Town of Neweastle council which last year voted against the proposal. The new mall has also been opposed by the Bowmanville Mail in the east end of Bowmanville as well as by the Downtown Businessmen of Bowmanville. Both groups state they will now fight the development at the Ontario Municipal Board. Last week at Regional council Counc. Marie Hub- bard, regional councillor for the Bowmanville ward, was supportive of the develop- ment agreement. Other members of Newcastle'coun- cil on Regional council, Mayor Rickard, Couns. Cownan and Hamre, oppos- ed the signing of the agree- ment. AI. Strike, lawyer for the Bowmanville Downtown Businessmen's Association, states the development is premature and that council bas two staff surveys suppor- ting the fact that the mail is premature and bad planning. John Gasson, vice- president of Rescom Manage- ment Ltd., managers of the Bowmanville Malt, las said a new major mall development would adversely affect local merchants and that a popula- tion of 13,000 cannot support a third shopping area in the Town. He said a new development will only dilute the money that is available. Pythbow' bas given the Region a sum of $20,000.00 on signing along with a letter of credit for $196,000 to cover the cost of installation of water and sewer to the mall and means to service the area where other residential developments could proceed. The Town of Newcastle wvill again consider the pro- posal due to the submission of two Notice of Motions which were presented at the last meeting of council. These Notice of Motions presented by Councs. Hub- bard and Woodyard will pro vide the opportunity to re- open the issue at Newcastle council. The Notice of Motions will come before council this coming Monday morniag at a regular session of council. 1.5% tax increase $4,258 million held in Newcastle reserves e rano Uetp Etmes Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 7, 1984 The Town of Newcastle, according to a report from the Town treasurer, Kathryn Campbell, has packed away in reserves and reserve funds a total of $4,258,534.84 as of December 31st, 1983. Accor- ding to the report this com- pares with an amount of $3,475,125.56 as of the end of December 1982. The largest amount is held in the reserve for working capital amounting to $803,338.94 which did not change over the period fo the last twelve months. The public works equip- ment reserve dropped from $538,083.94 at the end of 1982 to $492,823.64 at the end of 1983. The garbage equipment reserve has in- creased to $107,421.99 with parks and recreation equip- ment at $13,769.55, fire department equipment at $78,842.00. The general capital reserve is at $254,750.68 and inventory reserve at an amount of $83,938.23. Bill Kenny appointed Newcastle librarian A graduate of the Universi- ty of Western Ontario in 1979 with a Master's Degree in Library Science, Bill Kenny, has been appointed chief librarian for the Town of Newcastle Library system. Kenny, 27, is a native of Sarnia who moved to Alberta after graduation where he bas worked for the Fort McMur- ray Public Library and for a year served as a consultant to the provincial library in Ed- monton. On returning from Fort McMurray Kenny has been taking a degree in public ad- ministraton. With the Newcastle system Kenny will head a staff of 11 employees in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono. He states he will look at t possibilities of adding more programs and revamping ex- isting programs. He intends to continue with courses at Ryersons in Toronto along with his posi- tion in the Town of Newcstle. Bowmanville museum results from Region plan to new board The Durham Regional Budget shows an average tax increase for 1984 of 2.8 per- cent for the eight municipalities in the Region. Overall the budget has in- creased by almost $2 million l for municipal taxpayers to a total amount of $29,987,841. The increase is offset by a growth in assessment of 3.6 percent resulting in an average tax increase to local ratepayers of 2.8 percent. When broken down to the area municipalities taxpayers r-in the Town of Newcastle will note a 1.5 percent increase in Regional taxes this year over that of 1983. Newcastle pays 10.293 of the total municipal Make appointments to Hall Boards The General Purpose com- mittee of the Town of Newcastle on Monday made appointment to a number of their community hall boards. The appointments to the Community Hall (Odd- fellows) were: Robert Chaters, Gordon Watson, levies of the Region. Pickering ratepayers will face the largest impact of the eight municipalities with an increase of 8.5 percent while Oshawa taxpayers will be af- fected by a 0.3 increase and Brock Township with a 0.1 increase. The total Regional budget amounts to $92 million. The cost to the Region of the total is $44,523,141 raised through unconditional grants of $11,085,000, surplus of $1,680,000, supplementary taxes of $308,000, lot levies of $415,000, other revenues $400,000 and from our tax- payers an amount of $29,987,841. Betty Major, Daniel Hall and Gladys Gamsby. Appointments to the Orono Town Hall Board: Carlos Tamblyn, Bev. Wakefield, Roy Forrester, Aleck Moffat and Eileen Stephens. The appointments to the Newtonville Hall Board; Wallace Boughen, Maurice O'Neil, Doris Tompkins, Bernice Milligan and Olive Henderson. Appointment to the Brownsdale Community Cen- tre: Norman Elgear, Ann A status report relating to a feasibility study which was conducted for the Bowman- ville Museum and completed in 1982 was presented to council on Monday by the Town Manager, David Johnston. It was pointed out that council had deferred any decision on the feasibility study and its proposals due to the fact that at the time the Town was undertaking the preparation of a Culture and Recreation Master Plan to provide a framework in which various recreational and cultural initiatives could be examined. Council received the Recreation and Culture Master Plan in May of 1983 and since has referred it to a Newcastle Community Ser- vice Planning Board which has as yet to be set up. It is expected that the committee will be established in the near future. The Town Manager states the new Planning Board Julicher, Alice Rowe, Jean Danilko and Sid Brown. All boards do have two representatives from council. would be considering the recommendations of the Museum Feasibility Study as part of their mandate. He points out that the Recreation and Culture Master Plan contemplates a total investment of $80,000 in providing for museums throughout the Town. - Mr. Johnston notes that this amount is considerably less than the estimated cost of restoring the histor c residence, the Carriage House and the Greenhouse in the Bowmanville Museum t an estimated cost of $477,000. Johnston states it would appear appropriate to allow the Newcastle Community Services Planning Board to be formed and to provide the group with sufficient time to study the various recommen- dations within the Culture and Recreation Master Plan. The Town Manager further points out that with limited capital funds available to the Town and the significant capital forecasts of the Town with respect to Town-owned buildings and hospital re- quest it would be very dif- ficult to provide significant financial support to the pro- posed museum im- provements. In total the reserve amount to $1,967,486.48 which in- cludes lesser amount not listed above. The Reserve Fund totals $2,291,048.36 as of the end of 1983 with industrial development account holding $397,505.26, roads capital $29,825.37, parkland cash-in- lieu $296,337.03, Courtice OHAP $431,483.95, admin- istrative improvements $531,463.83, industrial debenture $24,382.46, ex- propriation proceeds $214,398.72, O.H.R.P. $79,804.08, lot levy com- munity service $60,363.88, lot levy public works $93,152.99, lot levy civic ad- ministration $71,265.07. The Reserve Funds do earn interest which do accumulate to the funds. in speaking with Kathryn Campbell she states there has been no major addition to the funds from tax levy other than $30,000 for land pur- chase for the fire department over the past year. ... . . . .....