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Forest Centre to continue oper ation The Gianaraska Task Force ini whe hey recommend that the Ganaraska Forest Centre programl continue with its ful programn of event as in the past has beeni accepted by the The Task Force compIeted their recommendations on sehiedule athug tese recommiiendations contain sorte aspects of thie operation that mnust nowý be met by the excuLtive of thc Auithority which aspects, relate in the major portion to financing both of fthe yeariy operation and capital improvements. Diane Hamire, head of the Task For-ce, is wýeli pieased with the outcome and speaks of' suppor-t in fthe delibera- tions tboth by\stýaff'l'and membhers of the Force. 'We have no quarrIlel with the programr that is being of- fered at the Centre," stated the chiai rmran, "and the pro- grain is to continue from Septemrber l5th thr-ough to th'e month10 of Junle.", Adlhough the authority had euLt [fundingl for suff'1icienit staf'f to operate the progr-am for the last part of' 1984 this is not to happen and a full staff compliment wvili be on hand to provide both day-use, week-end use and the resîden- tiai program from September 15th to the end of the year. Extra funding for' this peiod is expected to be generated thr-ouI2h maximum bookingls during the three and a haif mionths'or from Town supports Co--op with lease extension F ails In bid for road improvements Thre General Purpose com- The stiaff re-port states mnittee of the Towný,i of there wouid be a need to ac- Newcastle on Monday deniied quire property to re-aiign thie a request fromn Mr. Fred road allowance along with Obrist of Orono for the' substantial grading and upgr ading of a rod gravel work. allowance to allowi access to Mr. Obrist in addressing his apple orchIard. The road council did state hie did have a allowance under considera- right to pass over private pro- tion is between lots 22 and 23 perty to gain access to his in Concession 6. propIerty but wAishied to have A staff report to counicil access off thle road noted that the souîheriy sec- allowance. tion of the road allowance Council did accept the staff was overgrown,-ý by mature report that Tow,ýn poiicy did trees and that dirt and stone not mrake poiinfor had been piled onto the road upgradingu or constru Lction of allowance. The report states roadis which have not pr eViousiy existed. Anf amiendment did add that up,,graingi could be con- sidered for agriculiurai use at a cost of the beniefiting pr- perty owner-s as is the case in residential sub-divisions. there is no evidence of a road on iltis portion o f t he sideroad w\hich runs from the sixth hine to the sceenth line. The nort hern section of the 5 road aiiowýance is maintained by the Towýn and services the farm ofth le James Lowverys. Manigers Re-0penîs garage Mik Magerhasre-pen Iii, garage oea o in ihe north fihe illage on \Mi11 Stireet again oicîng fuli mechanicai serice ýLfand iby,,nexi\\week wi hav.thegas pumnps ope-rating. Drafied by ýPeterbmrough Peles Greg ,Vey, wohas piayed ail is ruminor hockcV 1n Orýono anmosi recenîy with Ithe JuniorB i,-crîngPanîIheis, !ira na fîed by ihe Peîerb1,orugh Pete Jr. ,A îeamI. (Con- Jaili Of Apple and Corn Fsia Due totheLackol nhsi ianId as weiI duc b îhc Coro Festia hic-h was t i be hIIhAIIis fali has hCCn aceid fcraiiy ucesfi hwoidhae ad 1()have aail lou[ ci Ganaraska conduets Orono Creek survey As a direct resuit of the Ganaraska Region Conservýa- tion Watershied plan which was assembied iasti fall the, Authlorityý is presenlyi under- taking a resýource surv of properties aiong the Hunmer and Orono creeks in this par- ticular area of the Towna of' Necýýastle. The purpose of the survey is to identify resource reiated problemns such as water pollu- tion, streamnbank erosion and woodiot managemient defi- cienrcies wýithin fthe watershýed of these twvo creeks. THe Hunter creek flows under highway 115 justsot of'th fourth ulne road and evnuiyjoins ItheWimt TheL Orono cýree-k runs .Nest of the dow\ntown busýinessý area and joins wih he Wilmot in ithe urth concession. The Authjilority has a team of four students empioyed un der a summer program w ho wuili first make contact wýithfipr oper ty owners seeking permnission to carryout the surv ýey on their partcular roey.If approvai is ob- iined thile group return to assess ithe area along with the prpryow~nric andlae fee cold e pobimsand sugges"îng sodlutio0ns and wher asistncemay; he imTdford, supervising the_ projeci for the Authoriîy licesary, oui heuner taken under !îth onsrvaio Sevcsprogram )ofthne Authority or through another agency, in the case of farm land, through the Minïstry of Agriculture and Food. Tedford aiso points out (Continued page 2) The Town of Newcastle has granted a request submnit- ted by the Orono Showcase Co-operative in that the old Armnouries building in Orono not be placed for sale uintil Decemnber 31, 1985. The Orono Showcase Co- operative with 35 associate miembers and 20 artisans fromn the area operate a retail outlet in the north part of the buiilding. The operation, a co- operative of artisans, started in Septembher of 1983 and t hroughpl the Orono0 Buýinessmnen's Association hold a lease which expires as of December 31st, 1984. The Town recently discuiss- ed the disposaI of the proper- ty as being, excess to the Townr's operation. To this end the Mayor and Counre. Hamrre had met with the ex- ecutive of the Co-operative. The presentation on Monday Io council by the Co-op was a result of the disposai con- sideration and the meeting. Mrs. Maureen Remington spoke to council members on behalf of the Co-operative and said that although they supported the disposai of surplus buildings they did wish to have the opportunity to continue renting the building until the end of December 1985. Mrs. Rem- ington also requested the Co- op continue the rentai at the present rate untîl such lime as the Co-op hiad paid off their debt to the Towni for 1984 renovations. She said the Co- (op was paying off this debt ai a rate of $5(.0 a mnonthi. Mr.Remington spoke of the program at the Co- operative withi special week- end events and that, in faut, thie Co-op was an attraction that brings new faces to the Village and Town. She said the Co-op had enricbed the commnunity and strengthened the business (C«-ontînuted page 2) Just back fromn meeting the Stage Coach Staff from the- Orono Post Office hIave jut rivdac in Orono Afeeting iihe Royal Mail Stage Coach ai ithe Newcasîle Vilage Post Ofic iwere a large crowd had turnotfoi ihe x isit lasi P~cure abveure. Coieiý Hooy, arjLowryCarol Alunad iieMoft Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1984J