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Great Happenings In Downtown Orono JuIy 20 Sidewalk, Community Yard Sales, Auction, Entertai nment, Dance From ail aspects the pro- motion in Downtown Orono this Saturday should be one of the largest for some time featuring a sidewalk sale, com-munity yard sale and mini auctions. interest i fom local businesses, loc-al organiza- tions and individuais has beeni most support.ive of the promotion. This, along with. the program of entertain- ment, should make this Saturday, (morning, after- nioon and evening), a great day ini Downtown Orono. The Downtown sales should be well in progress by ten to be followed with the mini auction commencing at 10:30 a.mn. Accordion selections by Janette will be featured star- ting at 10:30 to- be followed by the serving of 20 cents hot' dogs at twelve noon. Pop wvill be available. Puffy the magician will make his appearance on Mamn Street at 1:00 p.m. and is to mystify ail with his bag of tricks. Prior to 2:00) o'clock the Orono Sta-ge Band will per- form while at 2:00 the Clarke Museum will conduct their bike rodeo for the kids. Rock music will then be featured by a local group. At 5:00 the Great Pineridge Kinsmen will be sering Beef' on a Bun in the area of the Orono Town Hall. The beat cornes dlown at 8:30 p.m. with Orono's flirst street dlance in years with Sparky providing the miusic- Refreshmrents wi111l'be available, Add to this a free draw for a $25.00 value in Orono Dowintown 'Buicks'.. The draw will be made at the close of business on Saturday. t mnakes for a great day in Downitown Orono. The event is jointly sponi- sored by the Great Pinieridge Kinsmien Club and the Oronoi Downtovwn Busines~s Associa- tion. "Goal of United Church" Gt tin gY More Inv< By Jennifer Garland. A lack of structured youth jrogramrs within the United Churc prompted the churcb yo ut committee to hire a Youth Work Developer for the: Bay of Quinte Con- LOm NiS fldO Lois McLeod of Oron-,o, took the position a year and a haf ago ani sînce then bas been busy assessing the ex- îsting situation su solutions to present problemns could be provided and implemnented. For McLeod, it has been a period of collecting data, opi- nions and facts expressed througli workshops, L outh )lved meetings and special events to determine the potential of youth today. Her studies have revealed a number of things related to the partiepation of youth in churcb and to the relation- ships that exjst between adults and young people. "Youth don't want to be pîgeon-bholed as youth. 1 don'ithtink they are being heard as inidividuals,"~ she said, adding "What they are saying is wxe do want to become invqjved, 50 let m ý inivolved. " "We have to fi;nd somte way to have generations develo-p relationsbips together. The Chiurcb ned to ive hem adult friends'- McLeod s ýaid "Youth doni't wa,,nt to be told what tô dIo, but do want a second opi- nion. I Several recommendations of McLeod's report were taken by the Youth Commit- tee and brought forth at the Bay ofý Quinte Conference held in Peterborough last May. The Bay of Quinte (Continued page 2) ~ppnîingMI. j FORTHCOMING ART SHOW The Art iLoft at Dikadel Farms is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Exhibition and Sale of paintings, prints, sculpture, pottery and weaving. If you were one of the one t housand people who attended the last show, you will want to reserve these dates, (Aug. 9, 10, 1l), to meet your friends in the unique setting of the century old barn. New talent will be found amnong.that of. artists of previous years. This event 'promises to be a pleasant outmng for everyone. flAY CAMP VACANCIES There are still vacancies in aIl three sessions of the Y.W.C.A. Day Camps open for boys and girls ages 5 - Il1 years of age. These include the following: july 22 - 26, July 29 - August 2, and August 6 - 9. Fees are S25.ffl per child for the 4-day camp, $30.00 per child for the 5-day camp, and addi- tionial children in the saine family receive a 15 percent dis-, count. Camp applications are available at Clarke library. Anyone interested in registering- in. one of these programrs is encourag-ed to mail thefir pre-registration forras to Oshawa Y.W.C.A., 199 Centre Street S. Oshawa, LlH 4A8 or cali 576-8880. Regîsitra- tion forms will also be accipted on the first day of camp, if 'cssary. inber of events are planned for this year's camp in- cluding the following: canoeing, overnights under canvas, campfsre with songs, talent shows, archery, swimming, and a trip to the Peterborough Zoo and Ontario Place. Claim taxes lower for Oshawa taxpayer A report submitted to the gêneral purpose committee of the Town of Newcastle on Monday pertainîng to, lot levies charges in the miunicipality has spawnedJ another report to be submit- ted over comparison taxa- tio n. Thie Planning Department of the Town submitted the lot levy report in which it was pointed out that the Town of Newcastle has the lowest per unit lot levy charges of any mnicipality, in the Region of ffiurham. As to buildinig permit chariges and lumrbing -permit chiarges onily, Scugog zand Ux- brdg1ave Iower charges. finlot levy chiarges the, Tfown of Newcastle chiarges $625 for a single famnily ui ouitside the Courtice area where charges due to storm sewering has been'set at $915 per single family unit., Tl1ese charges compare witb i$1,200 to $1,800 in Aja," $2368 in Oshawa and $1750 in Pickering. Members of council stated tbey were pleased to biàve the report whicb provided ac- curate figures wich set-aside heresay comments as tg sucb charges in tbe Town. When ,Mayor Rickard and Councillor Woodyard stated the report showed it cost less to build in thê,,Town of Newcastle, Councillor Cowman commented, Yes, but it costs more to live in the Town after building. Cowman said she was not sure 'tbat council sbould not be taking a bard, long look at the cost of financing services to tbe Courtice suib-divisions for she said it was going to be a major problem. Sbe spoke of eypressed anger by new residenits and some who refer to lesser municipal taxes in the City of Osbawa as com- pared to the same home s in Courtice. Counc. Hamre said she shared somne of thie concerns expressed by Counc. Cowman and especially wben new owners are being told Oshaw whenin fac:t it is in theTow ofNewaste. he also salid sle had heard1L it ex- pressed that Newcastle taxes are ighier. Counec. Harrre Stated she had lived in Oshiawa for a number of years and then saw the ligbt and moved to Orono. She said the comn- munity has culture and character, sometbing mnoney can't buy. She said she feels when people setule down they will be a lot happier. Mayor Rickard mnentioned a movement underfoot by ambitious politicians as to determine what part of the Town should be annexed into Oshaw'a. He said Peope in (Continued page 5) Defer decision on Newtonville water By Jenniifer Garland Newcastle councillors refrained tfrom taking any concrete action as to whether they would proceed to miake plans fori indiv idual well replacements in Newtonville or push for the developmient of a communiiral water suIpply system. This issue came before the General Purpose an ndinistration Commit- tee meeting held on Monday. At the Regional council Meeting of July 3rd, 1985, Regional Counicillors adàopted the Works Depart- nient Commissioner's Report indicatîng that, based upon surveys conducted, there was insufficient interest for fur- ther consideration of a comn- munal water supply systemn in Newtonville. The report also recommended that the Town of Newcastle be provided with results of the survey shoul the Town wish to pur- sue the alternative, repairing or rnpIaciîng lhc exisîing wl, of the hamiet. On May 1'7, 1985, an infor- mation package wý,as îmaied to 142 ow,,ners of property in the hamrlet. AI! owners were asked to returi-n 'the enclýosýed formin rdicatîing their prefer- red solution to the water pro- blems by Junie 14, 1985. Eighty-two forms were returnecd, niine indicated no preference, 38 were in favour of well repair or replacement and 35 were in favour of a communal system. Council members express- ed a variety of opinions con- cerning the decision before themn as to the solution of a safe water supply in Newton- ville. Despite the fact that the majority of surveys returned did not support the com- munal water supply systemn, Councillor Hamre feels the communal systemn is the best long-termi systemr. "I think there's still too muany unanswered questions on how the naliority of peo- (Continued pagje 2) Orono High School Reun ion Miemories of formner school days wl live on followiýng a reunion of students of the former Orono High 'School betweeni 1956 and 1961 which was held in the Orono Mrena last Saturday evening. There was an excellent tur- nout of formier stLudentis who not orily enjoyed the social aspect but also a buffet din- ner and dance. Many of the former teachers were also present. Pictured above Gamey Lycett, nIOW of Pcrt Hope and Gail (Willis) Martin now of Oshawa. (More pictures, of the reu- ùiion next week). 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