The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

big improvemnent Downtown Orono Photos by Jeýnn$raln Fratal accident at Taunton Rd. -Orono A fatal accident occurred Sunday evening around fine o'clock on Taunton Road n r-hof Orono claiming the life of a Solina woman and seriously injuring her hus- band. '111e couple, Gordon and Lilly Peters of Solina, were travelling- west on Taunton Road on their motorcycle when they collided he,,ad-on it(h a car making a right- hand turn onto Taunton Road from Regional Road 17, north out of Orono. The young couple were taken to Bowmanville Memiorial Hospital where Lji- ly Peters was pronounced dead. Gordon Peters is in serious condition with multi- ple injuries. Thie driver of the car, David Armnstrong, 29, of David'.s Crescent, Orono, was arreuted at his home some 30 rpînutes following the acciden.ît. According to pýolice he bas been charged withfl 3ingl" to remaîn at the scenec of an accident, under the Criminal Code, imipaired dJriving and drîving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in his system. Lilly Peters was the mother of tw,ýo children, Derek and April, end the daughter of Ella Schneider, Orono and the late, Victor Schneider, sister of Ralph, Viki (Mrs. Rick Bates) R.R. Newcastle and Sylvia (Mrs. Richiard Du- pont) of Orono. Fair Prize List l ists compeitions Weil, the make-over of the front steps and as well, the the -Orono Hall Board and Orono Town Hall has fin.ally resodding of the south-east the Town of Newcastle, the been completed and a lawn which came to a total project was completed at an number of loical groups and approximate cost of approximate total cost of organl7ations deserve somne $2600.00. The Orono $5,800.00. The DRIA' ask- recognition for their con- Downtown Business Im- ed for -and did receive a boan tributions to thie project. provement Association- of $3,000 from the Town of The Orono Town Hall (DRIA) made arrangements Newcastle that is to be paid board Iooked after ar- for the landscaping at the back in the next three years. rangements for the comipte- front of the town hall and The Orono Horticultural tion and payrrent of the newk with financial assistance from Society and the Great Pineridge Kinettes have each donated one bench for- the front of the building. Judging from the comments of ad- mirerers on the new ap- pearance of the town hall, these above mentioned groups can be proud of their achievements. As of last week the Orono Fair Prize List is available for those who exçhibit in the various classes in the annual fair held in Orono this.year from September 5th through to the 8th. Being an exhibitor is open to everyone. It does however require a mnembership in the Society at a cost of $4.00 which also gives entrance to the fair on three of the four days. The Prize List lists al evenits of the fair as well as the various classes in which onie may exhibit and compete for prize monies offered by, the Society. Residents are encouragýed to take part in the annual fair and to enter into comipeti- tion. Prize Lists are available at the Orono Times Office or from the secretary of the fair, Mrs. Arline Ayre, R.R. 4 Bowmanville, 983-9491. , Classes are open for ex- hibits in stxch as vegetables, fruit, plants and flowers, needlecrafts, domestic science, art as well as features for scheoolchildren. One mnay also exhibit in the classes for light and heavy horses, catlseep, hunters and Jumrpers, rabbits and poultry in whlich thiere is a junior division. Make arrangements now to be part of the Orono Fair tffis, coini-g early Septemb er. Bel sen $28OOLawrence at Star Wars think tank on Orono ORONO -Bell Canada paid more than $400,000 in taxes to Newcastle in 1984 as a result of telecommnun icat ions operations in this area. In ad- dition Bell spent $128,000 in 1984 to maintain and upgrade telephone service in the ex- change. LI 1985 thisý expen- diture is estimnated to be $158.000. Somne of the 1984 highlights: Swîtching equipment for local calling with Bowman- ville. Road reconstruct'1on, H-ighway 115 & 35. Euip- ment for Traffic Operator Position Systemi (TOPS) long distance calling. Some of the 1985 hîghlights: 200 more phone 'ies in swit- ching centre. Satellite digital installation at KendaL. Relocation, re road reconstruction, Highway 115 Prredi*ctio.,ns i Durham House Child andi axnily Centre has proven to e a vigorous effective rganizationi-, ending the year 'ta hearthy surplus of' 39 that staff, volunteers '&centre dîrectors can be roud of. Durhamn House, a private, Dan-profit corporation, -was exchange- In 1984 Bell paid $401,878.60 in taxes to Newcastle as follows: real estate, $23,316.31; business, $7,2271.19 and gross receipts, $371,335.10 In 1985 ýross recipts tax will total: $406,667.l0. The gross receipts tax is a levy of five per- cent of al telecommunications revenue derîvedi from Bell operations ini Ontario the previous year and apportioned to each ex- change based on the niumber of Bell owned telephones in use. In 1984 Bell's capital ex- penditures were $1 .17 billion. This is expected to be $1l.4 billion n 1"85. In me Oshawa area B-ëII eniploys 605 people with ailr annual payroll of $17.9 million. Bell had 1,573 customers in its Orono exchange at the end of 1984. are bright 1Salgency a chldren's mental health ceni- tre uinder the Ontario Ministry of Comriunity and Social Services. '-fli centre depends on vofuniteers to help meet the needs of cildren anû " their families. For more informa- tion, c2aîl 579-2021. Conservative M.P. Allan Lawrence, International Trade. Minister James Kelleher, and Regional In- dustrial Expansion Minister Sinclair Stevens were ainong 250 other conservative leaders from 22 countries who attended the Interna- t-inal Democrat Unbion con- ference in Washington. A final communique fromn the 2-day conference in- dicated the conference en- dorsed the U.S. Star Wars defence _plan as "Justified in the initerests of the free world.- Conference officials also condemned South (Continued page 8) A sccessful day at Durham Farmers' o-op. Phiotos byý, Jennifer Garland. The Durham County Farmer's-£o-operat ive held their Customecr Appreciation Day last Thursday to thank Cochrane provides frendiy custonlers for t he ir service to Rick Konopka, just patonae.-Above, Ermie ome of the many Co-op cus!t)mlers taking advantage of îthe bargains offered that day.