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Mardi Gras at Clarke Group most pleased with new Orono sign The general concensus at the Orono Dowtown Business Associa- tion meeting on Monday evening was satisfaction with the new signs at the south of the Village on Highway 115-35. It was pointed out that Peter Boots is going to lighten in colour the Orono name so that it would stand out more prominently. The sign.was erected over the past number of days and a new light is to be installed. Consideration is being given to two further smaller signs at the nor- thern entrances to the Village. Many of the Downtown business are to participate in the Orono Spr- ing Fest being held in the Orono Town Hall on Saturday, April 21st. LasVegas has nothing on the The event was sponsored in aid French and operator Bev Jones. Mardi Gras held at Clarke High- of funding for a band trip to New There was a wide range of events School last Saturday with the One- Orleans. and donated articles for sale from arm bandits being a popular hit for Above Shane Gylytiuk, Craig baking to china and jewellery. those in attendance. *rono Ecehk!' Emest Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 4, 1990 To undertake sewage study for entire Village of Orono in 1990 At a meeting of the Orono that a ful scale could be determined in the downtowN an Downtown Business Association on as essential. He said the preliminary ter pick-up. Monday Walter Evans, director of study was required by the province The director of Public Works, liasion officer for who then determines if a fulI-scale also spoke on parki the three Newcastle D.B.I.As. study is to be undertaken. to a study underta outlined briefly a study to be under- The preliminary study will include ago by then directo taken in Orono of private sewage interviews as well as a physical in- He said at the p systems. Evans said that as a result vestigation. -1 think 1 can tell you planning departmen of a request from the Downtown there is a problem," he said. proposal for Oron Association council had considered Evans claimed that if there were which had been un a study of sewage disposal and felt no great problems repairs would be firm of Procter anc that it should be undertaken for the called or if major problems existed director is to prese whole of the Village. then a communal system could then draft at the-next Totten Sims Hubicki are to be be recommended. Association. hired to undertake the initial Evans also outlined the respon- prelîmtinary study at a cost of siblities of the downtown associa- $12,500 which money is in the tion as to downtown undertakings budget for 1990. and as well those things that the Evans said the study should be « town will shoulder. Lovethos completed this year and give an in- He sad the Town would be dication if a problem excsts in order upgrading their street cleaning plan thn cmmna sstm oud he Happenings eas as well as lit- Public Works ng and referred ken some years r, Ron Dupuis. resent time the t had a parking o in draft form idertaken by the id Redfern. The nt more on the meeting of the The event is being sponsored by the Orono Town Hall Board and some thirty exhibitors have noted their in- tent to have exhibits in the Spring Fest. Many of the exhibits are by local citizens which will have a wide range of interest. More details will start next week. With the Town of Newcastle placing $70,000 in the 1990 capital budget for the Woods Walk Park work on the first stage is expected this year. The local Wood Walk Park committee will meet with the Landscape Architect and the Town's Community Services department onApril Ilth. $20,000 has also been placed in the budget for further land pur- (Continued page 2) Tree cutting a concern expressed at council Three proposed rezoning applica- tions that would make way for 185 residential units in north Courtice area have been put on hold until such time as clarification has been made of the legality of the Town of Newcastle Tree By-law. The matter of vegetation and tree clearing on properties ownçd by Kingsberry Properties concerned committee members to the point that applications for rezoning were tabled rather than being sent back to the planning department for fur- ther processing. Both Ann Cowman, former councillor for the Town and Evelyn Stroud pointed to tree clearing which they said contravened a Town tree cutting by-law. Council was informed that a charge had been laid under the by- law but that there was concern being expressed that the by-law would not hold up in the courts. The Town's legal staff is con- sidering the conditions of the by- law and will report their findings some time in the future. But trees were not the only cop- cern of Stroud and Cowman. (Continued page 2) Composting project notes value of plan The results of a pilot project on home composting which was under- taken in the Town of Newcastle have been made public. Larry Hannah, Newcastle coun- cillor and a member of the Regional Waste Management committee, reports that through the pilot pro- ject it has been determined that 30 percent of residential waste could be directed away from landfill sites. In actual figures the digester project decomposed some 32 percent of residential waste from the kitchen, garden and lawns. The digester takes most kitchen waste including fats and meats while other com- posters, plastic and rotating drums exclude some kitchen wastes other than such as egg shells and vegetable wastes. The pilot projects undertaken over the past year in Newcastle was undertaken by 60 homes in the com- munity. Three types of composting units were on trial from the digester to the plastic composter available at (Continued page 3) se 1980 prices . . . SYLVIA PARKER PRESIDENT OF ORONO D.B.I.A. Due to the resignation of Wendy Partner as president of the Orono D.B.I.A. Sylvia Parker, former vice-president, has moved up the jresident's chair. Donna Douglas has been elected vice-president of the Association. Development committee break with DBIA A Development Committee which was created by the Orono D.B.I.A. at its 1990 inaugural meeting has broken off its relationship with the D.B.I.A. and is to operate as a separate entity with no af- filiation with the local DBIA. The break came Monday night when the committee felt the DBIA was being too restrictive as to the committees actions and especially following a motion passing that committee letters must be first approved by the DBIA before being mailed. The issue arose when the committee was about to send a letter to the Town pointing out some opinions of the Armouries building and asking council's view as use of the property as a parking lot. The issue had not corne before the whole of the DBIA but some members of the DBIA had been canvased signing a petition to this end. After some discussion on Moday night the DBIA passed their motion that letters must first gain approval of the Association before being mailed by the committee. The general concensus at Monday's meeting was that the armouries building should not be torn down for a parking lot. Ace Submarine on Highway 115 Fromnine in the morning tili nine ing. Asking Peter Sotiriadis what he just north of Newcastle celebrated at night there was a steady line-up thought of the response hecsaid, their 10th Anniversary in business many times back'to the entrance "Excellent". on Sunday and were offering 1980 door. The restaurant was offering The entire. family, seven, were prices for their fine assortment of 1980 prices during the day and hun- busy ail day. Pictured above: Mar- foods. dreds Took advantage of this offer- tina and Peter Sotiriadis, Georgina Sotiriadis and Angela Koukidis.