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Orono Weekly Times, 7 Nov 1990, p. 1

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Remembrance Day service in Orono Orono Craft show and A Kemembrance Day service Sterling Mather acted as was held at the Orono master of ceremonies for the Cenotaph on Sunday with service. He was assisted with the youth groups, veterans, program by Rev. F'. Milnes, members of the Legion, the Gloria Grant and Capt. Cooper Bowmanville Sea Cadets and of the Salvation Army. Words the Salvation Army band ahl of welcome and appreciation taking part. à a a liii j il were also extended by Diane Hamre on behaif of the Town and by Gord Milis, on behaîf of the Province of Ontario. The Youth groups from Orono were well represented as were other organizations. Li*ghti*ng of Plans are well underway for the Orono Lighting of Christmas and the Orono Town Hall annual Christmas Craft show and sale. The Lighting of Christmas and the opening of the three day Craft Show -gets underway on Friday, November l6th commencing at 6:30 p.m.. The Lighting of Christmas take's place on Friday evening with songs on the steps of the Orono Town Hall being presented by children fromn the school, the various other groups in the community and closing with a haif hour program of Christmas songs sang by the Orono United Church choir. At this point the craft show opens along with the Lighting of Orono downtown. The Friday program is augmented with the Kinsmen and Kinettes serving hot dogs, cider and hot chocolate. Plans have been comffleted to Ch ristm as have a naturai large Christmas tree erected in front of die Town Hall. Children and adults alike are asked to make home-made decorations that can be placed on the tree. t is expected that die tree will be i place sometime this coming week and will remain throughout the Christmas season. Pietures of children with Santa are also to be available i the Orono Armouries on alI of the three days. Friday times range from 7:30 10 8:30 on Friday, 10:00 to 2:00 on Saturday and from noon until 2:00 on Stinday. > At the present tirne there is a fine selection'of exhibitors slated for the craft show with a wide selection of crafts 10 be on display and for sale. The Downtown Business Association bas plans for a number of events downtown durig the Lighting of Christmas and to carry on with draws up until Christmas. Goodyear celebrates 80 years in Bowmanville by Shelley Allin Goodyear in Bowmanville has been the foundation for many Bowmanvillefamilies. It still PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY employs 250 local workers. .35C. a, copy Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 7th, 1990 In 1910, Durham Rubber Company sold out to Goodyear. Thycould flot meet production Council members over-rule 1planning dmads of 400 tires daily. xrý £boGoodyear buiît 50 houses on du M Carlisle Street, properly nanied department report on OJ1c lP-a fe ..Crila fficiailpofn Major changes were made to the was presented by Coun-cs. Deegan The B owmanville area Goodyear iArnerican in order to Newcastle Planning Department 'and Wotten and quickly passed residentially was extended to house men' brought in from report on Monday concerning a without any input from, the Bennett's Road where the Toronto, in order. to meet position on the pending Durham Planning department. department had suggested tojs production needs. Tires have not Regional Officiai Plan review. 'Me Village of Orono remains as east of Mearns Avenue. A section been manufactured in Bowmanville The staff report had been suggested by the departmnent which of land north of the third line was since 1917 when a plant was built received by dhe Town committee recommended that the Region returned to the fold by counicil in Toronto, where tires were built, some two weeks ago but was designate Orono a srnall urban area along mwith resideia dvel vPment up to three years ago. tabled at the trne for a Driod of two weeks to allow opportunity for citizens to comment on the document. The staff report had made sorne significant recornmended changes to the Durhamreport that affected the stance of the Village of Orono, Newcastle Village, Bowmanville and Courtice as to residential development. t had, in general tightening growth from going north to an east and west direction and such had ruled out some lands that had been considered for developrnent. Developers and land owners, tirne after tirne, on Monday called for the retum of their lands ito an envelope to allow development. With out fanfare council members presented a resolution, i t he most part, employing the wishes of developers and land owners. The prepared resolution allowing for a residential population of 7000 over the thirty year period. t still recommends municipal water and sewers be made available. Orono development would take place south of Taunton Road and west of Regional Road 17. A small 150 acre industrial area , if the proposai is accepted, would exist east of Highway 115 at the north end. The resolution of counicil would have the Village of Newcastle grow to a populat ion of 15,000 rather than the recommended 12,000 as suggested by the planning department. Newcastle Village would be extended for residential development to the third line on both side of Regional Road 17. t had been recommended by the planning department that the village be contained in the north bounded by the CPR railway. Motorcycle accident dlaims Orono man 's life An Orono*man, Michael McQue, 38, of Church Street South died on Friday night followig a motorcycle accident on Highway 2. The accident occurred shortly before 10Opan, when the eastbound motorbilce left the road and ended up in a ditch on the southwest corner of Soia Road itersection with Highway 2. McQue was taken 10 Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville with critical injuries. He died shortly after il p.m. According to police there were no other vehicles or no one else ivolved i the accident. -V--Io.uiulLmUY;UIICI west of Bowmanville and north of Highway 2. Many features suggested by -the planning. department have been retained in the proposaI as to growth in commercial and industrial deriopment. It had been stated by the department two weeks ago that the Durham plan had favoured other centres over Newcastle in these two areas. Wayne King of the Orono Development Committee spoke before council on Monday giving the committees approval of the developmrent plan for Orono to the 7000 population figure. He noted the need in the Village for a safe water system and an adequate municipal sewage system. Follo.wing the meeting in speaking with Kig lhe said that tie sewage report has been received by the Public Works departmnent but is not being made public at this tirne due to the fact that it has not been presented to council. The resolution passed on Monday will be presented as a recommendation to council this coming Monday and it is expected it will past the test of council. The report then goes to the Region of Durham for their consideration. It is noted that the Region of Durhamn in their review had recommended that Orono remain as a harnlet without the service of a proposed new water System and a sewage system. Mr. Charlie Trim, Manager, welcomed an overwhelming number of visitors to tour the plant November 1 and see current production. The Goodyear plant produces 300 different formulations of rubber for items such as steel cable conveyor belts for the tar sands, with some going to Fort McMurray and exported to Japan and Germany. Other major production products include rubber press pads for under bridges, textile reinforced conveyor belting and other light weight conveyor belts, some purchased by St. Mary's Cernent. The plant purchases $400,000 in large plastic rolîs to keep the hot (Contmnued page 6) Challenge Orono- take part in garbage -scheme SA challenge was thrown out at the speakers' corner i front of the Orono Town Hall Saturday at noon, The chal lenge came from Mary Rutherford challenging the citizens of Orono to take part ia garbage reduction scheme as being carried out ini the country area east of die Village and being headed up by the "No Ganaraska Dump" comrnittee. "We have over 70 percent participatig", she said "and we are (Continued page 6)

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