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All's well with Town Hall dlock It's back to the drawing board, for Museum board David Chatterton up in the mafters Call him a tinkerer, an optimist, a master clocknian, but what ever, lie is now the keeper of mhe Orono Town Hall dlock. The one that bas mastered the whims, the stubbomness and sporadic heart-beat of the Town clock perched aloft on mhe Orono Town Hal "It was my challenge for 1990," states David Chatterton and it appears he has won for mhe dock ticks along oblivious to blowing snow, sleet, or rain. It is something that hasn't happened for over twenty years - that syncopated constant beat adding the seconds to minutes to the hour and the resulting chiming of that hour by the beîî. The accomplishment by David Chatterton even defies th e experience of a professional dlock man who stated the dlock was wom out and the only solution was a new dlock at a cost of somne $20,000. Such a price was beyond the means of mhe board and it was to David Chatterton they turned asking mhat he have a look at the dlock. He was soon hooked with the challecnge and the determination to prove mhere was life left ini the dlock of fifty-five years. The workinigs of mhe tower dlock along wim mte master dlock were removed from mte hall and setup at home in mid July. t was here mhat the functions of the dlock were studîed as it conitinued in its former manner. With a twist here and a bend there, a new power supply and some re-alignment progress was being made. Hope grew that reliability was possible. With mhe use of a snowmobile recoil spring, omher small springs (Continued page 8) "i's back to the drawing board," states Helen MacDonald, chair-person of the Clarke Museum and Archives board foflowing a decision on Monday by thec General Purpose comrnittee of thle Town of Newcastle. These remarks came following a down-sizing of the expansion plans from $2 million to an estimated $500,000 which was originally set ini early 1990. The staff report on Monday followed a meeting of the Board chairman and members of the executive along with Coune. Stapleton and members of Town staff. Tis. meeting was sought by Helen MacDonald following a tabling of the $2 million plan at a meeting some three weeks ago. In speaking with Helen MacDonald she said she had asked for the meeting to clarify some apparent misunderstandings. Following the recent Monday meeting MacDonald sad the board is disappointed but agreeable to the decision made by the Town comniittee. She said there is a lot of work to be done and a lot of thought to be given as to the downsizing. She said there were no defiie plans at thlis Urne. The Town comimittee bas given approval for an expansion which had approval for an amiount of $486,000 during the 1990 budget discussions. 0f this amount the Ministry of Culture was to provide $250,000, local fund raising $ 175,000, an amount of $54,000 from the Museum Capital resen ec fund and $9,000 from the 1990 tax levy. If the project is to proceed the plan is to mecet conditions of the Town's Communîty Services staff and be in line with the Master Plan Review Process. The Town comlnittee has also agreed to provide $ 16,000 from thie Clarke Museum Capital Roserve Fund to assist paying for consultants used in 1990 to prepare a number, of studies relating to the project. The meeting with Museum Board mnembers, Town staff and Counc. Stapleton revealed that the $2 million project was not realistic nor feasible for the Clarke Museum at tis time. It was stated that the fund-raising component could not be met by the present community for a number of reasons, one being the present state of the economny. A feasibility study also presnted other concerns which will be further discussed. In. a brief discussion at the committee meeting on Monday Counc. Stapleton said that mhe needs study had raised the size of the building a further 18,600 square feet to house items now hcld by the Museum Board. Tis added to the original cost of $486,000. Counc. Stapleton said the board members had agreed to the report which hais been presented to-day. Counc. Hamire said the Museum Board was to be complimnented and the curator bas been doing fantastic work for the board. She said she (Continued page 2) <i I I JIII 44J 4 45ce includes tax Diecision to be made on surplus from, old Bowmanvillel Area building An attempt by Counic. Hooper to have surplus funds originating fromi mhe old Bowmanville Mrena placed against the cost of the new Bowmanville Sport Complex bas been stalled with a referral for a report from the Town treasurer. Counc. Hooper had asked the treasurer, Marie Marano, what amount had been left over from tme $60,000 received from the agreement over the old Bowmanville arena due to the cancelling of a development agreement on the lands. He suggested that it had been the original intent mhat monies from the sale of the arena would lie applied against mhe cost of mhe new complex and further suggested that this miglit now bce conisidered. Counc. Hooper was informed that a sum of $60,000 had been received and mhat some $35,000 had been spent by the Town on the demolition of the arena building Hrappenings. BIG BROTHIERS BOWL FOR MILLIONS 'Me Big Bromhers will be holding their Annual Bowl For Millions February 9th - 16mi, at the Liberty Bowling Alley on Baseline Road East, 3owmanville. The Celebrity Day will be held February 16à-. KINETTES 1HOLD TEEN DANCE The Great Pine Ridge Kinettes are holding a Teen Dance on Friday, January 25 from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at the Orono Town Hall, grades 6, 7 and 8 students. Admission is $3.00. D.J. will lie Randy -jwan. and mhe preparation of mhe grounds. It was estimated mhat somne $30,000 possibly was available and now i a reserve fund. After some debate Counc. Hamre suggested that the issue should bce referred to mhe Ireasurer for a report. She noted mhat mhe old arena building had not been saleable as originally intended. She suggested mhat mhe $30,000 should possibly be used to reduce mhe mill rate for 1991. On a question to mhe treasurer, Marie Marano, she said that the $30,000 would represent about half a mJl1. Counc. Hamre also stated that the new Bowmianville Complex funding was in place. Mayor Marie Hubbard referred to the green place mhat had been developed at mhe former arena site and mhat it had become a people's place. "Perhaps there is more work to bce undertaken there," she said. Members of the committee voted to refer the matter to the treasurer for a report. R9ezoning on 115 Highway back to staff for processing After a public hearing oný Monday the Town commiittee referred a rezoning application on property north of the Third Line Road on the west side of highway 115 back to staff for further processing, The application bas been submitted by Glyn Jenkins on behaîf of Camsport Truck Cap Sales on property owned by OLCO Service Stations Ltd. The purpose of mhe application is to allow also mhe storage and sale of car and truck accessories. Thie lands are now zoned to allow mhe operation of a service station which OLCO now uses for this purpose. A number of agencies have noted no objection to the application however replies are still to bce received from mhe Regioni of Durham, the Ganaraska and the Ministry of Transportation. Camsport now operates a truck cap sales business on the OLCO property of which an objection was received in 1989, The Town's planning department will provide a reconimendation te council initme near future after al agencies have responded to the application. One nuclear reactor at the Darlington Generating Station bas been closed down. Inspectors have located a problemn with the cylinders in Unit Two at mhe plant. Unit 2 came into service in November of 1989 and was shut down a week ago Monday after an inspection of fuel bundles that had been removed in December. The inispection revealed fuel damage. lt is now lo be detennined where the damaged fuel came from and what bas caused it. t is not known how long the reactor will be out of service., The reactor had been operating at 65 percent capacity producing 600 megawatts of electricity. Thiree days prior to mhe Unit 2 shutdown Unit 1 had reached a full 100 percent capacity producing 920 miegawatts. Unit 1 will more mhan take up mhe slack for mhe loss of Unit 2. Unit 3 is to corne into opecration in 1992 while Unit 4 at Darlington is expected operational the following year. 4 4 -4 PUBLTSHED WEDNESDAYS Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 23, 1991 Up and down at Darlington Hydro plant