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PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 6, 1991 Request for -$175,O0O thuds as far as Town concerned <b ~-i iii The request of Skate '88, through their chairman Carnet Rickard, at a recent meeting of council for $1 75,000 to meet the conditions of a Memorandum of Agreement bet- ween the Town and Skate '88 has fallen on deaf ears as far as the Town is concerned. The -one excep- tion was councillor Hooper who questioned that there was no men- tion of the $175,000 in a report from the treasurer. On Monday the general purpose committee did receive a treasurer's report as to funds received from the old arena. It was noted that the Town received $60,000 from the, developer whose proposais were not completed. With this amourit the Tow n spent $45 ,442 on the develop- ment of a park at the arena- site leaving a balance of $14,558., The treasurer, Marie Marano, recommended that the surplus be placed in the Arena Reserve Fund Marcia Blaschke, Yvonne past chairperson, complete tieing reminder of Canadian troops in Maitland, chairperson of the yellow ribbons on the trees the Persian Gulf area and for their Orono Downtown Business trunks in Downtown Orono as a safe return. Association and Sylvia Parker, -ruwu vUiUurs iur garuage iruciis becomes bigissue with council recommendation to have four a1o nythtgraewic s aedd BFI g arbage trucks painted with collected under thieir contract and Unde t aeFOucndment BFi was ti Town colours was turned over, that a system bOe in, Place to provide a 1Supp)ly a mnmmof four truck pulled inside o ut a nd fi n al1y rece iv- high level assurance that. this is the instead of five as nin the present con ed and filed by the Towýn'S generai case. At the present time trucks car- tract. The four trucks wýould be useý purpose comîttiee. rying Newcastle garbage are iden- exclusively for garbage under th, The recommendat ion, âhich also tified through the use of removabie Newcastle contract. The truck~ încluded the reductioni of BFI from decais and the town report States were to be painted with the Towi five to four, camne from the Towýn's that this does flot provide the level colours along with the Town anc public works departmient. Thle cost of assurance that is required. BFI logos. This wouid be at the cos to the Town for painting of the four Public works had discussed the ($15,000) of the Town of Newcas trucks was set at $15,000. proposai with BFI and the y had tie. The public works report stated agreed, that subject to council ap- The Public Works rep ort was ac- that it was imporan tat the Town proval, the five year contract be (otne ae6 to n- ed 's vn id Ski Club: celebrates installation of new quad chair-lift at Kirbyr No funds from Town 1990, Tornado -victims The Town of Newcastle general a total amount of $20,000 on the purpose meeting on Monday turned One to One basis. aside a proposai for possible sup- An application had been made to port for the Tornado Relief Fund the province for assistance for local that would have come in the. torm affected area residents and farmers of a grant on the basis of 'One for under the Disaster relief Program. One' with public donations to the The province had turned down the fund. request on the basis that the damage Staff had suggested that the was not regarded as widespread. Town might want to be involved to (otue ae2) ÂLN.6SLUJD11UUI b M Lllle LU approv new officiai plan A report containing staff recom mendations, on pr oposecd changes to I the Durhamn Reionial. Officýiai Plan bas been received by the regional Planning Comittnee today. Planning Committee Chairper- son Marie Hlubbard indicated that the Planning Committee has tabled the recommendations to adopt the Plan until April 1991. The public will be advised of the exact date and time of the meeting when Planning Committee makes its recommenda- tions to Regional Council. In the meantime, arrangements will be made for the public to make deputations touPlanning committee to provide an1y new information in addition to that already received by, Planning Committee in previous deputations and submissions. Regionai Chairman Gary Her- rem a emphazised that the new Of- ficiai Plan is an exciting and challenging Plan that, when foilow- ed, wili enhance the lifestyle of -the residents of the region of Durham econGmricaily, environmentaliy and sociaily and he looked forward to unveiiing the Plan to the public for their discussion in 1991. (Contimued page 2) by Shelley Alun Sunday was a speciai day at Oshawa Ski Club. The ski hlui officially clebirated the opening of the first Quad Chair at Kirby with a barbecue. The hili now can boast- one new Quadl chair lift and 8 T- bars and have said good-bye to the oid rope tows. There is stili a cable tow for the baby nursery in front of one Chalet. There are two chalets with cafeterias, and a pro shop with rentais and repairs. The ski hili opened in the wivter of 1938 and now has 26 runs and trails fromt beginner to expert. Today there are 5400 members and 80Ô absentee members-. One year ago there wasa waiting list of 1200 people., The addition of the quad chair was one deciding factor which enabled the board of directors to open ài bershjp up a few weeks back. The net effeet resulted in 400 members over iast year. Rick Donald runs a Pee ,Wee Instruction Program at the ski hill for children,5 to 13 years of age. r. d)onad said thzre are about 600 children Invqlved in the programn Saturdays and Sundays. They are grouped by age and ability and are graded on performance. They receive badge s siniiiar to swimniing Happenings Oronio Boy Injured at Ski Hill Aaron Staples, 14, son ofDavid and Sharon Staples of Orono, suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident at the Oshawa Ski hIi on Thursday eveniing. He was rushed to Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto being placed in intensive care. Aaron is a student in grade 9 at Clarke Hligh School being active in most sporting activities at the school. He is now out of intensive care and responding well to treatmnent. and skating lessons. There is also a racing club and a ski jumping team. Ron Richards, a member trained at Oshawa Ski Club and is a member noW on the Canadian National ski Jumping Teamn. Linda Vanderzwet, President said "Oshawa Ski Club las more ski area'than most ski hlis in Durham Region. Oshawa Ski Club is most economicai. It is cheaper than Lakeridge, Dagmar and Devils Elbow. Many of our 'family members are 2nd and 3rd generations." There is a one time initiation féee to be paid by a new member which helps to subsidize Annual membership fees. Linda Vanderzwet said they are hoping to get thr ough the March break if weather co-operates and theéy are able to make snow. They will be open the full week of the school break. Normal hours are Wed.,Thiurs.,Sat. and Sun. during the day and Tuesday and Thursday (Continued page 6) The quad at Kirby is just under fifteen lundred feet in lenigth, rises threce hunidred vertical feet, las sixty-Lthree chairs, and carn move twenty four hundred an~d eight skiers uplili every hour. Total cost approximately $750,000. where it would csentually be used for the arena complex. It was felt this would be in the context of the original intent. The treasurer's report also noted t he Town had recevied almost dou- ble what was expected from Win- tarlo with a total of $625,000 which would more than offset the $175,000 expected from the sale of the old arena. It was pointed out that the $14,558 would represent no more than a fifth of a mili on the 1991 tax bill and would mean no more if ap- plied to the annual debenture charge of W47,082 for 1991. Council supported the recom- mendation of the treasurer. Counc.- Hamre spoke of the $175,000 figure and said that it was really a figure pulled out of the hat at the time of discussing financing of the new arena. She said the reali- ty was - the building was neyer sold. 45c. Incudes tax