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10 - Orono Weeldy Mmes, Wedneaday May 19, 1993 Newte Lions holding Chicken Bar-B-Cue May 30 Hope you managed to catch The Craig Cassels musical had the Newcastle Public School's an impressive cast of characters wonderful production of played by Newcastle Public "Clowns". The school held three School students and a primary performances of the show last and junior choir of students as week at the Newcastle Village well. Ali of the characters and Community Hall, choir members were dressed as, The show turned out to be a you guessed it .... Clowns. ,great success. The backdrop painted with a Newcastle Public School has gone even further to become a green school. The school is currently involved in a program called SEEDS. The school is required te complete a number of (environmental) _projectsoutlined by thieeËSEEDSprogram.- The school is also in the process of building a "habitat". Ganaraska asks for support from their stakeholders The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority made a plea te their local stakeholders hast Thursday evening seeking help te rally local support oppos-ing provincial funding cuts that were announced April 23rd. According to Gayle Hall, CEO, the province hias cut capital funding by 25 percent, operating funding by 20 percent and a larger eaut by eliminating the Land Tax Rebate Program which amounted to some $146,000 for the Ganaraska. The total amount of thecuts amount te some $225,000 an amount over 20 percent of the total $1 million budget for the Authority in 1993. Hall said the Ganaraska was one of the hardest hit as te the Land Rebate Tax Plan as the Authority does own some 11,000 acres and does pay local taxes amounting to $161,000. She said the Ganaraska was the second largest land holder in all of the 38 Authorities in the province. It was also pointed out Ithat the Gan- araska was the largest holder of wetlands, of all Authorities.' Hall said the Ganaraska is ready to share in cutting costs and that staff have agreed to a salary cut-back to this end. The deficit, she said, is real and senious. Hall said there were, other ways for the Ministry of Natural Re- sources to make cutbacks and suggested that a $100 million could well be saved by eliminating duplication and cutting through a maze of overlap between the various Ministries. She said the Ministry of Natural Resources plant trees as do the Conservation Authorities as do the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The merits of the Conservation Authorities were expounded stating that Conservation Auth- ority decisions were made locally and as in the case of the Ganaraska by 1l local appointees along with 2 provincial appointees. It is community-based decision making, stated Hall. Gerry Houston, chairman of the Authority stated that the authority would be considering their future action as related to the cuts. He said aIl avenues would be investigated and it was mentioned that land sales would likely be considered along wi th ahl other options. It was stated that the Authority would be meeting with local councils, M.P.P.s and the public over the loss of funding seeking help in overturnîng at least the, land rebate tax program elimination decision. circus ring theme was supplied by Colonel Farewell Public, School in Whitby and painted by artist/ teacher Linda Wray. Bring on the clowns. Singing and clowning around at the Newcastle Public School production of Clowns. This is an outside classroom being constructed at the schiool. The new "classroom" will be unveiled shortly. Gayle Hall also noted that the Ministry of Natural Resources was to report sometime in June on what future cour se, Conservation Authorities are to take. She suggested that there has been consideration that Conservation Authorities be done away with. Joan Fawcett, M.P.P. for Northumberland also spoke stating that the NDP had been wild spenders and that in the second year of their termn of office had added an additional $10 billion in expenditures. She did admit the deficit had to be addressed. Scott Berry, Public Relations Officer, gave a brief outline of the recent financial happenings. He said they were seeking support from all quarters to point te the importance the conservation autihorities have in their ameas. "We need your support" he said. The Authority had information on the money cuts and the work undertaken by the Authorities across the -province. They also provided those in attendance with a list of elected bo contact by either writing or phoning objecting the esPecially the land rebate tax cut. At YD, all of our in-car lessons are one-on-one. You'll feel less pressure and less stress. And you'll be able te concentrate better on what you're doing, which is especially important when you're learning our exclusive emergency maneuvers. Caîl today and let us teach you to drive and survive. On May l2th twenty-seven Lions and two guests congregated in the Lions Den at the Newcastle Community Hall for their regular meeting. Catering the roast pork dinner was the Newcastle Lioness Club. 2nd Vice, Lion Amos Langley acted as Chairman due to the absence of President Mike Carter. Roger Wilson from the Brew Kettle in Peterborough was slated to speak, but was unable to corne due to unforseen circumstances. So Lion Sam Cureatz admirably stepped in to the speaker's shoes. Because of a recent event and the fact that more people are asking for "Power of Attorney" now, Lion Sam chose this as the subject of his presentation. Those present found Lion Sam's talk very informative and entertaining. Lion Sam was thanked by Lion Dave Gibson and presented with a memnento from the Newcastle Lions. In the business portion of the meeting, "thank you" letters were read from B.R.H.L. Atom Selects, Big Brothers, L.C.I.F. and Jean Goode and family. Lion Peter King reported that seven Lions from Newcastle had attended a servers seminar at the Bowmanville Lions Hall on May- 4th. He commented that the presenter, Tom McDermot was very knowledgeable about serving liquor and ahl of the implications of operating a bar. All of the attenders found the course very informative. Lion Terry Graham reported that the chicken has been ordered for the Barbecue, on May 3Oth at the Newcastle Community Hall. AUl of the Newcastle Lions now have tickets for this event, Adults arc $9.00; 12 and under are $4.50. The next regular meeting of the Newcastle Lions will be on May 26th in the Lions -Den at the Newcastle Community Hall. Jim Cryderman will speak on the Special Olympics in Spain. 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